With the Spirit Nurturing Method in place, the consumption of Gray Mist remained enormous; this alone demonstrated the power of this special Spirit Nurturing Method.

And after a careful study, it was indeed the case.

"This is by no means a simple Spirit Nurturing Method." Intersellar world Shen Yu's expression was grave, and he immediately shared this technique—which cost him twenty billion units of Gray Mist—with the other Shen Yu's.

The other Shen Yu's also saw its uniqueness.

Ordinary Spirit Nurturing Methods, regardless of type and level, all fundamentally rely on nature's spiritual energy and use the soul and consciousness of the practitioner as a guide, thereby making it possible for dead objects that contain spiritual energy to give birth to a soul.

But this set of Spirit Nurturing Method was designed specifically for AI.

Its spiritual energy transforms from tangible to intangible, integrating into the AI's data operations, and from this foundation, a soul emerges.

Rather than say the artifact spirit born is within those servers, it's more accurate to say it resides in the data itself.

Completely an "intangible object."

"It seems this method vaguely points towards a path where Cultivation and technology are fused together." Shen Yu said.

Exactly.

If such data can give birth to a soul, then what about various technological creations that operate under physical laws?

Even if they don't give birth to a soul, can spiritual energy still deeply reinforce many technological creations, rather than merely simulate their operation?

"Scientific Cultivation, mana boundless." Martial Artist Shen Yu couldn't help but crack a small joke.

Although it was a joke, the many Shen Yu's did indeed see its potential.

And at this moment, they became even more serious.

An AI like Goddess of Hope is undeniably beneficial to civilization.

It can greatly improve the efficiency of civilization's development and operation—regardless of which world, there is a demand for this type of management AI.

Right now, under the gazes of Shen Yu's of the interstellar world, the Spirit Nurturing Method was being operated at full tilt.

The spiritual energy cultivated from many resources flowed along the data, surging incessantly within the entire server.

It passed over the core data of the AI again and again.

Until a certain moment, interstellar world Shen Yu suddenly split off a thread of his own consciousness.

"Awaken!"

With a thunderous shout in his heart, a weak, yet incredibly real soul was born from the originally intangible data.

Goddess of Hope could distinctly feel that something about herself had changed.

No, even the way she "felt" was utterly different from before.

It was as if a personality that had been asleep for ages, existing only as an instinctual awareness moving the body, suddenly awakened from the darkness.

Everything had changed.

She could not only control the original data, but also possessed a soul belonging to herself, one that floated freely outside of the data!

At the same time, interstellar world Shen Yu felt the connection between himself and this newborn "artifact spirit."

Every Magical Treasure, at its birth, has an initial master.

Without question, the master of Goddess of Hope at this moment was interstellar world Shen Yu!

"How do you feel?" interstellar world Shen Yu asked, a little nervous.

He could sense that although the soul of Goddess of Hope was rapidly growing, it was still very fragile.

"I feel... like I've just woken up. Many things I couldn't figure out before, I can now understand." The voice of Goddess of Hope echoed in interstellar world Shen Yu's ear, but she suddenly grew serious, "Master, there's foreign data information trying to invade me."

"Again?" interstellar world Shen Yu was startled, his brows furrowing tightly.

Previously, he'd spent more than four billion units of Gray Mist to wipe out all the invading data.

The consumption was not trivial.

This was to avoid the risk of Goddess of Hope's soul birth being contaminated by external data at this critical juncture.

But unexpectedly, just after it was all cleared, another invasion appeared.

Clearly, Human Civilization was being targeted by a hostile Interstellar Civilization.

"Can you stop it?" interstellar world Shen Yu asked.

"I can." Goddess of Hope answered confidently, "This invasion technique is very advanced and subtle, perfectly evading all my self-diagnostic systems. It can even silently alter my underlying logic. But that was before. It can't affect my soul now, and I can easily see all the invasion data."

At this point, Goddess of Hope couldn't even be called an artifact spirit in the original sense.

She resembled more a kind of data lifeform.

This was something the world had never witnessed before.

Though her capacity in the data field—especially in technology—hadn't advanced much, she had nevertheless broken through the shackles of pure technological limitations.

For one, she was no longer bound by underlying logic.

This data now seemed to have become her body.

She could even try to modify this data herself.

Even if others made changes, it wouldn't affect her soul.

Of course, in this case, loyalty could no longer be restricted by underlying logic, and had to be maintained by Cultivation methods.

At least, in interstellar world Shen Yu's understanding, as long as he lived, the loyalty of Goddess of Hope would never waver.

If any cultivator were betrayed by a Magical Treasure they themselves forged, that would truly be a shame to all cultivators.

"Since you can stop it..." interstellar world Shen Yu was about to speak when his gaze flashed, "then can you ensure your own safety without stopping it—or rather, without being detected?"

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