By the time Alex brought out 14 of his cauldrons, the woman in charge of registering the artifacts couldn’t help but roll her eyes. She waved the ruler over the artifact and asked him to bring another one out.

When Alex finally brought out a sword, she sighed in relief. “Finally,” she said. “Done with the cauldrons, huh?”

“Yes, senior,” Alex said. He presented Midnight to be tested and the woman waved the ruler over the sword. “Hmm?” the woman seemed a little concerned. She looked at something through her divine sense that Alex could not tell and nodded. “It’s a heavy sword, but acceptable. Next.”

Alex felt relief. He almost thought Midnight wouldn’t be accepted, but that was luckily not the case. He placed Midnight back into his Soul Space and brought out another sword.

The woman waved the ruler over it and nodded. Unlike Midnight, this was a simpler sword so it was easily allowed in. Alex took back the sword and brought out another one.

The woman waved her ruler over it. “Don’t tell me you’re going to bring out 14 swords as well,” she said.

“No,” Alex said. “123.”

The woman nodded for a moment then paused. “Huh?” she looked up to see if he was joking or not.

“123 swords, senior,” Alex said as he brought out another one. “Should I bring them all out at once so it’s easier for you?”

The woman looked as though her soul was going to leave her body. She took a deep breath and let it go, calming herself. “Bring it out one after another. I’ll try to do it quickly.”

Alex nodded. Pearl stood to the side taking back the swords while Alex handed one over to the woman to be tested. They worked like a factory assembly, testing one sword after another.

Most of the swords Alex had were good, but they were not of the same quality as the ones made with Starforged Tungsten. He only had about 45 of those swords. The rest were swords he either gathered along the way from his enemies or swords he made when he was working in Madhammer’s workshop.

He had all 123 swords registered by the time the woman seemed to be thinking twice about volunteering to work for this. Most people registered about 5 or so artifacts on average. But Alex was registering so many at once that it was absurd. He was more like a walking store than an actual participant. “That is all, right?” the woman asked.

“Those are all the sword,” Alex said.

The woman’s face grew pale. “No… you don’t mean…”

“Hmm? Oh no, I don’t have many artifacts now,” Alex said and brought out the shield he got from the Blue Silk sect. He placed the shield before the woman, who seemed a little relieved.

She waved her ruler over the shield and paused. She looked closer for a second and nodded. “Next.”

Alex brought out another shield. The woman waved the ruler again and this time shook her head. “This isn’t allowed. More than a single weapon or shield with its own energy isn’t allowed. You can only use one. Choose which one it is that you want to use.”

“Oh, then I will use the one you checked earlier,” Alex said. He wondered why the other shields weren’t allowed. The woman didn’t tell him the reasons.

“What about talismans and formations?” Alex asked. “You will not be allowed to use any,” the woman said.

“Oh… then…” he looked through his Soul Space and saw the other sword, but decided not to bring it out. Instead, he brought out a small metal disc and placed it before the woman.

The woman casually waved her ruler across the treasure and gave a look of surprise. “Teleportation treasures are not allowed.”

“Okay…” Alex looked through to see what else he could use, but there weren’t any more artifacts or weapons of his own that he could use anymore. So, he had to move along to Pearl.

Pearl brought out his spear and handed it over to Alex. Alex turned around, “I need to register my bonded beasts too, right?” he asked. “Or do I register their weapons first?”

“You register your bonded beasts first,” the woman said, putting aside the ruler to look at Pearl. “Is he the only one?” “No, I have a Seeking Mouse too,” Alex said.

“No need to register a Seeking Mouse. You can use them without worry,” the woman said. “Let me register him first.”

She brought out the same medallion as the one Alex had held onto outside and gave it to Pearl. “What is your name?”

Pearl felt a soft buzz through the medallion and knew he could not lie here. “Whitepearl,” he said. That was the Daoist name he had chosen so that was what he told everyone he wasn’t close to.

The woman surveyed Pearl’s cultivation base. “Are you concealing your cultivation base?” she asked.

“No,” Pearl answered. The woman nodded. “That should do,” she said, taking back the medallion from Pearl. She gestured for Alex to give her the spear, which he quickly handed over.

She waved the spear over and asked for the other things.

Pearl had a few treasures of his own, mostly given to him by Bai Jingshen. Some were full body armor while some were shields. He rarely used them at all, but given the situation, he found it necessary.

He pulled out the few artifacts for the woman to check and she gave them back, allowing only 3 of them defensive treasures to be used. The others were like Alex’s, which held energy inside of it, and those weren’t allowed.

Lastly, Pearl took the armband around his left bicep and placed it before the woman. When the woman saw it, her eyes widened somewhat in shock. Before she was an arm brace with a space stone the size of a marble.

That was quite the size.

She gathered herself and shook her head. “Storage artifacts are not allowed,” the woman said.

“Not allowed?” Alex asked. “What do we do with them then? Can we not keep them on us?”

“You can if you wish to, but we ask that you hand it over to someone you trust to safely keep it. If you are found to have used any storage artifact during the tests, you will be disqualified from the competition.”

“We are not allowed to use our Soul Space during the competition already. We can’t use storage artifacts either?” Alex asked. “Where will we keep our items then?” “You will be provided with resources during the tournament. Do not worry,” the woman assured him.

Alex slowly nodded. “If that is so then I should be done,” he said.

“These are all the artifacts you wish to register?” the woman asked, relief clear in her eyes.

Alex nodded. “Great,” she said, quickly working on something else at the same time. A talisman floated out from somewhere under her desk and she handed it to Alex.

“This has the details of your artifact stored within it. You will be needed to present this during the day of the tournament so keep it safe,” the woman said.

Alex took the talisman, looking at it for a few seconds. He nodded a second later and thanked the woman before walking back out.