NOVPUBSilver flashes, like bolts of sky-thunder, continuously fell.
Under the magnificent divine power, the human figure hidden in the Black Mirror went from initial cursing to wailing and then to begging.
But from the beginning, Li Fan’s Split had no intention of showing mercy.
A split is not like a clone; it can’t independently draw Spiritual Energy from Heaven and Earth to recover. The accumulated power decreases with each use, so precision was essential.
The silver thunderbolts pounded the human-shaped black fog like a massive grinding disc.
Seizing the opportunity, Li Fan’s Split continuously performed hand seals, using the Formation Refining technique, attempting to gain control of the Black Mirror.
The Black Mirror was not bound to a master, but it was irrigated with the bloodline of the Sun Family disciples periodically, creating an extremely subtle and profound connection with the Sun Family.
Normally speaking, only members of the Sun Family could use or even refine it.
However, Li Fan’s Array Technique, enhanced by several generations of empowerment from the Final Separation Disk, had reached an unfathomable level.
Layer upon layer of array techniques stacked together, he could even ignore such rules.
Even when Li Fan’s Split was refining the Black Mirror, Sun Luyuan, who had a special connection to it, couldn’t detect it.
As time slowly passed, unnoticed by anyone, the Black Mirror had quietly changed hands.
Li Fan’s Split materialized into solid form and casually flipped the Black Mirror in his hand.
He could feel that the black fog human figure, namely the "Artifact Spirit" of the Black Mirror, was hiding inside the mirror, shivering with fear.
Filled with dread and wariness towards Li Fan.
Li Fan didn’t care what the other party thought; his eyes slightly narrowed, and in an instant, he had come to know the history of this supreme treasure of the Sun Family.
Over a thousand years ago, the Sun Family brothers Sun Luyuan and Sun Luyao, during an exploration of a relic, accidentally discovered a somewhat damaged bronze mirror.
Initially, the brothers thought it was just ordinary antiques and didn’t pay much attention. However, when they took it back to the Tianxuan Mirror to sell, something inexplicable happened.
The Tianxuan Mirror completely overlooked the bronze mirror, or rather, ignored its existence! It was clearly in the Tianxuan Mirror Space, but it just wouldn’t appear on the sales inventory list.
After repeated verification, the brothers realized they had encountered a treasure.
Next, they tried various means to find the correct usage of this miraculous bronze mirror. But at that time, they were just Golden Core Cultivators, neither their strength nor their knowledge was enough to see this task to completion.
Not until a hundred years later.
The elder brother, Sun Luyuan, found a miniature Cave Heaven, hoping to use it to ascend to the Nascent Soul Realm.
While Sun Luyao protected his elder brother, despite their great caution, the unexpected happened as they disturbed another passing Golden Core Perfection Cultivator.
The gap between Golden Core and Nascent Soul is as vast as between heaven and earth.
With an opportunity to break through right before his eyes, the Golden Core Cultivator naturally had no reason to back down.
And for the sake of ensuring his brother’s successful advancement, Sun Luyao actually staked his life to hold off the enemy’s attack.
When Sun Luyuan successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm and furiously killed the Golden Core Cultivator, Sun Luyao was left gravely injured, on the verge of death. He was beyond saving.
Just when Sun Luyuan was overwhelmed with grief, he suddenly discovered that the bronze mirror, which he had always carried on him, finally responded at that moment!
As he approached death, Sun Luyao’s Divine Soul teleported into the bronze mirror, managing to be preserved.
Although he could never again leave the mirror, it was still better than being separated by life and death.
The Divine Soul merged with the bronze mirror, and Sun Luyao thereby learned various information about the mirror.
The original name of the bronze mirror was "Immeasurable," a supreme treasure given to the Xuan Huang of the Infinity Sect by the Immortal World in ancient times.
However, as times changed, this Immortal Instrument somehow became damaged and incomplete, losing most of its formidable power from the past.
Even the Spirit of the Immortal Instrument was nowhere to be found, leaving only its shell in the world.
But, after all, it had once been an existence beyond the mundane.
After the integration of a new Divine Soul, it still displayed some incredible abilities.
For instance...
When entering the Tianxuan Mirror, it could steal various kinds of information from the Tianxuan Mirror.
Furthermore, after accumulating energy over a period, the Immeasurable Mirror could release some light and shadows.
The scenarios played out in these light and shadows were indeed potential future events!
Although the principle behind it was unclear, this discovery thrilled the Sun brothers.
With the help of the Immeasurable Mirror, the Sun brothers began their legendary rise to power.
But gradually, they also noticed the strange aspects of the mirror.
Due to past damage, the imperfection of the mirror also affected Sun Luyao in the mirror. As his Divine Soul waned, no matter what methods Sun Luyuan tried, he could not stop it.
In the end, it was only by a fortunate coincidence that he used his own Blood Essence to delay the dissipation process of his brother’s Divine Soul.
If it were just that, it would have been fine.
After achieving the Nascent Soul Realm, New Law Cultivators, entrusted with Cave Heaven, are immortal. Blood Essence can always be squeezed out.
The real trouble with the Immeasurable Mirror was its tendency toward self-collapse.
It seemed as if it had once faced an unimaginable tribulation. The scenes of the future shown by the "Infinity Light", after a few occurrences, always led to the same outcome.
Endless darkness, great destruction, nothingness everywhere.
As if it were the destiny of the whole world, no matter how the Immeasurable Mirror projected, it could not escape that end.
And each time it woke from destruction, to once again project the Infinity Light.
The Immeasurable Mirror seemed to become stained with the black destruction of prophecy, turning a shade darker.
Over a thousand years, although the Sun family had utilized the ability of the Immeasurable Mirror to evolve from an insignificant house to a massive entity of the Four-in-One Dao,
Sun Luyuan had transformed from a Nascent Soul Monk to a Combined Daoist Cultivator.
Yet he was still powerless to prevent the Immeasurable Mirror from heading towards destruction.
The only solution he could find was to locate the fragmented pieces of the Immeasurable Mirror to help complete it.
Over the years, by relying on the mutual sensing between the bodies, he had indeed found another shard of the Immeasurable Mirror.
But it only slowed the speed of destruction, without solving the problem fundamentally.
And the abilities displayed by the Sun family in their rise to power had long been targeted by those with ulterior motives.
Setting aside the many with ill intentions outside, the greatest benefactor enabling the rise of the Sun family was one of the highest powers within the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
The Mirror Handler.
One of them, named [Fu], became aware of the existence of the Immeasurable Mirror.
But he did not seize it; instead, he even supported the Sun family’s rise.
He was interested in the Immeasurable Mirror’s ability to penetrate the Tianxuan Mirror.
"Although a damaged Immortal Instrument cannot compare to a true Tianxuan Heavy Weapon, it still has its merits."
"Find a way to maximize the restoration of its power."
"One day, we the Mirror Handlers, might find it useful."
Sun Luyuan knew this was sugar laced with poison, yet he had no choice but to swallow it.
According to his original plan, the Sun family should have developed as inconspicuously as possible.
But things went contrary to his wishes.
