NOVPUBAccording to [Fu], the Sun Family could only secure enough merit for him to have an ample justification to arrange for a promotion.
"The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals is not a dictatorship. Even among us, the Mirror Handlers, there are those who do not share the same heart."
"So I’m not afraid of you causing a big commotion, I’m afraid you won’t cause any commotion at all."
It was following Fu’s signal that Sun Luyuan had that high-profile, fortunate capture of an agent from the Five Elders Organization.
Any discerning person could see there must be something fishy about this.
However, those with backing, after investigating and finding the Mirror Handler [Fu] behind the Sun Family, all quietly ceased their activities.
As for those without the capability to even know this much...
Sun Luyuan didn’t care about them at all.
After all, when beating a dog, one must watch its master.
Their Sun Family didn’t even need to act; those who showed enmity would be silently torn to shreds, jointly by countless families eager to please the Mirror Handler, Fu.
However...
Perhaps Sun Luyuan could never have imagined that he would encounter Li Fan, a monster who completely defied normal reasoning.
A mere split spirit of his was enough to decipher the Sun Family’s thousand-year blood sacrifice.
And claim the Immortal Artifact Boundless Mirror for himself.
Even if it is damaged and on the brink of ruin, the value of an Immortal Instrument is immeasurable.
What’s more, in the hands of Li Fan, there might still be hope for this Immortal Instrument.
At this moment, within the Sun Family Secret Chamber, Li Fan ignored the pleas of Sun Luyao and forced him to use the Immeasurable Mirror’s deducing feature.
The pitch-black mirror surface suddenly emitted a beam of light.
The light beam coalesced mid-air, forming a white screen.
Shortly after, scenes began to change continuously within the light screen.
Upon seeing the images, Li Fan couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.
Thousands of Sky Patrol Arrows, whistling as they flew towards various locations of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
Countless cultivators engaged in fierce battle, with one side obviously being the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
The other side was led by a distinctly unique puppet.
"This is... the future United Federation of All Realms?"
In the swiftly passing images, Li Fan spotted familiar figures such as Tianyang, Sun Erlang, and others.
According to the plan of this lifetime, after Da Qi had swallowed many Small Worlds, friction with the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals was inevitable.
But at this current point in time, none of this had yet occurred.
This Immeasurable Mirror could actually deduce future events!
The light beam did not last long.
The images changed faster and faster until even Li Fan could not discern the transformations within.
Finally, the light beam sharply contracted.
It returned to a state of utter pitch-black void.
From this state of destruction, Li Fan sensed an innate crisis.
With the deduction over, the darkness also returned into the Immeasurable Mirror.
Following this, Sun Luyao let out sounds of unbearable fear and frenzied wailing.
As if he had personally witnessed something extremely terrifying.
But as the master of the Immeasurable Mirror, Li Fan was also unable to sync up with the other person and perceive anything.
Li Fan certainly didn’t fancy the idea of using Blood Essence to water and lessen the other’s suffering.
Instead, he let him have his outburst while quietly mulling over it in his mind.
"That beam of light from the deduction, its aura feels vaguely familiar?"
"Is it..."
In Li Fan’s spirit consciousness, two names instantly surfaced.
[Disk of The End], [Wanspirit’s Return to Law].
[Blossoms in Desolation and Solitude].
"Of the same origin and source, they are parts of the same Great Array Technique."
"Immeasurable, ..."
The remaining names of the Array Technique, however, were elusive to Li Fan.
Yet these similarities were enough to inspire him.
"The condition of the Immeasurable Mirror becomes more and more dilapidated; part of it may be due to the influence of that future of desolation it interprets. But the main reason is the mirror’s damaged Immortal Instrument body, which is fundamentally insufficient to drive an Immortal Level Formation."
"The consequence of forcing it to operate is the continuous consumption of its Immortal Instrument body. The more it’s used, the faster it dies."
"This Sun Family really consists of a bunch of fools, truly squandering heavenly treasures. Had they not invoked it so frequently without repairing it first, it would not have been so damaged when it came into my hands."
Thinking this, Li Fan couldn’t help but stroke the completely blackened mirror body with a feeling of distress.
"Hmm, as for the remedy, my abilities might be somewhat inadequate. I still need to find an artisan..."
As for the predictive power of the Immeasurable Mirror, Li Fan didn’t really care.
After all, how could a deduced future, which might not even occur, compare to the real future he has personally experienced?
However, the mere status of being the first Immortal Instrument he acquired was enough for Li Fan to take it seriously.
"Perhaps, in the process of repairing it, I can find the method for the true transformation and ascension of the [Disk of The End]."
"Immortal Instruments born in the Xuanhuang World. Although their power of laws might have become a part of the Xuanhuang Heaven Path, one cannot exclude the possibility that, like with the Immeasurable Mirror, their Immortal Instrument bodies remain."
"Maybe it’s worth paying attention to collecting them."
...
In the following period, Li Fan’s split spirit did not leave the secret room.
He simply dwelt within the Immeasurable Mirror, researching the other uses of the damaged Immortal Instrument.
He also sorted and classified the information obtained by the Immeasurable Mirror when it infiltrated the Tianxuan Mirror.
Having had a share of the Tianxuan Mirror’s origin and having once extensively spied on the Tianxuan Mirror’s secrets, Li Fan soon discovered the differences between these two types of "peeping."
Undoubtedly, the Tianxuan Mirror also possessed self-awareness.
Whatever was seen through the Tianxuan Mirror’s origin were data generated during the day-to-day operations of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals and records of the activities and speech of the cultivators.
What the Immeasurable Mirror spied on...
Much more resembled "thoughts" and "conclusions" of the Tianxuan Mirror itself.
For instance, based on the aggregation of a vast amount of information, a certain item in the Tianxuan Mirror trading market showed signs of decreasing production.
So even though the event hadn’t occurred yet, with enough intelligence, the Tianxuan Mirror had already made the judgment that the price of this item was about to skyrocket.
However, as the foundation of the Immortal Alliance and bound by the Law Transmission, the Tianxuan Mirror could not make any autonomous reaction to this.
It must wait until the event actually happens and has caused a certain consequence, and then, through collective deliberation and decision by the high-ranking members of the Immortal Alliance, such as the Dharma Transmitter and the Mirror Handlers, it would be able to regulate.
Although it lacked autonomy, it did not prevent the Tianxuan Mirror from pre-performing and judging the countless events occurring within its control every day.
These "thoughts" of the Tianxuan Mirror have no impact on actual operation.
They merely appear, and then settle in the deepest part of the Tianxuan Mirror.
"No wonder the Mirror Handlers value it so much."
"Isn’t this essentially the Tianxuan Mirror’s specialized mind-reading technique?"
"Even though due to the damage, I can only access bits and pieces, each piece is worth a fortune!"
As a genuine Immortal Instrument, the foundation upon which the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals operates...
It stands high above all.
Its judgments are, without a doubt, correct and far ahead of those among the cultivators involved.
Li Fan recalled the events from his past life when the Tianxuan Mirror, together with Mo Rubing, had set him up on several occasions.
A dangerous glint flickered in his eyes.
