Chapter 1159 Immortal Artifact Infinite Mirror
Silver flashes, like streaks of heavenly thunder, continued to fall.
Under the majestic power, the humanoid figure hidden in the black mirror went from cursing at the beginning to wailing, and then to pleading.
But Li Fan was determined to show no mercy from the beginning.
His split consciousness was not like a clone and could not draw spiritual energy from the heavens and earth to recover. The accumulated power would decrease with each usage, so it was imperative to ensure that nothing went wrong.
The silver thunderbolts were like a huge grinding disc, concocting the humanoid black mist.
While Li Fan's split consciousness took the opportunity to continuously use the "Array Refining" method, attempting to gain control of the black mirror.
The black mirror was not owned by anyone, but it was irrigated with the bloodline of the Sun family disciples at regular intervals, establishing a mysterious connection with the Sun family.
Normally, only members of the Sun family could use and even refine the mirror.
However, Li Fan's array formation, with the accumulation of experience and power over the years, had reached an unfathomable level.
Under the heavy layering of array formations, it was able to bypass this rule.
Even at this moment, when Li Fan was refining the black mirror, he couldn't even be detected by Sun Luyuan, who had a special connection with it.
As time slowly passed by unnoticed, the black mirror had quietly changed hands.
Li Fan's split consciousness materialized and flipped the black mirror in his hand.
He could sense that the humanoid black mist, the "spirit" of the mirror, was trembling inside.
It was filled with fear and awe towards Li Fan.
However, Li Fan didn't care about the other party's thoughts. With narrowed eyes, he quickly learned about the history of Sun family's treasure.
Over a thousand years ago, the Sun brothers, Sun Luyuan and Sun Luyao, accidentally discovered a damaged bronze mirror during an exploration of ruins. They initially thought it was just an ordinary ancient artifact and didn't pay much attention to it. However, when they brought it back to the Tianxuan Mirror for sale, they inexplicably discovered that the Tianxuan Mirror completely ignored its existence. Clearly present in the Tianxuan Mirror's space, it couldn't even appear in the list of items for sale.
After repeated confirmations, the two brothers knew they had come across a treasure.
They made various attempts to find the correct method to use the miraculous bronze mirror, but at the time, they were only cultivators in the Golden Core realm and lacked the strength and knowledge to accomplish this.
It wasn't until a hundred years later that the older brother, Sun Luyuan, found a small cave paradise and wanted to use it to advance to the Yuan Ying realm.
Sun Luyao protected his older brother, but despite their caution, they accidentally attracted the attention of another powerful cultivator passing by, at the peak of the Golden Core realm.
The breakthrough opportunity was right in front of him, and that cultivator naturally couldn't afford to let it go.
To ensure his older brother's successful advancement, Sun Luyao sacrificed his life to hold off the attacker.
When Sun Luyuan successfully advanced to the Yuan Ying realm and angrily killed the Golden Core realm cultivator, Sun Luyao was already on the brink of death.
In the depths of despair, Sun Luyuan suddenly noticed that the bronze mirror he had been carrying with him all this time had finally reacted! At the moment of death, Sun Luyao's soul fled into the bronze mirror, preserving itself.
Although he could never come out of the bronze mirror again, it was better than being separated for eternity.
As the soul merged with the bronze mirror, Sun Luyao learned about the various aspects of the mirror.
The bronze mirror's original name was "Infinite," a precious treasure bestowed by the immortal realm to the Xuanhuang Sect in ancient times.
However, with the passage of time, this immortal artifact had become damaged and lost most of its former power. Even the spirit of the immortal artifact was missing, leaving only the body in the mortal realm.
But it had once been an existence above the mortal realm.
After merging with a new soul, it had still demonstrated some incredible abilities.
For example... when entering the Tianxuan Mirror, it could steal various information from it.
And when accumulating energy for a period of time, the Infinite Mirror could release a glimmer of light.
This light could depict things that might happen in the future!
Although the principle behind this was unclear, the Sun brothers were ecstatic about this discovery.
With the help of the Infinite Mirror, the Sun brothers began their legendary rise to prominence.
However, they gradually discovered the mysterious aspects of the mirror.
Due to its past damage, the incomplete mirror also affected Sun Luyao inside it, causing his soul to fade. Despite all of Sun Luyuan's efforts, he was unable to stop this process.
Eventually, by a fortunate coincidence, he used his own blood to delay his brother's soul from dispersing.
If that were the only problem, it would have been tolerable.
As a new cultivator in the Yuan Ying realm, he could sustain his bloodline and vitality.
The real trouble with the Infinite Mirror was its tendency to self-destruct.
As if it had once endured unimaginable calamities, the "Infinite Light" that foretold future scenarios would always lead to the same conclusion after a few iterations.
Endless darkness, great destruction, and nothingness.
No matter how the Infinite Mirror interpreted the future, it couldn't escape this outcome.
And each time it emerged from the destruction, it would once again project the Infinite Light.
It was as if the Infinite Mirror had been tainted by the black annihilation in the prophecy, becoming darker each time.
Over the course of a thousand years, the Sun family had risen from obscurity to become a major power through the abilities of the Infinite Mirror. Sun Luyuan had transformed from a cultivator in the Yuan Ying realm to a powerful figure in the Xingdao sect.
But they were still powerless to prevent the Infinite Mirror's path towards destruction.
The only solution he could find was to locate the fragments of the Infinite Mirror and help it restore itself.
In recent years, using their mutual connection, he had indeed found another fragment of the Infinite Mirror.
However, it only slowed down the process of destruction and did not fundamentally solve the problem.
And the abilities displayed by the Sun family during their rise had already attracted the attention of certain individuals.
Apart from many other unscrupulous individuals seeking to take advantage of them, the biggest supporter of the rise of the Sun family was one of the highest authorities in the Wanxian Alliance.
The Custodian.
One of them, named "Fu," was aware of the existence of the Infinite Mirror.
But he did not snatch it away, and even supported the rise of the Sun family.
It was because he saw the potential of the Infinite Mirror to infiltrate the Tianxuan Mirror.
"A damaged immortal artifact, even though it cannot compare to a true Tianxuan treasure, still has its merits."
"Find a way to maximize its power and restore it to its former glory."
"Someday, we from the Custodian may find use for it."
Sun Luyuan knew this was a poisoned favor, but he had no choice but to accept it.
According to his original plan, the Sun family should have developed quietly.
But things didn't go as planned.
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(End of this chapter).