Chapter 1872: The Bizarre Mirror
"He Ling, what is the 'Zhou Tian Thousandfold Realms'?" Yun Che asked through a soul transmission.
After the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor and the nine hundred demon gods were banished by Mo E back then, the demon race was certainly enraged, but no outbreak occurred. This was because the comprehensive strength of the demon race was inherently inferior to that of the divine race, and with the sudden loss of the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor and the nine hundred demon gods, a direct clash had almost no chance of victory.
But not long after, the divine race's pillar, the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor, met his end, and the powerful Element Creation God went into seclusion. The only leaders left among the divine race were the independent and non-commanding Order Creation God Xi Ke, and the weakest in combat, the Life Creation God Li Suo.
For the demon race, which had long been nursing their anger, this was undoubtedly a perfect opportunity.
Thus, with the Ancestral Heaven-Slaying Sword as the catalyst, the great war between gods and demons erupted.
However, according to the records in the Dragon God ancient texts, the ancient demon race had vastly underestimated the might of the divine race. Although Mo E had died, the Heaven-Slaying Divine Clan under his command and a host of Guardian Divine Clans were incredibly powerful. This was evident from the many inheritances in the current Realm Kings that were left behind by Mo E's Guardian Divine Clans.
It also revealed that Mo E, during his lifetime, had likely been preparing for the day of war against the demon race.
Another key factor in the demon race's defeat was... the three core demon emperors of the demon race—the ones with the most powerful dark force: Pan Ming, Nie Lun, and Jiu Sha. In the later stages of the fierce battle, they were firmly trapped within the "Zhou Tian Thousandfold Realms" until the "Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion" engulfed the world, allowing them to break free. But by then, everything was already irreversible.
Thus, the advantage of the highest-level power within the demon race was directly nullified. The demon race, suddenly leaderless, was gradually pushed back step by step... At the point of despair, the three demon emperors still did not appear. With no retreat left, the demon race had no choice but to unseal the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel.
Among the seven Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures, the Zhou Tian Pearl ranked fourth, only after the Ancestral Sword, the Evil Infant Wheel, and the Life-Death Seal. This had always puzzled Yun Che to some extent, because relying solely on the Zhou Tian Divine Realm seemed too far-fetched to surpass the Heavenly Poison Pearl and the Cosmic Thorn.
But this "Zhou Tian Thousandfold Realms," which Yun Che had never heard of before, was so domineering that it could forcibly detain the three demon emperors for such a long time. It was simply unbelievable and deeply shook Yun Che's heart and soul.
He Ling's voice came slowly: "The Zhou Tian Pearl's interference with the laws of time is not limited to acceleration; it can also compress time. However, the latter is far more difficult than the former."
Yun Che suddenly understood: "So you mean, this Zhou Tian Thousandfold Realms can speed up the flow of time?"
"Yes!" He Ling confirmed: "When the Zhou Tian world unfolds, it becomes the Zhou Tian Divine Realm, which amplifies time. When the Zhou Tian world is folded, it can be compressed into the Tenfold Realms, Hundredfold Realms, or Thousandfold Realms."
"With the current power level of the world, even folding the Zhou Tian world into the Tenfold Realms is extremely difficult, and the Twentyfold Realms is impossible. As for the Thousandfold Realms... only the ancient Order Creation God could achieve it."
"Once trapped within the core of the Zhou Tian Thousandfold Realms, to escape, one must continuously break through a thousand small worlds. During the process of escape, one's spiritual senses can easily become lost, causing one to fall deeper instead."
"And within the Thousandfold Realms, the flow of time is also a thousand times faster."
"... " Yun Che was shocked in his heart.
The true divine might of these Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures in ancient times was truly beyond what the current world's cognition could understand or imagine.
A blockade of a thousand worlds, a thousandfold acceleration of time... The three demon emperors struggled for a hundred years within the Thousandfold Realms, while outside, the fierce battle had already lasted a hundred thousand years.
This was the truly terrifying aspect of the Zhou Tian Pearl. However, in today's world, it was destined to never display such brilliance again.
But then again, the Zhou Tian Pearl was used to amplify time, achieving miraculous leaps in a short period, crossing difficulties that would be insurmountable in real time.
But speeding up the flow of time was essentially forcibly wasting one's own life in the present world. What normal person would do that? Yun Che thought.
[Fifth Supreme Treasure: Heavenly Poison Pearl]
[*Born at the bottom of the original abyss of the demon race, it is the ultimate yin and ultimate poison, yet also the ultimate pure and clean. It contains endless space within, possessing powerful poisonous and purifying forces. It can bury gods and demons in its poison abyss, and purify all evils in an instant.*] [*Controlled by the demon race's Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor.*]
[*Its ultimate poison is named 'Heavenly Injury Severing Thought.' The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor once left the poison aura of the Heavenly Poison Pearl within the various demon clans. Using this as a source, the many demon clans derived numerous terrifying demon poisons: Eternal Severance of Reincarnation, Nine Calamities God Extermination, Godslayer Desolation Poison, Eternal Dark Stillness...*]
Judging from the many records of the divine-demonic war, the most important and terrifying weapon of the demon race was the demon poison.
The Tianling Divine Clan, where Hong'er originated, was annihilated by demon poison. Even the Life Creation God fell victim to demon poison.
To this day, traces of many ancient demon poisons still remain in the Southern Divine Region.
He never expected that these various powerful demon poisons were basically all derived from the poison power of the Heavenly Poison Pearl... Even the Godslayer Desolation Poison that Mo Li had once suffered from originated from the Heavenly Poison Pearl!
The more he perused this Dragon God ancient text, the more Yun Che realized how terrifyingly powerful the Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures were in their complete state. Any one of them, in ancient times, could greatly influence the course of battle.
[*... I thought the Heavenly Poison Pearl, which had supposedly vanished into the Outer Chaos along with the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor, had appeared among the Eternal Night Demon Clan, releasing a terrifying cyan light... But fortunately, the Heavenly Poison Pearl had not claimed a master. The Eternal Night Demon Clan could not use it to release 'Heavenly Injury Severing Thought,' otherwise the consequences would surely have been unimaginable...*]
[*... The Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel seized the Heavenly Poison Pearl. The 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion,' recorded in the Ancestral Demon Scripture, actually manifested in the world. All gods, all demons, all heavens, all things—all fell into irretrievable doom...*]
[*The poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl, under the seizure of the Evil Infant, could only end in annihilation.*]
[*Why did the Heavenly Poison Pearl not depart with the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor, leaving behind this desperate myriad calamities...*]
This last sigh made Yun Che feel a pang in his heart.
If the Heavenly Poison Pearl had still been in the hands of the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor or the Evil God, it would never have been seized by the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel. Even if the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel alone could bring great calamity, it would not have been enough to end an era...
No matter how he looked at it, the root of all these disasters pointed to the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor.
[Sixth Supreme Treasure: Cosmic Thorn]
[*Born from the initial spatial rift of the Primordial Chaos, it is a supreme treasure possessing the ultimate spatial divine power. It can instantly traverse, open, and transfer space. It can also interfere with, disrupt, and collapse any spatial law. It is even rumored to be able to dissolve the Chaos Wall.*]
[*Controlled by the Element Creation God Ni Xuan. Our clan received the 'Cosmic Dragon City' as a gift from the Element Creation God, and its power is also imprinted with the Cosmic Thorn's force.*]
[*...*]
[*According to the Ancestral Divine Scripture, the Cosmic Thorn's spirit was born alongside the Primordial Chaos. If the Cosmic Thorn's master possesses a power derived from the Primordial Chaos, then even if the Cosmic Thorn's divine power is depleted, they can use the Cosmic Thorn's spirit as a medium and forcibly drive the spatial divine power with their own strength. However, this action would heavily damage the thorn's spirit and even more so the master's body. It should only be used as a last resort.*]
"..." Yun Che was stunned for a moment, his brow slightly furrowed.
He recalled what Shui Meiyin had said when she introduced the Cosmic Thorn to him:
"But before the Demon Emperor left, she didn't want the Cosmic Thorn to leave the Chaos forever with her, so she gave it to me... Because the Cosmic Thorn was born at the core of the Primordial Chaos. In this era, only my Stainless Divine Soul, born from the Primordial Qi, could warm and temporarily awaken the sleeping spirit of the Cosmic Thorn..."
"And by using the Stainless Divine Soul as a connecting medium, I could leverage the temporarily awakened thorn spirit and use my own strength to forcibly activate the Cosmic Thorn's dimensional divine power."
Shui Meiyin's description matched this record, but with some differences.
What Shui Meiyin said was that [only] her Stainless Divine Soul could temporarily awaken the sleeping thorn spirit, allowing her to forcibly activate the Cosmic Thorn's spatial divine power with her own strength. This was also why the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor specifically left the Cosmic Thorn with her.
But this record in the Dragon God ancient text stated that any power derived from the "Primordial Chaos" could achieve it.
In the current era, there were three known individuals who had received gifts from the Primordial Chaos:
Yue Wugou, who possessed the "Stainless Divine Body"; Xia Qingyue, who possessed the "Glazed Heart"; and Shui Meiyin, who possessed the "Stainless Divine Soul."
However, Yue Wugou and Xia Qingyue, mother and daughter, had both passed away. In the current era, the only one who could achieve this was indeed Shui Meiyin.
It was perfectly normal for there to be discrepancies between the current era and ancient knowledge. Moreover, many distorted pieces of information proved that ancient records were not always accurate. Yun Che's gaze lingered briefly, but he didn't dwell on it and continued reading below.
[Seventh Supreme Treasure: Reincarnation Mirror]
[*Origin unknown. A mysterious supreme treasure that has never appeared in the world and has never been seen by anyone. If its name were not inscribed in the Ancestral Divine Scripture, perhaps no one would believe in its existence.*]
[*There is a rumor in the world that the Reincarnation Mirror does not appear in the world because it exists within the Reincarnation Well, and it is the source of the Reincarnation Well's reincarnation power.*]
[*There is a rumor in the world that the core power of the Reincarnation Mirror surpasses that of the Reincarnation Well, capable of traversing reincarnation and altering cause and effect.*]
[*There is a rumor in the world that because the Reincarnation Well can only complete one reincarnation every twenty years, each time the Reincarnation Mirror's divine power is activated, it will lie dormant for twenty years.*]
[*There is a rumor in the world that the Reincarnation Mirror was born together with the Ancestral God, preceding the other six supreme treasures. The Ancestral God is also its only true master.*]
[*Dragon God once said that not even one of the four Creation Gods had ever touched or known of the Reincarnation Mirror's existence.*]
[*...*]
[*... The Reincarnation Well died. Gods and demons withered. Heaven and earth collapsed and destroyed. Yet the Reincarnation Mirror remained traceless and invisible...*]
[*With no reincarnation in the world... Will everything... truly welcome... the end of eternal silence...*]
Yun Che read the records about the Reincarnation Mirror especially slowly and carefully, afraid of missing any detail.
Because the turning point of his destiny began with an extremely bizarre "reincarnation."
He very much wanted to figure out how the two "reincarnations"—from the Tian Xuan Continent to the Cang Yun Continent, and then from the Cang Yun Continent back to the Tian Xuan Continent—had actually happened.
Was it really, as Mo Li had guessed, that his two deaths had respectively triggered the reincarnation power of the Reincarnation Mirror that existed within him?
In ancient times, the Reincarnation Mirror had never appeared in the world. It was speculated to exist at the core of the Reincarnation Well. Why did it then appear in the current era?
The Heavenly Poison Pearl was left by the Evil God on the Lan Ji Star, but the Reincarnation Mirror was clearly not.
Moreover, he had never been the master of the Reincarnation Mirror. He was absolutely certain of this. Over the years, with countless methods, he had been unable to make the Reincarnation Mirror give any feedback response, and his consciousness could not penetrate its inner world at all.
Then why could his death trigger its reincarnation power... while in all previous history, there had never been such a precedent.
Inexplicably, a strange feeling suddenly emerged within his soul... Could it be that the power of the Reincarnation Mirror was not passively triggered by his death, but rather that someone, some other force, was driving it from behind!?
This abruptly flashing thought made Yun Che's heart jolt violently. Then, he actively dispelled it.
"Daydreaming again!" Qianye Ying'er leaned her slender waist forward, her snow-white legs slightly bent, tightly clamping Yun Che's hand to prevent him from escaping: "Reincarnation Mirror? It once appeared in the divine realm, but it was just a fleeting glimpse. After that, there was no news or trace... However, it seems it's not a false rumor."
"..." The fact that the Reincarnation Mirror had once appeared in the divine realm was also mentioned by Mo Li.
He couldn't understand why the Reincarnation Mirror, which had inexplicably appeared and then disappeared in the divine realm, had ended up in the Illusion Demon Realm of the Lan Ji Star.
The Reincarnation Mirror ranked last among the seven Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures. But everything about it, whether in ancient times or in the current era, was shrouded in thick mist and strangeness.
Turning this page, the subsequent records in the Dragon God ancient text covered the long history of the Dragon God Clan, as well as the many core races of the divine and demon realms, including some major events of both realms.
By the time he finished reading this Dragon God ancient text, seven days had already passed.