A few days earlier, word had come from the Upper Realm that the Samsara Mirror had appeared in the world.
Nan Xunran had been ordered to travel to the lower realm and seize the supreme treasure, and had only returned today.
During his time in the lower realm, he had stayed with a force subordinate to the Nan Clan.
All had been calm at first, but there he had unexpectedly encountered a Child of Destiny.
The man had acted arrogantly and boasted that he would wipe out every member of the Nan Clan.
Nan Xunran had frowned slightly, and the servant had understood at once and stepped in to suppress him.
But unexpectedly, the Child of Destiny had a mysterious old man backing him.
The old man had claimed to be invincible in that realm, only to be reduced to ash by a single move from Nan Xunran.
The Child of Destiny had also been traumatized by his master's death, greatly reducing his cultivation, and Nan Xunran had slapped him to death with one palm strike.
Nan Xunran had always been ruthless and decisive in killing.
He knew full well that if he did not eliminate potential threats completely, they would be like weeds: "Wildfire cannot burn them all away; the spring breeze makes them grow again."
He had wiped out the Child of Destiny's Lineage and every Lineage associated with it, sparing no one.
Afterward, he had entered the ancient ruins, taken the Samsara Mirror, and returned to the Sacred Domain.
Last month, a "system" had suddenly appeared in Nan Xunran's mind, claiming that he was the world's invincible main villain.
He would become endlessly entangled with the Children of Destiny, Children of Fortune, protagonists, and the like from various small worlds, fighting until one side or the other was dead, and ultimately his entire Lineage would be tragically exterminated.
At first, Nan Xunran had been half convinced and half doubtful about the claim that his Lineage would be exterminated, but after the incident with the lower realm's Child of Destiny, he dismissed it with utter disdain.
In his view, Children of Destiny were stupid to the extreme and could be killed with a single palm strike.
Still, he could not deny that Children of Destiny were indeed favored by the Heavenly Dao, and the treasures they carried were so rare that only powerful cultivators could possess them.
There had been so many treasures, all worth a fortune, that Nan Xunran could not help wondering: The Heavenly Dao's brain probably isn't right either.
With so many treasures nourishing him, even a piece of trash could become the strongest, yet the Child of Destiny was still weak.
Nan Xunran could not understand why the Heavenly Dao had done this.
He had investigated the "system" in his sea of consciousness and confirmed that it posed no tangible threat, though he could not pin down its exact traces either.
He thought to himself, There's no need to tell the elders about such a minor matter.
Once I'm back at the Divine Son Hall, I'll see what the reward for killing the Child of Destiny is before deciding what to do.
Nan Xunran stopped thinking, raised a hand, and with a wave took an object from the void and placed it on the table.
His gaze was steady as he slowly said, "This is the Samsara Mirror."
His voice was calm, clearly audible in the silent space.
The Samsara Mirror radiated a mysterious, ancient presence. Its surface seemed to hold endless mysteries, capable of reflecting the past and future of all things.
In an instant, its presence enveloped the space.
"Hahahahahaha, good! As expected of the Nan Clan's Divine Son, bringing back the supreme treasure so easily!"
The Great Elder's voice rang out as he strode over and patted Nan Xunran on the shoulder, his hearty laughter resounding all around.
"Ran'er, have you tried this treasure?"
The Fifth Elder suddenly appeared like a ghost and poked Nan Xunran in the back.
Nan Xunran turned to look down at the childlike Fifth Elder and bowed. "I have. This mirror can show the past and future."
The Fifth Elder had suffered a backlash while cultivating at the age of ten and had retained a child's appearance ever since.
Nan Xunran did not know his exact age, but the Eighth Elder, already several thousand years old this year, was the youngest of the elders, while the Fifth Elder was three places senior to the Eighth. No one could guess his true age; perhaps even he himself had forgotten it.
"It really can observe the future and the past? It is indeed a supreme treasure, but our Nan Clan doesn't much care."
The Second Elder stroked his beard as he sat leisurely in midair, the horsetail whisk before him swaying in the breeze.
The Nan Clan's foundations ran deep. Though they acknowledged the Samsara Mirror's value, they would not make a fuss over it.
The Samsara Mirror was a legendary divine artifact that could see into the future and the past and reveal the cycle of fate and reincarnation.
When the Samsara Mirror had appeared, word had spread throughout the Upper Realm, shaking every realm.
Nan Xunran had heard that it could change heavenly destiny, which was why he had gone to the lower realm to search for it.