No one knew this spray of yellow radiance, or the aura emanating from the figure wrapped within it, better than Luo Bei.
Even beneath Luo Bei's mountain-toppling, sea-overturning, heaven-destroying sword strike, the yellow radiance and the aura emitted by the figure wielding it still shot straight into the sky like a column of beacon smoke. Cultivators within dozens of miles could sense these two overwhelmingly powerful auras.
Faced with Luo Bei's torrent-like Sword Qi, brimming with supreme power, the yellow radiance instead gave off an aura of joyous excitement. The instant that delight at confronting such immense power appeared, Luo Bei could have recognized it even with his eyes closed. This yellow radiance was none other than the Haotian Mirror, the most formidable defensive treasure in the world!
The aura emanating from the figure within the Haotian Mirror was filled with fervor, resolve, and an unstoppable force. It was unmistakably Qi Lianliancheng's aura! Yet the figure enclosed by the Haotian Mirror was not a physical body at all, but a phantom naturally formed from surging magical-force fluctuations and True Essence power!
In that instant, Luo Bei understood why Qi Lianliancheng, despite escaping with the Substitute Divine Puppet after his physical body had collapsed, still knew that Luo Bei had come to the Great Freedom Palace and could lie in wait there to ambush him.
Qi Lianliancheng had actually refined the Haotian Mirror to the point where artifact and spirit had become one!
He had refined and absorbed the Haotian Mirror into his own body. After his physical body collapsed, Qi Lianliancheng had not reforged one, but instead fused all his vital blood, True Essence, and soul into the Haotian Mirror!
Many sects possessed methods for refining magical treasures in this fashion. Once successful, the treasure would merge into the body