Northern Shenyun Mirror, Mirror World.
Clouds steamed and rosy mists billowed; the sea of fog stretched boundlessly, while the lake water was crystal-clear and utterly still, without the faintest ripple.
Zhao Sheng strode across the water, his sleeves fluttering as great quantities of glittering ice crystals scattered down. The moment they entered the water, they melted one after another, turning into clusters of incomparably pure spiritual water that slowly spread outward.
A moment later, Zhao Sheng had cast away several thousand jun of "Pure Water" and leisurely arrived at a stretch of water.
A great swath of five-colored radiance suddenly rose from beneath the water, engulfing Zhao Sheng.
The next second, the radiance vanished into thin air, and Zhao Sheng disappeared without a trace as well.
This was the Grand Sun Mirror Realm, thick with rolling smoke and dotted with volcanoes. Deep within the very first volcano, a figure rose out of thin air from beneath a lake of lava.
Zhao Sheng arrived above the lava lake without making any visible movement.
Suddenly, countless fragments of sabers, swords, spears, axes, and other Dharma treasures fell rustling into the lava lake. Blossoms of Heaven and Earth True Fire gathered around them, wrapping the treasure fragments with remarkable intelligence.
The treasure fragments visibly softened and dissolved, continuously separating out Essence of Five Metals before gradually sinking to the lakebed.
With a thought from Zhao Sheng, dozens of head-sized balls of spirit metal burst through the lake surface and swiftly slipped into his sleeve, vanishing from sight.
Not long afterward, a five-colored pillar of light shot into the heavens. Its tip pierced through the barriers of space and time, connecting to the teleportation array of another Mirror World.
Over the following half day, Zhao Sheng passed successively through the three realms of central