Ning Wangshu's breathing grew slightly ragged, but a moment later, he furrowed his brow and recalled what had happened.
"It seems the clash between the Shanhe Sheji Diagram and the phantom image of that mysterious Ancient Mirror caused the Array Markings formed from the token to collapse. Afterward, the Array Markings failed to bring me back to Earth and instead unexpectedly brought me to this world!"
"But what exactly was that phantom image of the Ancient Mirror? It could actually stand its ground against the Shanhe Sheji Diagram, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and even seemed to have a slight edge over it."
"And that was only a phantom image!"
Ning Wangshu murmured to himself.
Then he thought of Yaoli, and his expression shifted. "Judging from what happened at the time, A Li fell out of the Shanhe Sheji Diagram because of the power of that phantom image of the Ancient Mirror."
"Moreover, that phantom image seemed to be targeting only A Li. In particular, before that, when A Li tried to ascend, the Immortal Gate had sensed the immortal aura she released and was about to manifest."
"But a Mysterious Power blocked it. The power was exactly the same as the force unleashed by the phantom image of the Ancient Mirror that appeared later."
"This shows that the phantom image of the Ancient Mirror—or perhaps the mirror itself—was what stopped A Li from opening the Immortal Gate and ascending!"
"But how could such a terrifying treasure exist in the Cangyuan Realm? It was only a world at the cultivation level, after all!"
Ning Wangshu found it unbelievable and couldn't understand why a treasure of this level would exist in the Cangyuan Realm, even if it was only a phantom image projected by the treasure's power.
After pondering for a long