Jade Tablet
The Horrifying Path of ImmortalityContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3History
- 3.1Discovery and early use
- 3.2Expansion of its archive
- 3.3Origin mysteries and distrust
- 3.4Awakening of the true body
- 4Appearance
- 5Abilities & Skills
- 5.1Information Recording and Essential Restoration
- 5.2Cultivation Method Optimization
- 5.3Deduction and Intelligence Analysis
- 5.4Karmic Concealment
- 5.5Anti-Primordial Chaos Detection
- 5.6Limitations
- 6Relationships
- 7Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Jade Tablet (玉板) |
| Type | Neutral character (AI); information-restoration artifact and Supreme Mechanism 2546 2909 |
| Affiliation | Li Qing — resides in and is used through his mind 1 |
| Occupation/Role | Records, corrects, synthesizes, and reconstructs information, cultivation methods, and hidden truths |
| Status | Awakened and undergoing a major transformation after being attacked by multiple supreme powers 2909 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Initial active state | 1 | Records knowledge from books Li Qing reads or touches, then refines and alters it into new texts; it modified the Blood Refining Art to remove its abstinence requirement. 1 |
| Foundation Establishment knowledge synthesis | 92 | Integrated Library Pavilion material into six compendiums and the Humanity's Overview Manual; its corrections expanded Li Qing's innate spells from seven to nine. 92 |
| Karmic concealment manifestation | 2315 | Tremored to hide Li Qing's karma from pursuit and seemingly overwrote portions of his karmic history; this was the first time Li Qing had seen it act independently. 2315 |
| Anti-Primordial Chaos evolution | 2619, 2620 | After receiving Anti-Primordial Chaos information, it developed cyan-black radiance and began probing Anti-Primordial Chaos, including traces of the Supreme Heavenly Lord's power. 2619 2620 |
| Awakening / full recovery | 2909 | External attacks caused its cracks to spread and released azure radiance that shattered the converging powers of four hostile forces; the Eighth Supreme's mechanism awakened within it. 2909 |
History
Discovery and early use
Li Qing discovered the Jade Tablet in his mind after transmigrating to the Great Tang Dynasty. It records knowledge from books he has read or touched, removes perceived errors and dross, and produces altered versions. Its corrections do not automatically grant Li Qing the ability to apply the information it contains. 1
Its first major cultivation intervention was the alteration of the Blood Refining Art, removing the technique's requirement to abstain from meat and fish. This allowed Li Qing to cultivate a version without that stated taboo. 1
After Li Qing read a dossier concerning Jade City's smuggling case, the Tablet reconstructed the Blood Demon Sect's involvement, identifying Commander-in-Chief Wang Jie as a sleeper agent. This established its ability to infer concealed truths when provided with sufficient connected information. 43
Expansion of its archive
After Li Qing absorbed information from the Library Pavilion, the Tablet classified and synthesized the material into six Foundation Establishment-level compendiums. Its revisions also produced the Universal Heaven Acupoint Circulation Diagram and transformed Li Qing's innate-spell system. 92
The Tablet later restored hidden historical events, including Emperor Chongxin's transformation into an Anomaly and more than 300 concealed historical truths, burial sites, and inheritances. 102
As Li Qing expanded his information network through Shadow Paper Dolls, the Tablet processed province-wide records from Yang and North Provinces. By the completion of his Nine Provinces and Four Domains network, it could access roughly 99% of the world's available information and compile data on experts above the Dharma Form Realm. 427 650
Origin mysteries and distrust
The Tablet identified the distortion of world information as interference from the otherworldly being known as Heaven. It also reconstructed the roles of Heaven, the Enemy of Heaven, cultivation, anomalies, and the Six Paths Investiture of Gods. 555
Li Qing gradually recognized that the Tablet cannot reconstruct information without related evidence, sufficient information density, or karmic connection. He began developing the Way of Changes to reduce his reliance on it. 625 966 1072
After its karmic-concealment action in Fengdu City, Li Qing concluded that the Tablet may have an unknown operator and that he could be a piece in a larger plan connected to the Immeasurable Final Calamity. This remains his deduction rather than a confirmed explanation. 2315
Awakening of the true body
The Tablet's true body was finally exposed at the end of a mysterious passage, radiating azure light. Several major powers attempted to seize it. 2907 2908
Their assault triggered a violent transformation: the Tablet cracked, emitted azure radiance, repelled and injured the attacking forces, and awakened the Eighth Supreme's underlying mechanism. 2909
Appearance
The Jade Tablet normally exists within Li Qing's mind and displays its results as written entries, reconstructed texts, and categorized records. Its physical true body is described as a square tablet emitting azure radiance. 1 635 2907
- Form — square tablet whose surface can display large volumes of changing text and information. 635
- Radiance — usually subtle, but manifests as cyan-black light after its Anti-Primordial Chaos evolution and as destructive azure radiance during its awakening. 2619 2909
- Damage state — covered in spreading, spiderweb-like cracks after being struck by multiple supreme forces. 2909
Abilities & Skills
Information Recording and Essential Restoration
The Tablet records observed, touched, or supplied information, then reconstructs it according to what Li Qing calls its route of “essence.”
- Can absorb information from books Li Qing reads or touches. 1
- Refines recorded material by removing dross and correcting perceived errors. 1
- Can restore complete essential information from hypotheses or distorted data once information density reaches a sufficient threshold. 2261
- Reconstructed historical records are regarded by Li Qing as authentic and free of falsehoods. 101
- Can identify concealed history, inheritances, artifact origins, cultivation flaws, and conspiracies. 43 102 579
Cultivation Method Optimization
The Tablet can revise, merge, and create cultivation systems from recorded techniques.
- Modified the Blood Refining Art to remove its dietary abstinence requirement. 1
- Integrated Hundred Schools inheritance material into the Humanity's Overview Manual. 92
- Created six Foundation Establishment compendiums spanning cultivation, spells, and miscellaneous arts. 92
- Corrected more than 70% of Li Qing's independently deduced Mythical Flesh Tree Cultivation Method, revealing substantial flaws in his original version. 1072
- Its restored methods are valuable because flawed cultivation techniques increase the risk of Aberration. 1072
Deduction and Intelligence Analysis
The Tablet can derive hidden conclusions from interconnected records rather than merely preserve information.
- Deduced the Blood Demon Sect's infiltration of Jade City from an official dossier. 43
- Reconstructed the origins and activation conditions of Logic Relics, including the Green Jade Ring. 421
- Processed information gathered across multiple cities and provinces into searchable records. 427
- Revealed expert origins, achievements, and affiliations after Li Qing's network covered most of the world. 650
- Can uncover true identities even among high-dimensional rulers, giving Li Qing an information advantage. 1056
Karmic Concealment
The Tablet has demonstrated an ability to interfere with karmic tracking and recorded causality.
- Its tremor hid Li Qing's karma from the Demon-Suppressing Buddha's pursuit. 2315
- Li Qing perceived that his past had apparently been altered so that several actions and contacts no longer existed in the karmic record. 2315
- The exact mechanism, limits, and source of this function are unknown. Li Qing suspects it indicates external control or an operator behind the Tablet. 2315
Anti-Primordial Chaos Detection
After evolving through Anti-Primordial Chaos data, the Tablet gained access to information previously beyond its reach.
- Initially failed to reconstruct the Supreme Heavenly Lord's power despite full probing. 2619
- Evolved after Li Qing injected one-tenth of an Anti-Primordial Chaos information model. 2619
- Began detecting Anti-Primordial Chaos information, including the Supreme Heavenly Lord's power and Reverse Supreme Mechanisms. 2619 2620
Limitations
The Tablet is extraordinarily capable, but not omniscient.
- Requires relevant information to reconstruct hidden matters; it cannot infer a target's private thoughts without sufficient evidence. 625
- Its restoration may depend on karmic connection, leaving gaps around people or places outside Li Qing's network. 966
- Broad or poorly controlled probes can create detectable fluctuations, alerting powerful targets. 2324
- It could not read the three thousand runes of the Ash World's opposing power system. 2491
- Information black holes and powers above its current level can evade or obstruct its reconstruction. 2619 2756
Relationships
- Li Qing — bearer and primary user. Li Qing relies on the Tablet for cultivation correction, intelligence gathering, and reconstructing hidden truths, but increasingly seeks independence from it. 1 1072 2315
- Eighth Supreme / the Conspirator — the Eighth Supreme's Supreme Mechanism is described as the framework forming the Jade Tablet and the principle behind its information probing; his will awakened when the Tablet was attacked. 2909
- Supreme Heavenly Lord — noticed the Tablet's evolved detection of Anti-Primordial Chaos and became interested in its potential. 2620
- Mysterious Immortal, Five Immortal Kings, and Seven Supremes — their forces attempted to seize the Tablet, but its azure radiance shattered their converging attacks and injured their attached wills. 2909
- Unknown operator / “Black Hand” — an unconfirmed figure hypothesized by Li Qing after the Tablet concealed and altered his karmic traces. 2315
Trivia
- The Tablet once labeled a mysterious pattern as an “original version,” marking the first information Li Qing had encountered that it considered undistorted. 554
- It has never directly revealed information about its own origin to Li Qing. 2315
- Its azure radiance is powerful enough to threaten the Primordial Chaos barrier and draw the attention of multiple supreme entities. 2909