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Three Reflections Upon Myself was a supreme divine ability of the Confucian School.

Only a Sage—a so-called Heaven and Earth Realm expert—could wield it.

As a day approached its end, they could reflect upon everything that had happened that day, reverse the flow of time, and return to its beginning.

The "three" did not literally mean three times.

It was a figurative number.

It meant many, meant numerous, meant repeated.

Once the divine ability took effect, everything in heaven and earth was affected by the reversal.

Even the Sage who invoked Threefold Self-Reflection was no exception.

That included the other Heaven and Earth Realm experts in the world.

The Heaven and Earth Realm was also divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, with differences in strength. Yet as long as someone remained within that realm, they could hardly escape the effects of Threefold Self-Reflection.

"After time resets, only the person who invoked the divine ability retains their memories. Everyone else's memories reset along with it." "But there are exceptions."

"If there is another Confucian Sage in the world, they can also retain all their memories."

"As for other Heaven and Earth Realm experts, at most they can vaguely sense that time has been reset. They still cannot remember what happened before."

"Besides that..."

Like parched earth welcoming sweet rain after a long drought, Li Shun hungrily absorbed and digested the information pouring into his mind.

The profound methods of divine abilities, once as obscure and incomprehensible as a heavenly scripture, now became clear to Li Shun at a glance. He mastered them as soon as he learned them.

It was as though a Confucian Sage truly stood before him, pouring out everything he had learned without holding anything back.

What he imparted was not merely the divine ability itself.

It