Guardian Mirror from the Great Thousand World

The dazzling silver light slowly faded, eventually leaving only the cracked surface of the mirror.

A wave of astonishment and bewilderment exploded in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea: "What continent is this? Why is there not a trace of spiritual energy! In this environment, I can barely even catch my breath!"

The voice spoke extremely fast, not at all like someone who had just woken up, and was filled with unbelievable exaggeration. "Hey, hey, hey!"

Kid! You're the one who woke me up—cough, you mean me?

As Huo Yuhao gazed at the shimmering light on the mirror, an image of Xu Sanshi —eyes wide and looking around—involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Huo Yuhao calmly replied, "This is the Battle Qi Continent. Spiritual Qi—you mean the spiritual Qi used to elevate one's soul realm?"

"What is that?" The mirror's surface gleamed. "I'm talking about the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, used for cultivation!"

Huo Yuhao nodded, indicating his understanding. "On the Battle Qi Continent, we call the energy needed for cultivation 'Heaven and Earth Origin Qi '."

"The Heaven and Earth Origin Qi?" The mirror's voice rose eight octaves, filled with disdain. "So it's a lower plane. No wonder there's no spiritual energy, only this kind of low-level stuff."

"And this concentration—tsk tsk tsk, it's as diluted as if it's been diluted eight hundred times! No wonder I—cough, no wonder I feel so unwell, like I haven't eaten in tens of thousands of years!"

Huo Yuhao's lips twitched almost imperceptibly. "You mentioned the lower plane, so there's an even more powerful world on the Battle Qi Continent. Where are you from?"

"Of course!" The mirror's voice immediately became smug, and the halo on its surface brightened even more. "Listen up, kid! I am the Guardian Mirror! I come from that vast and boundless Great Thousand World, teeming with myriad races, where spiritual energy is so abundant you could bathe in it! That's a higher plane! Do you know what a higher plane is? It's a place where you lower planes can't even see your own heels even if you try your hardest!"

It paused, seemingly trying to create an air of mystery, but the playfulness in its tone was impossible to hide. "Back in the day, I was a force to be reckoned with—cough cough, never mind, a hero doesn't dwell on past glories! Anyway, in a minor conflict that affected the entire Great Thousand World, a little accident happened, and I ended up in this remote corner of your world. Alas, it's all fate!"

Huo Yuhao did not interrupt the mirror's boastful talk.

He was quite interested in the information revealed by the mirror. He had heard that there were even higher-level worlds above the Battle Qi Continent, and that this mirror came from that world. Therefore, Huo Yuhao asked, "Is the Great Thousand World the world that manages all lower planes? Can the strongest beings in lower planes ascend to the Great Thousand World? You—"

"Oh dear, knowing this about your strength is useless," the mirror interrupted Huo Yuhao's question. "You'll see for yourself when you go up there later."

"The problem now is, do you have Space Stone? My body is failing me—" Mirror's voice froze, and he remained silent for a long while.

It suddenly let out a piercing scream, and the entire mirror shook violently. "What's going on? I, the dignified—"

They've actually acknowledged you as their master!

"You pervert! You took advantage of me while I was sleeping! You owe me my innocence!"

Because Huo Yuhao had previously used his Soul Power to repair the mirror's spirit, their consciousnesses were now connected. Therefore, without Huo Yuhao actively refining it, the spirit, while dormant, instinctively served Huo Yuhao as its master.

"This mirror is so noisy!" Huo Yuhao rubbed his temples. "You just said it needed Space Stone to repair it? What's that?"

"Space Stone." The mirror's emotions came and went quickly. Soon its voice calmed down, carrying a hint of longing. "That's a good thing! It contains the pure power of space origin and is a top-grade material for refining space-type magical artifacts!"

While they aren't everywhere in our Great Thousand World, they're not exactly rare either. However—"

Its tone instantly crumbled, tinged with a resigned helplessness. "Judging by your remote and impoverished village, it's probably hopeless. Do you have any spiritual materials containing spatial power? Even slightly inferior ones will do, it's just a pity that my handsome body will be tainted by low-grade materials!"

After a moment's thought, Huo Yuhao took out several dusty Absorption Stone and a small piece of Spirit Core from his Storage Ring.

"Huh?" The mirror's voice carried a hint of surprise. "You actually have one! Although the quality is so-so, and the spatial power it contains is as thin as a hair, it's better than nothing!"

It immediately perked up. "But repairing me isn't that simple! It will probably require the most outstanding weapon-refining Grandmaster in your world. Do you know anyone like that?"

"I can try to give you a makeover." Perhaps inspired by the mirror's quirky nature, Huo Yuhao joked, stepping in front of the mirror to examine it again.

The mirror's surface flickered rapidly, and it said with a hint of disdain, "You? Even if you know how to refine weapons, your skill level isn't high enough. Ordinary weapon refiners don't have the ability to repair me. Don't worry about others stealing me; with my abilities, protecting you from the minions of the lower planes is quite simple."

Looking at the Absorption Stone and Spirit Core in his palm, Huo Yuhao calmly said, "A weapon-refining Grandmaster? According to my teacher, I might be the only weapon-refiner in the world."

"Huh???" The mirror's voice was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, its wail filled with disbelief. "The only weapon refiner? This—this lower plane is so barren that even the weapon refining tradition has been severed? Why is my life so miserable!"

"Never mind!" The mirror quickly adjusted its mindset. "I'll tell you the steps to repair myself first."

I'll show you how difficult it is! Once you give up, we'll have another chance—Hey! What are you doing?!

Its words came to an abrupt halt. Huo Yuhao hadn't listened to its so-called "complex steps" at all; Nine Li Ice Flame had already risen in his palm! Extreme cold and extreme heat alternated repeatedly in a very short time. Soon, the Absorption Stone and Spirit Core rapidly softened and merged in the flames.

"Hey! Stop! Don't waste materials!" The mirror's surface flickered frantically, forming an anxious expression. "During the smelting, we need to maintain the spatial power! We need to guide it to form a stable energy circuit! We need to replace the damaged nodes within my body! This requires meticulous control; the slightest error will... will..."

The mirror was stuck. Huo Yuhao's movements were fluid and seamless; the icy blue flames, like the most nimble fingers, precisely enveloped the molten material.

Fine, shimmering silver threads, crackling with spatial fluctuations, were crafted and, guided by Huo Yuhao's mental power, precisely entered the broken, dried-up energy pathways deep within the mirror!

A silver light shone inside the mirror, flowing along the energy channels. The spiderweb-like cracks seemed to be soothed by an invisible force; although they did not completely disappear, they were noticeably healed, and the rusty frame seemed to regain a trace of its dim luster.

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