Fang Yun rode Walking the Blue Clouds toward First Cold City with the Yan Family's Great Scholars and Grand Academicians.
When they were still a hundred li from First Cold City, Fang Yun suddenly looked up at the sky and said, "Stop for a moment."
Everyone followed his gaze and saw a fist-sized fireball tear across the sky at a terrifying speed, plummeting straight toward Fang Yun.
"That's a meteor! Be careful!" Yan Ningxiao moved to intercept it.
But Fang Yun said, "A gift from the Flood Dragon Sage. There's no need to be afraid."
As he spoke, Fang Yun reached out to seize it. The object arrived in an instant, then released a terrifying explosive boom and stopped in midair. At the same time, it unleashed a dreadful shock wave that sent everyone nearby flying backward. Even the Great Scholar Yan Ningxiao was knocked off his Walking the Blue Clouds.
As they fell, everyone hurriedly summoned their Walking the Blue Clouds to fly over and catch them.
The fireball's flames died out, revealing a red-copper disc. One side was carved with dragons, while the other was bright enough to reflect a person, like a mirror.
Only from a particular angle could one see that the mirror consisted of ring upon ring, as though countless circular bands had coalesced into one.
Parts of the red-copper disc were damaged, with several rice-grain-sized chips, but its core remained intact.
The Yan Family members exchanged looks, startled and delighted. They guessed that this red-copper disc was the legendary Starfire Armillary Mirror, the foremost flying treasure in the Myriad Worlds. Apart from mighty figures in the Ancestor-Proclaiming Realm or a handful of Great Sages adept at flying through the stars, nothing could outpace it.
Even members of the Fu Yue Clan, who carried entire