Instead, the information obtained from the Purgatory Ancestor gave Jian Shang a tremendous surprise.
Among the True Immortals who had descended into the world, the Purgatory Ancestor had the longest history and highest seniority. During his previous descent, he had obtained an incomplete copy of the Atlantis Civilization's secret canon, the Mending-Heaven Treasure Mirror, and later created the Purgatory Treasure Mirror himself. This was the origin of his title, "Purgatory Ancestor." Despite its name, "Purgatory," it actually followed the path of restoration and creation: on the grandest scale, it could mend heaven; on an intermediate scale, it could create humans; on the smallest scale, it could "refine everything and restore all things." This was the profound essence of the Mending-Heaven Treasure Mirror-the Heaven-Mending Dao.
The Atlantis Civilization was not the first civilization to appear in this world, but it was the earliest organized human civilization. It was said to have originated from the immensely powerful Mending-Heaven Sect of the Upper Realm. A disciple of that sect had brought its supreme secret canon, the Mending-Heaven Treasure Mirror, into this world, where it had been passed down to the present. Thus, translated into the terms of China's culture, the true name of the "Atlantis" civilization should not have been some legendary kingdom or an eternally unsinkable divine island, but the "Heaven-Mending" civilization. This was also the principal reason its people regarded themselves as "gods." Originally, humanity had been primitive, and the world had no gods. Their appearance brought both humans and gods into existence, and the gods led humanity toward glory, completing the hierarchy of living beings in this world, much like a pyramid. This was the Heaven-Mending Dao.
The two most famous scriptures ever derived from the Mending-Heaven Treasure Mirror were the Nuwa Mending-Heaven Scripture and the Purgatory Treasure Mirror. One