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"But before we refine the Three Realms Mirror anew, we should find as many of its fragments as possible and make it whole," Yin Shengzhi said.
Even now, Yin Shengzhi could not be sure whether the Three Realms Mirror in his hands was complete.
There might still be other fragments out there!
"I fear that won't be easy..."
Everyone found the prospect difficult. No one could say whether any fragments of the Three Realms Mirror remained.
"But if we don't find every piece, how will we know what powers the Three Realms Mirror still lacks, or which direction to take its Ritual Refinement?" Yin Shengzhi asked.
The others fell silent. It was precisely because none of them could fathom how an ultimate Treasured Artifact like the Purple Dusk Palace had been made that they had turned their attention to the Three Realms Mirror.
Yet Yin Shengzhi had a point. If they could not grasp what the Three Realms Mirror could do, how could they restore it, much less raise it to a higher level?
Were they supposed to pile materials onto it?
"Do you know how the ancient Heavenly Emperor obtained the Three Realms Mirror?"
The speaker was Kui Guang, one of the Taiyi Immortal Venerables.
Everyone quieted to listen. Of those present, Kui Guang was probably the oldest and the most widely traveled.
"Have any of you heard of Great Luo Heaven?" Kui Guang asked.
"Great Luo Heaven?" A complicated look crossed Yin Shengzhi's face, and he nodded slightly.
During his recent journey through the boundless Endless Star Sea, he had gained immense power and heard countless strange tales