Magic Mirror

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

The item resembles an ordinary antique mirror, small enough to fit inside Gu Qing’s phone case 101 102.

• Frame: Plain, aged wood 101.
• Surface: Initially described as clear as glass; later described as somewhat aged and cloudy 101 208.
• Movement: Frequently twitches or trembles when communicating, sometimes violently enough to shake the Storage Bag containing it 101 219.
• Display: Produces written messages and live images on its surface 101 102.

Resident Soul

• Appears inside the Mirror World as a tall woman with finely sculpted features, fair skin, and pale blond hair 281.
• Has dark-purple irises with flame-like movement deep within her pupils 281.
• Appears to Gu Qing to be entirely Western in ancestry; he senses a powerful, sinister quality in her eyes 281.

History

Acquisition and Binding

Gu Qing obtains the Magic Mirror after defeating a mirror Anomaly. Although he believes the Mirror World has collapsed, the item shows him that Xia Shuran remains trapped inside. It demands supernatural power in exchange for releasing her, then falls dormant before negotiations are complete 101.

Gu Qing brings it to Liu Zhiyi, who identifies it as an unusually valuable supernatural item. She initially considers two explanations for its consciousness: an artifact spirit or a resident remnant soul. She warns that a remnant soul could deceive its holder into becoming its pawn 102.

After Liu Zhiyi recharges it, the mirror delays Xia Shuran’s release, asking for up to half an hour to continue interacting with her. At Gu Qing’s insistence, it broadcasts the encounter. Xia Shuran repeatedly fights its regenerating reflections before returning to reality 102 103 104.

Liu Zhiyi subsequently binds the mirror to Gu Qing through Blood-Dripping Recognition of the Master, using his blood and her supernatural power to establish a spiritual connection 108.

Submission to the Divine Maiden

The mirror initially cannot see the Deity Girl standing beside Gu Qing. Later, it displays an urgent plea for help before the girl appears on its surface. After she disappears, the mirror reports losing consciousness and all memories of that day. Gu Qing suspects that she erased them 216 219 220.

The Divine Maiden later confronts the female remnant soul inside the Mirror World. Terrified, the soul begs for her life and promises to become her believer. Gu Qing accepts the Divine Maiden as the mirror’s second master 253.

Recovery Through the Demon Seed

The mirror requests a Demon Seed from Gu Qing, offering expanded Mirror World functions in return. He chooses to give it the seed rather than consume it himself. After several days of refinement, it announces that it has obtained complete control over the Mirror World 269 279.

Gu Qing then tests its storage capacity and enters with a wisp of his Divine Soul, eventually meeting the resident soul face-to-face 280 281.

Personality

The Magic Mirror is sarcastic, provocative, and deliberately evasive. It frequently ends explanations at crucial points or becomes silent when pressed. Its refusal to answer is not always ignorance: answering questions genuinely carries an unspecified cost, and it becomes more selective after establishing its value to Gu Qing 110 194 207.

It enjoys teasing its owner and boasting about itself. It flatters Gu Yao as the world’s fairest woman, mocks Gu Qing’s equivalent question, and describes its former appearance with an extravagant string of beauty idioms. When Gu Qing demands an answer by invoking “your daddy,” it simply calls him “Daddy” instead 208 246 251.

Despite its defiance, it backs down when Gu Qing credibly threatens to withhold supernatural power. Its attitude toward the Divine Maiden is much more submissive: it insists on the honorific “Her Ladyship” and mocks those who challenge her power 221 260 344.

Abilities & Skills

Knowledge of Hidden Secrets

Its item description states that it knows the world’s secrets and can answer its holder’s questions, but only when it chooses 101.

• Cost: Every answer requires it to pay a price; the nature of that price remains unexplained 194 207.
• Selectivity: It may refuse even urgent questions or provide only part of an answer 243 303.
• Knowledge limits: It cannot initially perceive the Deity Girl and later explicitly denies knowing the cause of a mysterious eyeball phenomenon 216 355.
• Unconfirmed mechanism: Gu Qing suspects divination or mind-reading, but neither explanation is confirmed 110 217.

Mirror World Control

The mirror is associated with a separate Mirror World, initially used to imprison Gu Qing and Xia Shuran 105.

• Early limitation: It tells Gu Qing that the power which originally trapped them was not its own and refuses to identify the source 110.
• Restored functions: After refining the Demon Seed, it confirms that people can be sent inside and the space used for storage 269 279.
• Promised combat use: Offers to drag enemies inside or bring allies in to facilitate an escape; these are stated capabilities rather than demonstrated combat feats in the supplied passages 269.
• Spiritual access: Can guide Gu Qing’s divine sense into the Mirror World. He explores it through a wisp of his Divine Soul 269 280.

Storage and Life Support

The Mirror World accommodates large objects and living creatures, but Gu Qing’s usable capacity is limited by strain on his Divine Soul 280.

Images and Remote Observation

• Broadcasts live scenes from inside the Mirror World onto its surface 101 102.
• Temporarily observes Xia Shuran outside the Mirror World through a trace of supernatural power remaining in her body 111.
• States that this remote observation will end once the residual power disappears after a few days 111.
• Accepts silent communication through words Gu Qing forms with mental power on its surface, even while inside his Storage Bag 348 361.

Transfer Through the Mirror

• Allows Gu Qing to push supernatural items through its surface to the Divine Maiden 257 269.
• Serves as the medium through which the Divine Maiden reaches out and transfers evil god origin into Gu Qing; that power belongs to her, not the mirror 257.

Power Supply and Ownership Risks

• External power requirement: Depleting its supernatural power causes its writing to fade and its consciousness to become dormant 101 220.
• Recharge rate: Liu Zhiyi replenishes it rapidly; Xia Shuran, then ordinary Fifth Order, needs nearly half an hour and exhausts herself doing so 102 220 221.
• Overfilling: Warns Liu Zhiyi to stop supplying power because it cannot endure any more 102.
• Owner’s death: The blood-binding destroys the mirror immediately if Gu Qing dies 108.
• Mirror’s destruction: Severely injures Gu Qing’s body and soul. Without outside help, recovery would require at least several years bedridden 108.

Relationships

• Gu Qing — Owner and blood-bound master. Relies on its intelligence and storage while repeatedly clashing with its evasiveness and insults 108 110 279.
• Divine Maiden / Deity Girl — Second master and resident of the Mirror World. Subdues the female remnant soul and supplies the world’s life-sustaining vitality 253 269 280.
• Liu Zhiyi — Identifies, recharges, and binds the mirror to Gu Qing; it later asks specifically for her stronger supernatural power 102 108 221.
• Xia Shuran — Former captive and later power supplier. Objects strongly when it disparages her contribution 102 221.
• Gu Yao — Briefly borrows it and receives enthusiastic flattery when she imitates the Evil Queen’s question from Snow White 208.

Notable Quotes

“Stop coming to me with every question. Please try thinking for yourself. Every time I answer your questions, I have to pay a certain price.” 194

“Heaven’s secrets must not be divulged.” — When asked what the Divine Maiden does inside the mirror 258

Trivia

• Both Gu Qing and Gu Yao explicitly compare it to the magic mirror from Snow White 101 208.
• Gu Qing initially keeps it alongside his ID card inside his phone case, later moving it into his Storage Bag 102 142.