Chu Mo's consciousness trembled within the Void Sea rift as the phantoms of nine Element Jade Tokens spun rapidly before his eyes. The holder of the 'Mirror' Jade Token—the Myriad Realms Observer—gradually solidified, Chu Mo's fractured reflections mirrored in his pupils. A twisted smile curled across his lips. "Chu Mo, do you think breaking the Mirror Prison means you can escape my observation?"
"The Observer?" Chu Mo gripped his twin swords tightly. The power of reality and illusion within him resonated with the Light of Original Heart transmitted by the Old Scholar Tree. He noticed that among the nine jade tokens floating behind the Observer, cracks in the 'Mirror' Jade Token were seeping black mist, resonating with the dark aura of the Void Sea rift.
"What you see is merely a projection." The Observer raised a hand, and Chu Mo's reflection suddenly split into countless translucent fragments. Within each fragment appeared a different Chu Mo—some reduced to sword slaves, some becoming demon gods, others vanishing into the void. "These failed possibilities are the real you."
At the Mount Guiji defense line, Yun Che sensed Chu Mo's peril. She pressed the 'Beginning' Jade Token against the trunk of the Old Scholar Tree, and the spirit swords of Spirit Sword Square suddenly erupted in seven-colored radiance. The Blacksmith Boy's Hammer Sword began to melt, reforging itself into a translucent Tool Spirit Symbiotic Being; the Thunder Domain Sword Cultivator's Thunder Cloud Sword Tassel transformed into a Tribulation Thunder Avatar, purple arcs of lightning coiling around it.
"It is our turn." The Blacksmith Boy's voice turned ethereal as the Hammer Sword's sword spirit manifested and merged with his soul. The Thunder Domain Sword Cultivator spread his arms, condensing nine tribulation thunder vortexes in the void, each corresponding to one of the Observer's Element Jade