Mirror Reflects the Frost Soul · The Spirit Wheel Awakens

On the Ghostly Snow Ridge, as dusk settled, a series of Silent Shadow appeared outside the main hall of the Underworld Sect. Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, and Mu Qingwan slowly stepped into the palace gate. Before their auras could even fluctuate, the elders of the Underworld Sect could already sense the cold, moon-like, and snow-reflecting aura of their artifacts arriving on the wind.

That is the meaning of the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel.

The hall was dimly lit. The Grand Venerable Mingxu the Netherworld, his white robes as white as frost, slowly turned around, a smile in his eyes turning into a cold glint. He didn't utter a word, but the two elders of the Silent Source Realm who had returned with Qin Ning— [Ling Zhan] and [You Jin]—stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, the seal on the Mirror Abyss Illusory Realm has been broken, and Jingyuan Yuehuang has been slain. Disciple Mu Qingwan, within the core of the Soul Mirror Illusion Abyss, resonated with the ancient artifact [Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel], and has achieved a complete natal affinity."

Mingxu nodded slightly, gazed at Mu Qingwan for a few breaths, and said in a deep voice, "With the Illusionary Soul as its foundation and Ice and Snow as its guide, your talent is indeed destined to be aligned with that Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel."

He gently raised his palm, and a warm ray of soul light wrapped around Mu Qingwan's forehead, as if probing the level of the Soul Pact, or perhaps offering a silent blessing.

"From this day forward, you will truly embark on the righteous path of the Spirit Firmament Great Realm. This artifact is extraordinary; its spiritual ring reflects the soul and can protect consciousness from countless calamities. You may establish your own Soul Domain beneath the Snow Soul Heavenly Palace."

Mu Qingwan bowed in greeting, her voice Wenwan yet firm:

" In the Qingwan... I respectfully followed the instructions of the Venerable One."

Qian Ruishan smiled gently, her eyes sparkling as she looked at her. Xueli also danced softly on her shoulder, as if in harmony with this fate of "the soul weapon returning to its master". Qin Ning stood beside them, simply nodding slightly without saying a word, but a hint of relief flashed in her eyes.

--Ling Jingxi stood in the dim light of the side hall, not uttering a word, but quietly watching Mu Qingwan's moon mirror swirl gently in her hand. It was a gaze filled with deep emotion.

She had dreamt of wielding this Realm Artifact, yet never actually touched it; now that someone has completed it for her, she has no regrets.

The night was deep and still, and the Jade Moon Hall in an icy blue light.

Qin Yu on the moon-shaped steps outside the palace, raising his eyes to watch the palace doors close for a moment. With a slight thought, he quietly probed inside with his divine sense. After confirming that everything was stable, he did not disturb them any further.

Today is the true opportunity for Mu Qingwan to fuse with the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel.

Inside the hall, the icy light was like a dream. The surrounding area was surrounded by soul pattern arrays personally set up by Qin Ning, making it extremely quiet. Mu Qingwan, dressed in a silver-white moon robe, sat cross-legged, with Xueli lying beside her. Her nine tails, like moonlight feathers, slowly unfurled, transforming into a slowly rotating "Mirror Soul Wheel," surrounded by light and shadow, reflecting fragments of all things.

The Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel, a Realm Artifact that had recently recognized its master, was now quietly floating above her sea of consciousness.

Its shape resembles a full moon wheel, with its entire body made of silvery-white bone, adorned with fragments of moonlight around its edges. At the center of the wheel's surface is an icy Soul Seal, seemingly a resonant pact between the soul and frost. Each gentle rotation stirs the deepest senses within her sea of consciousness, as if reflecting all the joys and sorrows, past experiences, beliefs, and destiny within her soul.

Xueli gently closed her eyes, and her nine tails moved in unison, releasing a gentle yet profound aura of illusory souls.

"Qingwan, I'll come to help you."

Beneath the nine tails, bursts of dark blue spiritual light transformed into fine threads, slowly wrapping around the edge of the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel, and then drawing upon its law soul traces, sending them strand by strand into the core of Mu Qingwan's sea of consciousness.

At that very moment, the wheel shifted slightly, and five halos of light appeared.

That was the Ultimate manifestation of the five combat techniques of the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel —the Ice Soul Illusion Technique. Each round was like a dream mirror of the moonlit night, reflecting the deepest ripples of the soul in Qingwan's sea of consciousness.

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First Form: Ice Moon Mirror Radiance

In an instant, the first moon mirror appeared, its light shining brightly, like a crescent moon rising, slowly unfolding.

Qingwan stared intently, and in that moon mirror, a mirror surface formed of frost floated in mid-air, the surrounding cold freezing everything.

She slowly extended her conscious hand and touched the mirror—

Boom!

Her consciousness surged, and countless icy blue rays of light suddenly descended upon her entire spiritual realm, like shattered stardust falling like snowflakes, each possessing the power of reflection. She saw the mirror reflect the enemy's attacks, freeze their killing intent, and reflect her soul back.

"... This technique can control soul attacks, defy laws, and quell all realms."

Her eyes were as clear as the moon, calm and resolute. First move: Comprehension!

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Second Form: Frost Soul Phantoms

In the second projection, beneath the mirror-like moon, countless shadows flutter and dance, like reflections in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water, both real and illusory.

Suddenly, the ice mirror shattered, and countless phantoms surged out from it, all of them projections of herself, or perhaps images of her enemies. They swirled in the void like butterflies, silently seeping into the enemy's senses and causing confusion.

Her consciousness trembled Mu Qingwan bit her lip and persevered, sinking into the core of the illusion to break through the fog and sever the falsehood.

Finally—the phantoms Return to One, condensing into a single Soul Ice. With a gentle touch, the second technique was also engraved in her sea of consciousness.

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Third Form: Cold Light Shattering Mirror

This time, it's the power of shattering.

Above the mirror moon, a beam of icy blue light suddenly pierced through all the illusions, like a falling star, shattering all the stable rules beneath the Mirror Wheel.

That was the collision of ice and soul pressure. Qingwan's sea of consciousness cracked slightly, but she did not retreat even half a step.

She raised her palm, unleashing a burst of cold light that shattered the enemy's defensive soul array!

She finally understood: this technique was a soul-piercing strike to break through the enemy's battle formation, a sharp edge of powerful attack.

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Fourth Form: Ice Soul Mirror Realm

The fourth manifestation was an ice soul realm formed from a mirror, still and pure, yet concealing a power of sealing and suppression.

The mirror realm unfolds, trapping the enemy as if in an eternally still soul prison.

Mu Qingwan stepped into it with her soul and felt an Ultimate silence and stillness. She could clearly sense that this move could be used to block enemy techniques, or to buy her own side a chance to breathe in a desperate situation.

The mirror world slowly contracted and merged into her sea of consciousness, the fourth move, imprinting a consciousness image!

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Fifth Form: Moon Extreme Ice Wheel

The final wheel-like silhouette was the most stunning.

It was a giant moon hanging atop the sea of consciousness, its surface like a mirror, its light like stars, and its chill boundless.

The ice wheel slowly rotated, condensing the Soul Seal laws of the entire Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel. With a single strike, like the ultimate judgment of the moon, it completely froze, extinguished, and destroyed the enemy's soul consciousness.

In that instant Mu Qingwan fully comprehended the essence of this technique, and an unwavering determination appeared in her eyes:

"This technique... is the Ultimate soul judgment."

She concentrated the power of her consciousness into a single point, pointed it towards the sky, and the ice wheel fell, completely engraving the technique into her Soul Seal.

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The fifth technique of combat has been mastered!

Her sea of consciousness melted like spring snow, Spiritual Qi flowed, and the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel slowly merged into her original soul, becoming completely hers.

Xueli opened her eyes and looked at her, her nine tails swaying, her eyes filled with deep joy and respect.

"Qingwan, congratulations." Her voice was gentle, her smile as radiant as moonlight.

At the same time, Cai'er on Qian Ruishan's shoulder flew up and hovered in the air, shining brightly, as if congratulating her master's dearest relative.

Outside the hall, Qin Yu sensed that her aura had stabilized and sighed inwardly.

She finally possessed her first Fate Realm, the true power of soul battle.

Just as the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel completely merged with Mu Qingwan, the entire Jade Moon Hall suddenly trembled with a wisp of water-like light pattern. Mirror light rippled out from the depths of the void, and an ice-blue soul wheel slowly emerged behind her, which was the soul source projection of the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel.

Xueli tilted her head slightly, her eyes reflecting the dreamlike ice mirror. Her nine tails stretched out, her expression gratified. Cai'er also flapped her wings and chirped softly, swirling above the spirit wheel, emitting melodious soul sounds.

And the next moment—

"Boom--!"

A sudden explosion of soul sounds, like the cracking of a mirror, erupted from Mu Qingwan's sea of consciousness Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel surged like a cold tide, releasing wave after wave of law ripples from the depths of her soul, directly penetrating her entire body's meridians, soul core, and life root!

Her body floated slightly in the air, and a dozen or so Mirror Moon Soul Rings appeared around her, each engraved with countless fragmented shadows and illusions. This was the "Illusory Soul Domain" of the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel unfolding on its own, forcibly altering her Spiritual Sense dimension!

At the same time, streaks of deep blue and silver-white soul light surged from the top of her head, her aura rising continuously.

--Initial Yuan Realm, Third Stage... Fourth Stage... Fifth Stage Perfection!

The entire process proceeded without any stagnation; the Spiritual Sense power and the soul were highly integrated, as if they were created specifically for this Realm Artifact.

Qin Yu's gaze narrowed slightly. He keenly sensed that with each release of "world energy surge" from the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel, Mu Qingwan's soul consciousness rose by one level. When the fifth round of Mirror Energy appeared, even he, as the Venerable of the Silent Origin, felt a slight, imperceptible sense of pressure.

This is not just about the compatibility of the Realm Artifact.

This is a resonance and reshaping of the soul, destiny, and consciousness structure.

"So powerful..." Qian Ruishan murmured softly, a hint of respect and astonishment flickering in her eyes. "This Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel... is indeed no longer among ordinary Realm Artifact. It has almost begun to possess the prototype aura of a 'Soul Spirit Artifact'."

At this moment, Xueli slowly leaped to Mu Qingwan's side, her nine tails unfurling, releasing the Soul Mirror Moon Barrier, which, together with the power of the Spirit Wheel, stabilized Mu Qingwan's rapidly surging divine soul. As the two resonated, the entire Jade Moon Hall shone as brightly as day, with divine souls echoing continuously.

After a full half-stick of incense had burned, the light and shadow subsided.

Mu Qingwan slowly opened her eyes. Her silver-blue pupils were like a mirror just beginning to shine, and in a daze, they could even reflect the Soul Seal in the hearts of others!

She looked down at the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel slowly rotating in her palm and exhaled softly:

"So... this is the true power of the Spirit Firmament."

At this moment, she was no longer the inquiring maiden from the Divine Abyss, but a true—

Spirit Firmament Cultivator, Initial Yuan Realm Fifth Stage Perfection, Holder of the Illusion Mirror Main Soul, Awakener of the Fate Realm Artifact, Soul Master the Silent Spirit Snow Fox.

The moon shines brightly in the mirror, a new life dawns in the Qingwan.

As the silvery-blue radiance faded, the Jade Moon Hall returned to tranquility. The lingering ripples of the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel's fusion still lingered in the air, as if every inch of the void had been reshaped and reflected, and even the deepest part of the soul seemed to be immersed in the Illusion of the Ice Soul.

Qian Ruishan approached slowly, her gaze gentle and joyful. She smiled slightly, gently took Mu Qingwan's hand, and spoke in a voice as clear as a moonlit Qingfeng:

"Congratulations on Qingwan."

Her palms were warm, like the intimacy and joy between sisters.

Mu Qingwan was stunned for a moment, then gently raised her eyes to look at her, a surge of almost indescribable emotion rising in her heart. She had never imagined that she could truly take her first step in a great world like Spirit Firmament, and that it would be so brilliant and so awe-inspiring.

"Sister Shanshan..." she whispered, her eyes still filled with the tremor and bewilderment of her recent breakthrough, "I... I feel like I'm still dreaming."

She gazed at the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel slowly rotating in her palm, her voice trembling slightly, yet her eyes were clearer than ever before:

"This Realm Artifact... it's too powerful... even though it's only initially resonated with my soul, the illusionary domains, the resonance of rules, the connection of soul consciousness it evoked... have completely surpassed my understanding of 'cultivation' in Taiyan and Divine Abyss."

She gently closed her eyes, sensing the structure deep within her soul being reshaped by the Mirror Moon Spirit Wheel. It was the rule system of the Spirit Firmament Great Realm —vast, meticulous, and inviolable.

"I'm only at the Initial Yuan Realm Fifth Stage now, but my sea of consciousness is already comparable to the pinnacle of the Great Yan Continent." She looked at Qin Ning and Qian Ruishan, her voice filled with respect and sigh, "Then you... as cultivators of the Realm Consciousness Realm, what kind of power is hidden within your realm? I'm afraid I don't even have the qualifications to understand it right now."

Qian Ruishan simply smiled and shook her head upon hearing this, saying softly:

"You've done very well, Qingwan. Coming from the Divine Abyss, you've now established a firm foothold in the Spirit Firmament and wielded your Fate Realm artifact... No one here will demand that you become powerful immediately. But you must know that if you continue on this path, even if the summit of the Silent Origin lies ahead, there will eventually be a place for you."

Mu Qingwan nodded gently. She felt the comfort of Xueli's nine tails swaying on her shoulder, and she also saw that Yunyi's pale golden pupils in the distance seemed to hold a more approving gaze.

She suddenly smiled, her long, snow-white hair gently brushing her cheeks, and the Ice Soul Mirror Wheel slowly returned to her sea of consciousness:

"... No matter what the future holds, I want to walk with you to the very end."

She looked at Qin Ning, her gaze filled with enduring tenderness, and whispered:

Even if that end is the highest peak of the entire Spirit Firmament.