"Huh, you can actually view the Guardian Divine Weapon information of other Sects here? Although they are basically not forgeable, we can learn what the other party’s ultimate heritage really is."
An Jing glanced over and felt intrigued: "So, the secrets that many Sects think they are hiding are actually completely transparent to an Endless Heavens Traveler?"
"It’s not just Divine Weapons, even the special Formation Maps of the Sects—at least we can see their names."
Just with that one look, An Jing saw a Sixth Rank cultivation art of the Ancestral Dragon Hall, the elusive and unpredictable Cloud Mist Unstable Body, along with its accompanying Basic Divine Power Wave Immersion Silent Solitary Cloud.
And probably because of causal connections, he also saw the advanced form of the Secret Technique Nirvana Shedding—known by both Shuo Yueying and Yun Yanxia—called Undying Embers, and its corresponding Basic Divine Power Eternal Time Passage—how would anyone know this? Even the Endless Heavens have targeted Secret Techniques, but exchange also requires permissions; An Jing couldn’t yet see them.
An Jing didn’t even look at Da Chen because there were too many Heavenly Martial Emperor Weapons on Da Chen’s side; just one glance and he saw four Emperor Weapons, seventeen Heavenly Martial, much more than the unknown eight Emperor Weapons and eight Heavenly Martial on the surface, "Hidden deep enough... But you’re not my first target."
"Let’s take a look at the Taiming Sect!"
All along, those acting with the pure goal of ’killing An Jing’ were from the Taiming Sect. And because the Taiming Sect was likely related to one of the Fate Patterns of ’Yin Yang Stars’ awaken by An Jing, An Jing had already placed this Sect on his list of targets.
Now, know thyself, know thy enemy, a hundred battles without defeat, he wanted to see what exactly the Taiming Sect’s foundation was.
"Great Karma Reincarnation Three-Life Mirror: Left by the Heavenly Ancestor’s supreme court in the past of North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, suppressing the Netherworld and the Nether Sea, able to reflect karmic debts and sins, peering into past, present, and future lives, various reincarnations; thus called the Three-Life Mirror. Used to suppress the foundation, it allows the Cultivator’s Divine Sense to experience three lifetimes, fathom thousands of mysteries, clarify the Celestial Domain, eliminate the Heart Demon, and is number one for purifying the heart."
"Forging Method: Requires an Endless Heavens Traveler holding ’Netherworld Reincarnation Skill,’ completion of the task ’Non-Causal Heavenly Sin’ needed for exchange."
"Eh? The Three-Life Mirror? It’s also a mirror? No wonder they are so disdainful towards our Bright Mirror Sect!"
Upon seeing this, An Jing felt that many things were suddenly explainable: "I remember our Bright Mirror Sect’s foundation is the Haotian Mirror Fragment... Let me check if there’s a repair method."
"Qiankun Creation Haotian Mirror: Left by the Heavenly Ancestor’s supreme court in the past of North Mysterious Sacrifice Continent, suppressing all directions of the Celestial Domain, reflecting the root of all things, piercing through the truth of creation, the innate essence, it can also mirror heaven and earth, vast and boundless, thus called Haotian Mirror. Used to suppress the foundation, it allows the Cultivator to see own creation more clearly, nurturing Origin Divine Power, creation of wonders, first in profound mysteries."
"Forging Method: Requires an Endless Heavens Traveler holding ’Mediation Creation Skill,’ completion of the task ’Nine Heavens Viewing’ needed for exchange."
"The present Haotian Mirror is shattered; if possessing Haotian Mirror Shards, there is no need to complete the task ’Nine Heavens Viewing,’ only the possession of Mediation Creation Skill is needed for exchange for the repair method."
"Haotian Mirror Shard: Emperor’s Weapon Forging Material, can be exchanged. The task ’Heavenly Universe Scattering’ must be completed to unlock."
There are methods, but as An Jing saw before, the requirement is firstly that one must have the relevant Great Dao—would it really be Lingxiao? If so, would the Bright Mirror Sect still merely be Middle Gate?
But can Haotian Mirror Shards actually be exchanged? Does Endless Heavens really have Haotian Mirror Shards?
"Master has been working so hard in Endless Heavens to complete tasks; he probably wants to slowly exchange and gather all the Haotian Mirror Shards, right?"
Although Mingguang Dust hadn’t said anything, An Jing felt that he had probably found the reason why the other party worked so diligently: "It’s really tough, Master... But if they cannot be repaired, what’s the use of collecting all the shards?"
"As for the Taiming Sect’s Three-Life Mirror... and Three-Life Reincarnation? It seems that the Swordsman didn’t get to enjoy this benefit; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so deeply affected by the Demonic Qi."
An Jing retracted his gaze; he now knew many secrets of the Taiming Sect, but conversely, the Taiming Sect probably also knew many secrets of the Bright Mirror Sect, which is why several core True Transmission Divine Repository True Persons in the Bright Mirror Sect were ambushed, and why Mingguang Dust encountered the specially-targeted God Sword of Annihilation, presumably by a Swordsman who was also an Endless Heavens Traveler of the Shangxuan Sect.
Perhaps it was a stroke of fortune or just curiosity.
When An Jing was thinking about the Haotian Mirror Shards, he subconsciously thought of ’Evil Fragments.’
"Subdue Demons and Exorcise Evil Sword: The Lifebound weapon of the ancient Dao Courtyard’s Exorcise Evil Sword Immortal, to slay all things evil and demonic, break misfortune and tribulations, and all evils against heaven; after the Subdue Demons and Exorcise Evil Sword fragmented, every generation has had Sword Immortals inheriting the Exorcise Evil name, their swords also called Subdue Demons and Exorcise Evil Sword, first in annihilation and killing."
"Forging Method: None. This sword cannot be restored."
"Evil Suppressing Sword Fragment: Emperor’s Weapon Forging Material, can be exchanged. The task ’Demon Suppressing Heavenly Prison’ must be completed to unlock."
"Wait a minute, what do you mean I cannot be restored!"
Knowing this, Subdue Evil suddenly panicked: "What does Endless Heavens know? What does it mean? You should have a lot to do with me, right? What do you mean I cannot be restored? And where can you exchange for my fragments? I can sense my own fragments, not a single one is in Endless Heavens!"
An Jing consoled: "I have a feeling that this Subdue Demons and Exorcise Evil Sword is most likely not you, at least not entirely you."
"We also learned before that you are most likely a ’new Subdue Evil’ formed by the fusion of many generations of Subdue Evils. Given this, the original Subdue Evil must have already been lost, vanished without a trace -- hence, this sword cannot be restored, but there are still materials for forging."
"However, no matter what, the Subdue Evil fragments from Endless Heavens will certainly be of help to you... It’s like the ’fragments’ and ’memory fragments’ that Subdue Evil sensed are not actually together. Maybe the fragments in Endless Heavens also exist in this form?"
"This... that’s also true."
After pondering, Subdue Evil realized indeed -- It cannot detect the various split in its own utterances, but had already accepted it after being reminded by An Jing: "If there’s a chance, we really need to see what these fragments of Subdue Evil here are about -- but what exactly does the mission Demon Suppressing Heavenly Prison mean?"
"Perhaps it refers to the mission location." An Jing couldn’t possibly accept the mission now; once accepted, he would have to undertake it. With his current strength, getting involved in such matters was simply seeking death.
He had enough trouble with the Heavenly Mandate; he certainly didn’t want to find more troubles for himself in Endless Heavens.
Even just looking at the exchange list this time in Endless Heavens, the gains were already too huge to imagine -- setting aside the Subdue Evil fragments, he had actually obtained for free a Secret Technique with some connections to Heavenly Mandate [Ex Nihilo], [Nine Tribulations Ascension]!
As long as he studies it thoroughly, An Jing feels that it will definitely benefit his True Spirit Blood.
After reaping the benefits, An Jing then remembered the real purpose of browsing the exchange list: "Oh right, I still need to exchange for a chip -- let’s see if I can exchange for a Spiritual Network Chip like those in Tianyuan Realm..."
Soon, all Spiritual Network Chips from rankless to Third Rank floated before An Jing’s eyes.
"Chong’en Chip, rankless, made by Chong’en Company under Luofu Group of Tianyuan Realm. Connects to the Spiritual Network, assists the user in computing data, communication, and cultivation. To some extent, it can avoid the interference of Demonic Qi. Contains a secret backdoor from Luofu Group."
"An Lin Chip, First Rank, made by An Lin Company under Luofu Group of Tianyuan Realm. A special chip for official use in Xuanye City, connects to the Spiritual Network, assists the user in computing, communication, aids in cultivation, analyzing the strength of allies and enemies, adjusting the trajectory of Spirit Qi, aids in casting skills, automated maintenance of protective Art of Magic, relatively strong resistance to Demonic Qi. Contains a secret backdoor from Luofu Group."
"Wolong Chip, Second Rank... Forget it, I can’t be bothered to read any further, anyway, it also contains a secret backdoor from Luofu Group."
An Jing’s eyebrows twisted in a strange expression: "What’s the meaning of this? How come the Endless Heavens even have backdoors replicated?"
-- I’ve retained a bit of the backdoor so that you know you’re exchanging for the real Spiritual Network Chip of Tianyuan Realm?
"I just want to exchange for a usable chip; why is it so difficult?"
An Jing frowned deeply, without giving a specific name, Endless Heavens’ exchange wouldn’t provide accurate filtering; he could only scan through them one by one: "Lianshan’s backdoor, Shouyang Mountain’s backdoor, Xuandu’s backdoor... Ha, as expected, even the Guiyi Army’s backdoor! What’s with all these backdoors in the artifacts of Tianyuan Realm?"
Upon closer inspection, almost all of the Magic Artifacts from Tianyuan Realm also had backdoors, and the forging methods for the artifacts even considerately pointed out ’this area is the central part of the backdoor, if the Heaven Traveler does not need it, then it can be removed to eliminate the backdoor’.
Who would even forge a backdoor!?
Endless Heavens, you’re no good!
"Is there truly not a single chip without a backdoor?"
An Jing sighed; he had almost lost all hope.
But he did not give up on the search.
So, after some time, An Jing saw a peculiar chip on the exchange list for high-level chips.
[Seventh Generation Experimental High-Level Chip: Third Rank, developed cooperatively by Xuandu Group and Lianshan Group; Tianyuan Realm’s latest seventh generation experimental chip, connects to the Spiritual Network, assists in computing, communication, cultivation; can analyze the strength of allies and enemies; decode Spiritual Objects composition; record the structure of creation; adjust and record cultivation data to optimize trajectories; accurately assists in casting skills; automatically maintains various Arts of Magic; possesses extremely strong Demonic Qi resistance. Comes with high-level permissions from Xuandu Group.]
Upon reading this, An Jing had to widen his eyes.
He didn’t notice anything else; he just saw the last sentence.
[This chip comes with high-level permissions from Xuandu Group.]
An Jing slowly exhaled: "Imperial Heaven above... is it really possible to do this?"
This, this... is not just about a backdoor, they’ve even replicated the permissions?
-- Endless Heavens, my apologies! I take back all the previous disparagement I had for you, you’re too incredible!