Chapter 1979: "Dark Mirror" and "Demon Pearl"

The four Creation Gods and the four Devil Emperors each had their own strengths. While there were differences in their overall power, they all belonged to the same plane of existence.

"So, how could one Creation God, by himself, seal three Devil Emperors simultaneously?" Chi Wuyao immediately answered her own question: "With the Heaven Punishing Pearl!" Yun Che was speechless. Chi Wuyao continued, "The Heaven Profound Treasures in their complete ancient state were clearly incomparable to their current, weakened forms."

"The Heaven Punishing God Emperor Mo E expelled the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor with the Ancestral Sword and defeated the Elemental Creation God.""The Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations hijacked the Sky Poison Pearl, and its derived power directly ended both the God and Devil races.""The Order Creation God, using the Heaven Punishing Pearl, single-handedly held back the three Devil Emperors.""The status and power of the Seven Great Heaven Profound Treasures in that era were truly immense."

"Therefore," Chi Wuyao's devilish eyes deepened at that moment, "there was a third inconsistency."

"Of the Seven Great Heaven Profound Treasures, the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword belonged to the Heaven Punishing God Emperor, the Grandmist Sacred Seal of Life and Death belonged to the Life Creation God, the Heaven Punishing Pearl belonged to the Order Creation God, and the Universe Piercing Needle belonged to the Elemental Creation God.""The Samsara Mirror only existed in knowledge and records; it was never attributed to any side in that era.""The Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations was sealed by the Devil Race, and the Sky Poison Pearl belonged to the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor."

"So, the God Race possessed four of the Seven Great Heaven Profound Treasures, while the Devil Race had only two, just half of what the God Race had.""This clearly violated the balance upheld by the Ancestral God when creating both races and the Seven Great Treasures, and it was also insufficient to maintain the long-standing equilibrium between the two races."

As Chi Wuyao spoke, Yun Che suddenly understood what she was getting at."Are you saying that the ancient Devil Race likely possessed devil artifacts that, while not among the Seven Great Heaven Profound Treasures, were not far off and were sufficient to balance the disparity?""Exactly," Chi Wuyao nodded slowly. "At least two. And it's highly probable that these two were a powerful spatial devil artifact and a powerful temporal devil artifact."

The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword had holy power—the Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations, destructive power.The Grandmist Sacred Seal of Life and Death offered eternal life—the Sky Poison Pearl brought poisonous destruction. If the God Race had the spatial treasure Universe Piercing Needle and the temporal treasure Heaven Punishing Pearl, how could the Devil Race lack comparable spatial and temporal devil artifacts?

Yun Che frowned deeply, his confusion far outweighing his surprise. "From the perspective of 'balance,' these conjectures are indeed reasonable. However, that was such a distant era; no matter how you look at it, it seems too illusory and ethereal.""But for you to state it so earnestly, it means..." Yun Che said with certainty, "you've obtained sufficient corroboration?"

Chi Wuyao lightly nodded her head. "That day, when I imparted my lifelong memories to you, my soul sea was violently stirred. During that upheaval, the Nirvanic Devil Soul was also severely touched, and it accidentally clarified a fragment of ancient memory that had been long dormant."

Chi Wuyao tapped Yun Che's brow, and a mournful ancient devil sound echoed in his soul sea: "If not for the loss of the Underworld Mirror and the Devil Pearl, how could it have come to this... how could it have come to this!!" This was undeniably the voice of the ancient Nirvanic Devil Emperor, coming from the Nirvanic Devil Soul itself.As a supreme Devil Emperor, this cry was filled with such pain, unwillingness, sorrow, and despair.

"Underworld Mirror... Devil Pearl..." Yun Che repeated in a low whisper, his eyes wide with shock."Speaking of the 'Underworld Mirror,' what comes to your mind?" Chi Wuyao asked.

Without a doubt, Yun Che immediately thought of the strange black mirror in Mo Beichen's knowledge that could pierce the Abyss and send them to the present world."Could it be..." Yun Che's gaze met Chi Wuyao's."Highly possible," Chi Wuyao's voice softened. "In the ancient Abyss, even the Universe Piercing Needle, the strongest spatial artifact, couldn't penetrate. While the current Abyss has undergone mutations, its spatial laws are still far beyond the understanding of the present world."

"Recently, I repeatedly questioned Meiyin about the limits of the Universe Piercing Needle's power in this era. I also went with her to the Primeval God Realm to try and use the Universe Piercing Needle to pierce the space beneath the Abyss of Nothingness. The results..." Chi Wuyao exhaled softly, "The mutated Abyss space can be interfered with by the Universe Piercing Needle's power level. However, for the Universe Piercing Needle to regain enough power to forcibly pierce through, it would require an extremely long time, measured in hundreds of thousands of years, given the current power levels of this era."

"Below the Universe Piercing Needle, the strongest spatial profound artifact in this era is the World-Breaking Cauldron. Yet, even in its peak state, the World-Breaking Cauldron's power cannot cause the slightest ripple in the space of the Abyss of Nothingness.""However, in the Abyss below, the Abyssal Monarch, using that strange mirror and combining the powers of various True Gods, can complete a single piercing in fifty years.""That is very likely the 'Underworld Mirror' mentioned in the Nirvanic soul sound. A spatial devil artifact from the ancient era, close in power to the Universe Piercing Needle!"

Chi Wuyao's conjecture was extraordinarily bold and imaginative.Perhaps she was the only one in the entire world who could piece together such a terrifying hypothesis from countless fragments of information.

If not for the loss of the Underworld Mirror and the Devil Pearl, how could it have come to this... lost...? Yun Che pondered for a long time. If Chi Wuyao's conjecture was close to the truth, then could the Abyssal Monarch beneath the Abyss actually be...

Chi Wuyao said, "The Nirvanic Devil Emperor's desperate soul sound was clearly uttered after he finally escaped the Heaven Punishing Myriad Tribulation Realm but was afflicted by the Poison of Myriad Tribulations and Lifelessness.""The meaning within his voice... if the 'Underworld Mirror' and the 'Devil Pearl' were present, they wouldn't have been trapped by the Heaven Punishing Pearl. This means that the 'Underworld Mirror' and the 'Devil Pearl' were powerful enough to contend with the Heaven Punishing Pearl, a Heaven Profound Treasure!"

Yun Che frowned tightly and murmured, "Lost... if they were truly such powerful artifacts, why would they be 'lost'? Furthermore, there's no mention of the 'Underworld Mirror' or the 'Devil Pearl' in any ancient records that have survived to this day."

"The reason is simple," Chi Wuyao said. "If the 'Underworld Mirror' and the 'Devil Pearl' were truly powerful enough to contend with the Supreme Treasures, their importance to the Devil Race would be immense. Therefore, once they were 'lost,' the rulers of the Devil Race would have to do everything in their power to conceal the matter.""Otherwise, it would inevitably cause panic among the Devil Race and alarm among the God Race.""After all, if something is merely lost, or even seized, there's still a possibility of its return. But falling into the Abyss, in their understanding at that time, meant there was no possibility of return."

"If it were me, acting as the Devil Race's ruler at that time, I would certainly choose to conceal it completely while also gradually diminishing its presence and reducing the likelihood of it being mentioned or used.""Very few ancient records have survived to this day. Information about profound artifacts is mostly concentrated on the Seven Great Treasures. Given the deliberate concealment by the Four Devil Emperors, it is reasonable that records of the 'Underworld Mirror' and the 'Devil Pearl' have not survived."

However, this was only "barely reasonable." In fact, Chi Wuyao had considered that for artifacts nearing the power of Heaven Profound Treasures, the complete disappearance of ancient records regarding the "Underworld Mirror" and the "Devil Pearl" suggested a deliberate erasure after the God-Devil era ended.While the Devil Emperors could control their own race, they could not possibly influence the God Race's knowledge and records of the "Underworld Mirror" and "Devil Pearl." And the last god to fall, who cleaned up the final mess, was the Heretic God Ni Xuan.However, this seemingly absurd conjecture did not linger long in her mind, as there was no conceivable reason for the Heretic God Ni Xuan to have done so.

"As for why the 'Underworld Mirror' and 'Devil Pearl' were lost..." Chi Wuyao shook her head. "I've considered many possibilities, but they are all vague conjectures. Reviewing a vast amount of ancient records yielded no clues, and I couldn't even formulate a reason that could barely convince myself.""I believe the reason for this might have been concealed even more thoroughly. By now, it has become an eternal enigma."

Chi Wuyao paused slightly, then continued, "Back then, when the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor was ambushed by the Heaven Punishing God Emperor and banished beyond chaos, the typically violent Devil Race chose prolonged forbearance despite such a monumental event, only erupting after the Heaven Punishing God Emperor's lifespan ended. This contradicts the ancient records describing the Devil Race's temperament and defies logic.""However, the loss of the 'Underworld Mirror' and the 'Devil Pearl' perfectly explains this.""The power disparity caused by their loss forced the three Devil Emperors to endure."

"In contrast, what has troubled me for a long time resurfaced on my face..." Chi Wuyao continued, "The Heaven Punishing God Emperor Mo E, to ambush the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, didn't hesitate to sacrifice his lifespan to use the Ancestral Sword and risked a devastating war that would harm both races... Was such a great cost truly only because he couldn't tolerate the private affair between the Elemental Creation God and the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor?"Yun Che had no answer. What had previously seemed a straightforward "truth," making him understand and feel relieved time and again, now became perplexing under Chi Wuyao's words.

By this era, these conjectures seemed forever impossible to verify.Chi Wuyao continued, "The Devil Race's resentment would undoubtedly accumulate and grow during their forbearance, like a constantly churning volcano, eventually erupting uncontrollably.""But the three Devil Emperors, aware of the 'Underworld Mirror' and 'Devil Pearl' being lost, could only do their utmost to suppress it, patiently waiting for a moment before everything completely spiraled out of control."

"And the Heretic God's reclusion, Mo E's lifespan ending, and the Ancestral Sword losing its master were undoubtedly the best possible timing... The Devil Race's fury, which had simmered for countless years, completely erupted.""The Life Creation God Li Sa was ambushed and poisoned to death, leaving only the Order Creation God among the Gods.""The three Devil Emperors—Pan Ming, Jiusha, and Nirvanic—evidently intended to combine their power to swiftly crush the Order Creation God, leaving the God Race no chance to recover. However, their combined force was unexpectedly exploited by the Order Creation God, who lured them into the Heaven Punishing Pearl in one swift move, sealing them within the Heaven Punishing Myriad Tribulation Realm."

Chi Wuyao re-envisioned the distant God-Devil War based on her own conjectures.By integrating the lost "Underworld Mirror" and "Devil Pearl" into the original "balance" between Gods and Devils, Chi Wuyao painted a new picture of ancient times. Though these were almost unprovable hypotheses, they resonated with Yun Che, convincing him irresistibly.This was because her theories explained and reconciled too many "inconsistencies."

Chi Wuyao turned her gaze, a faint smile on her lips. "Most of these conjectures are simply for you to hear. The most important reason I specifically told you this is for you to know about the existence of the 'Underworld Mirror' and the 'Devil Pearl.'""Currently, there are no records or traces of them. But since the information came from the Nirvanic Devil Emperor's soul sound, they must exist."

"If they were indeed lost in the Abyss, then the strange mirror the Abyssal Monarch uses to pierce the Abyss of Nothingness is very likely the 'Underworld Mirror' lost by the Devil Race.""The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, exiled to the Outer Chaos, was able to create a separate space with the Universe Piercing Needle and survive there for a long time with other Devil Gods. So, it becomes logical that the Abyssal Monarch, relying on the 'Underworld Mirror'—a spatial divine artifact close in power to the Universe Piercing Needle—survived in the Abyss during that era.""And holding the lost 'Underworld Mirror' and being able to wield it suggests that the Abyssal Monarch of the Abyss is very likely...""A descendant of a Devil Emperor!"

Among the six Divine Kingdoms of the Abyss, the Abyssal Monarch showed the most favoritism towards the Owl Butterfly Divine Kingdom, which primarily cultivated dark profound energy, even personally bestowing its name. This undoubtedly supported the idea.Mo Beichen also mentioned that "the Abyssal Monarch was pursuing the realm of a Creation God"... Perhaps only direct descendants of Devil Emperors or Creation Gods would be qualified to harbor such an ambition.

Yun Che nodded thoughtfully. "I understand."

The unknown was the greatest hidden danger. Regarding another world they had never stepped into, Chi Wuyao had already unearthed as much information as possible."The 'Underworld Mirror' and 'Devil Pearl' were likely lost simultaneously. If the 'Devil Pearl' is also in the Abyss, it is most probably a temporal devil artifact."

Possessing the Eternal Calamity of Darkness, Yun Che's mastery over dark profound energy was unrivaled, making him the most compatible person with the Devil Emperor lineage in the current world.The Abyssal Monarch likely being a descendant of a Devil Emperor... this might not be bad news for Yun Che.