Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

Using innate brass as the frame and celestial crystal and sun and moon divine stones as the mirror body, Jiang Yuan began to refine the Emperor Mirror.

It still starts with refining low-grade acquired spiritual treasures, and then refining them again and again until they are promoted to high-grade.

The biggest difference between innate and acquired things lies in this: innate things are born strong, while acquired things are born weak.

Therefore, for something acquired to become stronger, it's like building a skyscraper from the ground up; it needs to strengthen itself little by little, going through a process from weak to strong, rather than becoming powerful directly.

The same applies to acquired magical treasures and to acquired beings.

As a creature born after birth, Jiang Yuan had to start cultivating from the weakest level if he wanted to become stronger. The same was true for his acquired magical treasures; if he wanted to become stronger, he also had to start refining them from the lowest level.

The materials were smelted to create a mirror blank, and then divine sense was activated to inscribe an array on the mirror blank.

First came 108 low-level formations, then 108 mid-level formations, and finally 108 high-level formations.

Inscribing the basic array was easy for Jiang Yuan; he completed it effortlessly. The intermediate array, however, was a bit more challenging for him, requiring the assistance of the Creation Jade Disc.

Advanced formations correspond to Taiyi Golden Immortals, which are clearly beyond his capabilities. To complete them, he can only rely entirely on the power of the Creation Jade Disc.

That's the advantage of having a cheat code – it allows you to easily do things beyond your own level.

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After more than a hundred years of work, the Emperor's Mirror was finally completed.

Above the temple, a bright mirror hung high, its light as brilliant as the sun and moon, clearly reflecting everything within the human realm.

This is the Emperor's Mirror. Through this mirror, one can know everything that happens within the human realm without even leaving home.

And this is only part of its capabilities. In addition, the Emperor Mirror possesses many other powerful functions.

The Heavenly Emperor Mirror possesses many of the same abilities as the Haotian Mirror, such as its ability to perceive the heavens, reflect the Great Dao, deduce heavenly secrets, and transform the illusory into the real.

The Emperor Mirror also possesses the ability of the Kunlun Mirror to see the past and predict the future.

In a sense, the Emperor Mirror is a combination of the Kunlun Mirror and the Haotian Mirror. In any case, Jiang Yuan refined it in this direction, concentrating the abilities of both mirrors into it as much as possible.

Of course, that's what it says, but the Heavenly Emperor Mirror is only a high-grade acquired spiritual treasure after all, and it is still far behind the two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, the Haotian Mirror and the Kunlun Mirror. So although it has all the abilities mentioned above, they are all infinitely weakened versions.

For example, regarding the ability to perceive the heavens and earth, the Haotian Mirror can truly see the entire prehistoric world, while the Tianhuang Mirror can only see the human realm for the time being, the difference is like heaven and earth.

Just as looking back over the past, the Kunlun Mirror can truly reflect the past of the primordial world.

But the Emperor Realm can only see the past from its birth to the present, and its scope is limited to the human race's territory.

To put it bluntly, the Emperor Mirror is currently a large-scale surveillance system. Since its creation, everything that happens within the human realm has been recorded in great detail.

The past is in the mirror, so naturally you can look at it anytime you want.

In comparison, the Emperor Mirror does seem rather weak. But that's not the case at all. The Emperor Mirror is actually quite powerful. The reason it appears weak is simply because its counterpart is too strong, making it seem inferior in comparison.

Both the Haotian Mirror and the Kunlun Mirror are top-tier magical treasures in the world. There are few in the primordial world who can surpass them, so the Emperor Mirror is not one to be trifled with.

Without comparing these, just looking at the Emperor Mirror's abilities reveals its immense power.

It reflects everything within the human realm in perfect detail; isn't that powerful? It's practically a smaller version of the Haotian Mirror.

It also has the ability to deduce. The Emperor Mirror can only deduce the Great Luo method, but it can still deduce the next level, the Taiyi method.

In addition, the ability to see the past will be greatly enhanced when the Heavenly Emperor Mirror is used in conjunction with the Earthly Emperor Book.

The historical records in the Book of the Earthly Sovereign are merely cold words. But if these words are reflected in the Mirror of the Heavenly Sovereign, they will be transformed into images through its analysis, recreating historical scenes.

The more detailed the historical records, the more authentic the Emperor's Mirror will be.

These functions are only a part of the Emperor Mirror. Many more functions may not be manifested because its level is too low, or Jiang Yuan may not have discovered them yet.

In short, the Emperor Mirror is a treasure trove waiting to be explored. As long as it continues to advance, it will surely bring Jiang Yuan even more surprises.

"The Emperor Mirror has the potential to become a supreme treasure. In the future, once it is promoted to a top-tier acquired spiritual treasure, it can absorb the Haotian Mirror and the Kunlun Mirror, and then be promoted to a supreme innate treasure."

For some reason, a bold idea arose in Jiang Yuan's mind: if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely find the Haotian Mirror and the Kunlun Mirror so that the Heavenly Emperor Mirror could devour them and be promoted to a supreme innate treasure.

"This is insane..."

"How could I have such a bold idea?"

Coming to his senses, Jiang Yuan said with lingering fear. Luckily, he had the Jade Disc of Creation protecting him, otherwise he would have been in serious trouble.

In the primordial world, there are some things that cannot be said carelessly, especially when it involves well-known figures; one cannot even think about them.

Even thinking about it is a sin!

The owners of the Haotian Mirror and the Kunlun Mirror were such figures. It was only because Jiang Yuan possessed the Creation Jade Disc that he could shield the secrets of heaven; had anyone else dared to presume to seize them and devour them?

Its owner will surely sense it. Perhaps they won't care, but it's just their luck retaliating spontaneously, which is enough to give cultivators below the Great Luo Golden Immortal level a hard time.

The strong cannot be criticized, and one should not harbor malice towards them, because they will truly sense it.

"Although the Emperor Mirror has been completed, it still lacks the final step: to infuse it with merit and transform it into a merit-based spiritual treasure."

Putting away the Emperor Mirror, Jiang Yuan poured all the merit he had prepared into it.

Then, just as he had predicted, even though he had used all his merits, he still failed to transform the Emperor Mirror into a spiritual treasure of merit, completing only half of the transformation.

"If only the Heavenly Emperor Mirror could be like the Earthly Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush, related to acts of merit. That way, even if I do nothing, it can automatically make up for the missing half of my merit over time."

Looking at the Emperor Mirror, which was only half-finished, Jiang Yuan sighed. As one of the Three Sovereigns' treasures, the Emperor Mirror's biggest flaw compared to the other two was that it lacked a corresponding act of merit.

This resulted in it being unable to be self-sufficient in terms of merit and having to rely on Jiang Yuan.

"Let me think carefully, what are some good deeds related to mirrors?"

Jiang Yuan also lacks merit, so it's not good for the Emperor Mirror to always rely on him. We must find a way to give it merit so that it can be self-sufficient.

Memories from the past surged through my mind, and knowledge about mirrors came flooding back.