The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Chi Miao hadn't actually intended to stab herself with the Weeping Sword; she had simply forgotten to put it down and was just about to touch her chest.

She felt a strange, warm sensation in her chest, and she also felt that the spiritual energy she released had a more eerie power.

Because she wasn't sure what it was, she quickly ran back to find out what it was for.

As she spoke, Chi Miao clutched her chest and materialized the object in her palm.

It was a small, round sphere, gray with a very faint golden sheen.

Chi Miao was also familiar with that golden light.

It was brought about by the divine core that appeared when she cultivated the "Divine Demon Breaking Mind Observation Method".

The divine core is essential for establishing the foundation of the Heavenly Dao. After she established her foundation, it completely merged with her, and now it has been integrated into this small sphere.

The sphere, like a pearl covered in dust, possesses a subtle yet irresistible allure.

Rong Xuanji approached to examine it: "What...is this?"

She had never seen it before.

Chi Miao shook his head: "I don't know either. It seems that I obtained this thing from the inheritance of the Mirror of Rebirth just now."

The two looked at the Mirror Spirit.

The Mirror Spirit blinked, its expression excited: "Want me to explain?"

She was eager to try.

Chi Miao nodded: "Is that alright?"

Mirror Spirit: "If Mother throws me around too, I'll tell you all right away!"

The two men and their sword: "..."

The Weeping Sword: "Are you trying to pick a fight?!"

Are you vying for his favor? He's the rightful wife, okay?

The Mirror Spirit didn't even glance at the Weeping Sword, focusing entirely on Chi Miao.

The Sorrowful Sword was so angry that it wanted to cut her down, but the Mirror Spirit completely ignored it.

Ignoring it is the best punishment for intellectual disability.

Chi Miao remained silent for a while before finally giving the Mirror Spirit a gentle kiss on the face.

The spirit's eyes widened, and it instantly transformed into a monkey.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh! Mommy kissed me!"

The two men and their sword: "..."

Rong Xuanji looked at Chi Miao with a strange gaze.

She rarely uses the word "abstract" to describe a phenomenon.

Chi Miao: "It wasn't me, I didn't."

The Mirror Spirit then sat up straight and said with a smile, "This thing is a good thing; it's a seed of the Dao."

"A seed of the Dao?!"

Rong Xuanji stared at the small ball in shock: "This thing is a Dao Seed?!"

The spirit nodded: "Yes."

Chi Miao looked completely bewildered: "What is a Dao Seed?"

Rong Xuanji explained: "The Dao is the will of all living beings to cultivate. When a cultivator is strong enough, his spiritual power will have life, and when he strikes out, it will have the essence of the Dao and a certain power of rules."

"The Dao Seed can be understood as the seed of the Dao, symbolizing what is conceived after a person walks a certain path and reaches a certain level. Possessing the Dao Seed means that a person can truly use the essence of the Dao."

"Among the known methods of ascension in the cultivation world, there is one: the Dao seed blossoms and grows into a tree, which means that this person has reached the pinnacle of this path and has completely mastered its rules."

"But now the cultivation method of the Dao Seed has been lost, and no one in the cultivation world knows how to nurture the Dao Seed! That's why everyone cultivates spiritual power and various kinds of magical artifacts."

"I never imagined that this would be a Dao Seed?!"

She was deeply shocked, and her gaze toward Chi Miao was filled with admiration.

"That amazing?"

Chi Miao, puzzled, pinched the Dao Seed, put it in his mouth, and bit it.

Rong Xuanji: "!!!"

"What are you doing?!"

Chi Miao: "It looks like candy, but it doesn't taste good."

Rong Xuanji's cerebellum had atrophied, and then she rubbed her forehead and smiled bitterly: "You really are something... I shouldn't have believed that your brain circuits could think of autism and suicide. In the end, I'm the one who suffers the most."

Chi Miao laughed and handed over the Dao Seed: "Then I'll give you the Dao Seed."

Rong Xuanji: "Really?"

Chi Miao took it back: "It's fake."

Rong Xuanji: "..."

It hardened, its fist hardened.

She looked curiously at the Dao Seed in Chi Miao's hand: "But speaking of which, why can't I sense even the slightest bit of Dao essence in this Dao Seed?"

This shouldn't be happening.

The Dao Seed is something born from the essence of the Dao, and in theory it should be filled with some kind of Dao energy.

The Mirror Spirit said, "Because this Dao Seed does not belong to Mother's present life. It was left to her by Mother in her previous life. The golden light on it still belongs to the Divine Core."

"This Dao Seed was originally completely dead, but Mother had an epiphany during her battle with that good-for-nothing, and by some twist of fate, she reactivated it."

Chi Miao pointed to herself, looking somewhat curious.

"Past life? What was I like in my past life?"

Mirror Spirit: "I don't know. When you left your legacy in your previous life, I had not yet developed intelligence, so I have no idea who you were in your previous life."

"However, this Dao seed is very strange... It doesn't contain any Dao at all, which is completely illogical. It seems to be simply nurturing an empty shell! Any Dao essence can be stored inside it."

"But in any case, no one recorded in the Rebirth Mirror can achieve this, nurturing a seed of Dao without any trace of Dao essence. Even those at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage cannot do it."

"I'm afraid... the one who left behind this seed of Dao is an immortal."

As the spirit finished speaking, everyone was momentarily stunned.

My mind went blank for a while.

"An immortal?"

Rong Xuanji: "Besides the Heavenly Compassion Immortal, are there any other successful ascensionists in Miaohua Continent?"

The Mirror Spirit nodded: "Of course, no one knows how long Miaohua Continent has existed, and it doesn't seem like a strange thing that there's more than one ascendant."

This made a lot of sense, but it still shocked Rong Xuanji.

Chi Miao chuckled as he examined the Dao Seed: "Then I must have been pretty awesome in my past life."

Mirror Spirit: "Of course, otherwise they wouldn't have specifically sought you out to form a contract."

Sorrowful Sword: "Seconded."

Chi Miao laughed heartily: "You guys are really shrewd and calculating, but you're not pretending at all."

What was she in her past life? She was so awesome!

wrong.

So, was that ox also cursed by Yama?

Doesn't that mean the caster is even more powerful?

Hold.

I suddenly have a suicidal thought.

Chi Miao continued to examine the Dao Seed. She could feel that this Dao Seed... gave her a very strange feeling.

It was as if it was drawing her to do something.

But what should we do?

"Wait a minute... if this Dao Seed can store any kind of Dao essence, then wouldn't it itself be a container?"

Since it's a container, she should be able to explore it using her soul power, right?

Chi Miao pursed her lips, filled with curiosity, and used her soul power to test the limits of courting death.

For an instant.

Chi Miao's whole body suddenly tensed up, his eyes widened, and he became as stiff as a corpse.

Rong Xuanji was startled: "Chi Miao? Chi Miao, don't scare me! Chi Miao!!"

The Mirror Spirit was terrified.

In particular, she sensed something terrifying.

"My mother's soul... is no longer in her body."