Chapter 58: The Innate Mirror Dao (Part 1)

It seems I have no choice but to take a risk.

Chen Xian thought to himself. Ever since the majestic divine intent had resounded through his consciousness, he had continuously felt a suction force within the sea of his heart, endlessly devouring the polluting power upon him.

Simultaneously, his divine intent kept growing.

If nothing unexpected happened, Chen Xian certainly would have waited like this, waiting for his divine intent to reach its ultimate limit.

When that time came, the path of perceiving the divine would be within easy reach.

Unfortunately, time and tide wait for no man. Now, the polluting power was so pervasive that even the sanctuary could not escape it.

Both his parents faced the risk of contamination, so he naturally could not sit back and await his doom.

Within the sea of his heart, that towering, magnificent mirror light occasionally reflected within his divine intent.

In just this short while, it had already manifested several times.

This meant that as long as he could acquire more polluting power, he would undoubtedly be able to completely behold this mirror light.

In the past, he certainly would have worried about polluting power. But now, polluting power was the one thing he had in abundance.

Looking at this gradually seeping contaminating force, Chen Xian felt somewhat conflicted.

Ever since he began practicing martial arts, it seemed that whatever he needed would always appear.

Transcendent power, the Dragon and Tiger Elixir Classic, the divine intent of martial force, and now, this polluting power.

This was precisely the kind of power he needed most right now. He had been worrying about it previously, only for it to truly appear.

"It couldn't possibly be appearing just because I need it, could it!"

This thought suddenly popped into Chen Xian's mind.

"Impossible. That idea is simply too absurd."

Chen Xian shook his head, casting the thought out of his mind.

Although he desperately hoped for a miracle, the probability of such a thing happening was practically zero.

If it were truly appearing in response to his needs, then what he desired most at this exact moment was for this polluting power to vanish completely.

Yet the polluting power had not vanished, which meant that reality was not as he imagined.

The only method he could currently think of to resolve the pollution was that very mirror light within his heart's sea.

At least in Chen Xian's view, this was the single most majestic power he could imagine and witness.

If even the mirror light within his heart's sea could not resolve the pollution, then he truly had no other recourse.

Having made up his mind, Chen Xian unleashed the power of his vital blood throughout his body, roaring like a furnace. The icy frost surrounding him began to gradually melt.

When the frost around him had thinned slightly, Chen Xian stopped the high-speed circulation of his vital blood.

Instead, he raised his hand and struck out toward the space in front of him.

Crack, crack, crack...

Instantly, fractures appeared in the ice crystals, and Chen Xian shattered them in a flash, opening up a gap through which he could step outside.

The reason he did not constantly use his vital blood to melt the ice crystals was simply to prevent the ice elsewhere from thawing.

After all, the freezing power generated by Chen Qiqi was still capable of delaying the pollution.

He also needed time, so this was precisely what he required.

Having broken through the pillar of ice, Chen Xian glanced back at Chen Qiqi and his parents, then stepped outside.

At this moment, the outer corridors were completely devoid of people, replaced entirely by a verdant, greenish passageway.

Stepping outside, a pale green sun came into view.

"So this is the source of the polluting power, the entity summoned by the Worshipping God Cult!"

Chen Xian looked up, squinting at the sky, while simultaneously removing the official-issue sunglasses.

For him, sunglasses were now optional since he was immune to the mutations caused by the pollution.

Even though Chen Xian was unaffected by the polluting force, gazing at that sun hanging in the sky still filled him with a trace of suffocation.

"What on earth is this? Could it really be a sun?"

"Could a sun have attained sentience and transformed into a monster?"

"But why is it green? Could it be..."

Chen Xian let out a deep breath and hurriedly banished this absurd thought from his mind.

With a flash of movement, he strode directly toward the broader expanse outside.

Standing atop a small, desolate hill, his surroundings were completely open, and a dense green radiance swept across the entire world, overwhelming the heavens and earth.

Hum, hum, hum...

Chen Xian could clearly feel waves of joyous resonance emanating from the sea of his heart.

At this moment, around Chen Xian, the green radiance swirled like a vortex, continuously gathering toward his location with ever-growing intensity.

"Good!"

"At this rate, it won't be long before my divine intent grows to its absolute limit."

"I just don't know how much polluting power is required to make this mirror light fully manifest within the sea of my heart, rather than flickering in and out of existence so elusively as it does now."

Even though this was good news for him, Chen Xian's face currently bore an expression of anxiety.

"Faster, even faster!"

He urged inwardly with mounting urgency.

He could wait, but Chen Qiqi, his parents, and the others could not afford to wait.

Perhaps sensing the urgency in Chen Xian's heart,

Before long, a grand and resonant sound of the Great Dao echoed within the depths of his heart's sea.

Hum, hum...

The mirror light within the sea of his heart suddenly erupted with a brilliant radiance.

Following that, Chen Xian watched as that towering, eternal mirror light gradually emerged within his consciousness.

Simultaneously, the mirror light began to condense and refine,

Ultimately transforming into a massive mirror that appeared within Chen Xian's heart's sea.

At this moment, the wind ceased, the clouds grew still, flowing streams froze in place, and flying birds hung suspended in mid-air...

The sun hanging high in the firmament also halted its movement, and the pervasive green radiance fell into a state of stagnation.

Everything seemed to have been frozen in time, yet Chen Xian remained unaffected.

"This... what is happening here!"

Chen Xian's pupils constricted, shock written all over his face.

Suddenly, a suction force arose from within his heart's sea, and Chen Xian's consciousness was instantly pulled inside.

Raising his gaze, he saw an ancient mirror floating amidst a sacred and majestic radiance.

The ancient mirror exuded a boundless, awe-inspiring aura, resembling the source of all things and the beginning of the universe.

A primitive and desolate aura permeated from the surface of the ancient mirror.

Chen Xian felt a wave of shock, his mind trembling violently.

"Is this the source of that mirror light?!"

Looking at this awe-inspiring ancient mirror that was almost too blinding to look directly at,

Chen Xian murmured softly.

"What on earth is this object?"

Chen Xian stared fixedly at the ancient mirror, guessing inwardly.

Splash!

Just as Chen Xian was pondering, the ancient mirror suddenly stirred.

Waves of vast, rippling energy spread outward from the mirror.

Boom!

As the ancient mirror shifted, Chen Xian abruptly lost control of his body, stumbling forward a few paces.

At this moment, his heart was filled with profound terror and trembling agitation.

"What is going on?"

The majesty of this ancient mirror was simply hair-raising.

Before an entity this immensely powerful, far surpassing his imagination, one could never be too cautious.

Hum...

Suddenly, an inexplicable dao rhythm transmitted from the ancient mirror, enveloping Chen Xian's body.

Lines of text slowly materialized upon the mirror's surface.

Chen Xian could not help but gaze toward the ancient mirror as well.