Chapter 478: Chapter 29: The Jiang Country’s Lost Treasure and the Celestial Ruins
Lin Chen was even more stunned upon hearing this. Is there really a way?
He looked at Jiang Liqian, waiting for her response.
"To be honest, this Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror was originally the national treasure of Jiang Country..."
"But after Jiang Country’s demise, this magical treasure fell into the hands of the current authority in the Spirit Realm."
"And the way to obtain recognition from the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror is actually quite simple... Just win against it once!"
Win against it once?
Lin Chen paused for a moment before asking:
"Win once... Is it really that simple? Win at anything?"
"Simple?"
Jiang Liqian chuckled bitterly:
"The Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror knows every law in the world, omniscient and omnipotent... It’s not a simple matter!"
"Furthermore, to win against it, one must first qualify to meet it and have a bet capable of impressing it."
Jiang Liqian sighed, "The Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror is omniscient in the hundred skills of cultivation like alchemy, array formation, talisman crafting, and spirit cultivation."
"Inference, divination, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, it excels in all... To win against it, one must reach perfection in a particular skill! Only then there’s a faint chance..."
"Moreover, the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror is constantly growing stronger, constantly evolving... Nowadays, it’s practically indistinguishable from a true immortal."
"Thirty thousand years ago, it defeated the Spirit Realm’s top Sword Immortal, claiming the world’s best sword technique."
"Twenty-seven thousand years ago, it defeated the Spirit Realm’s Painting Saint, grasping the world’s best painting technique..."
"..."
"Nine thousand years ago, it defeated the Piano Saint, mastering the path of music entirely..."
"Alas, even if one searched across the realm... Defeating it in any way is virtually impossible..."
"Because, once the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror wins, it can claim the opponent’s stakes for itself, whether cultivation or skill, it keeps growing stronger..."
After hearing this, Lin Chen’s expression gradually became serious.
From Jiang Liqian’s description, this Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror... seems like an artificially advanced intelligence?
It’s constantly acquiring knowledge, constantly growing!
The more perfect it becomes, the harder it is to defeat!
Under such diminishing prospects, even the most outstanding prodigy among millions of cultivators can hardly overcome it...
Because how can the wisdom of a cultivator compare to it?
After pondering, Lin Chen suddenly thought of something.
"Junior Sister Jiang, is the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror capable of fighting?"
"If one can defeat it... wouldn’t that mean acquiring ownership of it?"
Jiang Liqian nodded upon hearing this and said:
"Indeed, defeating the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror is one of the few opportunities..."
"Because the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror is indeed not skilled in combat. To choose to defeat it, one must battle its owner."
"And the owner of the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror... is the current Sovereign of the Spirit Realm, the Ten Thousand Laws Tao Ancestor! A Great Power Cultivator at Tribulation Crossing Perfection, anytime ready to ascend as an immortal..."
"Back then, he defeated our Jiang Country’s Sovereign, thereby acquiring the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror."
"But after tens of thousands of years, this Ten Thousand Laws Tao Ancestor’s cultivation and strength are likely even more unfathomable..."
"Unless... Unless you can become an immortal, there’s no chance to defeat him!"
"But an immortal... hasn’t appeared for many years? Or perhaps... Is there an immortal in this world?"
Lin Chen was silent again after hearing this.
A Tribulation Crossing Perfection, on the verge of entering the Immortal Realm’s great power.
How is it possible to defeat him?
Lin Chen shook his head; there are no records of immortals in the cultivation realm.
Even tracing back hundreds of thousands of years, none have been seen.
The Mahayana Ancestor stands at the pinnacle of Spirit Realm cultivators.
And above them, Tribulation Cultivators are called Tao Ancestors.
With lives almost infinite, shining with the sun and moon, aging with the heavens and earth... omnipotent...
The Ten Thousand Laws Tao Ancestor is the mightiest cultivator in the Spirit Realm.
Lin Chen proposed defeating him to acquire the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror... Well, indeed it’s an idea.
But if one truly has such strength, possessing the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror seems unnecessary.
Therefore...
Acquiring the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror must be through other means.
"So, Junior Sister Jiang... do you already have a plan in mind?" Lin Chen asked out of curiosity.
That powerful Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror, how to win against it?
Jiang Liqian nodded, speaking bitterly:
"Which is why I seek my Imperial Uncle..."
"My Imperial Uncle, pursuing the path of chess, is unparalleled in the art of chess in the world..."
"Thus, I wish to invite my Imperial Uncle to intervene. If he does, maybe he can defeat the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror in chess, and by then... abolish the Spirit Realm’s means of spying on the Human Realm!"
Lin Chen was quite surprised upon hearing this.
Pursuing the path of chess?
One must know that all paths in the world, when cultivated to a certain extent, can ascend.
Doesn’t that mean that the old beggar is a cultivator beyond the Divinity Transformation Stage?
No wonder... he could see through Lin Chen’s disguise back then.
No wonder, when Lin Chen used artificial intelligence to play chess with him, he mostly lost rather than won.
Artificial intelligence almost evaluates all chess moves, almost undefeatable...
But against this Chess Saint, it seems ineffective.
"Such strong chess skills should be able to defeat that Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror, right?"
Lin Chen thought silently.
"Then why... is your uncle unwilling to intervene?" Lin Chen asked puzzledly.
The Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror is such a treasure; he surely couldn’t resist its temptation.
Jiang Liqian sighed upon hearing this:
"My Imperial Uncle, pursuing the path of chess, excels at inferring the grand schemes of the world."
"Thousands of years ago, he once had a battle with the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror, the result unknown... but after that battle, the Ten Thousand Laws Celestial Mirror remained with the Ten Thousand Laws Taoist."
"And my uncle, ever since, has hidden his identity, never setting foot in the Spirit Realm again..."
"I searched for him painstakingly for decades before finally finding him by chance in the chess pavilion of Wenda City..."
After a pause, Jiang Liqian continued:
