Chapter 1196: Unmeasurable Ancient Dust

“How strange, that even such an urgent matter as the Heavenly Arcane Mirror possibly transforming into a human clone and escaping has been put on hold…”

“If we couldn’t still reach out to the outside world, I would almost have thought the Immortal Alliance had already fallen,” Sun Luyuan said with a frown.

Sun Luyao also looked surprised at this point. “Is that true? I haven’t spied anything related to this in the Heavenly Arcane Mirror?”

The two brothers exchanged a glance.

Sun Luyao said, somewhat uncertainly, “I don’t know if my scrying failed, or if the Myriad Immortal Alliance is even keeping this hidden from the Heavenly Arcane Mirror itself.”

“The Immortal Alliance headquarters is inherently an independent space within the Heavenly Arcane Mirror. If they want to block the Heavenly Arcane Mirror’s perception, I’m afraid it would require the Council of Law Transmitters and the Mirror Master to work together to achieve it…” Sun Luyuan’s expression became solemn, as if he had recalled something.

“The Immortal Alliance headquarters is inside the Heavenly Arcane Mirror?” Sun Luyao, who was unaware of this, was startled.

Sun Luyuan came back to his senses at this moment. He nodded but did not explain much.

“It’s a good thing that old fellow Fu can’t get away. We can take this opportunity to find the fragment of the Boundless Mirror that you sensed.”

“All right, Brother,” Sun Luyao naturally had no objection to this.

“I had originally planned to take you to the Essence Blood Pool for replenishment during this rare lull. But now, we’ll have to wait until we return,” Sun Luyuan said, shaking his head slightly.

The Essence Blood Pool is a secret location of the Sun family, storing the vital blood essence contributed by the family’s direct descendants.

When refined with secret techniques, its effects even surpass the efficacy of Sun Luyuan’s own blood essence, despite his close familial ties.

However, collecting blood essence from family members cannot be done too frequently, or it will certainly arouse suspicion. Therefore, it takes a considerable amount of time to accumulate enough for replenishment.

Sun Luyao had experienced that sensation a few times before, and it indeed had some effect.

But…

“Compared to the methods of our ancestors, it was far inferior.”

Ultimately, the family’s blood essence replenishment was just about strengthening Sun Luyao’s remnant soul power.

The stronger his own power, the easier it would be to erode the Boundless Mirror.

Li Fan, however, had directly demonstrated the method of mastering the Boundless Mirror right before him.

Not only did he no longer need to use brute force to erode it, but even the damaged and chaotic Boundless Mirror showed signs of slow recovery, allowing him to no longer feel the pain he once did when facing it.

Although he thought this inwardly, he still had to maintain appearances.

So he feigned a look of regret.

Sun Luyuan saw this and comforted him, “Let’s see if this outing goes smoothly. If we return quickly, there will still be plenty of time.”

After saying this, Sun Luyuan returned and made some preparations.

When he returned to the secret chamber again, he had already transformed into the appearance of a junior from the Sun family.

This was Sun Luyuan’s usual disguise.

“Let’s go.”

Tucking the Boundless Mirror into his embrace, Sun Luyuan quietly left the Sun family and headed towards Shilin Province.

Perhaps because of its damaged and unstable state, the Boundless Mirror could not be used with teleportation arrays, so he could only travel by physical flight.

Fortunately, for a Path Integration cultivator, this distance was not far. He soon arrived at the entrance of the Hundred Stone Grotto-Heaven.

Following Sun Luyao’s sensation, he continuously delved deeper into the underground cave.

When he encountered a dead end, he forcefully broke through it, getting closer and closer to his destination.

“What a dreadful place,” he muttered. The deeper he went, the harder the cave walls became, and Sun Luyuan actually started to struggle.

“Brother, almost there,” Sun Luyao said, sensing the familiar aura ahead and feeling a surge of excitement.

Perhaps his previous perceptions were affected by being too deep underground. Only when he truly arrived here did he realize that this fragment might be larger than he had imagined.

“Hmm?! Someone’s behind us?”

Just when he was almost a wall’s thickness away from the Boundless Mirror fragment, Sun Luyuan’s expression suddenly changed, and he stopped.

“We’re being tracked, it seems.”

Sun Luyuan reacted quickly. He immediately changed his direction of travel, continuing to delve deeper into the cave.

Accelerating sharply, his figure instantly vanished into the labyrinthine passages.

Two cultivators in blue long robes appeared at this moment, their expressions grim.

“Damn it, he still discovered us.”

“It seems Sun Luyuan’s cultivation has advanced again.”

“No matter. We’ve already sealed the entrance. He can’t escape.”

However, what these two didn’t know was that deeper within the cave, Sun Luyuan had already observed all their actions with the help of the Boundless Mirror.

“Tianquan, the Chen family.”

Sun Luyuan let out a cold snort.

As for the Chen family, a medicinal hall that had always coveted the Boundless Mirror, Sun Luyuan had, of course, long been aware of their various small schemes.

But the other party still had some foundation, and before they took concrete action, there was no reason to confront them.

“They actually came to my doorstep, giving me an opportunity.”

A plan instantly formed in Sun Luyuan’s mind.

He revealed his own aura, attracting the two Chen family members deeper underground.

Then he quietly concealed himself again and quickly returned to the location of the Boundless Mirror fragment.

Opening a sealed cave, Sun Luyuan quickly pinpointed the fragment’s location.

This appeared to be the ruins of an ancient sect, and the Boundless Mirror fragment had actually been integrated into another mirror-shaped magical artifact.

Unfortunately, this sect had long since been destroyed, and this mirror-shaped artifact had been collecting dust, buried underground for thousands of years.

Knowing that he shouldn’t linger here, Sun Luyuan didn’t have time for a closer look and put it away.

Then, no longer bothering to conceal himself, he even burned his blood essence, and his full power erupted in an instant.

In an instant, he had already burst out to the exit of the Hundred Stone Grotto-Heaven.

The two cultivators guarding the entrance were caught off guard and were unable to stop him for a moment. Sun Luyuan actually managed to charge out just like that.

“Chen family! I swear I’m no man if I don’t exact revenge for this!”

Though he hadn’t actually sustained any injuries, Sun Luyuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his aura rapidly weakened.

His voice, like thunder, echoed over Shilin Province for a long time.

Afterward, Sun Luyuan transformed into a streak of light and continued to fly towards the Immortal Alliance Central Region.

Leaving the two Chen family cultivators somewhat bewildered.

When the two Path Integration cultivators who had been lured away from the cave finally arrived, they finally realized what had happened.

“This is bad.” The four exchanged glances, their expressions grim.

Since the matter had already been exposed, they could no longer openly pursue him.

“This operation has failed. The Sun family will likely completely break ties with us. We should return quickly to discuss how to respond.”

“Hmph, worst case scenario, we don’t want that immortal artifact anymore. We’ll just make this matter public. I refuse to believe that his measly Sun family can still keep this immortal artifact, can they?”

The four Chen family members disappeared one after another.

Within Shilin Province, Sun Luyuan’s recent roar gradually sparked discussion among the people.

A disturbance gradually spread.

Meanwhile, Sun Luyuan had already returned home.

He went straight to the underground secret chamber and took out the Boundless Mirror.