Chapter 921: The Highest Priority Directive

At the same time.

After a dizzying spin, Qi Yuan's vision blurred for a moment before he found himself in an incredibly familiar environment.

"Lord Daozi, you're back?!"

Before he could adapt to the change, a voice filled with surprise reached his ears.

Turning toward the sound, he saw Bai Xirou standing gracefully not far away, looking him up and down with eyes full of joy.

Seeing this scene, Qi Yuan felt as if a lifetime had passed.

By normal time, only a little over a month had passed since he first stepped into the Primordial Era.

But in reality, he had spent sixteen or seventeen years inside the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda, plus the eight years promoting the industrial revolution in the Great Void. Added together, it had been at least twenty years.

After a moment of daze, he grinned and said,

"Xirou, long time no see."

"What?"

Bai Xirou was stunned, her expression carrying a hint of surprise.

Clearly, only a month had passed, yet the man before her looked weathered, as if they were reuniting after a very long separation.

However, she didn't dwell on it, instead asking with concern,

"How did things go over there? Did you run into any danger?"

"Uh…"

Recalling his many exciting experiences in the Primordial Era, Qi Yuan didn't know where to begin for a moment, so he could only offer a few perfunctory words:

"It went fairly smoothly. Although the process was a bit convoluted, the final result was good. Not only did I successfully obtain the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda, but I also found a way to heal Fairy Qin."

As he spoke, he impatiently took the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda out of the System space and asked,

"Where is Senior Mirror Spirit? With the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda, can we open the passage to the other Universe?"

Before Bai Xirou could answer, the mingxiao mirror spirit emerged from the Void Realm. Upon seeing the small pagoda in Qi Yuan's hand, her expression immediately showed a hint of excitement:

"I didn't expect you to actually bring back the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda. As long as you give it to me, before long, I will be able to break the spacetime barrier for you and let you travel to other dimensions of time and space."

"Once you are there, the Karma on your body will naturally cease to exist, and this world can be rescued from its impending destruction!"

"Hold on!"

Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow and put the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda away again. He stared intently at the rambling Mirror Spirit Maiden and said with a serious face,

"Before I give you the other two supreme spacetime treasures, you must answer some questions for me!"

If Qi Yuan previously thought the destruction she spoke of was limited to the Yunmeng Great World, his journey to the Primordial Era had undoubtedly given him a deeper understanding of the Karma surrounding Immortal Lord Yuan Wu.

From the Immortal Emperor's mouth, he had learned that Immortal Lord Yuan Wu would become the key figure triggering the next Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth!

The Great Tribulation at the end of the Primordial Era directly caused the Primordial Realm to shatter, leaving less than one percent of life remaining. Even the peerless Great Qian Dynasty completely collapsed, turning into the ashes of history. This showed the sheer brutality of the Tribulation.

And that… was the result even when the leader of the Chaos Heavenly Demons, Luo Hou, had defected to the Immortal Court and the World-Extinguishing Black Lotus had been turned…

In other words, the power of the last round of the Tribulation had actually been weakened; otherwise, it would have been even more terrifying.

If another Tribulation descended, God knows how horrific it would be. Perhaps the entire Myriad Heavens and Myriad Realms would cease to exist, including the Immortal Realm!

This mirror spirit clearly knew many things but was acting as if she were senile, which naturally did not satisfy Qi Yuan.

Having a mentally handicapped System was already annoying enough. If another mingxiao mirror spirit who loved being cryptic showed up, how was he supposed to live his life?

Therefore, unless the mingxiao mirror made a full confession, Qi Yuan would never easily hand over the spacetime compass and the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda.

"What questions?"

The Mirror Spirit Maiden was slightly taken aback, a trace of confusion appearing in her clear eyes.

On the other side, Qi Yuan was not easily fooled by her innocent appearance. He asked in a heavy tone,

"Let me ask you, hundreds of thousands of years ago, did you help an Immortal in the Daluo Realm named Yuan Wu open the spacetime barrier and leave this Universe?"

Faced with this question, the Mirror Spirit Maiden suddenly fell silent, her eyes flickering as if she were weighing something.

After a moment, she nodded and answered softly,

"Indeed, that did happen!"

"Good!"

Hearing this answer, Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Feeling himself getting closer to the truth, he immediately pressed on,

"Since he already left, why did he come back?"

"How… How do you know?"

Upon hearing this, the Mirror Spirit Maiden's expression changed, and she looked at Qi Yuan with uncontrollable shock.

Now, Qi Yuan was even more certain of his guess. He was about to continue questioning her when the Mirror Spirit Maiden suddenly shook her head and said seriously,

"You don't need to ask anymore. There is a highest priority directive within the mingxiao mirror that forbids me from revealing any information regarding Immortal Lord Yuan Wu and his disciple."

"Neither my master nor you currently have the authority to lift this directive. Unless your authority is raised to the level of the Creator, I will not answer these questions."

Seeing the Mirror Spirit Maiden's stubborn refusal, Qi Yuan couldn't help but feel a surge of frustration. Finally, he sighed in disappointment and gave up on the idea of getting to the bottom of it.

However, this wasn't entirely without gain. At least from the Mirror Spirit Maiden's attitude, he had confirmed several crucial matters.

In fact, the hint in the Mirror Spirit Maiden's words was already very obvious. As an Immortal Artifact personally created by the Immortal Emperor, the highest priority directive for the mingxiao mirror must have come from the Immortal Emperor.

More importantly, the Immortal Emperor had long since disappeared. The one who issued this directive to the Mirror Spirit Maiden was certainly not the Immortal Emperor himself, but some fellow who had inherited the Immortal Emperor's legacy…

Thinking of this, he stopped dwelling on it. He immediately put the myriad manifestations exquisite pagoda into the System space and said with a curl of his lip,

"I don't want to leave this Universe for now. When I feel like going over there to play, I'll give these two items to you to tinker with. You may step down now."

Mirror Spirit Maiden: "…"

Qi Yuan didn't bother with the resentful look the mirror spirit cast his way. He summoned the System list and quickly opened the Imperial Dynasty Hegemony Mode.

Having returned to the later era, he was desperate to know how the members of the Heaven and Earth Society from the Primordial Era were doing now…