Chapter 1511: The Thing at the Deepest Part of the Sky Mirror Tower

Lin Ju is dead.

Shen Shen Jinxiao lifted his corpse, placed it on the incense burner altar, pulled out the "Mirror Scholar Incense," and inserted it between Lin Ju's brows. At the same time, he took out a black bone vial and carefully poured out a single drop of pitch-black, viscous liquid from within.

The liquid dripped onto that "Mirror Scholar Incense," and the latter was immediately dyed a chilling pitch-black color, with twisted curse patterns faintly spreading across it.

Lin Ju's corpse, meanwhile, was rapidly withering and melting, as if forming something like corpse oil, nourishing this mutated "Mirror Scholar Incense."

Hiss.

The "Mirror Scholar Incense" was lit, burning with pitch-black smoke.

This smoke was eerie and viscous, drifting slowly.

Shen Shen Jinxiao's expression grew reverent. He knelt toward the black smoke and said respectfully, "My lord, please send down a sliver of your avatar."

The black fog churned, as if forming a black mirror surface. The mirror was like an abyss, swallowing even one's gaze, evoking fear.

From deep within the dark mirror, a gentle laugh suddenly came: "Shen Shen Jinxiao, you have done very well."

Shen Shen Jinxiao did not dare raise his head, saying, "It is entirely thanks to your great power concealing me, my lord, that even that Wang Xuanjin was unable to glimpse my true form."

"Additionally, those maintaining the Sky Mirror Tower's operation this time are Wang Xuanjin and the two academy alliance elders, Jin Xi and Bai Yu."

He reported all the intelligence.

"Wang Xuanjin can be considered somewhat capable, but Jin Xi and Bai Yu are nothing worth looking at." From within the dark mirror, amid the swirling black fog, a youth in white appeared. He said with a smile.

Reverence deepened in Shen Shen Jinxiao's eyes. To be able to so casually appraise a King-level expert—one whom countless titled marquises could only look up to—such was the might of a Li Tianwang, a being who truly stood at the very pinnacle of this world.

And the white-robed youth within the black fog was naturally that Void Li Tianwang of the Guiyi Society.

"Shen Shen Jinxiao, next I will conceal the Sky Mirror Tower and cut off Wang Xuanjin and the others' control over it. At the same time, I will open the gateway to the thirty-fourth floor. You hurry there, light another 'Black Demon Incense,' and I will be able to descend with greater power and take the thing at the deepest part of the Sky Mirror Tower."

"When that time comes, your mission will be complete." Void Li Tianwang said gently.

Shen Shen Jinxiao immediately responded respectfully. He did not ask what exactly lay at the deepest part of the Sky Mirror Tower, nor did he ask how he would leave under the watchful eyes of the countless experts of the academy alliance. For he knew that before a mission assigned by a Li Tianwang-level expert, the only thing he needed to think about was how to perfectly complete the other's task.

"Shen Shen Jinxiao, you are very clever and have great potential. I have high hopes for you." His tactfulness drew a light chuckle from Void Li Tianwang, who said.

"A single word from you, my lord, is enough to send me to my death." Shen Shen Jinxiao said slowly.

"Heh, don't worry. You still have your uses; I'm not willing to let you die here yet." Void Li Tianwang laughed.

Shen Shen Jinxiao's forehead thudded heavily against the cold stone slab before him.

Void Li Tianwang waved his hand. In the next instant, a beam of black profound light shot out from within. The moment the profound light appeared, it shot straight toward the heavens, finally transforming into a vast black curtain of light that slowly unfurled across the sky.

The entire world seemed to gradually grow dim at this moment.

And those experts from the various academies who were contending for opportunities on the thirty-third floor looked up with faces full of astonishment, staring at this sudden change.

At the same time.

In Sky Mirror City, Dean Wang Xuanjin and the two elders Jin Xi and Bai Yu, whose expressions had originally been calm, changed drastically at this moment. For they sensed a power that even made them tremble suddenly surging forth from the deepest part of the Sky Mirror Tower.

"A Li Tianwang?! Which great figure from the academy alliance has arrived?" Elders Jin Xi and Bai Yu cried out in shock.

"It's not a Li Tianwang from the academy alliance!"

Wang Xuanjin's usually composed face grew extremely ugly at this moment. He said sharply, "It's a Li Tianwang from the Guiyi Society!"

"The Guiyi Society has infiltrated the Sky Mirror Tower!"

"What?!" Elders Jin Xi and Bai Yu's pupils contracted sharply. They had been stationed here and had long laid down countless surveillance measures. Every person who entered the Sky Mirror Tower had been secretly probed by them, yet they had never detected any abnormality.

Then how had this Guiyi Society Li Tianwang transmitted his power to the deepest part of the Sky Mirror Tower?

"How could the methods of a Li Tianwang be something we can imagine?" Wang Xuanjin took a deep breath. In the eyes of those titled marquises, they were lofty and untouchable, but likewise, these Li Tianwang beings, in the eyes of King-level experts like them, existed on an entirely different plane.

Even though he, Wang Xuanjin, stood at the peak of the Three-Crown King realm, facing a Li Tianwang being still left him feeling utterly helpless.

"Boom!"

While they were speaking, the sky above Sky Mirror City suddenly shattered at this moment. Countless dark-black fissures, like ghostly hands crawling out of hell, densely covered the heavens.

Countless experts within the city were terrified. The faint fluctuations emanating from those fissures made them feel fear.

The resonant force within their bodies seemed to stagnate at this moment.

Boom!

The sky suddenly shattered, as if the heavens and earth were spinning. The surroundings rapidly grew dark.

"The small Outer Shenzhou where the Sky Mirror Tower resides has been exiled into the void." Wang Xuanjin saw this scene, his expression growing ever more grave. Then his figure appeared in the sky above as vast heaven and earth energy surged over, transforming above his head into three layers of supremely noble kingly crowns.

The three layers of crowns shed boundless profound light, shielding Sky Mirror City so that the experts within would not be shaken to death by the aftershocks.

"What should we do?" Elders Jin Xi and Bai Yu lent their aid while asking urgently.

"The Guiyi Society has suddenly invaded the Sky Mirror Tower—they must have a purpose. What are they trying to do? Could they be trying to seize the Sky Mirror Tower?"

Wang Xuanjin frowned tightly and slowly shook his head, saying, "The Sky Mirror Tower is completely connected to this small Outer Shenzhou. If the Guiyi Society truly wanted to occupy this place, that would actually be good news, because then our academy alliance could unite various Li Tianwang to encircle and annihilate them. So their objective definitely isn't to occupy the Sky Mirror Tower."

"They are after certain things within the Sky Mirror Tower."

Elder Jin Xi said in a low voice, "Could it be the 'Li Tianwang Remains' at the core of the Sky Mirror Tower?"

The entire Sky Mirror Tower existed because of that "Li Tianwang Remains." In their view, the only thing that could tempt the Guiyi Society's covetousness was this very item.

Wang Xuanjin felt the same, yet sensed something was off. After all, their academy alliance had controlled the "Sky Mirror Tower" for so many years, and the Guiyi Society had long known of the existence of the "Li Tianwang Remains." If they wanted to act, there was no need to wait until now.

"Don't panic. That Guiyi Society Li Tianwang has not descended in his true form; he has merely transmitted his power here, temporarily exiling this Sky Mirror Province into the void. But the Sky Mirror Tower also contains measures laid down by our academy alliance's Li Tianwang. All we can do now is wait temporarily, until the Li Tianwang beings of the academy alliance descend." Wang Xuanjin said.

Elders Jin Xi and Bai Yu both nodded with solemn expressions. Facing a Li Tianwang, they could only defend passively.

Wang Xuanjin then raised his head, gazing at the dark sky, his eyes full of contemplative color.

What exactly did this Guiyi Society Li Tianwang want to obtain?

Could there be something within the Sky Mirror Tower that even their academy alliance did not know of?

A surging, majestic black river flowed. On the island, the white-robed, scholar-like Void Li Tianwang wore a smile. Wang Xuanjin and the others within the Sky Mirror Tower were not within his considerations.

He stood up and waved his sleeve.

The bottomless black river ahead suddenly raised towering waves. Deep within the black river, countless terrifying shadows churned. And at this moment, borne aloft by those eerie, twisted shadows, a massive object slowly rose.

It was a black coffin as enormous as a mountain.

The black coffin was of unknown material, inscribed with all things under heaven, the sun, moon, and stars. An indescribable terrifying ripple emanated from it, faint and formless, and under such a ripple, even Li Li Tianwang's expression grew solemn.

He came before the black coffin, bent slightly, and said softly, "You shall awaken at last, and put an end to the chaos."

"I shall obtain that thing for you."

The Academy Alliance had controlled the Heaven Mirror Pagoda for several hundred years, all along believing its core to be a Li Li Tianwang's remains.

No one knew what lay in the deepest part of the Heaven Mirror Pagoda.

But he knew.

There... existed a Prime.

And the master of that Prime was none other than the last Sect Master of the Formless Holy Sect.