[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lawful-tyrant":3,"chapter-lawful-tyrant-lawful-tyrant-chapter-407":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lawful Tyrant",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285291,4469,"Chapter 407","lawful-tyrant-chapter-407",407,"\u003Cp>In endless chaos, a streak of light shot rapidly through the chaotic currents, continually distancing itself from the main universe along the river of time and space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a boy whose entire body burned with black flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was none other than Lin Qing’s Black Flame Avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, deep within the chaotic currents ahead, a sea faintly appeared—small in area, merely tens of trillions of li across, its surface utterly still, yet different regions rose and fell like separate mirror facets, as if countless smooth mirrors had been pieced together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the sea hung a mournful, snow-white crescent moon; its cold lunar radiance blanketed the water, reflecting countless crescent moons within the depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After thirty thousand years, I’ve finally reached Mirror Moon Sea…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar exhaled softly, gazing at the sea, “Who knows if Yu Gong can persuade the current World God? Better to hide here in the Mirror Moon Sea…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very start of the Divine Nation War, after defeating Yu Gong, he had sent the Black Flame Avatar here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Lin Qing transformed into a streak of light and plunged into Mirror Moon Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the legendary chaos wonder: Mirror Moon Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that Mirror Moon Sea never birthed precious treasures, and every intruder would be mirrored by a mirror puppet, which would relentlessly pursue and kill them to replace them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key was, a new mirror puppet would spawn at intervals; if not destroyed, their numbers would only grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if one could destroy a mirror puppet, they could refine it into a substitute death puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what force killed it, only the mirror puppet would die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, it became a refuge for some Eternal Beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror puppet was a perfect copy of oneself, identical in strength and realm, endowed with self-awareness granted by Mirror Moon Sea, and unaffected by the sea’s oppressive pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely the environmental pressure would drastically weaken ordinary Eternal Beings; add the mirror puppet, and most who entered would surely die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror puppet had one obvious flaw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not replicate the World God inheritance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even Dukes rarely dared enter Mirror Moon Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a handful of Eternal Peak experts who had cultivated multiple World God inheritances, or Dukes who had cultivated a World God inheritance, dared enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My strength should be fine…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar surveyed the Mirror Moon Sea midair, then without hesitation, turned into a streak of light and dove into the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the mirror-like surface before him, another version of himself was clearly reflected; as he neared the surface, the other self within Mirror Moon Sea seemed to rush toward him at speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment of contact—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar felt time and space twist; the sea rippled in concentric waves, instantly swallowing him whole, as if he had appeared in another world, where crushing seawater pressed down upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure of this seawater was so intense that even ordinary Eternal Peak experts would be severely restricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a Duke-level Black Flame Avatar, this pressure was negligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mirror puppet, identical to the Black Flame Avatar, instantly appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instant of its appearance, the mirror puppet burned its life force, its aura surging wildly, unleashing countless secret arts—even its core Eternal Treasure and Divine Technique were identical to the Black Flame Avatar’s!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can it replicate Duke-level power? Interesting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar regarded the mirror puppet with interest, then immediately activated his will:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Illusory World Annihilation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast illusory world descended silently, instantly enveloping the mirror puppet and beginning to suppress its consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Illusory World Annihilation was a secret art formed purely from willpower, altering the soul’s essence and consciousness; once mastered, even reincarnation required no relearning—only the Void God Clan bloodline served as the key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the avatar could use it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the consciousnesses of avatars were linked; though it appeared the avatar was casting it, it was actually Lin Qing’s main body casting the willpower art, transmitting will through the avatar connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, any of Lin Qing’s avatars could use it; even after his reincarnation into the Lie Wang Realm, he could cast it without relearning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same was true of the “Heart True God,” another inheritance relying on mental will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the cost was steep: the treasures required to reach the third layer of Illusory World Annihilation and Heart True God far exceeded those needed for other World God inheritances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the mirror puppet’s aura plummeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The illusory world created by Illusory World Annihilation could resist willpower arts, but the mirror puppet knew none of them; its power instantly dropped to just two or three tenths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heart True God!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar activated Heart True God; his aura surged violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rise and fall created a massive power gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar became a world-annihilating flame that burned through everything, piercing the mirror puppet and instantly erasing it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, where the mirror puppet had been erased, a palm-sized hexagonal mirror shard appeared out of thin air, radiating the exact same aura as the Black Flame Avatar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar reached out and drew the shard into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Acquired.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar stared at the shard, seeing his own reflection within, and allowed himself a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the substitute death puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as this avatar remained within Mirror Moon Sea, any fatal attack would be absorbed by the substitute death puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as long as the substitute death puppet remained within Mirror Moon Sea, it could endlessly repair itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Effectively, infinite substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Gong was exactly like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are quite a few people here in Mirror Moon Sea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar sensed over a hundred auras throughout the entire Mirror Moon Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides humans, there were Dukes from the Mechanical Clan, Mother River Clan, Star Beast Clan, and Origin Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans and the Mechanical Clan, as allies, cultivated World God inheritances; the Mother River Clan, Star Beast Clan, and Origin Clan cultivated inheritances created by the Star Abyss Ancestor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly all hundred auras were Duke-level; Eternal Peak-level ones were exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yu Gong is over there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qing immediately sensed Yu Gong’s aura; over a dozen human auras clustered in one region of Mirror Moon Sea, adjacent to numerous Mechanical Clan auras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made no effort to avoid them, flying directly toward that area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Lin Qing sensed the nearest Star Beast Clan auras suddenly moving, rushing toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Flame Avatar had never cultivated “Illusory Step,” so his movement speed was ordinary; soon, three Star Beast Clan auras caught up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star Beasts were beast-like lifeforms born from the main universe’s starry void; originally, their relations with humans were fairly amicable, but after the Star Abyss invasion, the Star Beasts were corrupted and assimilated, and now stood utterly opposed to humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>",1157,"2026-06-20T02:41:36.491Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","05bcecb38ea439be3e2a6d72969416f1ae3f55c24403d586e052fc7664aa6892","lawful-tyrant-chapter-408","lawful-tyrant-chapter-406",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flawful-tyrant-cover.jpg"]