323: The secret of heaven is backfiring! This child cannot be seen!

Deep in the Universe, in the Chaos Star Domain where the Heavens Evolution Sect is located.

Upon the ancient altar, the atmosphere was solemn and grave to the extreme.

The white-haired Grand Elder, with a serious expression, extended his withered finger and pointed it at the ancient stone mirror in the air.

Om!

The moment that drop of golden blood, containing the power of vast destiny, fell, the entire "Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror" trembled violently.

On the mirror's surface, the Chaos that swallowed all light began to spin frantically, forming a bottomless vortex.

Countless Karma threads, invisible to the naked eye, extended from the depths of the vortex, spanning endless time and space, probing towards the "Anomaly" locked onto in the ethereal Realm!

Inside the hall, all the awakened Elders held their breath, their eyes filled with awe and anticipation.

With the Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror, nothing could hide.

No matter how deeply the Anomaly was hidden, or how bizarre its Origin, it would be revealed under the Treasure Mirror, its past and future no longer holding any secrets.

At that time, the Sect could formulate the most perfect assassination plan based on its weaknesses.

This was the Heavens Evolution Sect's customary method for eliminating the "Universe's parasites" for countless years, and it had never failed...

Outside the Ten Thousand Swords Burial, within the dark starship.

The bridge was silent.

Li Hanyue had regained her usual coldness, but the fatigue that couldn't be completely erased from her brows revealed the immense pressure she had endured earlier.

Before her was a Star Map Jade Slip, nearly half-drawn.

On it, countless death coordinates were densely marked, along with Lin Fan's detailed analysis of various Sword Intents, obtained at the cost of his life.

This was a map paved with death.

"The central area where the stone sword is located has been completely sealed off," Lin Fan's voice broke the silence. "Aside from that, the safe routes in the outer and middle layers have all been scouted."

Li Hanyue nodded slightly.

She was well aware of the value of this map, and… the weight it represented.

"Next, it's my turn," her tone was calm, but in her clear eyes, an unprecedented fervent flame ignited.

Lin Fan had paved the way for her, and what she had to do was to walk this path and seek her own Breakthrough in the Dao of Sword.

Lin Fan said no more.

He flipped his hand and took out the "Origin Sword Master Will" that he had obtained from the SS-rank reward.

That wisp of faint light quietly floated in his palm, dim and weak, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

He could feel that there was no energy within this thing.

It was more like a pure "concept."

An ultimate interpretation of the concept of "Sword."

How to use it? Directly integrate it into his Divine Soul?

Just as Lin Fan was pondering, he didn't know that a high-level scrutiny targeting him, from the highest level of the Universe, had already descended...

Heavens Evolution Sect altar.

A trace of confusion suddenly appeared on the white-haired Grand Elder's face.

Something was wrong.

The Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror had already locked onto the Anomaly's Karma, but the feedback it returned... was a blank.

No, not blank.

It was Chaos!

It was as if the Anomaly's river of destiny did not exist in this Universe at all, but was a Forbidden Ground shrouded in thick fog, unobservable by any Heavenly Secret technique!

"What's going on?"

"Increase the deduction intensity!"

The Grand Elder frowned, once again activating his magical power, and more golden blood merged into the Treasure Mirror.

Om—!!!

The Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror erupted with unprecedented light!

On the mirror's surface, the chaotic vortex suddenly accelerated, forcibly tearing open the layer of destiny mist shrouding the target!

Finally, the image appeared!

However, the moment they saw the scene in the mirror, all the Elders of the Heavens Evolution Sect present, including the white-haired Grand Elder, were struck as if by lightning, their expressions instantly frozen!

In that mirror, there was no past, no future.

No clear fate trajectory, no stable Karma.

There was only... endless Chaos thunder light, as if to split heaven and earth!

And... amidst that thunder light, a blurry figure was dying frantically in various inconceivable ways!

Struck dead by heavenly lightning.

Shattered by Sword Intent.

Swallowed by the Void Realm.

Erased by Law.

Every death was incredibly real, incredibly thorough!

But in the next second, that figure would reappear, and then die again in a different way!

Cycle after cycle, endlessly!

How could this be the destiny trajectory of a living being?

This was clearly an... image collection, edited from countless deaths, full of Chaos, madness, and absurdity!

"Impossible!"

"What the hell is this?!"

"His Karma... his Karma is all 'death'?! And after each death, the Karma thread that should have broken reconnects?"

An Elder exclaimed in shock, his voice filled with horror and disbelief.

This completely subverted all their understanding of life, Karma, and destiny!

How could a person's destiny be composed of infinite deaths and resurrections?

This was no longer an "Anomaly"!

This was a "Taboo"! A BUG that absolutely should not exist, outside the Heavenly Dao Law!

Just as their minds were greatly shaken.

Inside the starship, Lin Fan, who was studying the "Sword Master Will," suddenly felt his System interface flicker without warning.

A line of small characters quietly appeared.

["Detecting unknown high-dimensional Karma prying... Judging as hostile attack..."]

["Countermeasure program initiated..."]

["Transmitting disguised death log data to the attack source..."]

Lin Fan blinked.

What the heck?

Someone is calculating my fate?

Before he could react.

On the Heavens Evolution Sect's altar, a sudden change occurred!

On the mirror surface of the Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror, which was frantically flashing death scenes, cracks like spider webs suddenly appeared!

"Oh no! The Treasure Mirror can't take it anymore!"

The white-haired Grand Elder's face changed drastically; he wanted to immediately sever the connection with the Treasure Mirror.

But it was too late!

Boom—!!!

An indescribable torrent of massive and chaotic Karma information, mixed with billions of deaths, like a cosmic storm, violently poured back along the prying Karma thread!

"Pfft—!"

The white-haired Grand Elder bore the brunt; he couldn't even let out a scream, his entire body was struck as if by billions of lightning bolts, and he flew backward!

From his eyes, what flowed was no longer tears, but two shocking lines of golden blood!

His unfathomable aura, as if coeval with heaven and earth, like a punctured balloon, rapidly declined at a visible speed!

Immortal Venerable Perfection... Immortal Venerable Late Stage... Immortal Venerable Middle Stage... In just an instant, he fell an entire major Realm!

A hundred years of cultivation, all for naught!

"Grand Elder!"

The other Elders were horrified and tried to step forward to help, but they were shaken back by the aftershock of the backlash, their Qi and blood churning.

Crack... Bang!!!

With a crisp wail, the "Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror," suspended in the center of the altar as the Heavens Evolution Sect's Sect-protecting treasure, exploded with a bang!

Countless fragments, mixed with the aura of Chaos, scattered in all directions.

The entire altar was a mess.

Dead silence.

A dead silence where a needle drop could be heard.

Everyone stared blankly at the fragments of the Treasure Mirror floating in the air, and at the Grand Elder, who lay on the ground, his aura weak, his eyes weeping blood, as if he had aged ten thousand years in an instant.

Only a blank remained in their minds.

They had failed.

Completely and utterly failed.

The Heavens Evolution Sect had suffered an unprecedented devastating defeat in the field of Heavenly Secret deduction, which they were most proud of and most confident in!

Even the Sect-protecting treasure... was shattered.

Just then.

In the last instant before the Heavenly Secret Treasure Mirror shattered, an extremely blurry image flashed across one of the largest fragments.

It seemed to be... the profile of a cold woman, like a ten-thousand-year-old ice mountain.

The next moment.

A will, thousands of times more terrifying than when the white-haired Grand Elder had awakened earlier, descended with a roar from the deepest Forbidden Ground of the Heavens Evolution Sect!

That will was cold, majestic, and devoid of any emotion, as if it were the Heavenly Dao itself.

An ancient and enraged voice exploded directly in the Divine Souls of all the Elders.

"Who shattered my mirror?"