Heavenly Emperor Immortal Martial, Mystic Fire Mirror

【“What are they fighting over?”】

【“Obviously, the Heavenfire Mystic Maiden’s relics!”】

【“What’s there?”】

【“I don’t know, but anything that belonged to a Heavenly Emperor must be worth a fortune—even a single strand of hair!”】

【Know-It-All really does live up to his name.】

【No matter what you ask him, he can always give you some kind of answer.】

【There are certain matters so secret that even he doesn’t know about, but as long as they concern current events, he can explain them in great detail.】

【For example, he knows exactly who the factions fighting most fiercely over the treasure are.】

【Si Duo Duo, of the Dragonkin. Sect Master of the Heavenbane Sect, a Transcendent expert, known as the Demon Calamity True Lord.】

【The Dragonkin are born with membranous wings. Under the rules of the True Realm, they could initially do no more than glide.】

【But at Si Duo Duo’s level, flying freely was effortless.】

【Kuer Dong, of the Winged Clan. Sect Master of the Flying Feather Sect, a Transcendent expert, known as the Holy Light True Lord.】

【As two races born with wings, it was only natural that Si Duo Duo and Kuer Dong would clash.】

【Besides, the Heavenbane Sect and the Flying Feather Sect had always been mortal enemies.】

【It wasn’t just the two sect masters who had arrived. Numerous elders, sect leaders, and prodigies from both sects were also fighting in the area.】

【It seemed they intended to settle all their old and new grudges while they had the chance.】

【Yang Ju Ren, of the Three-Eyed Clan. Sect Master of the Azure Mound Sect, a Transcendent expert, known as the Void-Breaking True Lord.】

【Although Sect Master Yang possessed a high cultivation level, he apparently disliked aerial combat. He had not used any method to take to the sky, choosing instead to entangle his opponent on the ground.】

【Among the cultivators currently fighting over the treasures, only these three were Transcendent experts.】

【Yang Ju Ren and the many experts of the Azure Mound Sect were battling other renowned cultivators from Blazing Star.】

【Among them was one person you recognized at a glance.】

【“The Old Hag!”】

【The Old Hag was currently joining forces with a group of Severing Realm cultivators to besiege Yang Ju Ren.】

【Although they were beneath Yang Ju Ren’s level and would be killed instantly if he got close, the Old Hag was relying on her many spiritual treasures to hold her own for the time being.】

【Know-It-All had been explaining the various figures present and the relationships between them. When he heard you call out “the Old Hag,” he looked rather surprised.】

【“You know her? Right, she’s human too… What’s your relationship?”】

【“That’s none of your business. Keep talking!”】

【“The three major sects were incredibly fast—and decisive too. I heard their Grand Elders are already on their way. It seems the treasures unearthed from the Heavenfire Mystic Maiden’s burial mound are destined to be divided among the three major sects.”】

【You didn’t care who ended up dividing the treasures, because they would all be yours in the next simulation!】

【“Do you know the exact location of the burial mound?”】

【“See that shattered Mystic Maiden Temple? The burial mound is buried beneath it.”】

【“It’s that obvious, yet no one discovered it until now?”】

【“Didn’t I tell you? The power of a Heavenly Emperor remained behind. Even if it had been placed right in front of you, you wouldn’t have noticed it!”】

【You silently committed that detail to memory. It was crucial.】

【“They’re fighting so fiercely. Whatever was unearthed must be something incredible… Do you know what it is?”】

【Know-It-All replied helplessly.】

【“I just got here too. But according to the legends, the Heavenfire Mystic Maiden’s most famous Heavenly Emperor Immortal Weapon, the Blazing Flame Mirror, was buried together with the tomb!”】

【“A Heavenly Emperor’s immortal weapon…”】

【You noticed that even the Transcendent experts occasionally used divine patterns during the battle.】

【It seemed divine patterns were extremely common and versatile techniques in the True Realm.】

【You also noticed that some people’s divine patterns were golden, while others’ were red.】

【Seeing that you didn’t even understand this, Know-It-All immediately cast you a suspicious glance.】

【“Where did you come from? You’re at the Core Formation Realm, right? How do you not know even this?”】

【You clenched your hand, your knuckles cracking loudly.】

【Know-It-All coughed and explained.】

【“Golden ones are commoner divine patterns. Red ones are noble divine patterns.”】

【“What’s the difference?”】

【“None at all. The strokes and effects of the divine patterns are exactly the same.”】

【“Then why are the colors different?”】

【“Because noble divine patterns can suppress commoner divine patterns. If two people clash using divine patterns, and one uses a noble divine pattern while the other uses a commoner one, the latter can never win.”】

【“Why doesn’t everyone just learn noble divine patterns?”】

【“Then why do you think they’re called ‘nobles’?”】

【You understood.】

【Know-It-All added:】

【“You can’t learn divine patterns.”】

【“Why not?”】

【“Humans are forbidden from learning divine patterns. This rule applies not only on Blazing Star, but throughout the entire Ares Immortal Kingdom. For all we know, other immortal kingdoms may have the same rule.”】

【“That can’t be right. The Old Hag is human too. Why can she use divine patterns?”】

【“There are exceptions to everything. Besides, I suspect she must have paid some kind of price to obtain that qualification.”】

【You didn’t think much of that.】

【They won’t let me learn?】

【If I secretly learn them, how will they know?】

【Any nonhuman who sees my divine patterns will have to die!】

【The only problem was that you didn’t know whom to learn from.】

【“You mentioned the Ares Immortal Kingdom just now. What is that?”】

【This was the first time you had encountered a concept resembling a nation.】

【Know-It-All told you that an immortal kingdom was a governing polity spanning multiple star systems.】

【There were only two immortal kingdoms in the Southern Star Realm, and Ares was one of them.】

【Fortune Star, Blazing Star, and every other planet within Ares territory were, in law, subject to Ares’s authority.】

【In practice, however, the immortal kingdom paid little attention to third- and second-class stars. It merely appointed a star lord and required him to pay tribute on schedule.】

【You had more or less figured out the circumstances surrounding the Heavenfire Mystic Maiden’s burial mound and were preparing to leave.】

【You would have liked to charge in and snatch something for yourself.】

【But everyone taking part was a Severing or Transcendent expert. There was no way you could get involved.】

【Just then, your heart stirred. A strange sensation came over you.】

【You raised your eyes, and the colors marking your field of vision with the surrounding “signal lights” had turned a purplish red!】

【The danger level was completely maxed out!】

【“What’s going on?”】

【You heard something cutting through the air.】

【Following the sound, you looked over and saw several glowing objects flying toward you at high speed.】

【Behind them, the Holy Light True Lord, the Demon Calamity True Lord, the Void-Breaking True Lord, the Old Hag, and the other experts were in hot pursuit.】

【Know-It-All was startled.】

【“This is bad! The Heavenly Emperor’s relics are flying straight toward us. Run, run!”】

【It was already too late.】

【A bronze mirror, a long skirt, a phoenix crown, a pair of boots, a piece of red cloth, and a jade slip all crashed down at your feet.】

【At that moment, a fierce struggle was raging inside your mind.】

【Pick them up, and there was a chance the experts chasing after them would beat you to a pulp.】

【Don’t pick them up, and run immediately. You might have a chance of escaping alive.】

【Should you pick them up or not?】