[The cultivators of the Tiansha Sect retreated alongside their Sect Master.]
[Their retreat was executed with professional precision—they cleared the corpses, belongings, and the battlefield around them completely, leaving nothing good behind for you.]
[You didn't care about that at all.]
[Today, you had obtained a Jade Slip and also the Celestial Emperor's Red Bib, which was an unexpected gain.]
[Moreover, there was an awkward matter that needed to be handled right now.]
[The Feiyu Sect Master, Saint Light True Lord, and the Qingqiu Sect Master, Void Breaker True Lord, had both arrived beside you at the same time.]
[They each performed a cupped fist salute and solemnly extended you an invitation.]
["Senior, your presence on Blazing Star truly graces this humble planet. Would you be willing to visit our sect so that we might behold your magnificence and exchange insights on cultivation?"]
[You couldn't ignore this matter.]
[This was a planet—vast in territory and abundant in resources.]
[Saint Light True Lord and Void Breaker True Lord were the highest-ranking individuals among the three most powerful and prosperous sects on this planet.]
[Additionally, those in the Transcendent Realm were all ancient monsters who had cultivated for over a thousand years.]
[Therefore, they were absolutely not as easy to fool as those bystanders on the periphery.]
[You could sense two streams of icy energy continuously sweeping over your body.]
[This was likely something akin to Divine Sense, emanating from Saint Light True Lord and Void Breaker True Lord.]
[They seemed awed by your strength and treated you with utmost respect.]
[But no one knew what they were truly thinking inside.]
[You had no idea who currently held the Mysterious Fire Mirror and the other Celestial Emperor relics.]
[Just now, you hadn't had the chance to pay attention to their struggle.]
[Regardless of who had them, you didn't plan to exploit this situation where everyone was hyping you up to try and swindle those items out of their hands.]
[Because you were certain that people like Saint Light True Lord and Void Breaker True Lord weren't easy to deceive.]
[Everyone thought you were incredibly strong, but the truth was that the Dragon-Men had simply run headfirst into a gold trait tag. Against other alien races, you were far from capable of replicating that performance.]
[If they were to discover this fact, the Jade Slip on you would become a death warrant.]
[Know when to stop—next simulation, you could just come back to collect the harvest. Getting this much gain this time was already excellent.]
[So, you spoke as follows.]
["No need. I have no interest in your sects. As for exchanging cultivation insights, I'm afraid it would only be one-sided—flowing from me to you. I have come to Blazing Star to handle an important matter.]
I only happened to stumble upon this emergence of the Celestial Emperor's relics.
[I had no intention of intervening from the start. The matter I need to deal with is a hundred times more urgent than these relics. It was only because you all made the first move that I administered a minor punishment."]
["Administering a minor punishment" had resulted in cracking open the skull of the strongest person on this planet.]
[The matter he came to Blazing Star to handle was more important than the Celestial Emperor's relics.]
[The surrounding crowd felt that your identity was becoming increasingly mysterious.]
[Void Breaker True Lord spoke up.]
["May I ask what matter Senior needs to handle? We would be glad to lend our assistance."]
[This Void Breaker True Lord was of the Three-Eyed Clan.]
[He was testing you.]
[The innate talent of the Three-Eyed Clan was their divine eye, capable of seeing through all falsehoods.]
[To put it bluntly, it was impossible to maintain any disguise in front of the Three-Eyed Clan.]
[You had replicated the Three-Eyed Clan's talent before, so you understood this very clearly.]
[Right now, Void Breaker True Lord must be absolutely certain that you were only at the Core Formation realm.]
[The only thing he didn't know was how you had managed to kill Demon Sha True Lord, which was why he was putting on this act.]
[In other words, whether Void Breaker True Lord would make a move against you or not hinged entirely on a single thought of his.]
[You had to get out of there fast, before they could piece things together.]
["Although the Mysterious Fire Mirror isn't very famous, it is still an Immortal Armament once used by the Celestial Emperor. Since Senior has appeared today, it wouldn't be appropriate for us to keep it. Why not take it for yourself?"]
[Void Breaker True Lord's second test arrived.]
[He voluntarily presented the Mysterious Fire Mirror, which he had painstakingly snatched from others, offering it up with both hands.]
[However, what he could never have imagined was that you also possessed the racial talent of his clan!]
[So you saw through it at a single glance—this Mysterious Fire Mirror was an illusion; it was actually just a ball of energy transformed by Void Breaker True Lord using some Divine Ability.]
[To someone who didn't understand Divine Abilities, they would definitely be unable to see through it.]
[Unfortunately, you were a bug; you had directly seen through it using the Three-Eyed Clan's talent.]
[This was a psychological game.]
[Void Breaker True Lord was observing your expression, trying to gauge your attitude toward such a treasure and whether it matched what a cultivator beyond the Transcendent Realm should be like.]
[You let out a light chuckle.]
["What Celestial Emperor Immortal Armament?"]
[Void Breaker True Lord's expression froze.]
["What I mean is, the mirror you've all been fighting over is not some Immortal Armament at all.]
It's just an ordinary mirror—one a young lady might carry around to fix her makeup.
[It only possesses some peculiar power because it absorbed some Celestial Emperor's energy, but it's not a treasure on the level of a Celestial Emperor Immortal Armament."]
[You weren't speaking nonsense.]
[Because when they were fighting over the mirror, you had used [Reverse Engineering] to examine it and found no blueprint.]
[This meant it wasn't a cultivation artifact; it was just an ordinary object, no different from the Red Bib in your hand.]
[Of course, you couldn't exactly describe a Celestial Emperor's relic as "ordinary."]
[Having been steeped in the naturally released Emperor Energy after the Celestial Emperor's death, they had already transformed.]
[If they had originally been magical instruments or spiritual treasures, they could have been called Celestial Emperor Immortal Armaments. Since they weren't, their value was more than a tier lower.]
[Your words surprised many people.]
[This included Saint Light True Lord of the Feiyu Sect, who said in astonishment.]
["So this item is not the Mysterious Fire Mirror? No wonder those people from the first-tier stars showed little interest after receiving the news..."]
[Void Breaker True Lord didn't appear surprised, which showed that his divine eye had been developed to be more powerful than that of an ordinary Three-Eyed Clan member—he, too, had seen through the mirror.]
[Void Breaker True Lord took the opportunity to let the matter slide.]
["Since it's just an ordinary relic, Senior is probably not interested either..."]
[You put on a casual air, glancing at the two of them.]
["Speaking of which, when those relics flew over to my feet just now, you also attacked me..."]
[Hearing this, the two of them immediately knelt on one knee.]
["Junior failed to recognize Mount Tai! Senior did not reveal his true form, and we lacked the discernment to see through it. Please forgive us, Senior!"]
[Seeing even these two grovel so humbly, the cultivators present became more convinced than ever that you must be some major bigshot—interstellar-level!]
[All-Knowing, in the crowd, was shaking so hard his legs felt like sieves.]
[He had actually dared to shout at someone like this before, and even attacked him?]
[Even though he hadn't gained any advantage and had been beaten up several times.]
["This is exactly right! How could a small fry like me possibly defeat a giant like this?"]
[Now, even the fact that you had asked him to be your guide made perfect sense.]
[A bigshot from a distant first-tier or special-tier star naturally wouldn't know much about their remote second-tier star.]
[So he had found someone familiar with the local area to introduce things.]
[But why didn't this bigshot even know basic things like divine marks?]
[That didn't matter anymore. Since he could kill Demon Sha True Lord as easily as slicing tofu, did it even matter whether he knew about divine marks?]
[Maybe he simply scorned the use of divine marks!]
[You looked at the two kneeling men and waved your hand.]
["If I weren't busy with urgent matters right now, I would definitely have you punished! Enough, get up."]
["Thank you, Senior!"]

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