Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

A streak of light flashed across the golden markings on the Mirror Spirit's forehead before it opened its eyes.

Their eyes met, and Ling Yi spoke first: "Mirror Spirit."

"Ling Yi." The Mirror Spirit called out Ling Yi's name with perfect accuracy.

Ling Yi wasn't surprised that the Mirror Spirit knew his name. Just as he was about to explain his purpose, he saw the Mirror Spirit raise its hand.

Seeing the Mirror Spirit's actions, Ling stopped speaking.

The Mirror Spirit raised its hand and waved it, and many images appeared on the calm, mirror-like surface of the water.

Ling Yi looked down and saw the baby being carried out by the midwife, crying loudly.

The baby was wrapped up and taken away from home without being even glanced at by the mother.

With just one glance, Ling Yi knew what the scene in the water was.

The scenes changed very quickly; in less than a quarter of an hour, Ling Yi had watched the entire life of 'Ling Yi'.

When the scene shifts to Ling Yi jumping into the water, Ling Yi doesn't see himself waking up in the water, pulling Lin Chengyu into the water, and trying to kill Lin Chengyu before being pulled ashore by Lin Chengze.

Instead... Lin Chengze directly rescued her.

The scene where she pulled Lin Chengyu into the water was missing...

Ling Yi thought of the dream and was about to say something when he saw the scene in the water split in two by a force. One of the scenes showed 'Ling Yi' jumping into the water, being rescued, and being guarded by people sent by Madam Lin, before continuing forward.

The other half of the underwater scene changes to a shot of 'Ling Yi' diving into the water and opening her eyes underwater.

One half of the scene went blank after Ling Yi opened her eyes, while the other half continued.

The other half of the scene continues to show Ling Yi opening her eyes in Lin Chengze's arms. Similarly, after Ling Yi opens her eyes, the scene goes blank.

The Mirror Spirit raised its hand again and swept it across the blank screen, restoring it to the appearance of water.

“You…” The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi, frowning, “How can there be two past lives?”

Two past lives, indeed, were not a dream.

Ling Yi said meaningfully, "I'm curious too."

The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi, trying to figure out what was going on, but couldn't see anything.

After a long pause, the Mirror Spirit withdrew its power and looked at Ling Yi: "What brings you here?"

Ling Yi raised an eyebrow: "You knew I was looking for you, so why didn't you show up to deal with the three-headed python?"

The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi: "It's not that I don't want to appear, but that I can no longer appear directly."

"If I can appear, I will not stand by and watch you die."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi thought of what Ye Qingshuang had told her about what happened twenty-one years ago.

"Why?" Ling Yi asked.

The Mirror Spirit said, "My power has been constantly draining away. If space were not part of my physical body, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to maintain it with my current strength."

“Once my power is completely dissipated, I will fall into a deep sleep.” The Mirror Spirit’s expression was somewhat solemn: “Once I fall asleep, the Three-Headed Python will be able to escape from this place.”

Ling Yi looked at the Mirror Spirit: "Neither you nor the Three-Headed Python should exist in the Dongyang Empire. Twenty-one years ago, you saw the people who broke into this place. You should know the difference between them and you. So I want to know, why are you here?"

"Did you have anything to do with the opening of that door?"

"You hid behind the lens given to the dean, left that tangible yet intangible mountain range, and then lived in a space for more than twenty years. Why did problems arise this year?"

Three questions in a row silenced the Mirror Spirit completely.

Ling Yi wasn't in a hurry and waited quietly.

After a long while, the Mirror Spirit spoke: "What good would it do me to tell you?"

Ling Yi: "There's no benefit to it."

Mirror Spirit: "Why did you come looking for me?"

Before Ling Yi could say anything, the Mirror Spirit said again, "As long as you tell me the reason, I can answer any of your questions."

Ling Yi said, "Someone showed me a scroll. The first thing on the scroll was a picture of a mirror, and told me that it was the Mountain and River Mirror, and that I should find all of them."

"Who is that person?" the Mirror Spirit asked urgently.

Ling Yi smiled slightly and remained silent.

Seeing Ling Yi's expression, the Mirror Spirit knew that Ling Yi wouldn't speak, so she asked instead, "Can I see that painting?"

“Okay.” Ling Yi didn’t refuse. He opened his hand, and a picture appeared in his palm. Then, Ling Yi unrolled the scroll.

At the very beginning of the scroll is a mirror, and behind it is a blank space. Ling Yi had thought that the things behind it would only appear after she had collected all the Mountain and River Mirrors.

The Mirror Spirit couldn't see through the image, but the moment he saw the scroll, a sense of peace rose in his heart.

"May I touch it?" the spirit asked.

Ling nodded.

Upon seeing this, the Mirror Spirit reached out to touch the mirror image on the scroll.

When the spirit's finger touches the mirror image, the spirit's finger transforms into a ray of light and travels into the mirror image.

When Ling Yi saw this, his eyelids twitched, and he instinctively tried to put the scroll away, but he failed.

The scroll can't be put away anymore!

The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi: "Once I... enter the scene, I should be able to put it away."

Ling Yi looked at him coldly: "How could I not know?"

Okay, she really didn't know.

If she had known, she would never have let the Mirror Spirit touch it!

The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi: "You shouldn't know..." Otherwise, you wouldn't have this expression.

Ling Yi: "..." She wanted to destroy the Mirror Spirit along with the painting.

"Answer quickly." Unable to stop the Mirror Spirit from entering the painting, Ling Yi could only urge him to speak.

Knowing that Ling Yi was in a very bad mood, the Mirror Spirit didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I was summoned to this place, but I don't know any memories before I was summoned."

"The reason I hid in the mirror and left this place is because I wanted to find the one that summoned me." The mirror spirit quickly said, "I was in a very bad state at that time, but if I had found the one that summoned me, I might have been able to recover. However, after I went out, the outside world restricted me too much, and I fell into a deep sleep. During that time, I did not feel the summons, so I remained asleep."

"But not long ago, I felt that summoning power and woke up from my slumber. However, my condition was too bad to go to that summoning power immediately, and then you came in."

"The one who possesses that summoning power is among you. That is why the disguised space shattered, causing you to fall into the true Mirror Spirit space."

"Who is that person?" Ling cut straight to the point: "Don't tell me you don't know."

“You were awake before we came in. I’ve been dealing with the three-headed python for so long. Even though you couldn’t show up directly, you must know who that person is.”

The Mirror Spirit looked at Ling Yi: "It's you."

Ling looked at him and asked, "Are you sure?"

Before the Mirror Spirit could answer, Ling Yi said, "Since you've seen my past, you should know that I wasn't even born twenty-one years ago, so how could I summon you?"

The Mirror Spirit's expression was somewhat complicated: "I chose you."

Ling Yi raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"

The spirit said, "There are two summoning forces, one coming from you and the other from the man you saved."

“The summoning power emanating from you is stronger and… brighter,” the Mirror Spirit said. “The summoning power emanating from that man named Lin Chengtian is weaker and darker… I prefer the summoning power emanating from you, so I chose you.”

“I’ve been following you all along,” the Mirror Spirit said. “When I saw you stab yourself, I wanted to stop you, but I was too weak.”

“I saw you kill the three-headed python. You are very powerful. After that, you fell into a coma. I wanted to stay with you, but then a very powerful force appeared and I fell into a deep sleep. I only woke up and appeared again when you summoned me just now.”

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi was surprised by the situation and immediately asked, "Twenty-one years ago, was the summoning power you sensed the same summoning power emanating from Lin Chengtian?"

The Mirror Spirit had only half of its face remaining untransformed. When it heard Ling Yi's question, it wanted to answer, but it was already silent. It could only nod before it was completely transformed.

Twenty-one years ago, the summoning power he felt was indeed the summoning power emanating from Lin Chengtian.

Not only was Ling Yi puzzled, but the Mirror Spirit was also very puzzled. He didn't understand why there were two summoning powers.

One strong, one weak; one overt, one covert.

After the Mirror Spirit nodded, it completely transformed and entered the mirror image. As the Mirror Spirit entered the mirror image, part of the originally dim mirror image lit up.

Ling Yi looked at the painting without making a move.

As the Mirror Spirit disappeared, the surrounding scenery shattered into pieces, like a cracked mirror.

Space is collapsing.

Ling Yi put away the scroll, closed her eyes, and opened them again, seeing Lin Chengtian.

"Ling Yi." Lin Chengtian saw Ling Yi open his eyes and quickly said, "Come with me."

After Lin Chengtian finished speaking, he grabbed Ling Yi and ran towards the valley.

That's where they fell.

Ling Yi knew that if the space collapsed, that would be the exit, but she didn't expect that Lin Chengtian also knew, that it was the person inside his body who told her?

Thinking of the two past lives the Mirror Spirit mentioned, and the matter of summoning, Ling Yi's gaze towards Lin Chengtian deepened considerably.

Compared to her, who later gained the power to summon, Lin Chengtian was the one who made the Mirror Spirit appear out of thin air, and was also the more crucial one.

As Lin Chengtian pulled Ling Yi towards the valley, the others followed.

Those people didn't know the valley was the exit; they followed because of Ling Yi.

The incident with the three-headed python made them realize how powerful Ling Yi was. They had no idea how to deal with the situation of spatial collapse, which was far beyond their understanding, and could only follow Ling Yi.

As they got closer to the valley, they saw a white light, which contrasted sharply with the dark sky.

Lin Chengtian pulled Ling Yi into the white light first, followed closely by the others.

After they entered the white light, Ji Yanzhi, who had left earlier, appeared not far away.

Only when the white light began to disappear, confirming that Ling Yi had left, did Ji Yanzhi vanish from the spot.

...

Imperial Academy, Council of Elders.

The eight elders had guarded the Dongyang Mirror for twenty years without fail, but today, the mirror they had protected for twenty years was struck as if by a heavy blow, shattering inch by inch.

Upon witnessing this scene, the eight elders were struck dumb.