A Pawn's Passage

Qi Xuansu stayed in Yoshida Castle for a few days, mainly to heal his hand and study the sun disc.

Previously, when he clashed fists with the jokai-rank shinkan’s Spiritual Statue, his entire hand was shattered. Although his body’s regenerative abilities had repaired his flesh and bone, damage to his acupoints was far harder to mend.

Over these few days, Qi Xuansu roughly discerned the function of the sun disc. According to the inscriptions on it, it was called the Solar Heaven. By Daoist standards, it indeed counted as a semi-immortal object, though with heavy limitations.

This was not difficult to understand. The Daoist Order possessed a true immortal object called the Three Treasures Scepter, which only the Grand Master could wield, serving as his symbol of authority. Its main purpose was to open the many restrictions of the Kunlun Paradise, functioning like a key. In actual combat, however, it was far inferior to immortal weapons such as the Heavenly Preceptor’s Twin Swords. Another example was the Qinghuo Pearl, which allowed a Pseudo-Immortal to display the might of an Immortal. It was suitable for battle, but only those of the Qingqiu lineage could control it.

Both the Three Treasures Scepter and the Qinghuo Pearl were immortal objects with great restrictions.

Some semi-immortal objects, such as the Haotian Mirror and Moon Mirror, had wondrous functions like projection, imaging, or teleportation across vast distances, yet were wholly unsuited for direct combat.

The Solar Heaven was like the Three Treasures Scepter, as it mainly served as a key to command that divine shrine. It was also exceptionally durable and capable of manifesting a blazing sun. Yet the shrine itself was gravely damaged, as it was bombed by the Yinglong Warship and plummeted from the skies into the earth below. It was unlikely to be of further use.

There was, however, good news. The sun disc contained a vast reserve of divine power, no less than 3,000 marks.

Before coming to Fenglin, Qi Xuansu had received 800 marks of divine power from the Daoist Order, raising his total to about 3,000 marks. After several great battles, he still had 2,500 marks remaining. If he absorbed the sun disc’s reserves, he would have no shortage of power for at least half a year.

That was why Qi Xuansu accepted and absorbed this divine power without the slightest hesitation.