The Mirage Bead was produced from a sea snake called the sunflower watersnake. When this snake entered adulthood its body could reach a thousand feet in length. It slumbered in the ice cold waters of the deep sea throughout the year, and only when it needed to step into the next level would it regain consciousness and begin to hunt. The sunflower watersnake could release a mist from its mouth that confused the mind and senses. Even a cultivator with a formidable soul wouldn’t be able to luckily escape. They would be lost in the illusion without any awareness or they would be tormented until they exhausted themselves. But in the end, they would eventually become food in the belly of the sunflower watersnake.

The sunflower watersnake’s inner core was what allowed it to confuse others and make them fall into illusion. The name Mirage Bead came from the illusory mirages that occasionally appeared over the sea. Every time the sunflower watersnake advanced to the next level, another hole would appear in its inner core and its strength would rise to new heights. The Mirage Bead refined from a nine hole inner core was called a Mirage King Bead; it was called an illusion that no one beneath an almighty being would be able to break.

Chu Taidou sat down cross-legged. He closed his eyes in meditation and his divine sense broke free from his body, rushing directly into the Mirage Bead. Although Grand Authority Chu didn’t care about things like face or honor, that didn’t mean he liked to be oppressed and abused. Only by winning the second round could he rid himself of his disadvantage and have all those people...