Purple Card

The Magic Cube, Demon Bead, and **Purple Card** are the three highest divine tools that assist in soul cultivation, body transformation, and essence gathering, three different types of cultivation system. With them in hand, one can cultivate the corresponding system with twice the results and half the effort.

Like the other two artifacts, it is believed to be the condensed seed for a new universe, which is the theory of both Lin Ming and the Asura Road Master. Lin Ming suspects it represents a 12th, final Heavenly Dao to complete the previous 11 Daos concerning Qi and 'Energy', with the other two artifacts representing similar peaks for 'Essence' and 'Divine'. If all three seeds had sprouted, there would have been 36 Heavens instead of 33.

Previously, it was owned by the Asura Road Master and its artifact spirit, Littlefish. In the current timeline, it became the central energy source of the Eternal Wall before it was seized by Sheng Mei. During the events of the sequel, True Martial World, it ended up in the possession of Yi Yun.

## Story

The Purple Card belonged to the Asura Road Master for the span of more than a billion years, and was used by him during the period in which he created the Asura Sutra and the Asura Road. During the Great Calamity its power was used to resist the denizens of the Dark Abyss, and Sheng Mei's previous incarnation used it to create the Eternal Wall when she sacrificed herself. During this period it was separated from Yan Littlefish, who lost her memories in the process.

When Mo Eversnow went to the Dark Abyss to aid the Ancient Races who were enslaved there, she brought Yan Littlefish with her. However, as they crossed through the Eternal Wall Yan Littlefish was pulled out and disappeared, as she rejoined the Purple Card.

Later on, when the Soul Emperor kidnapped Sheng Mei and planned to use her to unravel it the Eternal Wall, Yan Littlefish was able to save her, and pulled her inside the Purple Card's dimensional space. However, the Soul Emperor's plan didn't completely fail, as in reaching out to save Sheng Mei, Yan Littlefish had created a vulnerability in the formation of the Eternal Wall. Steadily, over the course of three thousand years, the Eternal Wall weakened and cracked, until it finally shattered when the Soul Emperor unleashed a grand array formation against it. Sheng Mei and Yan Littlefish then escaped with the Purple Card into a hidden dimension, where the entrance was sealed after them, preventing the Soul Emperor from pursuing them.

Thereafter Lin Ming eventually found Sheng Mei and Yan Littlefish, and returned with them to the 33 Heavens. However, the Purple Card was seemingly lost, perhaps deliberately (as Lin Ming purposefully abandoned the Magic Cube and the Grandmist Spirit Bead as he had no use for them), and it ultimately ended up in the possession of Yi Yun at the beginning of the events of True Martial World.

## Abilities

The Purple Card was the ultimate tool for Essence Gathering. Just as the Grandmist Spirit Bead allowed its user to absorb blood essence, vitality, and other forms of physical 'Essence' freely, so too did the Purple Card allow its user similarly immense power and control over Qi and other forms of 'Energy'. As detailed in True Martial World, it provided a number of very useful abilities:

* **Energy Detection** - makes the user see the world with energy as its building blocks
* **Energy Absorption** - The Purple Crystal had a natural affinity with energy, it can transform chaotic energies into energies simple people could absorb but it could only absorb energy which belonged to no one, or in other words, energy that had lost its spiritual connection with its owner. Known energies the Purple Crystal can absorb :
	+ Starlight
	+ Desolate bones
	+ Herbal essence
	+ Yuan Qi
	+ Primordial Strains
* **Energy Manipulation** - it was a divine artifact of energy so no form of energy could escape the grasp of the Purple Card
* **Energy Reflection**
* **Dimensional Space** - Like the Grandmist Spirit Bead and the Magic Cube, it has its own inner dimensional space with seemingly endless capacity, which can also perfectly conceal objects and people from detection by ordinary abilities.

## The Creation of the Eternal Wall

She saw in the limitless vast space, there was a floating dark continent.
And on this continent were bones, endless bones!
Some of these bones were in the shape of people, some were in the shape of fierce monsters, all sorts of wild beasts, and even some bones in the shape of God Beasts that extended for thousands of miles.
Of these skeletons, all of them emitted an incredibly terrifying aura. If the bones of a weakling were placed within, they would immediately be crushed into dust by the pressure!
Without a doubt, only the remains of peerless powerhouses were on this dark continent.
It was unimaginable just how so many peerless powerhouses had died here.
Looking at the bones, one could see that they had died around the same time.
From this, one could speculate that this was an incredibly brutal war that involved countless peerless powerhouses!
The peerless woman stood above these endless bones, as if she were on another world.
She was barefoot, wearing a long black dress that flowed down her like water. Divine brilliance poured from her, sprinkling down onto her body, shrouding her in a faint hazy glow.
Her aura seemed to merge together with the one. In this brutal and savage world, she seemed completely out of place.
In her life, she had experienced endless slaughter. But at this time she was like a single orchid in a profound canyon, ethereal and otherworldly, her snow white skin untainted by mortal affairs.
Even this dark and ominous battlefield that was covered in layers of killing intent seemed to have nothing to do with her.
And at this time, in front of the woman, something appeared.
This was... a purple card.
The small card was only the size of a palm. And carved on this card were countless strange and indecipherable marks.
These marks were ancient and mystical. Just by looking at them, one felt as if their soul would fall within.
The card was like a fluttering butterfly, flying around this peerless woman.
The woman looked at this card. From within her bright eyes, infinite sorrow and regret seemed to appear...
However, all these complex feelings eventually returned to peace and serenity. There was no longer any waves in her mood.
The card fluttered about, slowly flying towards the peerless woman’s forehead.
Then... gently, gently, gently... it cut into the jade-like flesh of the woman’s forehead.
The nine petal red lotus was torn apart by the purple card, instantly fading...
Blood gushed out and all of it was absorbed by the purple card. Then, endless crimson light dyed this dark gray world...
In that moment, the world seemed to regain all its color. Infinite life essence recklessly gushed out from the woman. More and more light blazed from the woman’s body. Like a black phoenix burning itself, she dazzled with blinding brilliance!
Because of this woman’s brilliance, this dark world was filled with beautiful colors once more.