The Golden Mirrors of Eight Gates was a peak grade magic treasure.
It was once the possession of a cultivator with immense and profound abilities who had once shaken the Scattered Star Seas for several hundred years. This lone cultivator had been able to withstand the entirety of the Star Palaces’ forces without being at a disadvantage and eliminate an entire generation of Star Palace Masters. At the time, this cultivator, called “Vagrant of the Heavenly Mirrors”, had truly been the top figure in the Scattered Star Seas. There had been countless cultivators that had fallen to the mirrors including at least six Nascent Soul cultivators.
Wen Tianren had a duplicate or a remade replica but that doesn’t mean it was inferior to that of the Vagrant of the Heavenly Mirrors own in its earlier years?, after all its unknown if the Heavenly Mirror cultivator version had a Divine or higher grade Flame? perhaps the flames was something Wen Tianren incorporated on his own to further enhance it?. It seems that the price for using the mirrors are high as it requires one true essence blood and the longer it lasted the heavier the energy consumption on the user. It is stated that an ordinary cultivator at the same level would be killed in less than half an hour[Novel/Manhua] Or two and forty five minutes[Donghua] from the Divine Golden Flames alone.
Once activated each Mirrors Randomly traps an opponent in a complex illusionary independent space where they have to overcome the trial of Eight Illuisonary death test - Rest[ Life[ Injury[ Delusion [Scenery [ Death [ Fear [ Open]. The mirrors may or may not be limited to just one illusions per mirror, as Han Li stated the trials are endless and once one is over all the mirrors starts to randomly select again, they could enter another test from the same mirror or a new mirror. The Mirror formation becomes invisible to the onlookers until the one being trap either escape or dies. Once the trapped individual’s are able to escape the mirror appears visible again but they will now have to deal with being refine by the Divine Golden Flames.