The wind in the Deep Root stone valley gradually calmed down, as if finally breathing a sigh of relief after a long calamity. Qin Yu put away his Fate Brush, glanced lightly at all the wounded Primordial Envoys and Ling Liangyan, his voice steady yet carrying a reassuring power.
"Please rest and recover here."
His tone was calm, yet no one dared disobey. "I met a disciple before I came, and he has already gone to report to Elder Liu Xu and the others. He should be here soon."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Although they were all injured to the Limit, they could finally breathe properly in front of Qin Yu.
Extinguished Light stood beside Qin Yu, his black radiance slightly diminished, like a silent guardian figure.
Before long, a rapid whooshing sound approached from outside the valley, accompanied by terrifying ripples in the void.
After an incense stick had burned, more than twenty figures simultaneously stepped into the valley.
The leader was Liu Xu, his aura sharp, his eyes filled with lingering shock and anxiety. "Elder Liangyan!"
He spotted Ling Liangyan leaning against the stone wall, and felt as if he'd been struck by lightning. He rushed forward instantly, shouting, "Thank God... you're all still alive...!"
Ling Liangyan forced a weak but determined smile, "I'm fine. Elder Qin arrived just in time."
Liu Xu suddenly turned his head to look at Qin Yu, and the shock in his eyes for a moment seemed to have brought all the dangers Deep Root Lower Layers to a knot.
"Elder Qin... this time, it was you who saved the disciples of the Chaos First Palace once again."
He bowed deeply, "If it weren't for you, they... they would all have perished under that trap."
The Primordial Envoys all stood up, and despite their serious injuries, they all faced Qin Yu and bowed in respect.
Elder Qin's kindness is beyond our ability to repay!
"If it weren't for Elder Qin, this disciple would have already perished in the Lock Domain..."
"Elder Qin not only saved us, but also preserved the future power of our Chaos First Palace."
The sounds came one after another, heavy and heartfelt.
Qin Yu simply shook his head, his tone indifferent. "There's no need for such formalities. It's only our duty as guest elders of the Chaos First Palace."
Liu Xu clenched his fist tightly. "No, this is not 'my duty'! Elder Qin, you Non-Self Void Obliteration Domain, yet you are willing to risk such backlash to break into the core of the Lock Domain."
He looked at the Time Splitting that was still trembling and not yet fully closed, and a chill ran down his spine.
"Even I might not make it out of that place alive..."
Qin Yu didn't say much, only calmly stating, "Your safety is the priority right now. Next, we need to discuss our next move."
Extinguished Light glanced at the crowd without making a sound, his black, abyss-like eyes narrowing slightly as he swallowed the remaining danger into silence.
Liu Xu took a deep breath. "Elder Qin, after returning to the palace, I will definitely report this to the Palace Master. Elder Qin's kindness in saving my Chaos First Palace is incomparable in this world."
He paused, then suddenly lowered his voice. "However... Elder Qin, I suspect you sensed it too."
Qin Yu's gaze darkened slightly. "The Fate Abyss... is still calling."
Liu Xu's pupils dilated in shock.
Ling Liangyan said softly, "Elder Qin saved us from a life-or-death situation. I, Ling Liangyan, have no way to repay you... If Elder Qin wishes to continue deeper into the realm, I am willing to accompany you."
Qin Yu looked back at her, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes, but ultimately he did not refuse.
The wind blew from the Deep Root, bringing once again that eerie tremor of "life Unborn".
Everyone looked up in unison. The deepest darkness seemed to be slowly revealing another face.
The sound of the wind, Deep Root Lower Layers, swirled among the rocks like some unnamed whisper. The scorch marks from the burned mechanisms still lingered in the air. Ling Liangyan and many Primordial Envoys leaned against the stone wall to meditate, while Elder Liu Xu stood opposite Qin Yu, solemnly awaiting his judgment.
Qin Yu slightly raised his eyes, looked around at the dark abyss passage, and spoke in a deep voice.
"This place is Deep Root Lower Layers, and I suspect that many people from other factions have also infiltrated it."
His voice was clear yet carried an undeniable power, "Therefore, my suggestion is—we should temporarily cease dividing into smaller teams to explore the Chaos First Palace."
Liu Xu frowned slightly, but quickly nodded. "Hmm... Elder Qin is right."
Liu Xu sighed, "Now, ninety percent of the forces in the entire Void Obliteration Domain have come to this Deep Root Lower Layers, not to mention we also have to be wary of the Asura Immortal Hall and the Nine Alliances Gang."
As he spoke, his gaze grew increasingly somber, as if he were recalling some unspeakable past.
"The most troublesome are those Liu Yuan Practitioners. They are not bound by the Void Obliteration Domain, coming and going freely, more like shadow assassins of the Void Obliteration Domain, fearing no one."
Liu Xu took a deep breath. "So, from now on, we'll all work together and stop splitting up to explore. That way, the risk is the lowest."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ling Liangyan's gaze gently fell on Qin Yu.
Her voice remained calm, but carried a concern that only Qin Yu could understand at that moment. "Qin Yu, why don't you come with us too?"
In that instant, all the Primordial Envoys stopped what they were doing and quietly looked in this direction.
Qin Yu remained silent for a moment, his eyes filled with a deep, dark contemplation.
Then, he raised his head and said solemnly, "I've decided—I'll continue on my own."
Ling Liangyan shuddered slightly, and Liu Xu frowned slightly as well, but Qin Yu's next words made everyone's hearts sink.
"The Nine Alliances Gang has been hunting me down."
"The Liu Yuan Practitioners is also eyeing me covetously."
"It is now known that the Asura Immortal Hall is the backer of the Nine Alliances Gang."
Qin Yu's voice grew cold. "The Asura Immortal Hall certainly knows about my affairs. If I travel with the Chaos First Palace, not only will I have a hard time escaping—but more importantly, it will implicate you."
Liu Xu immediately stepped forward. "Elder Qin, don't worry! If the Asura Immortal Hall and the Nine Alliances Gang dare to come, our Chaos First Palace will fight them to the death!"
Qin Yu waved his hand immediately. "No, no, no!"
His words carried a sense of helplessness, but also a firm determination not to be implicated.
"Elder Liu, we came to Deep Root to seek a great opportunity and to strengthen the Chaos First Palace."
"Right now, finding opportunities and valuable treasures is the most important thing."
He paused for a moment, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
"And it won't be so easy for them to deal with me alone."
"I could even take this opportunity to stir up trouble, making them clash and distrust each other."
"The more chaotic the better. That way, you can focus on your treasure hunt without being hindered by any forces."
Liu Xu looked at him intently, and finally sighed, "Elder Qin... this kindness will be forever remembered by the Chaos First Palace."
Ling Liangyan kept staring at him, her gaze not as cold as usual, but rather like a deeply hidden light trembling gently.
"... Be careful in everything you do."
Qin Yu nodded slightly. Extinguished Light stood beside him, his dark light shimmering, as if silently agreeing.
Deep Root within, a strange life force surged forth like a tide.
As Qin Yu's slightly weary yet still steady steps continued, the Deep Root Lower Layers slowly subsided. As he turned around, the "Annihilation Devil Pupil" between his brows slightly contracted, and he slowly lifted out the small box shrouded in the flow of time and light—the Nameless Edict: Coffer of Reverse Return.
It was a black box that even light dared not touch. It did not reflect light or project light, as if it had been stripped of its existence by the world and could only be held in the hands of "the one who is allowed to exist".
Qin Yu handed it to Elder Liu Xu.
"Elder Liu, this is the Coffer of Reverse Return that Elder Ling and I obtained in Yuan Xu's Last Words: The Bookless Ruins. Elder Ling knows best how to use this. I'm entrusting it to you."
In that instant, the space around the box trembled like origami, as if its name, its origin, and its weight were all swallowed up by an indescribable force—as if the world was "avoiding" it.
Liu Xu took it, his palm almost torn apart by the Reverse Order force. He steadied his breathing with Chaos Source Power and looked intently at Qin Yu.
Elder Qin... then you must be careful.
Qin Yu didn't say much, but nodded slightly. He raised his hand and drew a spacetime rift as narrow as a blade in the void. Extinguished Light entered, and his figure stepped into the rift, like a silent shadow, swallowed up by the deeper darkness at the Deep Root Lower Layers.
As the sound of his last footsteps faded into silence, Liu Xu spoke in a deep voice:
"Let's go, let's continue looking for opportunities."
Ten thousand disciples and more than ten elders responded in unison behind him. The Chaos Source Power transformed into golden and black swirling light, and the group stepped into the depths of the area, disappearing into the dark blue mist like a tide.
Meanwhile, in the Void Obliteration Domain, the First Divine Hall: the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall
Deep Root Lower Layers the East, 30,000 miles away, lies a gray-blue "Stillness Pattern Valley," a canyon torn open from an invisible sea.
There is no light. There is no sound.
Even "silence" cannot be described.
The Void Stillness Walkers has already arrived.
They didn't walk here.
They were "never here, yet always here".
Hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of pale blue, translucent shadows floated at the bottom of the valley, draped in robes made of crystal chips. The hem of their robes shimmered like fragments of consciousness with the ripples, only to vanish into silence.
In the center of the endless blue light, a tall and slender Void Stillness Walkers slowly raised his head.
Silent Nothingness Divine Hall - Grand Steward - Wu Jixuan - Silent Mystery Realm - Supreme.
His face had no features, only layers of flowing "Annihilation Pattern," as if the world had automatically erased its perception from his face.
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out; instead—
It precedes thought in the mind of every living being.
"The third expansion of the Deep Root Lower Layers has begun."
"The tide of Fate Abyss will sweep across the entire region in five quarters of an hour."
"All Void Stillness Walkers —prepare to enter the 'No Observation Sequence'."
The next moment—the entire valley was swirled up in the void.
It wasn't a vibration. It wasn't tearing.
Rather, the world suddenly discovers that this valley "never existed," and thus forcibly fills in a reasonable place for it.
Tens of thousands of Void Stillness Walkers seemed to slowly emerge from a "deleted canvas," their bodies adorned with countless silent patterns that ignited with wisps of ghostly blue light.
The color of the air is disappearing. The weight of cause and effect is being stripped away. There is no sky here.
The concept of "sky" was eliminated in this region by the Reverse Entropy Stillness Current.
The entire land was covered in a deathly blue, colorless texture, like a torn and re-pasted page from a book of the world, with Annihilation gray light flowing through the gaps.
More than ten thousand Void Stillness Walkers stood silently in the rift valleys that exuded the scent of Sever Karma —no one spoke, for speaking would cause their "sound" to be heard prematurely and thus be directly annihilated.
Wu Jixuan, the Grand Steward of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall, stood at the very front.
His figure flickered slightly between reality and the "empty space that never existed," as if the world hesitated every moment about whether to acknowledge him.
Before him lay the First Mechanism: the Reverse Entropy Silent Wheel. Hanging upside down for ninety thousand miles, silently reversing, absorbing all light, heat, life, and history.
That was a colossal ship capable of silencing all the powerful beings in the Void Obliteration Domain.
When it is still, everything that exists will feel as if it has already been run over.
Once it starts moving... even the memory of being "run over" will be completely erased.
At this moment, the Reverse Entropy Silent Wheel is reversing at an extremely slow yet absolute speed.
The void peels away layer by layer like paper.
Time, like a liquid, flows backward, splashing as light.
With a gentle flick of his finger, Wu Jixuan caused all the Void Stillness Walkers to immediately enter a state of "No Observation".
Because -- the Reverse Entropy Silent Wheel is scanning them.
Once locked, it will be rolled back to "before it was conceived".
That is a deeper "non-existence" than death.
A weaker Void Stillness Walkers was a step slower—
He made no sound, nor did he show any pain. He simply...
As if the world had pressed "retract," the sequence reversed layer by layer: from the physical body → true spirit → source of life → cause and effect → history → concept.
It's like it was erased by a light pen.
Not even a ripple of "he existed" remained in the air.
Wu Jixuan raised his hand, and dark blue patterns covered his entire body.
"--Everyone, get ready."
"The Reverse Entropy Silent Wheel is just the entrance... there are four more main mechanisms behind it."
The light shattered into countless folds on the spot—the second mechanism began development.
The second structure: The Nameless Stele.
No one saw it appear because it was essentially "not supposed to be seen."
The moment it appeared, the ground beneath the feet of the entire Silent Nothingness Divine Hall team instantly lost its "light" properties, and the earth's color was painted grayish-white.
A monument stands silently, its surface forever blank.
Countless lines of "names" appeared continuously in the space at the base of the monument, and in the next instant, they all tore themselves apart into ashes.
In an instant, the two Void Stillness Walkers trembled.
Their real names were removed.
The air began to automatically correct everyone's memories:
There were never these two people here to begin with.
"The Silent Nothingness Divine Hall never sent them." "They do not belong to this world."
The two Void Stillness Walkers froze.
The next moment, they turned into Nameless gray mist, and even the gray mist itself was Annihilation during its fall.
Wu Jixuan flicked his wrist, and a blue edict talisman engraved with the ancient seal script of "Ji" immediately lit up.
The imperial edict Emptiness above the stele.
The inscription on the stele cracked three inches from the tremor. The Nameless Stele has temporarily disappeared from public view.
The Void Stillness Walkers remained silent, yet their tension only intensified. For—the shadow of the Third Agency had already spread across the sky.
The third mechanism: Returning to Stillness Mirror Sea.
The sea hangs upside down in the air. The seawater is a mirror. The mirror is emptiness. Yet the emptiness cannot reflect a single image.
Yet, deep within the mirror's surface, the silhouette of each Void Stillness Walkers subtly shifts...
That is their "absolute negation state". As long as the mirror sea overlaps the two—
When the original entity and the negation entity embrace, they immediately return to zero.
Even the Supreme in the Silent Mystery Realm cannot survive the superposition of opposing forces.
A Void Stillness Walkers was captured by the Mirror Sea.
The reflection of the mirror-like sea reached out and gently placed its hand on his shoulder.
The next instant—he and his reflection took a step forward simultaneously.
The two figures merged together—silently, without light, without residue.
Even the phrase "There was once such a person in this world" has been automatically deleted from everyone's minds.
Wu Jixuan clasped his hands together, and a dark blue light curtain bloomed like a lotus flower. " --Formless Profound Light Pearl."
A third state of "unreflection" unfolded instantly, and the Mirror Sea, unable to find any overlapping object, began to recede layer by layer.
But before the Void Stillness Walkers could even breathe a sigh of relief—
The fourth mechanism rises from the depths of the earth. The fourth mechanism: the Chaos Embryo Forbidden Locks.
Ninety-nine black chains descended from the void, their bodies shimmering with the primordial light of chaos before the Heaven and Earth Undetermined.
That light is not light. It is "the essence of light before it was created".
Once the Embryo Forbidden Locks were swept away, the entire area transformed into chaotic primordial fluid.
The earth transformed into a semi-liquid, chaotic clay.
The air became an invisible murky haze.
Time becomes like crushed bubbles.
Once chains bind you, they strip life away into a "chaotic mass of unconsciousness."
There is no reincarnation. There is no self. There is no future.
Several Void Stillness Walkers were almost entangled when Wu Jixuan suddenly stomped his foot:
"Open--the-sky--!"
He slashed a line in his palm, a line representing the contrast between black and white, the beginning of yin and yang.
The boundary line just meets the nine Embryo Forbidden Locks.
But it didn't last long. The chains continued to fall...
The Void Stillness Walkers had nowhere left to retreat.
The Fifth Agency... has finally arrived. The Fifth Agency: Final Forbidden - The Sound of No Life.
It has no sound. It has no form. It has no frequency.
Because it will make those who try to hear it...
Even the possibility of "hearing" has been eliminated.
The arrival of the Sound of No Life caused the 90,000 people of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall to kneel down in unison—not as a sign of submission, but as a reaction to the moment their survival instinct was stripped away.
The existence of all those Void Stillness Walkers began to blur.
Their timeline thins. Their causal lines become transparent.
Their "memory lines" began to disappear automatically. Wu Jixuan looked up.
He saw an "invisible pulse" emerging from the depths of the void, destined to destroy everything.
That is an absolute ultimate restriction that can even erase the Silent Mystery Realm Supreme.
For the first time Wu Jixuan's expression changed.
"--The Sound of No Life... has actually been activated here."
The bodies of all the Void Stillness Walkers began to fade from the world.
If the formation isn't broken soon, the entire Silent Nothingness Divine Hall will be erased from this area as a 'never-entered secret realm'.
Wu Jixuan raised his hand.
His voice was calm and cold—"All... in the highest order—"
"The Form of No Sorrow - The Silent Void Reversal Law!"
The azure world reverses. The Sea of Nothingness fractures.
All the mechanisms roared. The Silent Nothingness Divine Hall... began its direct confrontation with "The Final Forbidden Sound of No Life".