Silent Abyss Unconstructed · Jiwu Annihilation Mirror

The light tide of the Deep Root Lower Layers, crimson- Red-Purple Remnant Domain had not completely dissipated, and the time cracks and Fate Abyss- abyss imprints left by the dragon still lingered in the air. Qin Yu had just stepped out of the dragon palace rift when the void beneath his feet trembled slightly, like a piece of red-hot iron. The instant he looked up—the annihilation pattern between Extinguished Light's brows flashed suddenly, and her black eyes, like those of an annihilating starry sea, instantly contracted. A very soft whisper escaped from her throat, like the last echo of light being extinguished.

Qin Yu - Retreat.

With a thought, Qin Yu's Silent Origin Stainless Sword Qi silently condensed into a fine line. But the next moment, the entire Red-Purple Remnant Domain seemed to "see him" from all directions at the same time. The feeling was not that he was being watched, but that a Nameless entity had accurately pulled him out from the "crack of fate" and locked him into a cold, merciless gaze.

A deadly threat is brewing.

It did not come from nearby, nor from those from the Liu Yuan Practitioners, nor from any other living being.

Rather, it originates from the Deep Root Lower Layers themselves.

Extinguished Light raised her hand, her fingertips flicking like shattered light from the final radiance. A circle of black and gold ripples spread out from her body, like a blade tearing through shadow with light. Qin Yu did not hesitate, shattering the void with one foot and flashing away with Extinguished Light in an instant, leaving behind a ground that was corroded into shattered shadows by the afterglow of the Fate Abyss.

The void collapsed into a bottomless Black Abyss the instant they left.

It's as if only after confirming Deep Root Lower Layers "the target has left its location" can one truly begin to breathe for the first time.

But this unease did not end.

The Deep Root Lower Layers, 999-story-deeply-sunken structure seemed to be violently ripped from its very core at this moment.

The entire secret realm, from the first level to the fiftieth level, trembled like more than nine hundred giant worlds simultaneously.

Light collapses. Boundary rifts.

The demonic roars surged from multiple dimensions, coalescing into a deafening tidal wave that shook all levels in less than three breaths. The Fate Abyss Rifting Tide erupted.

Countless shadows of monstrous beasts crawled up from beneath the earth's crust, which was a hundred worlds thick, as if they had been forcibly dragged from different eras; and in every spacetime rift, there were the ruins of a civilization, the edge of a battlefield, and a future that had never happened before, which was collapsing.

For the first time in its Deep Root Lower Layers, it completely went berserk like this...

Qin Yu in the air, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

Extinguished Light turned and embraced him, spreading the Radiant Barrier in all directions. "This is not a natural tide, it is— the Fate Abyss calling upon the 'Inheritor' in reverse."

Qin Yu's brow twitched slightly. "The successor." Extinguished Light's eyes narrowed slightly. "Yes, it's very likely that a Deep Root restriction was triggered somewhere."

...--at the same time.

Deep Root Lower Layers, Fourteenth Layer

Fallen Dawn Divine Hall - Fourth Elder of the Hidden Light - Xi Huanluo (Silent Mystery Realm - Supreme)

Leading three Elders of Light Concealment, they are traversing the "Light-Time Canyon," a structure constructed from fragments of time and turbulent currents of light.

This area, which should have been the safest part of the fourteenth level, now seemed to have been torn apart by the Fate Abyss Rifting Tide.

The sky is not the sky, but rather a mirror-like stream of fragments folded from slices of spacetime;

The ground is not the ground, but a corridor of light left by hundreds of intersecting "future afterimages";

Every step you take feels like stepping on your own shadow, your own past, or the line of destiny that was never truly yours.

Xi Huanluo over the cracked light, and the "Lifeline of Light" beneath his feet suddenly shattered, turning into countless streams of light flowing backward through time, pouring up from his legs.

His skin instantly became transparent.

The "Light-Life Bones" exposed inside are being frantically pulled between the past and the future.

Boom!!! Xi Huanluo his hand and struck the void with a palm.

The entire sea of light suddenly stopped, freezing into a light sculpture spanning hundreds of miles.

But the next moment—the frozen spacetime suddenly reversed direction, overlapping with an unseen future.

One of the Elders of Light: "My lord! Stability can no longer be maintained here! If the spacetime continues to turbulent, we will be swept into Knowing Layer realm!"

Xi Huanluo's eyes flashed a deep purple light. "This isn't turbulence, it's... the Deep Root Lower Layers actively rewriting the layers of Fate-Cause."

The third elder gritted his teeth. "Where will we be sent?"

Xi Huanluo at the dark crack that had already appeared, her voice extremely low. "It's probably deeper."

There... are 'otherworldly beings.' The next moment—

The light domain collapsed, time shattered into countless reversed mist lines, and the fourteen-layered space broke like glass.

Xi Huanluo and the three elders were instantly swallowed by the spacetime storm... and plummeted towards the sixty-third floor.

Deep Root Lower Layers, the air seemed to be wrinkled into dark lines by countless shattered destinies. When the void trembled slightly, one could hear the lingering echoes of certain erased futures stirring in the depths. Qin Yu stepped deeper and deeper, until he was nearly a hundred miles away from the Red-Purple Remnant Domain, when he finally found a cave beneath the broken mountain ridge that had been weathered by time to an extremely stable state.

The cave was surrounded by Emptiness grass, devoid of energy flow, and lacked any trace of life that had ever been recorded.

Precisely because "no one recorded it," it was safe. Qin Yu raised his hand.

The aura of Fate Abyss condensed at his fingertips into an Ultimate detailed gray-white line, like a chain of primordial life peeled from a manuscript of cause and effect. He flicked it towards the cave entrance—

Boom. The void seemed to be pressed down by a celestial brush, and the opening instantly solidified into a completely invisible "Fate-Cause Seal Boundary".

It has no fluctuations and no energy, yet it can cause all beings that come near it to be automatically ignored by the logic of the world.

The seal was complete. Qin Yu turned and walked back into the cave. The Fate-Cause patterns on his palm turned into ashes and merged into the cave walls.

Extinguished Light stood quietly deep within the cave, her long, black hair flowing down her back, the golden and black patterns on her shoulders shimmering faintly—she was using her own domain to cover a radius of hundreds of miles, observing all possible threats.

Her gaze was calm and profound, as if she were examining the boundary between light and illusion.

Qin Yu spoke up, "Extinguished Light, you just said... this 'Silent Abyss Unconstructed' should be given to Yunyi. What's your reasoning?"

Extinguished Light turned her head to the side, her dark pupils reflecting Qin Yu's image. She seemed to be organizing her thoughts, or perhaps suppressing some overwhelming truth.

After a moment, she slowly spoke, "Because—"

She raised her finger and gently tapped the page of Qin Yu's newly acquired Silent Mirror: The Unconstructed Dragon Page.

That scale, though thin and invisible, seemed to swallow an eternal abyss.

Extinguished Light's voice was gentle, yet carried an undeniable penetrating power. "The Silent Abyss Unconstructed... is something the world cannot contain. After Yunyi merges and refines it, she will comprehend a very powerful divine ability called 'The Silent Abyss Unconstructed: The Jiwu Annihilation Mirror'."

Qin Yu's brows furrowed.

Extinguished Light continued, "Its essence is so profound that even the concept of 'existence' cannot withstand the moment it was conceived."

She slowly withdrew her hand, and the golden-black shimmering light gently dispersed from her fingertips.

"Therefore, it's not for you, nor for me. It can only belong to— Yunyi."

Qin Yu's expression shifted slightly. Extinguished Light exhaled a breath of silent light, as if breaking down a profound truth into easily audible fragments. "There are four reasons."

First: The strength paradox.

"Once this tactic is fully conceived, it will immediately backfire on the person who conceived it."

Because it belongs to the 'unconstructed' stage—and all that can be conceived is in the process of conceiving.

Extinguished Light's gaze fell on Qin Yu's brow, and he said softly:

"You can bear it because you stand outside the path of the Silent Abyss, and have already stepped halfway into the level of the 'non-narrator'."

But Yunyi... if she conceived this move in the ordinary way, she herself would disappear first.

Qin Yu remained silent.

Second: The Original Sin of the Dragon.

Extinguished Light raised his hand, and the image of a true dragon, Yunyi, appeared in the void—holy, Stainless, and infinitely possible, yet also—

"Written by the world." The word "dragon," from the moment it was born, has been the strongest symbol written by the most people in the world.

As long as Yunyi remains a dragon, she will forever be on the 'side of the narrative'.

Extinguished Light looked at Qin Yu: "And the [Unconstructed Dragon Page] is the only fragment left after the dragon erased itself 'before it was narrated'."

It allows Yunyi to temporarily detach herself from the identity of 'dragon,' thus stepping outside the story for the first time."

Qin Yu took a deep breath.

Third: The principle of cost equivalence.

Extinguished Light's tone was low and somber. "To Annihilation the 'Peak of the Dao' and the 'Immortal Truth,' to obliterate the 'Eternal Possibility'... there must be an equal price to pay."

"Ordinary sacrifices aren't enough. Even lifespan, soul consciousness, bloodline, and memories are all too low."

Her voice trembled slightly for a moment. "Only the very concept of sacrificing the 'dragon' can make the laws of nature nod in agreement."

Qin Yu felt as if a needle had pierced his heart.

Fourth: Self-denial.

Extinguished Light lowered her eyelashes. "The ultimate breakthrough is not becoming stronger, but rather—being able to deny the meaning of one's own existence."

When Yunyi was willing to personally offer up all the foundations, glory, and identity she possessed as a dragon...

She transcended the 'role' and became a true being—outside the narrative.

The cave fell into a deathly silence.

Qin Yu gently closed his eyes.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, his expression calm and resolute. "... I understand."

Yunyi is currently in the Annihilation Abyss Epoch. Yingling told me last time that a monster tide had appeared in the Annihilation Abyss Epoch, and I wonder how she is doing. I'll take this opportunity to ask Yingling.

His fingertips lightly touched the Unconstructed Dragon Page, his fingertips trembling slightly. "This treasure—truly can only be given to Yunyi."

He looked up at Extinguished Light: "Extinguished Light, protect me. I need to contact Yingling and have her deliver this item."

Extinguished Light nodded slightly, and the black radiance spread around her like a tide, transforming into the "final radiance protective wall" of the entire cave.

She walked to the cave entrance, her back to her aloof figure, her voice soft. "Yes, alright. I'll be here—to protect everything."

Deep within the cave, Qin Yu sat cross-legged, the aura of the Fate Abyss slowly swirling around his body.

The Unconstructed Dragon Page floated slightly in front of his knees, and a drop of "undestructured dragon blood" in the crack quietly shimmered.

He took a deep breath and slowly sat down...

Deep within the cave, shattered Fate-Cause light patterns slowly unfolded around Qin Yu. His soul sank slightly, and his consciousness seemed to be gently lifted by an invisible hand, slowly sinking into the depths of his sea of consciousness.

It was a boundless and Boundless Realm "Fate Abyss Void Stillness Sea".

In the center, the Void Divine Tree stands tall above the eternal night, rootless, branchless, and leafless, yet it supports the entire sky of the Sea of Consciousness. Every line on its trunk is like a cosmic destiny, extending from the "beginning of existence" to "beyond the narrative," emitting a faint yet absolute light in the darkness and chaos. Azure Ring, meanwhile, is fast asleep on the Void Divine Tree, her small size making her look incredibly cute.

Qin Yu stood before the Void Divine Tree, raised his finger and gently touched the heart of the tree.

--moment.

All the timelines, causal lines, and destiny lines in my sea of consciousness vibrated simultaneously, as if gently touched by a "lord from beyond the realm".

The Annihilation Abyss Epoch, which had been silent for billions of miles, was instantly pierced by that single finger, a distance that had separated them for several eras.

Qin Yu's voice slowly echoed in his mind, "Yingling, appear."

The Void Divine Tree suddenly trembled slightly.

A wisp of dark light gathered at the tree roots, as if crawling out from countless broken destinies, layering, reshaping, and solidifying.

The light was as dark as ink, yet it burst forth with a pure white, serene radiance the instant it formed a human silhouette.

The next moment, a figure exactly like Qin Yu stood in front of him.

Their facial expressions, aura levels, and soul pulses were all perfectly synchronized.

The only difference was that there was a faint blue glow in his eyes, the "Breath of the Final Abyss" unique to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch.

He knelt on one knee, pressed his right fist to his heart, and slowly bowed his head. "My lord, Yingling has come at your summons."

Qin Yu looked at him, a rare hint of relief and gentleness appearing in his eyes. "Has the beast tide... subsided?"

Yingling looked up, her voice steady. "Reporting to my lord—the beast tide was completely quelled half a month ago."

He paused, his tone now tinged with admiration:

"Thanks to Miss Yunyi, she used the light of the dragon soul to Annihilation Abyss the main core of the 30,000-mile-long demon tide in the Annihilation Abyss, and then used the power of the stars to seal the Severed Abyss Rift."

Now, the entire Annihilation Abyss Epoch has returned to peace, all city-states are functioning normally, and the people's hearts are at peace.

Qin Yu nodded. "Yes, she's always like that."

Yingling smiled slightly.

Qin Yu then asked, "Where are Ruishan and Qingwan?"

Yingling respectfully replied, "Everyone is well. Ruishan is presiding over the new Spirit Reconstruction Array, Qingwan is also recuperating and overseeing things in the city."

Currently, there are no unusual phenomena in the Annihilation Abyss Epoch.

Qin Yu slowly exhaled, his gaze returning from its distant depths. "That's good."

He raised his hand. Suddenly, all the branches of the Void Divine Tree lit up, and thousands of life lights converged, causing the black reverse scale hanging in Qin Yu's palm to slowly rise.

The black scales were devoid of patterns, light, and form, yet it seemed as if the entire sea of consciousness dared not touch them.

The drop of "Dragon's Blood" within the crack pulsated slightly, as if carrying the pulse of an ancient taboo.

Qin Yu held it out of his palm. "Yingling."

Yingling immediately accepted it with both hands, his expression instantly becoming extremely solemn—he had never seen anything that even the "logic of the world" feared.

Qin Yu said softly, "This item is called -- Silent Abyss Unconstructed · Unconstructed Dragon Page."

Yingling shuddered. Qin Yu continued, "Give it to Yunyi."

She needs to integrate with this, and use it as a guide to reach the level she truly deserves.

Yingling looked up, her eyes as firm as a sword. "Rest assured, my lord."

He held that "undefinable" reverse scale in his hands, as if he were holding a secret that could make the entire divine realm tremble.

The next moment—he bowed deeply to Qin Yu. "Yingling will not fail in her mission."

The black scales trembled gently in his hand, as if trying to draw his figure back to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch beyond countless realms.

Just before he was about to leave his sea of consciousness, a ray of light fell from the tip of the Void Divine Tree, Yingling respectfully bowed her head to receive it.

Qin Yu said in a deep voice, "Take good care of them for me. I still need to train outside for a long time. I'll go back when I'm strong enough, so I'm leaving everything at home to you." Yingling, "Yes, Master, rest assured."

A burst of light erupted. Yingling's figure was swept away by the stream of light in her sea of consciousness and vanished into the boundless depths in the blink of an eye.

Qin Yu opened his eyes. The cave remained quiet, with Extinguished Light deity standing atop eternal light.

She turned back and asked softly, "Have you finished explaining?" Qin Yu nodded. "Yes, let's go. We should get out of here and continue downwards."