The Battle of the Three Divine Halls Amid Deep Root's Chaos

The ancient battlefield of the four hundred and eighty-nine levels was filled with the mournful howl of death, like the last breath of the universe.

The sky was a giant curtain burned to a dark purple, cracked with black lines stretching for hundreds of millions of miles; the earth was piled up with the corpses of ancient gods, and broken finger bones were like pillars of broken stars, embedded with the ashes of the depleted river of life.

Here, even "death" has been exhausted, leaving only the silence of death. And at the end of this silence—

The true sealing core of the Reverse River Lamp - Extinction has finally begun to awaken.

Qin Yu and Extinguished Light continued walking deeper into the palm of the ancient god. With each step they took, the withered bones beneath their feet emitted a very faint "crackling" sound, as if a dead era was being forced to recall its end.

A deep tremor suddenly came from the depths of the ancient god's chest—not a sound, but the echo of "the river of death rushing backward."

A purplish-black mist seeped out from the cracks.

Rivers of light, flowing backwards, faintly emerge from the mist, each one like the final fate of countless lives being rewound to the very first drop of blood.

His Extinguished Light, black hair fluttered without wind, and a rare, cautious glint flashed deep within his eyes. "... The sealed core has awakened."

Qin Yu stared at the increasingly dark, abyss-like fissure ahead.

Deep within the rift, a pale green lamp slowly emerged, no longer as weak as before, but radiating ripples of death that seemed to invert reality.

Even without the lights on, the entire 489th floor could be plunged into a state of 'pre-death'.

Above the green lamp hung a "Reverse River Bone Chain," larger than any ancient god's skeleton.

The fluid flowing within the bone chains wasn't blood, but rather a "flow of particles of cause of death," compressed from countless other causes of death in advance.

As Qin Yu approached, the bone chains vibrated automatically, reflecting countless causes of death before him:

Qin Yu's Star Soul was shattered by the Heaven Sacrifice Hall.

Qin Yu was annihilated by a single finger from the Stainless Divine Emperor.

Qin Yu was rejected by a future version of himself.

Qin Yu was swallowed by the tide of no concept.

Qin Yu was killed by the very concept of annihilation.

These scenes of death were not illusions, but rather realities that might have been prematurely folded and forcibly reinserted into his destiny.

Suddenly, Extinguished Light reached out, and a beam of light flowed from his fingertips, encircling Qin Yu. "If you step into the center, the Reverse River Lamp - Extinction will attempt to 'pre-write' all your future causes of death."

Qin Yu raised his hand and pressed it on Extinguished Light's shoulder, slowly saying, "That's why I'm even more determined to go in and see just how powerful it really is."

The next instant, he stepped into the core of the seal.

The green lamp was fully lit. Not by firelight, but by...

All the "possible deaths" flashed by at once, then vanished into nothingness in the same instant.

The sky above the ancient god's corpse field began to reverse. The shattered purple sky began to mend itself again.

The torn earth is reverting to its pre-shattered state.

The entire 489th floor was dragged into a bizarre "reverse state before death".

The Reverse River Lamp - Annihilation Form slowly rose in front of Qin Yu.

That was a lamp that didn't belong to reality.

It has no wick, because it illuminates 'death itself';

It has no lights, because what it burns is 'the death of all your future selves';

It has no lamp oil, because it consumes all possible moments of your life.

The light slowly shrank to a single point in front of Qin Yu, like the silence before a breath.

Extinguished Light stood beside him, the light in his eyes fading as the starry sea gently trembled. "If you can withstand its true form's trial, it will choose you."

"If you can't hold out—you won't even have the right to be remembered as Qin Yu who 'once existed'."

Qin Yu gently tightened his grip on the Silent Origin Stainless Sword. Finally, the Reverse River Lamp - Annihilation began to truly "look" at him.

The twenty-third layer regained its color, only to be silenced by chaos once more in the next instant.

The Forgotten Memory Pearl hovered an inch above Jin Hanyan's palm, its interior, a "completely blank universe," slowly rotating as if containing all the forgotten gods and realms.

She did not put the bead away, but stared at it quietly for a moment.

Those icy blue eyes held no joy, no emotion.

Only "absolute calm in the face of everything that exists and Does Not Exist".

She stepped onto the twenty-third floor. As her foot landed, all the colors around her seemed to freeze instantly.

In the next instant, her figure disappeared among the countless layers of Deep Root Lower Layers.

She went deeper.

That was a deep realm that even the Lord of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall had never set foot in.

Her clothes were spotless, and her footprints were unmarked by any layer of dust.

Her name is being erased, her existence is becoming blurred.

But she herself didn't care at all.

Because Jin Hanyan knew that the further she went, the closer she would get to "something that could truly rewrite the universe."

She stepped onto the twenty-fourth floor, and her shadow vanished.

She continued walking; she entered the thirtieth floor,

Her name disappeared on the boundary wall.

She continued walking;

She went up to the fiftieth floor.

Her existence began to be rejected by the layers.

She kept walking.

The Forgotten Memory Pearl trembled slightly in her palm—it had chosen its master.

What she will gain will far surpass that of all other Deep Root cultivators.

In the Asura Void Obliteration Domain Asura Immortal Hall the Annihilation Void Realm, the Realm Master, blood-red war drums thundered!

All the elders, protectors, and Emperor-level experts in the hall stood up.

Because— Chen Jieli's Fate Soul was completely extinguished.

It's not broken, it's not shattered, but rather--

It disappeared without cause, without trace, and without process.

The Grand Elder of the Asura Immortal Hall slammed his fist on the battle table, shattering it. "Jie Li is the first and most qualified prodigy among our direct descendants to attempt the 'Stainless Realm'! How could he possibly vanish without a trace?!"

Another elder roared, "We just received news that she's been wiped out! Jin Hanyan of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall!"

The temple master closed his eyes and took a half breath.

The battle intent in the sky had solidified into a sea of blood behind him. "Pass on the order—"

The sound shattered the eight heavens:

"All disciples of the Asura Immortal Hall who encounter the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall at the Deep Root Lower Layers... shall be killed without mercy!"

"If the person who killed Jie Li is found, the reward will be ten epochs' worth of resources!"

"If I can bring back Jin Hanyan's head—I will be crowned 'Asura God'!"

The palace trembled, and a murderous intent surged forth.

The next moment, over a hundred beams of Asura battle light shot into the spatial rift from the main hall, heading straight for the Deep Root Lower Layers.

At the same time--

The elders of the Asura Immortal Hall, Deep Root Lower Layers and near the 365th floor, also received the message simultaneously.

Ping Koucen gripped his battle blade, his eyes bloodshot. "Jie Li... was Annihilation by Jin Hanyan of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall. We swear to fight the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall to the death!"

Behind him, ten thousand Asura disciples roared in unison, "Slaughter the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall!!!"

Unbeknownst to them, Jin Hanyan was currently holding the Memory Pearl, silently stepping into the depths of the abyss...

The ancient battlefield with its 489 levels fell into utter silence in that instant.

It's not stillness—it's that "even the concept of stillness has been prematurely eradicated."

The moment Qin Yu stepped into the Reverse River Lamp - Annihilation Core, the world transformed into a bronze coffin thrown into the abyss of nothingness.

There was no dead body in the coffin, only countless "futures of Qin Yu in the last breath before his death." -- Click.

A green lamp flickers on. Not a flame, but a holographic countdown to countless ways "death will occur prematurely":

The final scene of Qin Yu's sea of consciousness being shattered by the Stainless Divine Emperor

Qin Yu was dragged into the Blood Pool of Ten Thousand Gods by the Heaven Sacrifice Hall and suffocated.

Qin Yu's existence is denied by his future "self".

The root cause of Qin Yu's annihilation was written as "erroneous text".

Qin Yu was swept away by the "conceptless wave" formed by the swallowing of the Silent Abyss.

These are not illusions, but rather the Reverse River Lamp ·Extinction "cleaning up" all possible deaths of Qin Yu in advance.

He would disappear on the spot if any method of death was successfully achieved ahead of schedule.

With a flash of light from the green lamp, Qin Yu's head was instantly blasted into white space by "a future way of dying".

The next instant, "Time Flow Reversal" was triggered naturally within his body.

The light closed again, Qin Yu stood there, as if nothing had happened.

But Qingdeng had already recorded the first death, the second death, the third death, and the fourth death.

Every time the green lamp lights up, it means Qin Yu dies once.

Extinguished Light stood on the outer circle, her black robes trembling violently. For the first time, she revealed shock and anger. "My lord! You are being forcibly subjected to a pre-exhaustion death method!"

Qin Yu raised his hand, signaling her not to enter. A strange calm flickered in his eyes.

It wasn't composure, but rather a determination that said, "Let all the deaths come, I will settle accounts with them all."

The Reverse River Lamp - Extinction enters its second stage. "Nine Deaths Return to One - Death Method Reversed"

The light of the lamp suddenly reversed.

Countless "corpses" of Qin Yu were brought back to reality from the future.

Each one was a different form of death that backfired:

Some were crushed by the surging tide of cause and effect throughout eternity.

Some are killed by their own past thoughts.

Some were abandoned by the narrative layer and collapsed on their own.

Some were logically negated and turned to ashes.

Some were swallowed up by the source of Annihilation and turned into emptiness.

The corpses surrounded Qin Yu in a circle, like a "forest of death," each one staring at him.

This is your future. Choose one way to die.

Qin Yu slowly closed his eyes. The next instant—

The Silent Origin Stainless Sword is drawn. Its light is not light itself.

Rather, it is the chaotic cracks left behind "after even the definition of light has been removed".

Qin Yu whispered, "Since you want me to die nine times..."

"Then I'll let you have your way nine times, but it'll be pointless."

The sword fell. The first "future Qin Yu's corpse" was Annihilation into "non-existence."

The blue light suddenly paused. The second corpse was erased by the "Law of Fate Abyss".

The third corpse was cut into empty spaces in the "Fate Principle Reflection Severance Sever Fate and Observe the Wheel".

The fourth body, whose Erase the Name to Ashes, still exists.

The fifth body was sliced into soulless fragments by the "Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword".

The sixth one was deleted from the timeline by "The Historyless Void Severance Sword".

The seventh body was directly written as "air" by "Void Source Truth Command Existence Overwriting".

The eighth body was patched by a final, Extinguished Light, creating a crack in its surface.

The ninth body— Qin Yu raised his finger. The Unnamed Initial Silence.

--The corpse didn't even have time to be considered "dead" before it returned to the state of "not having happened".

The lamp trembled. Its light shattered.

The Reverse River Lamp —Extinction—emitted its first groan-like vibration. A word, never before given any meaning, appeared on its surface: "Permission"

Qin Yu reached out. The lamp fell into his palm by itself, the wick of the extinguishing lamp trembling slightly, as if it were breathing.

The Reverse River Lamp officially recognized its master. But the real miracle happened in the next instant—

The green lamp went out and flowed back into Qin Yu's body, erasing all possible ways he could die in the future.

At this moment, Qin Yu had truly entered a state of "no possibility of death".

Extinguished Light walked to his side, looked up and smiled, "You're the only one qualified to wield this lamp... I reckon there aren't even more than a handful of people like that throughout the ages."

Qin Yu gripped the lamp tightly and stepped deeper into the building. The 489th floor—silence.

It was as if Qin Yu had just saved him from the brink of death.

Meanwhile, near the Deep Root Lower Layers, around the 200th floor... Boom!!!!!! Boom!!!!!!

A hundred thousand feet of crimson Asura energy tore through the walls of the Asura Immortal Hall, and the first hunting team arrived.

They encountered an exploration team from the Chaos First Palace.

The dozen or so Chaos disciples had just turned around—

Before anyone could shout, the leader of the Asura Immortal Hall waved his hand and said, "The death of Princess Jie Li... your Chaos First Palace is also implicated."

Boom! The crimson Asura Seal transformed into a gigantic palm ten thousand feet tall.

The entire exploration team was instantly reduced to "invisible blood mist," leaving no time to even leave their names behind.

The second hunting team encountered a small group struggling to advance through the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall on the 372nd floor at the same time.

Disciple of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall: "Senior, we are just passing by--" Elder of the Asura Immortal Hall directly shouted:

"Just passing by, your Silent Nothingness Divine Hall must pay for this in blood! No mercy shown!!!"

In the next instant, the entire line of disciples of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall transformed into "blank human silhouettes."

The Asura Blade Qi shaved away even the very definition of his existence from his body.

From the Deep Root Lower Layers, the unified battle order of the Asura Immortal Hall resounded, "All teams—split into two groups!"

Searching upwards to kill the people of the Chaos First Palace

They continued downwards, approaching deeper levels, searching for the people of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall and trying to corner them. Reinforcements from the temple were on their way.

"Yes, sir!" In an instant, tens of thousands of Asura disciples flew off in different directions.

The entire Deep Root Lower Layers instantly transformed into a hunting ground for Asura.

Void Obliteration Domain, Fallen Dawn Divine Hall - Main Hall.

Fallen Dawn Auxiliary Hall Xi Huanluo frowned as she looked at the constantly flashing lights on the Fate Soul Register:

"We just received news that the Deep Root Lower Layers are in complete chaos... The Asura Immortal Hall is carrying out a frenzied purge of the two palaces, and we, the disciples of Fallen Dawn, are likely to be affected. Palace Master, should we send them back first? They have already obtained enough treasures."

Palace Master Dawn Emperor Yun Huan closed his eyes for a moment, then spoke with a holy light that seemed to cleave the world, "Issue the order—all disciples and elders of the Fallen Dawn Divine Hall, evacuate from the Deep Root Lower Layers!"

"No one is allowed to participate in this battle of the three palaces!" The order was given.

Disciples and elders from all levels of the Deep Root where the Fallen Dawn Divine Hall was located began to evacuate.

Wings of light flashed, and figures vanished continuously from the spatial rifts. At the same time—

Emanation Lord Ming Ji the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall, received a secret report.

Ming Ji said in a deep voice, "The Asura Immortal Hall, the Chaos First Palace, and the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall will engage in a great battle at the Deep Root Lower Layers. Our Limitless Hall has no connection with them whatsoever."

He waved his sleeve. "Though the Abyss of Destiny possesses many treasures, it is not worth a catastrophe for the entire palace—"

Order all disciples and elders: Immediately withdraw from Deep Root! Limitless Hall, do not participate in this chaos.

Thus, the massive Heavenly Emanation Battle Squads, Divine Radiance Feather Army, and Emanation Sequence Stele Spirits all withdrew from the Abyss of Fate Abyss.

In the blink of an eye, the two top-tier temples vanished entirely from their Deep Root Lower Layers.

At the Deep Root Lower Layers, only the three great temples— the Asura Immortal Hall, the Chaos First Palace, and the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall— remain, along with countless other sects, God Clan, and those Liu Yuan Practitioners. Two of the five great temples have already withdrawn.