Ten thousand miles south of the Firmament Vault, before a Heavenly Abyss that resembles a precipice, gray winds howl and blood-red light blankets the sky.
That place was listed as the "pinnacle of forbidden domains" by the entire Spirit Firmament Great Realm — the Death Abyss.
No one dares to deny the ominous nature of this realm.
Rumor has it that since the beginning of the Spirit Firmament Era, nine powerful beings at the Obsession Realm have attempted to force their way into this place, but none of them have returned. Not even their "remnants of world consciousness" have ever appeared in the World Tower again.
From then on, the ancient saying came into being, "Those who are not Realm Master shall not approach the abyss; those who are not at the initial stage shall not enter the earth."
At this moment, before the abyss, the wind ceased as if dead.
A woman in a white veil stood on a precipice, her figure like a lone wild goose in the snow.
Ling Jingxi.
Her eyes were calm, her left hand hanging limply, a pure white blade, like an illusory bone-hard blade, resting diagonally on her fingertip. Beneath her feet, a seal radiating a deep blue soul light hovered silently in the void—that was the "Realm Lord Footprint," which only those who had truly reached the Realm Lord Realm Fifth Stage Perfection could leave their mark in the Spirit Firmament Great Realm.
Behind him was Qin Yu.
Dressed in Qingyi, he stood behind Ling Jingxi, his eyes filled with shock and solemnity.
"This... is the 'Initial Realm Holy Land' you mentioned?"
Ling Jingxi nodded slightly, her voice soft yet as gentle as an icy spring:
"Nowhere else can I reach, nowhere else can I enter."
Having said that, she moved lightly, without circulating any spiritual power, and slowly stepped onto the bridge to the Death Abyss.
It was a "Soul Bone Spine Bridge" that seemed to be constructed from illusory light, floating in the air above the abyss, like the spine of Realm God, entangled by thousands of ghost flames and eroded by ten thousand bone blood patterns. With each step it took, the void shattered.
Qin Yu's expression was solemn.
He had sensed a terrifying presence in the abyss, one that far surpassed any ferocious beast in the Divine Abyss Realm.
Thump--!
The earth shook and the sky trembled!
The next moment, a colossal shadow as large as a mountain suddenly rose from the abyss. It was a Golden Bone Fang Emperor Lizard with three heads, nine eyes, and blood-red wings on its back. Its breath caused the entire void to burn!
"That's...!"
"Shh."
Ling Jingxi lightly raised her fingertip, and a white light, as thin as silk, traced through the air with a single stroke—
Sizzle!
That strange beast, capable of annihilating Dao Ancestor, Immortal Emperor, and Supreme Gods with a single thought, shattered into countless fragments of soul light in mid-air.
Qin Yu's pupils dilated sharply.
"What level exactly is Realm Master?"
Only after becoming Realm Master can one gain the "Authority to Edit Planar Cognition" and truly influence the Realm Rules.
Ling Jingxi withdrew her fingers and glanced at him sideways. "I brought you here not to intimidate you."
"It's because—only you can enter it."
Her gaze was fixed ahead.
It is an ancient land hidden at the end of an abyss, which can only be revealed by crossing the Soul Bridge.
Its name is the Initial Realm Holy Land.
This place is riddled with formations, and only cultivators at or below the Initial Yuan Realm Fifth Stage Perfection are allowed to enter. Anyone who exceeds this limit will be instantly killed by the "Law of Tier Annihilation"!
"Why is there this restriction?" Qin Yu frowned.
"Because it comes from... the old era."
Ling Jingxi said calmly, "According to my investigation, the Initial Realm Holy Land is not part of the original structure of the Spirit Firmament, but rather a sealed area left behind in the 'Shattered Era of the Ring Origin Realm'."
"I cannot enter, not because I dare not, but because I am unable to."
"Because as the Realm Master, once I set foot here—"
"This will trigger the Ultimate Annihilation Formation."
After pondering for a long time, Qin Yu finally asked, "Then, why did I enter this place? Is it simply to improve my cultivation? Wouldn't that be..."
Ling Jingxi gazed at him, her tone unusually sincere:
"I need you to help me retrieve something."
"Realm Evolution Soul Flower."
"This flower can help me break through to the 'Law Order of the Rank God,' and it is my only possibility of achieving this in this lifetime."
"It exists only in the deeper layers of the initial realm, and you, as the one in the situation, are the only being capable of carrying it out."
Qin Yu's expression hardened slightly, and he was also somewhat shaken.
He had never heard of this "Realm Evolution Soul Flower," nor did he expect that upon arriving at Spirit Firmament, he would have to bear such a heavy burden.
But he knew it.
Azure Ring neither responded nor stopped it.
This means that it tacitly approved of this intrusion.
"I see."
He said softly.
The next moment, at the end of the Soul Bridge, array patterns appeared, and a gate of light slowly opened.
He glanced back at Ling Jingxi.
The woman's snow-white hair fluttered gently. She didn't say much, only watched him go, her expression as serene as a lake, as if she were looking at a child whose fate was yet to be understood.
Qin Yu stepped inside.
The Initial Realm Holy Land slowly unveils its ancient and unknown curtain...