Qin Yu did not hesitate at that moment.
He said to Jin Hanyan in a low and urgent voice, "No, we can't let this formation continue to operate—those two Silent Mystery Realm aren't the true executors; they are the core anchors of the formation itself. As long as they remain, the Annihilation Judgment of the Soul-Sealing Abyss will continue indefinitely."
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Yu had already taken a step forward.
This step is not a step forward, but a step into the deepest layer of its own logical structure.
A slight warmth emanated from his brow. The Book of Fate Law - The Realm Severing Origin Brush did not materialize, but it invisibly turned page after page of the invisible Book of Fate Structure. The space around him suddenly lost its linear structure, as if it had been dismantled into countless logical fragments that could be reassembled by an invisible hand. Qin Yu's gaze locked onto the two mysterious figures at the Silent Mystery Realm · Supreme, no longer regarding them as "individuals," but directly identifying them as—the logical pivots within the array.
The next instant, he raised his hand and pressed down.
It wasn't a slash, nor an outburst, but a judgment made with a calmness bordering on ruthlessness.
Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence, Six Severances Seal, Orbital Collapse Lock, Chain Annihilation.
This move did not display any earth-shattering flames; on the contrary, the entire Soul-Sealing Abyss fell into a strange "stillness" at this moment. Countless Annihilation Structure patterns that were originally in operation suddenly stopped, and then, as if the skeleton that carried the logic had been forcibly removed, subtle sounds of breaking began to appear in the Causal Loop. The sound did not come from matter, but from the connection points between propositions.
Centered on the two mysterious figures at the Silent Mystery Realm, invisible "circular tracks" were forcibly manifested—circles of array circuits embedded deep within their existence, interlocking and overlapping, which should have been unbreakable. However, the instant Qin Yu's seal landed, all the circular tracks simultaneously misaligned, the causal chain was locked section by section, and at the same time, it was annihilated in the reverse direction.
This is not a single point of destruction, but a chain reaction of damage.
For the first time, the figures of the two mysterious individuals showed obvious instability. Their forms did not collapse, but they seemed to have been "stripped" from the formation, their outlines began to blur, and their presence rapidly diminished. They tried to fight back, but as soon as they mobilized the power of the Silent Mystery Realm · Supreme, they discovered that all the logical channels leading to the core of the formation had been completely sealed off.
A low, distorted rumble echoed from the depths of the Soul-Sealing Abyss, and for the first time, the entire Super Annihilation Formation exhibited reverse disorder.
Just as Qin Yu completed his attack, Jin Hanyan also moved.
Instead of launching a direct attack, she concentrated the power of her Stainless Realm · Supreme to its Ultimate, her eyes gleaming with a pure, almost emotionless, silvery-white light. She extended a finger and gently traced a line in the air, a gentle movement that carried an undeniable resolve.
The Light of Stainlessness, like a mirror reflecting essence, directly enveloped the core of one of the mysterious beings.
At this moment, Jin Hanyan did not intend to erase it, but rather to forcefully expose its state of being "dependent".
A silvery-white light pierced through the mysterious figure's body, causing his form to rapidly become transparent within the light. The array runes hidden deep within his being were revealed one by one, like a foreign object parasitizing between flesh and destiny. Jin Hanyan spoke coldly, her tone low, yet the entire space trembled. "You are not a cultivator, but merely an embedded 'array carrier'."
The Light of Stainlessness suddenly tightened.
The mysterious figure's existence underwent a violent disintegration within the light. All the logical supports forcibly maintained by the array were stripped away one by one, and its form completely collapsed within a few breaths, turning into meaningless, Annihilation dust that was swallowed by the abyss.
Another mysterious figure collapsed at almost the same time.
As the two core anchor points failed one after another, the Annihilation Array of the Soul-Sealing Abyss emitted a tearing shock. The originally tightly closed space developed its first unhealable crack, the array's operation suddenly slowed down, and the oppressive feeling of being stripped away was significantly reduced.
Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but did not let his guard down.
He and Jin Hanyan exchanged a glance, both of them knowing that although the formation was broken, it had not completely collapsed, and the true mastermind behind Youyuan had not yet revealed himself.
At that very moment, in the deepest part of the Soul-Sealing Abyss, in the core area that had been repeatedly rewritten and forcibly suppressed, new fluctuations began to appear.
It was as if something was being forced to tear apart prematurely.
At the moment the formation became unbalanced, the Soul-Sealing Abyss did not collapse completely as expected. Instead, after a strange silence, it collapsed inward.
The surging darkness all around seemed to be forcibly compressed by an invisible giant hand. The shattered Annihilation Structure patterns, the out-of-control Annihilation circuits, and the severed fragments of cause and effect were all dragged towards the deepest part of the abyss. Space no longer expanded outward, but folded inward layer by layer, like the heart of an abyss collapsing in reverse.
In the Limit center of this compressed darkness, a figure slowly emerged.
It started as just an outline --
A "shadow" standing in nothingness. Then comes the physical form—
Dark and stable, it seemed to be formed from countless suppressed Logic Fragments, neither entirely substantial nor utterly nothing.
Ultimately, it's the breath—
Stainless, yet not pure; Annihilation, yet without sharpness. It is a high-level form of existence forcibly fixed in this place, like the final wedge of an array.
Qin Yu's pupils constricted instantly.
He saw it clearly.
The figure was none other than one of the three Stainless Realm · Middle Stage under the command of the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor —one of the Three Nether Yin Puppets.
It is neither an arrival nor a projection.
Instead, it is completely sealed here, serving as the "core of the container".
In that instant, all the clues suddenly snapped shut in Qin Yu's mind.
The Soul-Sealing Abyss was not a temporary arrangement.
This Annihilation formation was not designed to deal with any random intruder.
From the very beginning, it was a slaughterhouse prepared for "high-level hunting".
Qin Yu slowly exhaled, his voice low and calm. "I see..."
Jin Hanyan stood beside him, her gaze fixed on the figure, Light of Stainlessness trembling slightly in her eyes. She didn't speak, but instantly understood Qin Yu's judgment.
Qin Yu continued to deduce the logic in his mind, each link in the chain so clear it was chilling.
The Soul-Sealing Abyss formation is not a simple Annihilation killing formation, but a pre-deployed "guided trap".
The real trigger wasn't here, but rather the deduction she had performed earlier.
When the Gate of Finality open, cause and effect are not completely closed.
In that instant, the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor had already completed its remote intervention.
It's not about forcibly interfering, but rather going with the flow.
He neither stopped the deduction nor altered the results, but instead-
Let the deduction "see" the answer he wants to see.
Therefore, the disappearance of Glazed Dao-Extinguishing Zheng pointed to the Soul-Sealing Abyss.
Thus, Qin Yu and Jin Hanyan arrived.
Thus, the already completed killing Annihilation formation was officially activated.
Those two mysterious figures at the Silent Mystery Realm · Supreme were merely outer execution nodes of the formation.
The true "core" has been here from the very beginning.
The sealed bodies of the Three Nether Yin Puppets are the true driving force behind the entire formation.
Qin Yu's gaze shifted from the figure, then slowly returned.
At that moment, he felt no lingering hope.
This is neither a coincidence nor a tracking error.
This was a hunt that was anticipated, precisely guided, and patiently anticipated.
The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor did not even appear in person.
With just a single remote intervention and a deliberate act of letting them pass, they were led into this Annihilation cage prepared for "Stainless beings".
Deep within the abyss, the figure slowly raised its head.
No words. No emotions.
Only a steady, indifferent will slowly spread amidst the remnants of the array, as if proclaiming—
The container is in place; cleanup is now in its final stage.
Qin Yu slowly tightened his grip on the Silent Origin Stainless Sword. The sword did not resonate, but an invisible force of Order Adjudication gathered in his palm.
Jin Hanyan stepped to the side, standing shoulder to shoulder with him. The Light of Stainlessness quietly spread out, anchoring their presence back to this moment and this place.
They all understood—from this moment on, this was no longer the end of the pursuit, but the true heart of the deadlock.
The awakening of the Three Nether Yin Puppets was not an eruption, but a completion that made heaven and earth afraid to breathe. The figure in the deepest part of the Soul-Sealing Abyss slowly straightened up from the ashes of the unbalanced formation. Its body was as if it had been pieced together from countless fragments of broken eras. The cracks did not heal, but were covered again by a colder and deeper Annihilation-Construct Logic. There was no sound when the cracks closed, but the surrounding space shrank inch by inch like thin ice.
It was as if the very concept of "completeness" would be unbearable for this world. Jin Hanyan's Light of Stainlessness dimmed almost imperceptibly for a moment, as if gently brushed by a shadow from a higher realm. Qin Yu's brow furrowed, and the Annihilation Pattern deep within the Fate Soul Crystal Core in his sea of consciousness simultaneously lit up—not as a warning, but as an instinctive resistance. For a will descended from afar, formless and soundless, yet carrying a cold indifference that made cause and effect bow down. It was as if all the "thinkable and speakable" things of the heavens would fall silent before it. That was the will of the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor. It did not need to be present, it did not need to appear.
With just a glance from the shadows of a higher dimension, it could re-shift the weight of the entire universe. Qin Yu clearly felt his existence being touched by some invisible finger, touching the deepest, most acknowledgable part of his being. In that instant, the winds of the Soul-Sealing Abyss stopped, the annihilation flow ceased, even the array patterns seemed to be pressed into mid-air. Jin Hanyan abruptly stepped to the side, and the Light of Stainlessness burst forth from her sleeve like a silver waterfall, attempting to sever the causal link between them. Her gaze was colder than the light, as if she wanted to sever that invisible hand from the level of Fate Soul. However, at the very moment her light exploded...
The Three Nether Yin Puppets moved. They didn't gather strength, nor did they possess any divine power or name; they simply took a step. When that step landed, the ground didn't shatter; what shattered was the "connection" itself. The Soul-Sealing Abyss was as if sliced into layers by an invisible giant blade. Gray fractures spread from beneath the puppets' feet, like an eternal, Annihilation seam, severing the continuity of space, time, and causality. Jin Hanyan's voice was instantly shattered into countless fragmented echoes. Her Light of Stainlessness frantically tried to mend the fracture, but it was like pouring water into a bottomless abyss—the light was swallowed, silenced, and rewritten into an even heavier gray.
Qin Yu's vision blurred, and the world instantly lost its meaning, as if someone had folded the entire universe into countless thin sheets of paper and suddenly flipped them over. He only had time to see Jin Hanyan being swept away by an upward-rising, Annihilation structure. A silvery-white waterfall of light stretched a long tail at the edge of the fault line, like a lifeline forcibly torn off. He himself was dragged deeper into the abyss by an even heavier, colder force, as if pulled into a bottomless "silent well." The colors around him were drained away, leaving only dark, layered structures pressing down like the ruins of a giant city. Time rolled around him like a shattered mirror, and then, in the next instant, everything suddenly froze.
He stood alone in a strange, Annihilation structure. The sky and earth seemed to have been forged into gray skeletons by the Annihilation-Construct Logic. In the distance stood a vast domain of Annihilation. In the center of the domain, the Three Nether Yin Puppets had turned around. Their gazes were devoid of emotion, yet colder than any killing intent, as if they were looking at prey whose fate had long been written into their destiny. The will of the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor paused for a moment high above, neither increasing its strength nor making a declaration, as if it was already certain that the end of this game would fall on its own.
Qin Yu slowly raised his hand, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword condensed into a thin ray of cold light in his palm. Before the sword was even drawn, subtle cracking sounds appeared in the surrounding dark structure. He said no more, because he already understood that this was not an ambush, but a split-line hunt: Jin Hanyan was taken to another level, while he was thrown alone into this Annihilation Bone Domain, facing a fully awakened Stainless Realm · Middle Stage Three Nether Yin Puppets. The moment the opponent raised his hand, the Annihilation Structure fluctuations of the entire Annihilation Space began to converge, like countless gray tides closing in the darkness. The threshold of life and death had closed beneath his feet.