The True Body of the Three Nether Yin Puppets
The Three Nether Yin Puppets finally lost that almost indifferent stillness.
It stood in the center of the Annihilation Sacrificial Domain, its gray-white Fate Soul essence surging wildly on its surface. The original layered and precise structure, as precise as cutting a book, was repeatedly dismantled, misplaced, and reversed by Qin Yu. The sense of rebellion that it "should have been Annihilation but instead survived" triggered an almost angry shock in the depths of its empty consciousness for the first time.
It knew that the human before it was merely at the Void Emanation Realm.
Logically speaking, before Fate Soul Judgment expert at the Stainless Realm · Middle Stage, a being at the Void Emanation Realm shouldn't even have the right to be fully examined.
But unfortunately--
It raised its head, its Emptiness "gaze" passing over Qin Yu and locking onto his right shoulder.
Azure Ring sat leisurely, her slender figure appearing particularly out of place amidst the surging, colorless storm. Her long, dark blue hair hung down, with the blue flames at the ends swaying gently, as if all of this was nothing more than a somewhat interesting trial.
In that instant, all the Fate Soul -severing structures within the Three Nether Yin Puppets's body collapsed and reassembled simultaneously.
Wrath takes shape.
The next moment, the entire Annihilation Sacrificial Domain suddenly collapsed inward, and all the Annihilation Patterns were forcibly pressed into the body of the Three Nether Yin Puppets. A dark vertical crack appeared in its chest cavity, and a gray-black core composed of countless shattered Fate Soul slowly emerged.
Ultimate Divine Power - Judgment of the Underworld: Three Severances Return to Stillness.
There was no prelude, no build-up.
In that instant, the "order of existence" within the sacrificial domain was completely disrupted. Space no longer carried positions, and time no longer recorded sequence. A gray-white beam of light that traversed the void bypassed Qin Yu and crashed down towards Azure Ring's location.
It doesn't attack the body; it directly targets the "Fate Soul and its connection to the soul."
It was as if they wanted to erase the Fate Soul- bond between Azure Ring and Qin Yu from its very source.
Faced with a strike powerful enough to shatter the mind of even a cultivator at the Stainless Realm, Azure Ring merely tilted her head, a light, almost provocative smile curving her lips.
"Oh ho, you're getting angry already?"
She leaped lightly, her bare feet touching the air, the blue lock on her ankle rattling, and the broken bell emitted a clear and long echo.
"Little Qinzi, stop dawdling." Her tone suddenly turned cold. "It's not its true form; dragging this out is pointless. Join forces and Annihilation."
A chill ran through Qin Yu's eyes.
Just as the Three Severances Return to Stillness were about to fall, he did not defend himself or try to dismantle the severance path. Instead, he took a step forward in the opposite direction, completely exposing his Fate Soul to the gray-white severance.
It's not self-destruction, but rather—drawing judgment.
The Silent Origin Stainless Sword hummed in his hand, and the sword intent of utter stillness and emptiness was instantly awakened on the blade, with the Flow of Void Emanation, the core of the Order Adjudication, and the logic of destiny construction all flowing together at the same time.
The Silent Origin Stainless Sword, the Causeless Disillusionment Sword.
This sword strike was not aimed at the Three Nether Yin Puppets.
Instead, it targets the "reasons for the ruling."
The moment the sword was drawn, the world seemed to be sliced in two: one half was the descending light of judgment, and the other half was a blank void where cause and effect had been forcibly erased. The judgment lost its logical foundation of "why it can judge," and the beam of light visibly twisted and broke halfway through its path.
At the same time, Azure Ring had already raised her right hand.
On the broken sword, blue blood tears flowed upwards, and ten layers of dark blue soul wheels unfolded from within her skirt, instantly transforming into a rotating, Annihilation soul prison.
Azure Ring · Silent Origin Wheel Prison.
The moment the Soul Wheel settled, the Fate Soul Nucleus of the Three Nether Yin Puppets was forcibly dragged into the Wheel Prison. The phantoms of ten reincarnations overlapped and unfolded at the same instant, each reincarnation forcibly severing the stability of its Fate Soul.
Qin Yu's Causeless Disillusionment Sword followed.
The sword light pierced through the core of the Wheel of Death, precisely striking the gray-black Fate Soul source core.
There was no explosion. There were no aftershocks.
There was only a very faint sound, like the tearing of paper.
The figures of the Three Nether Yin Puppets stood frozen in place, all the Fate Soul flowing across their bodies simultaneously losing its color, then turning into countless gray-white fragments, which were gradually crushed, devoured, and smoothed out by the Wheel of Hell.
It didn't even have time to show any sign of resistance.
In the next instant, the Annihilation Sacrificial Domain lost its support and began to collapse completely from the core outwards, like a black world whose foundation had been emptied, rapidly heading towards its end.
Azure Ring landed back on Qin Yu's shoulder, swung her legs, and her tone became light and cheerful again.
"That's more like it," she laughed. "I knew it wasn't its true form, otherwise its first attack wouldn't have been so weak."
Qin Yu sheathed his sword and stood there, his chest heaving violently.
The Annihilation Sacrificial Domain collapsed completely with a final, invisible crack.
It wasn't an explosion, nor was it annihilation, but a more thorough "loss of support"—as if an entire existence had been stripped of its reason for being. Annihilation cracks spread inch by inch from the depths of the void, and the sacrificial domain structure, which was originally like an altar of sacrifice, lost its anchor point, peeled away layer by layer, and turned into countless Nameless ashes, which were swept away by the endless dark tides deep in the Soul-Sealing Abyss.
Qin Yu in the shattered void, no longer beneath the sacrificial domain, but in the true depths of the Soul-Sealing Abyss. There was no sense of direction here; the space was like the crumpled and unfolded pages of an ancient book, with traces of cause and effect flashing intermittently in the air before quickly disappearing. He slowly exhaled, the fluctuations of his Fate Soul between his brows still trembling slightly—the lingering effects of his recent clash with the Three Nether Yin Puppets.
Just then, a familiar yet forcibly distanced aura reappeared at the edge of his perception.
Qin Yu's expression hardened, and he immediately traced the faint connection back to where it was, only to find that the energy was trapped in a completely different, Annihilation structure, as if separated by several artificially folded spatial rifts.
"Hanyan..." he whispered, his voice barely echoing in the abyss.
His response was a highly unstable spatial distortion.
The darkness deep within the Soul-Sealing Abyss suddenly surged, and a rift, forcibly torn open, formed beside him. The interior of the rift was not light, but a nearly transparent void. A dozen breaths later, the void suddenly collapsed, and a figure fell out, only to land steadily before hitting the ground.
Jin Hanyan.
Her body still retained the lingering glow of Stainless, clearly indicating that she had just experienced a difficult confrontation. When she looked up and saw Qin Yu clearly, a noticeable relaxation flashed in her eyes.
"Young Master Qin," she said softly, then frowned slightly, "I was just transported to an extremely strange space. The structure there completely deviated from the original logic of the Soul-Sealing Abyss, as if... a piece had been cut out from the ground."
She paused, her tone turning serious. "The Three Nether Yin Puppets were also there, but the one I faced wasn't its true form; I ultimately Annihilation it."
Before Qin Yu could speak, Azure Ring swung her leg over his right shoulder, her tone casually teasing. "What a coincidence, Little Qinzi just encountered the Three Nether Yin Puppets, but it was an incomplete one too."
Jin Hanyan simply nodded upon hearing this, her expression remaining largely unchanged. Having already witnessed Azure Ring's existence Deep Root Lower Layers, she naturally understood that this wasn't something she should be asking about. She simply turned her gaze back to Qin Yu.
"Young Master Qin," she said, lowering her voice slightly, "... you also encountered the Three Nether Yin Puppets?"
"Yes." Qin Yu nodded, his gaze slightly darkening. "And it's clearly not a complete individual."
Jin Hanyan's brow twitched slightly, and a thought quickly formed, "In other words... the two of us are likely facing separated fragments of Fate Soul."
The moment those words were spoken, the depths of the Soul-Sealing Abyss fell silent for a moment.
It wasn't silence, but a highly unnatural stillness.
All the floating traces of cause and effect froze simultaneously, the dark winds seemed to be held down by an invisible hand, and even the "breathing" of space itself slowed down at this moment. Then, a sense of oppression far heavier than ever before slowly rose from the deepest part of the abyss.
That wasn't just simple intimidation.
Rather, it's a feeling that "existence itself is being observed."
Qin Yu and Jin Hanyan looked up almost simultaneously.
Not far ahead of them, the space of the Soul-Sealing Abyss began to collapse on its own, and was forcibly reshaped in the process. A tall and blurry outline slowly emerged from the reshaped darkness. It did not appear suddenly, but seemed to have always been there, only previously concealed by some higher level of veil.
As the outline gradually became clearer, an aura of Fate Soul so cold and Ultimate spread out like a tide.
That was a true Three Nether Yin Puppets.
Its body seemed to be woven from gray and nothingness, its outline stable yet devoid of any specific details, as if all concepts of "image" had been deliberately smoothed out on it. It had no distinct face, yet one could feel with unparalleled clarity that it was "seeing."
Not by sight.
Instead, it's about making a decision.
As it stood there, the Soul-Sealing Abyss automatically bowed to it, and the spatial hierarchy rearranged beneath its feet. All the previously separated, Annihilation structures now began to slowly converge back towards its main body, like a returning undercurrent.
Azure Ring's smile faded slightly at that moment, and she clicked her tongue softly. "Heh," she murmured, "This time, it's truly the real deal."
Deep within the Soul-Sealing Abyss, the truly manifested Three Nether Yin Puppets slowly raised its head.
Without the movement of lips or the trace of sound, its words instantly penetrated the depths of Qin Yu and Jin Hanyan's consciousness, cold and empty, yet carrying an undeniable sense of judgment.
"You insignificant ants, how dare you disrupt your master's plans! What is your punishment?"
At that moment, it seemed as if the abyss was lowered by that one sentence, the space sank, the lines of cause and effect dimmed, and even existence itself showed the illusion of being judged and measured.
Jin Hanyan's pupils contracted slightly. She clearly hadn't expected that the Fate Soul Puppet before her wasn't just a mere shell, but retained a sufficiently complete capacity for consciousness expression. The Light of Stainlessness within her body flowed instinctively, but it was firmly suppressed by that cold will, unable to be released.
After a brief moment of surprise, Qin Yu slowly chuckled.
The laughter wasn't loud, but it sounded exceptionally clear in this deathly silent abyss.
"What crime?" He raised his eyes, his gaze fixed on the Wheel-less of the Three Nether Yin Puppets, his tone calm to the point of indifference. "You lot certainly know how to put on airs."
The Three Nether Yin Puppets did not respond immediately, but the oppressive aura intensified slightly, as if waiting for Qin Yu to yield on his own.
Qin Yu took half a step forward, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword silently appeared in his palm. The sword did not emit a single ray of light, yet the darkness of the entire abyss instinctively gave way.
"Let's get one thing straight first," Qin Yu's voice was deep and steady. "What is this 'master' you speak of? Does he have the right to judge me?"
The moment those words were spoken, Jin Hanyan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously glanced at Qin Yu. She wasn't worried that he had said something inappropriate, but she clearly sensed that the Fate Soul fluctuations within the Three Nether Yin Puppets's body, which had been as still as stagnant water, were now experiencing extremely subtle tremors.
That was a reaction to being offended.
The voice of the Three Nether Yin Puppets rang out again, even colder than before.
"Arrogant." "Void Evolution, yet you presumptuously discuss the highest Order Adjudication; your existence should never have continued."
Upon hearing this, Qin Yu tilted his head slightly, as if seriously considering the words, before letting out a sneer.
"Are you all cut from the same cloth?" he asked, his tone clearly impatient. "All you ever say is 'shouldn't exist' and 'should be erased.' What, besides reciting from the book, don't you have any new words?"
Azure Ring swung her leg over his right shoulder and lazily interjected, "Little Qinzi, don't try to reason with it. This thing doesn't have thoughts in its head; it's filled with the echoes of the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor."
Jin Hanyan had completely calmed herself down by now. Her gaze fell calmly on the Three Nether Yin Puppets, and her voice was clear and cold. "Since you can speak, it means you are not just a pure Fate Soul puppet shell. If that's the case, you should also understand— the Soul-Sealing Abyss was forcibly transformed into the Annihilation Sacrificial Domain, which inherently violated the fundamental order of the Void Obliteration Domain."
The Three Nether Yin Puppets seemed to pause for a very brief moment after her statement, before coldly responding:
"Order?" "The order of the Void Obliteration Domain is precisely a discarded piece in the master's future chess game."
This time, Qin Yu did not laugh.
He slowly composed himself, his eyes becoming incredibly deep, like a night sky compressed to its Ultimate.
"I see," he said in a low voice, "Then there's nothing more to discuss."
He raised his sword, its tip pointing directly at the Three Nether Yin Puppets, his tone calm yet carrying an unyielding sharpness.
"Go back and tell your master who's hiding in the shadows—" "I'll tear his chessboard apart, inch by inch."
The Three Nether Yin Puppets fell silent.
The next instant, the Wheel-less around it suddenly collapsed, and all the still-lingering structures of Annihilation deep within the Soul-Sealing Abyss began to converge on it, as if a trial that had been written long ago was about to officially begin.