The sky was torn apart, and turbulent currents surged forth.
At that moment, Qin Yu and Zhou Yu walked side by side, stepping into the deepest part of the secret realm. A phantom law crack roared like an abyss, enveloping the two of them. The surrounding world seemed to be peeled away, and layers of spatial rifts, like shattered mirrors, intertwined and changed beneath their feet. With each step they took, it seemed as if they had traversed millions of years of vicissitudes and reincarnations.
Then came silence.
The Ultimate silence, a silence from which even the laws have been stripped away.
When they finally set foot in that realm, the land beneath their feet was no longer land. It was a fractured remnant of spacetime, where all the landforms lacked logic, no longer following the laws of gravity, structure, and elemental operation, but were arranged by some ancient "restriction." Space fragments floated in mid-air, like meteors swirling around them; a shattered sun hung high, half extinguished and half burning, emitting a red and black light that did not belong to this world.
"This... is the end of the sect's secret realm?" Zhou Yu's voice was low, but he couldn't hide the horror in his heart.
Qin Yu, however, simply gazed into the distance. Above that abyss of rifting space, a blurry and dim phantom of a remnant soul was slowly moving, as if it had been imprisoned there since time immemorial, constantly chewing on fragments of the Heavenly Dao, wailing and whispering.
"This is not the end... this is the beginning of being cut off."
Qin Yu spoke softly, his eyes gleaming with light.
Suddenly, the earth trembled violently, and billions of laws of lightning and fire poured down from the sky. However, instead of striking down as usual, they were forcibly torn into countless fine threads by an invisible "boundary wall," as if someone had deconstructed and restructured the Heavenly Dao!
This is no ordinary secret realm.
This is the Boundary Abyss Rift Domain!
The Spirit Firmament Great Realm is regarded as a transcendent land of the Sovereign, while the Boundary Abyss Rift Domain is a forbidden domain remnant that was "cut off from the universe" when the Sovereign fought against the Heavenly Dao. It is incomplete and does not belong to any cosmic plane. Its existence is itself an error, a mysterious dimension that is both banished and hidden.
An invisible pressure descended instantly. Even the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi ceased to be available for cultivators, instead tearing through their meridians and severing their divine consciousness like sharp blades. If Zhou Yu had not already obtained the "Nine Abyss Silent Lightning Canon" and possessed the power of thunder and fire to protect him, anyone else would have already gone mad or exploded in this realm.
Zhou Yu whispered, "This place shouldn't exist... but it truly does."
Qin Yu stood atop the cliff, gazing at a rift in the sky before him. It was a true "crack," not a spatial rift, but a wound in the order of the Heavenly Dao. He could vaguely see that behind the crack lay fragments of another world, with an upside-down white skeletal statue sitting in the void, blood rain flowing backward, and the Golden Desert River flowing backward from the heavens.
"Should we continue?" Zhou Yu asked in a deep voice.
"Certainly."
Qin Yu raised his head, his eyes blazing with fierce fighting spirit.
"This is my path."
At this moment, deep within the Boundary Abyss Rift Domain.
The laws of heaven and earth were already in complete chaos. The space, which was originally as silent as a dead land, was now rippling with tremors as two figures walked side by side.
Qin Yu and Zhou Yu walked side by side.
They remained silent, but both understood that this was no ordinary place; what they were about to enter was not merely a trial ground set up by their sect, but a true "Origin-level Secret Mark" left behind by the Spirit Firmament Great Realm.
--The legendary place where the "Boundless Tribulation Heart Pearl" is said to be hidden is very likely here.
The deeper Boundary Abyss Rift Domain, the more incredible it becomes. Space is no longer whole, but rather fragmented, collapsing, and reassembling. With each step taken, the surrounding scenery seems to be rewoven by an inexplicable consciousness.
Suddenly, cliffs appeared, the sky shattered, heavenly fire flowed, and storms surged.
As the Qi surged, a collapsed boundary wall suddenly appeared in front of them, within which a dense "disordered light" emanated—the scattered fragments of the Heavenly Dao, the scorched marks of rules left in the war of cosmic change!
"That is... the shattered bones of the Heavenly Dao," Zhou Yu said softly.
"Not bad." Qin Yu nodded, his gaze growing serious. "This isn't a naturally evolved secret realm; it's more like a 'source-level rift' left behind after some kind of great war between gods."
They continued on their way.
Suddenly, a sound, like thunder, came from the left. The next moment, the earth shook, dust flew up, and a towering altar of blood and bones emerged from the "crack" in the ground!
Ancient tribulation script was clearly engraved on it, its five colors blending together, and it even faintly resonated with the Five-Ring Divine Seal within Qin Yu's body.
But in just a moment, the divine seal quietly returned to silence.
Qin Yu's eyes flashed, revealing a sense of vigilance.
"This place is unclean."
Zhou Yu frowned and said in a deep voice, "Did you notice... that the place where the blood bone altar just appeared seemed to be one of the nine directions. If this is some kind of formation... then is it guiding us to 'a certain center'?"
"The source of the Heart Pearl?" Qin Yu's words were astonishing.
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
The surrounding space suddenly distorted, and void rifts spread out from beneath their feet, resembling spider webs or invisible lines of fate.
The next moment--
Boom!
The sky exploded, and pitch-black energy swept across! From the crack in the void, a colossal shadow crawled out!
It resembles a lion, with bony wings growing from its back, three blood-red pupils in its eyes, and chains of world-destroying lightning wrapped around its body!
The strange beast—not one of the five divine beasts, but its aura far surpasses that of True Soul, and even faintly carries the omen of "world-destroying level"!
"This thing... isn't one of the monsters from the trial!" Zhou Yu's expression changed drastically.
"Never mind that, prepare for battle." A light suddenly appeared between Qin Yu's brows, and his right arm gripped the Black Bone War Spear. The Azure Ring also trembled slightly in the void, as if it could leap out at any moment to protect its master!
Battle is imminent.
The beast roared, its spine-like wings unfurled, and the void within a thousand miles collapsed with a deafening crash! Its giant claws swept out, each strike causing "space-time folding," as if they could pull souls into the Nine Nether, never to be reborn!
Qin Yu and Zhou Yu did not back down.
Zhou Yu wielded the Flame-Bearing Sword, suddenly unleashing the first move of the "Burning Radiance Sword Chapter": [Burning Radiance Star Trace]. With a single strike, raging flames engulfed the sky, and calamity-inducing flames consumed the soul!
Qin Yu countered with [Silent Origin - Boundless Ashes], his divine power surging, his Black Bone War Spear piercing through the void and colliding head-on with the beast's giant claw!
"Boom--!"
The heavens trembled, mountains collapsed, and the entire Rending Domain fell silent!
The beast retreated, roaring repeatedly. It seemed to sense some indescribable "power" within Qin Yu's body, feeling both fear and resentment!
The next moment, the beast's body swelled dramatically, and its blood-bone wings suddenly closed, condensing into a [Realm-Annihilating Storm] that swept across the area!
"This is the real battle." Qin Yu said in a deep voice, his left eye flashing with golden light. His figure suddenly split into ten, charging into the storm!
The Azure Ring trembled, and nine-colored mystical light shone forth, transforming into a protective barrier. Qin Yu, spear in hand, broke through the center of the storm and struck the beast's brow!
Hiss--!!
The beast let out a long roar, spewing forth a spray of blood mist. Half of its body was blasted apart, turning into a shower of light that scattered.
"Is this the secret realm?" Zhou Yu murmured, his voice trembling with shock.
"This is just the beginning." Qin Yu gazed into the distance, pointing to a floating island ahead.
There, nine ancient formations floated in the air, each with a pillar of light in its center, slowly radiating a dazzling divine glow.
--The divine radiance was strikingly "bead-shaped".
"Let's go, that's the place we're looking for." Qin Yu said, enunciating each word clearly.
"The Boundless Tribulation Heart Pearl... perhaps it's there." Zhou Yu's gaze was firm.
The two figures jolted, soaring into the air and embarking on the next stage of their destiny!