The Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh, and the formless entity of the Abyssal Adjudication was utterly enraged. It was not a living being, yet at this moment it displayed a "will reaction" clearer than any other life form. The entire world seemed to be tightened by an invisible hand, the disordered layers suddenly flipped, and all the rules that were still in operation collapsed simultaneously. Chaos was no longer fluid, but compressed into layers of cold, hard "primordial plates." The plates rubbed against each other without sound, yet existence itself emitted an unbearable groan.
The next instant, the Ultimate divine power of the Abyssal Adjudication descended—neither light nor darkness, but a primordial act that judged even the very existence of things. It was a Formless Order Adjudication spanning ten thousand miles, falling directly from the place Heaven and Earth Undetermined separated, without path or origin, completing its "judgment" in the instant it appeared: all spacetime touched by it was forcibly written as "untenable," yin and yang were indistinguishable, before and after ceased to exist.
Before cause and effect could Unborn, they were severed. The primordial unity of the origin suppressed everything, even the chaotic particles lost their ability to distinguish one another, transforming into an absolutely homogeneous void. It wasn't destruction, but rather the concept of destruction itself became invalid—with a single strike, even the Chaos Realm · Extremity was instantly declared an "invalid existence."
Xi Huanluo understood the outcome the moment the Order Adjudication descended. The Fallen Dawn Origin within her was still burning, but it burned unusually quietly, like a star that had reached its end, no longer struggling to expand, but instead gathering all its remaining heat back to its original point. She did not retreat, nor did she look to see if there were any figures still retreating in the distance. She simply raised her hand and held the Ultimate singularity that she had prepared beforehand back into her palm.
She pushed "The Silent Beginning Chaos: The Terminal Singularity" to its Limit, forcibly folding the Heaven and Earth Undetermined. The vast chaos was as if it had been pulled back to the breath before World Creation. The black singularity condensed to an unscalable size in front of her palm, and all the surrounding movement was completely frozen. Even the Formless Order Adjudication layer of the Abyssal Adjudication showed a very brief delay at this moment.
Then, the singularity erupted. There was no light leaking out, but a "returning force" that could not be captured by perception swept out. Wherever it passed, spacetime was thrown back to the primordial chaos, the laws were broken into unnamed primordial fragments, and existence was forced back to a state that had not yet been written.
Two Ultimate forces collided head-on at the center of heaven and earth. The Formless Order Adjudication and the Terminal Singularity squeezed each other, and there was no explosion at the point of collision, only rings of emptiness rapidly spreading outwards. Within the emptiness, anything that attempted to exist was instantly obliterated. The chaotic plates were shattered into dust, and then compressed into nothingness by the Order Adjudication in the next moment. The tide of primordial chaos returning was forcibly severed. Heaven and earth seemed to be repeatedly "created-denied-recreated" in an instant, repeated to the Ultimate, until even the world itself showed signs of exhaustion and collapse.
However, Xi Huanluo had already suffered irreversible damage in the previous series of clashes. Her soul had been torn apart by the Devouring Abyss, her Dao foundation had been gnawed by the Devouring Law, and she was able to detonate the singularity again by using her own existence as fuel. The Formless Order Adjudication of the Abyssal Adjudication was not truly blocked in the collision, and that fatal blow still completed its "judgment". Before the aftershocks of the Terminal Singularity had dissipated, the Order Adjudication had already landed on her Fate Soul.
At that moment, there was no tearing, no shattering. Xi Huanluo's figure first became extremely clear, as if she had been singled out and examined by heaven and earth for a moment. Then her outline began to lose its boundaries, her color faded, and her aura returned to zero. Her physical body, divine soul, Dao foundation, memories, the light patterns of the Fallen Dawn Origin, along with the impression she once had in the hearts of any living being, were all Order Adjudication and written as "not established." There were no remains, no traces, not even the causal echo of "she has disappeared"—she was simply erased from the entire draft of heaven and earth, as if she had never stepped into this war.
The aftershocks of the Terminal Singularity dissipated completely only after she vanished, leaving behind a desolate chaos above the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh, a scene of repeated resets. The Abyssal Adjudication entity slowly retracted the Formless Order Adjudication, the broken order layers reassembled, and the rules of heaven and earth began to painstakingly repair themselves, leaving an unfillable void in a certain location—where there should have been a Fallen Dawn Auxiliary Hall at the Chaos Realm · Extremity, but no clues could be found to identify her existence.
In the distance, the disciples of the Fallen Dawn Divine Hall, who had already retreated far away, suddenly felt a void in their minds. It was as if something that had supported them all the way had been silently taken away. Grief could not take shape, leaving only an unspeakable chill spreading in their chests.
The Abyssal Adjudication did not pursue; it merely hovered silently above the emptied world, like a Nameless being that had already delivered its judgment, awaiting the next moment when "determination" was required.
Above the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh, after Xi Huanluo was erased, the area known as the "Order Adjudication Hollow" did not calm down. Instead, it began to reveal even more bizarre and suffocating aftereffects. The original rules of heaven and earth, which could still repair themselves, were like tattered scrolls being pulled in the opposite direction after losing their support and anchor point. They were slowly dragged towards the core of the void by an invisible but absolute force.
First, extremely subtle misalignments appeared in the air. Then, the rules themselves began to peel away, the flow of time became disordered into intermittent pulses within a hundred miles, the spatial boundaries undulated, and the outlines of mountains and rivers were sometimes clear and sometimes blurred, as if they were being repeatedly erased and rewritten.
The creatures within a hundred miles were the first to bear the consequences. Birds abruptly halted in mid-air, half their wings turning into illusory shadows, while the other half sprouted alien patterns not belonging to any species, before plummeting to the ground, splitting into several different shapes of remains before even touching the soil; the bones of beasts twisted and rearranged, their flesh constantly multiplying and disintegrating in the imbalance of rules, their pupils displaying causal afterimages not belonging to themselves, emitting low hisses that were neither pain nor fear; some passing cultivators fared even worse, their Dao foundations forcibly tugged, parts of their laws extracted, and parts altered.
Within a few breaths, the soul underwent several cycles of "establishment-denial," ultimately either becoming distorted into an existence devoid of self-awareness or collapsing directly in the backlash of the rules. All these mutations, distortions, and disintegrations did not spread outwards, but rather, as if drawn by an invisible giant maw, transformed into chaotic energy flows, converging against the current and being sucked into the still unclosed Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss.
Just as the last batch of rule fragments was devoured, the aura of the Abyssal Adjudication entity completely subsided. The oppressive force that transcended life and death, cause and effect, and existence vanished abruptly, as if it had never been there. Immediately afterward, the Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss itself began to flicker abnormally, with deep purple and dark blue light flashing on its surface, like a heart about to be extinguished, its beating rhythm slowing down.
The disordered layers at the edge of the abyss receded layer by layer, and the devouring power gradually subsided. Finally, after a silent yet chilling collapse, the abyss that had been hovering above the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh slowly became transparent and then disappeared completely, leaving only a remnant of heaven and earth that had been repeatedly smoothed out but could never be restored to its original state, like a region whose Kong Ling, lying quietly on the map of the Void Obliteration Domain.
Almost at the same moment, deep within the main hall of the distant Fallen Dawn Divine Hall, a deep blue causal light symbol suspended in the core of the temple suddenly trembled violently. The light symbol was originally warm and lustrous with distinct layers, and complex and stable causal patterns flowed on it, symbolizing the complete anchoring of a Chaos Realm · Extremity.
However, at this moment, those patterns seemed to be wiped away one by one by an unseen hand, the light quickly dimmed, and fine cracks appeared on the surface of the talisman. A few breaths later, the azure light was completely extinguished, the light talisman silently disintegrated, turning into a fine dust of light that slowly dissipated in the void of the main hall, leaving no trace.
Before the throne of the Palace Master, Dawn Emperor Yun Huan's figure suddenly trembled. His previously closed eyes snapped open, and the chaotic light deep within his pupils surged uncontrollably for a moment, only to be overwhelmed by an uncontrollable grief. He stared at the vanished causal talisman, his throat feeling as if it were being choked, his breath heaving violently in his chest, yet he could not utter a sound.
The next moment, the emotions that had been forcibly suppressed completely collapsed. He suddenly stood up, and the chaotic leakage of the essence of the Fallen Dawn around him caused the entire space of the main hall to tremble.
"Huanluo-- "
That roar was no longer the majestic declaration of the temple lord, but a heart-wrenching cry, a mixture of unacceptable denial and the despair of losing a loved one. The sound echoed repeatedly under the dome of the main hall, layer upon layer, transforming into tangible shockwaves that spread throughout the entire Fallen Dawn Divine Hall.
At that moment, all the elders and disciples inside and outside the hall trembled in their hearts. They felt as if the core that had supported the temple for thousands of years had been forcibly pulled away. A chill spread from the depths of their Fate Soul, and the cry of "Huanluo" still echoed between heaven and earth in the Fallen Dawn Divine Hall, as if it would never stop.
At that moment, the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh truly "died," yet it survived in an even more terrifying way. The already chaotic rules of heaven and earth, after being repeatedly torn apart by the Abyssal Adjudication and the End of Chaos, completely lost the possibility of self-repair. The rules were no longer fluid, perceptible, and bearable existences, but transformed into layers of frozen death order, like countless invisible tombstones, densely inserted into this world.
The sky presented an indescribable gray hue, neither dark clouds nor nothingness, but a blankness "flattened of meaning," in which light would lose its direction after traveling a hundred feet, and colors were forcibly compressed into a single dark tone, as if the world itself refused to be observed anymore.
Irregular fissions began to appear in the space of the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh. There were no obvious crack edges, but the scenery could be seen suddenly shifting, overlapping, and collapsing in certain areas. Parts of the mountains were suspended in mid-air, while other parts had been erased. The water solidified into a mirror-like, lifeless plane, no longer reflecting anything beneath it. The Rule Dead Domain thus silently unfolded, spreading outward for hundreds of miles from the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh as its core, forming an absolute forbidden zone.
Any cultivator or being below the Chaos Realm who steps into this area within a hundred miles, whether a cultivator, demon spirit, or divine beast, will have their Fate Soul, Dao foundation, and divine soul forcibly "locked" in an instant as soon as they cross that invisible boundary. It's not an attack, nor an erosion, but a judgment from heaven and earth itself—their existence is deemed "unsustainable." They don't even have time to let out a complete scream before their bodies freeze in place, then collapse as if all support has been removed, turning into silent ashes.
Even more chilling is that Annihilation is not the end. The remaining causal logic, traces of cultivation, and fluctuations of Fate Soul of those who were erased are forcibly drawn at the moment of death, transforming into countless imperceptible streams of dark light that flow upstream, converging ten meters above the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh. There is nothing there, yet it seems to be an invisible "destination." All cause and effect vanish instantly upon reaching that height, as if plunged into a bottomless abyss, never to be heard again. The Rule Dead Domain is thus completely solidified, becoming an absolute forbidden zone that only devours and does not provide feedback.
Meanwhile, before the gates of the Fallen Dawn Divine Hall, the spatial tremors had not yet subsided. Xiao Jinyu returned with the surviving elders and disciples, their figures disheveled and heavy, many needing to support each other to stand. Bloodstains were still wet on the temple steps, and the aftershocks of the clash between chaos and the abyss lingered in the air. Xiao Jinyu walked step by step toward the main hall, each step feeling as if he were stepping on his shattered Dao heart. His shoulders and back were slightly hunched, and his eyes no longer held their former sharpness, only an undisguised emptiness and pain.
When he finally stood before Palace Master Dawn Emperor Yun Huan, all the strength that had sustained him seemed to crumble at that moment. His Adam's apple bobbed, but his voice was hoarse and trembling as if it had been torn apart, "Palace Master... Vice Palace Master Xi Huanluo... She sacrificed herself to buy us time, to save us... in the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh... and perished." His words were broken and intermittent, each word seemingly forced out of his chest, choked with uncontrollable sobs. He lowered his head, his fists clenched tightly, his knuckles white, his shoulders trembling violently, but he could no longer utter a complete sentence.
Inside the main hall, Dawn Emperor Yun Huan's aura completely spiraled out of control in that instant. The oppressive power of Chaos Realm · Supreme surged like an undercurrent, yet he forcibly suppressed it within three feet of himself. His eyes were bloodshot, burning with an inextinguishable rage and grief—the pain of a hall master losing an arm, and even more so, the loss of a loved one. He remained silent for several breaths, the entire hall suffocatingly quiet, before a deep, icy voice slowly rang out, "Jinyu, I know." He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again, all emotions forcibly suppressed to the deepest recesses, leaving only a resolute determination like the edge of a blade, "Take the disciples to the Divine Temple's secret realm to recuperate and recover your Logic Divine Power as soon as possible."
Dawn Emperor Yun Huan's gaze passed over Xiao Jinyu, seemingly fixed on the direction of the Mist-Shrouded Heart-Devouring Marsh. His voice suddenly turned cold and resolute, "The hatred for Huanluo, even if it means the destruction of my entire Fallen Dawn Divine Hall, will make that Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss pay for its blood debt." The moment these words fell, the array patterns on the four walls of the main hall lit up simultaneously and then quickly went out, as if the heavens and earth themselves trembled at this vow.