The sky above the Asura Immortal Hall lost all meaning the moment the first divine power exploded. Billions of Asura battle array patterns simultaneously illuminated the mountain gates, palaces, star platforms, and sea of blood, their crimson and dark gold weaving into a colossal battle domain covering tens of thousands of miles. Millions of the Asura Immortal Hall cultivators stepped forward in the same breath, their battle intent surging forward like a ignited torrent of stars. Before weapons even arrived, the killing intent had already squeezed countless cracks into the void.
On the other side, the Logic Remnants Lord that surged from the Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss were like a black tide that obscured an era. They were all different in form, but none of them had a complete life outline. Their bodies were stitched together from Cause Splitting and effect, incomplete concepts, and collapsed rules. The moment they stepped out of the abyss, the "possibilities of failure that once existed" in the world were awakened at the same time, turning into countless superimposed images behind them, making the entire battlefield look like the failed endings of countless worlds overlapping here.
The first wave of collision was completely unprovoked. The front-line battle formations of the Asura Immortal Hall erupted simultaneously. The Asura Realm-Splitting Slash, Blood Prison Myriad Aspects Wheel Forms Wheel, Netherflame World-Suppressing Seal- Suppressing Seal all bloomed in waves at the same time. The blade light was like an inverted galaxy, and the wheel shadows crushed spatial layers. When the Netherflame Seal fell, even the light itself was incinerated into ashes. Large numbers of logical Logic Remnants Lord were directly shattered into countless logical fragments in the head-on impact. But in the next instant, those fragments were reassembled under the pull of "failed cause and effect," transforming into even more distorted forms and retaliating. They wielded limbs formed from erroneous timelines, releasing Severed Cause Returning Tide, Disordered Sequence Collapse Strike, and Unrealized Outcome Stacked Slaughter. The protective laws of the Asura were forcibly rewritten the moment they made contact. Some battle formations experienced brief chaos, but they quickly stabilized again under the forced calibration of the Asura Hall's formations. The two sides fought simultaneously in the high sky, the earth veins, and the void. The entire battle domain was like a giant bell being struck continuously, and the vibrations permeated all dimensions.
In the center of the battlefield, He Xunsu, the Lord of the Asura Divine Hall, took a step forward, and the Asura Dao patterns around his body suddenly rose. He raised his hand and pressed down, and the "Asura Cause-Suppressing Heavenly Curtain" descended from the sky. The huge dark red causal curtain wall stretched for thousands of miles, forcibly suppressing an entire army of Logic Remnants Lord into a causal state of "being judged as having failed." Then he pushed out with his palm, and the curtain wall contracted with a bang. Hundreds of Logic Remnants Lord at the Chaos Realm · Initial Stage were silently crushed into pure blank fractures.
On the other side, the shattered black bone wings behind Li Xiaohong, the deputy temple master of the Asura Divine Hall, suddenly unfurled, leaving hundreds of afterimages in the space. "Asura Severed Prison - Soul Rend Reincarnation" slashed down continuously, each strike precisely cutting into the "conceptual stitching point" of the Logic Remnants Lord, forcibly dismantling them into fragments that could no longer be pieced back together. Black soul light spread out behind him, forming a death trajectory that ran through the battlefield.
The leaders and elders of the Asura Immortal Hall also launched a full-scale attack in their respective battle zones. Some used formations to defend against the enemy, with thousands forming a single formation and tens of thousands Asura a single domain. The Asura formations were nested layer upon layer, forcefully suppressing the numerical advantage of the Logic Remnants Lord within a controllable range. Others sacrificed themselves to become calamities, burning their own Asura essence to forcibly unleash "Blood Asura - Myriad Calamities Together," dragging dozens of Remnants Lord into annihilation. Still others stood at the core of the battle formations.
By constantly repairing the torn logic of the battlefield through the "Causal Prison Order Adjudication," the entire Asura Immortal Hall maintained its complete defensive structure during this extraordinary war. Blood, soul light, and fragments of collapsed rules fell like rain, but were quickly evaporated the moment they came into contact with the Asura Hall's grand formation. The entire battlefield presented an almost cruel sense of order—a killing system condensed from countless eras of war experience of the Asura Immortal Hall.
However, beyond this battleground that could eclipse the very heavens and earth, the true weight remained. Qu Xiangjie, the patriarch of the Asura Divine Hall, stood atop the highest point of the mountain gate, his robes motionless, his aura so restrained it seemed to merge with the silence of heaven and earth. His gaze calmly surveyed every shift in cause and effect on the battlefield, as if awaiting a certain inevitable turning point. Even higher, before the Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss, the Master Soul Dominion stood silently suspended, his body shrouded in a slow rotation of Light of Stainlessness and ethereal shadow. He too did not make a move, merely coldly observing the head-on collision between the Logic Remnants Lord and the Asura Immortal Hall, as if this great war, engulfing millions of lives, was merely a prelude to both sides testing each other's limits and patience before the real battle began.
Above the sky, the flames of war seemed frozen in a moment of rupture. The fierce battle between the Asura Immortal Hall and the Logic Remnants Lord was still surging, but in this higher and quieter void level, the confrontation that would truly determine the fate of the Asura Immortal Hall had already begun.
The Master Soul Dominion stood before the Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss, his figure elongated by both the Stainless Light and the Void Shadow, like an Adjudicator belonging to no era. His voice, though not loud, instantly overwhelmed the roar of countless colliding divine powers, echoing throughout the "Root Logic" of the entire battle zone. "Insignificant human, you should see the true direction of this war. Continuing to resist is not protecting any dignity, but personally pushing the entire Asura Immortal Hall and the Fate Soul of all humanity behind you into irreversible annihilation. Your stubbornness will only turn them to dust along with you."
Qu Xiangjie stood atop the highest point of the Asura Immortal Hall's mountain gate, his aura as calm and profound as an abyss, as if he had long since merged with this world. He slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through layers of void, directly meeting the gaze of the Master Soul Dominion. In that instant, even the Light of Stainlessness seemed to pause slightly under his gaze. He smiled coldly, his voice like the tolling of an ancient war bell. "You are wrong. The Asura Immortal Hall has never survived by mere survival. As long as I, Qu Xiangjie, have a breath left, no one here will kneel and beg for life. The name Asura is born to bear destruction and the consequences. Even if only one person remains, they will stand to face death, not bow down to an existence like you."
A dark, cold light flashed deep within the eyes of the Master Soul Dominion, but the tone instead became low and sarcastic. "Dignity? In this endless world structure, your so-called dignity is nothing but a self-comforting illusion. Humanity, temples, beliefs... looking at the entire hierarchy of existence, you are nothing more than a speck of dust among billions, which can be wiped out at any time. What right do you have to talk about dignity?"
Qu Xiangjie was not angered; instead, his expression grew even calmer, as if he were looking down upon a fate he had long foreseen. He responded calmly, each word like a vow etched into the void. "At least, we are still ourselves. And you? You claim to decide the life and death of others, but in the end, you are Thought Severance Devouring Emperor. All your will, your so-called mission, are nothing but an afterimage bestowed upon you. You don't even have the right to choose, so how can you claim to be above others?"
The moment those words fell, the Light of Stainlessness surrounding his Master Soul Dominion surged violently, causing a brief collapse in the void, as if some taboo had been touched and was trembling. His voice, for the first time, revealed a chilling rage. "Insolence! The name of the Lord is not something a being like you can profane. Everything you have seen and known is merely the shallowest layer of the Lord's plan. The true scheme, the true endgame, has long surpassed the comprehension of humans like you."
Qu Xiangjie chuckled softly, a laugh that wasn't loud, yet sounded particularly jarring at this moment. He slowly opened his arms, and the Asura Immortal Hall behind him resonated with a deafening roar, as billions of Asura battle intents converged into an invisible torrent behind him. "A few manipulated demonic beasts, a few corrupted abysses, and you dare to try and shake the foundation of the entire Void Obliteration Domain? Your so-called grand plan, in my eyes, is nothing but a delusional attempt to control everything. The truly laughable ones have never been us."
Two gazes clashed in the void, silent yet causing the very laws of the world to groan under their strain. The battle continued, but everyone could sense that the moment that would truly determine life and death was drawing near.
At this moment, the sky seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand. The Causal Soul Logic Realm Abyss above the Asura Immortal Hall suddenly pressed down. The Master Soul Dominion finally moved beyond words. The hand he raised did not condense any visible divine light, but the moment it was raised, the entire protective array of the Asura Immortal Hall emitted a piercing wail. The Asura runes that were originally layered and flowing on the array seemed to have been "looked at" by some higher being. The meaning of the runes began to loosen, and visible collapses appeared at the edges of the array patterns. Light and shadow were forcibly stretched and distorted, as if the rules themselves were being rearranged.
That was not a simple crushing of power, but a "rule" from a higher level - the Master Soul Dominion, anchored by its own existence, directly suppressed the guardian rules of the Asura Immortal Hall. The flow of cause and effect between heaven and earth was briefly cut off at this moment, and the "connection between past and future" on which the palace's protective formation relied for operation lost its continuity. Countless Asura disciples groaned at the same time, and the formation beneath their feet trembled, as if they were standing on a world foundation that was being hollowed out.
Just as this imbalance was about to spread completely, Qu Xiangjie also made his move.
He took a step forward, without a deafening explosion, yet he stood like a God of Asura had walked from ancient times, effortlessly positioned between the Master Soul Dominion and the Asura Immortal Hall. With that step, the void suddenly froze, and the rifts in the rules torn in the protective array were forcibly smoothed by an even more ancient and purer "Stainless" will. The array patterns lit up again, but no longer merely for defense; they merged with Qu Xiangjie's presence.
The two attacked simultaneously.
The Master Soul Dominion slightly clenched his five fingers, and a void core that seemed to be formed by countless overlapping soul shadows appeared in his palm. The core rotated without any light, but it caused the surrounding space to collapse in layers, and the rules curled inward like folded paper. An invisible torrent of domination pointed directly at the foundation of Qu Xiangjie's existence.
Qu Xiangjie did not dodge. He raised his hand forward, his fingertips not touching the torrent, but drawing a "boundary" between the two. At that moment, the power of Asura and the Ultimate will of the Realm of Stainless suddenly unfolded, as if the entire sky was split in two. On one side was the void of rules, which was compressed, distorted, and stripped of meaning by the Master Soul Dominion, and on the other side was the domain of existence supported by Qu Xiangjie, which refused to be denied.
The two forces collided without exploding, but the colors of the entire battlefield faded instantly, leaving only the extreme contrast of black and white. Time seemed to stand still for a moment, and millions of Asura disciples felt as if their minds were swept by some incomprehensible power, making even breathing extremely difficult.
When the colors returned, a barely perceptible crack appeared in the void, a trace of the rules being tested and confirmed.
The Master Soul Dominion withdrew his hand, a cold smile curving his lips. His voice was deep and chilling. "Not bad, truly worthy of the title of God of Asura. No wonder you can support such a temple."
Qu Xiangjie did not respond; his gaze remained calm, as if the clash that had just occurred, a clash capable of shaking the very foundations of the world, was merely a necessary confirmation. He simply turned his head slightly, and amidst the roar of countless divine powers, quietly sent a whisper into the depths of the battlefield, "He Xunsu, listen carefully. Be prepared at any time to evacuate with the Vice Hall Master and several of the most important disciples. The true strength of the Master Soul Dominion is above mine. Do not hesitate; await my signal. The roots of the Asura Immortal Hall must not be Annihilation like this."
In the distant battlefield, He Xunsu used his supernatural powers to shatter the Logic Remnants Lord that was rushing towards him, while nodding solemnly. He quickly spread the command out, and Vice Hall Master Li Xiaohong and several core elders received the message almost at the same time. Their expressions changed slightly, but they did not hesitate at all.
The moment the message from the Palace Master entered Zhao Mengyun's mind, her pupils contracted almost instinctively for a split second. The moment was so brief that she barely noticed it herself, as if her mind had only been slightly shaken by the aftershocks of the battlefield. But only she knew that it was not a shock, but the chilling feeling brought by the words "retreat," "abandon," and "give up part of the power of the Asura Immortal Hall."
However, that's all.
In the next instant, her expression returned to normal, her eyes regained their calm and restraint, her breathing remained perfectly steady, her energy flowed smoothly, and even the aura of Asura around her remained completely still. She did not nod, respond, or reveal any extra emotions. Instead, she decisively sealed, folded, and annihilated the telepathic message in her sea of consciousness, as if she had never heard it at all.
She knew it all too well.
Standing beside her at this moment was Li Wantong, the direct disciple of the Clear Origin Heavenly Palace, her "ally" who had come alongside her, and a key figure who might influence the attitudes of many forces in the future; on the other side, Fen Lin, the Liu Yuan Practitioners, was protecting her with a faint aura, his gaze fixed on her back, making no attempt to conceal his almost obsessive attention. Neither of them could know the true escape route of the Asura Immortal Hall, nor could they perceive that the Ancestor was already preparing for the "worst-case scenario."
At this moment, Zhao Mengyun's heart was cold to the point of being cruel.
She didn't consider the price the Asura Immortal Hall would pay, nor did she think about the fate of the disciples and elders fighting on the front lines. She also didn't care about the empty sentiments of "fighting side by side" and "living and dying together." In her view, information itself was a bargaining chip, and bargaining chips should always be held in one's own hands.
So, she calmly withdrew her divine sense, completely isolating the voice transmission in the deepest part of her consciousness. She even actively strengthened the outer layer of her sensory barrier, so that any entity that tried to pry into her state of mind could only perceive a calm and hard facade.
As for Liu Yuan Practitioners Fen Lin —the slight anomaly he inadvertently caught when that voice transmission brushed past the edge of his perception was quickly concealed by the fighting spirit and Asura aura deliberately released by Zhao Mengyun. She didn't even turn around, but only slightly adjusted her position, keeping herself always at the center of their gazes, while not allowing anyone to truly get close to her heart.
At this moment, Zhao Mengyun was like a cold blade honed to its Ultimate —sharp, rational, and devoid of warmth.
The survival of the Asura Immortal Hall, the bonds between allies, and the emotions invested by others—none of these could shake her in the slightest. For her, the only thing that mattered was this: in this impending catastrophe, to always ensure that she was on the side that she could still choose to leave.
High in the sky, the Master Soul Dominion and Qu Xiangjie locked eyes once more. The real killing move had not yet begun, but everyone knew that the probing was over, and what followed was the duel between two powerful beings at the Stainless Realm.