The Stillness Dragon Breaks Through Emanation, Calamity Befalls Heavenly Emanation
The ethereal mist slowly gathered in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. It wasn't ordinary mist, but rather a substance carrying the weight of time and taboo. It had no definite form, only condensing in the void into a heart-shaped, bluish-gray mist core. The surface of the core undulated with subtle light patterns, like breathing, or perhaps suppressing a whisper that might spill out at any moment. That sound wasn't transmitted through words, yet it naturally took shape deep within Qin Yu's consciousness, low and restrained, carrying the caution and introspection unique to ancient beings.
"Young Master Qin, I am the true form of the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp. Please forgive my abrupt appearance in your sea of consciousness. I have no intention of disturbing you, but I have no other choice. Once that Thoughtless Stillness Dragon is completely freed from its seal, it will bring irreversible calamity to the entire Void Obliteration Domain."
Qin Yu's expression remained completely unchanged. He neither banished the consciousness nor instinctively defended himself. Instead, he stood firmly in his sea of consciousness, as if facing not the will of a forbidden zone, but a guardian pushed to the Limit burden. His gaze was calm yet sharp. "The Thoughtless Stillness Dragon, but I need to know its true origin and why it appeared here."
The mist paused slightly, and the light patterns on the surface of the mist core contracted gently for a moment, as if weighing whether to continue speaking. At that very moment, deep within Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, on a branch of the Void Divine Tree, Azure Ring was still curled up asleep, her blue hair hanging down to the edge of the branch. Her breathing was subtle and even, as if the collapsing world outside had nothing to do with her. The mist's consciousness lingered on that sleeping figure for a moment, but did not cause any ripples. Then, the mist core suddenly lit up.
The next moment, Qin Yu's sea of consciousness seemed to be suddenly pulled open by an invisible hand, and a magnificent scene, almost too large to bear, unfolded on the level of his consciousness.
In the scene, the "Void of Thought Severance" of the Severed Thought Realm · Initial Stage is lit up for the first time. It is not light, but a manifestation of "emptiness". It is as if all concepts were unified and pressed down before all things were born. A gray-white void rift slowly opens. At the deepest part of the rift, a wisp of indefinable Annihilation spirit begins to condense. It has no consciousness.
Without intention, or even the awareness of "existence," it simply takes shape naturally in accordance with the fundamental principle of the Severed Thought Realm: "Thoughts cease, intentions are extinguished, and consciousness is nonexistent." That is the initial state of the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon. It is not in the form of a dragon, but merely a flowing Law of Annihilation, slowly drifting through the void. Each time it passes by, it causes the surrounding concepts to collapse on their own.
As the scene unfolds, the law is gradually "misinterpreted" by the world as a form. The remnants of thought begin to solidify around it, and scales, dragon horns, and dragon whiskers take shape one after another. This is not a choice it makes actively, but rather an attempt by existence itself to forcibly give outlines to something incomprehensible. And it is at this moment that the shadow of disaster is cast upon all realms for the first time. In the scene, one territory after another falls into deathly silence.
No creatures screamed, no mountains collapsed; everything simply lost the ability to "think," then the perception of "existence," and finally turned into a blank space that even memory could not hold.
The voice of the ghostly mist echoed again in the scene, low and solemn, "It is not evil; it is merely the catalyst for the Annihilation of the Realm of the Severed Thought Realm. Its existence is destined to lead all things with thought and desire to Ultimate Emptiness."
The scene suddenly changed.
The sky Source of Epochless · Upper Layer was torn apart, and a figure stepped out from the intersection of endless light and darkness. It was not a concrete form, but an outline surrounded by countless rules and wills. With each step she took, the laws of heaven and earth rearranged themselves, and cause and effect retreated behind her like a tide. She did not make any extra movements, but simply raised her hand, and the mist of the entire Void Obliteration Domain was compressed and condensed in an instant, turning into an unnamed primordial swamp.
At that moment, Thoughtless Stillness Dragon was "watched" for the first time, not out of hostility, but out of a kind of pity.
She did not kill the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon, because she knew that such a being could not be killed, but could only be isolated and guarded. So she used her own will as a lock and the primordial light of the Stainless Realm as a foundation to forcibly suppress the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon in the deepest part of this still-forming swamp. The moment the seal was completed, her fingertips fell again, and a wisp of gentle yet irresistible divine consciousness was injected into the swamp. That divine consciousness was not aggressive, but carried only a clear mission—to watch over.
"At that moment, I felt as if I had gained all consciousness, and at that Inscribe the Self was born. I had divine sense and consciousness," the voice of the mist echoed softly in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. "She endowed me with the abilities of perception, memory, and judgment, and entrusted me with the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon, hoping that I could guard this Path of Annihilation for her until one day, someone appears who can truly understand and deal with it. And through the supernatural ability of causal observation bestowed upon me by that great being, I had already observed a very strange resonance in your causal line when you entered this place. This is why I guided you along the way, and also the reason why I know your name is Qin Yu."
The scene freezes here, the figure of that powerful being gradually fades away, leaving only the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon sealed in layers, and the gradually forming Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp.
The sea of consciousness returned to calm, and the light of the mist core dimmed slightly, as if waiting for Qin Yu's response.
The ghostly mist churned slowly within Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. The light patterns on the mist core flickered like a heartbeat under pressure. Qin Yu's voice was exceptionally clear and calm within this space of consciousness, "Then why didn't you stop them when the Master Soul Dominion them to enter?"
The consciousness of the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp fell silent for a moment, not out of hesitation, but out of a powerlessness born of repeated relapses. Its voice then lowered, carrying an almost worn-out weariness, "Young Master, it's not that I didn't try to stop them, but I've already used all the abilities that lord bestowed upon me. I tried to seal off the swamp domain, reverse the mist's appearance, sever the Causal Loop, and even forcibly disrupt their landing point by using myself as a catalyst, but ultimately I failed. The three array formations and Annihilation restrictions they laid down have causal logic that is already beyond my reach. I cannot interfere with them, nor can I destroy them."
Qin Yu's gaze darkened slightly. The image of the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon in his mind was still fading slowly in the aftershocks. He didn't pursue the details of the failure, but instead cut straight to the core question, "Then how do I Annihilation that demonic dragon?"
The core of the mist trembled slightly, as if denying this direction. "Young Master, I think Annihilation is not the best solution. If it were merely Annihilation, that great one, with her cultivation level, could have completely wiped it out the moment the Realm of the Severed Thought Realm manifested. But she didn't. She chose to imprison the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon here, hoping to suppress its almost instinctive killing Fate Soul and make it wait for a being that can truly control it. Such a demonic dragon is rare and hard to come by."
Qin Yu nodded slowly, but his thoughts did not relax. His gaze passed through his sea of consciousness and fell on the enormous dragon shadow in reality that was being drawn by the causal ritual. "But now it should be under the Master Soul Dominion. With the Master Soul Dominion the Stainless Realm, it is absolutely impossible to do this. It must have inherited some kind of divine power from the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor, otherwise the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon would not have its soul consciousness forcibly locked."
At this moment, the consciousness of the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp became exceptionally firm, and the light patterns on the mist core suddenly stabilized. "Young Master, I firmly believe that the person the Master spoke of back then is you. Even though you are currently only at the peak of the Silent Mystery Realm · Peak, I can sense that your Fate Soul structure and the path you have followed resonate with that Thoughtless Stillness Dragon in an extremely rare way. You are indeed the Dragon Tamer the Master spoke of."
The instant those words fell, deep within the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp of the real world, an unnatural collapse occurred in the mist of heaven and earth. A hundred miles away, the Master Soul Dominion of the Stainless Realm · Supreme raised his head, formed hand seals, and the Logic Remnants Lord responded simultaneously. The void was forcibly torn open into layers of dark rifts. The massive body of the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon slowly contracted within the rifts, and the aura of Annihilation, like a tide being drawn, began to retreat into the depths of the void.
The voice of the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp rang rapidly in Qin Yu's mind, its pace revealing urgency for the first time, "Young Master, they are about to vanish into the void. After you have truly subdued the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon, return to me. That great man once told me that if I encounter the one who has subdued the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon, I can reveal my true secret to you. And this secret is precisely why the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp became a forbidden zone in the Void Obliteration Domain."
Qin Yu didn't say much, only nodded slightly, his gaze like a sharp blade locking onto its prey. "Alright, actually, even without you saying so, I had to stop the demon spirits from running rampant. As for whether I could subdue them, I dare not say I was 100% certain, but if I really could, I would definitely come back to find you."
As soon as the words fell, the core of the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp began to fade rapidly, and the heavy feeling that had enveloped its sea of consciousness receded like the tide. Before its consciousness completely dissipated, it left only a trace of almost prayerful echo before returning to silence.
In reality, Qin Yu opened his eyes again. He did not linger in the Gloomy Mist Soul-Entangling Swamp for even a moment. His causal perception instantly activated, and the subtle traces left by his Master Soul Dominion when it fled were locked in the void one by one. The next moment, his figure transformed into a silent shadow, directly tearing through space and disappearing into the depths of the void, tracking the direction in which the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon had disappeared.
The Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall floats above the core of the Sea of Heavenly Emanation, which is not a body of water, but a supreme sea of light woven from endless cause and effect, the flow of destiny, and the remnants of time. The sea of light surges silently, each rise and fall signifying the birth and death of countless worlds. The palace itself resembles a magnificent celestial palace floating at the source of destiny, its structure composed of countless pieces of crystal-like light.
Reflecting layers upon layers of temporal illusions, countless slowly rotating "Emanation Wheel" surround the hall. Within each wheel, a long river of destiny flows, forks, collapses, and is reborn, as if the pulse of the universe is pulsating here. The hall's roof soars high, piercing the deepest part of the Sea of Heavenly Emanation. A wisp of faint "Light of Limitlessness" hangs down from the dome, like the end of destiny casting its shadow here, making any who look up involuntarily feel insignificant and awe.
At this moment, nine Fate-Emanating Immortal Envoys patrolled around the Wheel of Heavenly Emanation within the hall. They wore radiant, glazed armor, its surface shimmering with runes of destiny. Their faces were veiled by a mist of destiny, making them impossible to pinpoint. Wherever each envoy stood, a stable Causal Loop automatically formed in the void, as if the very heavens and earth were bowing to them. The atmosphere of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall was supposed to be constant and solemn, but the causal lines, like an intricately woven net, covered the entire domain, ensuring that any abnormal fluctuations would be detected, corrected, and smoothed out in an instant.
However, at that very moment—above the heavens, the originally steady flow of light in the Sea of Heavenly Emanation suddenly reversed direction without warning.
That was not ordinary spatial distortion, but a sign that cause and effect themselves were being forcibly twisted. In the center of the sea of light, a pitch-black and empty vortex suddenly formed. However, the edge of the vortex was not dark, but a torn band of light of destiny, like a time nerve that had been forcibly snapped, emitting a silent yet soul-shaking vibration. The Emanation Wheel began to accelerate and stop irregularly, and part of the projection of the river of destiny in the wheel suddenly stopped flowing, as if it had been forcibly inserted into a predetermined trajectory by something "unclassifiable".
In less than ten breaths, the first enormous silhouette slowly appeared deep within the vortex.
It was a shadow that was "devouring light"—light lost its meaning the moment it approached, silently smoothed out. Then, a dragon's body, as white as ashes yet stretching for thousands of miles, emerged from the vortex. Its scales, like solidified remnants of thought, layered upon layer, reflected no light, instead creating a large "disillusionment zone" in the Sea of Heavenly Emanation. The instant it fully materialized, the entire Sea of Heavenly Emanation seemed to be frozen in time, all the light streams stopping for a moment.
The Thoughtless Stillness Dragon.
Its appearance was without roar, without wind and thunder, without the outward release of oppressive power, only an "emptiness" that instilled instinctive fear. It was the prelude to the hollowing out of one's mind, the tranquility before existence was erased. The dragon's head hung high above the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall, its eyes slowly opening. What should have been the empty darkness of the Abyss of Abyss of Thought Severance now revealed a highly incongruous crimson—not an emotion, but a forcibly embedded brand of control, like two blood-red coordinates burning in the void.
Almost at the same instant that the Thoughtless Stillness Dragon fully descended, the vortex expanded violently once again.
A steady yet icy figure stepped out from the void, its leader enveloped in a near-perfect, Stainless halo, yet within this halo lay hidden broken causal patterns— the Master Soul Dominion. With each step it took, the sea of destiny beneath its feet yielded on its own, as if afraid to make direct causal contact with it. Closely following behind were countless Logic Remnants Lords, a dark mass resembling a marching "causal void," and wherever they passed, the projection of the Emanation Wheel began to stagnate and distort.
At that moment, the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall experienced its first truly significant alarm-like tremor.
The nine Fate-Emanating Immortal Envoys simultaneously looked up, the causal runes on their armor gleaming with dazzling light, and the Wheel of Heavenly Emanation resonated with a deep and ancient sound, as if confirming that some extreme anomaly had broken through the scope of "destiny can be calculated".
The Thoughtless Stillness Dragon, shrouded in stillness, hovered in the sky, its body stretching across the sea of light. Its scarlet eyes slowly looked down upon the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall. That single glance held no hostility, no murderous intent, yet it simultaneously stretched the entire causal network of the palace to its Limit. The Master Soul Dominion stood beside the dragon's head, with hundreds of thousands of Logic Remnants Lord behind him forming a silent army formation, obscuring half of the radiance of the Sea of Heavenly Emanation.
At this moment, fate ceases to turn, and cause and effect no longer align themselves.
The Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall, the temple symbolizing the Ultimate order of the Void Obliteration Domain, has for the first time encountered a truly unpredictable calamity.