Qin Yu withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and as if that breath had suppressed the lingering stench, burning sensation, and killing intent in the cave into the depths of his chest, he said in a low but unusually firm voice, "Now we can only stabilize Tangyi's Fate Soul first. As for the rest, we'll have to wait until I find the Primordial Origin Dragon Essence Annihilation Ganoderma."
Jin Hanyan responded softly, then realized something, looked up at Qin Yu, and frowned slightly. "So... where do we go next?"
Qin Yu didn't hesitate, as if he had already rehearsed everything countless times in his mind. His tone was calm but carried an unwavering determination. "There are still two main cities that haven't been explored. We can't delay any longer. Let's go to the remaining two main cities and thoroughly investigate the hidden dangers of the Void Obliteration Domain."
Jin Hanyan looked at his profile, and the calmness that had become even clearer after a series of life-and-death experiences gave her a slight jolt. She then nodded solemnly.
At this moment, Azure Ring gently landed on Qin Yu's shoulder, her light blue ring pupils slowly rotating. Her tone held a more practical consideration than before. "Little Qinzi, put Tangyi into your sea of consciousness. There, she is nourished by the divine source of the Void Divine Tree. For her current state, it is more reliable than any external means, and her Fate Soul will be more stable."
Qin Yu didn't ask any more questions and simply nodded. He reached out his hand, his movements extremely gentle, as if afraid of disturbing Tangyi's already fragile state. The next instant, Azure Ring raised her hand and activated an extremely gentle and pure guiding power. Space silently opened up deep within Qin Yu's brow, and Tangyi's figure was gently pulled away.
Within the sea of consciousness, a tranquil void, far removed from the laws of reality, slowly appeared. The Void Divine Tree stood silently deep within this sea of consciousness. It was not tall, yet it seemed to connect countless invisible dimensions; its trunk displayed dark veins that existed between existence and nothingness.
The branches and leaves, as if woven from countless tiny starlight, swayed gently in the windless sea of consciousness. Beneath the divine tree, the space naturally collapsed into a warm and gentle spiritual realm, as if it were born to bear the broken Fate Soul.
Azure Ring gently placed Tangyi in the center of the spiritual realm beneath the Void Divine Tree. Tangyi's aura was almost imperceptible at this moment. The instant she landed, the Void Divine Tree seemed to sense something, and a very low-frequency resonance emanated from the depths of its trunk.
Strands of seemingly invisible yet soothing divine energy flowed out quietly from Tang Yi's broken Fate Soul. This divine energy was neither fiery nor domineering, but rather like a soothing force that transcended countless eras, slowly seeping into Tangyi's damaged Fate Soul logic.
The chaotic fluctuations of her primordial energy gradually calmed under the nourishment of the divine tree's divine source. The Fate Soul patterns that were on the verge of collapse were supported and stabilized inch by inch. Although not repaired, they no longer continued to slide into the abyss. The branches and leaves of the Void Divine Tree gently drooped down.
Starlight-like specks surrounded Tangyi, as if temporarily creating a tranquil barrier for her, undisturbed by the outside world.
The moment Qin Yu withdrew his divine sense, the tension deep in his eyes finally eased slightly. He knew this was merely a temporary measure, but also the Limit of what he could do at this moment.
He turned to look at Jin Hanyan. The two didn't say anything more, but they exchanged a glance and understood that what they were about to face might only be more dangerous.
The next moment, the world outside the cave unfolded once more. Two figures transformed into streaks of light, soaring into the Void Obliteration Domain from their hidden location, tearing through the dark and oppressive cloud curtain above the Annihilation Void Domain, heading north. That was one of the last remaining unresolved destiny nodes in the northern part of the Void Obliteration Domain — the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws.
Qin Yu and Jin Hanyan slowly descended from the sky. Before they had even truly stepped into the territory of the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws, a violent aura mixed with blood, the tearing of laws, and the ashes of a burned city rushed towards them like a surging wave.
The distant horizon was no longer a complete sky, but a shattered curtain of light cut into countless layers of overlapping fragments of laws. Thunder, fire, black mist, Dao patterns, and divine radiance collided and exploded in the high sky, making the entire world flicker between light and darkness, like a giant furnace that was collapsing.
The outline of the main city of the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws appeared amidst the chaos. It was a colossal city that should have been solemn, magnificent, and almost immortal. The city walls were forged from layers of superimposed law crystal rocks, and countless ancient and complex arrays of Dao patterns were engraved on the city body. Normally, these Dao patterns should have flowed like a river of stars, suppressing all directions and governing all laws.
But at this moment, the once neat and majestic city defense structure has been torn open with countless hideous gaps. The huge city wall has broken and tilted and collapsed. The exposed law veins at the break are like exposed nerves, twitching and flashing wildly in the air.
The city's layered buildings, which should have resembled a sacred forest of laws and order, were now reduced to ruins in a sea of fire and collapse. Towering magic towers were severed in half, their tops trailing long trails of flame as they crashed into the streets, unleashing a storm of laws; the wide main avenues were torn into bottomless ravines.
Chaotic energy currents surged within the ravines, as if even space itself was groaning. The city's protective array had already been forcibly breached, and the remaining array patterns flickered intermittently in the air before quickly extinguishing, like the heartbeat of a dying person.
What truly shook the soul was the terrifying melee that erupted both above and within the city. Countless cultivators fought fiercely in the sky, streets, and broken law platforms, their figures so dense that they almost obscured the view. Sword light poured down like a torrential rain, and divine powers fell like meteors; each collision was accompanied by a deafening roar and a violent distortion of space.
Demons and Devil Beast roared as they charged into the battle, their massive bodies shattering city walls and streets. Their scales and bone wings reflected a chilling gleam in the firelight. The Logic Remnants Lord and the Master Soul Dominion hovered deep within the battlefield, their bodies entwined with strange and icy causal patterns.
Each time he made a move, it caused the order of a region to collapse, and the cultivator's supernatural powers were forcibly distorted and disintegrated in that region.
Even more shocking was the fact that thousands of terrifying figures were densely packed in the sky above the battlefield. The Chaos Realm · Supreme Liu Yuan Practitioners were at the peak of the Chaos Realm and the Stainless Realm · Supreme, stood at the core of the storm, and every move they made carried the power to destroy cities and annihilate domains.
Their supernatural powers were no longer merely simple energy collisions, but directly tore apart cause and effect and severed the laws of nature. The entire sky shattered and reformed continuously under their clashes. The battle flags of different sects fluttered amidst flames and lightning.
The divine radiance of the God Clan intertwined with the secret techniques of various gangs and Lineage, creating a frenzied sea of light. Almost all the remaining forces in the Void Obliteration Domain were drawn into this life-or-death struggle.
Qin Yu and Jin Hanyan stood high in the sky outside the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws, the earth beneath their feet glowing crimson with the light of war, the deafening roars and the screams of countless dying beings filling their ears. Jin Hanyan's gaze swept inch by inch across the main city, which had descended into madness.
Her fingertips unconsciously tightened slightly; she could clearly feel that hundreds or even thousands of Fate Soul were collapsing and dissipating here with every breath.
Qin Yu's expression turned completely cold at this moment. He stared at the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws, which was engulfed in fire and blood, but there was no sign of retreat in the depths of his eyes, only a calm killing intent that had been completely ignited.
The flames of war in the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws were still raging under the sky when a sharp and rapid spatial tremor suddenly exploded beside Qin Yu and Jin Hanyan. Light and shadow folded abruptly, and a cultivator wearing the black robes of the Silent Nothingness Divine Hall instantly appeared.
The man was tall and imposing, with a deep and cold aura. His eyes and brows carried a sharp edge that came from someone who had long held a high position. However, the moment he saw Jin Hanyan, the sharpness in his eyes instantly transformed into eagerness and complex emotions.
"Hanyan, what are you doing here?" His voice was extremely low, yet it still couldn't hide the emotion within it. "The Ancestor... he has fallen."
Jin Hanyan paused for a moment, then withdrew her gaze from the churning battlefield in the distance. She sighed softly, a sigh that seemed to lower the smoke and dust above the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws. "I already know about the Ancestor's matter. I was also present during that battle."
These words struck the cultivator like an invisible hammer blow. His expression changed slightly, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he barely managed to steady himself before saying in a deep voice, "After the temple confirmed the ancestor's death..."
Palace Master Feng Xizhi immediately summoned all disciples and elders at the Silent Mystery Realm · Supreme to urgently organize full support for the eight main cities. I arrived in the Divine Capital of Ten Thousand Laws with the team yesterday and immediately joined the battle upon landing. We've been fighting fiercely for a full day and night now.
As he spoke, his gaze inadvertently swept towards Qin Yu beside Jin Hanyan. In that instant, the emotion in his eyes suddenly turned cold, almost without any concealment—disgust, rejection, and a trace of barely suppressed jealousy, flashed by like a sharp ice blade. The next moment, he deliberately looked away, as if even a glance would cause him to lose his composure.
"Hanyan," his tone became firm and urgent again, "The battle is urgent, we must go down immediately to support the elders and our fellow disciples."
The roar of the battlefield seemed particularly jarring at that moment. Jin Hanyan didn't respond immediately, but turned to Qin Yu, her eyes filled with inquiry and concern, "Qin Yu, let's go down and help too."
Qiu Wenlin stood aside, his gaze falling on Qin Yu again. The undisguised rejection and hostility on his face were clearly visible, as if Qin Yu's very existence was an offense against some kind of obsession of his.
Qin Yu merely glanced calmly at the battlefield below. Countless powerful figures were locked in fierce combat, and the aftershocks of the clashing laws nearly overturned the entire main city, yet his gaze remained unusually calm, as if he were rapidly weighing something.
After a moment, he spoke slowly, his voice not loud, yet remarkably clear among the group. "Many seniors and supreme experts have gathered here to oversee the battle; it shouldn't fall anytime soon. So far, we haven't seen any trace of the main Soul Master, nor have we detected any aura of one of those eight Devil Beasts. On the other hand, we don't know the situation in the last main city, Soul Reflection Core City..."
These words startled Jin Hanyan slightly. She subconsciously looked into the depths of the battlefield again, her senses quickly spreading out, and then her brows slowly furrowed. Indeed, as Qin Yu said, in this extremely chaotic battlefield, the most dangerous and crucial auras were missing.
She hesitated for a moment, then her gaze returned to Qin Yu, her tone softening yet firm. "You're right. Let's go then, Qin Yu. I'll go to Soul Reflection Core City with you."
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Yu had already reached out and taken her hand naturally. Without any hesitation or glancing at anyone else, the space around them quietly collapsed and folded, the void swallowing their figures like water. In an instant, only a ripple in space remained that had not yet completely subsided.
A fierce wind swept across the sky, the flames of war still raging. Qiu Wenlin stood frozen in place, watching the rapidly dissipating trace of the void, his face growing increasingly grim. His hands clenched unconsciously, his knuckles turning white, the emotions in his chest like a burning, unvented rage.
"Hanyan..." He chuckled coldly, his voice almost drowned out by the distant roar, "You just wait, Qin Yu. You won't be able to take Hanyan away from me."