Severed Abyss Lightning Fog · First Encounter with the Soul Sha

To the east of all realms, beyond the Thousand Realms Sect, lies the more than five hundred realms, the legendary "Broken Realm Severed Abyss."

The flying boat cuts through the wind.

Lightning marks descended from the sky, like countless Annihilation thunder gods, overlooking all living beings from the void.

Qin Yu, Zhou Yu, and Yao Wanqing stood at the bow of the boat, their clothes fluttering, and an unprecedented pressure spread out.

"This is... the Broken Realm Severed Abyss?" Zhou Yu's gaze deepened.

In the distance, the sky shattered like a broken mirror, with crimson, black, purple, and gray swirling and intertwining, arcs of electricity forming a web, and the rules seemed to be tearing apart back and forth between frantic self-destruction and reconstruction.

Yao Wanqing's expression tightened slightly. "Every so often, this abyss experiences a spatial rift collapse. We must traverse it before the time rift stabilizes, otherwise our souls will be shattered."

The airship ventured another three thousand feet, and the scene ahead became even more terrifying.

The entire Broken Abyss seemed as if heaven and earth had been split into several pieces, with countless fragments of space and earth slowly rotating in the thunder and mist. Space here lost its boundaries, and the order of time was also unstable, as if every breath was in a state of "unstable primordial calamity".

Soul breath surged like a tide, and thunder and mist filled the sky.

"The soul sense is beginning to become disordered." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice. The first layer of "Silent Lightning Mark" appeared on his palm. The dark blue thunder pattern shone and barely resonated with the surroundings.

Qin Yu's gaze was deep as he said in a low voice, "Be careful."

--

But at that moment, Yao Wanqing quietly fell half a step behind, her sleeves trembled slightly, and a dark purple soul needle appeared between her fingers, lightly touching the void.

A barely perceptible gray soul thread was drawn from the end of the soul needle, quietly piercing into the Silent Lightning Mark within Zhou Yu's body, where the aura resonated.

"... So, this is the prototype of the Silent Lightning Seed." She murmured, her eyes filled with an unfathomable darkness.

The Soul Needle dissipated, and on the surface, everything seemed normal.

Qin Yu, however, seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around.

Yao Wanqing's expression remained unchanged for a moment, and she nodded with a smile, "I will cover the rear."

Qin Yu didn't point it out, but simply turned around and said, "Maintain formation, the Soul Fiends ahead are starting to stir."

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Just as the group stepped into the eye of a storm, the earth suddenly rumbled.

A strange beast covered in lightning-boned scales slowly emerged from the lightning mist.

It resembled a tiger and a dragon, its form like a soul beast, yet its eyes burned with purple-gold soul flames. A long chain of lightning bones, like a soul thread, trailed from its mouth. In the shadows, several remnant souls appeared behind it, as if it were devouring not only flesh and blood, but also divine souls.

Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha!

Yao Wanqing exclaimed in horror, "This one... is at least three times larger than the one recorded in the sect's records!"

Zhou Yu let out a low roar, Silent Lightning Mark suddenly rose up, resonating with the Thunder Sha from afar, causing its gaze to lock onto him abruptly.

Boom!!!

Thunder Sha roared to the sky, and the long chain of soul bones, like a celestial punishment lock, was hurled out with a thunderous crash!

Just as the three were about to form a battle formation to meet the enemy, the earth suddenly ripped apart with a deafening roar.

The interface beneath their feet collapsed, and a tidal wave from the abyss of the deep realm swallowed the three of them, forcibly separating them!

"Qin Yu!" Zhou Yu roared.

"Don't struggle!" Qin Yu forcibly sealed his body with his Soul Seal, but was blasted into the deepest crack of the abyss by a bolt of purple lightning!

Yao Wanqing was also swept away by the spatial rift on the side. Before being swallowed, she was still staring thoughtfully at the Silent Lightning light inside Zhou Yu's body.

--

Amidst the chaotic rotation, Qin Yu's figure slammed heavily onto a broken soul stone platform.

He slowly raised his head; all around him was deathly silent, the thunderous fog as thick as molten lava.

But at that very moment, a deep, resonant heartbeat seemed to rise slowly from the depths of the abyss...

"Thump..."

"Thump..."

He looked down, and there it was... the second Soul -Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha?

No, the aura here is a whole realm stronger than the one before.

Even more terrifying, a third surge of lightning energy slowly emerged from the spatial rift behind them...

Qin Yu let out a breath.

"Interesting."

He slowly raised the Black Bone Long Spear, and an aura of Annihilation slowly gathered from between his fingers.

--

This battle has only just begun.

In the distance, a dark purple light slowly rose, as if some kind of "heavenly eye" had opened outside the remnant realm, coldly watching this mission trial.

That was not human aura, nor did it belong to the Thousand Realms Sect.

Behind the Realm Calamity Tower, a man clad in a black and gold battle robe, his face expressionless, slowly raised his head and coldly said:

"The Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha has appeared, and the coordinates of the Soul Hunting Army have been confirmed... Qin Yu has finally taken the initiative to step into the scheme."

Deep within the abyss, dark thunder forms a sea, and soul mist fills the sky.

The "boundary fracture zone" that Qin Yu fell into was a strange space formed by the self-patchwork of fragments of a broken world. Every inch of soil had once contained the soul blood of a transcendent powerhouse; within every spatial rift, there were still lingering mournful cries of souls.

The surrounding world was like a furnace, not a raging fire, but Soul Transformation soul-corroding swamp of thunder and mist.

Qin Yu half-squatted to his feet, holding the spear horizontally behind him. The Black Bone hummed slightly, and the ring patterns did not appear, but his aura had already reached its peak.

He looked down and saw the "Thunder Sha Bone" --

A section of dark blue, sharp bone was stuck among the rubble, and the surrounding space collapsed like an abyss.

It was not an object, but the "Soul Bone Edge" that had fallen off from the Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha. However, the broken bone alone was enough to suppress the soul power in all directions, causing the flow of the ring seal around Qin Yu to slow down, and the Gray Ring aura was almost locked up.

--The Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha had not yet been unleashed, but the Soul Bones were already sharp.

"This is the 'Silent Lightning Seal-Bearing Weapon Embryo' you intend to forge... but we wonder if it is willing?"

The sound suddenly arose.

That wasn't a human voice, but an audio vibration that tore through space and the sea of consciousness—a direct invasion of the "Soul Fiend Will."

Immediately afterwards--

A crack appeared in the sky, and a huge silhouette, neither human nor lightning, slowly rose from the lightning mist.

The Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha has manifested.

It has a body, but it is not a physical body; rather, it is a "Thunder Soul Body" constructed from countless soul thunders and undead spirits.

It has a triangular bone crown on its head, empty eyes burning with deep blue soul fire, limbs that are lightning blades, and three "bone blade soul edges" embedded on its spine, like a battle flag dancing with the lightning.

Three soul-piercing blades, each a different color:

• First Sharp Bone - Lightning-Splitting Edge: Can shatter consciousness, break through consciousness, and slash through defensive soul arrays; a single strike can Realm Breaking consciousness defense.

• The Second Sharp Bone - Annihilating Silence Edge: Specifically designed to destroy the True Soul's origin; once it hits, the True Soul shatters and the soul is scattered.

•Third Blade of the Edge - Seal-Devouring Edge: Can devour the enemy's Soul Seal power, weakening the release of combat skills. It belongs to the "Rule-level Counter-Pressure" type of soul blade.

Before the Thunder Sha could move, the three sharp peaks had already tumbled and formed a battle array in the air.

Three-pointed swords, single-minded pursuit of slaughter.

Qin Yu looked at it, a cold glint in his eyes. "... Before your soul was severed, were you still a sentient soul?"

"I was once the commander of the Triple Soul Peak. Later, I was torn into fragments... That's why I understand you."

The will of the Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha struck Qin Yu's sea of consciousness like an iron hammer.

"You and I are both Soul Realm Mutants. You are the hope on the path to the end of the soul, while I am the past sacrificed by lightning."

"Hand over your ring seal, and I'll spare your life."

Qin Yu never expected that the existence of the ring seal within his body would be known to the Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha.

Qin Yu stood up straight, the wind and thunder behind him still raging.

He said calmly, "You're overthinking it... The Soul Bone Edge, today, is only forged for others."

Before the words were even finished, the Black Bone Long Spear instantly tore through the air, causing the Gray Ring's origin to tremble slightly!

"Ring Spear - Silent Severing Abyss."

With a single spear thrust, the thunderous mist shattered and the soul crumbled, the soul light splitting open a thousand feet wide, striking the "Lightning-Splitting Edge" soul blade squarely!

The Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha roared furiously, its soul blades swirling back, and the three sharp bones instantly reformed, like an alternating blade array, slashing towards Qin Yu.

In the distance, an inner disciple dressed in black quietly slipped into the edge of the Broken Abyss. He was not one of Qin Yu and his companions; he chuckled softly.

"Finally, I've met you... This is what it means to be a world-shaking mission. Qin Yu, if you die... I will gladly accept your opportunity."

Clearly, he was completely unaware of the conversation between Soul-Shattering Lightning Sha Dawn and Qin Yu.