Azure Ring swung her legs, gently floating up from Qin Yu's shoulder and hovering in mid-air. Her gaze, no longer playful, became unusually serious. She didn't mock or continue her sarcasm, but spoke in an almost coldly cruel tone.
Looking at the broken cauldron that had lost all its divine essence, he slowly spoke, "Don't you find it strange? You've risked your life for it for so long, yet it has never truly handed over its 'core' to you. The true Purple Annihilation Cauldron's first resonance should be 'self-proving its origin,' not being activated by external force;
The second layer is a two-way feedback with your Principle-Extinguishing Origin, rather than a one-sided exploitation of your power; the third layer..." She paused, her gaze shifting to the Divine Phoenix's chest, "The third layer is that when your Fate Soul is on the verge of destruction, it will turn around and protect you, instead of treating you as disposable fuel as before."
Her words fell one by one, not hastily, but like cold needles, precisely piercing the place the Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix least wanted to touch.
"Think about it again," Azure Ring's tone softened, but became even sharper, "You've followed the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor for so long, what have you truly gained? Power? That's your own origin. Status? You're just a tool sent out to do the dirty work. Promises? It's not even willing to personally show itself and hand over a 'True Cauldron' to you."
The Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix's breathing began to become erratic, his gaze shifting back and forth between the broken cauldron and the Azure Ring, deep within his eyes...
Something was being forcibly pried open—his belief, built up over tens of thousands of years, the only reason he could sustain his existence.
"Enough!" A furious shout suddenly rang out.
The Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix suddenly raised its head, its eyes bloodshot, its voice filled with torn dignity and unvented rage, "Shut up! What do you know?! How could the Lord lie to me! I fought for him for countless eras, annihilated realms, Sever Karma, he couldn't—couldn't—"
Azure Ring did not back down. Instead, she floated forward a step, her tone suddenly becoming extremely calm. "The reason you are so angry now is because you have begun to believe."
This sentence was like the final, devastating blow.
The Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix froze on the spot. In the next instant, his aura suddenly went out of control. The originally stable and cold Principle-Extinguishing Origin began to vibrate wildly. The Annihilation Starflame no longer uncontrollably wrapped around his body, but instead scattered and exploded like disordered starlight.
The space of Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins was stirred, and the fissures on the Return to the Ruins opened one by one. A low and continuous rumbling sound came from the void, as if the entire forbidden zone was responding to his emotions.
"He lied to me... How dare he lie to me..."
The Divine Phoenix's voice was no longer clear human speech, but rather a broken echo, as if multiple wills were vying for dominance within the same body.
Behind him, the originally restrained humanoid outline began to distort unstably. Nine faint wings of annihilation appeared and disappeared in the void, yet could not fully manifest. Each oscillation brought about a ripple of collapsing rules.
That's not just a simple increase in power, but rather the origin being forcibly torn apart and reorganized by emotions, heading towards an irreversible state of obsession.
Azure Ring sighed softly, her tone tinged with regret for the first time. "Alas... why bother? Divine Phoenix... it seems the most dangerous thing is never power, but the belief that one refuses to acknowledge after being deceived."
The Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix suddenly raised its head, its pupils turning completely into dark purple cracks. The Principle-Extinguishing Origin around its body began to collapse inward, then expanded wildly in the next instant, forming an extremely unstable core vortex. This was a precursor to the forbidden level. At the cost of its own life, it forcibly detonated its source and stepped into the second form of madness.
At this moment, Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins fell completely silent, as if even "neutrality" had been torn apart, leaving only the impending, out-of-control end.
Azure Ring had already returned to Qin Yu's right shoulder. Her petite figure appeared incredibly composed at this moment. With a gentle wave of her small hand, a silent blue light suddenly unfolded like a boundary, directly teleporting Qin Yu away from his original position.
The space behind them collapsed and then recovered, and the two had retreated a hundred meters away. The Return to the Ruins their feet emitted a low groan, as if making way for the being about to arrive. Qin Yu did not make a sound, but simply gripped the Silent Origin Stainless Sword tightly, his gaze calm and focused. Azure Ring stood quietly on his shoulder, her eyes deep, as if confirming a predetermined outcome.
Ahead, the Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix's figure had completely lost control. Its body hovered in mid-air, and its once clear humanoid outline began to tear apart. Beneath its skin, there was no longer flesh and blood, but dense, intertwined streams of crimson-black energy, like countless burning veins wildly coursing through its body.
The Principle-Extinguishing Origin no longer maintained the order of judgment and veto, but was forcibly pulled into a state of self-devouring. His chest cavity suddenly collapsed, and in the next instant, it was torn apart by the violent dark red flames. The outline of his soul appeared on the surface of his body, but was immediately torn apart and swallowed by the deeper darkness. It was not an injury, but "being replaced".
With a low, almost inaudible cracking sound, the previously faint ethereal wings behind him fully materialized, but they were no longer the nine divine wings; instead, they were woven from countless sharp, blade-like dark red flame threads.
Each "wing" dripped with scorching energy fragments, which turned into Return to the Ruins cracks upon landing. His head slowly tilted back, and his neck bones emitted a piercing dislocation sound. The will that originally belonged to the Divine Phoenix completely collapsed at this moment. His pupils were elongated and torn apart, turning into a deep red void without focus.
The next instant, a true upheaval occurred.
The humanoid body was ripped open from the inside, and crimson and black flames shot into the sky, as if some ancient and violent being had broken free from this shell. Its wings were no longer spread out.
Instead, it "grows," with energy feathers made of a mixture of dark red, pitch black, and slag gold extending from the void, forcibly constructing a completely new form. Space around it is constantly torn apart and devoured, light and darkness lose their meaning, and all perceptible order is compressed to its Limit.
Finally, the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix was fully formed.
It no longer possessed any divine aura; instead, it exuded a pure and frenzied destructive instinct. Its body was composed of flowing crimson-black flames, yet it was as solid as a physical object. As its wings fell, they stirred up layers of Return to the Ruins.
Wherever it went, the rules collapsed on their own. Its head drooped slightly, its beak seemingly forged from shattered surfaces, with dark red light flowing within it. The divine soul that originally belonged to the Divine Phoenix had already been completely devoured and erased during the awakening process, without struggle or residue.
Even the traces of its "previous existence" were completely devoured by the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix.
At this moment, what stood before Qin Yu was no longer the Nine-Winged Divine Phoenix, but a true Forbidden Demonic Phoenix that fed on divine souls and used its origin as its shell.
Azure Ring gently swayed her ankle, her tone calm yet tinged with gravity. "Little Qinzi, the Logic-Extinguishing Divine Phoenix has been completely devoured by the demonic energy within it. There is no room for negotiation, no room for negotiation, and no way back."
Qin Yu's gaze was unfathomable, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword resonated softly in his hand, as if responding to the oppressive aura. He slowly exhaled, his aura Ultimate concealed, yet he resembled a blade of judgment about to be drawn from its sheath.
Silently confronting the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix, the Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins collapsed without a sound between them.
Qin Yu slowly raised his gaze, his eyes passing over the surging Return to the Ruins and the burning forbidden flames, landing on the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix that had completely lost its "divinity." His voice wasn't loud, but at that moment it clearly overwhelmed the roar of the Return to the Ruins and the lament of space.
"I'll take over from now on. Azure Ring, you should rest for a while." Azure Ring stood on his right shoulder, her small figure pausing slightly before she gave a faint smile, as if she had anticipated this. She nodded gently and didn't say another word.
His entire being transformed into a wisp of azure light, silently disappearing into the depths of Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. The surrounding space seemed to fall silent for a moment, leaving only Qin Yu alone, facing the taboo.
The moment the aura of the Azure Ring completely vanished, the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix moved.
There was no opening stance, no gathering of power, and no trace of any supernatural power being used; it simply took a step forward. The instant that step landed, the entire Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, and space was no longer shattered.
Instead, it was directly "flattened," and the void within a hundred feet in front collapsed layer by layer. All structures, directions, and distances simultaneously lost their meaning. The crimson-black flames of destruction did not erupt, but silently swept over like a tide. Wherever it went, existence itself was forcibly flattened, leaving only a void plane that kept collapsing inward.
This is the true form of the Logicless Destruction Instinct; it's not about attacking, but rather "destruction through mere movement."
Qin Yu's pupils contracted slightly. The space beneath his feet had begun to disappear. He did not retreat because the very concept of "retreating" was being negated by that force. The power within his body was suppressed to its Limit in an instant. The aura around him was as if it had been stuffed into a narrow container and was vibrating wildly. Even the sword cry of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword was forced to become low and tense.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix's figure drew ever closer through the collapsing void. With each slight tremor of its wings, a large area was rendered "unformed," as if the world could only vanish before it.
Qin Yu stood still in the space that was about to be completely flattened. He slowly raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword in his hand. He did not shout or make any declaration. He simply let his aura sink into a state of near-absolute stillness. The original flowing luster on the sword blade was completely subdued, leaving only a kind of cold desolation that was almost "causeless".
The next instant, he drew his sword.
Without any dazzling sword light or earth-shattering force, Qin Yu directly activated the Causeless Disillusionment Sword. The trajectory of the falling sword seemed to Does Not Exist outside of any timeline; it was not aimed at the body of the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix.
Instead, it directly cut into the chain of existence upon which that "Logicless Destruction Instinct" was based. Wherever the sword intent passed, a very thin fault suddenly appeared in the collapsing space. It was not a crack, but a blank segment where the logic of destruction itself was forcibly "skipped".
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix's step forward suddenly faltered.
It wasn't that it was blocked, but rather that the "inevitable destruction" represented by that step lost its causal continuity at that moment. The crimson-black flames of destruction seemed to have been severed from the middle, and the flattened void area in front of it briefly rebounded. The space trembled wildly, but it failed to continue to approach Qin Yu.
Qin Yu didn't stop. He took a step forward, using the "Three Forms of Fate Construction: Cause and Effect Deconstruction" to forcibly dismantle the still-forming causal Mieyin in that area, stripping the result of "being crushed" from the logical level.
The Silent Origin Stainless Sword hummed in his hand, its blade continuing to advance along the fracture, forcefully tearing a narrow passage for existence along the path of the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix's destruction.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix let out a low, chaotic screech. The sound wasn't like a roar, but rather a reaction of imbalance caused by disrupted instincts. Its wings suddenly unfurled, and crimson and black flames surged wildly, attempting to re-cover the area that had been "denied."
Qin Yu's figure had already approached in that instant, his sword pointing diagonally, his gaze calm and unwavering. He was like a judgment node compressed to its Limit, forcefully withstanding the head-on impact of this unreasonable destruction.
The Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins are completely disordered between the two: on one side is the forbidden instinct of frantic expansion and denial of everything, and on the other side is the counterattack that cuts into the source of logic with precision, calmness and judgment.