Above the Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins, the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix slowly raised the hand that no longer belonged to the "Divine Phoenix".
Its movements were extremely slow, yet carried a strange rhythm that made one's heart stop. Its five fingers were slightly bent, as if tearing open an invisible curtain.
The forbidden crimson flame patterns entwined around his fingertips suddenly extended, spreading like countless thin, blood-red cracks in the void. These cracks were not spatial ruptures, but rather the forced opening of some kind of "level of existence."
"Buzz--" The heavens and earth fell silent.
Two distinct beams of light suddenly illuminated the previously gray void above Return to the Ruins: one as intense as the golden core of a collapsing star, and the other as deep and dark as the Netherworld at its deepest point.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix let out a low, mournful cry, its voice no longer belonging to any living being, but rather like the tremors that erupted when the world's fundamental logic was forcibly ripped open.
The next instant, the first crack suddenly burst open.
A golden ring spun high in the sky, like the orbits of billions of stars compressed into a burning disc of destiny. At the center of the ring, a slender figure slowly stepped out.
His upper body was like that of a god in broad daylight, his long silver hair curled back, and behind him floated rings of crimson and orange halos, interlocking like the orbits of the universe. His chest was covered with dark gold patterns, as if countless laws were engraved on his body.
His left arm was ablaze with orange-red flames, while his right arm was a stream of cold blue light. Fire and ice confronted each other in his palm, yet remained in balance.
His eyes were like two stars compressed to their Limit, dazzling in light, yet devoid of any emotion.
That's not life; that's a "concept materialized" existence.
The void beneath his feet rippled outwards like the surface of water, and with each step he took, ripples of light and darkness appeared in the space.
"Stainless Realm, Supreme"
Qin Yu's gaze turned slightly cold. At the same time, the second rift slowly opened.
It was a storm of dark red and purplish-black.
Crimson wings slowly unfurled within, each feather like a sharp blade soaked in lava, crackling with purplish-black electric arcs.
The figure was clad entirely in heavy, jet-black armor, with an eerie purple light flowing between the armor plates, as if it were a living crystal breathing.
A purple crystal core was embedded in the center of the breastplate, and as its light pulsated, the surrounding air began to distort.
Its head was still in the shape of a demonic bird, with a sharp and cold golden beak and deep purple flames burning in its eyes.
He slowly spread his wings. Boom!
The space was compressed and collapsed.
A visible shockwave exploded outwards, and the once Eternal Silence Return to the Ruins ground cracked open with deep, spiderweb-like fissures.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix opened its arms. "Return—" the voice rang out.
The two Stainless Realm · Supreme Devil Beast simultaneously knelt on one knee and bowed to the Demonic Phoenix.
In that instant, the air pressure in the sky and earth dropped sharply.
Qin Yu's robes fluttered in the wind, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword trembled slightly in his hand, and the sword reflected three images.
Forbidden Demonic Phoenix. Stellar Dharma Body Devil God. Amethyst Feather-Armored Devil Bird.
Three terrifying auras locked onto him simultaneously.
The clouds above Return to the Ruins were torn apart, and crimson and dark purple swirled and intertwined, as if two universes were converging there.
Space collapsed layer by layer, cracks in the ground stretched for hundreds of miles, and a muffled rumble came from the depths.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix slowly lowered its head, its crimson pupils locking onto Qin Yu. "Human." "Now, the true hunt begins."
Qin Yu slowly exhaled, his eyes becoming even calmer.
He raised his sword, the blade pointing lightly. "Then let's fight."
The Amethyst Feather-Armored Devil Bird was the first to move.
Its pair of eyes, burning with purple flames, suddenly contracted, and the amethyst core in the center of its breastplate suddenly lit up, its pulsation frequency soaring dramatically.
The next instant, it flapped its wings suddenly, and feathers fell off one by one, but instead of falling to the ground, they transformed into countless slender, purplish-black crystal blades in mid-air.
"The Crystal Annihilation Realm Judgment." The voice was low and hollow.
The spatial structure of the target area is sealed off using "crystallization logic," solidifying its state of existence into a "fragile object," and then pulverizing it with crystallization rhythm.
Instead of destroying the force, the force is first "defined as being in a fractable state".
The hundred-zhang space where Qin Yu was located instantly crystallized, and the flow of time was compressed into fragmented jumps, making any movement seem to be forcibly stopped;
Then, thousands of amethyst blades vibrated simultaneously, and space and existence shattered together.
The air suddenly became as clear as crystal, and the void around Qin Yu transformed into a prism-like crystal wall, with countless purple patterns spreading from his feet to the sky.
In the next instant, billions of crystal blades converged from all directions, like a torrent of fragments after the universe shattered, all shooting toward his heart.
At the same time, the Stellar Dharma Body Devil God also moved.
His left hand ignited fire, his right hand froze ice, his arms crossed into a cross, and countless crimson and orange halos behind him suddenly overlapped, transforming into the core of a burning star.
"Star Burial Sun Judgment." This technique uses the force of a collapsing star to compress the density of a target, causing it to lose its self-structure and collapse into a "mass extreme."
Qin Yu will be forcibly increased in density to an unbearable Limit, after which he will collapse and annihilate himself.
The sky suddenly darkened, and a huge crimson-orange light core formed above Qin Yu's head. The light was dazzling, and the space seemed to be pressed into the deep sea, emitting a deep rumble.
The ground began to sink, the rock layers were crushed into powder, and gravity increased a hundredfold.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix slowly raised its right hand. It made no roar, no unnecessary movements.
With just a gentle squeeze, "Unreasonable Destruction - Origin Erosion" was achieved.
Black and red flames spread from its palm, like countless invisible tentacles seeping into the depths of space.
The logic of Qin Yu's existence is marked as "illegal," and he is rejected and eroded from the source level.
Qin Yu will face triple rejection from space, time, and causality, resulting in a continuous collapse of his stability.
The ground beneath Qin Yu's feet suddenly receded like a tide, the sky seemed to be torn open like a black curtain, and crimson forbidden flames seeped from the depths of the void, like blood flowing in space.
The three supernatural powers pressed down simultaneously: crystallized space, stellar collapse, and primal erosion.
In that instant, heaven and earth almost lost their shape.
Qin Yu stood at the eye of the storm, his robes fluttering in the wind, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword trembling slightly in his hand.
He did not retreat. He turned his right hand, lowered the sword, and then suddenly raised it.
"Silent Origin Stainless Sword Form - Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword." The sword's cry was clear and cold.
A jet-black yet pure sword mark extended from the tip of the sword, as if it were not slashing at space, but at "definition itself".
The sword light split into nine chaotic annihilation marks, first touching the crystallized space.
The amethyst structure emitted a faint crackling sound the moment it came into contact with the sword mark, but it did not shatter; rather, it lost its qualification to "exist as a crystal."
The crystal wall, like glass stripped of its concepts, collapses directly into nothingness.
The sword light advanced again, penetrating directly into the consciousness of the Amethyst Feather-Armored Devil Bird. At that moment, time seemed to slow down.
The nine annihilation marks transformed into nine layers of soul abyss vortexes, directly engulfing the demonic bird's soul core within them.
There was no blood. There was no explosion. Its purple eyes suddenly became empty.
The amethyst core of the breastplate flickered violently, then—"snap."
Like a light being turned off, the light went out.
The Amethyst Feather-Armored Devil Bird's entire body began to disintegrate from the inside out. First, its wings turned to ashes, then its armor plates fell off, and finally even its outline became blurred.
Its "definition of the soul" was broken down into countless logical fragments, scattered into the absolute abyss of the soul.
No lingering soul. No rewinding. Utter Annihilation. The pupils of the Stellar Dharma Body Devil God suddenly contracted.
The flames of the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix paused slightly. Qin Yu swept his sword horizontally.
The moment the sword light touched the collapsing stellar core, its chains of existence were severed, and the red-orange core vanished instantly, like paint being wiped away.
But at that very moment Forbidden Demonic Phoenix and the Stellar Dharma Body Devil God almost simultaneously uttered a low shout.
The two fundamental forces suddenly intertwined. "The Principle-Extinguishing Origin, the Starflame Domain Fusion."
The crimson-black forbidden flames merged with the remnants of the star's light core, creating a superposition of two overlapping domains.
The sky completely collapsed into a dark red dome. A huge array of star-flame patterns appeared on the ground.
The space beneath Qin Yu's feet suddenly solidified. Gravity surged, and the forbidden flames transformed into chains that wrapped around him.
Taking advantage of the situation, the Stellar Dharma Body Devil God unleashed a punch, the fist shadow carrying a collapsing force.
Boom! Qin Yu parried with his sword, the shockwave blasting out a thousand-foot-high cloud of dust.
He retreated a hundred meters, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.
It was only a minor injury. The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix stared intently at the dissipating amethyst ash, a genuine shock appearing in its eyes for the first time.
It hissed softly. "... Is this really the Stainless Realm · Initial Stage?"
Qin Yu slowly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. His sword lowered, his gaze calm. "Now, it's two against one."
The Stellar Dharma Body Devil God had clearly realized that the Annihilation of the Amethyst Feather-Armored Devil Bird was not due to overwhelming power, but rather a "denial of its very foundation."
It no longer attacks rashly.
The crimson-orange halo behind it, which had not yet completely extinguished, suddenly contracted, merging layer upon layer into the depths of its chest cavity.
The entire physical body began to become transparent, as if it had regressed from a material form to a pure "stellar structure".
It spoke in a low voice, "You sever a soul, not a star." The next instant, its body suddenly disintegrated into billions of particles of light.
It's not about escaping, but about decomposition. Each particle of light carries a miniature stellar structure, like fragments of the protonuclear core from the early universe, suspended in all directions.
"The Myriad Stars Avatar" breaks down its own origin into countless "stellar embryonic cores," each possessing a complete self-structure. If not simultaneously erased, the main body can be reconstructed within any core. It is impossible to lock onto a single core; each destruction only consumes a portion, requiring the simultaneous negation of the entire chain of existence in a single ruling.
Suddenly, heaven and earth transformed into a sea of stars, with billions of light particles slowly rotating in the void. Each particle shimmered with a miniature crimson sun, and they were connected to each other by imperceptible rays of light.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix sneered at Qin Yu. "He's not that demonic bird."
Qin Yu wasn't in a hurry. He glanced at the starry sea, then slowly closed his eyes.
The next instant, he slightly raised his sword. "The Three Fate-Constructing Forms · Causal Deconstruction."
The sword light did not erupt, but instead spread out like thin threads.
It's not about slaying stars, it's about chasing the line.
The light between those stellar nuclei is the causal connection that allows them to resonate with each other.
Sword marks grazed lightly. One. Two. Three. One by one, the rays of light broke apart.
The nascent stellar core begins to lose synchronization. The stellar ocean oscillates.
The Stellar Dharma Body Devil God's voice suddenly deepened. "You're dismantling my... chain of formation?"
Qin Yu said calmly, "You broke it down into a cluster of stars to avoid 'single-point Annihilation.' But you forgot..."
His sword hardened. "Even between stars, there is a cause."
"Three Forms of Fate Construction: Existence Erasure." This time, it's not a sweeping attack, but a locking attack.
The instant all causal connections were dismantled, Qin Yu's sword light pointed directly at one of the dimmest nascent cores—the original, primordial core.
The sword light fell silently. Before the nascent core could react, its "existence definition" was instantly erased.
It wasn't an explosion. It vanished. The next instant, all the nascent cores froze.
Like a resonator losing its main frequency, the reddish-orange light particles began to collapse. The voice of the Stellar Dharma Body Devil God shattered into fragments: "No--"
The sea of light collapsed. Billions of nascent cores were annihilated simultaneously, as if their axes had been removed.
The entire space returned to its original color. The Stellar Dharma Body Devil God was completely Annihilation.
This sight caused the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix's pupils to constrict sharply. But it did not retreat. It suddenly spread its arms wide.
Black and red flames soared into the sky. "How could a mere Stainless Realm · Initial Stage human possess such causal supernatural powers..."
The remaining fragments of the stellar origin were forcibly drawn in, flowing into its body like blood. A fiery crack suddenly appeared in the chest of the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix.
Crimson and orange light merged with black and red forbidden flames. A low, tearing sound echoed in space. "Principle-Extinguishing Star Devouring."
It forcibly devours the core of another by using the Principle-Extinguishing Origin, rewriting its structure into an extension of itself.
The devoured origin no longer exists independently, but becomes an amplification module for its battle body; its power increases non-linearly through superposition.
A massive rift tore open in the void behind the Forbidden Demonic Phoenix, and a crimson-orange stellar core embedded itself in its spine, transforming into a second ring of flames. Black and red flames intertwined with the crimson sun, forming a double crown of light.
Its aura suddenly surged. The ground cracked, the sky collapsed, and its pupils simultaneously emitted both red and black light.
His voice was deep and hoarse. "Now it's just us left."
Qin Yu watched it quietly. He could clearly feel that the power was no longer just at the Severed Thought Realm · Initial Stage.
The Forbidden Demonic Phoenix took a single step, instantly shattering the space beneath its feet into a Starfire Abyss. "You forced me to devour stars. Then prepare to face true annihilation."