The air in the first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss had stopped flowing. Dark red light seeped from the cracks in the rock walls and slowly fell, like the embers of a dead star.
Qin Yu stood on the collapsed rock platform, his chest heaving, blood dripping from his fingertips onto the shattered stone surface with a soft "plop".
He no longer looked around, no longer considered his escape route, and no longer calculated the outcome of the battle.
He extinguished the last thought in his mind about "how to escape" with his own hands.
If we are destined to die today, then let us drag them down with us into the abyss.
Qin Yu slowly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, but there was no madness, only a resolute calm after extreme composure.
"Void Source, Dream Stillness." There was no sword light, no thunder, only a very low declaration echoing in the Nine Nether Prison Abyss.
"In my name, I proclaim the end. All things return to the state of non-cessation, and the zero point forever devours the source."
The world began to disintegrate in the next instant. Centered on Qin Yu, a circle of colorless and soundless ripples spread out.
First layer, Void Source Domain.
Space loses the support of "existence," rock strata twist like meaningless symbols, air no longer bears weight, and even the concept of "gravity" is broken into fragments.
The second level is the Realm of the Unborn.
Time collapsed backward.
Images of the past are stripped from the rock face, and possibilities of the future are torn apart like a band of light; all events are forcibly erased before they are even born.
The third level: the Domain of Annihilation.
The light went out. The sound vanished. Everything collapsed toward the core as if being dragged into an absolute black hole.
The fourth layer: the Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain.
All the causal chains of the first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss were revealed: bloodline, obsession, suppression, sealing, killing intent... countless fine, spider-web-like causal threads appeared in the air.
Then they broke one by one.
The fifth layer: the Concept Disintegration Domain.
"Existence," "enemy and friend," "victory and defeat," "slaughter," "supernatural power"... these abstract nouns shattered like glass, the fragments floating in the air, never to be pieced back together.
The five realms converged. A speck of grayish-white appeared between Qin Yu's brows. That speck was neither light nor darkness.
It is neither a thing nor an illusion. It is the Existence Zero Point. The instant at which the zero point appears.
The first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss resembled a drained painting, with countless "Zero Point Offshoot" spreading outwards like ripples on water.
Wherever they passed, rocks turned into gray-white particles, spatial coordinates collapsed, and time was rewritten as "never happened."
For the first time, Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's figure was caught in the Zero Point Ripple. A brief blank space appeared behind him.
His aura became momentarily distorted. Even his "shadow" was erased by half an inch.
A massive, silent rift opened in the sky above the Nine Nether Prison Abyss, as if a corner of the entire universe had been erased by an eraser.
The Zero Point Offshoot spread upwards along the causal chain, attempting to invade the origin of Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable.
At this moment, even Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's pupils narrowed slightly. "Not bad."
For the first time, his voice carried a hint of seriousness. "I never imagined your abilities would be so domineering."
Zero had touched the very edge of his origin. That area was briefly blank. The laws of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss began to collapse.
But the next instant, Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable sneered. "What a pity. What a pity. Your cultivation level is too low."
He raised his hand. No light, no fluctuation, no aura. "Severance of Cause - Boundless Realm Instant Collapse."
There was no sword intent, no energy, and not even a trace.
But—the whole world suddenly froze for a moment. Then...
The five domains that Qin Yu had unleashed seemed to have been erased from their very source.
The Void Source Domain shattered first. It wasn't destroyed, but rather "never unfolded in the first place."
The time rewind in the Realm of the Unborn was skipped directly. The Domain of Annihilation lost its object of "Annihilation".
The broken lines of the Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain suddenly reconnected.
The Concept Disintegration Domain vanished like a hallucination that never happened.
Existence Zero Point. It's not destroyed, but skipped over, as if it never existed.
Qin Yu's chest suddenly trembled. The feeling wasn't of attack, but of being "ignored." The Path of Destruction - Boundless Realm Instant Collapse
It directly skips the "God-like process," "countermeasure logic," and "attack trajectory."
Zero point was cut off before it could even touch its origin, in the "Unborn" stage.
The power of the Void Source within Qin Yu's body backfired, causing blood to spill from his seven orifices.
His Fate Soul trembled. Cracks appeared in the consciousness of Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage.
Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable took a step, and the space automatically recovered.
The first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss stabilized again, as if the apocalypse that had just occurred had never happened.
He looked down at Qin Yu. "Relying on cause and effect." "Relying on process." "Relying on rules." "These are all fixed forms." "But what I, the True Self, break through at the Realm Breaking Realm is precisely these fixed forms."
Qin Yu's supernatural powers completely collapsed. Heaven and earth returned to deathly silence.
Only Qin Yu remained kneeling on one knee, blood dripping down. Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's gaze was cold. "You have no more trump cards."
The first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss was deathly silent.
Qin Yu knelt on one knee, blood dripping from his chin onto the broken rock surface, splashing up tiny dark red specks.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, but there was no fear, only a cold, clear-headedness.
Deep within the sea of consciousness, the Azure Ring stood silently.
Her dark blue dress shimmered like stardust, and the azure flames surrounding her slowly transformed into a deeper, more ethereal blue.
The ten soul wheels slowly overlapped beneath her feet, and the Annihilation Pattern spread out in circles, as if undergoing a transformation.
She didn't speak, nor did she reveal anything, but the aura of impending breakthrough was like an abyss about to collapse at the bottom of the sea.
Qin Yu knew he needed to stall for just a little longer. Just a little longer.
He stared coldly at Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable. "You are very strong."
His voice was hoarse, but he showed no sign of backing down. "But what kind of dignity does a strong person have if they only dare to show off to those of lower cultivation levels?"
Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's gaze darkened slightly. Qin Yu slowly stood up, his body swaying, but he managed to stand firm.
"The Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme?" "Ha." "If I were at the same realm as you today, you wouldn't even be qualified to stand before me."
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, yet he smiled. "You pride yourself on being above the rules, but your greatest reliance is nothing more than your realm of cultivation."
"Outside of this realm, you are nothing." "Do you dare to challenge me to a duel?"
The air suddenly turned cold. For the first time, a flicker of killing intent appeared in Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's eyes. "Ants."
Qin Yu gripped the Silent Origin Stainless Sword tightly. "I didn't come here begging to live." "I came here to tell you that you cannot kill me today."
The words fell. The sword rose. "Undefined Destruction Sword." No prelude. No build-up. The sword tip was lightly raised.
The next instant, a colorless rift was torn open in the entire Nine Nether Prison Abyss.
That wasn't a spatial rift. That was the collapse of the "defined boundary".
The moment the sword's edge was infused with "Undefined Primal Energy," three thousand halos of light appeared in the void, which were not light.
It is the manifestation of the original logic of the universe. The Milky Way is arranged like runes.
The cause and effect of heaven and earth are transformed into a structural matrix, which then collapses, like a mirror shattering.
The concept of Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's existence began to be extracted.
The concept of his "foothold" was erased. His "coordinates of existence" became blank.
His "fundamental logic" was forcibly dismantled. Undefined Primal Energy spread like a vortex, extending into his causal chain, narrative layers, and parallel concepts.
The sword light fell. Countless radiant lights in the universe shattered. Silence descended upon heaven and earth.
The boundaries of reality melted away. The figure of Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable appeared and blurred for a moment.
The Nine Nether Prison Abyss turned into a colorless void, devoid of sound.
Only low-frequency primordial energy resonates and vibrates throughout the myriad realms. This sword strike is enough to annihilate the Severed Observation Realm and obliterate the Stainless Realm.
It was even enough to make the "conceived existence" disappear from its origin. But— Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable stood still.
He remained motionless and unyielding. The aura of the Realm Breaking Realm expert slowly unfolded around him.
That's not energy. That's the pressure of "the realm itself." The Realm Breaking Realm is no longer limited to a single logical structure.
His existence transcends the "origin of conception." The moment the Undefined Primal Energy touches his essence...
It was as if we had struck a barrier of a higher dimension. Instead of being shattered, we were "accommodated."
His very essence trembled slightly. "No Definition?" "You think the Realm Breaking Realm is just about greater power?"
He raised his hand. Qin Yu's Undefined Annihilation, which covered all the heavens, began to peel away layer by layer under his palm.
"Realm" is the right to possess the rules. It is the level of domination over logic. "No matter how powerful your supernatural abilities are," they are ultimately products of the Severed Thought Realm.
"The Severed Thought Realm is nothing more than an ant trying to shake a tree in front of the Realm Breaking Realm." The Undefined Primal Energy was suppressed.
The diffusion chain was severed. The Annihilation effect collapsed layer by layer. Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable didn't even have to retreat a single step.
He coldly looked down at Qin Yu. "The difference in cultivation level" is the strongest defense.
The sword light faded. The void returned to normal. Qin Yu was once again forced back dozens of steps, his chest feeling as if it had been struck by a mountain.
Blood gushed out. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword resonated. The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable slowly took a step forward.
The killing intent was fully unleashed. "You've wasted your efforts." The first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss. The air froze completely.
Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable slowly raised his hand. He did not roar, nor did he gather his strength. He simply spoke softly.
"Let me show you what it truly means to be defined." The moment those words fell, the space of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss ceased its tremors.
Instead, it collapsed. "Reverse Tracing - Indeterminate Shattered Ruins". There was no light. No wind. No energy fluctuations.
But the dome of the first level of purgatory suddenly caved inward, as if pressed down by an invisible giant hand. The timeline appeared in the air.
Layers upon layers of transparent threads began to curl backward, forcibly pulling the residual cause and effect, which had retreated to the "Realm of the Unborn," back into a "formed state."
The boundary patterns of the Void Source Domain and the Realm of the Unborn that appeared beneath Qin Yu's feet were shattered in reverse at this moment.
That wasn't an attack. That was the annihilation of their "escape route." A cracking sound echoed from the void.
It wasn't space itself, but rather the fixed state of "undifferentiated state" that was forcibly shattered. The trace of the undifferentiated origin within Qin Yu's body began to collapse in reverse.
His chest suddenly caved in. His soul was in disarray. His very essence felt as if it had been struck by an invisible hammer.
It falls directly from "Nameless Simplicity" to a state of indeterminacy where even the undifferentiated Does Not Exist.
His Domain of Annihilation, Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain, and Concept Disintegration Domain shattered at their edges simultaneously, like glass being broken from the inside.
Countless colorless cracks appeared on the ground of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss. There was no abyss within those cracks.
There was only blankness. Qin Yu groaned, his sea of consciousness trembling. Fine cracks appeared on the foundation of his Great Dao.
The edges of his soul began to disintegrate into countless fragments. This was not an injury.
This is existence being dismantled. He gritted his teeth, pressed his hands to the ground, and activated his soul frequency to its full potential.
The Silent Origin Stainless Sword plunged into the ground, its blade vibrating wildly. He compressed all his will into a single point.
Blood trickled down his lip. "It's not over yet—!" he knew.
Azure Ring was still undergoing a transformation deep within his sea of consciousness. He couldn't fall. He absolutely couldn't fall.
Qin Yu roared, and his soul frequency suddenly reversed. "Boundless Return to the Abyss - Annihilation Other Shore"
Activate! The world loses its color. The purgatory structure of the first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss is forcibly upgraded.
A page of the end rose from behind him. It was not a scroll, but a final, forged surface.
It began to burn. Not flames. The concept was incinerated. The pages curled, collapsed, and turned into a single...
Absolute Ring. Colorless, Formless, dimensionless. The moment the ring is formed, space stands still.
All things reflected in the mirror lost their "right to exist." For the first time, the boundary of the fixed form beneath Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's feet rippled.
His original structure was marked as "False Soul Chain Heart". The rings expanded. The memories of heaven and earth began to blank out.
Narrative boundaries are erased. The concept of "existence" begins to loosen.
Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable's gaze sharpened, and the pressure of the Realm Breaking Realm erupted from his body.
The phase-fixed structure was forcibly stabilized. The moment the ring reflected on him, a brief void appeared deep within his being.
In an instant. Just an instant. And then—BOOM! The power of the Realm Breaking Realm's origin reversed and suppressed.
The Ring of Annihilation Other Shore shattered. Qin Yu was thrown back by the shockwave.
Blood sprayed into the sky, but Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable took a half step back for the first time.
He looked down at the fading afterimage in his palm.
He spoke coldly, "Truly an unkillable cockroach." The next instant, he raised his hand.
"Manifesting Emptiness - Destroying Appearance and Burning Source" The world suddenly brightened. The formless, Formless, and traceless state of Annihilation surrounding Qin Yu was forcibly manifested.
His essence was pulled out of his body and transformed into a semi-transparent, phase-fixed core.
That was his Dao Seal. That was his Soul Frequency Source. That was the foundation of his Severed Thought Realm.
With a flick of his Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable ignited the Realm Breaking Fire. That flame was not red.
It is the fire of definition, specifically burning "the fixed form itself." The moment the flame touches the origin...
Qin Yu's meridians were all severed. His soul trembled and was on the verge of dissipation. The Great Dao imprint was ignited. His sea of consciousness began to collapse.
He roared with his head thrown back, blood gushing from his seven orifices. The Realm Breaking Fire spread along his soul frequency.
The structure of the Severed Thought Realm began to crumble. He could almost hear the sound of his own existence being burned away.
The ground of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss was illuminated by the firelight, turning it into a pale, deathly zone. Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable coldly looked down, the flames continuing to burn.
Qin Yu crashed to the ground, his body almost shattered, and the edges of his soul turned grayish-white.
He was on the verge of death. But he didn't close his eyes; his fingertips were gripping the ground tightly.
Blood stains the sky. Deep within the sea of consciousness.
The soul wheel beneath Azure Ring's feet began to glow with a ghostly blue light. Qin Yu used his last ounce of consciousness to sustain himself.
"Just hold on a little longer..." "Just a little longer..." He didn't retreat. He wouldn't give up.
Even if our very essence is consumed, even if our soul is shattered, we will never admit defeat.
The first level of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss was utterly silent.