The next day.
In the Qi Primordial Chaos Hall, starlight flowed, and the Evolving True Flow, like a gentle morning mist, flowed slowly between the hall's dome, as if billions of tiny galaxies were breathing silently.
Jin Hanyan is still asleep.
She lay on her side on the Yanzhen Crystal Bed, her long hair as black as ink, spreading out across the silvery bed. The Limitless Evolving True Flow transformed into fine, thread-like veins of light, seeping into the depths of her Fate Soul, slowly and gently repairing her nearly shattered origin.
Her breathing was light and gentle. Although her face was still somewhat pale, it was no longer as terrifying as it had been yesterday.
Qin Yu sat quietly on the edge of the bed. He looked at her for a long time.
That gaze was no longer the earth-shattering sharpness of the battlefield, but a kind of almost devout appreciation.
He slowly leaned down, his movements extremely gentle, and his lips lightly touched her forehead.
There was not a trace of desire, only tenderness and reluctance. "Wait for me." Those two words were so soft that they didn't even stir the air.
The next instant, he stood up. His figure vanished silently outside the palace gates.
The main hall of the Chaos First Palace. The morning light had not yet fully spread, and the starlight inside the hall floated like a thin mist.
Ancestor Yun Qiusheng has not yet returned. In the main hall, only the hall master Yun Yanwan is seated. He sits upright on the high steps, his gaze steady, as if he already knew that Qin Yu would come.
The palace doors opened, and Qin Yu slowly stepped inside.
He stood tall and straight, his aura restrained, and the fluctuations of the Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage had become steady, like a silent mountain.
He entered the hall and bowed slightly. "Senior, I have come to bid you farewell."
Yun Yanwan's eyes flickered slightly. "Have you decided where to go?" Qin Yu looked up.
His gaze was calm, yet resolute. "Senior, I've made up my mind. I'm about to head to the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer."
The air in the hall seemed to pause slightly. Yun Yanwan silent. He knew, of course, what the upper echelons meant.
That wasn't just about stronger cultivators. It was a place where the source of rules, the root of dimensions, and truly high-level beings gathered.
There, the legends of the middle class are just the beginning.
He looked at Qin Yu.
Beneath that youthful face lay the composure of someone who had already experienced a Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme.
Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage. At this level, it's truly difficult to find a worthy opponent.
He nodded slowly. "Alright." "Will Miss Hanyan be with you too? But she hasn't fully recovered yet."
Qin Yu lowered his eyes slightly. "Yan'er, I have my own plans." "Everything is arranged."
Yun Yanwan gave him a deep look, then sighed softly, "This princess has no more treasures to bestow upon me."
"With your current cultivation level, the treasures of this hall are indeed too low-level for you."
He stood up, his voice solemn. "The Chaos First Palace will always open its doors to you. You are always welcome to come back and visit."
Qin Yu bowed again. "Then we'll take our leave, Hall Master Yun." "Please convey my message to the Ancestor."
Yun Yanwan nodded slightly. "Go." "Go and seek a higher realm." Qin Yu turned and left. His departure was decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
Outside the hall, the morning light was like water, but Qi Primordial Chaos Hall, it was so quiet that the passage of time could hardly be heard.
The Limitless Evolving True Flow flowed slowly deep within the palace, like an invisible sea of stars, enveloping the entire sleeping quarters in a warm, primordial glow.
The bed floated amidst a faint silver-blue mist; it was no ordinary object, but rather the "Source Heart Sleeping Platform," formed from the condensed essence of the Limitless Evolving True Flow.
Beneath the bed, faint star-like patterns slowly rotated. With each rotation, tiny particles of light rose from below, merging into Jin Hanyan's Fate Soul, nourishing, repairing, and moisturizing it.
Jin Hanyan has woken up.
She leaned against the pillow, her long hair as black as ink, her brows still somewhat pale, but her eyes had regained their former clarity. Only, in that coldness, there was a trace of lingering weakness.
"Yu..." she called softly.
Qin Yu arrived at the bedside almost the instant she finished speaking. His movements were very gentle, as if afraid of startling something. He reached out to support her shoulder with one hand and steadily supported her back with the other.
"Yan'er, you're awake." His voice was deep, yet filled with undisguised tenderness.
Jin Hanyan nodded slightly, "It's much better now. The Stainless Flowing Light... it's truly amazing."
Looking at her face, Qin Yu's sharpness, fighting spirit, and imperial might vanished in an instant, leaving only an emotion that was almost overflowing.
He slowly pulled her into his arms. It wasn't possession, but confirmation. Confirmation that she was still there. Confirmation that she was still alive.
He confirmed that the blood-red color and collapse of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss had not taken her away from him.
Jin Hanyan didn't struggle; she simply leaned quietly against his chest. She could clearly hear his heartbeat.
It's very stable, yet very heavy, as if it's pressing down on something.
Qin Yu's fingers gently traced patterns in her hair as he whispered, "Yan'er, I have something very important to tell you."
Jin Hanyan did not look up immediately.
She simply tightened her grip slightly and said calmly and rationally, "Go ahead, I'm listening."
Inside the hall, light flowed gently, while outside the windows, the morning glow gradually brightened. At this moment, there was no great battle, no oppressive force, and no life or death.
The primordial radiance within the Qi Primordial Chaos Hall flowed quietly, and the pale silver Limitless Evolving True Flow, like a galaxy, slowly swirled between the ground and the dome, as if the very origin of heaven and earth were holding their breath and listening at this moment.
Qin Yu gently held Jin Hanyan's hand. He did not avoid her gaze.
Those usually calm and deep eyes were now open and gentle, without the slightest concealment. "Yan'er."
His voice was low and gentle. "I come from a small village on the Great Yan Continent. My mother is there too."
He spoke slowly, as if peeling back the layers of the past inch by inch.
"Along this journey, besides you, there have been three other women who are equally important to me."
He didn't flinch, he didn't hesitate. "Mu Qingwan, Qian Ruishan, and Yan Yue."
"They, like you, are bound to me through thick and thin, loving and cherishing each other."
The light in the hall rippled slightly, as if touched by his sincerity.
Qin Yu continued, "Before coming to the Source of Epochless, I established my own Great Realm— the Annihilation Abyss Epoch."
"Qingwan, Ruishan, and my friends, brothers, Yingling, the Soul Beast, Yunyi, Extinguished Light... they are all protecting the Great Realm for me in the Annihilation Abyss Epoch."
"And Yan Yue, in a great battle, suffered severe damage to her Fate Soul while saving me."
His voice lowered slightly at that moment. "At the crucial moment, she was taken away by a powerful figure who called herself Void Threshold Empress Huayan."
"Only now do I realize that Yan Yue is located on the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer."
He looked up, his gaze resolute, yet filled with an undisguised longing. "So, I must go find her."
"I believe she has been waiting for me all along." Qi Primordial Chaos Hall, the light of day was gradually increasing.
Inside the hall, it was so quiet that only the beating of a heart could be heard.
Qin Yu gently pulled Jin Hanyan closer to him. "Yan'er."
"Your Fate Soul has only just recovered and needs a long time to stabilize."
But I can't leave you here alone.
"Therefore, I've decided to take you back to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch."
"Let Ruishan, Qingwan, Yunyi, and Extinguished Light take care of you." "Only then can I be completely at ease."
After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent. Jin Hanyan did not speak immediately.
She simply looked at him. Those eyes, which were originally as cold and aloof as frost, slowly welled up with moisture.
She was never a sentimental person, nor was she easily moved. But Qin Yu didn't hide it.
There was no embellishment. There was no avoidance of her presence with other people.
He laid bare all his past, responsibilities, emotions, and concerns before her.
That wasn't an explanation. That was a delivery. Jin Hanyan's fingertips trembled slightly.
Her eyes gradually reddened. "Yu..." Her voice was soft, but no longer cold.
"You're willing to tell me all of this." "You're willing to entrust your entire life to me."
"I'm already content." She smiled softly.
There was no jealousy or competition in that smile.
Only gentleness and firmness. "I'm so glad." "I didn't misjudge you."
She raised her hand and gently touched his face. "Yu." "I do." "I'm willing to go to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch."
"I will also silently protect the Annihilation Abyss Epoch for you, just like Ruishan and Sister Qingwan."
She spoke with utmost seriousness. It wasn't a concession; it was a choice.
Qin Yu's breathing visibly faltered for a moment.
He could barely conceal the emotions surging in his eyes. He lowered his head, his forehead gently touching hers.
"Yan'er," he said in a low, hoarse voice, "Thank you."
The next moment, he pulled her tightly into his arms. It wasn't the domineering aura of an emperor, nor the control of a strongman.
It's just a man embracing the woman he's willing to spend his life with.
The primordial radiance of the Qi Primordial Chaos Hall softened at this moment.
The starlight swirled slowly across the dome, as if draping this scene in a gentle glow.
Qin Yu slowly lifted her chin. His movements were extremely gentle, as if he were touching a fragile star.
Jin Hanyan closed her eyes. Qin Yu lowered his head and gently kissed her lips. It wasn't a passionate, possessive kiss.
It's about confirmation. Confirming each other's choices, confirming the path ahead, and confirming this promise to walk together.
The Limitless Evolving True Flow flowed slowly within the hall, its radiance like water, enveloping the two in gentle tranquility.
At this moment, there was no strife or bloodshed in the world. Only two Fate Soul beat steadily and firmly in each other's embrace.
Qi Primordial Chaos Hall, the warmth gradually settled into a quiet afterglow. Qin Yu gently held Jin Hanyan's hand.
Her fingertips were still a little weak, but they were already warm. "Yan'er."
He looked at her, his gaze gentle yet firm. "I have already bid farewell to the Palace Master." "Now, I will take you back to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch."
Jin Hanyan's cheeks flushed slightly. Her usually aloof and composed demeanor was now tinged with a touch of girlish shyness.
"Hmm... okay." She nodded gently. At that moment, Qin Yu didn't say anything more.
He took her hand and slowly walked out of the Qi Primordial Chaos Hall.
Outside the palace, the sky was clear and deep, as if the heavens in the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer had been washed clean.
Qin Yu raised his right hand, his palm slowly opening.
An extremely complex Fate Soul imprint appeared in his palm, with layers of light, like countless microcosms rotating within it.
"The Annihilation Abyss Epoch begins." As the voice faded, the heavens and earth seemed to tremble slightly.
It's not that space is torn apart; it's that dimensions are broken apart.
In the center of the void, an enormous dimensional gate slowly emerged.
That was not a simple rift, but a circular portal spanning multiple dimensions of spacetime.
The edges of the portal flowed with a deep, night-like radiance, while inside, billions of stars surged.
Within the boundary gate, one can vaguely see mountains and rivers, the sky, the flowing light of laws, a vast continent, and countless ascending energies intertwined to form a complete world picture.
Jin Hanyan's breath caught in her throat for a moment. Qin Yu took her hand and stepped inside.
The next moment, the two figures appeared in the endless sky.
The sound of the wind swept past my ears. Beneath my feet lay a vast expanse, too large to be seen at a glance.
The Annihilation Abyss Epoch. It is a realm that transcends the scale of a conventional universe.
The continent stretches for billions of miles, and its mountain ranges meander between heaven and earth like sleeping ancient dragons.
The stars are not suspended in the distant sky, but rather slowly revolve around the entire world, like a celestial array protecting the realm.
Nine primordial halos floated above the center of the realm, radiating a magnificent brilliance that stabilized spacetime.
Between heaven and earth, Spiritual Qi does not flow, but surges like rivers and seas.
The Limitless Evolving True Flow forms a visible river of light in this world, descending from the sky and flowing to the four directions of the earth.
Countless sects float in the city high in the sky, their ancient palaces arranged like stars.
In the distance, a massive core city stands in the center; it is the Annihilation Abyss Main City, which Qin Yu personally built back then.
In all directions of the realm, layers upon layers of defensive light arrays, like a transparent sky, enveloped the entire realm within a stable barrier of laws.
That's not just a territory. It's an entire, truly vast universe-level realm.
Jin Hanyan stood high in the sky, her white robes swaying gently in the wind.
She had never imagined that the "Great Realm" Qin Yu spoke of would be of this scale.
She had initially thought it was a boundary, or a world that formed its own system.
But the Annihilation Abyss Epoch before us is a vast, independently operating universe in its early stages, possessing complete spacetime, laws, and the ability to evolve autonomously.
She spoke slowly, her voice tinged with a hint of shock. "Yu... this... is your Great Realm?"
Qin Yu smiled slightly. "Yes." "This is the place that all of us have protected together."
Just as he was speaking, an extremely gentle and familiar aura suddenly rose from the center of the main city below.
Another sharp yet warm fluctuation of Fate Soul arose in the distant sky.
Almost simultaneously, the figures soared into the sky.
Meanwhile, further away, a dragon's soft roar echoed, and butterfly lights swirled.
Starlight and the final radiance trembled gently in the direction of the boundary's center. The Annihilation Abyss Epoch sensed the return of its master.
The entire world seemed to gently cheer. Jin Hanyan stood beside Qin Yu, gazing upon this vast and boundless realm.
Looking at the auras flying towards them, she suddenly realized something.
Qin Yu is never alone. Behind him is an entire world.
And at this moment, she too will become a part of this world.
Qin Yu gently squeezed her hand. "Welcome home, Yan'er."