The sky of the Annihilation Abyss Epoch was gradually tinged with twilight.
The interwoven brilliance of the four realms during the day becomes gentle and restrained under the soft light of dusk. In the direction of the Wenyan Main City in the Eastern Region, the Azure Ring Logic Source rotates slowly like a distant sun, its nine rings reflecting a soft azure glow;
On the Broken Mirror Cliff in the Western Region, the mirror reflects the sunset into layers of shimmering shadows; the crimson light of the Rending Threshold Main City in the Southern Region is lowered by the twilight, and thousands of soldiers stand on the cliff, their bodies gleaming with a calm iron color in the afterglow; the depths of the Northern Region remain that untouchable blackness, yet it appears exceptionally quiet under the glow of the sunset, as if it has truly returned to order.
In the garden of the Heavenly Emanation Return to the Abyss Palace, a gentle evening breeze was blowing.
The flowering trees stretched endlessly, with ethereal light flowing along the edges of the petals, and tiny specks of light falling like stars among the branches and leaves. The lake water rippled gently on one side, reflecting faint, illusory images of the celestial phenomena of the four directions.
Qin Yu stood under the flowering tree.
He had shed the imposing aura he exuded during the daytime meetings; now, his robes were loose, his expression gentle, and his gaze was fixed on a single flower on a branch, poised to fall.
Qian Ruishan stood beside him, gently reaching out to catch a falling petal, her fingertips tinged with a faint fragrance. Mu Qingwan leaned against the flower-lined corridor, her gaze sometimes fixed on the distant horizon, sometimes on Qin Yu's profile.
Jin Hanyan sat quietly on the other side, the sunset reflected in her clear eyes, as gentle as lake water.
The garden was quiet. Only the sound of the wind and the soft rustling of falling petals could be heard.
At that moment, a silver figure slowly approached. Yingling.
He walked slowly, and bowed slightly as he approached the group.
"My lord, all deployments have been completed. The authority over the four domains is stable, order in the main cities is taking shape, and the council structure of the elders has been established."
Qin Yu turned around, his gaze gentle. "Alright. Thank you for your hard work, Yingling."
His tone wasn't harsh, but it carried a natural trust. "Go and rest."
Yingling raised her eyes, looking at this rare moment of tranquility in the garden, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"Yes." He turned and left, his figure gradually disappearing into the twilight.
Mu Qingwan took a step closer and asked softly:
"Yu, now that all the preparations for the Annihilation Abyss Epoch are complete, what are your plans next?"
The wind seemed to lessen slightly at that moment. Qin Yu remained silent for a moment.
He raised his gaze to the distance, beyond the four domains, beyond the boundaries of the Annihilation Abyss Epoch, as if looking towards a higher and farther place.
"Ruishan, Qingwan, you both know about Yan Yue."
His voice was deep and steady. "I now know where she is."
"She is in the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer — the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain." Qian Ruishan's fingers tightened slightly.
The evening breeze rustled through the flower branches, and petals gently fell.
"The woman who called Void Threshold Empress Huayan rescued her back then. Now I've confirmed that she is indeed in the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain."
Qin Yu slowly exhaled.
"And I, in the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer, broke through to the Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage. The Severed Thought Realm is already the pinnacle in the middle level."
He said this in a calm tone, yet no one questioned him.
"To break through to the next level, we must ascend to the next level."
He turned to look at the three of them. "I will set off tomorrow."
The garden suddenly grew even quieter. Qian Ruishan walked up to him, her gaze gentle yet firm.
"Yu, we know you have more important things to do, and we hope that Yan Yue can come back soon."
Her voice trembled slightly, but she still smiled.
"The further you go, the more dangerous it becomes. But you must take good care of yourself."
Mu Qingwan nodded, her eyes bright.
"The Annihilation Abyss Epoch has stabilized; you don't need to worry about this place. Just move forward."
Jin Hanyan took a step closer, her voice gentle and reassuring. "Sister Ruishan, Sister Qingwan, there's no need to worry too much."
She looked at Qin Yu, her eyes filled with trust.
"I lived in the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer for a period of time. I will tell Yu about its layout and rules in detail so that he can prepare in advance."
She smiled gently. "We must believe in him. He will definitely find Sister Yan Yue."
As the sunset faded, only the soft glow of the night remained in the garden.
The four stood under the flowering tree, saying nothing more. They simply gazed at each other in silence.
At this moment, there are no four domains, no main city, no conflict of eras. There is only wind, flowers, and warmth.
As Heavenly Emanation Return to the Abyss Palace gradually went out.
Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan returned to their respective rooms.
The corridor was quiet, and moonlight streamed through the carved window lattices onto the floor.
Qin Yu stood in front of a door and gently pushed it open.
Jin Hanyan's room was simple and quiet.
A dim lamp burned quietly on the table, casting a gentle light. The cool moonlight outside the window reflected a faint silver glow on her hair.
She turned to look at Qin Yu, her gaze gentle. "Yu."
He went inside, and the door closed gently behind him.
Jin Hanyan poured him a cup of tea, the steam rising slowly in the night.
She sat opposite him, her expression serious yet gentle.
"Next, I will tell you everything about the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer. You must remember it carefully. The Source of Epochless · Upper Layer are indeed extremely dangerous."
The night deepened. Moonlight fell silently on the window. And their new journey quietly began that night.
The night was still, and the dim lamplight flickered. Jin Hanyan sat opposite Qin Yu, her gaze clear and focused. She raised her hand and gently flicked her fingertips.
Without a sound, the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room seemed to be erased.
Instead, there was a void so deep it defied description.
That is neither black nor light, but a state of being that transcends the concept of "color".
Then, the first layer of the scene slowly unfolded. --The Source of Epochless - Upper Level.
It is not space. It is not the world. It is an infinitely nested Ultimate structure of existence.
Qin Yu's pupils contracted slightly. What he saw was not a "place," but a "recursively unfolding whole."
That is a logically paradoxical infinity.
Everywhere his gaze fell was beyond the Limit of his perception, an unreachable "further distance."
The whole is the part, and the part is the whole.
Each area contains a complete microcosm of itself, and within that microcosm unfolds the same structure.
In the swirling motion of a single speck of dust, billions of universes are born and die.
A vast, chaotic continent, perhaps just a fleeting glimpse in the dream of some higher being.
Size loses its meaning. Boundaries lose their meaning. "Infinity" itself also loses its meaning.
Jin Hanyan spoke softly, "The Source of Epochless · Upper Layer is not simply a 'higher dimension'."
"It is the source and container of infinity itself." The scene shifts. A triple structure emerges.
The first region is named: The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain.
Suddenly, the scene before me transformed into an endless "cosmic graveyard."
Countless utterly lifeless cosmic debris lay scattered like grains of sand.
Every grain of sand was once a complete multiverse.
Time has vanished. Cause and effect have been severed. Laws have crumbled into dust.
Among these skeletons, countless dimensional structures, crumbling but not yet completely reduced to nothingness, have been solidified into eerie secret realms and perilous places.
On a certain continent, formed by the compression of countless world-ending concepts, a dark river flows through the cracks on its surface—a tributary of the Eternal Silence Long River.
The entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain is constantly collapsing inward. Yet, outside of this collapse, new end-time scenes are being generated.
It tends towards nothingness, yet it is infinitely vast. Qin Yu gazed at it silently, without uttering a word.
The screen flips again.
The second region is named: Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain.
The deathly silence suddenly transformed into explosive vitality. A primordial sea surged before their eyes.
That is not water, but a fluid of "possibility". Every drop of seawater is spontaneously giving birth to new physical laws and spacetime structures.
Countless cosmic singularities float, as densely packed as stars. Each singularity spews galaxies and planes from nothingness at an incalculable speed.
In the distance, a colossal ancient tree of laws pierces through the endless void, its branches entwined with the primordial templates of time, space, causality, and existence.
That is the Root of Laws. It can be climbed, traversed, and comprehended.
The entire Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain is expanding at an explosive rate. It is not merely expansion.
Rather, it's in "self-creation." "This is where," Jin Hanyan whispered, "The beginning of all new stories."
The scene changes for the third time.
The third region is named: Supreme Stillness Domain.
For a moment, Qin Yu wasn't even sure if he had "seen" anything.
Because it is both Emptiness and full.
The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain and the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain are simply two different phenomena here.
The Supreme Stillness Domain encompasses them. Even within it, countless sub-realms unfold.
And within each subdomain, there is a complete miniature version—
The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain, the Supreme Stillness Domain, and an infinitely nested realm.
It is a recursive process with no end in sight. It can also be a state of absolute Emptiness.
It could also be the core of the Dao that contains the sum of the first two domains within a single grain of dust.
"Here," Jin Hanyan's gaze deepened slightly, "Is a place of freedom and play."
"The Ultimate stage." "The Ultimate canvas." "Also the Ultimate viewer and writer."
She turned to look at Qin Yu. "The vastness of the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer is essentially the vastness of the Supreme Stillness Domain."
"The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain is a sea of stars where all stories have ended."
"The Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain is the torrent of all stories that are just beginning."
"Supreme Stillness Domain— "
She said softly, "It is the very existence that carries the pages and the ink."
The scene slowly fades, and the room reappears.
The lamp flickers gently. Moonlight still shines through the window.
Qin Yu remained silent for a long time. There was no shock in the depths of his eyes.
"Only a clearer direction," he Yan Yue, "In the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain."
Jin Hanyan nodded. "Yes." Her tone became serious.
"But the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain is not simply the 'Land of Origin.' Its expansion and creative power are enough to tear apart the still unstable structure of the Fate Soul."
"The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain will devour all traces of cause and effect."
"The Supreme Stillness Domain... will not give any being the opportunity to define itself."
She looked at him. "Yu, your journey is not merely about transcending levels, but about stepping into 'infinity itself'."
There was a moment of silence in the room. Qin Yu slowly stood up.
The night outside the window was deep. His gaze was calm. "Infinite,"
He said calmly, "It's also a structure." The green lamp swayed gently.
The flame of the green lamp flickered gently.
Jin Hanyan sat opposite Qin Yu, her fingertips tracing a soft arc in the air. The vast scene of the Three Realms from before had not completely dissipated.
Instead, it transformed into a more concrete map of power distribution, hovering between the two.
Her voice was gentle, yet carried an extremely clear rationality. "Yu."
"The Source of Epochless · Upper Layer are not merely vast and boundless. There, too, is order."
In the scene, countless points of light appeared—the forces of the God Clan, temples, sects, cults, gangs, and Rogue Cultivator were scattered like stars throughout the three realms.
Each point of light represents an existence powerful enough to suppress an entire realm.
However, above these points of light, there were ten even more dazzling rays of light, suspended within the three-domain structure, like ten ballast cores.
"They all fear the Ten Great Lineage," Jin Hanyan said softly.
The light slowly unfolded. The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain.
Four clan emblems, exuding a calm and profound aura, appeared.
The Ju Lineage, the Chi Family Lineage, the Shangguan Lineage, Hua Family Lineage.
The four races are divided into four directions, their power bases located between the cosmic skeletons and the end-of-the-world continent.
The Ju Lineage and the Chi Lineage are allies.
In the image, a causal seal appears between the two clan emblems.
The Shangguan Lineage and the Hua Lineage are allies.
The other two clan emblems are intertwined.
"The power structure in the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain is basically a confrontation between two major camps."
The scene shifts to the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain. Four even more intense beams of light emerge.
The Nalan Lineage, the Xuanyuan Lineage, the Murong Lineage, Nangong Lineage.
Their foundation is rooted in the Primordial Sea and the Root of Laws, and their aura leans more towards creation and order.
As for who among them is allied with whom, and who is opposed to whom...
Jin Hanyan gently shook her head. "I wasn't qualified to step into the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain back then."
So it's unclear.
Finally, the Supreme Stillness Domain.
Two clan emblems, exuding an extremely profound aura, slowly emerged.
The Baili Lineage and the Ouyang Lineage —their glory is not dazzling.
Yet it was so solid and heavy that it seemed capable of supporting the first two domains.
"The two most powerful Lineage in the Supreme Stillness Domain have even deeper karmic ties."
Jin Hanyan's gaze darkened slightly. "The resources there far exceed ordinary understanding."
The scene slowly freezes. The Ten Great Lineage are distributed across the three regions.
"They—" are the core combat force of the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer.
"Every Lineage possesses a heritage that transcends realms."
"Every Lineage possesses a formidable foundation."
Her voice was soft, yet every word was clear.
The God Clan treat them with respect. The temples avoid direct confrontation.
"Most sects and cults either attach themselves to or avoid them." "Countless Source of Epochless · Upper Layer yearn to become disciples of one of these Lineage."
Qin Yu listened in silence until she mentioned the Chi Family Lineage.
His brow furrowed slightly. "The Chi Family Lineage?"
He looked at Jin Hanyan. "Hanyan." "Chi Tongyue —is she from the Chi Family Lineage?"
The air seemed to freeze slightly. Jin Hanyan was taken aback.
She clearly hadn't expected Qin Yu to mention that name at this moment.
After a moment, she nodded slightly. "Yes."
Her expression turned serious. "Chi Tongyue is not only from the Chi Family Lineage..."
"She is also one of the elders of the Chi Lineage."
Qin Yu's gaze deepened. "Elder?"
Jin Hanyan slowly said, "The Chi Family Lineage has an extremely strict internal hierarchy. Each Lineage has a complete system."
With a light tap of her fingertip, the image of the Lineage structure appeared.
Lineage disciples. (Disciples belonging to a specific Lineage, regardless of whether they are inner or outer disciples.)
Deacon, Elder, Clan Chief, Supreme Elder.
"Chi Tongyue is an elder of the Chi Lineage. Her power is second only to the clan leader."
The lamplight flickered gently. Qin Yu's gaze narrowed slightly. He wasn't shocked.
Instead, they were rapidly deducing the alliance Ju Lineage Chi Lineage.
Chi Tongyue, one of the two major factions in the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain.
An elder-level being. If he were to enter the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, or if he were to traverse the Three Realms...
This identity is not just a simple background; it is a pivotal element that influences the overall situation.
Jin Hanyan looked at him, her tone softening.
"The power struggles and intrigues among the Ten Great Lineage have never ceased."
"Especially in the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, the balance between the two factions is extremely delicate."
She paused. "You must be cautious if you come into contact with Ten Great Lineage during your trip to the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain."
Qin Yu slowly exhaled.
Moonlight fell on his profile. "Chi Tongyue..."
He muttered something under his breath.
Then, he looked up at Jin Hanyan. "Hanyan."
"The two factions of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain— " "Which is stronger?" The lamp flickered slightly. The night deepened.