Above the Skeleton Star Sea, the aftershocks of the laws still churn.
The shattered crystal wall slowly rotated in the void, and the ancient god's corpse in the direction of the Giant Beast Cemetery was shaken into a cloud of blood mist. The time string in the depths of the String Sea trembled continuously, as if the entire multidimensional universe was reverberating for this battle.
Just as the two sides briefly separated, a cultivator clad in dark blue armor stepped forward.
His aura was solid, and his soul rings were as steady as an iron mountain, Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage.
He pointed to the opposing camp, his voice booming like thunder across the Skeleton Star Sea:
"Your Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect is truly audacious—" "You even dare to steal from the Chi Lineage?!"
The sound reverberated for miles around. Fragments of bones fell in a flurry.
On the opposing side, a cultivator at the Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage sneered.
His robes fluttered in the wind, his eyes sharp as knives. "Hmph." "He's just stealing the Chi Lineage's treasure."
"I advise you to obediently leave your things behind. Otherwise, I Annihilation you all."
His killing intent was undisguised. Qin Yu in the distance, his eyes flickering slightly.
The Chi Lineage? That means they're Chi Tongyue's Lineage?
He didn't intervene, but calmly observed. In the center of the battlefield, the two Realm Breaking Realm Initial Stage experts faced off once again.
One of them was tall and slender, with cold and stern eyes. His aura was like Wind of Realm Breaking, carrying a sharpness that could tear apart dimensions.
His voice was deep: "Gu Linfeng." "Hurry up and take the things out."
As he spoke, fine cracks appeared in the void itself.
Gu Linfeng, the calm and Realm Breaking Realm Initial Stage cultivator, slowly raised his head.
A dark gold aura of law swirled behind him. "Don't even think about it." "Don't think I don't know who ordered your Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect."
His gaze was sharp as a knife. "Besides the Shangguan Lineage —who else could it be?"
These words immediately created an atmosphere of tension on the battlefield.
The cultivator at the Realm Breaking Realm sneered, "Enough nonsense." The next instant—
The two attacked simultaneously! Boom!!!!!! The power to Realm Breaking collided violently.
Space collapsed layer by layer. A massive sinkhole vortex formed in the center of the Skeleton Star Sea.
The experts of the Severed Thought Realm clashed once more. Blades of light flashed across the sky, and the laws of nature swept through the air like a storm.
Some can shatter the vast void with a single palm strike. Others can condense star debris with their divine sense and transform it into meteorite cannonballs that blast into the enemy ranks.
Explosions continued unabated. A Severed Thought Realm · Advanced Stage suddenly turned his head amidst the chaos of battle.
He saw Qin Yu standing silently in the distance, and his eyes turned cold.
"Where did this savage come from?" "Get out of here!" "Or you'll Annihilation along with me!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already stepped into the void, his aura pressing down like a mountain.
Gu Linfeng also noticed this scene. He turned his head to look at Qin Yu.
The voice was urgent. "Fellow Daoist, leave quickly! These scum from the Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect are all scoundrels; lest they accidentally harm you!"
Qin Yu stood in the void, his robes swaying gently in the storm of laws.
His expression was calm. He neither retreated nor moved.
Upon seeing this, the Severed Thought Realm · Advanced Stage was enraged. "You're courting death!"
He raised his hand. The soul rings behind him lit up, and a gray-black pillar of Annihilation light condensed in his palm.
The laws within the pillar of light twisted, and thoughts were severed. The intent to Absolute Thoughtlessness transformed into a deadly edge.
"Since you want to die—" "Then I'll grant your wish!" The beam of light tore through space and blasted straight at Qin Yu.
The void crumbled inch by inch along its path. Shockwaves swept up thousands of miles of skeletal fragments.
In that instant—"Xiao Potian!" "You won't harm the innocent!" Gu Linfeng roared.
The power to Realm Breaking suddenly erupted. His figure transformed into a dark golden afterimage.
He appeared in front of Qin Yu almost instantly, his palms clasped together.
A halo of laws unfolded behind them, and a massive protective barrier instantly formed in front of the two.
Boom!!!!!! The Annihilation beam of light from the Severed Thought Realm · Advanced Stage crashed into the protective barrier.
The explosion shook the entire Skeleton Star Sea. The barrier trembled violently.
The light flashed wildly. Gu Linfeng groaned, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.
However, the protective barrier remained intact. The shockwave surged to both sides, completely blasting the surrounding hundred-mile-long void into a vacuum fault line.
Shattered fragments of the universe fell like a torrential rain. Xiao Potian stood suspended in mid-air.
With a chilling gaze, Gu Linfeng stood before Qin Yu.
"His breathing is still steady." He whispered, "Fellow Daoist," he continued, "It's not too late to leave now."
Qin Yu remained motionless. His gaze was calm, as if he were watching a storm that had nothing to do with him.
But the winds of the Skeleton Star Sea had already reached him. Above the Skeleton Star Sea, the aftershocks of the laws had not yet dissipated.
Before Gu Linfeng's protective barrier, Xiao Potian's pillar of Annihilation was still burning, and the gray-black intent of Absolute Thoughtlessness was like a venomous snake tearing through the mind, frantically gnawing at the protective barrier.
Gu Linfeng clenched his teeth, and the veins on his forehead bulged slightly. He forcefully blocked the attack with the power of Realm Breaking.
At that moment, Qin Yu, who had remained motionless, raised his hand.
He showed no anger, no words, only a cold stare at Xiao Potian.
Those eyes held no emotion, only resolve. The next instant...
He brought two fingers together and gently pointed them forward. "The Unnamed Initial Silence."
The sound wasn't loud, yet it seemed to land directly on the very beginning of the universe's design.
In an instant, time stopped. Not frozen, but stripped of its ability to "happen."
The entire Skeleton Star Sea seemed to have transformed into a blank sheet of paper, and space itself lost its thickness.
The light lost its direction. The sound vanished. Xiao Potian's figure froze in the void.
His face still held murderous intent. The gray-black divine light pillar hovered. The next instant...
Ten chaotic lotus shadows exploded at Qin Yu's fingertips. Above the void, it was as if an invisible scroll was being turned.
On the paper, the three characters "Xiao Potian" faded away automatically. There was no explosion.
There was no blood and flesh disintegrating. There was no scattering of soul light. It was as if he had never existed.
The pillar of light vanished. The aura disappeared. The chain of cause and effect broke.
Even the traces of his divine sense locking onto him on the battlefield were erased in that instant.
The Skeleton Star Sea resumed its flow. Time stopped again. Gu Linfeng found Emptiness.
Xiao Potian was utterly Annihilation. Even the concept of "death" could not be attached to him.
It is something that has not happened. It is a blank that has never been considered by the universe.
The battlefield fell silent for a moment. Then everyone turned their heads simultaneously, several divine senses piercing through the air.
The gazes of those at the Realm Breaking Realm and the Severed Thought Realm both fell upon Qin Yu.
Shocking. Unbelievable. A Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage, with a single strike—completely Annihilation Severed Thought Realm · Advanced Stage.
There was no resistance, no struggle, not even a process. Gu Linfeng's pupils contracted.
He stood beside Qin Yu. He could barely sense the process of that finger strike.
All we see is the result: the person is gone. (Within the Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect camp.)
Several experts at the Severed Thought Realm paled in shock. "He killed Xiao Potian with a single blow..." "How did he do that..."
The only Realm Breaking Realm Initial Stage expert's face was extremely gloomy, and anger surged within him.
He took a step forward. The void collapsed. "You're courting death!" "A member of the Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect dares to Annihilation?!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already transformed into a Wind of Realm Breaking, heading straight for Qin Yu.
Space behind him crumbled inch by inch. Dimensions shattered layer by layer. The power of the Realm Breaking Realm was unrestrained.
Just as he was about to close in on Qin Yu —a chilling Sword Qi aura sliced him in two. "I think you're the one courting death."
Another aura of the Realm Breaking Realm suddenly rose. A cultivator in white robes stepped out from the void.
The Sword Qi, like an invisible boundary, forcefully stopped the expert at the Realm Breaking Realm. "Don't hurt anyone!"
Two forces Realm Breaking confronted each other in mid-air. The void was compressed into a distorted, ring-shaped fault.
Gu Linfeng was still standing beside Qin Yu. Only now did he truly come to his senses. He looked at Qin Yu.
Shock was barely concealed in his eyes. A Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage had actually wiped out Severed Thought Realm · Advanced Stage with a single blow.
They didn't even have a chance to "struggle." That kind of power... wasn't just a simple difference in cultivation level.
Rather, it was a deeper judgment. In mid-air, the powerful figure from the Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect had a chilling gaze.
"Hmph." Ye Wuhen. "I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."
It turns out that the cultivator at the Realm Breaking Realm who stood in front of Qin Yu was named Ye Wuhen.
Ye Wuhen's sword hadn't even fallen yet, but his aura was as chilling as a cold wind. "Mind your own business?" "Stop talking nonsense."
"Today, your Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect not only wants to forcibly seize the Chi Lineage's possessions," but also wants to indiscriminately kill innocent people in front of us?"
His gaze was chilling. "Today, my Boundless Realm Divine Sect will not stand idly by."
His sword was pointed directly at his opponent. "Chu Lingyun." "New scores" and "old scores"—"Let's settle them all today."
The auras of those at the Realm Breaking Realm clashed. At the heart of the Skeleton Star Sea, the true core conflict between the two factions.
The storm is about to erupt, and Qin Yu remains standing in the very center of it, without retreating an inch.
Above the Skeleton Star Sea, the forces of Realm Breaking still clashed in the air. Ye Wuhen's Sword Qi, like a thread, blocked Chu Lingyun's path.
Gu Linfeng did not press the fight further. He turned to look at Qin Yu. The shock in his eyes had not completely faded, but he had regained his composure.
"Fellow Daoist," his voice was steady, "Thank you for your help earlier. However, this place is no longer safe."
He glanced at Chu Lingyun's group, his aura lowered. "Since the Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect dared to openly rob the Chi Lineage, they must have a backup plan."
"You have nothing to do with this, so it's best to stay away from the battlefield for now." His tone was not condescending.
Instead, it carried a hint of sincerity. "Xiao Potian has been completely Annihilation by you, Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect will absolutely not let this go."
"You should avoid direct confrontation for now; leave the rest to us." "If we continue fighting, the situation will completely spiral out of control."
Qin Yu stood atop the skeletal remains, his robes fluttering slightly. "I fear no battle."
His voice was calm. Gu Linfeng smiled wryly. "I can see that." "But your cultivation level is ultimately..."
He paused for a moment after saying this. Severed Thought Realm · Middle Stage. One finger erases the Severed Thought Realm · Advanced Stage.
This incongruity was something even he couldn't explain. "In any case, fellow Daoist, it's best to step back for now. Today's conflict was never something you should have gotten involved in."
Qin Yu didn't answer, but his gaze shifted to the opposite side, because Chu Lingyun had already moved.
He did not charge forward again. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and released an invisible divine sense that spread out like a blade.
His Realm Breaking Realm Initial Stage divine sense probed silently, yet it was enough to pierce through tens of thousands of miles of void. He wanted to see just who Qin Yu really was.
His divine sense transformed into an invisible stream of light, piercing straight towards him. The next instant, Qin Yu raised his hand and casually waved it. "Primordial Formless."
It wasn't a large-scale deployment. Just a gentle touch. In an instant, the rules broke down, the logic collapsed, and Chu Lingyun's divine sense investigation felt like it had stumbled into a chaotic mess.
There is no point of reference. There is no structure. There are no analyzable propositions.
He felt his consciousness being torn apart. The next instant, boom! His consciousness rebounded.
Chu Lingyun let out a muffled groan, his pupils shrinking sharply. For the first time, he truly looked Qin Yu in the eye. This was no ordinary Severed Thought Realm.
This person's sea of consciousness was like a bottomless abyss. Gu Linfeng also noticed the abnormality. He glanced at Qin Yu.
His expression became even more complicated. Just then, the distant void suddenly rippled slightly. There was no explosion. There was no imposing aura.
Only a faint ripple appeared. A masked figure slowly emerged from the depths of the Skeleton Star Sea.
He completely concealed his aura, yet it still caused even Realm Breaking Realm expert to glance at him sideways.
The man didn't look at anyone. He walked directly to Chu Lingyun's side, leaned close, and whispered a few words.
The sound was cut off. No one could hear it clearly. Chu Lingyun's expression changed slightly. His gaze instantly darkened. After the masked man finished speaking, his figure faded away.
As if swallowed by the void, vanishing without a trace. Chu Lingyun looked up, coldly staring at Ye Wuhen. "Ye Wuhen." "Today's score—" "We'll settle it another day."
His gaze shifted, fixing on Qin Yu with unwavering intensity. His eyes held a look of remembrance, not anger; it was a locked gaze.
"Kid," he said, "You'll get what's coming to you." "Just you wait and see." With that, he waved his sleeve.
The members of the Realm Breaking Heavenly Sect retreated simultaneously. A giant rift was torn open in space, and several figures transformed into streams of light.
They vanished into the void. The rift closed, and the Skeleton Star Sea fell into deathly silence once more.
Only the members of the Boundless Realm Divine Sect remained: Gu Linfeng, Ye Wuhen, and Qin Yu, who was standing still.