The void between the Inverted Mountains is quiet and eerie. Huge mountains are suspended upside down in the sky, with rock layers hanging downwards and mountain roots pointing upwards into the void, as if the entire world has been completely turned upside down by some ancient force.
Countless boulders floated and rotated slowly in the air, and the huge branches of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Vine the sky were faintly visible in the distance, like an ancient forest extending into the depths of the universe.
The ancient Ancient God Clan cultivator at the Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme slowly steadied himself. The wound in his chest still throbbed with pain, but he had forcibly suppressed the chaotic energy within his body. He looked up coldly at Qin Yu, his eyes gradually turning sinister.
"Hmph." His voice echoed in the void. "It seems... only you have come after me."
A cruel smile slowly crept onto his lips. "Perfect." "You choose the path to heaven—" "You choose the path to hell."
He slowly took a step forward, and the spiritual energy within his body began to circulate again, his aura gradually stabilizing.
"You were just severely injured by those three." He looked Qin Yu up and down, his tone full of sarcasm.
"And now he still dares to chase after me alone." He chuckled coldly. "It's practically a stroke of luck."
The moment he finished speaking, his right hand suddenly reached into the void, causing the space to tremble slightly. An ancient and majestic divine weapon was slowly drawn out of the void by him.
It was an extremely strange divine staff.
The staff is dark gold in color, with a long and ancient shaft covered with densely packed ancient divine runes. These runes seem to flow slowly as if they were alive, emanating an extremely ancient pressure.
A huge white divine crystal was embedded at the top of the staff. Inside the crystal, it seemed to seal an entire shattered world, and spatial cracks could be seen slowly emerging from it from time to time.
The moment the staff was grasped, the surrounding space began to tremble, and the aura of the Ancient God Clan cultivator surged dramatically.
He suddenly raised his divine staff. "Divine Power—" "Shattering World Staff - Collapse of Myriad Realms!!" Boom—!!
The moment the staff was raised high, all the ancient divine runes on its shaft lit up. Countless fine cracks emerged from the surface of the staff, emanating a blinding white light of destruction, as if the entire staff was devouring space itself.
The next moment, he suddenly swung his staff down! The instant the staff tip struck, the entire space resounded with a deafening roar.
The void began to shatter like a mirror.
A crack rapidly spread from the tip of the staff, expanding wildly like a spider web. In just an instant, tens of thousands of feet of space were covered by a dense network of cracks.
"Crack--Crack--" Space peeled away piece by piece, and the boundaries of dimensions began to collapse.
The void between the Inverted Mountains was like a giant pane of glass, shattered completely by this force.
Countless fragments of space scattered in all directions, each fragment reflecting the scene of the world that had just existed.
The realms were collapsing and the rules were crumbling. The entire space where Qin Yu was located began to collapse, the dimensional barriers were completely torn apart, and the world seemed to be returning to its original chaos.
A sinister smile flashed in the eyes of the Ancient God Clan cultivator. In his view, Qin Yu was already doomed.
However, just as this destructive power was about to engulf Qin Yu...
Qin Yu simply smiled slightly, his expression even carrying a hint of ease.
It was as if the divine power before him, capable of shattering realms, was nothing more than a clumsy performance.
Qin Yu slowly raised his right hand, without unleashing any earth-shattering divine power.
He simply extended a finger, and that finger landed in the void.
A faint ripple spread through the space.
Like a drop of water falling onto a calm lake, the spatial cracks that had been spreading wildly suddenly stopped.
As if pressed to pause by some invisible force, the shattered fragments of the realm floated in the air.
The dimensional collapse stopped, the spatial destruction stopped, and even the surging chaotic currents froze at this moment.
Time seemed to freeze for a moment in the entire Inverted Mountains area as Qin Yu lightly traced a line in the air with his finger.
"Snap." It was like crushing a thin layer of illusion, revealing all the cracks, all the fragments, all the collapsing realms.
At that moment, everything vanished, space returned to calm, Inverted Mountains remained silently suspended.
As if nothing had happened, the ancient Ancient God Clan cultivator stood frozen in place, his staff still suspended in mid-air.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and he stared intently at Qin Yu, his expression gradually changing from a sneer to shock.
"How... how could this be..." His voice began to tremble. "You..."
"How could you possibly break my divine power?!" He suddenly took a step back, his gaze fixed on Qin Yu.
"Weren't you already severely injured?!" His voice was filled with disbelief.
"And your cultivation level... is only at the Realm Breaking Realm · Middle Stage!"
He practically growled through gritted teeth, "I am—" "The Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme!!"
For the first time, genuine fear appeared in his eyes, while Qin Yu simply stood there quietly.
He looked at him indifferently, as if he were looking at a dead man whose fate was already sealed.
The void of the Inverted Mountains Space Silence and eerie, with mountain peaks suspended upside down. Huge rock formations hang in the air like debris fallen from the sky, while rubble slowly floats and rotates in the chaotic space of gravity. The enormous shadows of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Vine to the sky are faintly visible in the distance, like an ancient forest extending into the depths of the universe.
Qin Yu stood quietly in the void, his black clothes fluttering slightly in the wind. His gaze fell calmly on the Ancient God Clan cultivator, as if he had completely seen through the other party's trump card.
Qin Yu suddenly spoke coldly. "Hmph." His voice was calm, yet carried a condescending chill. "How pathetic."
Qin Yu's gaze was as sharp as a knife. "Don't think you can crush me just because you're at a higher realm." He slowly took a step forward.
"Your deconstruction of the origins of rule-based narratives is far inferior to mine." Qin Yu's tone was somewhat sarcastic.
"And your causal logic supernatural power—is far too flawed." The ancient Ancient God Clan cultivator's expression instantly turned ugly.
Qin Yu continued, a cold smile playing on his lips. "And also," he added, "You couldn't even tell I was faking my injury."
Qin Yu gently shook his head. "You still want to kill me?" His voice was as cold as ice. "That's ridiculous."
These words deeply stung the Ancient God Clan cultivator, and his face suddenly twisted in pain.
"Shut up!!" he roared suddenly, his eyes bloodshot. He knew that if this dragged on, he had no chance of winning.
The next moment, he suddenly bit his palm, and blood dripped onto the staff, instantly unleashing an ancient and terrifying aura.
"Since that's the case—" his voice was low and frenzied, "Then I'll show you the true magic of the ancient gods!"
He gripped the divine staff with both hands, and his aura began to surge wildly. "Ancient God Forbidden Technique—" "Annihilation Realm: Descends of Return to the Ruins!"
The Ancient God Clan used a forbidden divine technique to draw upon the power of the Return to the Ruins, drawing upon their God Clan bloodline to forcibly drag a region into the "Return to the Ruins Void Realm." Within the Return to the Ruins, all paths fell silent, rules were annihilated, cause and effect collapsed, and all existence was forcibly stripped away to its most primordial state of nothingness.
Those caught in the turmoil will have their physical bodies, souls, and destinies repeatedly annihilated in the Return to the Ruins Tide, until their very existence is completely destroyed.
The caster can forcibly transform tens of thousands of feet of space into the Return to the Ruins Domain. Within the domain, all rules become invalid, and cultivation, supernatural powers, and karma are all suppressed. Enemies will be repeatedly devoured by the Return to the Ruins Tide. While the domain exists, the caster can use the power of the Return to the Ruins to continuously regenerate their own injuries until the enemy is completely swallowed up by the Return to the Ruins.
The ancient divine runes on the staff suddenly exploded, and crimson divine light shot into the sky. The void began to collapse, and a huge black vortex slowly unfolded between the Inverted Mountains, like the maw of an abyss that devoured the universe.
Countless low, ancient chants echoed from within the vortex, as if ancient gods were whispering in the darkness. Layers of spatial rules were peeled away, the world turned grayish-white, all things lost their color, Return to the Ruins Tide void surged like Sea of Form in the sky.
The entire Inverted Mountains area was instantly enveloped by the Return to the Ruins Domain, the void turned gray-white, and the rules began to crumble.
The ancient Ancient God Clan cultivator laughed maniacally, "Within the Return to the Ruins— " "You are doomed!!"
However, Qin Yu remained standing there, his expression unchanged.
The next moment, Qin Yu slowly raised his right hand. "Since you enjoy playing with the collapse of the rules so much..."
His voice rang out calmly, "Then I'll show you—what true rules really are."
Qin Yu softly uttered a few words: "--" "Three Forms of Fate Construction of Cause and Effect Deconstruction."
In an instant, the void around Qin Yu suddenly became extremely quiet, and an invisible causal line extended from his fingertips.
The causal thread seemed to run through the entire Return to the Ruins Domain. The next moment, Qin Yu gently pulled it.
"Break!" Boom! The Return to the Ruins Domain trembled violently, and the surging Return to the Ruins Tide suddenly stopped.
The black vortex trembled violently, and the causal lines at Qin Yu's fingertips were like an invisible blade, directly severing the core logic of the Return to the Ruins Domain.
"Crack--" A huge crack appeared in space, the Return to the Ruins Domain began to collapse, and the black tide surged back.
The runes on the staff shattered one by one, and the Ancient God Clan cultivator suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Boom!! The Return to the Ruins Domain shattered completely, and the void of the Inverted Mountains returned to normal.
The ancient Ancient God Clan cultivator was blasted hundreds of feet away and crashed heavily onto an Inverted Mountains, causing the rocks to collapse instantly.
He was covered in blood, his breath had stopped, and his eyes were filled with unbelievable rage.
"How... how is this possible..." He stared intently at Qin Yu, his voice almost hoarse.
"How could you possibly... hurt me?!" He slowly stood up, his face contorted with rage.
Suddenly, he took out a strange Dao Fruit from his bosom.
The Dao Fruit was entirely black, its surface covered with twisted patterns, resembling a solidified black hole. Within the Dao Fruit, one could vaguely see countless tormented and distorted soul shadows slowly moving about.
The ancient Ancient God Clan cultivator's eyes were filled with utter madness. "Since that's the case—" he roared in a low voice, "even if I become a demon today—" "I will still kill you!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he swallowed the Dao Fruit in one gulp, and in an instant, a terrifying aura erupted.
His body began to twist violently, his bones made a piercing cracking sound, his skin split open, and black lines spread out from his body.
"Roar--!!" He roared to the sky, his body rapidly expanding.
His arms grew incredibly thick, his muscles bulging like rocks. Suddenly, a pair of enormous black bone wings tore open from his back.
Curved demonic horns sprouted from his forehead, his eyes turned into burning blood-red abysses, his aura surged wildly, Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme, and his primordial divine power rapidly expanded.
Boom! His cultivation broke through forcefully, directly entering the Mystic Void Realm Initial Stage.
Having completed its demonic transformation, the demon king-like being slowly raised its head.
His body was ten zhang tall, covered in jet-black scales, and his wings spread out like a night sky, his blood-red pupils burning with a destructive madness.
His voice was deep and thunderous. "Qin Yu." "Now—" "How can you possibly beat me?"