The sounds of people gradually rose again in the square.
After the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme expert announced the rules, murmurs arose among the tens of thousands of participants. Many looked solemn, while others had excited glints in their eyes.
Qin Yu stood in the crowd, his gaze still fixed on the Myriad Realms Observation Domain Mirror that floated in the air.
Just then, Shen Qingchen clicked his tongue slightly and couldn't help but say to Qin Yu:
"Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Qin, this year's rules really mean fortune favors the bold."
He looked at the reflected Endless Abyss World and couldn't help but shake his head.
"But seriously," Qin Yu said, tilting his head slightly, "The rewards and opportunities are even more tempting than in previous years."
"Brother Shen, do you know what the Xuan Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal is?" Shen Qingchen nodded, his expression becoming serious.
"I know." "That thing... is a real taboo."
He slowly said, "The Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal, at its core, is an Ultimate forbidden treasure born at the very beginning of the Mystic Void Realm."
"It is called the embodiment of 'the Ultimate nothingness'." "Strictly speaking—it doesn't even belong to conventional spacetime."
"It cannot be described, it cannot be deduced, it cannot be controlled."
Only those whose minds have truly reached the state of 'nothingness' can possibly resonate with it in the faintest possible way.
In ancient texts, it is also referred to as "the Seal of Dao Severance" or "the Unknowable Artifact."
Shen Qingchen's gaze grew even more solemn as he spoke. "It has no fixed form. It is a true seal of nothingness."
"Invisible to the naked eye, imperceptible to divine sense, and its outline cannot be captured by any method of probing."
"Only when a cultivator's mind is completely free from attachments and perceptions can they perceive a trace of nothingness for an extremely brief moment."
"It sometimes dissipates into the Mystic Void, and sometimes condenses into an invisible trace of light."
"Any substance that touches it will instantly vanish into nothingness," leaving not even a trace of energy.
Qin Yu listened quietly. Shen Qingchen continued, "It is said that when heaven and earth were first created, the first wisp of the Law of Nothingness was born."
"This seal condensed within the first rift of the Mystic Void Realm." "It does not belong to any plane."
"It doesn't belong to any system of laws." "It's even more primordial than the Great Dao." "It's more Ultimate than nothingness."
"It is only mentioned in scattered fragments of ancient texts." And those who recorded it—
Shen Qingchen paused for a moment. "All because the thought process was broken when trying to describe its essence."
"Completely extinct." He finished speaking and sighed softly. "So its true origin remains a mystery."
He then added in a low voice, "But I reckon... the Lineage will be bringing out something like this this time."
"This is probably also to select the geniuses who can truly reach the Mystic Void Realm or even the True Annihilation Realm."
In other words, whoever obtains the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal has the potential to enter the Wuji Realm in the future.
"To become one of the top-tier powerhouses in the Five Great End-of-the-World Multidimensional Universes of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, standing shoulder to shoulder with those true prodigies."
After listening, Qin Yu nodded slightly and looked back into the distance; however, Qin Yu did not notice anything amiss.
Just as he was talking to Shen Qingchen, in the main seating area of Lineage, behind the Hua Lineage's formation.
A pair of eyes were fixed on him; the person standing at the back of the crowd had a cold expression.
It was indeed Hua Jingmeng. He was standing very far back, and because there were so many people in the square, he didn't attract Qin Yu's attention.
Hua Jingmeng's eyes were filled with intense killing intent. He slightly turned his head and transmitted his voice to a Hua Lineage disciple beside him.
"Those useless Holy Clan." "That brat Qin Yu is still alive." His voice was icy.
"And—" "He actually came to participate in the competition." The disciple at the Realm Breaking Realm looked respectful.
Hua Jingmeng continued, "Go find a few reliable people. After entering the Endless Abyss— " "Who will kill Qin Yu?"
"This young master will directly reward you with—" "One hundred and fifty God-Level Resonance Crystal."
The disciple's pupils dilated. He immediately replied in a low voice, "Yes." "I'll arrange it right away."
A cold smile slowly crept onto Hua Jingmeng's lips. Her gaze was fixed on Qin Yu in the distance. "Hmph."
"Enter the Endless Abyss— " "That's where you'll die." Just then, above the plaza...
The head of the Chi Lineage spoke again, his voice resounding throughout the entire hall like a booming bell.
"Fellow Daoists." "The time has come." "Prepare to activate the teleportation array." He slowly raised his hand. "I—" "Congratulations to you all."
"Victory is back." In the next instant, the ground in the center of the square suddenly trembled, and countless patterns of order emerged from beneath the ground.
Huge array patterns began to spread, and the entire plaza was instantly enveloped in a vast light.
It was a massive interdimensional teleportation array covering the entire center of the plaza; the array's patterns lit up the instant it appeared.
Countless star trails appeared in the sky, and light rose from the ground.
It was as if a universe of light was slowly unfolding, with each array pattern resembling a burning meteor.
Energy roared through the air, and the entire spatial structure began to twist layer by layer, as if a giant door to another world was opening.
A massive energy surge formed a pillar of light in the center of the plaza, shooting straight into the sky, with layers of space folding within it.
The Realm Wheel slowly emerged— the Endless Abyss.
At this moment, the contestants in the square began to be guided by the formation one after another, their figures enveloped by pillars of light.
They then vanished instantly, like meteors being sucked into the depths of the universe, one after another, cultivators disappearing continuously in the teleportation light.
Shen Qingchen then said to Qin Yu, "Brother Qin, after we enter—" "We'll meet at the northernmost point."
Qin Yu nodded slightly. "Okay." "I'll remember." The next instant, a beam of light descended, enveloping both of them simultaneously.
Space suddenly distorted, the entire world seemed to be stretched in an instant, and then everyone disappeared into the square.
Tens of thousands of participants were teleported into the Endless Abyss in just a few dozen breaths, and the martial arts tournament officially began.
Qin Yu felt the space around him suddenly collapse, the orderly structure of the teleportation array was stretched infinitely in an instant, the spatial layers were as if they were forcibly torn apart, and a huge rift in the boundary unfolded beneath his feet.
Countless causal trajectories plummeted at this moment, as if the entire world was sliding towards some deeper structure of existence.
The next instant, the ground beneath his feet solidified again, and Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes. The moment he saw the scene before him, his brows twitched slightly.
The world before us completely transcends the logical structure of conventional boundaries; this is not the ordinary world in the conventional sense.
Space seemed to be gently folded by some invisible force, and when the last wisp of teleportation power completely dissipated, Qin Yu's figure slowly landed on a floating continent.
The ground beneath their feet was not ordinary soil or stone, but an ancient boundary matrix. The surface displayed deep blue patterns, as if it were naturally formed by countless Annihilation Structure Dao patterns, with faint primordial pulses slowly flowing within it.
Qin Yu slowly raised his head. The next instant, his pupils contracted slightly. The world before him was completely different from the outside world.
There is no sky in the conventional sense here.
High above, there was an extremely vast deep blue dome. This dome was not a physical entity, but a primordial evolution layer that covered the entire realm.
Countless tiny points of light flowed slowly across the dome, like an inverted sea of stars, but Qin Yu could tell at a glance that they were not stars.
Those are the Void Evolution light traces formed when the origin of the realm flows.
Each streak of light contains an extremely subtle trace of the Dao, constantly intertwining with each other to form a vast and intricate causal network.
The entire dome is like a unfolding web of narrative between heaven and earth, slowly rotating to maintain the order of existence in this Endless Abyss.
Qin Yu's Fate Soul trembled slightly. Because he could clearly sense that this world was not simply a natural realm.
The structure of the Dao here has clearly been rewoven by some ancient force, he slowly looked into the distance.
As far as the eye could see, there was a magnificent and awe-inspiring floating realm, a vast continent.
The entire continent floats above the abyss, with no support below.
Clouds surged along the edge of the continent, and layers of white mist flowed slowly above the abyss, as if the whole world was floating in endless void.
In the center of the continent, an extremely large city stands majestically, with countless towering towers reaching into the clouds.
Those buildings were not made of ordinary bricks and stones, but were constructed from an extremely ancient boundary material.
The surface of the tower is covered with complex Dao patterns. These patterns are not man-made, but rather resemble the Annihilation Structure traces left by the origin of heaven and earth when it solidified.
When Qin Yu looked intently, he could even vaguely see extremely faint fluctuations of primordial energy flowing between those patterns.
It was as if the entire city itself was a colossal Dao artifact, with mountains suspended in mid-air in the distance.
Mountain peaks float between heaven and earth, with no rock layers supporting them, only faint, Void Evolution halos slowly rotating beneath them.
Those halos constantly release subtle ripples of primordial energy, allowing the entire mountain to float steadily, with many long bridges connecting the different parts of the mountain.
The bridges were slender and transparent, their surfaces seemingly formed from pure causal Dao patterns, with faint flowing light constantly moving within them.
That was the very essence of heaven and earth compressed to its Ultimate; in the distant sky, several enormous shadows slowly swept by.
Those shadows had strange shapes, like ancient floating islands, drifting slowly in the sky.
Their surfaces are covered with dense veins of Dao lines, and whenever they move, the surrounding heaven and earth Qi will gently vibrate.
Qin Yu stood quietly in place, a faint resonance emanating from the depths of his Fate Soul, which he could clearly sense.
The structure of the entire Endless Abyss is extremely complex. The world here is not a single-layered realm, but rather appears to be composed of multiple superimposed Dao principles.
In some places, the Dao remains stable; in others, the origin is constantly evolving.
In some areas, causal trajectories intertwine, forming an extremely bizarre Annihilation Structure node.
Qin Yu's gaze slowly moved. Suddenly, his eyes stopped on a patch of void in the distance, where there was an extremely faint crack.
The crack was not a spatial rift, but a fault in the structure itself.
The energy of heaven and earth around the crack was slightly distorted, and the Source Dao became extremely unstable there.
It was as if that area had once experienced some extremely terrifying conflict. Qin Yu remained silent for a moment.
A thought vaguely surfaced in his mind: this Endless Abyss was probably far more than just a simple arena for competition.
It's more like an ancient realm left behind, where perhaps in some distant past era, an extremely large causal upheaval occurred.
Countless laws collapsed and reorganized, ultimately forming the bizarre world order we see today.
Just as Qin Yu was deep in thought, the aura of heaven and earth in the distance suddenly trembled slightly, and several powerful auras of Fate Soul were rapidly approaching.
Those auras were not deliberately concealed; on the contrary, they carried a sharp killing intent.
Qin Yu's gaze slowly turned to the distance, where he saw three figures flying over from another floating mountain range.
They landed on the edge of the continent, their gazes fixed on Qin Yu, and the leader gave a cold smile.
"I've finally found you." Qin Yu looked at them quietly, his expression unchanged.
The man slowly stepped forward. "Qin Yu." "Young Master Hua has already spoken."
"Whoever severed your Fate Soul— " "I will reward you with one hundred and fifty God-Level Resonance Crystal."
As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them simultaneously released their Fate Soul, instantly tightening the causal structure in the air.
The entire world seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and the aura of the Realm Breaking Realm Pinnacle enveloped Qin Yu.