Above the floating continent, the sea of clouds flowed slowly.
Between the distant, suspended mountain ranges, a faint primordial energy slowly drifted between heaven and earth, like invisible threads of cause and effect.
Qin Yu stood there quietly, surrounded by three cultivators. The Dao fluctuations in the air around him gradually became sharper.
Qin Yu's gaze remained calm, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he smiled inwardly.
"Tsk tsk tsk..." "Hua Jingmeng really has a big budget." His gaze slowly swept over the three of them.
"Back at the auction, he wouldn't even part with 150 God-Level Resonance Crystal." "Now, he's trying to take my life—"
"They're certainly willing to spend a fortune." Qin Yu shook his head slightly. "It seems..." "My value in his heart isn't low."
The three men sneered upon hearing this, and the leader slowly stepped forward. "Qin Yu," he said, "If you surrender, we might spare your life."
Qin Yu looked at them calmly without answering, but slowly raised his eyes, and in that instant...
A very subtle unease suddenly arose in the hearts of the three, but the next moment, the three moved at the same time, and the energy of heaven and earth trembled instantly.
The first to make a move was the tall, thin cultivator on the left. He suddenly clasped his hands together, and his Fate Soul aura burst forth.
An extremely strange Karma Ripple spread out around him. "Supernatural power--" Cause-Locking Return to the Ruins Chain
Using the Fate Soul as a guide, Qin Yu's Existence Anchoring within a predetermined cause and effect.
Once the causal chain is locked, Qin Yu's actions, Fate Soul fluctuations, and even the evolution of his thoughts will be bound to a predetermined trajectory.
As if dragged into the chain of karma and Return to the Ruins by heaven and earth and unable to break free, the moment he opened his palms...
Countless pale golden chains suddenly appeared in the void. These chains were not physical entities, but rather were woven from countless intricate causal runes.
Chains stretched out from the depths of the void, intertwined, like a vast web of fate.
In the next instant, hundreds of causal chains shot towards Qin Yu simultaneously, each chain attempting to entangle Qin Yu's Fate Soul Nucleus.
At the same time, the burly cultivator on the right suddenly stepped forward, raised his palm, and the energy of the entire world suddenly sank.
"Divine Power--" The Stillness Mountain Realm-Suppressing Seal, using its own Dao foundation as an anchor, forcibly compresses the rules of the realm.
The power of heaven and earth is condensed into a seal of suppression. The existence structure of the suppressed person will be compressed layer by layer, the fluctuation of their Fate Soul cannot spread, and the causal trajectory will also be blocked.
A black-gold mark suddenly appeared in his palm, and the mark continued to expand in a short time.
It then transformed into a gigantic phantom mountain hundreds of feet tall, its surface covered with heavy Dao patterns.
Every line exuded a suffocating sense of oppression. Boom! The phantom of a mountain fell from the sky.
It was as if the entire world had been lowered by several inches, and the one who made the final move was the cultivator standing in the center.
His eyes were the coldest of all. He slowly brought his two fingers together, and a very thin black light appeared from his fingertips.
"Supernatural Power - Order Adjudication Life-Severing Blade, which severs the order of existence with the power of Order Adjudication, when the blade falls, the person being cut is not physically injured."
Instead, its own structure is forcibly stripped away, and the connection between its Fate Soul, cause and effect, and foundation of the Dao is instantly severed.
If the Fate Soul is unstable, it will collapse on the spot. He gently moved his fingertip, and a thin crack immediately appeared in the void.
Within the crack, a pure black blade of light slowly condensed, its extremely thin blade emanating a chilling aura of annihilation.
In the next instant, the blade light suddenly tore through space, slashing straight at Qin Yu.
The three supernatural powers descended almost simultaneously, sealing souls, suppressing mountains and boundaries, Order Adjudication fate.
The three forces intertwined, instantly tearing apart the very fabric of the floating continent.
However, just as all the attacks were about to land on Qin Yu suddenly moved.
His movement was simple; he merely raised one hand slightly, without any grand gesture.
There was no earth-shattering phenomenon. Just a casual wave forward. Whoosh—the air suddenly fell silent for a moment.
A very faint layer of Void Evolution ripples appeared around Qin Yu's body; the ripples had no color or shape.
Yet it seemed to subtly shift the causal structure of the entire space by an inch, and the first causal chain had just approached.
It suddenly stopped, as if it had lost its target, and the chains hovered around Qin Yu for a moment.
Then one by one—they collapsed on their own. Immediately afterward, the phantom images of mountains falling from the sky also descended.
However, just as the mountain was about to crush it, the space beneath Qin Yu's feet trembled slightly.
The enormous mountain seemed to press down on a Does Not Exist void, and then collapsed with a deafening roar.
The illusory mountain instantly shattered into countless fragments of Dao principles, and finally, the black Order Adjudication light had arrived in front of Qin Yu.
Just three inches from his brow, Qin Yu slightly turned his head, and the blade grazed his shoulder.
But as if it had struck thin air, the blade of Order Adjudication suddenly shattered on its own in the next instant.
It transformed into a wisp of annihilation and dissipated throughout the entire world, suddenly falling silent.
The expressions of the three cultivators froze instantly; they stared at Qin Yu in disbelief.
Qin Yu slowly lowered his hand, his expression remaining calm, as if everything that had just happened...
He simply brushed away a wisp of dust, let out a soft sigh, and looked at the three of them indifferently, "That's it?"
The air suddenly became incredibly heavy. A gloom settled over all three of them.
They suddenly realized something: they were facing... perhaps not prey, but a real monster.
Above the floating continent, the sea of clouds surged, and the expressions of the three cultivators had completely changed.
The three supernatural powers that Qin Yu had just used were neutralized by Qin Yu with almost effortless ease, a situation that far exceeded their comprehension.
One of them had a grim expression, staring intently at Qin Yu. "How is this possible..." His voice trembled slightly. "You're only at the Realm Breaking Realm · Middle Stage."
"And the three of us—we are all at the Realm Breaking Realm Pinnacle." His eyes were almost incredulous. "How could you possibly break through the divine abilities of the three of us?!"
The other cultivator's expression grew even more wary. He whispered, "Fellow Daoists, be careful." "This kid is incredibly strange." "The methods he used just now are definitely not something a normal cultivator could pull off."
His gaze turned icy. "This person must possess some kind of extremely powerful treasure. Otherwise, he couldn't have broken through our supernatural abilities so easily."
The third man's gaze turned cold. "That's right." "Don't give him any chance. Kill him, take his treasure and storage core, and we'll split them equally among the three of us."
He suddenly raised his hand. "First, set up a causal array to completely lock him in!" The other two immediately nodded. "Okay!"
The three of them took a step at the same time, and the ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled, as three streams of Fate Soul energy instantly soared into the sky.
They each stretched out their hands, quickly forming complex Dao seals in the void.
"The Great Array of Cause and Effect - The Three Absolutes Life-Locking Wheel"
Using the Fate Soul of the three as the foundation of the array, their causal trajectories are forcibly intertwined to form an Order Adjudication that seals off the structure of existence.
When the formation is completed, everything within it will be forcibly anchored to a predetermined cause and effect, and the Fate Soul will be unable to escape.
If the Dao cannot function, even its own trajectory of existence will be completely frozen.
If the person trapped in the formation tries to break free, it will trigger Karmic Backlash, Fate Soul to shatter on its own.
When the three activated the formation simultaneously, a massive causal vortex suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.
The wheel was composed of countless fine light patterns, each of which resembled a long river of cause and effect.
Three causal threads extended from beneath the three people's feet, intertwining with each other and quickly forming a huge triangular array in the void.
A faint golden light curtain slowly rose, within which countless causal runes flowed gently.
It was as if the entire space had been forcibly dragged into a cage of fate, and the great formation was rapidly closing.
If only one more breath remained, Qin Yu would be completely locked into the formation, however—
Just as the formation was about to take shape, Qin Yu suddenly raised his head, his gaze turning extremely cold.
It was as if the entire world paused for a moment, and Qin Yu slowly glanced at the three of them.
His voice was low and deep. "Hmph." "Just you?" He slowly raised his hand, and the air suddenly became extremely quiet.
Qin Yu's voice slowly rang out, "Today—" "I'll show you what—the definition of rules—truly means."
The next instant, Qin Yu gently clenched his two fingers together, and the heavens and earth suddenly trembled, with an extremely strange ripple spreading out from beneath his feet.
It was as if some deeper structure of existence had been awakened. "Supernatural Power--" Void Source · Dream Stillness.
At that moment, the world seemed to lose its sound, and the ground beneath Qin Yu's feet suddenly became transparent.
An indescribable realm suddenly unfolded, the first domain— the Void Source Domain.
The primordial energy of the entire space instantly reversed, and all the power between heaven and earth began to return to its original Void Evolution origin.
Air, mountains, sea of clouds, light... everything seemed to be dragged into the primordial Void Source.
The second realm— the Realm of the Unborn —is where the flow of time suddenly stops, and the boundary between the past and the future becomes blurred.
The three cultivators suddenly felt as if they were standing in a world that had never been born before.
My own existence... seems unreal, the Third Domain— the Domain of Annihilation.
An invisible dark ripple spread from beneath Qin Yu's feet; it was not power, but a complete end.
Wherever it passed, the energy of heaven and earth began to collapse, and the trajectories of the Dao broke apart, forming the fourth domain— the Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain.
In the void, countless causal lines suddenly appeared, connecting the three people's Fate Soul, past, and future.
However, in the next instant, all causal lines broke simultaneously, and the fifth domain— the Concept Disintegration Domain —was destroyed.
The very definition of existence begins to loosen; concepts such as "human," "life," and "enemy" all become blurred at this moment.
The five regions converged, forming an extremely tiny trace of light in front of Qin Yu; that trace of light was extremely dim.
In the stillness, it was as if all existence had returned to its original zero point, and in the next instant, countless tiny Zero Point Offshoot spread out like ripples.
The causal array of the three was finally completed at this moment, but they didn't even have time to show their joy.
The zero-point ripple had already touched the array domain. Buzz—the entire causal array suddenly froze, and the rotating causal wheel stopped.
The three men's pupils suddenly contracted; they were suddenly struck by something extremely terrifying.
The connection between himself and the heavens and earth was disappearing. The first person looked down and saw that his palms were beginning to turn transparent.
It was neither shattered nor annihilated, but rather as if it had never existed.
Little by little— the Fate Soul of the second person who disappeared trembled violently as he attempted to unleash his supernatural powers in resistance.
However, he suddenly realized that he could not recall the supernatural power he had just used.
Those memories were rapidly fading away, and the third person was even more terrified, because he suddenly realized...
He couldn't even remember his own name; his existence was being completely erased.
The three struggled frantically, but it was too late; the zero-point ripples had completely spread.
The three bodies gradually disintegrated in the light, first their physical forms, then turning into countless tiny specks of light.
Next, the Fate Soul turned into faint dust, and finally—even its very existence began to crumble.
Their past, future, cause and effect, and memories were all erased from the narrative of heaven and earth at this moment.
As if they had never existed, the three people vanished completely in just three breaths, and the world returned to silence, leaving only Qin Yu on the floating continent.
Qin Yu slowly withdrew his hand, his expression remaining calm. The sea of clouds began to flow again, as if nothing had ever happened.
He exhaled softly, his gaze fixed on the distant abyss. "Looking at this Endless Abyss..." he thought, "It's starting to get interesting."