In the deathly silence of the Winter Domain, the Mystic Void Realm Initial Stage cultivator coughed up blood, his Fate Soul trembling unsteadily. He still stared intently at Qin Yu and the blue figure on his shoulder, his eyes filled with horror and resentment. Qin Yu merely raised his eyes slowly, his gaze as cold as an abyss, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable sense of judgment, "You are not qualified to know who she is."
The moment the words fell, Qin Yu gave his opponent no chance to breathe. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword in his hand trembled slightly, and before the sword was fully swung, the heavens and earth had already begun to shatter.
It wasn't that space was being torn apart, but rather that "the very definition that constitutes space" began to lose its capacity to bear weight. In the next instant, Qin Yu took a step forward, and the sword's edge appeared from nothingness, "The Causeless Disillusionment Sword."
This sword strike, though lacking any earth-shattering light, silenced the entire Winter Domain. The causal chain seemed to be forcibly severed in that instant. The already injured Fate Soul of the Profound Mystic Void Realm cultivator had nothing left to cling to under this sword strike, and his existence began to tremble violently.
Countless fine cracks appeared on his body, and within each crack, a grayish-white light emanated from Emptiness —it wasn't that he was being cleaved, but rather that his "reason for existence" was being peeled away layer by layer.
"Boom--!!!"
He tried to struggle, to activate the Bone Blade, but found that all his supernatural powers could not take shape. Because the "cause" no longer existed, the "effect" naturally could not manifest. His Fate Soul was as if being dragged into a bottomless abyss, and his entire body disintegrated inch by inch in front of Qin Yu. First, his aura broke, and then his Dao foundation collapsed.
Finally, even the traces of "his existence" began to fade, turning into an unrecordable blank space. He Annihilation without a trace, leaving not even a scream.
The wind did not stir, the cold did not change; it was as if this person had never appeared in this world.
Qin Yu slowly sheathed his sword, his gaze remaining calm, as if he had merely wiped away a wisp of dust. He turned to look at Xiao Yue on his shoulder, "Xiao Yue, should we enter that boundary gate?"
Xiao Yue gently wiggled her little feet, tilted her head to look at the two gates, and star and moon patterns slowly flowed in her eyes. "Let me study these two barriers carefully."
Her gaze wasn't merely observation; it directly targeted the "origin of rules" behind the two boundary gates. The Night Gate on the left and the Day Gate on the right gradually peeled away their appearances in her eyes, revealing their deepest "definitive structures." She gently raised her small hand...
A wisp of blue light spun at his fingertips, as if stirring the Fate Soul of the entire formation. The surrounding void trembled slightly, and the flowing light and dark patterns on the boundary gate constantly recombinated, collapsed, and recombined, as if time was being stretched out.
Dozens of breaths passed quietly, and she suddenly smiled softly, "Found it, it really is the Winter Domain that is the gate of life. Little Qinzi, go through the left-hand Night Gate - the Mystic Winter Still Night Realm."
Without any hesitation, Qin Yu took a step forward, his figure disappearing directly into the pitch-black gate.
In an instant, the world changed completely. There was no light, no sound, only an Ultimate winter night. But this moment was different from before.
The formation began to return to order. The Wind of Realm Breaking suddenly subsided. All the shattered dimensions were forcibly gathered together as if by an invisible hand. The cracks closed, the boundaries were reorganized, and the world was "stabilized" again, no longer strangling or collapsing.
The Mystic Void black mist slowly dissipated, and the strange power that devoured Fate Soul ceased its agitation. Instead, it seemed to be suppressed under some higher level of order, completely falling into silence. Between heaven and earth, only a kind of "Ultimate stillness" remained—cold but not killing, silent but not devouring.
In the distance, a colossal being slowly revealed itself— the Black Tortoise Sovereign.
No longer the previous pseudo-killing form that tore everything apart, it has returned to its true divine beast nature. The tortoise shell is like the primordial shell that bears the heavens and the earth, upon which flow extremely steady Xuanming patterns. Each pattern suppresses the power to Realm Breaking. The snake tail coils around the void, moving gently.
It then completely smoothed out the remaining turbulence in the Mystic Void formation. It did not attack, but simply remained quietly at the core of the formation, like the "foundation" of the entire formation.
At the same time, the auras of the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger no longer showed any killing intent, but instead transformed into the energy of the four seasons, slowly merging into the world. The originally violent power of the four seasons was completely unified at this moment.
Those otherworldly spirits were all frozen under the suppression of Xuanwu's power, then turned into nothingness and were completely annihilated without leaving a trace.
The entire world, from Ultimate carnage and frenzy, suddenly returned to Ultimate silence. Qin Yu at the center of the formation, neither drawing his sword nor engaging in combat.
He simply raised his hand slowly, merging his own Dao power with the Xuanming Origin in this winter night, and in an instant Black Tortoise Sovereign trembled slightly.
A wisp of Xuanming Qi rose from the core of the formation, flowing along the power of Qin Yu's Fate Soul and pouring into the entire formation.
A deep, resonant sound emanated from heaven and earth. The originally extremely complex array patterns lit up and then extinguished, rising and falling like breath.
The slow dissolution was not a destruction but a "return to stillness." The Realm Breaking closed, Mystic Void mysterious mist dissipated, and the power of the four seasons no longer clashed. The entire Four Sequences Definition Heaven-Sealing Grand Array returned to complete balance at this moment, and then silently opened the world to a moment of clarity, as if everything had never happened.
In the silent Winter Domain night, as the last array pattern vanished silently like melting snow, the entire Four Sequences Definition Heaven-Sealing Grand Array completely disappeared. Heaven and earth no longer twisted or rotated, and the originally intertwined origins of the four seasons, like a calmed raging tide, quietly subsided, leaving only an Ultimate Kong Ling stillness.
Right at the heart of that formation, the void suddenly trembled slightly. There was no light, no fluctuation, and not even a trace of its "appearance".
But in the deepest part of that "nothingness," an indescribable "existence" slowly emerges; it is a seal, yet it is not a seal.
It has no shape, no boundaries, no weight, no definable characteristics, and is invisible to the naked eye.
Divine sense cannot lock onto it; it disintegrates on its own the moment the laws touch it.
Only when the mind is stripped of all attachments and perceptions, and the desire to "see," "touch," and "possess" is abandoned, can one vaguely "perceive" a trace of nothingness in that utter Emptiness —a trace that sometimes dissipates into the Mystic Void, and sometimes condenses into a point of unnameable light, as if it never existed, yet it is always there.
It was— the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal. Qin Yu's gaze narrowed slightly, and he stepped forward lightly, without rushing.
Because he knew that this was not a treasure that could be "snatched," but rather an existence that had to be "acknowledged."
His aura gradually subsided, his mind sank into a state of tranquility, and he walked step by step towards that "nothingness," just as his fingertips were about to touch that ethereal imprint—
"Buzz--!" A fierce killing intent suddenly exploded from behind! Without warning or prelude.
That was a divine power that directly locked onto the foundation of Fate Soul, like an invisible blade that spanned dimensions, tearing through space and slashing towards Qin Yu's back!
However, Qin Yu's reaction was so fast, as if he had already foreseen it. He didn't even turn around; with a light flick of his finger, he uttered, "Void Source Truth Command - Cause and Effect Reshaping."
In an instant, the causal chain of the incoming force was forcibly rewritten. The attack, originally aimed at the very source of his Fate Soul, abruptly shifted its trajectory just before touching his body, as if rearranged by some higher-level will—
"Boom--!!!" The supernatural power exploded beside him, the void collapsed, and the chill reverberated, but it did not harm him in the slightest.
Qin Yu slowly straightened up before turning around, a cold laugh tinged with mockery and amusement coming from not far away.
"Haha, fellow Daoist, you're so clever." It really was the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal. The void distorted slightly.
Six figures slowly emerged from the spatial rift that had not yet completely dissipated.
All of them were at the Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage. Their auras were profound and their Fate Soul were stable, far surpassing those of the previous beginner cultivators. Each of them carried a kind of indifference and calculation that had been tempered by life and death and karma.
The leader, his gaze sharp as a blade, locked onto Qin Yu, his tone calm yet carrying a hidden pressure. "Fellow Daoist, we have been waiting here for quite some time."
He slightly raised his hand, pointing to the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal that was still floating in the void, a glint of undisguised greed flashing in his eyes, "I never thought that this extremely strange formation could actually be broken by someone Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme as you."
Their words carried a hint of disbelief, but more so a murderous intent born of confirmation. They had arrived long ago, just as Qin Yu and the others were trapped by the Four Sequences Grand Array.
The six people stood outside the formation. They did not rush in because they could see further. This formation was strange and unpredictable, with chaotic rules, yet it also seemed to be protecting some kind of "extremely high-level existence".
So they chose to wait for someone to break the deadlock, to wait for the true "fruit" to emerge, and now they have waited for it. The formation has been broken, and the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal has appeared in the world.
The person who broke the formation was merely a Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme. The six of them slowly dispersed, and in the blink of an eye, they had already surrounded Qin Yu and the Non-Stillness Seal.
The world fell silent once more, but this time, beneath the silence, murderous intent was fully revealed.
In the still of the night after the Winter Domain's formation was broken, before the killing intent had fully manifested, Xiao Yue, perched on Qin Yu's shoulder, gently swayed her feet. Her voice rang out directly in Qin Yu's mind, carrying a hint of ease yet concealing a sharp edge, "Little Qinzi, don't be afraid. If we join forces, we can definitely take this Mystic Seal."
Qin Yu's gaze darkened slightly, but his divine sense remained remarkably calm. "No, Xiao Yue, this seal has no practical meaning for me."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the six Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage cultivators, a faint calculating glint in his eyes. "Four seals, two have already been issued. I've already given one to Brother Shen; I don't need this seal at all."
"Let them fight it out themselves." "A six-person game is bound to descend into chaos." Xiao Yue paused slightly, then smiled gently, "Alright then."
Qin Yu's expression suddenly changed. His previously calm demeanor vanished, replaced by a look of caution and concession. He raised his hands slightly, as if to show weakness, and said, "Don't make a move, don't make a move."
"Now that you are all here, I, Realm Breaking Realm · Supreme, know I am no match for you." "This Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal... I will no longer covet it."
He lowered his head slightly, his tone carrying a perfectly measured hint of resignation, "I only ask that you all... let me leave."
The six Mystic Void Realm cultivators exchanged glances. One of them snorted coldly, his tone indifferent, "Let's go. This is none of your business."
Qin Yu showed no sign of lingering, slowly taking a step back. "Then I won't disturb you any longer."
The moment his words fell, his figure vanished, a tiny rift in the void opened behind him, and he stepped into it as if he had merged into nothingness.
He vanished without looking back or hesitating, as if this treasure, powerful enough to trigger a deadly trap in the Mystic Void Realm, was nothing more than a fleeting cloud to him.
The atmosphere between heaven and earth changed abruptly the moment he left; the six people remained standing in the same spot.
But the air was no longer filled with the atmosphere of "joining forces" as before; instead, it was filled with an Ultimate suppressed killing intent.
One of them spoke slowly, his voice low yet penetrating to the core, "Fellow Daoist, this Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal... there is only this one before us."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the other five people, "There are six of us—" "Who should take it?" The air froze the moment he finished speaking.
The smell of gunpowder was building up silently; no one answered, but everyone was itching to make a move.
Divine thoughts surged, Fate Soul locked onto cause and effect, and the six paths of energy intertwined in the void, probing and locking onto each other, as if only the slightest fluctuation would cause a complete explosion.
In that moment of Ultimate tension, one of them moved without warning. Without any warning, his figure suddenly transformed into a blur, tearing through the void and rushing straight towards the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal at Ultimate speed!
Greed overwhelmed everything; his hand had already reached out, about to touch that "nothingness." In that instant, "Whoosh—!" a sword light suddenly descended.
Without origin or trajectory, it seemed to exist in that moment as a "result" from which no one could even react before the sword flashed.
The soul and its Fate Soul are severed at the same instant, not by being cut apart, but by having their connection "erased".
The person was like a piece of erroneous cause and effect ripped from the world, instantly collapsing into countless fragments, utterly Annihilation without even uttering a scream.
The other five men's pupils constricted, their killing intent surging. Without further ado, they shouted, "Attack!!"
With a sudden roar, five streams of Mystic Void energy erupted simultaneously, causing the void to tremble violently. The five individuals rushed towards the Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal almost at the same time.
Supernatural powers intertwined, Fate Soul collided, and cause and effect tore each other apart, plunging the entire world into violent chaos once again, and that Mystic Void Non-Stillness Seal...
It remained silently suspended in the void, unmoved and uncontested, as if all struggles and competitions were irrelevant to it.