At that moment, the pure white light domain completely lost its original sense of layering. There was no longer any sense of distance in the four directions, nor any sense of height above. The entire world seemed to be flattened from the root by an invisible hand. Then, all the suspended light blades, all the stagnant blank spaces, and all the strands of white light that Qin Yu had forcibly left behind collapsed in the same direction at the same time.
The collapse was silent, yet it caused subtle tremors throughout the entire light domain, like a piece of paper repeatedly wiped down to its last fiber, finally unable to withstand the power from deeper within. The next instant, a colossal blade of light, spanning the entire secret realm, emerged from the pure white depths. It was so enormous that its appearance instantly divided the entire light domain into upper and lower layers. The blade was entirely incandescent white, yet its surface lacked any sharpness, possessing only an extremely serene, matte white surface.
The white surface was densely covered with blank runes. These runes had no written characters, yet they carried a lingering sense of "having been erased," like the last traces left by countless rules before they were wiped away. Its upper end was deeply embedded in the core of the light domain, and its lower end disappeared into the end of nothingness. As the entire blade slowly levitated, countless blank light bands around it slowly rotated like fragments of concepts that had been peeled off.
Each time those light bands swept past, a piece of space would be missing, a layer of rules would be lost, and even the very existence of "a light domain" was constantly thinning. Standing beneath this Ultimate light blade, Qin Yu was almost transparent under its illumination. The Dao aura around him had just begun to rise when it was violently suppressed by the erasing will emanating from the giant blade, and even the core of existence that had been struggling to stabilize deep within his Fate Soul sank slightly.
The next instant, the light blade that spanned the heavens and earth trembled very slightly. There was no swinging trajectory, no forward leaning movement. Instead, a thin, almost invisible pure white ray of light was directly separated from the center of the blade and plunged straight into Qin Yu's chest.
In that instant, a large number of pale golden runes immediately appeared around Qin Yu's body. These runes were neither array patterns nor spell seals, but rather all the definitions that had been formed since his existence. The definition of his Dao Foundation lit up first, and golden veins extended along his chest, spine, and limbs, unfolding like a complete cultivation scroll within his body.
Next came the definition of the soul. Layers of ancient Fate Soul patterns emerged from the depths of the sea of consciousness, interlocking with the realms traversed in a lifetime, the laws of the Dao that were mastered, and the Annihilation and reconstruction that were endured. Finally, the definition of the Dao heart was also forced out. Those unseen persistence, obsessions, choices, and unyielding beliefs all manifested their most fragile yet most fundamental outlines in the face of this Concept Erasure Blade.
As soon as the white light touched the pale gold runes, the runes began to dim in patches, like ink writing on pale paper being erased inch by inch. The Dao Foundation pattern on Qin Yu's chest first lost a corner, and the power corresponding to that corner immediately became blank. He held onto his existence, but suddenly for a moment he lost the definition of "cultivator".
The divine soul patterns in his sea of consciousness were stripped away, and large areas of memory outlines began to turn white. It was not simply forgetting, but even the "having memories" began to appear blurry. The next moment, the edge of his Dao heart was also scratched, and the world in his eyes suddenly paused for a very short time, as if even "why I am standing here" was about to be erased from the root.
In that instant, Qin Yu neither retreated nor hastily unleashed any attack. His pupils narrowed slightly in the white light, and the Fate Soul Nucleus within his sea of consciousness suddenly contracted inward. The outline of the Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence - Six Severances Seal silently emerged, but was not released outward. What he did first was to look. Not to look at the light blade, nor at the surface of that Ultimate giant blade, but to look at himself.
As that Concept Erasure Blade grazed his chest, sea of consciousness, and Fate Soul, he reflected the white light onto himself, as if he had been forcibly pushed into the deepest mirror of his Fate Soul, where all cracks, impurities, obsessions, and causal remnants were laid bare.
The forced compression marks left at the Realm Breaking, the lingering traces of battle from the ancient war on the edge of his Fate Soul, the weariness and obsession that were forcibly pushed into the depths of his consciousness when he broke through the Abyss, and even some faint noises that were no longer visible but still dragged his judgment in the depths of cause and effect, all appeared one by one under the white light.
Those things, usually hidden very deep, even he himself might not actively touch them, but in the face of the judgment of the Realm of Light, they all became the sharpest loopholes. That blade of light did not blindly erase; it precisely cut into the gaps in his existence. Where there was error, that place was the first to turn white; where there were shackles, that place was the first to be erased from definition.
Qin Yu's chest rose and fell slightly, and the corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly under this Limit pressure. He finally understood the true ruthlessness of this level. Here, there was no room for challengers to engage in direct combat, nor was there any room for simple defense. If you blindly guarded yourself, your mistakes and flaws would be magnified infinitely, and eventually, the entire person would be deemed an "erroneous existence" by the light domain and erased along with you; if you allowed the erasing power to run rampant, your Fate Soul and foundation would be eroded first, leaving you without even the right to correct yourself.
Only when the Ultimate light blade falls can one see clearly what one should keep and what one should let go of, using its blade to first cleanse oneself, and then seize its power. With this thought in mind, Qin Yu finally raised his hand.
Instead of meeting the Concept Erasure Blade, the palm pressed directly onto the fading gold pattern on his chest. Deep within his Fate Soul, the intent of the Void Source Truth Command Replication suddenly activated, and a faint mysterious light sank into his body through his palm.
The white light continued to wipe away the old wounds on the chest, erasing them completely. The area was blank for a moment, but the next instant, the Source-Cause Construct Heart trembled slightly deep within the Fate Soul, and the blank space was immediately filled by a new outline of existence.
It wasn't about restoring the old state, but about redefining it. The original Dao foundation structure, which was covered with the scars of past battles and residual impurities, was directly replaced by him following the scratches of the light blade. The white light wiped away the impurities, and what he left behind was the core.
The Concept Erasure Blade continued upwards, causing large swaths of the divine soul runes in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness to dim, and for a moment, Qin Yu's vision went completely blank. Just as the white light was about to erase the fundamental definition of "why the divine soul is a divine soul," the Primordial Hongmeng Great Luo Heavenly Chapter suddenly opened deep within his sea of consciousness, and large swaths of wordless pages rose up like a canopy. The pages did not block the white light, but instead directly swept away the divine soul distractions, old pains, and fragments of cause and effect forced out by the white light, page by page.
At this moment, the Book of Fate Law - The Realm Severing Origin Brush did not take form. Instead, it gently traced a wisp of the finest Fate Soul in his sea of consciousness. What it traced was not white light, but the chaotic branch within his own soul that had been pulled apart by the shadow of the old war.
As soon as the branch vein was severed, the large area of pale gold runes immediately became pure again. The white light brushed past that spot, but instead of weakening him further, it completely erased the last remaining blemish on his soul. Qin Yu groaned, veins bulging on his forehead, but his eyes sharpened again at that moment.
The next instant, the Concept Erasure Blade finally touched the core of his mind, the most dangerous place. Once "who am I, why do I exist, why do I not retreat" were completely wiped away, all the previous corrections would be in vain. As soon as the white light approached, a very deep vibration pattern lit up on his chest and between his eyebrows at the same time. The Ultimate outline of Boundless Return to the Abyss - The Other Shore of Annihilation Other Shore slowly unfolded at the bottom of his Fate Soul.
There was no outward projection, no concealment; only an incomparably profound Annihilation aura emanated from the deepest part of his Dao heart, completely enveloping the white light. The light continued to rub within, and the Annihilation continued to swirl within, but at this moment, Qin Yu completely steadied his gaze.
He didn't let Annihilation devour Concept Erasure Blade; he merely used that deepest layer of Annihilation to forcefully guard the "self" from being shaken. Light can erase names, erase scars, erase old definitions, but it cannot erase that core that has never sought external support.
The white light and the Annihilation rubbed against each other, and a pale shockwave silently exploded in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. Blood immediately spilled from the corner of Qin Yu's mouth, and he was almost forced to his knees by the impact, but he still stood up, Fate Soul Nucleus grew brighter and brighter as it trembled.
On the Ultimate light blade, the blank runes suddenly began to flow. The Myriad Dharmas Erasure Lord noticed this. For the first time, it did not simply erase them, but slightly narrowed the light band, as if recalibrating the angle of a deeper erasure.
But in that instant, Qin Yu seized the real opening. He had already used the Concept Erasure Blade to illuminate himself, and he had already used the light blade to wipe away a layer of errors and shackles that needed to be removed. So now, it was his turn to "erase" itself.
The Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence of Six Severances Seal finally unfolded in his palm. The Master Book Seal Severance Naming Reconstruction and the Abyssal Rotation Profiling fell simultaneously. But this time, what he reconstructed was not the enemy, nor the technique, but the "pointing" of that Concept Erasure Blade in the light domain.
The white light had originally targeted "the loophole in the definition of Qin Yu's existence," but it forcibly rewrote a part of it into "the fallacy itself." The moment the rewriting was completed, the white light that was eroding his Dao heart suddenly shifted slightly and fell on the last wisp of causal flaw that had just been revealed within him. With a wipe of the white light, the flaw dissipated on the spot, and Qin Yu's Dao heart felt lighter as a result.
In that instant of lightness, for the first time he truly reached out and grasped the rules of the light domain—not grasping the light itself, but grasping the sliver of power over "where the erasure should land."
He slightly closed his five fingers, and the deepest meaning of Void Source · Dream Stillness flashed in his palm and disappeared. It was not to drag the light domain into Dream Stillness, but to use that absolute deletion authority to align with the power of erasure for a moment.
The next instant, he pushed his palm forward, and the Concept Erasure Blade in front of him stopped for an extremely short moment. It stopped for only a breath, so short that the entire light field trembled silently in that breath, but for Qin Yu, that was enough.
Because in that instant, he understood for the first time how to use this light. You can't confront it head-on, nor can you avoid it. You have to let it illuminate you first, and then personally send the things that shouldn't be left inside into the light. Only when the light acknowledges that you are not a "collection of errors" can you be qualified to grasp a corner of it.
Qin Yu slowly raised his head, and white light slid down his forehead. The void that had been erased on his chest had closed, and new patterns had reappeared in the large blank space of his sea of consciousness. Those patterns were simpler, cleaner, and sharper than before.
The giant light blade still traversed the heavens and earth, and the Ultimate form of the Myriad Dharmas Erasure Lord still pressed down on the entire light domain from above. But this time, the space beneath Qin Yu's feet, which had been repeatedly erased, did not continue to collapse. He stood steadily on it, as if he had written the first line that truly belonged to him on a piece of paper that had been erased down to its bare bones.
The light domain was still judging him, the Concept Erasure Blade still hovered before his eyes, but for the first time, that blade of light did not immediately fall. It was weighing him, and Qin Yu had begun to weigh it in return.