After the being was completely reduced to zero by the Final Pen of Return to the Ruins, it did not hesitate for a moment. Its body trembled slightly in place, as if some deeper blockage had been completely torn open. Then, all the remaining "forms" in the world began to shrink towards it. Light was no longer light, shadow was no longer shadow, and even space itself was collapsing towards its center of existence.
It slowly raised its head, and its previously blurry outline completely disintegrated and reformed at that moment.
A figure, seemingly emerging from the flames of the universe's end, slowly materialized. Its entire body was covered in black and gold battle patterns that appeared to be formed from "the end itself." Its robes flowed in the void, but they were not cloth; rather, they were formed from countless fragments of collapsed dimensions.
A huge halo floated behind them. The halo was not light, but "the remnants of light that had burned out". Its edges were constantly collapsing and regenerating, just like the ring of a star that was going out and burning again.
Its face is too unsightly to look at directly; it has no facial features, yet it allows one to clearly perceive a gaze of "absolute existence," as if all eyes and all perceptions, once touched upon it, would be forcibly drawn into its definition.
The Void Finality Saint Emperor's pupils contracted. "It... has completely abandoned all external things and entered the True Annihilation Origin form..."
The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor's voice was deep. "This is its true power..." Qin Yu did not speak, but his gaze focused.
The next instant—the creature slowly formed a hand seal, and a huge Dharma wheel silently unfolded between its palms.
Black and white, within that Falun, are no longer opposed, but rather devour and transform into each other; black gives rise to white, and white gives rise to black, in an endless cycle, as if all opposition has been melted down into the same layer of "chaos."
"Right and wrong are indistinguishable, Truth and Falsehood in One Furnace." There was no sound, yet it "resonated" simultaneously in the minds of the four people, and in an instant, the world turned upside down.
The world before Qin Yu's eyes began to crumble and reform. The figure of the Void Finality Saint Emperor suddenly became distorted, and his light of the end transformed into "poisonous flames that destroy themselves" in Qin Yu's eyes.
On the other side, the Dao-Extinguishing Ripple of the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor manifested as a "vortex that devours its companions." Even the Abyss of Annihilation behind the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor was forcibly distorted into a "trap that devours its own timeline in reverse" at this moment.
Space seemed to be shaking, but in reality, it was cognition collapsing inch by inch. In just a moment, Qin Yu simultaneously glimpsed hundreds of completely different "truths":
I am standing still, I have been hit, I am running away, I am dead.
All these states are simultaneously deemed "established" at this moment.
The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor let out a muffled groan. His Dao-Extinguishing Judgment suddenly changed direction halfway through, backfiring on his own Dao Foundation, and a corner of the rules within his body directly collapsed. The Void Finality Saint Emperor took an even worse step, and the Light of the End actually eroded his own existence in reverse. His entire aura instantly became chaotic and almost collapsed.
Only the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor and Qin Yu remained standing. "Do not argue!" Qin Yu's voice suddenly rang out amidst the chaos, "It is corrupting 'judgment' itself!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already made his move. Qin Yu did not try to "see" all of this, but instead did the opposite; he simply closed his eyes.
Within his sea of consciousness, his Fate Soul trembled, and the Void Source · Dream Stillness instantly unfolded. The five domains silently overlapped: the Void Source Domain, the Realm of the Unborn, the Domain of Annihilation, the Domain of Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain, and the Concept Disintegration Domain simultaneously compressed and converged, constructing a "no-judgment area" deep within his consciousness.
There, there is no truth or falsehood, no right or wrong, no "should or shouldn't," only the most primal essence of existence.
At the same time, with a single gesture, the Fate Cause Sealing Mirror of Logic Abyss Core within the Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence of the Six Severances Seal instantly unfolded. A logic mirror, almost transparent to the point of Does Not Exist, spread out around the four people, forcibly freezing their "contaminated cognition" at the current point, preventing it from spreading further.
"Holy Emperor—The Forbidden Domain locks the outside, not the inside!" The Void Finality Saint Emperor suddenly awoke, enduring the excruciating pain of his sea of consciousness tearing apart, and clasped his hands together—
The Absolute Forbidden Domain unfolded with a roar!
This time, however, instead of covering Qin Yu and the others, it enveloped the outer operating area of the True and False Dharma Wheel, directly freezing the "path of the spread of supernatural power" and preventing it from continuing to spread.
"True Emperor - Sever the projection of your own Dao foundation!"
The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor gritted his teeth and deliberately shattered a portion of his own Dao foundation, completely severing all the corrupted chains of rules, before unleashing a sudden burst of power—
Daoless Cage! A realm of no rules instantly enveloped the surroundings, forcibly dragging the logical fragments overflowing from the Dharma wheel into the "zone of Wudao," causing them to lose their anchor.
"Sovereign Emperor!" Qin Yu's gaze sharpened. The Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor had already made his move, and in his palm, an absolutely black singularity condensed and took shape.
In the Annihilation Dimension, he did not attack directly, but instead projected the singularity towards the "chaotic convergence point" at the very core of the Dharma Wheel.
The moment the singularity fell, that area was directly "isolated," the black and white core was forcibly separated from the current dimension, and the rotation of the Dharma wheel became momentarily disordered.
In that instant, Qin Yu opened his eyes. He took a step forward, and the gray-white mark of the "Supreme Eternal Stillness Seal" between his brows glowed faintly. At the same time—
He raised his right hand. "The Silent Origin Stainless Sword - The Causeless Disillusionment Sword." There was no sword light, only a trajectory of "Causal Severance" silently cut through the space.
This sword strike was not aimed at living beings, but at the very definition of the Dharma wheel itself; at the same time, his left hand rose again.
"Three Forms of Fate Construction: Cause and Effect Deconstruction." An invisible network of cause and effect instantly covered the entire battlefield, dismantling the distorted "truth and falsehood" back into the most basic "relationship nodes."
Finally, he stepped into that chaotic core. "Supreme Eternal Stillness Seal - First Divine Power - Return to the Ruins Nothingness - Beginningless Stillness."
Without any explosive power or dazzling light, a layer of ethereal aura quietly emanated from the core of that Dharma wheel. The presence marks around it dissolved at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, directly losing its originally defined "qualification for existence," as if it had never appeared in this world at all.
The structure of black and white collapsing from its initial definition forces all logic of "Truth and Falsehood in One Furnace" back to a level of "not yet established".
Everything suddenly froze. The next instant—BOOM!!!! The entire True Annihilation Domain exploded violently!
Space collapsed layer by layer, the logical chain snapped wildly, and the creature's figure retreated violently for the first time. A clear crack appeared in the aura of the end behind it, a corner of its Fate Soul Nucleus was torn open, and the black gold primordial aura leaked out wildly.
However, the backlash came at the same time, with the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor and the Void Finality Saint Emperor bearing the brunt.
Both of them groaned simultaneously, their bodies were blasted back hundreds of feet, their Dao foundations cracked, their Fate Soul violently trembled, and their auras plummeted instantly.
Qin Yu and the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor remained standing in the same spot. Qin Yu slowly withdrew his hand, his breathing becoming steady.
The Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor stood to his side, the Abyss of Annihilation flowing slightly, unharmed. In the distance, the being slowly raised its head.
After the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor and the Void Finality Saint Emperor were forced back, their auras became disordered, and the light of their Fate Soul flickered like candles in the wind. Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yu flipped his palm, and two Supreme Transformation Source Crystal, each embodying the principle of "Tai Wu Bian Hua" (Great Nothingness Transformation), appeared in his palm.
The Source Crystal didn't emit a strong radiance, but it instantly calmed the restless True Annihilation Power around it. He raised his hand and sent the Source Crystal through the void, like two quietly falling cosmic cores, precisely landing in the palms of the two emperors. "Quickly take it to restore your Fate Soul. Leave the rest to me and the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor. You two stabilize your own foundations first."
The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor and the Void Finality Saint Emperor exchanged a glance. Without any hesitation, they directly absorbed the Source Crystal into their bodies. The instant the Source Crystal entered their bodies, it was as if a still universe was injected into their Fate Soul, and their torn Dao foundations began to slowly heal.
The rampant True Annihilation invasion was forcibly suppressed by an invisible "Taihua Balance," and the two whispered simultaneously, "Yes, thank you for the medicine, Master."
Just as they were recovering, Qin Yu and the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor had already set their sights on the rampaging True Annihilation Being.
Without exchanging words, at the same moment, logic and causality simultaneously unfolded in their minds.
Qin Yu's Void Source: Dream Stillness Five Domains overlapped once more deep within his sea of consciousness. He no longer "saw" the form of that being, but directly analyzed the composition of its existence— the True Annihilation Origin Form was not flawless.
It compresses all "truth and falsehood" and "existence and nothingness" into a unified state, seemingly indivisible. However, precisely because it is "completely unified," its core loses the "support of difference." As long as this "unified closed loop" is broken, its whole will collapse.
At the same time, the Eye of Annihilation of the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor slightly cracked. What he saw was not the present, but the "existence of time" itself—although that being had entered the True Annihilation Origin Form, it still possessed an extremely tiny "anchor point" across all timelines.
That was the very first moment it leaped from "Non-Existence to existence," and that moment, which was not completely erased, was its fatal flaw.
The two spoke almost simultaneously, "Its core is not here now. Its origin has not been closed." As their voices fell, their eyes met.
Without needing to say more, Qin Yu calmly stated, "Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor, use your Severance of Time and Causality to nail down its 'Starting Point of Time'."
The Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor slowly nodded. "Understood, Master." The next instant—he took a step forward.
The world suddenly fell silent, even the breath of wind seemed to be sucked away. Qin Yu slowly closed his eyes, but the vertical line between his brows slowly cracked.
That was no ordinary spiritual eye; it was the absolute endpoint where all the rivers of time converged into one. "Absolute."
The single word was uttered softly, without the slightest ripple, yet it was like the final sound of the Dao, causing the entire world to tremble slightly in the void.
A silent word rang out simultaneously across all timelines, in an instant.
The being was surrounded by countless golden threads of cause and effect and silver rivers of time. These threads and rivers traversed the past, present, and future, with countless parallel existences flowing within them. However, at this very moment, the threads broke one by one, the rivers dried up one by one, and colorless flames ignited at the broken points, completely incinerating its existence.
The first fluctuation emanating from that creature was not from a painful roar, but from a sense of bewilderment and emptiness—a feeling of being forcibly ripped from the river of time and out of sync with its own existence.
It was as if it had never existed on this timeline, and even the traces of the past had been quietly erased, leaving only a sense of displacement that was out of order in time and space, spreading throughout the body.
Its past began to collapse, its future began to disappear, and its present was compressed into an "existence node" that could not be expanded.
In that instant, it was locked in place. Qin Yu moved, but he did not unleash a single divine power.
Instead, it involves a full-scale coordinated attack, causing the Fate Soul to vibrate and the five domains of Void Source and Dream Stillness Five Domains to unfold simultaneously, completely clearing away all "cognitive interference" on the battlefield;
The Orbital Collapse Lock and Chain Annihilation from the Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence: Six Severances Seal instantly fell, completely sealing off the time chain that had severed the life form;
The Three Forms of Fate Construction — Existence Erasure— directly locks the currently existing node;
Above all this, the gray-white mark between Qin Yu's brows suddenly lit up, Supreme Eternal Stillness Seal - Second Divine Power.
"Pre-Origin Shaping, All Laws Self-Destruct," an indescribable "Light of the Primordial Point" emanated from between his brows.
It wasn't an attack, but a definition. At this moment, Qin Yu directly bestowed new "rules" upon the True Annihilation essence of that being:
"Your existence is tantamount to self-denial."
In that instant, the logic of True Annihilation within that being began to reverse; its devouring was disintegration, its maintenance was collapse, and the more it operated on its own origin, the faster it accelerated its disintegration.
The entire battlefield began to burn in reverse. Qin Yu took the final step forward, raised his right hand, and unleashed the Silent Origin Stainless Sword.
"Slaying the Dao - Annihilation Sword." This sword strike had no light, yet the moment it struck, all nine realms opened simultaneously, and all paths collapsed.
Rules are breaking, cause and effect are shattering, time is collapsing, space is annihilating, fate is being rewritten, concepts are dissolving, and everything "that can be described" simultaneously loses its foundation under this sword.
Wherever the sword strikes, the locked "starting point of time," the backlash-induced "logic of True Annihilation," and the sealed "nodes of existence" all collapse simultaneously.
The final move, the Annihilation Heavenly Sword - Ten Thousand Daos Return to the Ruins, seemed to swallow the entire world up with a single sword strike.
The creature's body began to peel away from its very foundation, disintegrating layer by layer. Its aura shattered, its essence collapsed, and its Fate Soul Nucleus was directly severed into the "point of no return."
Victory or defeat hinges on this single moment, yet it also comes just as it is about to vanish into nothingness.
Suddenly, an extremely fine crack appeared in the creature's chest, and an object so dark it was impossible to observe emerged from it.
That wasn't a manifestation of a magical artifact, but rather, "The concrete manifestation of the escape path itself."
It had no form, yet it resembled a folded void, and just as Qin Yu's sword strike was about to land completely, the object suddenly unfolded.
Space was not torn apart; rather, "The battlefield was removed from its existence."
Qin Yu's sword struck, but it struck a target that "no longer belonged here."
The next moment, the creature's figure vanished as if erased from the narrative.
All that remained was a spatial rift that had not yet fully healed, slowly twisting in the void.
Qin Yu sheathed his sword and stood there, his imposing aura still lingering, his gaze calm as a deep pool. He did not choose to pursue, because he knew that the opponent's departure was never a hasty escape.
That was not defeat, not retreat, but being drawn by some higher power that transcends all things, being quietly "taken away" by that unknown power capable of rewriting the rules.