The Divine Artifact, Dao-Extinguishing Halberd

After the colossal beast was suppressed into Eternal Silence by the combined power of the three inherited divine abilities, the entire Limitless Final Abyss experienced a brief moment of clarity, as if even the ancient battle echoes that had lingered for billions of years were abruptly severed in that instant. Yet, it was precisely in that brief moment that...

The soul-like being that had been observing the battle from the distant sky finally erupted in utter fury. Its form didn't expand, nor did its aura explode like that of an ordinary powerful being, yet the entire world fell silent the instant its roar landed. Mountains and rivers ceased to echo, and the molten flow in the rift valley abruptly froze.

The shattered traces of Dao and lingering light hovered in mid-air, as if all "fluctuations" had been forcibly extinguished by some higher level of silence. It slowly opened its eyes, and in that instant, its pupils transformed into two still, gray-white lakes, their surfaces so smooth that not a single ripple remained.

Yet, it reflected the turbulent Fate Soul of all three Beast Kings within it, and then, a will colder than death pressed down from all directions simultaneously, directly invading the deepest recesses of their consciousness. "All Thoughts Fall Silent."

There was no flashy display, no overwhelming display of supernatural powers or dazzling light; it was a more thorough invasion, like countless invisible ice needles simultaneously piercing the sea of consciousness, nailing down every nascent thought. The Void Finality Saint Emperor had already raised his hand to reopen the Finality Forbidden Domain, but the nascent intent of the End that had just condensed at his fingertips was extinguished the instant the thought arose.

His brows furrowed sharply, then the fierce flames in his pupils began to dim, like an intensely burning starry sea being forcibly covered by an invisible icy tide. The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor roared as he tried to forcefully activate the ancient scroll, but the power of annihilation had only just begun to resonate in his chest when, in the next instant, he felt as if he had been plunged into a bottomless abyss. All his thoughts were severed one by one, and the raging killing intent, fighting spirit, judgment, and deductions that had been surging in his mind all vanished before they even began to rise.

The fierce look on his face froze instantly, and he became like an ancient stone statue whose essence had been suddenly drained. The Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor was the first to sense something was wrong. The Abyss of Annihilation in his sea of consciousness suddenly cracked open, attempting to seal his will with time and causality.

But as soon as he activated his supernatural power, he discovered that even the thought of "I want to seal it" was simultaneously stopped. The river of time slowly extinguished in his sea of consciousness, and the chains of cause and effect went blind inch by inch. His body was still standing in mid-air, but his eyes lost their luster at a visible speed, and even his breathing became barely perceptible.

The three beast kings were simultaneously enveloped by the same gray and deathly silence.

The scene was terrifying enough to send chills down one's spine. Just moments before, these peerless beings, who had wielded the three great inheritances of End, Annihilation, and Annihilation, were now frozen in place, like puppets stripped of all thought. The Void Finality Saint Emperor opened his mouth, but could no longer utter a single word.

All the primordial Dao traces rolling around the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor lost their pull and fell like dead stardust. The gray-white Dao seal above the head of the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor began to dim slightly, as if even the radiant light of the inheritance that had been rekindled after countless ages was about to be forcibly suppressed back into silence by this move.

Qin Yu moved in that instant.

He didn't even wait for the Three Emperors to completely sink into the state of mindless death. With a jolt of his Fate Soul, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword in his hand was already unsheathed. The sword's edge didn't sever the physical bodies of the souls, but instead directly struck the invisible silence that enveloped the Three Emperors. With a single slash, the "Rules Extinguished" and "Cause and Effect Severed" from the Dao- Annihilation Sword were simultaneously pressed into the void, attempting to create an opening to seal off that invisible will.

At the same time, the Supreme Eternal Stillness Seal in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness trembled slightly, and a wisp of gray-white eternal will spread out along his Fate Soul, directly enveloping the Three Sovereigns, trying to forcibly anchor the last trace of their Annihilation selves.

Xiao Yue stood on his right shoulder, her long, star-blue hair and the crescent-shaped silver ornament on her forehead lighting up simultaneously. The star trails in her eyes swirled abruptly. Without the slightest hesitation, she drew a line in the air with her slender fingers, and the second form of the Blue Ring, "Logic Chain Severance," exploded simultaneously with her own star and moon essence. Threads of starlight, as thin as gossamer, pierced into the three emperors' brows.

To sever the connection between the gray-white still lake and the consciousness of the Three Emperors, she disregarded the slight trembling of her small body under the pressure of the Eternal Silence. She raised her hand and pushed again, and a large area of star and moon laws transformed into a clear blue wheel pattern, spreading layer by layer above the heads of the Three Emperors, trying to leave them a sliver of room for maneuver before the thought even arose.

But the Stillness Soul Divine Radiance was too powerful. It was a soul being of the Eternal Silence Realm, an existence that looked down upon all souls above the "arising and extinguishing of thoughts." Qin Yu's sword slashed into that gray and silent aura, and indeed tore open a very fine crack. Xiao Yue's star and moon wheel pattern did indeed cause a faint light to flash in the depths of the Three Emperors' sea of consciousness for a moment. But that light only shone for a moment before being annihilated by the even larger torrent of thoughtless energy.

The Stillness Soul Divine Radiance didn't even glance at Qin Yu's sword, nor did it pay attention to Xiao Yue's attack. Its two gray-white, lake-like eyes merely flickered slightly, and Qin Yu's sword intent faltered for a moment in mid-air, as if even the killing intent contained within the sword was stopped. Immediately afterward, a deeper and heavier silence rolled back along that momentary crack, slamming fiercely into the Three Emperors' sea of consciousness.

Boom! The three figures were shaken almost simultaneously.

The Void Finality Saint Emperor was the first to succumb, his entire body flying thousands of feet backward as if struck by an invisible giant hammer. His chest sank, and he spat out a mouthful of dark purple life essence blood. Before the blood even hit the ground, it turned into wisps of fading light and dissipated, clearly indicating that his Fate Soul essence had been severely damaged.

The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor fared even worse. The phantom of the Annihilation Ancient Scroll that he had just condensed vanished inch by inch in that instant, as if an ancient scripture that had not yet been fully opened had been forcibly closed. He was slammed from mid-air into the ground, and the earth cracked open into a bottomless abyss. He lay in the abyss, spitting out several mouthfuls of golden-black essence blood.

His internal Dao foundation trembled violently, almost collapsing again; although the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor held on for one more breath, the Abyss of Annihilation between his brows was still forced to close after that breath, the Dao Seal above his head suddenly flickered, he groaned, and his body retreated a hundred steps.

With each step he retreated, the void beneath his feet collapsed, and finally, a mouthful of grayish-white life-blood surged upwards, spilling from the corner of his lips, causing his aura to suddenly dim considerably.

The three emperors were all severely injured, and not in a physical way, but in a fundamental way, left by the simultaneous suppression of their Fate Soul and consciousness. This kind of injury is the most terrifying because it doesn't draw blood or reach the bone. It is a direct tear in the Fate Soul Nucleus, the "who I am," "how I should act," and "how I should operate the inheritance." If there is any delay, the inheritance that the three emperors just obtained may be suppressed back into silence under this thoughtless blow.

Qin Yu's eyes turned completely cold. He gripped his sword in his right hand, and with a flick of his left, he was ready to strike again. Xiao Yue, perched on his shoulder, had her once lively, sapphire-like eyes now completely still. For the first time, her delicate, star- and moon-carved face was devoid of any playfulness.

She took a soft breath, her star-studded boots lightly touching Qin Yu's shoulder, as if in this way simultaneously pressing her star-moon anchor point into the battle between Qin Yu's Fate Soul and the Three Emperors. She stared at the gray-white, Silent Shadow in the distance.

The voice was soft and cold. "This guy... isn't just trying to seize the inheritance anymore; he wants to suppress everything here that can generate thought into deathly silence."

Qin Yu didn't turn around, only replying in a low voice, "Then let it die first." In the distance, the Stillness Soul Divine Radiance still stood silently, like a dead lake above all thoughts. It watched the three emperors fall and their Fate Soul be injured, and watched Qin Yu and Xiao Yue's combined efforts fail to completely stop its divine power. Finally, a trace of true killing intent surfaced in its gray-white eyes. At this moment, the battle suddenly plunged into an even more dangerous abyss.

Qin Yu didn't linger on the battlefield crushed by desolation. With a thought, a deep rift suddenly appeared in the storage crystal core in his palm. In the next instant, a river of black light, drawn from the depths of the Annihilation Devil Pupil, swept across the void. Within this river of light floated countless Supreme Transformation Source Crystal, resembling the cores of the Condensed Moon, their interiors swirling with the primordial fluctuations of "Tai Wu Bian Bian" (the ultimate state of unchanging nature).

Layers of silvery-white light overlapped on its surface, as if countless unborn universes were compressed into a fingertip. Qin Yu flicked his wrist, and the entire thousand Supreme Transformation Source Crystal transformed into three arcs, precisely landing in the palms of the Three Emperors. His voice was steady and brooked no hesitation. "Quickly, you all take them quickly to stabilize and repair your damaged Fate Soul."

The Void Finality Saint Emperor gritted his teeth and caught the dozens of Source Crystals without hesitation, swallowing them directly into his body. The moment the Source Crystals entered his body, countless fine light patterns suddenly lit up on the rift in his Fate Soul that had been torn apart by "All Thoughts Fall Silent," as if countless broken existences were being repaired.

He let out a low roar, and the light of the end rekindled within his chest; the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor, without hesitation, clasped his hands together and slammed the Source Crystal directly into his heart. The ancient scroll patterns formed from the remnants of the Dao frantically reassembled on his chest, and his shattered Dao foundation began to forcibly return in an extremely brutal manner.

The ground collapsed and trembled continuously due to the "Rebirth of the Dao" within his body; the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor closed his eyes slightly, placing the source crystals one by one into the Abyss of Annihilation between his brows. Silver, golden, and black light streams intertwined within his body, and the broken time and cause and effect began to reconnect. Although his aura was still weak, it had stabilized and was no longer collapsing.

The three emperors sat cross-legged on the spot, their Fate Soul frantically repairing themselves, while Qin Yu and Xiao Yue had already stepped out at the same time.

They did not retreat, nor did they look back at the Three Emperors once more. Instead, they stood directly before the gray and desolate expanse. Qin Yu's aura was Ultimate concealed, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword hung low at his side, its blade no longer radiating killing intent but instead hidden deep within his Fate Soul.

Xiao Yue stood on his right shoulder, her long, star-blue hair cascading down, a crescent-shaped silver ornament on her forehead gleaming slightly. Her eyes, reflecting the star trails, were fixed on the gray-white figure in front of her, her aura small yet as steady as a star's core.

Qin Yu spoke in a low voice, his tone unwavering yet carrying a deep sense of gravity. "Xiao Yue, what do we do next? This beast's cultivation level is far too weak compared to mine at the Eternal Silence Realm; it's going to be difficult to deal with!"

Xiao Yue bit her lip, the starlight in her eyes narrowing slightly. She didn't shy away from the difference in strength, but quickly assessed the situation. "Damn it... I haven't mastered the Blue Ring - Third Form: Soul Mirror Annihilation yet. I can't directly confront this level of soul suppression. Let's help the Three Emperors hold them off and stall them until they recover, then we'll retreat immediately!"

Qin Yu didn't ask any more questions and simply nodded, "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a half-step forward, causing the entire space to tremble slightly. That step was not heavy, but it was as if he had completely nailed his life Fate Soul into this battlefield, preparing to withstand the direct pressure from the Eternal Silence Realm on his own.

At this moment, the distant Stillness Soul Divine Radiance finally laughed. It was not a mocking laugh, nor a maniacal laugh after anger, but an extremely cold smile, like a thin crack suddenly appearing on a still lake. Even the concept of "emotion" seemed superfluous in that smile.

It did not unleash its supernatural powers again, nor did it release the desolate intent that suppressed all thoughts once more. Instead, it slowly raised its hand, its five fingers slightly spread, and gently probed the void beside it.

In that instant, space was not torn apart, cause and effect were not severed, and even the river of time did not ripple.

Yet everyone's perception simultaneously produced a strange sense of disorientation, as if that hand was not reaching into "this place," but rather probing into some level that had never been defined before.

The next instant, an extremely fine dark line was "drawn" out from the depths of the void.

At first glance, the dark line was just a thin mark, but as it was slowly pulled out, the light and shadow of the entire world began to collapse. The broken mountains and rivers in the distance were like compressed images in front of the dark line, gradually distorting and converging, as if something that had not yet fully manifested was squeezing the scale of the entire world with its "existence".

Then it was pulled out completely; it was a divine halberd.

The halberd is long and slender, but not straight. Instead, it has an extremely strange curvature, as if it were pieced together from countless broken spaces, with slight misalignments between each segment, as if it did not belong to the same dimension.

The shaft of the halberd is entirely black, but it is not truly black; rather, it is a kind of "invisible darkness" that engulfs all colors. Light shining on it does not reflect but disappears directly, even the act of "illuminating" itself is stripped away. The blade, on the other hand, exhibits a three-layered shadow structure, with the outermost layer being a sharp, solid blade surface.

The middle layer was a slowly flowing, grayish-white ethereal light, while the innermost layer was a completely impenetrable void. Any gaze that touched it would automatically slide away, as if Does Not Exist observable "surfaces" at all.

Even more bizarrely, countless extremely fine cracks faintly appeared on the halberd. These cracks were not gaps, but rather sealed with some kind of "erased remnant of existence," like countless fragments of a stripped soul struggling slowly within them, yet unable to utter a sound.

The moment the divine halberd appeared, the "density of existence" on the entire battlefield suddenly dropped.

The air thinned, the space began to lose its support, and even the three emperors who were recovering in the distance were shaken at the same time, as if an invisible blade had gently grazed the edge of their Fate Soul.

The Stillness Soul Divine Radiance gripped the divine halberd with one hand, his movements slow yet exuding an absolute sense of control. He glanced down at Qin Yu and Xiao Yue, his voice low but seemingly landing directly on their Fate Soul: "Since you insist on blocking... then try and see if you can withstand this attack."

As soon as he finished speaking, the divine halberd in his hand sank slightly. Before any unusual phenomena appeared in the heavens and earth, they had already begun to collapse.