The Mirror Falls, Breaking the Remnant Soul
The moment the divine halberd was fully revealed, the entire Limitless Final Abyss seemed to have lost its "fulcrum of existence." Even the wind lost its reason to move, and space silently sank slightly, as if heaven and earth themselves were making way for that supreme treasure.
Qin Yu rooted to the spot, his fingers gripping the sword unconsciously tightening until his knuckles turned white. Xiao Yue perched on his shoulder, her long, star-blue hair motionless in the silence. Her breathing was so light it almost blended into the deathly stillness. Neither of them uttered another word, yet in the same instant, they both understood a crucial truth.
The gap in their cultivation levels was no longer "insurmountable," but rather "completely on different levels." The pressure from the Eternal Silence Realm, coupled with the presence of that divine halberd, left them with almost no chance of victory. Yet, they did not retreat, for behind them, the Three Emperors were still sacrificing their Fate Soul to repair themselves. If they retreated now, what awaited them would not be defeat, but utter annihilation.
The Stillness Soul Divine Radiance slowly raised its hand, the divine halberd trembling slightly in its palm without making a sound. Yet, it caused a sudden, sharp pain deep within Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, as if something had been pre-locked on. A barely perceptible ripple appeared on the two gray-white, lifeless lakes in its eyes.
The next moment, countless fine Dao patterns on the halberd blade awakened simultaneously, like serpents that had been sleeping for millions of years slowly wriggling. A deep and ancient hum came from the depths of the halberd. The sound did not enter the ears, but was directly engraved on the Fate Soul.
"Divine Halberd - Eternal Silent Abyss Burial"
The moment the words fell, the void in front of the halberd tip did not explode, but collapsed inward. A point of darkness expanded into a vortex about ten feet in size in a very short time. The vortex did not rotate, but it devoured all the "soul fluctuations" around it. Transparent and colorless flames ignited at its edge. The flames had no temperature, but they made Qin Yu and Xiao Yue feel their Fate Soul being gently torn apart. It was as if if they got any closer, even their "self" would be directly pulled away.
The next moment, the divine halberd swept across, without any concept of speed.
That slash seemed to traverse space itself; the vortex shifted with the tip of the halberd, simultaneously tearing a rift in the very soul of the battlefield. Qin Yu felt a chill run down his spine as an irresistible force suddenly acted upon his Fate Soul.
It felt as if an invisible hook was reaching out from the depths of his consciousness, trying to drag his soul directly away from his body. Xiao Yue's body suddenly trembled on his shoulder, her long, star-blue hair instantly stiffening. For the first time, she revealed an extremely solemn expression. "Little Qinzi! It's directly hooking his soul!"
Qin Yu didn't retreat; he simply didn't have time to.
In that instant, the power of his Fate Soul exploded within him. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword suddenly slashed upwards, its blade not striking the Divine Halberd, but directly at the source of the "Soul-Hooking Power." He let out a low roar, and three divine abilities deep within his Fate Soul were simultaneously activated—"Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence, Six Severances Seal, Fate Cause Sealing Mirror, Logic Abyss Core"—expanded with a thunderous roar.
A deep Black Abyss core emerged between his brows, forcibly freezing the "extracted logic" of his Fate Soul; then, the "Three Forms of Fate Construction Structure - Cause and Effect Deconstruction" surged upwards, attempting to dismantle that pulling force into disordered causal fragments.
Above all this, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword in his hand resonated once more, the intent of the "Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword" was directly injected into the sword's edge, and the sword light, like a black line tearing through the soul's structure, slashed horizontally towards the moving vortex.
At the same time, Xiao Yue also made her move.
Without hesitation, she braced herself on Qin Yu's shoulders, leaping into the air. Her star-studded skirt billowed out instantly, and the square star core badge on her chest burst into bright light. In that moment, her slender figure seemed like a tiny star ignited. Star trails spun wildly in her eyes as she whispered, "Blue Ring - Second Form - Logic Chain Severance!"
A ring composed of pure star and moon laws expanded from her palm. This ring wasn't an attack, but rather acted directly on the "connection." She didn't try to block the divine halberd, but instead attempted to sever all logical chains between the "divine halberd-soul-traction."
The starlight chains instantly wrapped around Qin Yu and her own Fate Soul, forcibly severing the draining power segment by segment. At the same time, she pointed forward with her other hand, and a thin, flowing starlight pierced directly into the edge of the black vortex, attempting to disrupt its devouring rhythm.
The two joined forces, their swords and starlight simultaneously crashing into that Abyss of Eternal Silence. The next instant, boom!!! There was no sound, but there was a shockwave. At that moment, it felt as if their souls were being violently torn apart.
The moment Qin Yu's sword light touched the vortex, it shattered abruptly, as if striking a Does Not Exist abyss. The power of the "Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword" was directly swallowed by the Soul Burial Flame, and the logic frozen by the Fate Cause Sealing Mirror was forcibly torn apart in the next instant.
Before the Cause and Effect Deconstruction was complete, it was crushed and reversed. He felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness, as if he had been struck by a heavy blow. His chest jolted violently, and a mouthful of his life essence surged out. Xiao Yue's broken starlight chains were completely backfired the moment they touched the Dao patterns of the divine halberd.
The star ring trembled violently, and she was struck as if by an invisible giant hand. Her small body was suddenly sent flying backward in mid-air, her starlight boots leaving a thin trail of light, and for the first time, a very faint line of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.
Both were blasted away simultaneously. Qin Yu was sent flying thousands of feet, the void behind him collapsing layer by layer. He forcibly steadied himself, only to find fine cracks appearing in his Fate Soul, even the Silent Origin Stainless Sword was trembling slightly; Xiao Yue was blasted back to his side, staggering onto his shoulder, her breathing noticeably more rapid. She gritted her teeth and whispered, "This thing... it's even consuming the concept of 'being resisted'..."
In the distance, the divine halberd hung silently in the void. After that strike, two very faint gray-white lines appeared on the halberd's body.
The Stillness Soul Divine Radiance stared indifferently at the two, his eyes unmoved, as if everything was predetermined. At this moment, the battle had truly plunged into an irreversible abyss.
The Three Emperors, still far away Fate Soul not yet fully stabilized, having just suppressed the waves of tearing backlash within their bodies, witnessed Qin Yu and Xiao Yue being simultaneously blasted away by the "Eternal Silent Abyss Burial" technique. The Void Finality Saint Emperor's pupils constricted sharply, and his voice almost exploded from the depths of his Fate Soul: "Master--!!!"
The Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor roared, his fists clenched so tightly that cracks appeared on his knuckles. "Master! Master!!!" The Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor's eyes surged with a gray-white light, and he even subconsciously took a half-step forward.
But Qin Yu forcefully steadied himself in the distance, and before the blood in his chest had completely stopped flowing, he shouted in a low voice, "Continue to recover, don't worry about us!"
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unyielding power of Fate Soul Order Adjudication the Three Emperors to freeze in place.
It wasn't that they didn't want to rush forward, but in that instant, they all knew that if they forced their way in now, not only would they fail to save Qin Yu, but they would also cause his newly recovered Fate Soul to collapse again. The Void Finality Saint Emperor gritted his teeth.
Forcibly suppressing his impulse, he sat cross-legged again, the light of the end circulating wildly within his body; the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor suddenly slammed all the remaining Supreme Transformation Source Crystal into his heart, and the remnants of the Dao were reconstructed once more; the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor closed his eyes and sank into the Abyss of Annihilation, forcibly stabilizing the time and cause and effect that had just been restored.
As the Stillness Soul Divine Radiance watched all this unfold, the coldness on its lips became even more pronounced. It gently shook its head, its voice seemingly emanating directly from the place where all thoughts had returned to stillness. "It's like an ant trying to shake a tree; it's all in vain." Before it finished speaking, the divine halberd in its hand suddenly spun.
That turn, without any sound of air being torn apart, simultaneously brought forth the lingering images of all "memories" in the world.
He turned the halberd tip upside down and slowly touched it to his brow. In that instant, countless gray-white Dao patterns on the halberd lit up at the same time, and a layer of turbid and cold light seeped out from the depths of the halberd blade, as if billions of residual images whose consciousness had been wiped out were awakening at the same time and making a silent cry.
"Divine Halberd - Consciousness Returns to Dust." In the next instant, the Stillness Soul Divine Radiance made a fierce move. The tip of the halberd was slightly raised, and with a gentle thrust, without speed or shadow, it directly pierced through all tangible barriers, pointing straight at the origin of consciousness.
Qin Yu felt a sudden sinking of his consciousness, as an invisible sharpness touched his brow. Then—his memories began to burn, not explode, but extinguish.
He saw his entire life forcibly unfold in an instant—his initial obsession with cultivation, the life-and-death struggle in the Endless Abyss, the contract with the Three Sovereigns, his encounter with Ye Wuhen, every Fate Soul Evolution, every life-and-death choice... All his memories flowed wildly like a revolving lantern, but as they flowed, they were erased layer by layer.
"What should I... do?" The thought had just arisen.
He vanished instantly. Xiao Yue shuddered on his shoulder, her star-blue eyes suddenly losing focus. She gasped in surprise, "Little Qinzi! He's clearing his consciousness—!"
Before she could finish speaking, her voice began to break.
Her memories, her judgments, and her understanding of Qin Yu were all being peeled away layer by layer by that "Return to Dust" feeling.
That's an Ultimate kind of cruelty, because you know you're disappearing, but you can't stop it.
At that very moment, Qin Yu's Fate Soul trembled violently. Instead of resisting the power of zeroing, he directly detonated the forbidden gate deep within his own Fate Soul.
"Void Source, Dream Stillness." There was no sound, only the collapse of the world; in an instant, the five realms opened up simultaneously.
The Void Source Domain spread out, forcibly stripping away the "foundation of existence" of the entire space; the Realm of the Unborn descended, freezing all possibilities that had not yet occurred; the Domain of Annihilation pressed down, forcibly reducing all manifested things to zero; the Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain surged like an undercurrent.
It completely severs all causal chains; the Concept Disintegration Domain explodes at its deepest point, beginning to dismantle the concept of "consciousness" itself.
Qin Yu wasn't just resisting; he was dragging the entire battlefield into a state of "Existence Zero Point."
At that moment, Xiao Yue also suddenly became a little more awake. She gritted her teeth and shouted, and the Star Core Badge suddenly shone brightly. She formed a hand seal, and the Star and Moon Wheel Pattern unfolded layer by layer. She did not try to repair her consciousness anymore, but directly integrated her own Star and Moon Origin into Qin Yu's Five Domains, so that the Void Source · Dream Stillness was no longer just "Annihilation", but had an additional stable anchor point of "reflecting the origin".
The two joined forces, one against the other, space itself tearing apart between their combined power. Yet, it still wasn't enough.
There was no fluctuation in the eyes of the Stillness Soul Divine Radiance. It didn't even increase its strength, but simply pressed the tip of the halberd forward slightly again.
Boom!!! At that moment, the five domains shattered, the Void Source was crushed, the Realm of the Unborn collapsed, the Domain of Annihilation backfired, the Cause and Effect Annihilation Domain fractured, and the Concept Disintegration Domain was directly pierced through.
Qin Yu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence, his Fate Soul trembled violently, and Xiao Yue's star and moon wheel pattern collapsed on the spot. She was blasted away as if her string had been cut.
But Qin Yu did not retreat; the last glimmer of clarity in his eyes vanished abruptly, "The Emberless Mirror."
At that moment, everything began to blur. No object appeared in his palm, but an "undefinable existence" slowly emerged.
It is neither light nor darkness, neither form nor form; it is like a wisp of smoke, or a void that devours the gaze.
When you think you've seen it, it's already gone. When you think you've lost it, it has already left its mark in the deepest part of your Fate Soul — the Emberless Mirror, revealed.
Qin Yu neither activated nor took control of it, but instead chose to completely integrate. In an instant, his understanding began to crumble madly.
Rules crumbled, logic collapsed, and self-awareness rapidly blurred. A most primal, most terrifying question slowly surfaced in his Soul Sea: "Who am I?"
The question was swallowed up before it could even form; he stood there, yet seemed to no longer belong to any dimension.
The Stillness Soul Divine Radiance paused slightly for the first time, because its "Consciousness Returns to Dust," unable to find its target.
But in the next instant, it moved, and the divine halberd fell again. This time, it was no longer a consciousness.
Instead, it struck directly at "existence itself." Boom! The Emberless Mirror shattered.
It didn't shatter, but rather "disappeared," as if it had never existed.
Qin Yu's body shuddered violently, and he was blasted thousands of feet away. His Fate Soul almost completely collapsed under that attack, and the depths of his sea of consciousness turned gray and white, with even his "self" almost broken.
Xiao Yue was directly blasted away by the aftershock of that attack. Her star-studded skirt was shattered, and the light of her star core badge dimmed. Her figure tumbled dozens of times in the air before barely coming to a stop, with a faint line of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.
Both were severely injured. Qin Yu knelt in the void, his hands supporting the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, his body trembling slightly.
He was almost completely wiped out. In the distance, the Stillness Soul Divine Radiance slowly sheathed his halberd, as if nothing had happened. This time, the battle had truly reached its Limit.