Qin Yu sat cross-legged in the center of the floating island, his aura contained, his Fate Soul slowly circulating within him. The fighting and turmoil outside were completely shut out from his senses. Time passed slowly, but he remained motionless until one moment, when suddenly his eyes snapped open, his gaze sharp as a blade pointing directly upwards.
He uttered a low voice, "Finally here." He stood up, his robes fluttering gently with his aura. His entire presence was completely concentrated at that moment, the rock beneath his feet trembled slightly, and subtle fluctuations began to appear in the surrounding space.
The next instant, the sky above the island suddenly cracked open, a massive fissure forcibly ripped open from the depths of the void. The edges of the fissure continued to collapse, the spatial structure peeling away layer by layer. There was no light or airflow within the crack, only pure chaotic energy spreading outwards. Under the pressure of this energy, the air rapidly collapsed.
The entire sky seemed to have had a layer of shell forcibly torn off, with cracks constantly widening and penetrating the sky above the entire island. Large areas of space even collapsed at the edges, emitting heavy tremors, as if the entire region was being invaded by an unbearable force.
Deep within the rift, a colossal silhouette gradually emerged. First to descend was a gigantic claw covered in black bone spurs, which slammed into the void, causing space to collapse inward. Then, the entire body slowly descended—an extremely massive Chaos Source Beast, its entire body jet black, its scales rough and hard, its surface covered with irregular bone spurs.
Its wings spread out, covering most of the sky. The edges of its wings were broken, and dark red energy burned between each feather bone. Its tail had an extremely long bone structure, and the end of the tail constantly released chaotic fluctuations. Its head was raised high, its neck was covered with sharp barbs, and its eyes were like burning deep red fire cores, locking directly onto Qin Yu.
The moment it fully descended, the entire floating island suddenly sank, cracks in the ground instantly widened, the air was compressed to its Ultimate, and the surrounding spatial structure began to visibly distort. The Chaos Source Beast, Dihuang, slowly came to a stop, its limbs hovering in mid-air yet firmly planted on solid ground.
His internal energy was completely equal to Qin Yu's, and the oppressive aura of the Mystic Void Realm Initial Stage directly covered the entire island. Without any extra fluctuations, it locked the entire battlefield into an absolute confrontation.
Qin Yu still, meeting his gaze directly. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword slowly appeared in his palm. The sword intent had not yet been released, but the aura had already begun to slowly rise.
On a floating island not far from Qin Yu, a cultivator stared intently at the torn sky and the descending colossal shadow. His throat tightened, and he managed to squeeze out a broken voice, "That... that... that's the Chaos Source Beast Dihuang... the Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon... It's over, that fellow Daoist has no hope left..."
He took a step back, his aura becoming somewhat disordered. The cultivators who were also on the island turned their gazes towards him. They exchanged glances, their expressions solemn. Some sighed softly, while others closed their eyes and stopped looking at the battlefield. The atmosphere became oppressive and heavy at that moment.
The Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon slowly looked down at Qin Yu, its massive head slightly lowered. Its eyes held no emotion, only direct suppression and judgment. Without any probing, it opened its mouth, its interior unfolding into a swirling, greyish-white abyss. Within this abyss lay no physical structure, only a continuous inward contraction of "reality stripping."
The surrounding space began to fade rapidly, the rock layers gradually lost their original density, the light in the air dimmed, and the very foundation of the entire area was being pulled away. An invisible suction force spread out, and the space around Qin Yu visibly distorted. Then, the Breath of Return to Ashes poured out from the abyss, the gray-white airflow rushing down like a broken river.
Wherever it passed, the ground rock strata crumbled into powder, the energy in the air was completely stripped away, and even the space itself was fractured. The Breath of Return to Ashes locked onto Qin Yu and instantly covered the core area of the entire island.
Qin Yu stood his ground without retreating. He raised his hand and gripped the Silent Origin Stainless Sword tightly, the blade slightly lowered, his gaze fixed. His Fate Soul instantly surged to its Ultimate, and he spoke in a low voice, "Since you want to return everything to ashes, then I'll make sure you can't even achieve 'returning to ashes'."
The instant he finished speaking, he unleashed a sword strike— the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, the Undefined Destruction Sword —which unfolded instantly. Where the sword's edge passed, there was no light, no ripple; the structure of the space before him was completely rewritten.
The Breath of Return to Ashes paused the moment it came into contact with the sword's intent. The gray-white airflow began to disintegrate, and the annihilation process that was originally advancing forward was forcibly interrupted. The next moment, the sword intent completely covered the area in front of it, Breath of Return to Ashes was severed at its source. The gray-white airflow disintegrated in mid-air, disintegrating into meaningless fragments and disappearing.
Qin Yu didn't stop. He took a step forward, his sword intent still lingering, his Fate Soul circulating once more. He raised his finger and pointed forward, his voice low and calm, "Gui Jin is just one definition from you, but I deny the definition itself."
The next instant, Void Source · Dream Stillness unfolded, and the five domains were completed in an extremely short time. The Realm of the Unborn and the Concept Disintegration Domain overlapped simultaneously, and the spatial structure in front began to reset. The trajectory of the Returning Ashes spewed out by the Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon was forcibly cut off.
The annihilation zone that had already formed vanished instantly, the entire attack path was deleted from the multidimensional level, Breath of Return to Ashes lost its basis for existence, completely dissipating in mid-air without leaving even a trace.
The cultivators on several floating islands in the distance witnessed this scene, and they were all stunned at the same time. One of them suddenly took a step forward, his voice trembling, "This... how is this possible... that is the Breath of Return to Ashes of the Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon..."
Another person stared intently at Qin Yu, breathing rapidly, "He... he actually blocked it head-on, and even broke through it..." More people began to whisper among themselves, their voices growing louder, "Mystic Void Realm Initial Stage... he actually suppressed Source Beast of the same level... who exactly is this person...?"
Some people's eyes had completely changed; their previous disdain and sighs had vanished, replaced by shock and vigilance. Some even began to subconsciously back away, as if realizing that the battle on that island was no longer at a level they could comprehend.
The Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon's pupils narrowed for a moment, then opened again. Its left pupil unleashed a burst of pure white light, while its right pupil cast a heavy, oppressive black glow. Two opposing beams of light pierced the void simultaneously, converging before it to form a rapidly spinning gray-white vortex. The vortex's center tore, reformed, and tore apart again, forcibly pulling the spatial structure into an unstable oscillation.
The entire floating island began to tremble violently at that moment. The rock layers constantly switched between "existence" and "non-existence." A crack appeared on the rocks and disappeared just as quickly, only to suddenly explode in another spot a moment later. The energy flowing in the air flickered, and even the light began to fade. Qin Yu's figure appeared as a double image in the vortex, one layer real and one layer illusory, constantly alternating and overlapping. The ground beneath his feet was sometimes solid and sometimes transparent.
The entire area has lost any stable "criteria for judgment". The Truth and Falsehood in One Furnace are completely intertwined. Countless images flicker in the vortex. The starry sky and the void devour each other. The images of the distant floating islands are real for a moment and then disappear in an instant. Even Qin Yu's own aura has begun to break. His Fate Soul fluctuations are marked as "fictional" for a moment and redefined as "real" for the next moment. The tearing shock directly affects the foundation of existence.
Qin Yu's gaze darkened slightly. He didn't retreat; instead, he took a step forward, allowing the vortex to completely engulf him. At this moment, his Fate Soul calmed down. He spoke in a low voice, "Truth and Falsehood in One Furnace... You are switching judgments."
He raised his hand, his fingertip lightly touching the void. The shimmering world around him was quickly summarized in his pupils, and all the fluctuations in his sea of consciousness were forcibly restrained. He no longer distinguished between truth and falsehood, but directly locked onto "judgment itself." His voice was low and clear, "You exist by tearing apart truth and falsehood... then I will make 'truth and falsehood' lose their meaning."
The next instant, his aura abruptly subsided, and the Void Source · Dream Stillness unfolded once more. However, this time, instead of expanding the domain, it shrunk directly to a single point. The five domains converged into an almost invisible "Existence Zero Point" through Limit compression.
The point hovered in front of him, and the moment the gray-white light stream of the vortex touched it, it stopped instantly. The rhythm of switching between reality and illusion was cut off at this moment, the space around the zero point began to stabilize, the previously flickering scene suddenly froze, all the "real" and "false" markings were forcibly erased, and the switching logic inside the vortex lost its bearing point and began to collapse on its own.
Qin Yu's gaze was icy. He took a step forward, directly stepping into the center of the collapsing vortex. The surrounding gray-white light surged wildly, yet he raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, its blade slightly raised, his voice cold and clear, "You need truth and falsehood to establish your power, but I don't."
The instant the sword fell, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword - Undefined Destruction Sword was unleashed in a complete strike. The sword's momentum was devoid of light and vibration, yet the vortex structure in front of it shattered entirely in an instant, directly erasing all the alternating "true/false" states.
The rotating gray-white core disintegrated from the inside, the black and white light pillars broke at the same time, the entire area returned to stability, Truth and Falsehood in One Furnace supernatural powers were stripped away from the root by this sword, leaving not even an aftershock.
The body of the Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon paused slightly in mid-air. For the first time, its pupils showed obvious stagnation. Its huge head slowly rose, staring at Qin Yu. Its aura became unstable for a brief moment. The gray-white air around it completely dissipated, and the originally stable suppression field was completely interrupted.
The cultivators on several floating islands in the distance all stood up at that moment. Some even forgot to breathe. One of them said in a strained voice, "It's broken again... the second divine ability is broken too..." Another person's eyes were fixed on Qin Yu, and his voice was extremely low, "The Source-Destruction Sacrificial Dragon... that's a branch of the Chaos Source Beast Dihuang... no one among those of the same level can rival it..."
More people began to retreat, their auras noticeably subdued, and the shock in their eyes gradually turned into apprehension. "Mystic Void Realm Initial Stage... blocked two divine abilities and even suppressed them... this person... is absolutely not to be provoked..." The atmosphere quickly spread between the various floating islands, and everyone's gaze was no longer taken lightly; that island had been implicitly designated as a forbidden zone.