The moment Qin Yu stepped into the Plane of Hongmeng, the outline and perception of the entire hall completely vanished from his consciousness. There was no place to stand under his feet, no space to cling to around him, as if his body had been suddenly thrown into an unnamed and undefined primordial realm—even the act of "entering" itself lost its meaning because the laws were not yet in place.
The so-called pressure is not a descending force from above, but originates from the primordial rejection of the Hongmeng Origin: all acquired forms and laws are "not yet allowed to exist" here. The invisible barrier isolates everything from the outside at the origin level. It is not external pressure, but an essential intolerance.
That kind of oppression had no direction, no source, and no specific way of working, yet the moment he appeared, it simultaneously affected his Fate Soul, the Dao principles, his consciousness, and even the "conditions for the establishment of existence." His cultivation at the Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage seemed incredibly weak at this moment, like a wisp of newly generated energy placed in the depths of chaos before the birth of the universe.
His vital energy had not yet spread before it was forced back into his body.
Every wisp of power flowing within the Fate Soul, the moment it attempted to extend outward, immediately lost its supporting logic, as if the concept of "power" had not yet been permitted to exist by the primordial chaos.
Breathing is not blocked, yet I cannot confirm whether I am still breathing.
As he stood there, in the blink of an eye, an extremely fine crack appeared deep within his sea of consciousness. The crack was not a break, but rather the "boundary of existence" began to waver.
If we take another step forward, he might be directly denied at a level that has not yet been defined as "existing".
Qin Yu did not move again. He slowly closed his eyes, Endless the next moment, he sat down cross-legged. Without any ground to support him, his figure remained quietly in that Beginningless void.
Everything around was completely submerged into a state of "non-existence"—there was neither light nor darkness, and even the concept of "nothingness" began to become blurred.
The Sea of Nothingness unfolds; it is not a sea, nor does it "flow," yet it possesses an extremely profound "vastness," as if everything yet to happen is slumbering within it.
The Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage power within Qin Yu's body slowly circulated, but this circulation was no longer about driving force; it was more like confirming that he was still "established."
Time loses its measure here; his consciousness no longer questions whether time has passed, and his Fate Soul no longer tries to record changes. He simply exists.
It was as if it had never existed. After an unknown amount of time, a very subtle ripple suddenly appeared in the Sea of Nothingness.
The fluctuation wasn't a ripple, but more like an attempt at "possibility." Qin Yu's consciousness gently touched upon it, and at that moment, he saw a "beginning" that hadn't yet been defined.
It was neither light nor darkness, yet it possessed the potential to become both. He neither tried to grasp it nor to reject it. That initial wisp lingered in his mind for a moment before dissipating.
Then it appeared countless times, each time getting closer to "establishment" than the last, and Qin Yu's aura began to undergo extremely subtle changes.
His Fate Soul subsided, suppressing all self-driven rhythms, and slowly stretched and adjusted itself in the void, following the primordial rhythm of the beginning of creation.
He completely abandoned the cultivation he had accumulated over many years of arduous practice, discarded his existing cognitive framework and cultivation perspective, and stopped trying to interpret the mysteries of the primordial chaos using the principles of the acquired Dao.
He completely let go of all subjective obsessions and self-imposed constraints, emptied his mind and spirit, and allowed this primordial chaos to permeate and cleanse him from the source, reshaping the foundation of his existence and the outline of his Dao Path with the rules and patterns of the beginning of heaven and earth.
At some point, the concept of "cultivation" disappeared from his consciousness, as did the goal of "breakthrough," and even the awareness that "he was comprehending."
He simply sat there quietly, letting that initial outline continuously generate, collapse, and regenerate within his body.
Until one moment, the Sea of Nothingness suddenly spoke, the voice having no source, no direction, and no origin.
Yet, within his very existence, it was established: "The Mystic Void Realm, mysterious beyond mystery, nothingness beyond nothingness." "You have entered the middle stage, glimpsing the gate to nothingness."
"But the primordial chaos does not arise from nothingness." " Nor does it arise from existence." "It exists Between Being and Nonbeing." "It transcends existence and nothingness."
As the voice faded, the entire Sea of Nothingness trembled slightly, "To break through to the Supreme, one must cross the Hongmeng Origin."
"Nine deaths and one life." "Fate Soul shatters, there is Annihilation." "You—are you willing to try?"
Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes. In those eyes, there was no longer a distinction between pupils and whites of the eyes, only two deep, swirling vortexes of nothingness.
Without a moment's thought or hesitation, he uttered a single word from his being. "I wish." With that single word, the Sea of Nothingness surged violently.
There were no waves, yet there were signs of "birth." In the primordial chaos, there was no direction, nor the passage of time. Qin Yu sat cross-legged in that unnamed depths of nothingness.
His consciousness initially retained a last trace of "self-comprehension," but that trace was quickly blurred by the invisible primordial force surrounding him. He no longer tried to understand the primordial chaos from the perspective of a cultivator, allowing that initial "boundary of existence" to repeatedly form and collapse within his sea of consciousness.
He saw the outline of "existence" erased before it was even established, and he saw "non-existence" begin to deny itself before it was stable. This cycle had no end and no logic, yet it was constantly approaching a deeper truth.
He gradually came to a profound understanding that the distinction between existence and non-existence that people are obsessed with is not a dichotomy or opposition between two opposing poles. They are simply two mysterious nodes on the same unfinished, eternally continuous line of origin, which have not yet been defined.
The true Hongmeng Origin never favors any particular doctrine or adheres to any particular lineage. It dwells freely in the Primordial state before the rules of heaven and earth were established and before the boundaries of cause and effect were drawn.
At this moment, Qin Yu's Fate Soul underwent a subtle change. He no longer tried to "understand" everything, but instead gave up on the method of understanding itself.
His consciousness gradually ceased to distinguish between "this exists" and "this does not exist." That distinction crumbled in his heart, and even the act of "distinguishing" itself began to lose its meaning. His existence began to become extremely thin, like a wisp of breath that had not yet been recognized by the world, slowly floating in the Sea of Nothingness.
At that very moment, the first boundary of the primordial chaos quietly appeared within his body—neither light nor shadow.
An extremely subtle "inclination," a tendency without direction, yet it is what makes the difference between "possible" and "impossible" for the first time.
Qin Yu grasped this point without thinking or analyzing it. His Fate Soul slowly extended along this tendency, as if touching the shadow of "boundary" for the first time in a boundless space.
"The Initial Division of Being and Nonbeing." This profound and mysterious principle could not be comprehended by the mind and spirit; it naturally evolved and formed its own unique Dao rhythm from the depths of his own origin.
At the very moment of its completion, the Sea of Nothingness suddenly churned, and the First Tribulation descended. The Tide of Nonbeing was silent, yet it had the tendency to "submerge everything."
In the distance, the "sea" that Does Not Exist began to churn, and a colossal wave rose silently. The wave carried no energy, but it carried the most complete negation. The area it swept over was stripped of even the concept of "void," as if a painting had been erased from its very source.
Qin Yu did not get up. His Fate Soul trembled slightly, instinctively activating the power of Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage.
That power transformed into an extremely fine wisp of "nothingness," attempting to clash with the wave. In the next instant, that wisp of "nothingness" was directly swallowed up without collision or shattering.
However, with the conditions for its establishment gone, Qin Yu's consciousness trembled slightly at this moment. He finally understood that the "nothingness" he had mastered still belonged to the category of "existence".
It was defined, while the "nothingness" within the primordial chaos was not yet defined. As the first wave crashed down, Qin Yu's physical body vanished completely in that instant.
There was no shattering, no annihilation, only Does Not Exist. In his perception, all memories of his body began to seem absurd, as if that physical body had never existed. He couldn't even be sure if he had ever possessed a physical form.
The second wave followed immediately, and his cultivation began to crumble.
The power of the Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage crumbled inch by inch within his body. The insights he had painstakingly cultivated slipped away like grains of sand at this moment. Without a foundation to rely on, he felt himself being constantly diminished, as if being "wiped away" layer by layer by the world.