Before the third wave subsided, Qin Yu's consciousness suddenly quieted down, and he stopped trying to resist.
He no longer tried to preserve it; he saw the logic that ran through everything: if "nothingness" was taken as power, it was no longer pure.
If "nothingness" is used as a means, then it has already been defined. In the primordial chaos, there is no path to "use nothingness to fight nothingness".
Only by transforming into the boundless, unbounded, primordial nothingness of the world could Qin Yu slowly disperse the myriad distracting thoughts in his sea of consciousness, without deliberately suppressing his emotions.
He allowed his myriad thoughts to dissolve on their own in the Space Silence the origin, shedding all worldly rules and meanings of existence, and he no longer tried to preserve his cultivation.
They no longer try to confirm their own existence, and even the awareness that "I am enduring all of this" begins to fade.
When the third wave crashed down, he offered no resistance. The wave passed directly through his Fate Soul, but did not erase him, because at that moment, he was no longer "an existence that needed to be erased."
His Fate Soul seed floated gently in the waves, like a speck of dust yet to be named, until the Tide of Nonbeing completely swallowed him up.
He was spared and survived the first tribulation. Overcoming tribulation is never about dominating or competing. It's about letting go of all confrontational obsessions and breaking free from the positions of mutual antagonism. The surging waves of the Sea of Nothingness slowly return to peace and tranquility.
That wisp of the seed of Fate Soul essence trembled gently and incessantly deep within the soul.
And so, the path of reshaping began. Without the nourishment of flesh and blood, without the support of tendons and bones, only the hazy outline of the origin was slowly sketched and layered in the primordial Space Silence.
The outline slowly emerged from its initial "undefined" state, a faint aura coalescing from nothingness, gradually forming a complete "person".
Qin Yu's figure reappeared, but his aura was completely different. He was no longer attached to the original Mystic Void Realm structure and was re-established on the boundary of "the Initial Division of Being and Nonbeing".
It was a purer existence. He slowly opened his eyes, nothingness swirling in his pupils, and an extremely subtle vibration spread from his body.
The tremor had no energy fluctuations, yet it caused a brief "shift" in the entire Primordial Space, gently pushing open the boundary of the Mystic Void Realm · Middle Stage.
A new level slowly took shape within his body: the Mystic Void Realm —High-Level, "Redefined." At the same time, the Plane of Hongmeng suddenly lit up in the main hall.
The originally extremely faint outline began to fluctuate noticeably at this moment, and an invisible tremor emanated from it, causing all twelve faces of the Rubik's Cube to tremble slightly at the same time.
All the cultivators looked up abruptly. "What... happened over there?" "The Plane of Hongmeng... is moving?"
The next instant, a faint aura emanated from that side. Someone's pupils constricted, and their voice almost lost control, "No... that's... the aura of a breakthrough!"
"Someone's breaking through inside?" "Are you kidding me?!" Exclamations erupted instantly. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the Plane of Hongmeng.
Some people turned pale, some stared blankly, and some even took a step back, as if they couldn't accept what they were seeing.
"My God... He's inside the Hongmeng Origin... comprehending... and still breaking through..." "The Mystic Void Realm... he actually survived in there?"
Chi Ninghua's gaze was fixed on that side. Her breathing became slightly erratic at that moment. "He not only withstood..."
Her voice was extremely soft, yet it carried an undeniable shock, "Still using this to reshape themselves..." For the first time, genuine respect appeared in her eyes.
"No wonder..." "Senior Sister Chi Tongyue personally brought him back to the clan." Ju Wanning, who was standing to the side, also remained silent.
Her gaze was no longer relaxed; the backlash from the Face of Chaos still lingered deep within her Fate Soul. At this moment, however, someone in the Primordial Chaos was taking an even further step.
She slowly exhaled. "This is no longer a matter of breaking through..." The entire hall erupted in commotion.
Within the primordial chaos, Qin Yu's figure stabilized once more. His aura gradually subsided, and the Sea of Nothingness around him returned to silence.
Deep within the primordial chaos, the wisp of "the Initial Division of Being and Nonbeing" had not yet completely subsided. Qin Yu's newly reconstructed Fate Soul was still on an extremely unstable boundary, standing at the edge of a line that could break at any moment. His aura was no longer complete, yet it was purer than before.
It was an existence that had been baptized by the "Tide of Nonbeing"—light, yet no longer easily erased. In this delicate balance, the second tribulation silently descended.
Without waves, without collapse, in the Sea of Nothingness, suddenly something appeared.
That was not a "thing" in the true sense, but an extremely primitive "becoming tendency." Unlike the first stage, which was merely a vague outline, this time, it began to try to "become."
A single dot emerges from nothingness; it does not emit light, yet possesses the potential to become light; it has no form, yet begins to resemble a certain shape; it is not "existence," yet it is no longer "nothingness."
Qin Yu's consciousness was forcibly drawn to him at this moment, and he saw the first instant of "the generation of existence," not from nothing to something.
It is from the "unspeakable" to the "speakable" that the single point begins to expand, and countless similar "generative traces" appear simultaneously, intertwining, overlapping, and superimposing with each other. Everything begins to become complex, and the rudiments of order vaguely appear in the chaos.
Qin Yu's Fate Soul trembled violently at this moment. The "foundation of nothingness" that he had just established began to be torn apart. The birth of "something" brought about the negation of "nothingness".
His existence was once again pushed to the brink of collapse. "This is... the other side of the Hongmeng Origin..."
Qin Yu spoke softly, his voice echoing in the void, yet leaving a trace within his very being. "Nothingness can contain everything..."
"But once something begins to form..." "Accommodation will turn into conflict..." His Fate Soul suddenly cracked open with an even deeper fissure.
That wasn't an external attack, but a logical incompatibility. At that very moment, deep within the primordial chaos, a lingering shadow slowly emerged.
The afterimage had no specific form, yet it possessed a certain "sense of completed existence," like a trace of someone who had once stepped into this realm. It did not speak, but it released an extremely clear guidance.
"Follow it..." "Let 'having' replace 'not having'..." "Become true existence..." The guidance was extremely gentle.
It was extremely dangerous. Qin Yu's consciousness dipped slightly as he sensed the afterimage trying to make the "choice" for him.
If he submits, he will directly break away from the boundary of "nothingness" and fall into the system of "existence," never to return to the origin of primordial chaos.
Qin Yu slowly raised his head. Despite the violent tremors of his Fate Soul, his consciousness became even clearer. "You are not Hongmeng..."
He spoke softly, "You are merely... a trace that has already been chosen." The afterimage rippled slightly, as if confirming.
A faint smile appeared on Qin Yu's lips. "You managed to get this far... but you couldn't get out... so you stayed..."
His words were extremely soft, yet on a logical level, they directly tore open the essence of that guidance.
In the next instant, a wisp of extremely subtle and pure Fate Soul slowly unfolded within Qin Yu's body—
It wasn't an attack, but a definition. Based on his own experience of being tempered by the "Tide of Nonbeing," he directly suppressed that afterimage back to its incomplete original state.
There was no collision, no annihilation, only a permanent halt to its existence. The afterimage slowly dissipated, but Qin Yu's Fate Soul shattered once more in the process.
He let out a muffled groan, his very being's boundaries distorting violently, as if he might return to nothingness at any moment. He closed his eyes, but his voice remained low:
"I almost... went along with you..." "What a pity..." "I didn't come here to become 'someone'." "I came here to..." "to see it clearly."
At that very moment, the Sea of Nothingness suddenly trembled. There were no waves, but a thunderous sound, an Annihilation Thunder Sound, that thunder was not a sound.
But it exploded deep within his Fate Soul. His entire world of consciousness collapsed at that moment. "What's the use of cultivation?"
"What's the use of Mystic Void?" "What's the use of transcendence?" "Ultimately, Annihilation." "Even nothingness will become nothingness."
That wasn't an external voice; it was the "final logic" forcibly awakened from the deepest recesses of his being, and Qin Yu's consciousness began to waver.
His Fate Soul dissipated on its own at that moment. "Yes..." he murmured softly. "In the end... he will disappear..." His presence began to fade.
The phantom did not rely on external forces to break it, willingly relinquishing all its support. The Fate Soul patterns cracked inch by inch, and in an instant, they all crumbled.
In the instant when heaven and earth Ji Ran, a faint and ethereal thought slowly rose from the deepest corner of the soul's origin.
Powerless, yet utterly real. "I once... had nothing." "I once... was weaker than I am now." "I once... saw death time and time again."
His consciousness trembled slightly, and the Annihilation Thunder Sound roared once more, stronger and deeper. "So what?" "You will eventually disappear."
Qin Yu suddenly laughed. The laughter was extremely soft, yet it spread throughout his entire Fate Soul. "Yes." "You're right."
"They will all disappear." "So what?" He spoke slowly, each word seeming to redefine his own existence.
"Before it disappears," I insist on saying. "Not because of meaning." "Not because of the outcome." "Just because..."
"I do." As these words fell, a lock deep within his Fate Soul suddenly opened, while the Annihilation Thunder Sound roar continued.
But he could no longer penetrate the core; those desperate thoughts swept across the surface of his consciousness, but left no trace.
Qin Yu's Fate Soul was completely reconstructed at this moment, shedding its previous simple form.
His spiritual foundation underwent a completely new structural construction. He made his choice based on his true self, establishing his own fundamental source of existence.
Having survived the second tribulation, his aura changed once again, and the boundary of the Mystic Void Realm High Stage was completely solidified.
Even more subtly, it began to touch upon a deeper layer of origin. The Sea of Nothingness returned to silence once more, and Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes.
Those eyes held no emotion, yet were more resolute than ever. "Come..." he whispered. "The Hongmeng Origin..." "Continue."