The Breathing White Bones stood in the center of the Desert of Forgetting. Its massive skeletal body in its second form almost covered half the sky. The translucent lung that was suspended in its chest cavity suddenly stopped beating. The entire world fell into absolute stillness at this moment. The storm stopped, the yellow sand solidified, and even the surging Limitless Evolving True Flow on the outer layer of the Myriad Evolutions Return to the Ruins Formation was forcibly suppressed into silence by some more ancient force.
The next instant, the Breathing White Bones slowly raised its head, and the gray-white flames deep in its empty eye sockets gradually extinguished. Its ribs began to roll outward, and the white bone spikes rubbed against the void, making a teeth-grinding cracking sound. The whole movement was slow and eerie, like an ancient ritual of sacrificing to all worlds.
It lowered its head, aimed at its chest, and suddenly coughed out a dry, low groan. The moment that sound rang out, the Fate Soul of countless cultivators in the entire Desert of Forgetting trembled violently. Many cultivators who were fleeing suddenly stopped in mid-air with blank expressions, their eyes filled with an extreme sense of bewildered fear.
The translucent lung lobe was forcibly coughed out of the chest cavity. The lung lobe floated in the void, its surface covered with billions of gray-white sand grains. Each grain of sand contained the remains of a forgotten world: a collapsed universe, a sunken divine court, an ancient race kneeling in darkness, and vast expanses of erased boundary rules.
At the same time, the Breathing White Bones itself began to crumble. The finger bones were the first to turn into grayish-white powder, followed by the arm bones, spine, and ribs, which exploded one after another. Large amounts of bone ash turned into a storm and frantically entered the lung. The lung began to expand rapidly, growing from the size of a mountain to cover the sky. The entire sky of the Desert of Forgetting was completely covered by that grayish-white lung.
Countless cracks began to appear on the surface of the lungs, and from the depths of these cracks slowly seeped a grayish-white "light of oblivion." The light was not dazzling, yet it caused the very foundations of all "memories" in the myriad realms to tremble simultaneously. Several disciples within the Chi Lineage's formation suddenly became dazed. One of them looked down at his natal artifact, his lips trembling. "I... why am I here..."
Boom—the lungs suddenly exploded. There was no sound because "sound" had been forgotten. There was no light because "light" had lost the right to be defined.
Only a single, imperceptible "ripple of oblivion" spread out in an instant. The moment that ripple swept across the heavens and earth, the entire Desert of Forgetting began to "collapse" into a state that had never been defined before.
The distant mountains were "gone" before they collapsed, the rivers were "Wuhen" before they dried up, and large areas of space were slowly erased as if by an invisible giant hand. The causal structure, time patterns, and fundamental logic of heaven and earth all began to become transparent, and even "nothingness" began to lose its existence.
The ripples of oblivion continued to expand wildly, cracking the sky with gray-white fissures, and countless laws and structures began to collapse in large swaths. That area was being forcibly dragged into an Ultimate state of "never being remembered".
At that very moment, Chi Jun's flesh and blood suddenly exploded. His eyes were bloodshot, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and his entire Fate Soul structure was burning. He forcibly pushed the origin of the True Annihilation Realm · Initial Stage to its Ultimate. Large silver-white cracks spread wildly all over his body, Limitless Evolving True Flow in his body rushed into the array eye like an out-of-control flood.
He pressed his hands firmly against the center of the Myriad Evolutions Return to the Ruins Formation, roared to the sky, and his voice shook the heavens and earth to the point of collapse. "The Return to the Ruins Final Realm - open it again for me!!!!!" Rumble rumble rumble The forbidden talisman paper pasted on the core of the formation burst into flames, and in the next instant, the entire Myriad Evolutions Return to the Ruins Formation was completely transformed.
The Ninefold Return to the Ruins Heavenly Wheels shattered simultaneously, countless array patterns rose wildly from all directions, and a vast expanse of silver-white primordial structure covered tens of thousands of miles of void. Slowly, an indescribably enormous "Return to the Ruins Final Realm Wheel" emerged in the sky.
At the center of the roulette wheel is an absolutely pitch-black abyss of Final Ruins, while the outer edge is filled with billions of silver-white Fate Soul patterns, each pattern evolving the Ultimate Origin logic of "Return to the Ruins".
The entire world began to collapse inward, countless spatial structures were forcibly compressed into thin, cicada-wing-like fragments, the earth continued to crumble, the sky continued to peel away, and the true core killing technique of the Myriad Evolutions Return to the Ruins Formation —finally activated: the Return to the Ruins Final Form: Wanyan Annihilation Realm Wheel.
The sky suddenly split open, and a massive, silver-white Return to the Ruins, spanning tens of thousands of miles, slowly descended. Countless primordial cracks flowed along the edge of the wheel, sealing within ancient realms that had been destroyed, collapsed civilizations of Fate Soul, and the remnants of countless eras of annihilation.
The instant the roulette wheel spun, all the Limitless Evolving True Flow in the Desert of Forgetting simultaneously reversed direction, space was forcibly compressed, time began to crumble in large swathes, and countless gray-white Return to the Ruins Chains shot out from inside the roulette wheel, directly piercing through heaven and earth.
Boom!!!! The Return to the Ruins collided head-on with the Oblivion Ripple of "Eternal Tribulation of No Memory"! The entire Desert of Forgetting exploded completely.
Billions of miles of yellow sand surged into the sky, shattering the heavens into countless fragments. Vast swathes of space crumbled like layers of glass, while gray-white ripples of oblivion frantically devoured the world, and silver-white chains of the Return to the Ruins tore apart the oblivion structure inch by inch.
At the center of the collision between the two Ultimate forces, the earth collapsed, creating a dark abyss spanning tens of thousands of miles. Even the "nothingness" within the abyss was obliterated, and all the laws and structures collapsed.
Countless Blue Flame Demon Wolf didn't even have time to howl before their bodies were crushed into gray-white powder by the giant wheel of the Return to the Ruins. Behind them, tens of thousands of wolves howled madly, and large swathes of wolf bodies collapsed one after another in the double crushing of oblivion and the Return to the Ruins.
The last remaining gray-white dust from the Breathing White Bones began to tremble violently, as if it wanted to reform. But in the next instant, a silver-white chain of Return to the Ruins pierced through the heavens and earth, directly penetrating the dust!
Boom!!!! The gray-white dust exploded instantly, and the Breathing White Bones was replaced by utter Annihilation of bones!
The thousands upon thousands of Blue Flame Demon Wolf behind it were also crushed by the Return to the Ruins Giant Wheel at the same moment. Large numbers of wolf corpses exploded into blood mist, and a rain of grayish-white bone ash fell from the sky. The entire Desert of Forgetting was shaken and collapsed wildly. Only the rumble of the Return to the Ruins Giant Wheel slowly turning could be heard between heaven and earth.
Finally, the Return to the Ruins Final Realm slowly dissipated, and all twelve members of the Chi Lineage collapsed heavily to the ground.
Some people coughed up blood from the corners of their mouths, Fate Soul had cracks all over their bodies, and two disciples had even lost consciousness. Shen Qingchen knelt on one knee, desperately supporting the Blank Dao Scroll, while Su Qingyuan's Sheathless Blade trembled incessantly. Her face was so pale it was almost transparent.
Chi Jun's flesh was torn apart, and he knelt in the center of the formation, panting heavily. He still stared intently at the collapsing world in front of him. After a long time, he slowly revealed a bitter smile, "I... I survived..." The depths of the Desert of Forgetting finally returned to deathly silence.
Chi Jun knelt in the center of the collapsed earth, panting heavily. His chest heaved, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth onto the yellow sand. All around him were huge rifts torn apart by the Return to the Ruins Final Realm. The silvery-white Return to the Ruins cracks remaining in the sky were still slowly twisting, and the air was filled with lingering ripples of oblivion.
The remaining eleven disciples of the Chi Lineage were almost all slumped on the ground. Some of them were so trembling that they could not even hold their Fate Soul artifacts. Some of them had cracks all over their bodies. Shen Qingchen held the Blank Dao Scroll with a pale face, while Su Qingyuan gently closed her eyes to regulate her breathing. The Sheathless Blade was stuck in the sand beside her, and the blade was still vibrating.
Chi Jun raised his head and took a deep breath. Then he suddenly raised his hand, and a crystal core flew out from his sleeve. The moment the crystal core exploded, a large amount of dazzling silver light filled the sky and earth, and twelve pills slowly floated in mid-air.
The moment the pill appeared, the surrounding Limitless Evolving True Flow began to converge towards it on its own. This was the Chi Lineage's Fate Soul Divine Pill— the Taiyan Soul-Returning Pill.
The pill is translucent silver-white in color. Inside, it is as if a whole slowly rotating galaxy is sealed. Countless tiny Fate Soul patterns flow deep within the pill, and each flow brings with it a large amount of primordial radiance.
Nine delicate golden lines lingered on the surface of the elixir, their patterns transcending ordinary elixir textures. These lines were the return structure of the Fate Soul forcibly condensed into the elixir's body. Deep within the cracks lay countless tiny humanoid phantoms, all sitting cross-legged, repeatedly enacting the profound Dao principles of Fate Soul reconstruction. Silver-white Fate Soul light feathers continuously rippled around the elixir's body, and the shattered and scattered primordial logic of heaven and earth was slowly and spontaneously repairing and restoring itself.
Chi Jun coughed up a mouthful of blood, raised his hand to distribute the pills to everyone, his voice hoarse but still authoritative. "Swallow them quickly... to restore your Fate Soul essence... don't waste time."
Several disciples stared in shock at the Taiyan Soul-Returning Pill floating before them, one of them even trembling in his voice. "Steward... this is Taiyan Soul-Returning Pill... only stewards and above in the clan can receive five pills per month..."
The other person swallowed hard, staring at the pill and whispering, "Legend has it that as long as the Fate Soul hasn't completely disintegrated, this pill can forcibly pull it back to its original structure..."
Chi Jun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and glared at everyone. "Stop talking nonsense! Swallow!" Boom—the twelve people swallowed the pills at the same time, and the next instant, a dazzling silver light suddenly erupted from the outer edge of the Desert of Forgetting!
Shen Qingchen was the first to let out a muffled groan. The shattered Fate Soul structure in his body began to heal frantically. Large areas of silver-white primordial patterns spread along his meridians, and a series of deep rumbling sounds rang out from inside his chest. The Blank Dao Scroll automatically unfolded, and countless Fate Soul runes soared into the sky.
Large patches of pale sword patterns appeared around Su Qingyuan's body. Her originally extremely pale face quickly regained its rosy hue. The Sheathless Blade suddenly burst out with a dazzling sword light, and the sword's cry reverberated in all directions. The surrounding yellow sand was even torn open by the sword's intent, leaving cracks hundreds of feet long.
The Limitless Evolving True Flow within the other disciples' bodies also began to fully recover, with numerous cracks in their Fate Soul rapidly healing. Large swaths of silver light flowed across their bodies, and phenomena of primordial reorganization continuously appeared in the air. Some even had enormous Fate Soul wheels rising behind them.
Some people had primordial star maps appearing above their heads, while others had silver-white Fate Soul wings constantly condensing around their bodies. The scene was like twelve small stars simultaneously reviving in Desert of Forgetting, their silver-white radiance illuminating half the sky.
Even more terrifying was that the pill was still drawing the Limitless Evolving True Flow of heaven and earth into everyone's bodies, forming twelve huge silver-white primordial storms around the twelve people. Within the storms, countless Fate Soul structures were constantly reorganizing, condensing, and sublimating. The primordial essence, which had been almost exhausted, was restored to its original state in less than half an incense stick's time.
Chi Jun slowly stood up. He raised his hand, clenched his fist lightly, and boom! The True Annihilation Realm · Initial Stage essence within his body erupted once more.
The other disciples around him also stood up again. Everyone's aura had actually recovered to its peak state, even more solid than before the battle. Shen Qingchen couldn't help but look down at his hands, his eyes wide with shock. "This recovery speed... is too exaggerated... far exceeding the recovery speed of God-Level Resonance Crystal."
Su Qingyuan let out a soft breath, gripped her Sheathless Blade, and her gaze sharpened again. "The Chi Lineage's Fate Soul Pill truly lives up to its reputation." Chi Jun glanced at everyone, then spoke in a deep voice, which echoed slowly through the collapsing Desert of Forgetting: "Alright, let's continue." He turned around and looked deeper into the Desert of Forgetting.
In the distance, at the edge of the world, a massive gray-white rift stretched across the sky, from which distorted primal energy surged forth. The Blank Rift Valley —was drawing ever closer. Chi Jun's expression grew serious, his hands slowly clenching. "Everyone, remain vigilant. The Breathing White Bones have appeared..."
This means that this area has truly entered the core of the Desert of Forgetting. From now on, any step could lead to certain death. The twelve people nodded in unison, and then the Chi Lineage team slowly moved deeper into the Desert of Forgetting once again.
At this moment, Chi Jun gazed into the distance, his eyes filled with an increasingly profound solemnity. He knew that the Breathing White Bones was an omen; the legendary Forgetting River Bearer and the Silent-Crying Kite were not far from here, perhaps even just ahead...