Soul Prison Ring Domain - Final Layer - Seventh Level of the Soul Tower.
At this moment, before Qin Yu and the others finally stepped into the final tower gate, all space fell into an eerie silence.
No soul chains, no soul pressure, no roar of the guardian general--
It was as if this floor did not welcome visitors, nor was it "designed" for rescue.
Rather, it was to imprison one person forever.
They stepped in.
Instantly, everyone's expression changed drastically.
What I see before me is no longer a tower, but a world.
This entire layer is not a space, but a fragment of a closed world, which was forcibly torn apart and embedded into the Soul Tower by the Soul-Restraining Envoy, forming the eternally cold [Realm-Covering Cold Soul] domain.
Above heaven and earth, endless icy spears hung upside down in the void, each engraved with the words "imprisonment," "pain," and "burial."
The ground was a giant Soul Prison Platform forged from icy crystal.
At the center of the Soul Prison Platform--
Qian Ruishan.
She floated in the air, her hands bound behind her back, soul chains passing through her shoulder bones, spine, life palace, and soul pool, her entire body sealed inside an ice mirror soul coffin!
The surface of the soul coffin was covered with hundreds of millions of fine soul-pattern needles, every breath—
Then a soul needle shot into her sea of consciousness from the ice wall!
Those soul needles were not meant to kill her.
Instead, it was used to make her consciously experience each wave of soul-piercing pain, repeatedly subjecting her to "Annihilation" and "awakening" while maintaining extreme consciousness.
Make sure she can't die, can't be destroyed, and can't be cut off.
Her white clothes were already stained with blood, but her eyes were still fixed on the sky, as if waiting for the person she had always believed in.
"Qin... Yu..."
She let out a soft cry, and her mouth filled with blood.
But she is still alive--
She was still waiting for him to come.
Boom!!!
A soul-piercing cry, as loud as the collapse of heaven and earth, came from behind the ice coffin, from which a dark figure slowly emerged.
Dressed in a black robe, wearing a half-soul bone mask, he held in his right hand a "Chain of Name Sealing" that resembled a sealing Realm Lock.
He descended the Soul Staircase step by step, each step causing the entire Frosty Soul Realm to emit mournful cries of soul-locking impact.
He is --
Soul-Restraining Envoy - Jin Hunyuan!
Lord of the Soul Prison Ring Domain, the final Soul Sealer of the Epoch Immortal Clan.
"It's finally here."
His voice was cold, yet it contained a sense of satisfaction at the emergence of his "perfect prey."
"All of this... was merely a pretext to bring you here."
"Qin Yu, you have slain the Fate Soul of the Nine Realms and destroyed the foundation of my Era's Blood Soul Three-Part Array."
"But can you accept that the one you love most has been torn apart ninety-three thousand times?"
"She is the last tool I'll use to extinguish your 'anger'."
Before he could finish speaking...
Boom!!
Qin Yu's eyes were bloodshot!
The Azure Ring cracked silently on his back; the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword remained unmoved, yet the entire world was already suspended in a black and gold inverted state!
"Jin Hunyuan-- "
"You've had enough of living!!!"
He shattered the interface with one foot, his figure falling like a falling star, and slashed at the ice coffin with his sword!
But--
At that very moment, the Soul Seal on the ice coffin suddenly lit up, and the barrier of countless cold souls trembled, actually causing Qin Yu to be thrown back!
Bang!
He took three steps back, his eyes filled with madness and fury!
You cannot break this ice coffin.
Jin Hunyuan calmly made his move, flicking the Name-Sealing Soul Chain!
A series of "click-click-click--" sounds echoed throughout the heavens and earth as countless soul chains descended from the sky, locking onto everyone!
"If you want to save her, you must do it yourself—"
"Break free from this 'prison of eternal torment'."
Qin Yu slowly raised the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in his hand.
At that moment, his entire body was ablaze with excitement.
The Silent Origin Main Core trembled deep within his body, and the sea of black gold surged towards the sword!
He no longer roared, no longer hated, no longer raged.
He only said one sentence:
"Qian Ruishan, close your eyes."
"This sword strike is not for slaying the enemy."
"Realm Breaking for You."
Swords move!
Origin Destroyer Divine Technique - Tenth Form: Source Silence Severs All
The tenth form integrates all the laws of annihilation from the previous nine forms, returning to the source and erasing all the logic of the enemy's existence, severing their fundamental laws, annihilating their Soul Seal, making them unknown, their power Bugui to the wheel, and their consciousness no longer existing in the world!
In an instant, the entire Seventh Soul Tower shattered!!!
Jin Hunyuan's expression changed drastically. "Impossible—how could you use it at this time—!"
"The ultimate method of Source Severance--!"
But his voice never faded.
The light of the Origin Destroyer Sword has arrived!
The Seventh Soul Tower has collapsed!
The ice coffin shattered!
Qin Yu caught the figure falling from the sky, his battle robe soaked in blood, but he didn't say a word, only held her tightly!
She opened her eyes.
"... I knew you would come."
"It's too late."
But you came.
After the ice coffin shattered, Qian Ruishan collapsed into Qin Yu, as if she had lost all weight and breath.
Her soul power had long since shattered, her life palace like a withered flower in the cold, with only a trace of her original soul consciousness remaining in a faint place—the last glimmer of soul light sustained by her belief in waiting for Qin Yu.
Qin Yu supported her broken spine with one hand, while an ancient lapis lazuli-patterned pill flickered in his other palm.
Origin-Restoring Spirit!
This is the only divine-level repair pill he mastered after Silent Origin Main Core. It is not a pill of alchemy, but rather a unique life-saving miracle pill that uses the life source to reshape the Fate Soul's body!
Its efficacy can be summed up in one sentence:
"It can restore the shattered origins of heaven and earth, and reverse the Annihilation of the soul wheel."
It can cause all death, shattering, and collapse of consciousness to instantly return to their original state, and grant a hundredfold boost to Fate Soul in a short period of time!
But at this moment, Qian Ruishan's meridians were severed, her breath was extremely weak, and her throat, tongue, and palate were broken, making it impossible for her to swallow.
Qin Yu frowned, his eyes bloodshot, and without hesitation, he used his soul power to seal Origin-Restoring Spirit and send it to his lips.
He lowered his head, kissed her lips, and gently but firmly transferred the Origin-Restoring Spirit into her mouth.
That moment--
The elixir transformed into light, and a golden and azure radiance shone between the two!
Qian Ruishan's body trembled violently; the almost Annihilation flame of her soul within her chest rekindled under the miraculous power of the Origin-Restoring Spirit—
It reignited with a bang!!!
Her sea of consciousness began to repair itself at an extremely rapid pace, seemingly within three breaths!
Her soul palace, which was originally riddled with cracks, has now been completely restored under the golden light!
That shattered Fate Soul struggles in the desolate abyss, now—
A hundredfold revival!
Qian Ruishan slowly opened her eyes and saw Qin Yu standing beside her with his head down, his forehead covered with drops of blood, his palm still pressed tightly against her heart.
Her voice was very soft, yet it resonated deeply:
"You... kissed me..."
Qin Yu was taken aback, then chuckled softly:
"You're about to die, and you're still thinking about this?"
Qian Ruishan slowly raised her hand and gently placed it on his shoulder, her smile tinged with tears:
"That's my clearest memory since I came back to life."
The two gazed at each other, the black and gold Sword Qi still reverberating around them, yet no one could penetrate the tranquility of this moment.
But deep within the heavens, the horrified roars of the remnants of the Epoch Immortal Clan began to echo—
They realized that the real "Ultimate catastrophe" was yet to come.
--It has arrived!
At this point, the seventh level of the Soul Prison Ring Domain has been broken!
Qin Yu picked up the reborn Qian Ruishan and swept his gaze across the distance.
Next,
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword has been returned to its sheath.
After Qin Yu annihilated the Seventh Soul Tower with a single sword strike, he did not leave immediately. He looked up at the nearly collapsed dome of the Soul Prison Ring Domain—
Then, with a sudden palm strike, he shattered the pivot of the ring array in mid-air!
Boom--!
The entire Soul Prison Ring Domain trembled!
The Sevenfold Soul Tower shattered its foundation, the Soul-Sealing Shackles were erased one by one, and it collapsed layer by layer until it reached the lowest level, the True Prison Platform of the Sealed Realm.
In that deepest prison, the soul seals that imprisoned many powerful beings of this world finally... shattered!
One by one, powerful Realm Master, covered in blood, their souls exhausted, and nearly unconscious, fell from the broken chains.
One by one, they were guided by Qin Yu's wave of his hand and stood steadily within the "Origin Soul Stabilizing Array" he had set up.
And when everyone is fully awake—
The silence of that moment seemed to freeze time itself.
The first to open their eyes was the burly figure sitting withered on the blood chain.
He struggled to lift his head and whispered that name:
"It's you... Qin Yu..."
Venerable Feng Yanxing, Realm Lord Realm First Stage Peak, is now covered in soul wounds and his divine consciousness is riddled with holes. Even if he recovers, it will take him several years to recuperate.
Then, a figure emerged from the void rift, clad in a golden robe with the Realm Sealing Tower, his eyes filled with utter shock:
Even the Soul-Restraining Envoy... was erased by you...
"The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword... its true master..."
He was none other than the "Xuanyuan Tower Envoy" of the Realm Sealing Tower, a cold and aloof ruler at the Realm Lord Realm Third Stage, yet for the first time, he lowered his head and gazed quietly at this young man.
Then, a figure radiating crimson-gold flames appeared, and a handsome man fell to the ground, coughing up blood, but still managed to get up with the help of his sword.
"The Crimson Abyss Divine Clan... Yuan Jin owes you a life."
He looked at Qin Yu, remained silent for a moment, and then said:
"This kindness... Chi Yuan will never forget."
Then, the ghostly flames swept through.
The entire boundary of the Soul Prison Ring Domain shattered, and stepping out from within was none other than that supreme being who reigned supreme over all directions and whose soul suppressed all realms—
The Realm Master of the Divine Flame Radiant Realm is: Venerable Yanyou!
He was clad in fiery golden armor, his back radiating crimson divine light; Realm Lord Realm Fifth Stage Perfection!
But at this moment, he was not as arrogant as before; instead, he looked at Qin Yu with a serious expression.
"I have slain tens of thousands of enemy beings and destroyed the Battle Tower of a Hundred Realms..."
"But if it weren't for you, my soul would be imprisoned for eternity, never to be born again."
He lowered his head and sighed deeply.
"The Divine Flame Radiant Realm owes you—a future."
Immediately following, Yan Sheng, Yan Ling, Yan Ce all knelt down and shouted in unison:
"The three disciples of the Divine Flame Radiant Realm thank you, sir!"
Amidst the sounds of wind and thunder, a figure of purple lightning suddenly appeared, its divine hammer shattered, its body swaying, yet its gaze remained as sharp as lightning.
"Lei Wuyuan..."
"Disciples under Elder Tingjin swear to remember this day with their Fate Soul— "
"Qin Yu, slay the imprisoned souls, establish the boundary soul!"
At this moment, Qin Yu quietly looked at the group of Realm Master, all of whom had been his enemies, despised him, or watched him from the sidelines. Now, in this dilapidated Soul Prison, they bowed their heads at his feet.
Not because of power,
Not because of power,
And because--
He alone saved everyone.
Without Qin Yu, they would have been imprisoned in this realm, their bodies and souls immortal, Bugui for ten thousand years, becoming mournful ghosts in the prison!
In the silence, someone suddenly knelt heavily on the ground, striking the earth with both hands:
"From this day forward—we will all remember one person!"
"--Qin Yu!"
Boom!
Everyone knelt in unison, and a strange phenomenon roared. Where the Soul Seal shattered, golden light covered the ground and the boundary marks shone brightly!
This scene is the cry at the very beginning of the shattered Soul Sealing Era!
This is the prologue to the myriad worlds standing beneath Qin Yu!
Qin Yu merely glanced back at Qian Ruishan, who was already unconscious beside him in the distance.
His gaze was firm as he slowly uttered a sentence—
"It's not over yet."
The Soul Prison Ring Domain has been broken, and all seven Soul Tower have collapsed.
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword was sheathed, and the powerful Realm Master lords stood silently in all directions. Under their watchful eyes, Qin Yu slowly walked out of the icy precipice, his gaze piercing through the broken spatial rifts, looking into the still not completely eradicated shadows.
The remnants of the Epoch Immortal Clan have not yet been eradicated.
"The rest... are just waiting to die."
His voice was low, yet it shook the heavens and earth.
Venerable Yanyou let out a soft snort, and his body was once again engulfed in flames.
Venerable Feng Yanxing clenched his fist, his divine soul burning and coalescing into form.
Yuan Jin raised his hand and summoned the Crimson Abyss Blood Spear, his gaze chilling:
"A life saved is a debt that can never be repaid, not even in three lifetimes."
"But you can report any kills you make immediately."
Dozens of powerful figures gathered on the front line to hunt down the remnants of the era.
They were once four opposing factions.
They are now united for the same goal—
Eliminate all remnants of the Epoch Immortal Clan, severing their roots and ensuring they never pose a threat again!
Within the entire Silent Origin Soul Tomb, the remaining dozen or so Epoch Soul Masters, Soul Hunters, and Soul Shadow Gu Masters are all hidden between the Rift Valley Soul Abyss and the Soul Crystal Broken Peak.
No matter how well they concealed themselves, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword wielded by Qin Yu had already reflected their soul source imprints!
"They're at the Soul Pool at the bottom of the Northwest Cliff!"
"Go!"
With a single command, wind and thunder roared!
The powerful figures instantly dispersed like a raging tide, surging down from the sky, the Void Realm, and the soul pattern tunnel, launching a hunt that could be described as the ultimate level.
Crimson Abyss Divine Clan Yuan Jin pierced the brain of Soul-Abyss One with a spear, blood and spittle splattering everywhere;
Divine Flame Radiant Realm - Venerable Yanyou, with a single palm strike, shattered the Soul Refining Tower and burned the three-soul Gu Corpse;
The Envoy of the Realm Sealing Tower, Xuanyuan Tower Envoy, severed the chains that suppressed divine consciousness, and shattered the soul core;
Qin Yu, wielding his sword, soared into the air and severed the head of the Epochal Soul with a single strike, causing blood to rain down and the world to grow desolate!
Meanwhile, Ming Tong, Ming Kong, Ming Ye, Zhou Yu, and Yao Wanqing also took action, using swift and decisive methods to wipe out the Soul Demons and Soul Slaves, leaving behind piles of corpses and flying Soul Crystals!
In less than half an incense stick's time--
The entire Silent Origin Soul Tomb was stained with blood; not a single soul returned!
Before everyone could compose themselves, a roar came from the depths of the earth.
Boom!!
A large-scale collapse has begun in the deeper layers of the Silent Origin Soul Tomb!
Like an ancient beast that was already on the verge of death, finally exhaling its last breath, the entire structure... began to completely disintegrate!
Space collapsed, the earth's veins fractured, and the entire Silent Sorrow Ancient Soul Forest began to fall into the dark void Realm Splitting!
"Rewind now!!!"
Venerable Yanyou roared and took the lead in releasing the Heavenly Realm's Origin Framework a defense, but the void devoured all soul power like a black tide!
Everyone's expression changed drastically, but suddenly at that moment—
Between heaven and earth, an ancient and magnificent array pattern appeared beneath their feet!
It was a spatial array that was triggered automatically from the Silent Origin Main Core, inscribed with the "All Beings Rescue and Transfer" inscription left over from the Immortal Antiquity Era. It was specifically used to teleport all the living away from the trial at its end!
"This is... the ancient formation activating on its own?!"
The Xuanyuan Tower Envoy looked shocked:
"No—it's the emergency array imprint activated by the main core!"
Before anyone could react—
Beams of spatial light pierced the heavens and earth, surrounded by seven-colored soul patterns, enveloping Qin Yu, Qian Ruishan, Zhou Yu, Ming Tong Ming Kong, Ming Ye... as well as all the trial participants and powerful individuals!
The next instant, the entire Silent Sorrow Ancient Soul Forest was bathed in the last rays of the setting sun...
It collapsed completely.
When the light faded, everyone opened their eyes again.
Before them lay the outer edge of the Silent Sorrow Ancient Soul Forest.
This is the front of Heavenly Soul Valley before setting off. The terrain is flat, the world is quiet, and everything seems as if nothing has happened.
But everyone knows it.
They had just walked through a Fate Soul.
After a moment of silence, someone whispered:
"After this battle, no one dared to underestimate the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect and the Thousand Realms Sect."
All eyes turned to that one person.
Qin Yu stood with his hands behind his back. Although his robes were tattered, his spirit remained intact, his sword still gleaming, and his soul pressure undiminished.
The Silent Sorrow Ancient Soul Forest has collapsed, powerful beings from all realms have been sent away by the formation, the stars have returned to their places, and the world has returned to silence.
At the edge of Heavenly Soul Valley, the last rays of sunlight slowly faded.
Everything seemed to return to calm. Everyone vanished into the void and left the Silent Sorrow Ancient Soul Forest.
But, in the very instant that the last spatial fluctuation completely subsided—
Deep within the void surrounding the Silent Sorrow Ancient Soul Forest, a thin, tear-like crack suddenly trembled slightly.
"Click--"
The sky shattered silently, without even a ripple of cause and effect.
A figure slowly stepped out from the silent rift.
He stood at the crevices between the void and time, his robes fluttering and moving without wind. He seemed unacknowledged by heaven and earth, yet stood in a supreme dimension beyond anyone's comprehension with Ultimate clarity.
He did not move.
But the entire world seemed to be under his gaze.
His eyes, ancient and still, devoid of joy or anger, sorrow or happiness, yet containing... a silence that has witnessed the rise and fall of countless worlds.
The next breath--
Behind him, the void churned.
Like the light of the sky shimmering in the deep sea, like the sun and moon being torn apart by ripping silk.
A dense mass of figures appeared behind him!
It's not an illusion!
It's not a ghost!
They are a true group of "powerful beings from the Immortal Antiquity Era"!
Them--
Clad in armor never before seen in the world;
Them--
Their souls and breaths were as silent yet immortal as a star tomb sealed for billions of years.
Their eyes were all closed, but the pressure emanating from each of them was enough to crush the history of an entire era!
At that moment, if Realm Master were present, his sea of consciousness would collapse on the spot, unable to withstand such dense ancient epochal soul pressure!
The leader merely glanced down at them.
Qin Yu is long gone, and the heroes have scattered.
But he murmured softly, as if to himself, as if giving a command:
He walked outside of fate.
"It's time... to settle the debts of the Soul Prison Ring Domain."
He turned around, and behind him, thousands of Immortal Antiquity figures stepped into the void.
The entire sky was restored once more, and Heavenly Soul Valley returned to deathly silence.
It was as if nothing had happened.
But from that moment on, an invisible crack silently appeared in the sky.
A storm spanning an era is quietly approaching.