In the Spirit Firmament Great Realm, the mountains Annihilation, and all souls were terrified.
The news of Silent Night Wielder's demise has not yet spread throughout the Nine Realms, but the light of that sword that cleaved the gray shadow has already etched an eternal tremor deep into the souls of all living beings.
And at this very moment—
A vast and magnificent divine consciousness, like a surging sea of stars, swept across the entire Spirit Firmament Great Realm from the Flame Realm Battlefield, resounding in the minds of every sect master-level being like a divine voice awakening the Fate Soul of the nine realms:
"The Great Calamity of the Spirit Firmament is imminent, the Immortal Antiquity Era is reviving, and the name of this realm will be severed."
"Within three quarters of an hour, the sect leaders of the ten major clans must proceed immediately to the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect's Hall."
This voice contained neither anger nor sorrow, yet it carried an irresistible divine intent.
That was the voice of the Xuancang Shenying!
The number one person in the Spirit Firmament Great Realm, the true "Realm Soul Suppression Lord".
Almost no one dared to hesitate.
A Moment Later - Nether Firmament Underworld Sect
Beneath the enormous, dark gold dome, the main hall's five-hundred-foot-long circular altar floated in the air, with heavenly light descending from the void, as if the heavens themselves had cracked open, reflecting more than ten imposing pressures.
The first to take his seat was the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, the Grand Venerable Mingxu, Silent Source Realm Fifth Stage. His expression was solemn as he looked up at the gradually forming divine power phantom in the void in front of him.
Following closely behind were the leaders of other clans:
Lei Xuanxi, Sect Master of the Thunder Prison Mystic Gate, possesses thunderous punishment that pierces the heavens, and his pupils are like lightning crystals; Realm Lord Realm Peak.
The Crimson Abyss Divine Clan Chief, Yuan Chihuang, had blood flames surging around him, with a dragon shadow roaring in the sky.
The Lord of the Nether Devouring Hall, the Soul-Devouring Matriarch, clad in a black veil, her soul consciousness fluctuated like a vortex in the abyss;
The Wind Extinction God Clan Chief, Feng Yuandi, took his seat invisibly, his body as illusory as the wind.
Gu Wusheng, Lord of Realm Bone Ridge, is clad in white bone armor, and a symphony of soul bones resounds whenever he sits down.
The tower master of the Realm Sealing Tower, Ta Yuangu, had the phantom of the divine tower appear behind him, imprinted with the souls of ten thousand.
The Lord of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, Spirit Emperor Qingyan, was surrounded by thousands of beast shadows, his imposing aura as powerful as the Heavenly Beast Mountain.
Lord Yuan Yaojun of the Heavenly Abyss Beast Que Clan, his eyes burning with beastly flames, roared with the fury of soul beasts with every step he took;
And those who had just returned from the Flame Realm, yet still came—
The Realm Master the Divine Flame Radiant Realm, Venerable Yanyou, though covered in scorch marks and still trembling in spirit, resolutely stepped into the center of the main hall.
--The ten major clans of Spirit Firmament gathered together!
At this moment, the oppressive aura within the main hall was palpable, as if the Silent Source Realm was pressing down on all the Fate Soul in the world.
Just as everyone was gazing at the central sky, a blue phantom slowly solidified, standing between heaven and earth like the master of the sky.
The Xuancang Shenying appeared.
"Gentlemen."
"This battle is not about sectarian conflict."
"It's about whether the entire Spirit Firmament... can continue to exist."
His voice was deep and carried an undeniable weight:
"The Immortal Antiquity Epoch Immortal Clan has fully awakened."
"The Silent Night Wielder is merely one of the Eight Watchers, and above them are the Three Great Commanders, and even... that true 'Immortal Clan Emperor Soul'."
"Are you prepared to... drop everything and unite against the world?"
The main hall was completely silent.
The next second, the Grand Venerable Mingxu rose first, and with a flick of his right hand, a Netherworld Oath rose into the sky:
"The Nether Firmament Underworld Sect is willing to uphold the destiny of the realm with its sect's life, and stand with all sects to resist the Return of the Soul in this Epoch."
Immediately afterwards--
"The Thunder Prison Mystic Gate swears to coexist with the world!"
"The Crimson Abyss Divine Clan, we will fight to the death!"
"The Nether Devouring Hall, the Wind Extinction God Clan, Realm Bone Ridge, the Realm Sealing Tower..."
All the sect leaders rose one by one and made a soul oath. Above the sky, the Soul Seal intertwined to form ten covenants, which were engraved on the summit of the Spirit Firmament.
Xuancang Shenying slowly closed his eyes, clenched his palm, and a boundary map appeared:
"In this battle, Qin Yu will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Soul War. Soul disciples and Realm Master from various sects will be deployed by the Underworld Sect to form the Spirit Firmament Soul Alliance."
"Starting tomorrow, the battle plan will be deployed."
He finally looked at the last row, where Qin Yu stood silently beneath the Mingxu.
Are you ready?
Qin Yu looked up, his eyes deep and unfathomable like lonely stars, and slowly nodded.
"I'm not here to prepare."
"I have come to end their return."
Above the main hall, Xuancang Shenying's divine sense condensed between his fingers, and strands of azure-blue runes, like the orbits of stars, slowly etched into the void of the Ten Directions Soul Domain.
He looked down at the ten sect leaders and waved his right hand lightly.
"I have constructed the Ten-Domain Realm Formation Diagram using the Silent Origin Soul Art. This array is centered on the 'Soul-Encircling Realm-Breaking Diagram' and supplemented by the realm seals of various sects. It can simultaneously defend and attack, and link the Realm Spirit."
"Each sect must complete the deployment of the entire domain within one day. At that time, the Soul Array will be activated, and the Spirit Firmament Realm will be able to fight as a unified force."
He conjured light at his fingertips, and array diagrams and Soul Seal fell into the brows of the ten sect leaders:
Venerable Yanyou obtained the "Flame Prison Heaven-Burning Formation", which is used for offensive purposes to incinerate and destroy the enemy's soul;
The Yuan Chihuang obtained the "Crimson Abyss Sealing and Slaying Diagram", which is used for sealing, sealing Realm Lock souls;
Lei Xuanxi wields the ** Nine Thunderbolts Realm-Falling Formation **, primarily controlling it, with a thunder shield suppressing the realm;
The Gu Wusheng -Bearing "Bone Sea Soul-Returning Formation" is primarily used for cultivation, focusing on soul reversal and attack.
Ta Yuangu obtained the "Realm-Sealing Origin-Suppressing Diagram", which is mainly used for solidification, sealing gods and imprisoning souls...
The other sect leaders were all personally taught array formations by Xuan Cang, and all of them were top-level soul array diagrams of the Silent Origin level. The aura emitted by each array diagram made the main hall tremble, and the sky was filled with strange phenomena of soul light, as if a thousand souls were shining down and ten thousand arrays were resounding in unison.
The sect leaders all stood up and bowed solemnly.
"I will obey Lord Xuan Cang's command."
Xuancang Shenying's sleeves fluttered lightly, the sky curtain opened, and ten beams of light simultaneously pierced through the hall, like the soul light of ten realms piercing through heaven and earth. The sect leaders each received their orders and returned to their sects to begin setting up battle formations, ready to go!
When their figures completely disappeared and silence returned to the main hall of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, the Xuancang Shenying did not leave.
He slowly turned around and looked at Qin Yu was still standing silently.
At this moment, Qin Yu's brows were cold and stern, but his eyes showed neither anger nor sorrow.
Xuan Cang looked at him, and after a moment slowly said:
"You slay ancient souls, shatter the Soul Tower, slaughter the remnants of an era, and save the lives of a hundred realms."
"Now even the Soul Annihilation Soldiers have fallen to your sword."
I originally thought it would take a hundred years for you to truly mature.
"I didn't expect... you came early."
He slightly moved his palm, and an even more ancient pattern appeared, its color neither gold nor purple, like the beginning of chaos.
Do you know what this is?
Qin Yu remained silent. The next moment, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword behind him began to hum slowly.
Xuan Cang nodded.
"This is the foremost forbidden seal in the Silent Source Realm —the 'Origin-Rending Seal'."
"This seal can only be passed on to one person, used to break the Ultimate 'Realm Lock,' and to deal with— Ming Xianyou."
Qin Yu's eyes widened in shock.
Xuancang Shenying smiled slightly, "You don't need to understand the meaning of this name yet."
All you need to know is, from now on—
"There is no turning back in the Spirit Firmament Great Realm."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Origin-Rending Seal on his fingertip was directly imprinted into the deepest part of Qin Yu's sea of consciousness!
--Silent, and painless.
But then the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword trembled violently once more, and in the echoing soul intent, it seemed that an even deeper Ultimate destiny was slowly awakening...
"Go."
"The battle you led was not just for victory, but to ensure they would never have the right to return."
The Xuancang Shenying slowly faded away, leaving only a faint blue afterglow etched in the void, as the Realm Master Li Yan said, never to be erased.
After the departure of the Xuancang Shenying, the Spirit Firmament Great Realm immediately entered a state of full combat readiness.
[I] Divine Flame Radiant Realm: Flame Prison Heaven-Burning Formation
The sky was ablaze, the earth charred.
In the Divine Flame Radiant Realm, towering fiery mountains rose from the ground, and countless fiery lotuses bloomed, with the Venerable Yanyou personally directing the operation.
"Using the sect's three hundred Soul Springs to form the core of the array, and sixty Flame Venerables to construct the Burning Domain Ring, the infusion of soul energy must not be interrupted for a single breath."
The colossal array has been activated, flame patterns piercing the sky. Venerable Yanyou stands atop the array's core, his face pale, yet his fury remains undiminished, vowing to bury the Immortal Ancient Soul Army within the Fiery Domain!
[II] Realm Sealing Tower - Realm-Sealing Origin-Suppressing Diagram
The sealing tower floated tens of millions of feet in the air. At the top of the tower, Ta Yuangu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. With a flick of his fingers, countless sealing runes were engraved into the void.
"Using the Soul Lock of Myriad Realms as a brush, I will draw the Heavenly Lock Array."
Countless disciples of the Realm Master soared into the air and formed an array beneath the tower. Layers of golden seals enveloped the entire area, resembling a sealed Nether Prison that had frozen time, as heavy as destiny itself.
[Part Three] Thunder Prison Mystic Gate: Nine Thunderbolts Realm-Falling Formation
Lei Xuanxi glared angrily at the sky, manipulating countless bolts of lightning to pour into the earth's veins.
The entire Thunder Prison Mystic Gate transformed into a colossal Thunder Soul Furnace, with pillars of lightning shooting into the sky, clouds and lightning tearing through the heavens, and all beasts fleeing in terror.
"Thunderbolts strike the pillar of heaven, shaking the very core of the nine heavens, and lightning strikes the nine rings!"
Every command he gave triggered the roar of heaven and earth's thunderous punishment, enough to suppress the dead souls of an entire region!
[IV] Crimson Abyss Divine Clan - Crimson Abyss Sealing and Slaying Diagram
The sea of blood surged back, Yuan Chihuang unfurled the Soul Diagram in the center of the blood pool. Three thousand bloodline disciples stood atop the Divine Abyss, their bone-deep blood transforming into the source of the array, thus creating the Crimson Abyss Soul-Sealing Killing Array.
The array resembled blood-red snakes slithering between heaven and earth, coiling into a diagram that exuded a chilling, sealing power.
[V] Realm Bone Ridge - Bone Sea Soul-Returning Formation
The vast expanse of white bones reconstituted into a domain, Gu Wusheng retrieved the ancestral bones of past generations and offered them as a sacrifice on the bone altar.
The wind howled like weeping, and the soul bell tolled on its own.
"Using the resurrection bone to guide the Soul Realm back, and defying death to seal the enemy's soul."
This formation is specifically designed to counter undead and resurrected races, perfectly countering the characteristics of the Immortal Ancient Soul Army!
[VI] Wind Extinction God Clan - Wind Abyss Flowing Slaughter Formation
The void swirled, Feng Yuandi projected the trajectory of the wind array across ten thousand spatial domains, spreading killing wind patterns throughout the Four Seasons Spirit Realm.
Every wind blade can sever Soul Rend threads, every wisp of water is a mysterious killing intent.
[VII] Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan - Myriad Spirits Covenant-Returning Formation
Behind the Holy Lord Qingyan, three thousand ancient soul beast phantoms appeared. He resonated with the beast souls and injected the Myriad Soul-Binding Seal into the earth's core veins to construct the Contract Beast God Diagram.
Each beast lord sacrificed their life seal, making this formation a ring of all beasts with extremely strong soul-suppressing power.
[VIII] Heavenly Abyss Beast Que - Abyssal Ancient Divine Sha Diagram
Yuan Yaojun stood atop the mountain, summoning the ancient souls of ten thousand beasts to suppress the earth's core, using the beast souls as chains to embed the Abyss Map into the core of the Heavenly Abyss.
When the array diagram surges, it is as if mountains and seas are roaring and ten thousand beasts are galloping. Once activated, it seals the enemy's soul domain across the three realms.
[Nine] Nether Devouring Hall - Myriad Devourings Soul-Locking Formation
In the Ming Ye, the Soul-Devouring Matriarch awakened the "Soul-Devouring Abyss Flower," and the elders surrounded her, offering sacrifices to the souls beneath the abyss and summoning the Chains of Ten Thousand Devourers.
Once this formation is complete, it will completely distort the enemy's soul consciousness and perception, seal off the path to consciousness revival, and prevent the Immortal Clan from reuniting their main soul.
[10] Nether Firmament Underworld Sect - Nether Void Extinction Formation (with the Grand Venerable Mingxu as the array master)
At the foot of the Underworld Sect Mountain, countless soul banners fluttered, Grand Venerable Mingxu personally orchestrated the formation, sealing off the mountain and river veins with streams of soul energy, transforming the entire sect into a hellish soul-refining arena.
Meanwhile, at the rear peak of the Forbidden Nether Firmament Underworld Sect...
Qin Yu stood quietly on the Myriad Souls Stone Platform, his eyes reflecting the celestial anomaly of the simultaneous formation of the Ten Great Spirit Firmament Array Diagrams.
He called out softly:
"Zhou Yu, Ming Ye, Ming Kong, Yao Wanqing, Ruishan, and... Ming Zhen, come to me."
With a flash of light, all six appeared below the steps.
Their expressions were solemn; they all knew that what was about to be said was no ordinary matter.
Qin Yu looked at them and said in a deep voice:
"The great battle is imminent. You are not the shadows behind me, but—the soul blades that will stand shoulder to shoulder with me and charge into the Immortal Antiquity Soul Heaven."
"I will lead you to avert this destined calamity."
He stepped down from the stone platform, and each person looked at him in turn. When he looked at Qian Ruishan, his eyes softened, and he gently took her hand.
Ming Zhen stood to one side and nodded slightly.
Ming Ye laughed with burning passion, "Are we brothers afraid of this battle?"
Zhou Yu drew his Soul Spear: "I can't wait to slay another Immortal Antiquity beast."
Yao Wanqing's gaze deepened. "I am no longer a coward, Qin Yu. I will protect you."
Qin Yu nodded, his gaze piercing through the night sky to the distant heavens.
Next step—he will personally lead this group to the front line of the formation, which is also the prophesied location where the Immortal Clan will first descend:
Eastern boundary airspace, Ancient Rift Star Belt.
Under the celestial radiance of the ten great formations being gradually set up, Qin Yu took out a Soul-Sealing Jade Box from his bosom, slowly opened it, revealing six pills that were pitch black with Soul Rend Golden Marks on their surfaces, and six pills that were as white as stars and had a warm, flowing soul light like water.
"These pills are: the Life-Exterminating Spirit Pill and the Origin-Returning Spirit Pill."
He handed one pair of pills to each of Zhou Yu, Ming Kong, Ming Ye, Yao Wanqing, Ming Zhen, and Qian Ruishan, his gaze deep and thoughtful, and said:
"Life-Exterminating Spirit Pill - Slays a million enemies, but sacrifices a layer of one's own soul consciousness; can temporarily break through the blockade of enemies of the same or higher level."
"The Origin-Returning Spirit Pill —restores all injuries to the soul and spirit, and can even pull you back from the brink of Annihilation when your Fate Soul is severed, but each person can only take one in their lifetime."
"On the battlefield, life and death are unpredictable; one should not use force lightly unless absolutely necessary."
Although his tone was calm, all six understood that at this moment, a single pill represented a life.
As Ming Ye grasped the pill, his eyes blazed with battle intent. "I will definitely not die on the front lines."
Zhou Yu sneered, "If the enemy wants me to use this pill, they'll have to force me to do it first."
Ming Kong lowered his head slightly, his expression unusually solemn. "Remember this."
Yao Wanqing glanced at Zhou Yu, nodded gently, and whispered, "If I'm in trouble... you'll come to save me, right?"
Qian Ruishan remained silent, only touching Qin Yu's fingers as she received the pill.
He smiled slightly at her, and the next moment, with a flick of his sleeve, the space trembled!
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Thousand Realms Sect - Main Peak - Above the Clouds
A black-gold rift quietly tore open, and Qin Yu and Qian Ruishan stepped out of the space, their figures like falling starlight, awakening the entire Thousand Realms Sect's high-ranking members.
Upon hearing the news, Qian Xuancang personally emerged from the ancestral hall. Before he could ask any questions, Qin Yu stepped forward, bowed, and said in a deep voice:
"Elder Sect Master, the Great Battle of the Spirit Firmament is about to begin, and the Soul Army of the Immortal Antiquity Era is about to advance. Thousand Realms Sect... I intend to lay down a barrier for you— the Severed Realm Reverse Formation."
Qian Xuancang's eyes widened in shock. As the sect leader, he was naturally already aware of the terrifying war that was about to engulf them, but hearing Qin Yu's words still shook him to his core.
"The Severed Realm Reverse Formation? Is this the same array you set up in the Netherworld— the Soul Reverse Realm Abyss?"
Qin Yu shook his head in denial, then raised his hand—
A cyan-gold soul ring appeared in his hand, and then he thrust it deep into the soul vein of the Thousand Realms Sect's main peak!
Mountains and rivers trembled, and the void itself seemed to collapse!
-Formation: Soul Reverse Realm Abyss
In the heavens and earth, a soul array diagram that rotates in Reverse Order slowly unfolds. The array diagram takes the three thousand miles of mountains of the Thousand Realms Sect as its center, and Qin Yu's soul consciousness constructs ten thousand layers of soul defense walls on the outer perimeter. The inner ring also has the "Reverse Spirit Silent Chain Domain-Sealing Form" to actively intercept and kill invading Soul Arts!
The entire Thousand Realms Sect has been transformed into a sealing array core that sits guarding the Thousand Soul Realm!
Qian Xuancang stared at the formation, speechless for a long time, before finally uttering only one sentence:
"If this formation is successful, the Thousand Realms can survive the calamity without destruction."
Qian Ruishan stood beside Qin Yu, watching his back as he sat cross-legged, inscribing an array in the air, her eyes glistening with tears.
She knew that after this battle, who would live, who would die, who would perish... none of it was predictable.
And at this moment, he actually personally set up such a heavy formation for her sect.
After setting up the formation, Qin Yu landed slowly, his aura slightly depleted, but his soul intent remained as still as an abyss.
He turned his head and looked at Qian Xuancang and Qian Ruishan:
"This formation will remain sealed for now. If the enemy forces press in, I will activate it personally."
"The Thousand Realms Sect will never perish... This is my oath, Qin Yu's oath."
Xuancang bowed deeply, while Qian Ruishan walked to Qin Yu's side and gently took his hand.
At this moment, no words are needed.