Above the desolate altar, the Divine Mountain still stood at the center of heaven and earth, with the Scroll of Causal End floating in front of it, slowly rotating. A dark blue light flowed continuously between the wheel and the Cause Splitting threads of cause and effect, and its own aura was gradually recovering.
The primordial torrent formed from trillions of Supreme Transformation Source Crystal has been largely refined by it. The cracks that originally covered the mountain are slowly healing, and the silver-gold divine radiance is covering the scales again. From a distance, it seems that everything is developing in a positive direction.
However, the Divine Mountain itself did not realize that some extremely subtle changes were taking place deep within the newly healed Fate Soul essence. At first, it was just a pause in thought, followed by a hesitation in judgment, and later, it made several mistakes in a row when deducing the ancient diagram. Such mistakes might not be noticeable to ordinary cultivators.
However, this seemed extremely abnormal to the Primordial Beast Luminary, which had lived for millions of epochs. The Divine Mountain slowly frowned and its huge pupils slightly contracted. It vaguely sensed that something was wrong deep within its Fate Soul, but when it examined it carefully, the feeling quickly disappeared, leaving only the Fate Soul vibrations left over from the great battle.
After a moment of silence, the Divine Mountain slowly shook its head. "It must be that the Taiyan Ancestral Mountain badly damaged." "And it used forbidden divine powers repeatedly." "It's normal that the origin of the Fate Soul was damaged." "It will just need some rest." It did not delve any further but instead focused its attention back on the Scroll of Causal End.
In the distance, Qin Yu, hidden in the spatial interlayer, had been watching everything closely. Seeing that the Divine Mountain hadn't noticed anything amiss, his gaze gradually calmed down. "As expected." "It has already fallen for the trap." Qin Yu slowly looked at the Taiyan Ancestral Mountain floating atop the Divine Mountain in the distance. That Primordial Supreme Treasure still exuded terrifying pressure, even after the great battle.
It was still enough to easily suppress a large number of the Eternal Silence Realm beings, yet Qin Yu showed no fear on his face. "No matter how strong the treasure is," "it is not insurmountable for me." "The Star Wancai Key is enough to completely suppress it." "The real trouble is not the Taiyan Ancestral Mountain," "but the difference in cultivation between me and it." Qin Yu slowly withdrew his gaze.
He mentally rehearsed the next move. The three Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme experts had joined forces, even burning their Fate Soul essence to summon ancestral remnants, yet they were still ultimately killed by the Divine Mountain. If he were to fight them head-on, he would have no chance of winning. Therefore, the only option was to wait.
He waited for the Causal Restriction to take full root, for the Cognitive Cage to integrate into its Fate Soul Nucleus, and for it to be at its weakest before delivering a fatal blow. With this in mind, Qin Yu once again concealed his aura and quietly waited for time to pass little by little. The Divine Mountain on the altar continued to refine the Scroll of Causal End.
However, as time passed, the strange feeling in its heart grew stronger and stronger. At first, it was just a deviation in its deduction, but later even the circulation of its Fate Soul began to stagnate. Finally, the Divine Mountain slowly stopped cultivating and opened its eyes completely. "No..." "There's definitely something wrong." Boom--
The immense divine sense swept across its own layers in an instant, carefully examining the origin of its Fate Soul. At that moment, it finally discovered the anomaly. Deep within its Fate Soul, an extremely subtle Causal Restriction had appeared, like a shadow parasitizing the Fate Soul.
It was almost fused with its origin, and could not be detected without careful examination. The Divine Mountain's pupils suddenly contracted. "Who?!" Boom-- A terrifying divine thought erupted instantly, causing the entire altar to shake violently. Countless chains shook wildly, but without any hesitation, it immediately mobilized its Fate Soul origin to completely erase the restriction.
However, at that very moment, a sword light suddenly appeared without warning, without fluctuation, and without any power spreading, as if it had always existed there. Buzz—the sword light slashed out from the depths of the void, leaving a silver-white sword mark that traversed the heavens and the earth. Wherever it passed, space silently cracked open, time slowly froze, and even the ancient chains around the altar paused for a moment.
The Divine Mountain suddenly looked up, an unprecedented sense of crisis rising in its heart. "Not good!!!" Boom-- Its massive body suddenly shifted sideways, almost instinctively dodging. The next moment, the sword light grazed its head and slashed through. Boom-- The altar tens of thousands of feet in the distance was directly split in two, a large number of ancient chains shattered on the spot, and a huge rift valley appeared in the void that stretched across the sky and earth.
Meanwhile, Divine Mountain stared intently at the direction from which the sword light had appeared, a look of shock and anger appearing in its eyes for the first time, because it finally realized that it was not alone at all; someone had been secretly watching it all along.
The altar roared, the heavens and earth trembled, and the massive body of the Divine Mountain slowly rotated. Its pupils, like two ancient suns, were fixed on the surrounding void, and its anger had transformed into a tangible killing intent that swept across the entire world.
A deafening roar—countless chains clashed violently against the ancient stone tablet hanging in the sky, causing it to tremble repeatedly. The entire desolate world shuddered under its fury. "Who—!!!" The roar of the Divine Mountain shattered millions of miles of void. "Who attacked me?!" "Get out here, you bastard!!!"
Boom—Terrifying divine sense instantly covered the entire world. Layer upon layer of divine sense storms swept out, tearing open spatial layers and forcibly piercing dimensional rifts. Even those ancient traces hidden in the rifts of time were forcibly unearthed. However...
The next moment, a calm figure slowly emerged from the distant void, black robes flowing, long hair swaying, holding the Silent Origin Stainless Sword in his hand, stepping through the air. It was Qin Yu. Upon seeing the newcomer, Divine Mountain was slightly taken aback, then suddenly let out a cold laugh. "Hahahaha—" "I thought some old monster was hiding in the shadows plotting against me." "So it's just a mere junior at the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme peak." "Interesting." "Truly interesting."
Divine Mountain stared intently at Qin Yu, his eyes filled with contempt. "I never expected you to be able to hide so well." "Even more unexpectedly, you actually followed me all the way here." "However, since you're here, then stay forever." Boom—As soon as he finished speaking, Divine Mountain didn't hesitate for a moment, and countless ancient divine runes on his massive mountainside lit up simultaneously.
A terrifying surge of primal energy erupted instantly, but just as it was about to unleash its divine power, an anomaly occurred. Boom—the long-dormant Cognitive Cage deep within the Fate Soul finally awoke completely, and strange causal patterns suddenly spread out from the Fate Soul Nucleus. At first, only one thought went astray, then the second thought became disordered, the third thought began to overlap, and the fourth thought began to conflict with each other.
In an instant, its entire spiritual world trembled violently. "What?!" The Divine Mountain's pupils suddenly contracted. "What's going on?!" Boom—the origin of its Fate Soul began to tremble wildly. A large number of memories overlapped, and a large number of perceptions began to distort. It suddenly found that it could not accurately judge everything that was happening in front of it, and Qin Yu's location began to blur.
The location of the altar began to blur, and even the reason why he had come here became confusing. "Damn it!" "This... this is a restriction!!" Divine Mountain hurriedly activated his Fate Soul essence to guard his divine consciousness, and countless divine rays surged wildly into his sea of consciousness, forcibly suppressing the ever-spreading Causal Restriction.
But the more it was suppressed, the more severe the cognitive dissonance became, as if the entire Fate Soul was gradually losing control of itself. Finally, it suddenly looked up, staring intently at Qin Yu, its eyes filled with genuine shock and anger for the first time. "It was you!!!" "You did it!!!" "Who are you?!" "What did you do!!!" The world fell silent.
The altar roared, but Qin Yu remained standing there without answering or explaining, his expression unchanged. His gaze remained calm, as if he were staring at a dead man. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword was slowly raised, its silver-white divine light flowing across its blade, and streaks of Annihilation sword patterns were slowly awakening. The entire world seemed to be locked in place by that sword.
Qin Yu remained silent, coldly watching the Divine Mountain, awaiting its final struggle. The killing intent in the Divine Mountain's eyes went completely mad. "Good." "Very good." "I don't care who you are." "You must die today!!!" Rumble—the next moment the heavens and earth suddenly shattered, and a huge mountain shadow that blotted out the sun slowly rose from above its head.
It was the Primordial Supreme Treasure that had accompanied it through millions of epochs— the Taiyan Ancestral Mountain! The moment the Taiyan Ancestral Mountain appeared, the gravity of the entire world began to surge. Space began to collapse, countless dimensional faults twisted simultaneously, and the earth beneath the altar sank hundreds of thousands of feet. The Divine Mountain forcefully suppressed the cognitive chaos within its Fate Soul, its eyes bloodshot, staring intently at Qin Yu, a ferocious smile slowly spreading across its lips. "Just wait to die!!!"