In the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea, the Sea of Form was calm and undisturbed. The Void Thought Stillness Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, suspended between heaven and earth, drooped with countless strands of blue light. Below, the Wheel of Karmic End Annihilation Return to the Ruins, half-submerged in the sea, slowly rotated. With each rotation, countless broken threads of cause and effect fell from the rim of the wheel and dissipated into the depths of the Final Silence Sea.
Xiao Yue stood alone before the roulette wheel, her petite figure enveloped in blue light. At that moment, the roulette wheel suddenly stopped spinning, and the entire Final Silence Sea fell into absolute silence. The sea surface froze, the light froze, and even the causal threads floating in the distance stopped moving. An ancient and boundless will slowly awakened from the depths of the roulette wheel.
There was no sound, yet it seemed as if the whole world was saying the same thing, "First Stillness, Severance and Extinction of the Three Times." Boom! In an instant, countless dark blue rays of light rose from the depths of the Wheel of the End. The flowing light did not harm Xiao Yue in the slightest, but instead pierced through her body and sank deep into the origin of her Fate Soul. The next moment, the world before Xiao Yue's eyes completely changed.
She saw three illusory reflections of herself: on the left was the past, the original form at the beginning of time, newly arrived in the world; on the right was the future, a hazy outline enveloped by layers of blue cause and effect. Standing in the center was herself in the present moment. The three figures of the past, present, and future were tightly intertwined by countless threads of cause and effect, connected and merging with each other.
This forms a complete three-time structure. At the same time, an indescribable power of Eternal Silence rises from the depths of the Final Silence Sea. This power does not destroy or attack, but it causes all time to stop flowing. The past is frozen, the future is frozen, and the present is frozen. The three time nodes seem to be completely sealed by eternal ice.
The entire causal structure ceased to flow at all. At this moment, Xiao Yue could clearly feel that if there were any traces in her Fate Soul's causal chain that did not belong to her, any forcibly continued causal chain, or any structure reshaped by external forces, then this power of Eternal Silence would spread along the causal chain.
The past, present, and future are simultaneously reduced to nothingness, completely erased from the river of time. At this moment, the wheel begins to reflect everything about her. Countless causes and effects emerge in the world; her life, her growth, and everything she has experienced are all manifested. Just then, the Wheel of the End suddenly trembles slightly, because it has discovered a special cause and effect.
That was Qin Yu, or more precisely, the extremely deep causal connection between Xiao Yue and Qin Yu. In an instant, the power of Eternal Silence began to approach that causal connection. The entire three-time structure experienced subtle tremors. However, seeing this scene, Xiao Yue did not panic at all. She quietly gazed at that causal connection.
She suddenly smiled, her expression enlightened. "I see. You weren't assessing my combat strength, but rather determining whether my Three-Times Origin is complete."
She slowly raised her head to look at the Wheel of the End, then took a step forward and directly reached out to grasp the causal thread connecting her to Qin Yu. The Final Silence Sea trembled slightly. The power of Eternal Silence began to surge, while Xiao Yue slowly closed her eyes and began to trace the origin of her own Fate Soul. After a long time, she suddenly opened her eyes, a look of enlightenment flashing in them.
"Wrong." "Wrong from the very beginning." "This cause and effect didn't come about later." "It was always part of my existence." As soon as she finished speaking, instead of protecting that cause and effect, she took the initiative to unleash it completely. Boom—countless scenes flashed before her eyes: her meeting with Qin Yu, their journey together, their growth, their experiences of life and death, and their trials and tribulations.
All cause and effect were revealed, and then Xiao Yue spoke softly, "If this is an external force," then it shouldn't be integrated into my past. "If this is an external force," then it shouldn't exist in my future. "But now," "it's in my past," "it's in my present," "it's in my future too." "It's not Annihilation Structure attached to my Fate Soul," it has long been part of my three-time structure.
As she finished speaking, Xiao Yue slowly raised her head, her eyes gleaming with clear wisdom. "The first trial of solitude examines the quantity of non-causal relationships, focusing on whether all causal relationships belong to one's own origin. If I rashly sever my ties to break through this barrier, I will be severing my own very origin."
Boom! The Final Silence Sea trembled violently. The power of Eternal Silence, which was about to devour the threads of cause and effect, slowly stagnated. The past remained stable and continued, and the future had not dissipated. The present was as stable as ever. The Wheel of Karmic End had already been explored. This bond was not added by external forces, but had long been integrated into Xiao Yue's Fate Soul essence.
If it were severed, what would be destroyed would be her complete origin of the three times. After a long time, the entire Final Silence Sea suddenly lit up with endless blue light. The frozen past flowed again and the solidified future evolved once more. Countless threads of cause and effect simultaneously emitted soft light, while the Wheel of the End slowly began to turn.
An ancient will spread from heaven and earth, silent yet its meaning was clear to Xiao Yue: the First Stillness had passed— the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea, where the Sea of Form remained as smooth as a mirror.
In the distance, the Wheel of Annihilation Return to the Ruins Wheel of Karmic End slowly rotates, with countless Cause Splitting and effect hanging from its rim. Void Thought Stillness, the first gate of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, suspended between heaven and earth, has been fully opened, and countless blue rays of light flow down from within the tower, like a long river of cause and effect that runs through eternity.
Xiao Yue took a light step, and the instant her toes touched the ground, boom—the entire Final Silence Sea suddenly vanished, the roulette wheel disappeared, the ancient tower vanished. Only an endless Sea of Form remained between heaven and earth, with countless threads of cause and effect floating on its surface, each thread connecting to the life of a living being.
Some shone as brightly as the blazing sun, some dimly as a flickering candle, some as robust as mountains, some as delicate as gossamer threads. At this moment, an ancient will slowly descended from the depths of the void. The Second Stillness, the Thought Sea Reflects the Truth, and in an instant, the entire Sea of Form boiled, and billions of causal threads lit up simultaneously.
Suddenly, Xiao Yue discovered that a unique river of cause and effect had appeared beneath her feet. Countless scenes appeared in the river: the time when she was just born, the time when she was wandering alone, the time when she first met Qin Yu, the time when she walked side by side with Qin Yu, and the time when she accompanied Qin Yu as he grew up. Countless years and countless memories were all revealed.
However, at that very moment, the entire River of Cause and Effect suddenly began to split—bring forth new tributaries of cause and effect. Xiao Yue was slightly taken aback. She discovered that each of those tributaries contained a different version of herself. Some of her became the ruler of the Final Silence Sea, some became the supreme Beast God, some ruled over all realms, some were above all the heavens, and some had personally abandoned all their ties.
Reaching the finish line alone, Xiao Yue in each tributary was stronger, more assertive, and more formidable than she was now. Just then, a blue-haired girl emerged from one of the tributaries. She slowly approached Xiao Yue, a faint smile on her lips. "Do you see it?" "This is the true future."
"Just let go of those meaningless entanglements." "You've already reached a height that no living being can attain." Xiao Yue looked at her quietly, without speaking. The blue-haired girl continued, "You possess the essence of the Blue Ring." "You possess qualities far surpassing anything in this world." "Why are you willing to stay by someone else's side?" "Why not live for yourself?"
Rumble—As her words fell, countless tributaries around her lit up simultaneously, and countless future Xiao Yue appeared at the same time. They looked down upon the heavens and suppressed all worlds, making billions of worlds submit with every move they made. At this moment, the real Xiao Yue slowly lowered her head and looked at the River of Cause and Effect at her feet. After a long time.
She suddenly smiled. "So that's how it is." "This is the Thought Sea Reflects the Truth)." "Not illuminating the future." "But Attachment to Seeing obsessions." The blue-haired girl was slightly taken aback. Xiao Yue slowly raised her head, her gaze clear. "You are not the future." "But the deepest desires of my heart." "Power." "Authority." "Invincibility." "Freedom." "Supreme." "These are all obsessions." "Unfortunately." "They are not my true self."
Boom—The entire Thought Sea trembled violently, and countless tributaries began to shake wildly. The blue-haired girl's expression changed for the first time. "You don't want to become the strongest?" Xiao Yue shook her head. "Yes." "Don't you want to stand at the pinnacle of all realms?" Xiao Yue shook her head again. "I do too." "Then why do you deny it?" Xiao Yue suddenly smiled. She slowly reached out and gently touched the River of Cause and Effect beneath her feet.
Countless images of Qin Yu flashed before her eyes simultaneously. She had accompanied Qin Yu as Qin Yu grew, fought alongside Qin Yu, and traversed countless worlds with Qin Yu. Those images were calm and ordinary, yet more real than any glorious future. Xiao Yue spoke softly, "Because true obsession is never about power, but about protection."
Boom! In an instant, the entire Thought Sea boiled over, countless tributaries shattered simultaneously, and billions of futures vanished as blue light rain. The blue-haired girl's body began to gradually become transparent, her gaze fixed intently on Xiao Yue. "Protect?" "For someone?" Xiao Yue slowly nodded. "Yes." "For someone." "For someone I acknowledge." "For someone I'm willing to walk with to the end." "That's all."
Boom—The blue-haired girl completely collapsed. At the same time, the entire Thought Sea suddenly fell into absolute silence. Then, an even more ancient blue radiance slowly rose from the depths of the sea. It was a network of crisscrossing causal threads, countless causal threads intertwined to form a net, covering the past, covering the present, covering the future. And at this very moment...
Xiao Yue suddenly saw that the threads could simultaneously lock the three time nodes: the past, the present, and the future. As long as the three time nodes were locked, the entire causal chain would completely stop flowing, unable to borrow power, unable to be reborn, unable to go back, and unable to continue. In that instant, Xiao Yue's pupils contracted slightly.
She seemed to understand something, for this scene before her was one of the true powers of the Wheel of Karmic End: locking the three times, Sever Karma, and determining the end. Countless blue threads began to swirl around her, slowly merging into the depths of her Fate Soul, while at the same time, in the deepest part of the Final Silence Sea.
The Annihilation Return to the Ruins and the Wheel of Karmic End erupted with a brilliant blue light for the first time, as if acknowledging something. Xiao Yue was unaware that at this very moment, deep within the Blue Ring, the outline of the fourth divine power, Silent Void years, finally began to glow with a faint, almost imperceptible light. The Karma-Locking Stillness, though not yet truly awakened, had already begun to gestate.