Deep within the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea, the azure surface was now still and undisturbed, the entire world seemingly transformed into an ancient graveyard silent for countless eons. And the Void Tower of Void Thought Stillness, Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, suspended between heaven and earth, slowly shed its blue light.
The Annihilation Return to the Ruins and the Wheel of Karmic End below shone even brighter, and the nine Cause Splitting and effect on the rim began to emit an unprecedented aura. Xiao Yue sat quietly in the void, her eyes closed and blue light flowing around her. After the second inheritance ended, she did not get up immediately, because just a moment ago...
She finally touched upon the profound truth hidden within the Wheel of the End, and suddenly realized that all her previous understanding was flawed. She had thought that cause and effect were merely worldly entanglements, destiny's trajectory, and the faint connections between all beings. Only now did she truly understand: cause and effect are not external entanglements, but rather the fundamental right of the universe to acknowledge the existence of any one entity.
At the moment of birth of every living being, the past is recorded, the present is carried, and the future is continued. These three time points are connected to each other, together forming a complete existence. Cause and effect are the threads that maintain all of this. If the threads exist, the living being exists. If the threads break, the living being will be forgotten by heaven and earth. Boom—at this moment.
Countless insights flooded into Xiao Yue's sea of consciousness like a torrent. She seemed to see billions of beings, some with heavy karma, some with shallow karma, some favored by heaven and earth, some blessed by fate, and some protected by the Great Dao. But no matter who they were, their existence depended on karma. As long as karma remained, they could exist. And if someone could lock the three time nodes...
If one rashly Sever Karma, even if one is favored by heaven and earth, one will instantly lose the foundation of existence. At this moment, Xiao Yue has seen through the essence of the fourth move of the Blue Ring. The move is based on the Order Adjudication cause and effect and the order of the universe's laws, causing all the false and alien beings to return to nothingness. Rumble—accompanied by the complete perfection of enlightenment.
Suddenly, the Final Silence Sea began to tremble violently. Beneath the surface, countless eerie blue rays of light shot into the sky. In the distance, the Wheel of Karmic End began to slowly rise into the air, one circle, two circles, three circles. With each rotation, the Final Silence Sea dimmed a little, until finally, only the radiance emanating from the wheel itself remained in the entire world.
At that very moment, the Primordial Supreme Treasure truly manifested. Boom! A massive, deep blue wheel slowly rose up, as if it had been forged from a black hole. Around its edge were nine causal threads that were gradually breaking. Each thread reflected the life of countless beings. At the center of the wheel was absolute darkness, without light, shadow, time, or space.
It was as if that was the end of all things. As the wheel turned, the nine threads of cause and effect gradually tightened, shattered, and dissipated. Meanwhile, afterimages flashed continuously deep within the wheel's core. Some of these afterimages were ancient gods, some were peerless powerhouses, and some were supreme beings who had once roamed the heavens. They all slowly dissipated within the wheel.
It was as if it had been completely erased from the world, and on the back of the roulette wheel was an ancient seal script inscribed: "A single thought severs eternity." "Cause and effect end here." The instant the roulette wheel fully manifested, the Blue Ring within Xiao Yue's body began to vibrate wildly. Boom—the first Blue Ring appeared, and countless threads of cause and effect intertwined, transforming into a net of cause and effect that covered the world. The second Blue Ring appeared, and countless rule runes began to crumble, as if all laws were shattering. The third Blue Ring appeared, and five-colored radiance covered the Final Silence Sea.
All things began to return to Annihilation, and just as the three rings manifested simultaneously, a bottomless primordial Rending Abyss suddenly opened up in the depths of the Final Silence Sea, and the Wheel of Annihilation Return to the Ruins Wheel of Karmic End slowly rose from the Rending Abyss. Boom, the wheel rotated its first revolution. The past, present, and future time nodes of Xiao Yue appeared simultaneously.
Then she was completely bound by the nine causal threads, and her figure began to flicker, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing. The entire Final Silence Sea was violently shaking. It was as if heaven and earth were deciding whether she should exist. Boom—the wheel spun its second revolution.
Nine chains of cause and effect simultaneously bound Xiao Yue's entire body, arms, legs, Fate Soul, and sea of consciousness, locking her completely. A piercing shriek echoed Final Silence Sea. Like billions of strings of fate stretched to their Limit, boom—the wheel spun for the third time, and the nine chains of cause and effect snapped simultaneously. In an instant, Xiao Yue's figure transformed into a sky full of blue dust.
Her entire being vanished—the past vanished, the present vanished, the future vanished—as if she had never existed. Yet, in the next moment, countless blue dust particles suddenly gathered again, reformed, and were reborn. Xiao Yue reappeared, and the Wheel of Karmic End slowly descended into her palm. Boom—
At that moment, her pupils turned a deep, dark blue. Deep within them, two miniature versions of the Wheel of the End slowly rotated, countless threads of cause and effect flowing within them. She saw the causes and effects of all beings, the turning points of fate, the past, present, and future. Then, she slowly raised her right hand and gently pushed the wheel. Buzz—
An invisible blue radiance swept across the heavens and earth. Within a radius of ten thousand miles, countless threads of cause and effect snapped simultaneously. The Final Silence Sea even briefly solidified, the floating remnants of cause and effect stopped dissipating, and the bubbles of thought ceased to arise and vanish. Even the blue pillar of light between the roulette wheel and the ancient tower froze for a moment, as if the entire world had been put on pause.
Blue Ring's fourth supernatural power finally manifested completely: Blue Ring's Fourth Form: Karma-Locking Stillness. Threads of cause and effect emerged from the void, locking the past, locking the present, and locking the future. It sealed off the three time nodes, severed the connection between heaven and earth, cut off external aid, cut off destiny, and cut off the possibility of revival. All those locked will have their existence structure detached from the universe's support and ultimately return to the end.
Returning to Annihilation, returning to Wuhen, and at the very moment the fourth form was completely perfected, in the deepest part of the Final Silence Sea, an even more vast blue aura slowly awakened.
Deep within the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea, the Sea of Form remained perfectly smooth, without a ripple. The Tower of Void Thought Stillness Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, suspended between heaven and earth, slowly cascaded countless strands of blue light.
Countless bubbles of thought flowed across the tower, each reflecting an ancient past forgotten by time, while the hollow sphere at the top of the tower continuously absorbed the remnants of mental energy rising from the Final Silence Sea, as if it had never stopped operating since countless eons ago.
At this moment, Xiao Yue was still suspended above the sea, the Wheel of Annihilation Return to the Ruins Wheel of Karmic End slowly rotating in her palm, the dark blue wheel emitting a faint glow. Nine broken threads of cause and effect swayed gently around the rim of the wheel, and occasionally a blurry afterimage flashed in the absolute darkness deep within the wheel's center, and at this very moment.
Suddenly, the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction in the distance trembled slightly, and the entire ancient tower began to exude an unprecedented aura. Countless thought bubbles on the surface of the tower lit up at the same time. Streams of blue light flowed slowly along the patterns on the tower, as if something that had been sleeping for countless years was awakening.
Ding--ding--ding-- Countless blue bells hanging from the tower's corner began to sway slowly, their bodies trembling gently, yet no sound emanated. The entire Final Silence Sea grew even quieter, so quiet that even the traces of broken causal threads ceased to flow. The next moment, boom--
A beam of blue divine light, piercing the heavens and earth, suddenly descended from the depths of the tower gate, landing directly in front of Xiao Yue. At the same time, the long-closed first-level tower gate slowly opened, and countless blue mists surged out from within the tower. Within the mists, it seemed that the thoughts of billions of living beings were contained—joy, anger, sorrow, obsession, killing intent, greed—all emotions constantly flowing within.
As the strange phenomena around her slowly dissipated, Xiao Yue raised her head and gazed at the suspended ancient god tower. She understood that what was coming at her was not a suppression of power or a difference in realm, but a wisp of ancient and distant primordial will, as if the entire tower was watching her, scrutinizing her, and waiting for her. At this moment, an ancient phantom slowly emerged from the depths of the tower gate.
The phantom had no appearance or form, only a hazy blue light. However, the moment it appeared, the entire Final Silence Sea began to tremble slightly. Countless threads of cause and effect floating on the surface of the sea automatically retreated to both sides, as if welcoming some supreme being. The phantom slowly raised its hand and pointed to the inside of the tower gate. The next moment...
The boundless blue light erupted completely, the heavens and earth began to spin, the sea began to dissipate, and the wheel began to move away. When Xiao Yue could see the surrounding scenery again, the Final Silence Sea had disappeared, and the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction had also disappeared. In its place was a vast and endless Primordial Wilderness, with a gray sky and a desolate earth, without mountains or rivers.
There was no sign of life, yet on this vast wilderness stood countless figures, old and young, men and women, demons and beasts, humans, ancient beings, and young cultivators, densely packed and stretching as far as the eye could see. Each figure faced the same direction, like countless silent statues. And when Xiao Yue's gaze fell upon those figures...
Her pupils contracted slightly, because she realized that she recognized all of them. There were enemies she had defeated, powerful figures who had died from her supernatural powers, beings who had once blocked her path, and even some ancient faces that had long been buried by time. Yet, at this moment, they all stood there quietly.
There was no killing intent, no resentment, no hostility; they simply gazed silently ahead. The entire Primordial Wilderness was utterly silent. And at that very moment, an ancient will slowly descended upon the world, and the first trial, the Realm of Ceasefire and Non-Contention, was activated.