Because it discovered that Xiao Yue was no longer afraid of losing, nor was she trying to escape the future. At that moment, an unprecedented blue divine light suddenly erupted from the depths of Xiao Yue's body. Annihilation Return to the Ruins —the entire Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea began to tremble violently. The Wheel of Karmic End floated in the void, and the nine broken threads of cause and effect on the edge of the wheel simultaneously shone with light.
Xiao Yue herself also began to change, because she was Blue Ring, Blue Ring was her; the two had never been separate. At this moment, her body began to gradually transform into a stream of blue light, and countless threads of cause and effect extended from her body, constantly breaking and reforming in the void. At the same time, an even more ancient power began to emerge.
That was no longer just cause and effect, but a deeper origin that constituted cause and effect. The reason why the universe operates according to rules, why all things exist, and why cause and effect are established, is all based on rules. And at this moment, Xiao Yue finally touched this realm, boom--
The third layer of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, the Thought-Locking Law, suddenly manifested its true form. Countless ancient blue patterns descended from heaven and earth, transforming into a vast river of rules. At the same time, the origin of the Blue Ring began to resonate. The two forces collided head-on in the void, causing the entire Final Silence Sea to boil over. The wheel spun, the ancient tower roared, and countless Cause Splitting and effect rose into the air from the sea surface.
All of it transformed into a vast expanse of clear blue water, surging in all directions. The Xiao Yue hung quietly in the center of the sky and earth, its eyes slowly opening. The old Blue Ring phantom was no longer visible in its pupils; instead, there was a boundless ocean of rules, ever-evolving and infinitely evolving.
In the next instant, countless ancient rules and runes around her dissipated layer by layer. This was not damage caused by external force, but rather a self-disintegration, replacement, and reshaping at the source level. A brand-new, supreme divine power seal was slowly condensing and taking shape in the void: Blue Ring, Fifth Form: Rule Origin Collapse.
The instant it took shape, a deafening roar suddenly resounded throughout the entire Final Silence Sea. Countless chains of rules emerged from between heaven and earth, only to shatter in an instant. The ancient runes that maintained the operation of the world rapidly disintegrated as if eroded by blue flames; the sky cracked, the sea cracked.
The third layer of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, the barrier of the Thought-Locking Law, suddenly sprouted fine cracks. The vast blue divine light swept across the entire trial world like a raging tide, and the existing rule runes were eroded layer by layer, crumbling inch by inch, and all dissolved into scattered blue light dust.
In the blink of an eye, this desolate world was completely shrouded in a vast and boundless blue sea of mist. At the core of the sea of mist, Xiao Yue slowly raised her hand, and a dark blue divine rune quietly swirled in her palm. Within the divine rune, a vast scene of everything, billions of rules collapsing and being reconstructed, rotated repeatedly, containing the original truth of the laws of the universe.
After undergoing numerous trials of her true self and seeking enlightenment in dire circumstances, she finally broke through the barriers and transcended them, truly comprehending the supreme mysteries and mastering the fifth form of the Blue Ring — the Rule Origin Collapse.
In the depths of the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea, after the third trial completely collapsed, the entire world fell into a brief silence. Countless blue dust particles slowly drifted down from the heavens and earth. Xiao Yue hovered in the void, the Wheel of Annihilation Return to the Ruins and the Wheel of Karmic End in her palm slowly rotating.
The nine broken causal threads on the rim swirled with a deep, eerie light, while the ancient divine runes belonging to the Blue Ring, Fifth Form: Rule Origin Collapse, deep within her pupils gradually stabilized.
At that moment, in the center of the Final Silence Sea, the Void Thought Stillness Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, which was suspended upside down above the wheel, suddenly trembled slightly. Ding—an extremely faint bell sound rang out slowly, and the blue bell hanging at the corner of the tower made its first sound. The entire Final Silence Sea instantly fell silent, and the causal threads floating on the surface of the sea stopped flowing.
The roulette wheel stopped spinning, even the ever-changing bubbles of thought in the distance froze in mid-air. An ancient and profound voice slowly resounded throughout the heavens and earth, "The fourth level of the trial." "Cease the Thought of Desire." "The Domain of No Seeking." Boom—the world suddenly transformed.
The void sea beneath Xiao Yue's feet vanished, the Wheel of the End vanished, and the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction vanished as well. She slowly landed on an ancient stone staircase with no end in sight, stretching forward all the way. Countless lights and shadows appeared on both sides of the staircase, including images of her future self after she had completely taken control of the Blue Ring, and images of her as the ruler of the Primordial Chaos.
There were images of her controlling the Final Silence Sea, and even of her standing beside Qin Yu overlooking the myriad realms—each scene exuded an incredibly alluring aura. Every future seemed within reach, and the true test of the fourth level descended upon the Realm of Cease the Thought of Desire and Domain of No Seeking.
Those who admire the strong will fail. Those who pursue power will fail. Those who crave fame will fail. Those who seek the Great Dao will fail. Those who obsessively seek eternity will fail. The laws of heaven and earth hang high, and this trial is merciless, seeing through the true nature of people. All beings have countless obsessions, but if even a trace of greed or a single thought of attachment remains in their hearts, they will fall into defeat and never be able to pass the test.
Xiao Yue stood alone at the beginning of the stone steps, her long, smooth, azure hair falling over her shoulders, devoid of any sharpness, clear and undisturbed. She raised her eyes and gazed into the distance, watching the layers upon layers of future phantoms floating and sinking in the void. Thousands of destinies flowed and swirled between heaven and earth Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, the fourth trial, opened in response.
Meanwhile, deep within the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest, in that hidden cave, the Limitless Evolving True Flow slowly circulated. Qin Yu sat cross-legged on a rock, regulating his breathing. The surroundings were so quiet that only the low resonance of the flowing energy remained.
However, at that very moment, the shadows deep within the cave suddenly began to distort, and wisps of black mist slowly seeped out from the void, growing thicker and thicker, as if some being that had slumbered for countless epochs was awakening from the darkness. Then...
A figure slowly emerged, a mysterious woman draped in an ancient black and white robe. She wore a pure white hood, and long, silvery-white hair fell from the edge of the hood, as cool and clear as moonlight. As the black mist gently swayed, the woman slowly formed a mudra with her hands in front of her chest, her movements ancient and solemn.
As if maintaining some kind of seal that transcends endless ages, most of her face is hidden in the shadow of her hood, with only her snow-white chin and pale red lips vaguely visible, making it impossible to see her true appearance. The most eerie thing is the endless darkness behind her, in the thick black mist.
Several enormous black dragons slowly coiled up, their bodies entwined in the void, their scales as black as ink. Pairs of scarlet dragon eyes slowly opened in the depths of darkness, coldly gazing upon the entire cave. These black dragons were not real living beings, but rather some kind of strange phenomenon of Fate Soul.
They seemed like ancient beings sealed deep within the ages, slowly circling around the woman, occasionally emitting low dragon roars. When the roars sounded, the entire cave began to tremble slightly, and large ancient cracks appeared on the rock walls, as if even the space itself could not withstand the pressure emanating from them.
Behind the woman floated a huge golden ring, within which flowed countless ancient divine patterns, like an ancient divine sun sunk at the end of the long river of time. The sacred and the eerie coexisted, light and darkness intertwined, forming an incomprehensible sense of oppression.
The moment the woman fully revealed herself, Qin Yu, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. His Fate Soul trembled violently in his sea of consciousness, and an extremely dangerous feeling instantly swept over his entire body. Boom— Qin Yu's figure suddenly disappeared, and the next moment he appeared a hundred feet away, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword instantly unsheathed.
The cold sword blade pointed straight ahead. Only then did Qin Yu slowly turn around. The mysterious woman remained silently suspended in place, her hands still in a hand seal posture. A white hood concealed her face, a black dragon coiled behind her, and a pair of eyes hidden in the shadows slowly rotated with a golden halo.
Silently watching Qin Yu, the air inside the cave seemed to freeze. One person and one remnant soul stared at each other from afar, neither of them speaking first.