Deep within the cave, black mist surged, and the remnant soul of a woman clad in an ancient black and white robe floated silently in mid-air. A white hood obscured most of her face, but her eyes, hidden in the shadows, radiated a chilling coldness. Behind her, several enormous black dragons slowly coiled.
The dragon scales rubbed against the void, producing a low rumble, as if it were an ancient echo from countless ages ago. Qin Yu gripped the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, his gaze never leaving his opponent for a moment. He could clearly feel that the Fate Soul aura emanating from his opponent far surpassed his own.
Qin Yu slowly sheathed some of his sharpness, clasped his right hand in a fist salute, and said in a calm and respectful tone, "Junior Qin Yu, I inadvertently entered the cave dwelling. I did not intend to disturb the Immortal Venerable's cultivation. If I have been impolite, please forgive me, Senior. I will depart immediately."
As soon as she finished speaking, the cave fell silent again. The woman with the lingering soul did not respond, nor did she change her movements. She remained in the mudra with her hands still in place, like an ancient statue sleeping through the ages. Qin Yu frowned almost imperceptibly, then slowly took half a step back and turned to leave.
However, the moment he turned around, a sudden change occurred! Boom—the eyes hidden in the shadow of the hood suddenly lit up with a scarlet light, the entire cave trembled violently, and a suffocating aura of Eternal Silence instantly swept across the heavens and earth. The remnant soul woman slowly raised her right hand, her five fingers slightly spread, and her cold voice rang out for the first time.
"Return to the Ruins · Stabilizing the Origin." Buzz—A colorless ripple silently spread from beneath her feet, without explosion, without roar, and without even any energy fluctuation. However, when that ripple swept across the heavens and earth, the entire world seemed to be forcibly paused by some supreme will, and the falling rubble stopped.
The wind blowing from outside the cave stopped, the drifting dust stopped, and even the flow of the Limitless Evolving True Flow was frozen in the void. Between heaven and earth, the concept of "movement" began to be forcibly erased. The air solidified into a transparent layer of ice, and the distant, shattered rocks hung in mid-air, with wind marks frozen into countless fine cracks.
The entire space seemed to transform into a frozen ancient painting, and the remnant soul woman slowly took a step forward. Crack—spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the solidified void beneath her feet, as if she were walking on a frozen world. Qin Yu's pupils suddenly contracted, almost at the same moment the other party unleashed her supernatural power.
Within his sea of consciousness Fate Soul trembled violently, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword emitted a deep sword cry. "Damn it!" Qin Yu instantly activated the power within his body, his right hand fiercely swinging the sword, the sword light tearing through the air. At the same time, the Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence, Six Severances Seal, Fate Cause Sealing Mirror, and Logic Abyss Core were unleashed with a bang.
Countless ancient life runes emerged from the void, attempting to tear apart the power that froze heaven and earth. However, the next moment, Qin Yu's expression changed drastically. The gap between the two was too great. The Fate Soul pressure of the Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme fell like a curtain from the sky. The life runes he had just condensed had not yet fully unfolded before they were forcibly crushed by the power of the Return to the Ruins · Stabilizing the Origin.
Boom! The earth shook violently, Qin Yu was blasted away, his body crashing into a rock wall dozens of feet high, sending countless fragments of rock flying everywhere. Pfft! A mouthful of blood spurted out on the spot, his chest heaving, and his right hand holding the sword went slightly numb. He struggled to hold himself up.
His gaze never left the figure in the distance, but his heart was churning with turmoil. "Damn it... Xiao Yue still hasn't come out... The Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme, even a mere remnant soul is this powerful... Just what level of existence was she when she was alive...?"
The remnant soul of the woman slowly walked forward from afar. With each step she took, new cracks appeared in the frozen world. Her scarlet eyes remained fixed on Qin Yu. She showed no emotion, no fluctuation, as if she were an ancient, ferocious spirit locking onto its prey. Qin Yu raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
A strange light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and the next moment the corners of his mouth slightly lifted. "I've got it..." "Can't afford to offend him." "Can't I at least avoid him?" Thinking of this, Qin Yu's figure suddenly retreated. Boom—the void beneath his feet exploded, and his whole body transformed into a stream of light, rushing out of the cave. And just as he left...
The remnant soul woman slowly raised her head, and beneath her hood, her scarlet eyes suddenly blazed with intense light. Rumble—several colossal black dragons coiled behind her simultaneously unleashed deafening roars. Black mist swept across the heavens and earth, and the entire cave collapsed instantly. The remnant soul woman transformed into a streak of black and white light, chasing after Qin Yu in a chase-and-escape escapade.
Two figures burst out of the cave in an instant, speeding towards the depths of the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest. Meanwhile, the terrifying Fate Soul fluctuations belonging to the Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme began to spread wildly throughout the entire Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest.
Deep within the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest, a streak of azure-gold sword light tore through the sky, Qin Yu's figure darting through the boundless forest like a meteor. Thousands of feet behind him, the remnant soul woman clad in a black and white ancient robe relentlessly pursued him.
The white hood billowed in the fierce wind, several jet-black dragon shadows coiled around it, and scarlet eyes, like two blood moons, were fixed on Qin Yu. The oppressive aura of Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme Fate Soul cultivator constantly enveloped the heavens and earth, plunging the entire ancient forest into a suffocating atmosphere of oppression. Boom—
Suddenly, the woman raised her right hand and slowly opened her five fingers, a jet-black divine seal rising from her palm. "Annihilation · Sealing the Rivers," a deep voice rang out, and the void hundreds of miles in front of them suddenly collapsed, a black rift spanning the heavens and earth directly blocking Qin Yu's path.
The fault line was like a rift in the heavens and earth cleaved open by a god's blade. Countless auras of Annihilation surged out from the depths of the rift, instantly shattering mountains and turning ancient trees into ashes. Qin Yu's eyes suddenly narrowed, and the sword light beneath his feet forcibly changed direction, almost skimming the edge of the rift.
Boom! The vast mountain range behind him was completely swallowed by the black fault line, and even the traces of its existence were directly erased. Qin Yu's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He was only half a breath away from being directly swept into it. However, before he could catch his breath, the remnant soul woman formed a hand seal again, and the sky suddenly darkened. Countless dark dragon shadows poked their heads out from the clouds.
Each dragon shadow was tens of thousands of feet long, with crimson eyes and a slowly opening mouth. "Return to Stillness Dragon Breath." Boom—Dozens of black torrents simultaneously pierced through the heavens and earth. The entire Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest shook violently. Qin Yu's figure flashed continuously, tearing through space time and time again to dodge. Each time the dragon breath fell, it left a deep abyss tens of thousands of feet deep on the earth.
The ancient forest was shattered, and even the space itself began to show signs of collapse. After narrowly escaping death several times, Qin Yu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. His right hand, gripping the sword, tightened slightly. This was definitely not a solution; the gap in their cultivation levels was too great. If it weren't for the complex terrain of the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest, he would have been able to survive.
He feared he would have already perished. Suddenly, Qin Yu's eyes lit up slightly, and a thought surfaced in his mind: the cave! The defensive array he had previously set up for his seclusion was still there! Thinking of this, Qin Yu no longer hesitated. The sword light beneath his feet suddenly surged, and his figure instantly changed direction, rushing directly towards the area where the cave was located.
Behind her, the crimson eyes of the remnant soul woman flickered slightly, as if she had sensed something. But the next moment, the black mist around her surged wildly, and her speed increased dramatically once again. Several black dragons simultaneously let out deafening roars—only two streaks of light, one black and one gold, remained in the world, chasing each other relentlessly.
A few dozen breaths later, the familiar cave finally came into Qin Yu's view. Without pausing, Qin Yu instantly formed hand seals. His Fate Soul in his sea of consciousness began to operate. "Activate!" Boom—With a low shout, the entire cave area trembled violently, and countless ancient array patterns that had been hidden on the ground lit up at the same time.
One after another, golden beams of light shot into the sky, and countless runes emerged from the ground, connecting and intertwining with each other, instantly forming a huge defensive array covering an area of dozens of miles. Golden divine patterns flowed like a galaxy, and countless ancient runes appeared on the edge of the array. A huge halo of light also appeared in the sky.
Countless golden chains descended from within the halo, transforming the entire world into a divine prison. Boom! The remnant soul woman had just arrived when countless chains simultaneously shot out, directly binding her body. The woman's scarlet eyes flickered slightly as she raised her hand, attempting to shatter the chains.
However, the power accumulated by the formation erupted simultaneously, and hundreds of golden chains instantly intertwined into a net, temporarily sealing it in mid-air. The surrounding space began to overlap, forming countless sealing barriers.
For a moment, the remnant soul woman was indeed held back. Seeing this, Qin Yu did not hesitate at all and rushed into the cave. The next moment, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword was suddenly swung out. Boom-- The space in front was forcibly cleaved open, and a super five-dimensional rift slowly unfolded. Starlight flowed inside, and countless high-dimensional light traces crisscrossed. Qin Yu's figure instantly disappeared into it.
He entered the Transcendent Five-Dimensional Space and slowly disappeared into the depths of the crack, but his gaze never left the direction of the cave entrance. At this moment, the formation outside began to vibrate violently, and the chains broke one after another. Clearly, the remnant soul woman at the Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme was frantically trying to break free of her restraints.
Qin Yu let out a soft breath, his back against the barrier of the higher dimension, his right hand still gripping the sword, a rare trace of solemnity appearing between his brows. "We can only wait for Xiao Yue to come out..." "Hopefully this formation can hold out a little longer..." Just then, outside the cave, the remnant soul woman slowly raised her head.
A pair of scarlet eyes pierced through the countless array patterns and locked onto the cave. The golden chain snapped in an instant, and the figure transformed into a streak of light, suddenly rushing into the cave.