The moment Xiao Yue stepped into the seventh floor, the entire Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea suddenly became completely quiet. There were no waves, no wind, no soft crackling of causal threads breaking, and even the deep hum of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, which had lasted for countless years, disappeared.
The world was left with only an endless expanse of white, and this time, there was nothing in the whiteness, no enemies, no storms of laws, no strange phenomena of the Great Dao, as if the entire world had been completely erased from existence.
She walked slowly forward, but after only a few steps, a slight sense of disorientation suddenly rose from the depths of her consciousness. "Who am I...?" The moment the thought appeared, she paused slightly. Then, more thoughts began to surface: "Am I Blue Ring...?" "Am I Xiao Yue...?" "Why do I exist...?" "Why do I cultivate...?" "Why did I come here...?"
Her once crystal-clear memories began to blur little by little. She remembered Qin Yu, but began to forget why she had to protect Qin Yu. She remembered that she was Blue Ring, but began to forget what Blue Ring truly represented. She even began to forget the meaning of her journey so far. At the same time, the structure of her Fate Soul began to become transparent.
As her understanding of the Great Dao faded, the various imprints belonging to Xiao Yue slowly peeled away, and the seventh level of the Ultimate trial, the Realm of Ceasing the Thought of Existence and Realm of No Self, manifested. Here, supernatural powers and laws were severed, pointing directly to the most fundamental origin of all living beings—"I".
All beings cultivate themselves for my sake; all beings seek the Dao for my sake; all beings defy the heavens for my sake. The purpose of the seventh level is to make "me" disappear completely. If one clings to oneself, one will be gradually eroded by this place.
Until everything completely vanished, at that very moment, a figure suddenly appeared at the edge of the world. She walked step by step, and with each step, the pale world would tremble slightly. It was a woman, wearing a snow-white long dress that reached her ankles, with long hair flowing like the Milky Way. Her eyes were devoid of emotion, showing neither joy nor sorrow. She seemed to have existed since before the birth of the universe.
It was as if Does Not Exist in any time at all, and what was most shocking was that a miniature version of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction floated above her head. The tower slowly rotated, and with each rotation, countless phantoms of living beings would turn into specks of light and dissipate. She slowly stopped and quietly gazed at Xiao Yue for a long time.
A voice slowly rose. "Finally here." "The last successor." Xiao Yue slowly raised her head, staring intently at her. "Who are you?" The woman gently raised her hand, and the projection of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction slowly ascended into the sky. "I am the Tower Spirit." "And also the last guardian of the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea of Final Extinction. Countless epochs ago, the Taiyi Spirit Sea Heavenly Venerable sacrificed his own Dao Fruit to seal two forbidden treasures into this realm."
As her voice rang out, two enormous phantoms suddenly appeared in the void. One was the Wheel of Annihilation Return to the Ruins and the Wheel of Karmic End, a dark blue wheel slowly rotating. Nine threads of cause and effect around the rim of the wheel broke. The other was the Tower of Void Thought Stillness and the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, an ancient tower hanging upside down between heaven and earth.
Countless thoughts swirled within the tower's body. The Tower Spirit silently observed the two supreme treasures, a complex emotion appearing in its eyes for the first time. "They were once the closest existences to the forbidden level outside of the primordial chaos." "The Wheel of the End," governing the end of cause and effect. "The Tower of No Birth," governing the return of consciousness to stillness. "When the two are united," "true Ultimate power can be born."
Xiao Yue's heart skipped a beat. Her blue eyes were fixed on the Tower Spirit, but the Tower Spirit gently closed its eyes, its voice suddenly becoming somewhat desolate, "But nothing in this world is eternal." "Neither I nor they have reached the end." She slowly raised her head to look at the phantom of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction.
"Once you pass the final trial, the Wheel of the End will be completely integrated into you, Tower of No Birth will also be completely integrated into you. They will have completed their final mission." "And then..." "Completely dissipate." Xiao Yue's body trembled slightly; she subconsciously clenched her fist. "Completely dissipate?" The Tower Spirit nodded gently. "Their existence is to await a true successor. Now that you have arrived, you have already obtained one piece. After you pass this level, you will obtain the second. The two will combine, mutually reinforcing and restraining each other, helping you awaken your supernatural powers. After that, their mission will also come to an end."
The world fell into a brief silence, and the next moment, the Tower Spirit slowly raised its right hand, and countless blue rays of light began to converge into its palm. Boom—the entire seventh layer of the world suddenly trembled, countless bubbles of thought burst at the same time, and countless torrents of consciousness swept in from all directions. The phantom of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction behind the Tower Spirit began to rapidly enlarge.
In an instant, it covered the entire world. "Blue Ring Xiao Yue, defeat me, and you will receive the ultimate inheritance." As her voice fell, she slowly stretched out her hand. A blue spear composed of pure consciousness slowly condensed, its body having no physical form, entirely composed of the remnants of countless living beings' thoughts.
The tip of the spear was completely blank, as if the being pierced would have its consciousness completely erased. The next instant, the Tower Spirit took a step forward. Boom—the blue spear light pierced through the heavens and earth, and the entire seventh layer of the world cracked open at the same time. The spear light was Ultimate fast, even beyond perception, and pointed directly at Xiao Yue's brow. However, just as the spear light descended...
Xiao Yue suddenly snapped back to her senses, her long blue hair flying wildly as her body transformed into a streak of blue light, moving thousands of feet across the ground with a deafening roar. The spot where she had been standing instantly collapsed. A massive rift spanning the heavens and earth slowly appeared, and deep within the rift, countless fragments of consciousness were emitting silent wails, while in the distance, the Tower Spirit slowly lowered its gun, its gaze remaining calm.
The Tower Spirit stood slowly at the end of the void, her snow-white dress fluttering without wind. Her calm eyes gazed quietly at Xiao Yue. The huge rift torn open by the spear still stretched across the heavens and earth. Deep within the rift, countless remnants of consciousness sealed within the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction flowed slowly, like a long river formed by billions of years.
However, the Tower Spirit did not continue to pursue her. Instead, it slowly raised its left hand, gently closing its five fingers. The next moment, the entire seventh floor suddenly fell silent. There was no wind, no sound, and even Xiao Yue's own breathing disappeared. An indescribable sense of oppression began to slowly contract from all directions.
The Tower Spirit's calm voice echoed throughout the heavens and earth, "Second move, Myriad Thoughts Return to Cause." With a deafening roar, the entire world collapsed. Countless streams of blue light rushed in from the ends of the earth, each stream containing countless consciousnesses, holding within them the obsessions, regrets, anger, fears, and lingering longings of billions of living beings.
All emotions were forcibly condensed at this moment, transforming into a blue ocean of consciousness covering the entire seventh level. The ocean surged, and the sky cracked. Countless huge vortexes appeared simultaneously, and within each vortex, a giant eye emerged. Those eyes slowly opened and looked at Xiao Yue.
Rumble—In just an instant, Xiao Yue felt her sea of consciousness violently tremble. She saw her memories from countless years ago, her appearance when she was first born in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, her Gray Ring period, her desperate growth during the Azure Ring period, countless possibilities for the future, and even the scene of her ultimate failure and demise.
Countless images crashed into her soul, as if billions of living beings were whispering in her ear at the same time. Layer upon layer of turbulent thoughts raged and washed over her, attempting to completely tear her mind apart.
This attack did not strike the physical body or shake the Fate Soul; it went straight to the very source of consciousness in living beings. Xiao Yue's face instantly drained of all color, turning as pale as paper, but she stood firmly, showing no intention of retreating.
Her sapphire-like eyes suddenly blazed with divine light. "Trying to bully me?" "No way!" Boom— the Blue Ring suddenly appeared. She raised her right hand. Blue causal threads instantly covered the heavens and earth. "Blue Ring, Fourth Form!" "Karma-Locking Stillness!" Billions of causal chains soared into the sky, directly entangling that ocean of consciousness. At the same time, azure divine light erupted behind her.
"Azure Ring - Realm Abyss Reverse Evolution!" Azure light swept across the sky, attempting to reverse the evolution of that sea of consciousness. The next moment, the two great divine powers, Blue Ring and Azure Ring, simultaneously blasted into the sea of consciousness, and the entire world began to tremble violently. Rumble—countless vortexes of consciousness exploded one after another.
A vast Sea of Form was torn apart, but only for a few breaths before the destroyed vortexes reformed, and the locked cause and effect began to grow again. The reversed consciousness was reborn; this was the origin world of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction.
It was also the Tower Spirit's home turf. Xiao Yue could destroy it, but she couldn't truly Annihilation. Meanwhile, the Tower Spirit slowly raised its other hand, and billions of consciousness vortexes fell simultaneously. Boom— the Blue Ring radiance was forcibly suppressed Azure Ring wheel light, causing it to vibrate violently.
Xiao Yue's body trembled violently, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. She was blasted thousands of feet away and crashed into the pale void in the distance with a loud bang—a large area of space collapsed. Xiao Yue knelt on the ground, blood slowly dripping from the corner of her lips, her long hair falling in disarray, and her small hands supporting her on the ground.
Her shoulders trembled slightly as she slowly raised her head, looking at the Tower Spirit in the distance. But there was no retreat in her eyes, only a defiant spirit. "It really hurts..." She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and grinned. But at that very moment...
Suddenly, an anomaly occurred—a tremendously ancient aura erupted from the deepest part of her body. It was neither the Blue Ring nor the Wheel of Karmic End, but an even more ancient power. A gray divine radiance shot into the sky first, and the Gray Ring phantom slowly appeared, which was her original form at birth. Immediately afterwards, a cyan divine radiance swept across the heavens and earth. The Azure Ring phantom also slowly rose into the sky.
The two powers that had accompanied her growth, the Gray Ring and Azure Ring, appeared simultaneously for the first time. Rumble—the entire seventh floor began to shake violently. The gray divine light transformed into countless ancient runes, and the blue divine light transformed into billions of wheels of light, both of which continuously rotated around Xiao Yue.
As if calling upon something far more ancient, Xiao Yue herself froze, slowly lowering her head to look at her hands. In the distance, the previously calm Tower Spirit's eyes flickered for the first time. She spoke softly, "Has it finally begun...?" "The Gate of Transcendence." "It's about to open."
At the same time, in the deepest part of Xiao Yue's sea of consciousness, a golden-black light that had never appeared before slowly lit up. That aura far surpassed the Blue Ring and the Azure Ring, and even caused the entire Tower of No Birth and No Destruction to resonate.