The Tower Spirit stood silently in the depths of the void. For the first time, her eyes, which had always been as calm as an ancient well, showed a violent fluctuation, because she had sensed an aura that had never appeared before awakening within Xiao Yue's body.
This force is not bound by the Wheel of Karmic End, nor does it rely on the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction, nor does it belong to any known Great Dao in the world. It is an unknown existence unique to the world, and no matter how one deduces and analyzes it, it is ultimately difficult to fathom even a fraction of it.
In the darkness, it seemed as if an eternally slumbering supreme being opened its eyes, causing all the laws of the heavens to pale in comparison. The Tower Spirit's aura became chaotic, and it lowered its head to stare at the trembling lines on its palm, a tremor it had never felt before welling up in its heart. This fear pierced through the shackles of the physical body and went straight to the very source of its Fate Soul.
An instinctive awe arises when facing an absolutely superior being. "How is this possible..." Why does this aura appear on her...? The Tower Spirit slowly took half a step back. Then she suddenly looked up, her eyes sharpening again, because she knew that if she didn't act now, she would never have another chance to unleash her power.
The illusory image of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction trembled violently, and the entire seventh floor began to collapse. Countless rivers of consciousness surged backward at the same time, and the Tower Spirit formed hand seals simultaneously. The Tower of No Birth and No Destruction behind it, which pierced through heaven and earth, suddenly manifested its true form, which was tens of thousands of feet tall. The tower gate slowly opened, and a terrifying pressure that was enough to suppress countless epochs swept across heaven and earth.
"Ultimate Silence Divine Power--" "No birth, no death, final judgment of all thoughts!" Rumble-- Countless remnants of consciousness sealed at the end of time within the tower gate awakened simultaneously. Billions of blue divine rays transformed into a world -World Extinguisher torrent, like the final tsunami generated when the universe collapsed, sweeping towards Xiao Yue from all directions.
The entire seventh floor was completely engulfed by the blue torrent, space began to crumble, time began to flow backward, and countless causes and effects were severed simultaneously. This attack had already surpassed the level of supernatural powers; it was the full power accumulated by the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction over countless epochs. Meanwhile, on the other side...
Xiao Yue slowly raised her head. Her petite body floated quietly in the void. Strands of black-gold light began to rise from her body. The light was extremely gentle, yet extremely domineering, as if all the laws of heaven and earth were actively giving way. She slowly lowered her head and looked at her hands, then paused slightly.
Her left hand was enveloped in a deep gray light, her right hand flowed with a clear blue divine light, and her feet emanated a ghostly blue glow. Within her body, an unprecedented purple radiance slowly rose. Gray, blue, and purple light swirled around her, intertwining and flowing. And in the very center of all the divine lights, a black and gold divine halo slowly appeared and rose into the sky.
Boom! The moment the black and gold divine ring appeared, the entire seventh floor of the tower trembled violently, and all things in heaven and earth shuddered. The Tower Spirit's face turned deathly pale. At this moment, she finally understood the truth: this was no ordinary divine power, but the Ultimate form that surpassed the gray, cyan, blue, and purple rings.
The Black Gold Ring, the true Ultimate Origin. Xiao Yue slowly raised her head. The black gold radiance reflected in her sapphire-like eyes. And at that very moment, the world-destroying final torrent had descended. Rumble—billions of blue torrents swept across the heavens and earth.
Just as it was about to completely engulf Xiao Yue, the black-gold divine ring gently vibrated—a tiny ripple spread out without an explosion, without a collision, without earth-shattering destruction. The final torrent, capable of destroying billions of worlds, silently began to disintegrate the moment it came into contact with the five-colored radiance.
The azure torrent transformed into spiritual points, the long river of consciousness returned to the Great Void, and the immense power unleashed by the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction vanished as if it had never existed. A deafening roar resounded in all directions, and five-colored divine light spread in all directions. Wherever the light went, the Tower Spirit's divine powers collapsed, and the laws of the Great Dao crumbled. Heaven and earth returned to peace, and Xiao Yue simply stood there quietly, without making a single move from beginning to end.
That power had already surpassed everything. The Tower Spirit fell completely silent. After a long while, she slowly lowered her head, the shock in her eyes gradually turning into relief. The phantom of the Tower of No Birth and No Destruction began to dissipate little by little. She sighed softly, then slowly descended into the void and came to Xiao Yue's side.
For the first time, the Tower Spirit that had guarded the Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea countless epochs relinquished all its majesty and solemnly bowed to Xiao Yue. "After this fierce battle, I have already been defeated." She slowly raised her head, her eyes now devoid of fighting spirit, only filled with admiration. "Your Dao transcends the laws of the Three Realms; your shadow is hidden between the myriad phenomena of reality and illusion. You are an unpredictable variable in this world; even if I reach the pinnacle, I will ultimately be worlds apart from you, insurmountable."
Xiao Yue stood there blankly, blinked, and then scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly, "Um..." "Thank you?" Upon hearing this, the Tower Spirit revealed a very faint smile, a smile that seemed to transcend countless ages. Then, her body began to slowly become transparent, and countless blue light spots drifted out from her body. The Tower of No Birth and No Destruction also began to transform into a sky full of starlight.
The Tower Spirit glanced at Xiao Yue one last time, her eyes gentle, "The future belongs to you." As her words faded, her figure transformed into countless specks of light, slowly dissipating into the world. Meanwhile, the entire seventh floor began to undergo unprecedented changes, for the true final inheritance belonging to Xiao Yue had finally arrived.
In the seventh layer of heaven and earth, after the Tower Spirit dissipated, the entire world suddenly fell into an unprecedented silence. There was no wind, no light, no sound. Even time seemed to have stopped flowing. Xiao Yue quietly floated in the center of the void, the tear stains remaining at the corners of her eyes had not yet faded, and at this moment, the Annihilation Return to the Ruins and the Wheel of Karmic End in her palm suddenly trembled slightly.
With a soft hum, the azure wheel slowly rose into the air. On its rim, nine broken threads of cause and effect lit up simultaneously. The wheel slowly rotated, and the entire seventh layer of the world began to change. Suddenly, a faint light appeared deep within the heavens and earth. The light was initially only the size of a grain of rice, but then it rapidly expanded and eventually transformed into a long blue river that stretched across the heavens and earth.
As the long river flowed, the entire seventh level began to gradually collapse. The void vanished, space vanished, laws vanished, and all the scenery faded away little by little until the entire world returned to absolute silence. Boom—An ancient will slowly descended, locking the thought of nothingness.
The vast airspace became a blur, where direction, altitude, time, and the path ahead all ceased to exist, and the boundary between life and death completely dissolved. An unprecedented thought slowly evolved from the void, unrelated to fear or despair, but simply an Ultimate stillness that lingered in all directions.
"Return to nothingness, let go of all attachments, let go of existence, let go of responsibilities, let go of everything, return to Annihilation, return to the end..." Countless whispers came from the depths of the void. They were not crazy, but rather gentle and reassuring, as if by accepting them, one could get rid of all troubles, all constraints, and all responsibilities.
Completely returning to eternal peace, Xiao Yue simply stood there quietly, her blue eyes slowly closing. The smile of Yingling as she vanished slowly surfaced in her mind, as did Qin Yu's figure, and all the memories of her journey. She was not attached to life.
She was not attached to death, nor to existence, nor to destruction; she simply stood there quietly, letting countless ethereal wills flow past her. Neither approaching nor departing, in this moment, she finally touched upon the true non-birth and non-death.
Just then, a blue pillar of light suddenly appeared in the center of the world, piercing through the endless void. An ancient tower slowly emerged, initially just an outline. Then it became clearer and clearer, and finally, it solidified completely into the Void Thought Stillness, Tower of No Birth and No Destruction —and slowly descended.
It was a seven-story blue crystal tower, its body forged from countless solidified fragments of void. Countless bubbles of thought were constantly being born, destroyed, and reincarnated on the tower's surface. At the corner of the seven-story tower hung seven blue bells, silent, for all thoughts of sound had been sealed away.
At the top of the tower, the hollow sphere slowly rotates. Its center Emptiness, yet it can reflect all thoughts in the world. Above the tower gate, an ancient inscription slowly lights up. "Thoughts arise, lock; thoughts cease, emptiness remains."
At the same time, the Wheel of Karmic End in the sky also began to tremble violently. The wheel and the pagoda simultaneously emitted a dazzling divine light. Rumble—the entire world trembled at the same time. The wheel slowly rose into the air, and the pagoda slowly descended. The two forbidden treasures approached each other, and countless threads of cause and effect connected heaven and earth. Countless bubbles of thought covered the sky.
Then, to Xiao Yue's astonishment, the roulette wheel slowly merged into the tower, and the tower slowly swallowed the roulette wheel. Cause and effect, consciousness, end and Annihilation began to merge. Boom—an indescribable light instantly erupted, illuminating the entire Final Thought Annihilation Void Sea.