Within the cave, the torrent of three-colored scriptures continued to surge wildly: dark purple Void Dao Marks, dark red Charred Bone Divine Script, and icy blue Eternal Silence Mirror Script. These three forces, like three divine rivers flowing through the primordial history, constantly collided, merged, and transformed within Qin Yu's body.
In that profound and indescribable moment, Qin Yu slowly closed his eyes. This was not due to exhaustion and fainting, nor was it a deep sleep, but rather a complete release from all obsessions and constraints, his mind returning to utter Space Silence.
He relinquished control, guidance, and the mastery of power, allowing everything within his body to flow freely, letting the scriptures operate on their own, and letting his Fate Soul, origin, and Dao principles collide with each other. At this moment, Qin Yu's expression was calmer than ever before, and there was no pain on his face covered by countless scriptures.
He felt neither struggle nor joy, and even his expectation of reaching the Eternal Silence Realm vanished. The myriad phenomena of the universe could no longer stir his mind. Deep within his sea of consciousness, the newly formed Dao-Slaying Heavenly Sword of Annihilation, Supreme Finality, floated silently in the air.
It didn't release any sword intent or pressure; it simply existed silently. Yet, the more it remained silent, the more terrifying it became, because at this moment, it no longer sought to destroy anything; even the "seeking" had vanished.
Suddenly, an icy blue ripple spread out from Qin Yu's body. Buzz—the ripple was extremely gentle, like the first ripple on a calm lake, but the moment it appeared, the entire cave suddenly fell silent. The Mirror of Eternal Silence on the ground froze first, and the ever-changing reflections in the mirror stopped completely, and the rock walls stopped shaking.
The divine radiance ceased its flow, even the scriptures floating in mid-air froze in place, like a painting frozen in time. Then, a second ripple spread out. Buzz—Ice blue waves pierced through the rock walls, through the barrier, through space, spreading towards the depths of the Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest. Within the ancient forest, countless fallen leaves stopped in mid-air.
The distant void storm ceased its rotation, and even the causal threads floating between heaven and earth froze. A third ripple rose. Boom—the ripple burst forth from the cave ceiling, piercing through the three-dimensional star map composed of countless star fragments. The slowly rotating star map instantly stopped, and billions of broken stars floated in the darkness.
Without any further change, the fourth, fifth, sixth... ripples continued to spread further and further, until the entire Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest suddenly experienced a momentary, almost imperceptible pause. Many cultivators with umbrellas, who were in seclusion a hundred miles away, suddenly felt a jolt in their Fate Soul, as if for a moment they had forgotten who they were.
It was as if he saw his truest self again, but the next moment, everything returned to normal. No one could remember what had just happened; only a strange tremor remained in their hearts. Inside the cave, the truly astonishing changes had just begun. Qin Yu remained seated in the same place, but his presence began to expand infinitely.
It wasn't that his physical body was growing larger, but rather that it was an expansion at a higher level. His Fate Soul, his Daoist aura, and his origin were extending infinitely outward, as if the entire cave had become a part of him, the entire Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest had become a part of him, and even the surrounding space and causality were beginning to be permeated by his aura.
At the same moment, his physical body slowly contracted inward. This was not due to external pressure, but rather the original Return to One of all things. Countless scriptures flowed along his muscles, all surging towards the core of his body. Bones, meridians, flesh, Fate Soul, and even the very foundation of his being—all existence converged towards the center of his dantian.
With a deafening roar, the three-colored divine orb spun rapidly, its rotation speed instantly reaching its Ultimate. The three colors of light—dark purple, dark red, and ice blue—constantly merged, compressed, and condensed. The divine orb grew smaller and smaller, from the size of a fist to the size of a chicken egg, then to the size of a fingernail, and finally became a speck of light as small as a speck of dust.
The point of light hovered in the center of the dantian, without any aura or fluctuation, yet it seemed to contain a power sufficient to engulf billions of universes. And at that very moment, an anomaly occurred. Boom—the entire cave suddenly trembled violently, and countless cracks began to appear on the surrounding rock walls. Within those cracks, there was no magma, no radiance, only an absolute white expanse.
The white color wasn't dazzling, yet it was impossible to look directly at it, as if it concealed something beyond comprehension. Then, the star map above the dome collapsed with a deafening roar. The debris of billions of stars transformed into streams of light, all converging towards Qin Yu's head.
At the same time, the scriptures that had already been integrated into his body began to resurface—one, ten, a hundred, tens of millions, hundreds of millions. Countless scriptures emerged from the surface of his body, swirling around him, gradually forming a scripture world that covered the entire cave.
Qin Yu sat alone at the core of heaven and earth, his posture ancient and steadfast, like an ancient god who had stood for eternity since the beginning of time, before the creation of chaos.
Suddenly, a thin, luminous white light appeared between his brows. This was not a cut in flesh, but an innate, ancient, and sealed Source Dao pattern. The Dao pattern lit up one by one, and a wisp of supreme aura that transcended all realms slowly awakened.
This energy is neither inclined to annihilation Bugui death and ice, but rather it encompasses all things in the True Annihilation and contains Eternal Silence. The two elements merge and form the supreme Dao. It is as if some power that transcends the two is gradually breaking free from its restraints and preparing to descend upon the world. Outside the cave entrance, Xiao Yue suddenly straightened up.
Her previously relaxed expression vanished completely for the first time. She stared intently into the depths of the cave, her blue pupils slightly contracting. "Little Qinzi..." "It has begun..." "This is the final transformation of the Dao Fruit in the Eternal Silence Realm..." "Once you cross that threshold..." "You will reach the true Eternal Silence Realm."
At this moment, Qin Yu still kept his eyes closed in the center of the cave, but behind him, a huge phantom that stretched across the heavens and earth was slowly condensing. The phantom's face and outline were indistinct, and all that could be seen was a sword of the end that pierced through the primordial chaos, which was descending little by little from the depths of nothingness, as if welcoming its new master.
Inside the cave, countless scriptures continued to revolve around Qin Yu. The Stillness Seed, composed of dark purple, dark red, and ice blue, floated in the center of his dantian. At that moment, an aura never before seen suddenly began to slowly awaken from the depths of that Stillness Seed.
There was no oppressive force, no roar, and no world-destroying phenomena, yet it was precisely this silence that made the entire world uneasy. Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes, and in his sea of consciousness, the End Sword that traversed the primordial chaos floated quietly, and in front of the sword's edge, a figure slowly appeared.
The figure had no face, no outline, and it was impossible to tell whether it was male, female, young, or old. It seemed to be the form that all living beings would eventually become, or it seemed to be the form that all living beings had before they were born.
As it stood there, the entire sea of consciousness fell into absolute silence. Qin Yu looked at it, his pupils slightly contracting. He understood. This was the final mental tribulation of the Eternal Silence Realm. It was not an external enemy, not a demon in his heart, not an obsession, but the fact itself that "he will eventually return to Eternal Silence."
The figure slowly raised its head, its eyesless form radiating a gaze that seemed to survey eternity. The next instant, Qin Yu's entire sea of consciousness collapsed, countless images flashing before his eyes. He saw himself surrounded and killed by countless powerful figures, and he saw Xiao Yue vanish in a shower of light before him.
Seeing the Chaos First Palace collapse, seeing the Source of Epochless perish, seeing oneself finally reach the pinnacle one day in the future, only to stand alone in the endless void, with no familiar faces remaining, countless joys and sorrows, countless gains and losses, countless possibilities of the future sweeping in at the same time—that was not an illusion. It was all the unsevered thoughts deep within Fate Soul being forcibly unearthed by the Eternal Silence Dao Fruit.
The entire sea of consciousness roared, yet at that very moment, Qin Yu slowly stood up. He showed no anger, no struggle, and no attempt to escape; he simply raised his hand. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword appeared in his palm, its blade silent, devoid of any divine radiance. But in the next instant, an icy, Ultimate sword intent slowly rose. "Slash."
With just one word, boom—the entire sea of consciousness was instantly torn apart. The first vision of the future was annihilated on the spot, shattered! Billions of light and shadows exploded. The second future destiny was pierced by the sword light, broken! Countless causes and effects turned to ashes. The third obsession had not even had time to take shape, annihilated! All the remaining ripples deep within the Fate Soul returned to silence.
The faceless figure finally moved. It took a step forward, and its entire sea of consciousness began to collapse, trying to drag Qin Yu and his sword intent into Ultimate Annihilation. But Qin Yu's eyes remained calm. The next moment, he unleashed a truly decisive sword strike, the Dao- Annihilation Heavenly Sword - Supreme Finality!
There was no dazzling sword light, no earth-shattering roar, no overwhelming power to shatter heaven and earth; all the grand and extraordinary phenomena were absent, leaving only one extremely simple action—swinging the sword.
But the moment the sword fell, the faceless figure opposite him crumbled inch by inch. This was not the shattering of the physical body, but the complete collapse of everything that constituted it: the mental tribulation dissipated, the obsession dissolved, the future was severed, the past was reduced to zero, and in the end, even the established understanding that this thing was a mental tribulation was completely shattered and vanished.
Crack—A crack appeared, then multiplied, finally covering the entire figure. Boom!!! The faceless figure shattered instantly, utterly destroyed, completely eradicated. It disintegrated into nothingness, and at the very moment it vanished, the entire sea of consciousness suddenly fell silent, truly silent.
There was no sound, no fluctuation, no time, no space, as if it were the most primitive state before the birth of the universe. Then, the three-colored Stillness Seed in the center of the dantian suddenly contracted. Boom—an unprecedented power erupted from within.
In an instant, the entire cave was illuminated, and the ancient star remnants suspended on the dome completely melted away, leaving only a profound and pure white in the world. This was not a concrete color, but rather the Emptiness after all the imprints, laws, and information of the world had been completely erased.
Ice-blue crystals rapidly spread within the empty niches on the four walls, as if extreme cold had descended. The Mirror of Eternal Silence on the ground no longer reflected anything; it began to glow on its own, a faint ice-blue light of solitude covering the entire cave. Qin Yu slowly appeared in the center of the cave, as if he had never left. His robes were neat, his expression calm, and there was no earth-shattering pressure.
There was no aura of devouring the heavens and earth, yet at this moment, simply sitting there, he made the surrounding void dare not approach. He slowly opened his eyes, and deep within his dark pupils, a tiny gray sphere floated quietly. It was the projection of the Eternal Silence Dao Fruit, the true Seed of Eternal Silence. Qin Yu slowly raised his right hand.
Palms facing upwards—hum—all the light in the entire cave simultaneously contracted; scriptures, divine radiance, ripples, cause and effect, space, time—everything converged towards the palm. Finally, a tiny gray sphere, the size of a fingernail, slowly emerged, absolutely gray, without any bias, without any attribute, without any change.
That was the source of the end of change, the true symbol of the Eternal Silence Initial Stage, the Stillness Seed. The moment the Stillness Seed appeared, the area within three feet around it suddenly became quiet. A speck of dust drifted into it and instantly froze. A wisp of spatial ripple touched it and stopped on the spot. A thread of cause and effect approached.
It was compressed into a thin, flat pattern. Within a three-foot radius, it no longer belonged to the normal world, but to Eternal Silence. Qin Yu slowly clenched his fist. The Stillness Seed merged into his palm, and all the strange phenomena began to subside. The icy blue crystals receded, the white dome dissipated, and the Mirror of Eternal Silence returned to silence.
A moment later, the cave returned to its deathly silence, but Qin Yu had already undergone a complete transformation. All the aura of the True Annihilation Realm had been completely swept away, replaced by a more profound and primordial existence. It was not about overwhelming power or vast Daoist charm, but a wisp of Ultimate Ji Ran that even the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth could not ignore.
He slowly straightened up, took a step, and stepped forward. His first step was silent; any sound that came within three feet of him vanished into Annihilation, unable to travel. With his second step, a circle of light, icy blue ripples spread across the void, cool and still, undisturbed by anything. With his third step, the surrounding airspace spontaneously parted and gave way, clearing a path for him.
Qin Yu walked to the entrance of the cave, silently turned around, and saw this ancient cave dwelling, which had witnessed the rise and fall of the Transcendent Realm Clans for countless ages, standing Anran between heaven and earth.
Beside her, Xiao Yue stood quietly gazing, her eyes gentle and devout, as if looking at a flawless, perfect treasure that had been sculpted over countless eons.
As if he had finally completed his mission, Qin Yu nodded slightly, then turned and stepped out of the cave. The moment he stepped out, a rumble shook the entire Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest. Hundreds of millions of ancient trees bowed down at the same time, countless spatial rifts closed automatically, and all the laws of heaven and earth fell silent.
Above the heavens, a vast, icy blue divine ring slowly emerged, enveloping the entire Heart-Questioning Ancient Forest, freezing the void for billions of miles. There was no destruction, no collapse, only absolute stillness, as if the whole world was welcoming the birth of a new, Eternal Silence being.
Qin Yu between heaven and earth, his black hair fluttering gently, his eyes calm. Within three feet of him, even the void dared not exist. He had reached the Eternal Silence Initial Stage, a state of eternal Silent Void or Wuhen. Time ceased to exist, space ceased to exist, existence ceased to exist, consciousness ceased to exist. Only the endless Abyss of Eternal Silence slowly unfolded at the end of eternity, embracing everything that had not yet existed and would yet exist. And Qin Yu had finally truly stepped into the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage.