Azure Ring Reappears · Spirit Edge Piercing the Realm
In the southern Spirit Firmament Great Realm, within the domain of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, beneath the azure sky, Soul Tower stand tall, and myriad beast patterns rise. Today, the heavens are ablaze with crimson flames, soul energy burns fiercely, and the thunderous battle cries reverberate throughout the four realms—the [Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army] has arrived!
Qin Yu on the central platform, his Qingyi robes fluttering in the wind, his expression cold and stern. Beside him, Zhou Yu, Qian Ruishan, Yao Wanqing, Ming Ye, Ming Kong, Ming Zhen were all gathered, already fully prepared for battle.
"They're here." Ming Ye looked towards the distant sky, where a crimson tide of darkness was approaching, and the Soul Burning Army, composed of thousands of souls, was marching in. The entire sky seemed to be engulfed by flames. The soul formations were fierce, and the fighting spirit was boiling!
Xuanmang Cangkui, the Beast King of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, a supreme beast king with divine horns gleaming and soul wings soaring across the sky, stood ten zhang tall in the heavens. He roared, "All beast warriors of the Beast Clan, those with soul veins of level three or above, follow me to activate the [Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram]!"
Boom! The entire Beast Soul Sacred Domain shone brightly, nine soul pillars soared into the sky, and hundreds of contracted beast spirits leaped out from the top of the pillars, forming a giant picture that covered half of the sky.
At the same time, Qin Yu gave a deep order, "Zhou Yu, Qian Ruishan, Ming Kong, Ming Ye, Yao Wanqing, fully cooperate with the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan to encircle and annihilate the vanguard!"
Zhou Yu took a step forward, waved his right hand, and both the Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter and the Soul Rend Thunder Viper soared into the air!
"Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter, Thunder Array Covers the Sky - Thunder Hunter: Silent Abyss Thunder!"
"Soul Rend Thunder Viper, engage in battle!"
Boom--!
The sky shattered, and the two lightning-type divine beasts, like the very source of lightning tribulation, instantly devoured thousands of the vanguard of the Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army, turning them into charred souls wherever they went.
Ming Kong stepped into the formation and pointed a finger. "[Three Severances of the Corporeal Soul Shadow]!"
Ming Ye stepped into the battle zone. "[Moon Silence Azure Soul Slash]!"
The two fought side by side, unleashing a barrage of Soul Arts that halted the army's advance.
"Wanqing!"
"Zheng!"
Yao Wanqing waved her ice mirror, and the Soul Mirror Ice Wheel spun across the sky, unleashing "[Silent Frost Shatters the Realm]!" which froze a large area of the enemy formation into a frigid domain, before detonating it!
At this moment, the entire battlefield was like a place where lightning and frost clashed, ice and fire devoured souls, and silence and ferocity clashed and merged!
The front lines clashed fiercely, but the enemy forces only increased in number. Qin Yu took a step forward, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - World Extinguisher was unsheathed!
"Origin Destroyer - First Form: Sever the Void in a Single Thought!"
With a single sword strike, the souls of hundreds of enemy soldiers were annihilated without a sound of struggle, as if they had never existed!
"Origin Destroyer, Second Form: Sever the Cause, Preventing Birth!"
With the second sword strike, the entire front-line enemy formation shattered instantly, breaking not only their physical bodies but also the very foundation of their existence!
At this moment, the enemy finally showed signs of wavering and retreated in droves, but then the war drums sounded again and the flames rose once more— the Guji Tuzhu had not yet been lit, and the enemy had not yet exerted their full strength!
"Nine sections are still ahead, we cannot hold back!" Qin Yu's eyes flashed like lightning as he ordered the entire army, "Capture the enemy, break through their ranks, slaughter the flames!"
The flames ignited, culminating in a thunderous explosion and a chilling shattering of the Soul Mirror. The Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan and Qin Yu's team achieved their initial victory, but this was only the beginning.
The flames of battle had not yet died down when the sky began to tremble once more.
Crimson soul energy swept across the sky, and a terrifying being, about a hundred feet tall, with four arms, three eyes, and a crown of beast bones, rode in on the flames.
Chiyuan, the Beastmaster of the Burning Beasts, is one of the four Nightmare Generals of the [Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army]!
He was surrounded by soul flames that resembled hellish lava, and with each step he took, the ground turned to scorched earth.
"You mixed-blooded beastmen don't even have the right to resist." Chiyuan opened his three eyes, his chilling, hoarse voice revealing the eerie coldness of a fiery soul.
He suddenly raised his hand, and the soul flames behind him condensed into a three-zhang-long giant halberd, the blade burning with [Soul-Scorching Abyss Fire], which pressed down on the beast diagram!
"With my Chiyuan Halberd, I will destroy your Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram!"
"Activate the sealing formation, ascend the spirit of the entire map!"
The Beast King Xuanmang Cangkui roared and immediately activated the Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram to its Limit for defense. One after another, the souls of phantom beasts emerged, overlapping layer upon layer, transforming into chains of souls to resist the soul halberd.
Boom--!
The heavens and earth roared, the beast diagram trembled, and the soul shadows of dozens of soul beasts were torn apart in an instant, but the diagram array managed to maintain its shape.
"We can't let him destroy the map!" Qin Yu shouted in a deep voice, stepped into the void, and with the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in hand, he suddenly unleashed the third move!
"Origin Destroyer - Third Form: Sever the Epoch Without a Trace!"
With a single slash, the radiance of time around Chiyuan reversed, and the soul power that had ignited from the Soul Abyss instantly lost its "past traces," as if it had been an illusion from the start!
"Damn it!" Chiyuan roared, suddenly focusing his three eyes into a beam of crimson light and blasting it towards Qin Yu. His soul light burned in the sky, and his killing intent was overwhelming.
"I'll block him!" Ming Ye suddenly rushed in front of Qin Yu, his soul light forming a shield to take the blow head-on.
Bang--!
Ming Ye took three steps back, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but he still stood firmly in front of Qin Yu, "I'm fine, keep killing him!"
"Thunder Hunter!" Zhou Yu roared, and the Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter transformed into a Thunderous Black Leopard, its giant claws sweeping across the army formation behind Chiyuan. "Thunder Hunter - Shake the Realm, Roar at the Abyss!"
At the same time, the Soul Rend Thunder Viper hovered high in the sky, opened its mouth and bit out, "Thunder Soul Claw - Severing Soul!" Soul energy surged like a tide, directly approaching the secondary formation behind Chiyuan, and a large part of the [Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army] immediately fell into chaos.
Yao Wanqing stood amidst the frost, her eyes icy cold. "[Soul Mirror Ice Wheel]!" A mirror-like barrier reflected Chiyuan's soul light back, causing a crack to appear between her brows.
"You... ants!" Chiyuan roared, wielding a halberd in one hand and unleashing a hundred soul-flame chains with the other, hurling them wildly at Qin Yu and the others!
"Get out of the way!"
But at the critical moment, Qian Ruishan teleported in and unleashed. "Cold Soul Returns to the Realm - Mirror Covering Technique!"
Boom!
The void trembled, and all the soul flame chains were swallowed, trapped, and repelled by the ice mirror, backfiring on Chiyuan himself! Several soul rune cracks instantly appeared on his shoulders and arms!
"Kill!" Qin Yu coldly ordered, unleashing the fourth form of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword once more!
"Origin Destroyer - Sever Fate, Cut Off Return!"
As the sword fell, Chiyuan showed horror. His "Revival Fate Soul" collapsed in an instant! His Soul Sea was in excruciating pain!
This wasn't just a serious injury; it erased all "possibility" of his regeneration and recovery!
"You... how could you--"
"Roll."
Finally, the figure of the Ming Kong appeared like a ghost, wielding the Soul Blade, piercing through Chiyuan's chest, and a soul explosion sealed his remnant soul!
The Beastmaster Chi Chiyuan has fallen!
The entire battlefield fell silent.
But no one felt joy. Beyond the heavens, a soul shadow several times more powerful than Chiyuan slowly appeared amidst the blood flames.
"Guji Tuzhu..."
The fall of the Beastmaster Chiyuan did not allow the battlefield to catch its breath for even a moment.
Instead, it was as if an even deeper rift had been torn open.
The blazing red sky spontaneously combusted at this moment, as if some kind of "invisible soul fire" was falling from beyond the heavens, directly descending upon the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan.
"This is no ordinary soul flame... it's Soul Sacrifice Fire--!" Ming Tong's expression suddenly changed, and she whispered a warning, "Everyone be careful, that's the will of 'Guji Tuzhu' descending!"
Between the heavens, the phantom of an upside-down soul cauldron slowly descended, its interior burning with blood-red liquid, radiating a terrifying power capable of burning away consciousness and annihilating soul bones.
That's the [Soul-Sacrificing Fire Cauldron]!
Only the Guji Tuzhu can summon it.
The next instant, a humanoid soul figure slowly descended from the Soul Cauldron.
He was draped in a robe of raging flames, his flesh and blood churning like lava, his eyes like the pupils of burning candles, resembling an ancient god of soul sacrifice who had crawled out of the Silent Origin hell.
The fifth of the Eight Immortal Ancient Overseers: Guji Tuzhu.
He didn't utter a sound; his mere gaze swept across the battlefield, and it was as if all spirits knelt in unison, and the void trembled.
"His true form hasn't fully manifested yet," Qin Yu gripped the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword tightly, "This is merely a projection of will summoned by the Soul-Sacrificing Fire Cauldron... but it's dangerous enough already."
Guji Tuzhu reached out one hand, his fingertips lifting a wisp of soul smoke from the void, and murmured:
"You beastmen... were once the brightest flames on the altar."
Before the words were even finished, the Soul-Sacrificing Fire Cauldron suddenly sank down, unleashing countless strands of fire, like soul-scorching ribbons, heading towards the land of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan!
"Activate the [Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram] Limit Spirit Beast Formation Mode--!"
The Beast King Xuanmang Cangkui roared angrily, and hundreds of beasts roared within the Beast Diagram. One after another, the phantoms of soul beasts broke out of the diagram and transformed into their true forms to defend against the barrage of fire.
Even so, dozens of the Soul Hall were instantly ignited!
Boom--!
As the sea of fire swept through, a ninth-tier soul elephant howled and collapsed, its sea of consciousness burned through; two eighth-tier frost apes rolled around, clutching their heads, and were reduced to charred bones.
"I'm going!" Zhou Yu's eyes turned cold, and the Emperor-Charging Nether Lightning Sword flashed with lightning. The Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter and the Soul Rend Thunder Viper roared out at the same time!
"Thunder Hunter - Silent Abyss Thunder!"
"Soul Rend ·Thunder Soul Claw!"
The two beasts soared into the sky, a bolt of lightning shattering the fire line, and a soul claw slashing across the shadow of the cauldron, temporarily severing the soul flame beneath it.
"Very good!" Zhou Yu roared, "Three Tribulations - Profound Lightning Avatar!"
In an instant, he transformed into countless lightning sword spirits, traversing the soul flames and severing hundreds of soul threads, saving the four contracted beasts from being burned.
"Yao Wanqing, Ming Kong, seal the rear domain!" Qin Yu shouted.
"[Cold Realm Initial Lock]!" Yao Wanqing clapped her hands together, and the Ice Soul Chains instantly froze a large area of soul flames.
Ming Kong also unleashed his newly acquired soul technique, "[Corporeal Soul Realm Nether Body] Second Form: Dark Abyss Reverses the Corporeal Soul!"
His soul transformed into a shadow, forcibly swallowing the fallen soul flames into the Black Abyss, and then burning them in the enemy's soul formation!
"What a new generation of the Spirit Firmament..."
Guji Tuzhu's fiery eyes narrowed slightly. He was not angry; he simply pushed his palm away gently.
The next instant, a beam of burning soul light fell from the sky and crashed down on Zhou Yu.
"Well done!" Zhou Yu drew both swords simultaneously, unleashing "Seven Tribulations - Ultimate Silence Heavenly Blast!"
Boom!
The Thunder Soul and the Soul Fire collided head-on, causing the heavens and earth to shatter. Zhou Yu's feet sank into the scorched earth, the Thunder Sword resounded, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, yet he forcibly sealed off the attack!
"The main force has temporarily held them off... but his will is growing stronger," Ming Ye said in a deep voice, "His true form is coming."
"Hold on, you must hold on until the very end before he descends in person," Qin Yu whispered. "Then—I'll come."
At this very moment, the Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram was still operating, but Qin Yu knew that this was only the beginning.
The battlefield sank ever deeper amidst the blazing soul flames and surging thunder.
The sky was obscured by thick, fiery clouds, and cracks appeared on the land of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, as if the altar had been ripped open. Blood and fire intertwined wildly, forming an ancient array pattern.
"Look, that's... Soul Flame Array Pattern!" Ming Kong exclaimed in surprise.
Countless crimson patterns materialized spontaneously in the mountains, Soul Hall, soul beast pillars, and even the earth's veins around the battlefield, silently combining to form a massive fire array spanning the entire area.
"This is one of the Guji Tuzhu's Fate Soul arrays—[Blazing Soul Killing Formation]!"
Yao Wanqing's expression changed instantly. "Once it takes shape, it will turn the entire battlefield into a Soul-Burning Altar, indiscriminately burning friend and foe alike, refining them all into the sacrificial fire!"
"This isn't about killing enemies, this is about refining the realm!"
Just as she said, once the array patterns were completed, three blazing soul abysses appeared in the entire soul array, rising from the ground like three giant dragons, and rapidly rotating around the protective array of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan!
Within the Soul Abyss, countless wailing souls emerged. These were the remnant souls of beastmen who had perished in the Immortal Ancient Battlefield of immortals years ago. Now, they were awakened by the Guji Tuzhu and became sacrifices for the Soul Burning Sacrifice Array.
"Insolence!" Xuanmang Cangkui roared in fury, Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram released the power of extreme cold sealing, freezing the three Soul Abysses for a moment.
But the soul fire is not a physical entity.
The next moment, countless ferocious spirits of soul flame roared out from the Blazing Soul Killing Formation. There were nearly 30,000 of them, all of them were spirit beasts of the fifth rank or above. They were bizarre in appearance and their souls were broken, but their combat power was astonishing!
"These are the remnants of beast souls that failed to be refined!" Ming Ye roared, "Driven by the resentment of their departed souls, they are nearly immortal!"
"Let me handle this!" Zhou Yu's sword transformed into three, unleashing a series of thunderous slashes. The Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter Claw swept across, Soul Rend Thunder Viper bit and tore at the enemy. The two divine beasts and the thunderous techniques were unleashed simultaneously, annihilating over four hundred remnant souls within a single breath.
"Ultimate Silence Heavenly Blast!"
"Order-Extinguishing Lightning Bane!"
The double kills took turns, triggering a thunderous explosion throughout the arena, like lightning scorching the abyss, the sound reverberating through heaven and earth!
At the same time, Ming Kong brandished his soul spear, opening up a second battlefield at the edge of the array:
"[Corporeal Soul Realm Nether Body - Third Form - Soul-Locking Curse Seal] -- Lock and annihilate all escaped evil spirits!"
Yao Wanqing unfolded her ice mirror, "[Soul Mirror Ice Wheel] - Reflecting Sacrificial Flames", which reversed the ignited soul fire back to its original trajectory, counterattacking the evil spirit of the soul flame!
"Hold on for just one more moment," Qin Yu murmured. The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in his hand remained unsheathed. He stood quietly at the edge of the core of the sacrificial array, with the unburnt seal crack beneath his feet.
He's waiting.
Once the Blazing Soul Killing Formation is fully deployed, and once the Guji Tuzhu's true form descends...
Because that moment... is when the sword intent is at its deepest.
Deep within the battlefield, the Beast Emperor Xuanmang Cangkui released his illusory soul form—the Azure Dragon—which roared and clashed head-on with the three Soul Abysses. For the first time, the three Soul Abysses were suppressed and a small section of them broke off!
"The killing formation has been broken through at one point!" Ming Kong was overjoyed.
"Kill!" Zhou Yu, leading the two divine beasts, charged forward, forcing the Soul Flame Fiend on the right flank back a hundred feet!
But at the same time, the light of the Soul-Sacrificing Fire Cauldron suddenly changed, and a wisp of blood flame transformed and landed rapidly, crashing into the core of the Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram!
Boom--!!!
The barrier shattered, the array dimmed, and the entire battlefield was engulfed in flames once more!
"... This is the lingering effect of the ancient ritual's power."
Amidst the blazing flames, a figure finally descended from the sky.
The true form of the Guji Tuzhu, stepping slowly from the void on soul flames, caused all fires to submit and all souls to pay homage.
"Your flesh and blood are only fit to burn in my cauldron."
His voice was low and deep, his five fingers spread wide, and the Blazing Soul Killing Formation was completely completed.
The Blazing Soul Killing Formation completely closed, and the three Soul Abysses wrapped around the sky like chains. At the very center where they converged, the Soul-Sacrificing Fire Cauldron suddenly cracked open, and a tall figure wearing a long robe of jet-black gold flames, with a face as blurry as molten lava, slowly stepped out into the air.
He walked on flames, and wherever he passed, the void cracked and the soul fire burned in the sky, and even the heavens and earth cried out in anguish beneath his feet.
He is none other than one of the "Eight Watchers" of the Immortal Antiquity Era: Guji Tuzhu!
"The killing formation has been activated, and all souls have been sacrificed. Today, none of you will survive."
His voice seemed to come from the depths of hell; with each word he uttered, a thousand souls wailed in despair.
Ming Ye felt a chill run down his spine and whispered, "This guy... is completely different from Silent Night Wielder and Shi Mingzhuoji. His aura is like 'an entire era is burning'."
Yao Wanqing's face was pale as she stared intently at Guji Tuzhu's palm. "That's his soul core... [Sacrificial Tribulation Sacred Seal], the core rune of the ancient Heavenly Sacrifice, which he has already forged into a weapon."
Zhou Yu frowned, and the two divine beasts roared in unison. Even Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter and Soul Rend Thunder Viper trembled instinctively—not out of fear, but out of an instinctive resistance to "complete annihilation".
"The Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army, the Burning Realm Array—Rise!"
As Guji Tuzhu raised his hand, hundreds of thousands of Soul-Burning Warriors appeared around the entire battlefield like hellish armies, each with a ring of eerie red fire above their heads, wielding Soul-Burning Halberds, and their eyes filled with hollow, blood-red flames.
They were like fallen soldiers bound by sacrificial rituals, their souls completely rewritten as "burning is destiny."
"This isn't an army... this is a moving sacrificial realm," Ming Kong whispered in horror.
--The tide of battle turns suddenly!
On the outskirts of the battlefield, countless Soul-Burning Warriors suddenly launched an attack, charging towards the front line of the Beast Clan. Instantly, two Realm Master- level Divine Beasts were severely injured, engulfed in flames within the Soul Abyss, their fate unknown.
The Beast Emperor Xuanmang Cangkui forcefully broke through the Heavenly Abyss Fault and roared:
"Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, Soul and Form Unite! Activate the Beast Soul Unites with Heaven Divine Technique!"
Boom!!!
Above the sky, ten thousand soul shadows soared into the heavens, converging into a soul shadow divine beast that was a hundred thousand feet tall. That was none other than: the Mother Soul of Myriad Spirits - Qiyuan Cangli!
"Qin Yu, we can't delay any longer."
Zhou Yu whispered, his eyes cold and brooding. "This army... once they complete the [World-Burning Sacrificial Transformation], the entire beast race will be reduced to an eternally burning wasteland."
Qian Ruishan gently touched her long sleeves, and the Icy Cold Pierces the Realm energy quickly spread, sealing off a corner of the battle line.
Yao Wanqing drew the Mystic Mirror Soul-Shattering Ring, and the Ice Domain Mirror Soul unfolded, protecting the rear of the battle line.
Qin Yu finally looked up, Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in his hand slowly came out of its sheath.
Before the sword was drawn, the world fell silent.
"Now that you're here, there's no rush to die."
He strode forward, heading straight for the Guji Tuzhu.
The Guji Tuzhu tilted its head slightly, as if examining a fuel-burning corpse. "Who are you?"
"The one who will destroy you."
As soon as the words were spoken, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword crashed down!
[Sever the Void in a Single Thought]!
The black and gold slash cut through the sky, directly striking the core of the Soul-Burning Formation. Nearly a thousand Soul-Burning Warriors were cleaved into ashes by a single sword strike, leaving not even a trace of their soul structure!
With the soul fire severed and the battle lines torn apart, Guji Tuzhu's eyes flashed with a surge of blood-red flames.
"Interesting." He swept his sleeves open and pointed a finger horizontally through the void:
"[Sacrificial Flame Questions Heaven]!"
In the next instant, the entire sky suddenly reversed, and a pitch-black fiery sun fell from the top of the clouds, like the blazing sun of the end of the world, crushing directly towards Qin Yu and his group!
Qin Yu remained expressionless, raising his sword once more.
[Sever the Cause, Preventing Birth!]
The second move lands--
The entire fiery sun shattered into countless fragments of soul essence the moment it came into contact with that sword, turning into void debris.
--Annihilation Does Not Exist from the perspective of cause and effect!
The battlefield fell silent for a moment, then erupted in a chorus of gasps!
"The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword... a true limit-breaking weapon!"
"He single-handedly broke through half of the formation?"
"... This is Qin Yu from the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect?"
The Guji Tuzhu man showed no anger; instead, he stretched out his hands and slowly formed a seal.
"Very well, then... I will personally burn away the meaning of all your sword techniques."
He's getting serious.
The world stood still.
Guji Tuzhu stood in the center of the vortex of soul flames, his black and gold robe slowly igniting in the void, yet his body remained motionless. His flesh began to shatter, his skin cracked, his bones exposed, and the soul flames within churned like the cries of billions of divine souls, each drop of burning blood tearing through space.
Zhou Yu exclaimed in a low voice, "He's sacrificing himself... using his own body as a catalyst to completely transform his soul into the core of the sacrificial flame."
Ming Kong's eyes narrowed, and he muttered, "He actually dared to use the Silent Origin Soul Body as the array's core... He's trying to forcibly summon the [World-Burning Primal Sacrifice - Soul Refining Main Core]!"
The soul core of the Guji Tuzhu suddenly cracked open, revealing a dark red, blood-dripping bell-shaped "Sacrificial-Patterned Bone Ash," which dripped into the air, neither touching the ground nor solidifying in the void, and was not within the Three Realms and Six Paths; it was—
Fragment of the main core of the [World-Burning Primal Sacrifice]!
At this moment, the temperature of the entire battlefield soared dramatically, and even the black-gold Sword Qi of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword was distorted in the air, as if even the concept of "annihilation" had to bow down before "incineration".
The Guji Tuzhu's eyes completely transformed into two balls of purplish-black soul flames, and it uttered a low, chilling sentence:
"Qin Yu, I don't want to kill you. Because if you die, the Burning Realm will lose its most beautiful flame."
The next moment, he raised his hand and chopped down!
--[Burning Realm Master's Seal - Soul Sacrifice Rekindled]!
The entire sky seemed to be covered by an overturned cauldron of fire. Millions of sacrificial arrays, runes, and soul-burning runes fell from the sky, blocking everyone's path of movement. Even soul consciousness was ignited, and even space itself was collapsing!
"Slash!" Qin Yu's expression remained calm as he unleashed the third strike:
--[Sever the Epoch Without a Trace]!
With a single sword strike, all the soulfire runes were shattered, severing their connection to the era of existence and turning them into "phantom souls that were never born in any time period."
The oppressive power of the Burning Realm immediately eased slightly.
But Guji Tuzhu merely smiled, his body remaining still, yet he descended upon Yao Wanqing like a gust of wind!
"I'll destroy one of your arms first, then let's see if your little lover can still hold on." His voice was icy, and the soul flame in his palm condensed into a long, narrow, burning bone blade.
"You're courting death!" Zhou Yu roared, and the two divine beasts roared and charged out instantly!
[Thunder Hunter - Silent Abyss Thunder], [Thunder Viper - Severing Consciousness Lightning Soul Claw]!
The Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter's thunderous breath pierced the sky, and a claw slashed down, while the Soul Rend Thunder Viper transformed into a dark shadow of thunder spirit, rushing straight towards Guji Tuzhu's side!
The two divine beast soul skills collided with a deafening roar at the Guji Tuzhu!
However--
Before the soul flames dissipated, Guji Tuzhu actually used one hand to hold the Thunder Viper's claw tightly, while using the other hand to swallow all the lightning from the Thunder Hunter into his body!
"These lightning bolts aren't enough to heat me up," he said coldly, then with a backhand strike, sent the two divine beasts flying, crashing heavily to the ground!
"Thunder Hunter!" Zhou Yu shouted urgently, flashing to the side of the two beasts to cover the retreat of the soul array!
--This battle has reached a stalemate!
"Stop delaying." Qin Yu whispered, the runes on the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword flowing, and the fourth form suddenly unsealed:
[Sever Fate, Cut Off Return!]
A sword cleaved through the air, locking onto the Guji Tuzhu's "all paths to resurrection in the future," completely severing its right to rebirth.
In an instant, Guji Tuzhu's expression turned solemn for the first time. He shouted loudly, and the Burning Realm Master Core behind him suddenly exploded with a million flame soul patterns, forming a defensive barrier to block the Sword Qi!
The two forces collided violently, shattering the space like paper and creating a hundred-foot-long void vortex.
Qian Ruishan acted at the opportune moment, constructing the [Soul Mirror Ice Wheel] to reflect the leakage of sacrificial flames and stabilize the battlefield defense line.
Yao Wanqing also released [Mystic Mirror Soul Domain], freezing all remaining flames that could interfere.
Ming Ye and Ming Kong quickly mobilized their large formations to jointly block the advance of the Burning Realm army.
And all of this happened within ten breaths!
Then, Qin Yu, with a solemn expression, slowly raised the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword:
"Fifth move, Sever the Soul in Nine Silences."
The sword falls like a sacrifice, severing the soul into an abyss. Nine layers of illusory wheels descend from the sky, each wheel locking in the source of a soul.
For the first time Guji Tuzhu's body trembled, his chest exploded, and his breath plummeted!
But he grinned:
"Very well... you've forced me to truly ignite this realm."
He slowly raised the bone of the sacrificial flame and whispered:
"The Sixth Seal... The True Opening of World-Burning."
Boom!!
The entire sky was engulfed by a raging flame that consumed Fate Soul and shattered the Silent Origin!
Guji Tuzhu held the burning soul bone high, and behind him appeared a purple-black phantom of a soul god, its body covered in cracks, but its eyes were like ancient fiery caves that devoured the soul light of all worlds.
That is--
"World-Burning Main Body!"
Ming Kong's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in shock, "Impossible! He actually attracted the resonance of the [World-Burning Main Soul]'s illusory body!? This is not something that anyone below the Silent Origin Fifth Stage can mobilize..."
Ming Ye's expression also changed drastically. "The God of Burning Realms... the Undying Soul... legend has it that he forged a 'Sacrificial Body' by burning billions of souls, how could he possibly manifest in this world!"
In an instant, the burning bone in the Guji Tuzhu's hand transformed into a fiery mark, imprinting itself onto the illusory image of the soul god's brow.
"Burning Realm, Begin."
As the three words fell, the entire sky suddenly collapsed!
--It's not that space shattered, but that the world was melted through.
Even the concept of "reality" is melting under the oppressive power of the World-Burning Main Soul; the world is being "burnt into nothingness."
The Sacrificial Fire Nether Abyss Army roared upwards behind them, and beneath the sky, the raging tide of souls surged, as if the entire battlefield was about to become an eternal inferno.
Giant peaks across the land of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan exploded, war beasts and birds fled in all directions, the spiritual veins of heaven and earth surged out of control, and even the Silent Origin War Beast [Soul-Shaking Ancient Elephant] retreated with mournful cries!
Zhou Yu immediately stood in mid-air with his sword held horizontally, roaring:
"Soul Rend Thunder Viper - Emerging from the Abyss!"
The purple lightning serpent instantly unfurled its hundred-foot-long lightning body in the air, its body coiling around the void rifts, and a roar shattered the heavens and earth.
At the same time, Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter soared into the sky once more, its forepaws shattering the heavens.
[Thunder Hunter - Shake the Realm, Roar at the Abyss], [Thunder Viper - Ninefold Silent Lightning Ring]!
Under Zhou Yu's control, the two divine beasts combined to unleash "Lightning Pact Seals the Domain," directly confronting the Blazing Flame.
Electricity and fire clashed, shattering the Soul Realm into pieces!
Ming Kong and Ming Ye constructed the [Nether Illumination Returns to the Abyss Formation] to suppress the spread of flames, while Yao Wanqing unleashed the [Mirror Snow Soul-Sealing Domain], using the power of ice to freeze space.
"Qian Ruishan, set up the border!" Qin Yu roared.
She spread her arms, instantly releasing the [Cold Soul Returns to the Realm - Mirror Reversal Technique], causing the Ice Realm to reverse and freezing the aura of the Burning Realm to leak out!
It took the combined efforts of several people to suppress the World-Burning Main Soul a hundred feet in the air.
Qin Yu finally rose into the air once more, raising the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword.
At this moment, all five techniques were slain, and the Ring Spear had awakened to its fifth form, [Abyssal Silence - Final Abyss Silence]. Everything was ready; heaven and earth awaited him.
He slowly sheathed his sword and said softly:
"... So you are the root of this flames of hatred."
He stared at the illusory figure behind Guji Tuzhu, his expression cold, his sword remaining impassive.
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword trembled slightly as it pondered.
Then he spoke:
"I now understand why you fight, and I now understand why you persevere in this flame."
But I--
"The point of execution is not what you burned, but why you burned it."
[Sixth Form of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Sever the Realm, Leaving No Name]!
With a single sword strike, the World-Burning Main Soul trembled, and the name on his Soul Core was stripped away!
In that instant, countless fragments of memory were severed, and the Nameless phantom could no longer maintain its identity, beginning to falter in its "Nameless" state!
Guji Tuzhu suddenly coughed up blood, his soul core shattering slightly. He roared to the heavens, "No! I have not yet burned away all the heavens; my flames have not yet reached the very marrow of the world!"
Qin Yu responded in a low voice:
"In this world, you can't just ignite anyone you want."
With the World-Burning Main Soul severed from its "name," the entire sky fell into a terrifying silence of imbalance between identity and concept.
At this moment, Guji Tuzhu was engulfed in flames, his soul core shattered, yet his eyes held a mad glint of resentment.
He burst into laughter, clasped his hands together, and an ancient talisman burned in the air, leaving behind ghostly golden traces, which actually condensed into a blood-red furnace in the void!
"You think that by severing my name and destroying my soul, I will admit defeat?"
"Our Ancient Sacrifice Clan, burning the heavens and burying souls, its flames reaching the very source!"
The crimson furnace burst open with a roar, and from within came tens of thousands of mournful wails and shrieks of souls—it was the "Soul Sacrifice and Bone Burning" that the Guji Tuzhu had refined over a thousand years!
Each soul bone is the remains of a soul Cultivation God who was sacrificed in an ancient war!
At this moment, he used his own body as a catalyst, unleashing all of these soul flames:
"Burning Soul - Thirteenth Form - [Final Flame - Bone-Burning Sacrifice]!!"
Boom!!!
The raging flames tore through the sky, transforming into a towering statue of a fire god, descending amidst mountains of corpses and Soul Sea. With each step, it solidified the flames of the void, shattered time, and incinerated all rules.
Yao Wanqing was instantly blasted away, her Soul Mirror shattered; Ming Ye's face was pale, he had already lost blood; Ming Kong blocked the way, but was hit in the chest by the "Sacrificial Flame Nails the Soul" technique, his soul energy scattered.
Zhou Yu in mid-air, suddenly clasped his hands together, and summoned the [Emperor-Charging Nether Lightning Sword]! At the same time, he instantly recalled the Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter and the Soul Rend Thunder Viper.
"Thunder Hunter! Thunder Viper! Resonate with our lives!"
[Nine Abyss Silent Lightning Canon - Eighth Tribulation - Order-Extinguishing Lightning Bane]!!
A roaring Thunder Hunter severed the knee of the fire god statue, while a tearing thunder viper pierced its soul!
The thunder Annihilation, the burning flames were torn apart by the thunder soul!
But—the roar of the Guji Tuzhu rose up once more:
"If I perish, my flames will bury your countless descendants!"
He raised his finger to the sky, and the fiery soul surged. As his soul core shattered, he forcibly ignited the [Sacrifice the Source to Seal the Realm]!
In an instant, the entire battlefield sky became a burning world, Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan's stronghold was transformed into a fiery inferno!
In that split second between life and death—
Qin Yu made a move.
He took a step into the air, raised the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, and his pupils reflected a sea of fire, shattered souls, roaring thunder, and blood curses...
He whispered:
" In the Guji Tuzhu, you were defeated because... you didn't understand 'cause'."
He opened his left hand, Ring Spear appeared behind him, activating the Ultimate technique [Ring Spear - Final Abyss Silent Realm], while his right hand held the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword high.
I will sever the very reason for your existence.
[Seventh Form of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Sever the Spirit Source Abyss]!!
Two transcendent combat techniques were unleashed simultaneously.
In an instant, a sword mark spanned the heavens and earth, shattering the entire fire domain!
The statue of the Heavenly God suddenly froze, the source of the sacrificial fire collapsed, and the soul core of the Guji Tuzhu cracked inch by inch.
"No! I don't believe it... I sacrificed ten thousand souls... why can't I be defeated by you alone...?"
His voice was like a fragment burned by flames, drifting away in the wind.
In the end, the World-Burning Main Soul completely collapsed, the blood-red sacrificial furnace was extinguished, and the fire hell receded.
The entire sky fell silent once more.
Blood and fire turned to ashes, and the Soul Sacrifice Furnace collapsed into thousands of shattered soul crystals, which fell onto the battlefield with a crackling sound.
As the flames died down, the world seemed eerily quiet.
In the center of the battlefield, Qin Yu stood alone in the void.
His divine aura was contained, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword hung silently, with only a faint crack remaining on its blade, as if it were severing something "unspeakable".
Ming Ye looked up at the sky and asked in a low voice, "His... this sword strike not only slays the enemy, but also severs the future?"
Ming Kong said in a deep voice, "This sword is called 'Source Severance,' which means that all possibilities of the enemy never existed."
Zhou Yu gripped the Netherworld Thunder Sword tightly, standing between the two thunder beasts. The Azure Thunder Lightning Hunter was covered in scorch marks, and the Soul Rend Thunder Viper had half its scales broken, but its eyes still burned with furious thunder.
Yao Wanqing's face was deathly pale, but she retrieved the shattered Soul Mirror. Looking at the earth covered in soul ash, she murmured:
"This... is the enemy we face, each one like the end of the world."
Everyone fell silent, except for Qian Ruishan, who quietly walked to Qin Yu's side and asked in a low voice, "Are you... alright?"
Qin Yu didn't speak, but slowly stored the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in his hand into his sea of consciousness. After closing his eyes and breathing for a moment, he said softly:
"It's not over yet."
He raised his head and gazed into the distance—
The battlefield is now a ruin, but this is only a glimpse into the great war in the Spirit Firmament Great Realm.
High in the distant sky, the fiery curtain had just died down, and a new oppressive stillness had already descended.
Suddenly--
The sky trembled, and a massive cyan-gold seal crashed down, completely sealing off the Annihilation battlefield!
That is: The Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram!
This diagram was presented by Heavenly Abyss Beast Que. Now, it is being activated by the combined forces of six major clans Divine Flame Radiant Realm, Thunder Prison Mystic Gate, Wind Extinction God Clan, Realm Bone Ridge, Realm Sealing Tower, and Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, to seal off all remnants of the sacrificial fire souls and prevent them from disturbing the Spirit Firmament once again!
The eight sect leaders gathered in the void, looking at Qin Yu and the others with complex yet solemn expressions.
The Beast King stepped forward, his voice hoarse, "Qin Yu, without your strength, our race would not survive in this battle."
The Wind Extinction God Clan Sect Master nodded. "You are not just a disciple of the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, but... the hope of the Spirit Firmament."
The Lord of Realm Bone Ridge added in a deep voice, "Your sword has given the entire Spirit Firmament Great Realm a glimmer of hope."
At this time--
Ming Zhen stepped out of the crowd, his eyes fixed on the void ahead, and murmured:
"Not a chance for life, but the ravages of war."
All spirits are silent; heaven and earth are like a tomb.
A ball of gray flame quietly rose from the deepest part of the ruins of the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan battlefield.
That was not fire, but an indescribable "boundary flame," colorless and temperatureless, yet it scorched all concepts.
Amidst the ashes, the figure of the Guji Tuzhu slowly rose into the air, his hair wildly dancing, and a blood-red soul-burning banner in his hand suddenly unfurled. Its sound was like crying and howling, as if the remnants of millions of dead souls were lamenting!
"You are but mortal spirits of fire, how dare you stop me—[Burning Soul Sacrifice to the Realm: Final Sacrifice—Resurrection of the Realm Fire]!"
This move no longer ignites the enemy, but rather the very "cause and effect that once existed in the entire realm".
All living beings, all memories, all history will be swept away and annihilated in this flame!
The sky turned completely dark!
The eight sect leaders joined forces to activate the [Beast Soul Heaven-Sealing Diagram], but cracks began to appear.
Ming Ye and Ming Kong felt a sharp pain in their souls for a moment, and "ignited lightning" flashed on the bodies of Zhou Yu's two divine beasts. Even Yao Wanqing's soul mirror showed a reversed light and shadow!
The world is about to be completely annihilated!
At that very moment, Qin Yu finally opened his eyes.
He stood amidst the ashes, raised his left hand, and slowly pressed his right hand to his brow.
The whisper fell:
"... Since you ignited the world's past, then I will make you—never have been seen."
In the next instant, a black longsword appeared, its blade pitch black and unmarked, yet it could devour all observations of the myriad realms!
Qin Yu stepped forward slowly, his lips moving gently:
"Origin Destroyer, Ninth Form - Sever Observation, Leaving No Mirror"
--Once this sword is drawn, heaven and earth will no longer be able to "recognize" the enemy, and will even be stripped of the right to "see" him!
The Guji Tuzhu roared suddenly, but before the sound could even be heard, it was as if someone had erased it from the universe!
He saw his own outline shattering, saw his soul fire dimming, and saw the black sword shadow slashing towards him, carrying the power of utter negation!
But Qin Yu's actions did not stop.
He flipped his left hand, and a wisp of green light appeared at his fingertips—the power of the Azure Ring, serene yet sharp.
"Your sacrificial offerings have caused chaos and disorder, disturbing the heavens and earth."
"This is—the death of the judge, the Realm Breaking with the ring-shaped blade."
The next moment--
Azure Ring, First Form: Spirit Edge Piercing the Realm!
A wisp of azure light pierced through the still-burning flame core of the sacrificial realm, splitting into four, then eight, until it pierced through all the hundred layers of the Void Realm!
"Whoosh--!!!"
A ray of blue light pierced the Guji Tuzhu's brow. The sharpness reached not the physical body, nor the soul, but the very logic of existence!
Guji Tuzhu's gaze suddenly went blank, and he uttered a series of fragmented characters, a sign that he was about to be completely "deleted" from the world!
Finally, he opened his mouth and uttered three words:
"I... am not reconciled..."
Boom--!!
The heavens and earth trembled, and the ashes and flames were annihilated!
The Guji Tuzhu, along with the Soul-Scorching Sacrificial Army, were utterly Annihilation by the Origin Destroyer Sword and the Azure Ring!
Even the very traces of his existence have been erased; the world no longer remembers his name.
Everything fell silent.
In mid-air, Qin Yu slowly sheathed his sword.
The entire place fell silent; even the wind stopped.
He gazed at the shattered sky, leaving only four words in a whisper:
"... Next."