After the ten soul banners obscured the sky, the entire Blazing Erosion Divine City had completely degenerated into a closed world of slaughter. Soul power poured into every Blazing Erosion Clan cultivator, making the anger in their eyes grow stronger and their malice heavier. The Hatred Clan leader seemed to have completely lost his last bit of sanity, his entire body almost fused with the demonic halberd, surrounded by endless black mist of vengeful spirits.
The demonic halberd crashed down. "Myriad Slaughter Abyss--!!" Rumble--
Suddenly, the entire world split open, revealing a gray-black abyss tens of thousands of feet wide, from which billions of wronged souls poured forth like a burst dam. Countless fragmented skeletons, charred corpses, and twisted humanoid phantoms layered upon each other, frantically climbing from the bottom of the abyss, emitting chilling wails.
The overwhelming tide of souls swept towards Qin Yu and his companions. Wherever the soul tide passed, the earth rapidly weathered, mountains crumbled, the sky lost its last ray of light, and the entire Blazing Erosion Divine City was completely transformed into an endless inferno.
Qin Yu's gaze was calm, without the slightest panic. He slowly raised his left hand and activated the Void Source Dream Stillness Five Domains once again, with the gray-white zero point floating in his palm.
Immediately afterwards, that single zero point suddenly split into one, ten, a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand.
In the blink of an eye, the entire world was filled with grayish-white Zero Point Offshoot. They floated silently in the void, each only the size of a grain of rice, yet they exuded an aura that made even the Great Dao tend to fall silent.
Qin Yu slowly pushed his palm forward. "Zero Point Offshoot." "Return to Origin." Countless zero points vibrated simultaneously. Instead of facing the soul tide, they actively sank into it.
As each zero point entered the body of a wronged soul, the soul instantly froze, its body gradually fading until it transformed into the purest gray-white light, which was then completely devoured by the zero point. The entire tide of souls began to collapse, and the Soul Sea rapidly disappeared. The Soul Sea that had once covered the sky was now being gnawed out by countless zero points, leaving behind huge voids.
At the same time, Qian Wenwan took a step forward, gently raised the Compassionate Joy Divine Sword, and slowly closed her eyes. Her beautiful face showed no killing intent, only compassion. "Great Dream Returns to the Nest." As the sword gently fell, the entire world suddenly fell silent. There was no sword sound, no booming sound, only wisps of warm white light slowly spreading out.
The gentle glow of the sunset, like a mother's outstretched hands or countless evening breezes from their hometown, slowly descended upon each wronged soul. Those souls, whose faces were originally contorted with rage and who were constantly wailing, gradually stopped struggling under the warm light, and the resentment on their faces began to dissipate.
The madness in their eyes gradually subsided. Some slowly shed tears, some gently lowered their heads, and many wronged souls slowly raised their heads to look at the sky, revealing a relieved smile on their faces for the first time. The next moment, they no longer pounced on Qin Yu or Qian Wenwan, but slowly turned around and looked at the demonic halberd.
A deep and distant sigh suddenly echoed among the millions of wronged souls. Immediately afterward, countless wronged souls who had regained their senses rushed towards the Demon Halberd. They had once been enslaved by the Demon Halberd, but now they had finally broken free of their restraints. At this moment, they no longer obeyed the Demon Halberd's commands, but instead frantically tore at the chains binding them and pounced on the leader of the Hatred Clan.
The Hatred Clan leader's expression finally changed drastically. "How is this possible!" "Come back!!" "Come back, all of you!!" However, the wronged souls no longer responded to his commands.
They kept striking the demonic halberd, tearing apart the blood-red chains on its body. The entire halberd trembled violently, and the black and red blood energy began to dissipate. The Fate Soul essence of the Hatred Clan leader also trembled continuously, and he spat out several mouthfuls of blood from the corner of his mouth.
At that moment, Xiao Yue gently flew into the air. She gently clasped her hands together, and Blue Ring slowly appeared behind her. Her star-blue hair moved without wind, and her sapphire-like eyes quietly looked at the thousands of the Blazing Erosion Clan cultivators who were still charging forward madly.
A serious look appeared on her small face. "Blue Ring." "Second Form." "Logic Chain Severance." Buzz—A huge star-blue Dharma Wheel suddenly covered the entire battlefield. Countless starlight chains emerged from the void, but they did not bind the physical body; instead, they directly connected the Fate Soul of each Blazing Erosion Clan cultivator with the Anger and Aversion Origin.
Xiao Yue gently clenched her small hand, and with a snap, countless chains broke across the heavens and earth. The bodies of the thousands of the Blazing Erosion Clan cultivators at the forefront trembled simultaneously. The logical connections supporting their Anger and Aversion Origin within their Fate Soul were severed layer by layer, and their inner essence rapidly collapsed. The next moment... Boom!
A large number of the Blazing Erosion Clan cultivators exploded simultaneously, their figures transforming into a sky full of gray-white light, slowly dissipating under the blue star ring. The entire battlefield instantly cleared a large area, and the charging torrent of thousands of people was directly annihilated by Xiao Yue's single strike.
In the distance, the patriarch of the Blazing Erosion Clan watched this scene without the slightest panic in his eyes. He slowly formed hand seals again, and the ancient and obscure incantation from his mouth once more resounded throughout the heavens and earth. The ten soul flags trembled violently at the same time, and countless soul powers within the flags transformed into ten long, dark rivers that poured down from the sky. Those soul powers did not attack Qin Yu and the other two.
Instead, it continuously fell towards the remaining Blazing Erosion Clan cultivators. With each wisp of soul power merging into a person's body, that cultivator's body began to expand wildly, muscles bulged, bones emitted a muffled rumble, the Fate Soul surged several times, and the scarlet in their eyes even transformed into two truly burning blood flames.
If one person does this, then ten people do this, then a hundred people do this.
With the support of the ten Soul Banners, the entire Blazing Erosion Clan army began to surge in power, and the Anger and Aversion Origin in the world continued to converge on them, making even the air feel incredibly heavy.
... Just as Qin Yu was staring intently at the ten soul flags, Xiao Yue's expression suddenly changed. She stared intently at the ten soul flags hanging high in the sky, her sapphire-like eyes growing increasingly serious. After a moment, as if she had finally recognized something, her voice trembled with shock for the first time. "Little Qinzi!" "I know!" "These are no ordinary soul flags!"
"This is very likely the Ten Directions Soul-Suppressing Flags, forged by the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor!" "Its true purpose isn't to kill enemies, but to suppress the origins of the seven emotions and six desires, sealing off all paths back to their source!" "As long as the core banner of the Ten Directions Soul Flags is destroyed, this Soul-Suppressing Banner formation will collapse on its own!"
Xiao Yue hovered in mid-air, her sapphire-like eyes fixed on the Soul Flags hanging high in the heavens and earth. The crescent-shaped silver ornament on her forehead constantly shimmered with starlight, and the Blue Ring behind her deduced the operating trajectory of the entire Soul Flag formation layer by layer. Countless star-blue light patterns rapidly intertwined from the depths of her pupils, and the hidden flow of soul power between the ten Soul Flags gradually became apparent.
A moment later, she suddenly raised her slender hand and pointed without hesitation to the most inconspicuous soul flag in the northeast direction. Her voice was urgent and firm. "Little Qinzi! It's there! The true main Ten Directions Soul-Suppressing Flags is not in the center, nor beside the clan leader, but that black soul flag that has never actively released soul power! The other nine flags are constantly sending their essence to it. As long as it is shattered, the entire Ten Directions Soul-Suppressing Array will collapse on its own!"
Qin Yu's eyes suddenly narrowed, and following Xiao Yue's pointing finger, his Fate Soul instantly covered the entire world. Sure enough, he discovered that the soul power released by the nine soul flags would eventually converge into that seemingly most ordinary soul flag.
The soul flag never displayed any astonishing phenomena, yet it acted as the heart of the entire formation, constantly absorbing and releasing all soul power. Qin Yu's lips curled slightly, and he took a step forward, slowly raising the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, its blade continuously condensing with gray-white Daoist energy. "Found it."
He said in a low voice, then looked at Qian Wenwan beside him, "Shopkeeper Qian, I will break through the soul power in front of you, and you can use the Compassionate Joy Divine Sword to directly attack the main flag." Qian Wenwan did not hesitate at all and nodded gently. The Compassionate Joy Divine Sword emitted a clear sword cry, and the warm white sword light and the emerald green life essence intertwined and rose. The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, transformed into two completely different divine lights and shot straight towards the main flag.
The Blazing Erosion Clan Chief, who had been watching the battle coldly from afar, finally changed his expression completely the moment he saw Qin Yu and his companion rushing towards the main banner. This was the first time he had ever truly panicked.
Those eyes, which had always been as calm as still water, suddenly contracted, and her lips trembled slightly. "No!" "Stop!" "You mustn't touch that soul flag!"
He suddenly raised his right hand, and without the slightest hesitation, bit his finger hard, causing dark red blood to gush out. He quickly formed hand seals, and with his own blood essence, he swung them through the air. The ten drops of blood instantly transformed into ten blood-colored runes in the air, which then disappeared into the ten soul flags.
With a thunderous roar, all ten soul flags trembled violently at the same time. All the ancient runes on the flags lit up instantly, and the originally pitch-black soul flags turned completely crimson.
Endless crimson soul light erupted wildly from within the flag, and ten pillars of light shot into the sky, intertwining with each other and finally forming a scarlet sky covering the entire Blazing Erosion Divine City.
A crimson light descended, and the entire world seemed to be submerged in a churning sea of blood. All the remaining Blazing Erosion Clan cultivators were simultaneously and completely enveloped in the crimson light. The next moment, a sudden change occurred; the bodies of those Blazing Erosion Clan cultivators began to convulse violently.
Beneath the skin, dark red blood lines roamed wildly, bones expanded continuously, and flesh tore apart rapidly. What gushed from the cracks was no longer blood, but Anger and Aversion Origin.
"Ah--!!!" "Clan leader--!!" "No--!!" The shrill screams instantly resounded throughout the entire world.