The next moment, Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes. Before him was still the desolate and lifeless Western Region. The gray-black mist around him was still churning, but Qian Wenwan was still standing quietly beside him. Her eyes were closed, and a gentle smile was on her lips. The Compassionate Joy Divine Sword had slowly lowered, and she was completely immersed in the illusion.
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yu slowly raised his right hand, and the Primordial Hongmeng Great Luo Heavenly Chapter quietly appeared before him, its pages slowly turning. Golden ancient characters flew from the pages, and Qin Yu gently wrote a stroke, "Narrative - General Outline." The golden source character instantly transformed into a vast stream of light, directly entering Qian Wenwan's brow.
At the same time, another page suddenly unfolded. "Logic·Narrative Clues." Countless golden chains of sentences instantly pierced through that layer of the Desire Illusory Realm, locking in all the logical nodes within the entire illusion. Qin Yu slowly wielded the Source Brush, and with a light stroke, snap—a crack suddenly appeared in the warm and peaceful world before Qian Wenwan's eyes, piercing through heaven and earth.
Immediately afterward, the cracks continued to widen, and all the familiar figures, all the warm smiles, and all the tranquil ancient city began to crumble. "No!" A furious roar came from the depths of the illusion. The next moment, the entire illusion shattered completely. Qian Wenwan's body jolted violently. She suddenly opened her eyes, gasping for breath, her forehead already covered with fine beads of sweat.
She gazed at the familiar Western Region before her, her expression still somewhat dazed. "What's wrong... what's wrong???" "Young Master Qin..." Qin Yu slowly sheathed the Great Luo Heavenly Chapter, his gaze coldly sweeping across the entire world. The surroundings remained deathly silent, without a single person in sight. Qin Yu slowly raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, its blade pointing directly to the deepest part of the Western Region.
A cold voice slowly echoed throughout the heavens and earth. "Come out." "Stop playing tricks." "Your tricks won't fool me at all." As the voice faded, the entire Western Region suddenly trembled violently. Rumbling—
The dark cave in the distance suddenly exploded, sending billions of rubble flying into the sky. A gray-black figure slowly rose from the smoke and dust. His long gray hair danced in the wind, and his pale face was filled with resentment and coldness in his dark golden eyes. The black magic wand in his hand slowly fell, and countless gray-black desires swirled around him.
He looked down at Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan, a genuine killing intent appearing in his eyes for the first time. "Damn brat." "Fine..." "I didn't expect your Dao heart to be so firm." "Even the Desire Illusory Realm can't trap you." Qin Yu slowly took a step forward, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword emitted a deep sword hum.
His gaze was calm and utterly unwavering. "Enough with the nonsense." "Today." "You must return to the source." He slowly raised his wand, a chilling, wicked smile returning to his lips. "Return to the source?" "Heh..." "That depends on—" whether you have the ability.
As he slowly raised the black magic wand in his hand, the ferocity on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by an almost insane calm. Blood was still dripping from his chest, and his Fate Soul essence was still violently vibrating, but his dark golden eyes gradually deepened, as if all the desires in the world were converging on him.
He suddenly laughed. "Outsiders..." "You thought that was just an illusion?" "True desire is never about creating illusions." "True desire is about making the entire world desire itself." As he finished speaking, he abruptly plunged his wand into the void, boom—
There was no explosion, no light, yet the entire Western Region came to a complete standstill at that moment. The sky stopped flowing, the earth stopped breathing, the wind stopped, the Daoist rhythm stopped. Even time seemed to freeze for a moment. Then, a wisp of pitch-black light slowly spread from the bottom of the magic wand. The light was not dazzling, but like ink dripping into a lake, it covered the world at a visible speed.
One zhang, a hundred zhang, ten thousand zhang, a million zhang... In just a few breaths, the entire Western Region were completely transformed into a gray-black world without any boundaries between heaven and earth. The earth beneath their feet disappeared, the sky above their heads disappeared, and in all directions, there was no up or down, no left or right, no near or far, only an endless gray-black world constantly writhing.
Countless transparent threads of desire slowly emerged, each thread connecting to a different fragment of a world: some were imperial thrones, some were mountains of corpses and seas of blood, some were boundless celestial palaces, and some were sacred realms worshipped by billions of living beings...
A myriad of desires unfolded slowly at the same time. As they slowly opened their arms, the entire gray-black world suddenly trembled violently.
"Desire Realm, All Beings in the Same Dream." Boom! The entire Desire Realm suddenly began to shrink. The countless worlds of desire did not attack Qin Yu and the other person, but instead continued to merge with each other. With each world merged, the world became more real, and with each desire merged, the Dao became more complete.
In a short while, the entire Desire Realm transformed into a truly independent realm outside the Western Region. There was no illusion here; every Great Dao truly existed. Every inch of space possessed a true origin, and even Chaos and Primordial Chaos began to slowly evolve. This was no longer an illusion, but the true Desire Realm.
He stood at the center of the Desire Realm, laughing loudly, "Everything here arises from desire. As long as a single thought remains in your heart, you will never escape!"
Qin Yu slowly looked around. The Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel were already running on their own, and the Ring Master Soul Diagram was constantly analyzing the entire Desire Realm. His brows furrowed slightly. "Shopkeeper Qian." Qian Wenwan also gazed around. She had already entered the Wuji Realm, and her Dao Heart was far clearer than before. She slowly closed her eyes, and the Compassionate Joy Divine Sword gently emitted a sword hum.
A moment later, she reopened her eyes, her gaze now devoid of any hesitation. She softly said, "Young Master Qin." "This is not an illusion." "It is an independent world re-evolved after all desires have been gathered." Qin Yu nodded slightly. "Indeed." "Since it is a true great world..."
His gaze slowly fell upon the ever-evolving Great Dao River in the distance, a smile appearing on his lips. "Then it" "must possess its own origin." Upon hearing this, Qian Wenwan eyes lit up slightly. She immediately understood Qin Yu's meaning. Desire could allow the Desire Realm to continuously evolve, but the great realm that evolved would also possess the most core source point.
As long as the source point collapses, the entire Desire Realm will disintegrate on its own. The two moved almost simultaneously, and Qin Yu took a step forward. The Primordial Hongmeng - Great Luo Heavenly Chapter unfolded with a roar. The pages flipped wildly. "Rules - Grammar!" "Logic - Narrative Clues!" "Origin - Source Pen!" Countless golden laws instantly covered the entire Desire Realm. One after another, the Great Dao patterns emerged.
Those primal threads hidden deep within the world were analyzed layer by layer. At the same time, Qian Wenwan slowly raised the Compassionate Joy Divine Sword. She did not attack anyone. She simply pointed the tip of the sword towards the center of heaven and earth. "Compassion and Joy Sword Style - " Great Dream Returns to the Nest." This sword strike had no sharpness. Warm white light slowly fell from the sky. In the entire Desire Realm, the countless wildly evolving Great Daos suddenly became quiet.
Desire ceased its growth, obsession stopped its spread, and all the great paths born from desire felt an unprecedented tranquility for the first time. They began to return to their origins. In that instant, Qin Yu's eyes suddenly narrowed. "Found you." His right hand gripped the Silent Origin Stainless Sword. Grayish-white sword intent soared into the sky. "Silent Origin Stainless Sword— " "Causeless Disillusionment Sword!"
As the sword fell, in the deepest part of the entire Desire Realm, a gray-black primordial core slowly emerged—a constantly beating black heart. With each beat, the entire Desire Realm evolved; with each contraction, the world became more real. And this sword struck directly upon that core, crack—
A tiny crack slowly appeared, and the next moment, the entire black primordial essence was instantly covered with countless cracks. Boom—the entire Desire Realm began to collapse madly. The sky shattered. The Great Dao reversed, and billions of worlds of desire collapsed at the same time. All the beings evolved from desire turned into countless gray-white light spots and returned to heaven and earth. The entire Desire Realm was completely shattered in just a few breaths.
... Pfft— In reality, Yu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering back dozens of steps. His already weakened Fate Soul essence cracked again, his face turned deathly pale, and his hand holding the magic wand began to tremble violently. He stared intently at Qin Yu and Qian Wenwan, his eyes showing true fear for the first time.
"No..." "Impossible..." "How could you possibly break through the true Desire Realm!" Qin Yu slowly sheathed his longsword, offering no reply. He gritted his teeth, then suddenly turned and transformed into a streak of gray-black light, fleeing madly towards the Western Region of the region. "Where there's life, there's hope—" However, at that very moment, within Qin Yu's storage crystal core...
The ancient tree of Myriad Dao Source Root, no bigger than a palm, suddenly swayed gently, and an aged yet calm voice slowly entered Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. "Fellow Daoist." "His Fate Soul origin is incomplete." "The Dao of Desire has no form." "His true origin is not in his sea of consciousness, nor in his Fate Soul." "But deep within the magic wand in his hand."
"That's not a weapon; it carries the root of desire." "Sever it." "Desire will perish." A sharp glint flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. "Understood." The next moment, the ancient tree of Myriad Dao Source Root gently swayed its branches, and a chaotic gray source light slowly flowed out from the storage crystal core.
This strike was not about killing; it was the pure, fundamental truth condensed from all the myriad paths of the heavens. The essence of the Source Dao was fully infused into the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, making the divine sword shine brilliantly and engraving countless ancient Dao patterns. From the creation of chaos, the beginning of primordial chaos, the birth of the origin, the end of the curtain, to the evolution of all things, the endless Dao flows endlessly and continuously on the sword.
Qin Yu shattered the barriers of time and space, shifting horizontally in a single step, instantly landing behind Yu.
In an instant, Yu turned around suddenly, the ferocious look on his face turned into fear for the first time, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he screamed, "No--"
Qin Yu remained calm as he slowly raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword. Within his sea of consciousness, the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel Silent Beginning Ring Master Soul Diagram simultaneously activated, and the Myriad Dao Source Root swayed gently. A wisp of chaotic gray essence flowed into the sword's body along with his Fate Soul. Qin Yu gazed coldly at Yu and spoke softly, "Silent Origin Stainless Sword — Undefined Destruction Sword."
As soon as he finished speaking, he slowly swung his sword. This sword strike had no earth-shattering light, nor any deafening roar; only a gray-white sword mark gently swept across the sky and earth.
Wherever the sword passed, the magic wand in Yu's hand trembled violently, cracks spreading rapidly. The source of desire hidden within struggled frantically, but it was unable to break free from the Ring Master Soul Diagram. The next moment, the entire magic wand shattered with a crash, turning into countless gray-black light spots that dissipated.
The sword intent, still surging, slashed directly into the very essence of Yu's Fate Soul. "Ah--!!!"
He was about to let out a bloodcurdling scream when his entire body was struck as if by a thousand blows. His chest exploded, and his Fate Soul essence was instantly covered with countless cracks. He was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into dozens of mountains before finally slamming heavily to the ground.
A deafening roar erupted as smoke and dust billowed into the sky, and the earth cracked open with countless abyss-like fissures.
As the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, Yu collapsed in the center of the deep pit, his body covered in blood, his breath extremely weak, and the flame of his Fate Soul flickering as if it would be extinguished at any moment.
He struggled to his feet, but as soon as he managed to prop himself up, he collapsed again, utterly powerless to resist. His face contorted with resentment, he glared at Qin Yu as he slowly approached, his eyes filled with venom and hatred. His voice was hoarse as he growled, "I... I've plotted for a million years..." "Why... why did I lose to you, an outsider..."