The last trace of calm in Hua Lingxi's pale golden eyes finally vanished completely. She slowly raised the Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear, and the nine Dao flowers on the spear shaft closed slowly at the same time. The entire world fell silent as well, without wind or sound, and even the churning sea of clouds in the distance stopped flowing.
Hua Lingxi slowly closed her eyes, her lips parting slightly. "Qin Yu, today I'll show you what I'm made of." She slowly extended her spear forward with her right hand, her movements extremely slow, as if she were merely offering a sprig of flower.
However, the moment the spear tip was thrust forward, all the colors of the world began to fade rapidly. The sky, mountains, earth, forests... all turned from vibrant to gray-white, and then from gray-white to a void of darkness without any luster. Where the spear tip passed, space did not shatter or collapse, but was completely covered by an absolute silence.
The four directions of heaven and earth returned to Space Silence, and all things vanished into nothingness, as if they had never existed. Hua Lingxi's gaze was calm as she slowly uttered four words: "The Annihilation Spear Tribulation."
A deep, resonant Daoist voice trembled slightly, without booming or reverberating, without any killing or explosion. Only endless, pitch-black Ultimate gun marks slowly traversed the void. Wherever the gun's force reached, time itself ceased, cause and effect froze, and all concepts of heaven and earth fell into dormancy and decay. This was the final power of the Great Dao of Annihilation, marking the end of all things in the universe. The space around Qin Yu dissipated layer by layer, gradually dissolving into nothingness.
His past, his present, even the causal connection between him and the world began to be slowly pulled away by an invisible force. Ye Ting, who was watching from afar, suddenly narrowed his eyes. Because at this moment, he found that his memories of Qin Yu were becoming blurred, as if a force was forcibly erasing the person "Qin Yu" from the entire world.
Qin Yu stood there quietly, watching the ever-spreading marks of the Annihilation Gun, his eyes still calm. Deep within the Stone Sea, the Silent Beginning Ring Master Soul Diagram slowly rotated, the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel resonated with each other, Ring Master Dao Patterns continuously spread from the depths of his Fate Soul.
The aura of the Great Dao surrounding Qin Yu gradually subsided, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword emitted a clear sword cry. Qin Yu slowly raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, and without any hesitation, held the sword horizontally before his chest. "Silent Origin Stainless Sword." "Second Form—" "Causeless Disillusionment Sword." Boom—
As the sword fell, there was no vast sword light, no earth-shattering phenomenon, only an extremely thin gray-white sword mark slowly slicing across the heavens and earth. This sword strike was not the force of the spear, but the cause of the spear's existence. The moment the gray-white sword mark touched that pitch-black spear domain, deep within the spear domain, the previously dormant causal nodes began to crumble inch by inch.
The Annihilation Daoist auras that were originally intended to cover Qin Yu's existence lost their foothold before the Causeless Disillusionment Sword. Without cause, there is naturally no effect. The fading world regained its color, and the memories that were disappearing returned to everyone's consciousness with a thunderous roar.
The next moment, the gray-white sword mark and the pitch-black spear domain shattered simultaneously, and billions of gray-white and dark light streams intertwined and collided in the sky, causing the entire world to tremble violently. Hua Lingxi took a slight step back, and Qin Yu also retreated several feet. This attack was still a draw.
However, just as Hua Lingxi regained her footing, Qin Yu completely ignored her, his gaze slowly falling upon the three Hua Lineage disciples still bound in mid-air by dark gold chains. The three were now utterly panicked. "Elder!!" "Save us!!" "Elder!!!"
They struggled frantically, but the Orbital Collapse Lock and Chain Annihilation sealed their Fate Soul trajectories, rendering them unable to even use their supernatural powers. Qin Yu slowly raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, his eyes calm. "Since you're here," he said, "There's no need to go back." The sword tip gently rose. "Silent Origin Stainless Sword." "Third Form—" "Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword."
In an instant, the world fell silent. A gray-white Sword Qi slowly flowed from the sword's edge. Then, one multiplied into three, three into nine, and nine chaotic annihilation marks simultaneously ripped through the heavens and earth. There was no sharp sword cry, no deafening explosion; the nine sword marks seemed to directly traverse space and plunged straight into the three people's sea of consciousness.
In an instant, the three were shaken to their core, their pupils dilated violently, and they were filled with horror. They finally understood the terror of this sword strike— their Fate Soul were not shattered, but were completely dismantled and disintegrated from the most fundamental structure.
The essence of self, the root of consciousness, the foundation of Fate Soul, the reality of existence—all the Ultimate concepts that define the continuation of life—are stripped away layer by layer and continuously crumble within this Annihilation sword light, completely erasing any trace of existence.
They tried to activate their Fate Soul, only to find that they no longer possessed Fate Soul. They tried to condense their consciousness, only to find that even the concept of "consciousness" was beginning to dissipate. Nine chaotic annihilation marks exploded simultaneously in their sea of consciousness, and countless fragments of their souls, like stardust, continuously fell into a boundless gray-white soul abyss.
This void transcends all conventional reason, breaks free from the shackles of time, strips itself of the observation of heaven and earth, erases the definition of all phenomena, and seals off all possibilities of rebirth and revival.
The three figures slowly disintegrated in silence, turning into countless tiny gray-white specks of light that dissolved into the universe. There were no cries of anguish, no struggles; it was utterly calm, yet utterly complete.
All existence, traces, and causes vanished to zero, as if the three had never set foot in this world. The deep forest was utterly silent, with only boundless, cold, deathly stillness enveloping the surroundings.
Hua Lingxi stared blankly at the scene before her. Her right hand, holding the Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear, trembled slightly with anger. The three people were all core disciples that the Hua Lineage had been cultivating. Now, they had been completely Annihilation right before her eyes, without even leaving behind their Fate Soul. After a moment, she slowly raised her head, and there was no longer any calmness in her eyes.
All that remained was overwhelming killing intent. She suddenly let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth, "Qin Yu --!!!!" The killing intent soared into the sky in that voice. The entire forest boiled over with this roar.
Hua Lingxi stood high in the sky, her Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear pointing diagonally at the heavens and earth. Her chest rose and fell slightly as she looked down at the three figures that had completely disappeared into the world. Her grip on the spear tightened unconsciously, and the shaft emitted a low hum.
For the first time, an undisguised shock surfaced in those cold eyes. She slowly raised her gaze and looked at Qin Yu, who remained calm in the distance, her heart churning with turbulent emotions.
She was only at the initial Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage, yet that single sword strike had completely Annihilation three True Annihilation Realm · Supreme cultivators right before her eyes, leaving not even a trace of their Fate Soul.
What shocked her even more was that her proudest Annihilation Spear Tribulation, was actually countered head-on by Qin Yu. That was one of the strongest divine abilities of the Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear. Even among cultivators of the same realm, very few could withstand it head-on. Yet this young man before her seemed to have already seen through its essence, and with a single sword strike, he cleaved the entire spear domain in two.
Hua Lingxi took a slow breath. The disdain in her eyes had vanished, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity. She slowly closed her eyes. The Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear was held horizontally in front of her. On the spear, the nine divine flowers of the Great Dao bloomed again, and strands of silver-white Great Dao radiance flowed out continuously.
Hua Lingxi slowly formed hand seals, and ancient spear patterns continuously emerged from the spear shaft, filling the entire world. Suddenly, all was quiet. "Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear." "Second Divine Power—" "Ruins Ashen Returning Light." Buzz—The spearhead slowly swung, and a flawless silver-white ring slowly unfolded in the void.
The instant the ring formed, all the sword Sword Qi, spear intent, spatial rifts, and destructive aftershocks left in the world from the previous battle slowly converged towards it. The originally incomparably violent power of the Great Dao instantly subsided upon entering the ring, and the flowing gray-white Sword Qi ceased.
The shattered space ceased collapsing, the violent aftershocks stopped surging, and all destruction seemed to be sealed in eternal stillness. Then, the colors of those still Dao powers began to fade slowly, eventually transforming into strands of soft, silvery-white primordial light.
Hua Lingxi gently touched the tip of the spear, and the primordial light spread slowly like ripples on a lake. Wherever the light passed, the wound on her chest that had just been shattered by the Sword Qi began to heal rapidly, the cracks on her Fate Soul continued to recover, and the depleted source of the Great Dao was replenished once again.
Even the shattered laws of heaven and earth around them slowly reformed under the silvery light, without any earth-shattering roar, only a tranquility like the beginning of creation. It was as if all destruction in the world was being reborn at this moment. Hua Lingxi slowly opened her eyes, and the spearhead was once again pointed at Qin Yu.
"Qin Yu." "I admit it." "You have indeed exceeded my expectations." "But the Path of Eternal Silence is not merely about destruction."
... Qin Yu gazed silently at the ever-expanding silvery-white light, his expression remaining calm. He slowly raised the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, upon which wisps of gray-white Dao patterns flowed continuously before he spoke softly. "Your strike..." "Indeed exquisite." "Unfortunately." "What you contained was power." "Not the very source of that power's existence."
He stepped out of his robes, gently raising his gaze to slowly fall on Hua Lingxi. His voice was calm, yet brimming with absolute confidence, "But ultimately, you are no match for me." "Next," "I will show you what I'm capable of." As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yu gripped his sword with both hands.
The entire Silent Origin Stainless Sword suddenly emitted a clear sword cry. "Silent Origin Stainless Sword." "First Form--" "No-Thought Absolute Silence Sword. The sword rises. Heaven and earth are silent. This sword has no earth-shattering sword light, no vast and strange phenomena, only a very faint gray-white sword mark slowly sweeps across the void.
However, the moment the sword mark touched the silvery-white light screen, the entire Circle of Eternal Silence suddenly trembled slightly. Immediately afterwards, the true meaning of the Great Dao that made up the Ruins Ashen Returning Light began to rapidly subside. The primordial light that could encompass all laws lost its ability to continue evolving in front of the No-Thought Absolute Silence Sword.
There was no rebirth, no reorganization, no creation; all changes vanished into silence under this sword strike. Crack—a tiny crack slowly emerged from the center of the silver-white ring, followed by a second, a third, and countless cracks that rapidly spread across the entire light screen. Boom!! The entire silver-white domain shattered, and countless primordial lights transformed back into countless fragments of the Great Dao, dissipating into the world.
Hua Lingxi's face suddenly turned pale. "Pfft--" A mouthful of blood spurted out, and she flew thousands of feet away like a kite with a broken string. She crashed into several mountain peaks along the way, and the Nine Stillness Heavenly Radiance Spear pierced the void, leaving a spatial rift thousands of feet long. Only then did she barely stabilize herself. She slowly raised her head, and blood continued to slide down the corner of her mouth.
Her pale golden eyes were fixed on Qin Yu, filled with Ultimate shock and utter disbelief. Her voice trembled, utterly astonished. "You... how could you possess... such formidable supernatural power?!"
She was utterly baffled and couldn't understand why every supernatural ability this young cultivator, who was only at the Eternal Silence Realm Initial Stage, could casually unleash was superior to her own. Such terrifying potential seemed to be something that shouldn't exist at this level of cultivation, completely transcending the common sense of cultivation in the world.