Hua Yin stood quietly before the shattered void, gazing in the direction Qin Yu had vanished. His crimson eyes narrowed slowly for a moment, then a chilling smile crept onto his lips. "Hmph. You still think you can escape my grasp?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he slowly raised his right hand, his fingertips lightly tracing the void in front of him. With a hiss, the entire space was easily torn apart by that demonic claw covered in black scales, revealing a dark void passage that stretched across the heavens and the earth.
After transforming into a demon, Hua Yin's Fate Soul had already merged with the ancient god's Gods and Devils energy. Every trace of Fate Soul fluctuation and every causal aura that Qin Yu left in the world could not escape those scarlet demonic eyes.
He stepped into the void, followed closely by surging demonic energy. The entire void passage continuously collapsed, and countless spatial fragments turned into dust, chasing after the trail left by Qin Yu.
In just a few dozen breaths, another world slowly emerged. This place was far from the abandoned old house. Nestled among the mountains, an ancient ruin lay quietly asleep in the depths of time.
Looking around, one sees mottled ancient stones all around, towering cliffs surrounding the area, and ancient trees taking root among the broken stone walls, their thick roots entwining broken stone pillars, covering countless ancient buildings with lush greenery.
In the center of the ruins, a huge, circular ancient wheel with a diameter of several hundred feet stands majestically.
The ancient wheel was cast entirely from gray-white divine stone, with layer upon layer of rings nested within each other. The surface of the rings was engraved with dense ancient source patterns and crisscrossing Dao traces, resembling a celestial wheel that had been sleeping for countless years.
Over time, the divine stone has been eroded and cracked, but large patches of emerald green vines and moss have grown in between, enveloping the entire ancient wheel in a vibrant life. In front of the ancient wheel is a wide stone platform, and in the center of the platform, a circular ancient array is quietly embedded in the earth, with layers of circular patterns intertwined with each other, echoing the huge ancient wheel behind it, as if they were born from the same source.
Surrounded by ruined halls, broken stone steps stretch all the way, broken archways, collapsed stone walls, and ancient halls entwined with vines stand silently. The entire site is filled with an ancient and desolate atmosphere. There is no noise in the world, only the mountain wind gently blowing through the vines and leaves, making a soft rustling sound.
... The void trembled slightly. Qin Yu took a step forward and landed in front of the ancient formation. He slowly raised his head, glanced at the huge ancient wheel, and finally a faint smile appeared in his eyes. In his sea of consciousness, Xiao Yue sat next to the Ring Master Soul Diagram, her two slender legs gently swinging, her sapphire-like eyes curving into crescents.
Qin Yu chuckled softly. "Let's see if he chases after us." Xiao Yue nodded her little head in satisfaction, put her hands behind her back, and raised her delicate chin. "Hmm." "You did a good job just now, Little Qinzi." Qin Yu chuckled upon hearing this. "If I hadn't prepared in advance, I wouldn't have deliberately acted weak the whole way."
His gaze slowly swept across the entire ruins, his eyes growing increasingly profound. "Before I went to that ancient house, I had already considered all the possibilities. If the Hua Lineage had sent only one person, I could still manage. But if he brought many powerful members of the Hua Lineage with him, even with all my supernatural abilities, I would inevitably be surrounded and attacked." He slowly raised his foot.
His toes landed lightly on the stone platform beneath his feet, and with a soft boom... deep within the ruins, a barely perceptible Daoist aura trembled gently. Qin Yu's lips slowly curved into a smile. "Therefore, before heading to the ancient house, I came here with you." "Using the remaining Daoist patterns of this ancient ruin, I completely integrated the killing array I had laid into the entire ruin, activating an ancient array that had long been sealed away here."
"The array's core is hidden within the ancient wheel," the array patterns are concealed within the mountains and rivers, and the array's power is borrowed from heaven and earth. "As long as we lure him here step by step, no matter how many Hua Lineage cultivators he brings, they will all fall into the array." Xiao Yue stood with her hands on her hips, beaming with pride. "We set up this entire array together. The surrounding mountains, ancient halls, stone steps, and ancient wheel are all the best cover."
"Unless one knows the location of the array patterns beforehand, even standing on the array's core, one would only perceive this as an ordinary ruin." Qin Yu nodded slowly. "I just didn't expect Hua Yin to be so arrogant. From beginning to end, only he chased after us." A cold glint flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. "In that case, it saves a lot of trouble."
Just then, the heavens and earth suddenly trembled violently. Boom! The distant void suddenly exploded, and rolling demonic energy swept across the heavens and earth like a black torrent. A tall figure covered in demonic flames slowly stepped out, his scarlet eyes locked onto Qin Yu. Demonic power instantly enveloped the entire ruins, and an extremely fierce voice followed.
"Good lad!" "Run!" "Why aren't you running anymore?" "Let's see where you can run to today!" Hua Yin, now a demon, had caught up. He stepped towards the center of the ruins, and with each step, the earth trembled. Qin Yu simply stood there quietly, watching Hua Yin approach.
A faint smile slowly crept onto his lips, then he abruptly looked up, his voice echoing throughout the ruins. "You old thief!" "You'll die a horrible death!" His voice was filled with anger and resentment, but as he roared, Qin Yu secretly glanced at Hua Yin's feet, concealed by his sleeve. One step, two steps, three steps... Hua Yin, in his rage, stepped towards the center of the ruins, getting closer and closer to the true killing array's core.
Hua Yin stepped deeper into the ruins, demonic flames churning beneath his feet. His crimson eyes were fixed on Qin Yu, a contemptuous smile slowly spreading across his lips. "Kid. Escape?" He shook his head slowly, his eyes full of mockery. "You really think you can escape?" "That's wishful thinking!"
As he spoke, he slowly raised the demonic claws behind his back, and surging demonic energy surged from his body. The entire ruins trembled violently under that fierce pressure. Broken stones fell from the surrounding dilapidated ancient palaces, and the branches and leaves of ancient trees rustled, as if the whole world was afraid of this being who had become a demon.
Qin Yu stood quietly at the edge of the ancient formation, his robes fluttering gently in the wind. His expression was cold and serene. He slowly lowered his eyes, calmly looking down at Hua Yin who was approaching step by step. His face was expressionless, and his voice was calm without the slightest fluctuation. "Hua Yin." "Today I admit defeat." "But..." "I can never be your Soul Thrall."
Qin Yu slowly raised his gaze, his eyes still as resolute as ever. "And," he said, "the dirty, despicable things you've done," "will one day," "be exposed to the public." Hearing this, Hua Yin was initially taken aback, then his smile deepened, his eyebrows slightly raised, his expression nonchalant, as if he'd heard the funniest joke in the world. "Exposed to the public?" "Haha..."
He slowly raised his head, gazing at the sky, his eyes filled with undisguised ambition. "Once my plan is complete, who in the entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain will dare to act recklessly?" "At that time, even the major Lineage of the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain will have to be wary of me!"
He slowly lowered his head, his crimson eyes falling back on Qin Yu. "The dead will not speak for anyone." Boom—the last word fell. Hua Yin gave Qin Yu no chance to breathe, his right palm slamming into the void, surging demonic energy gathering wildly, and the ten-thousand-foot-tall demonic shadow behind him simultaneously raised its arms, countless pitch-black demonic patterns rapidly covering the entire sky, as if an ancient, boundless Old Devil abyss had appeared between heaven and earth.
Deep within the Demon Abyss, countless demonic figures simultaneously opened their eyes, each gaze radiating a ferocious aura capable of devouring Fate Soul. Hua Yin slowly uttered a few cold words: "Ancient God Demon Transformation Forbidden Art." "Forbidden Divine Power—" "Ten Thousand Devil Ancestor Abyss: Devouring the Dao and Returning to the Netherworld!" Boom—The entire sky shattered. The endless Demon Abyss suddenly plummeted downwards.
Countless demonic shadows converged into a jet-black demonic river, severing the heavens and earth, surging down from the top of the sky. Wherever the demonic river passed, the void decayed and collapsed, mountains and rocks instantly weathered and vanished, vegetation withered and life was lost, and the patterns of the Great Dao were slowly permeated by demonic energy, giving rise to countless jet-black cracks that continued to spread outward.
This technique does not rely on brute force to suppress all living beings. It is a forbidden method used by the ancient gods of the Ancient God Clan after they fell into the demonic path. They used their own demonic source to corrode the origin of heaven and earth and turn all things in the universe into a demonic realm. The entire dusty ruins shook violently, and the earth trembled incessantly.
Just as the Demon River was about to engulf Qin Yu, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. At the same time, within his sea of consciousness, Xiao Yue, who had been quietly hovering beside the Ring Master Soul Diagram, suddenly raised the corners of her mouth, a sly smile flickering in her sapphire-like eyes. "Little Qinzi, now!!"
Qin Yu nodded slowly, and Qin Yu and Xiao Yue simultaneously raised their hands to form a hand seal. At this moment, their consciousness and reality resonated completely. Boom—the entire ruins suddenly emitted a deep rumble that had been silent for countless years, the earth began to tremble, and the huge ancient wheel covered with moss and entwined with vines slowly turned, sending countless dust particles deposited between the rocks soaring into the sky.
Ancient patterns simultaneously illuminated the surrounding dilapidated ancient halls. Beneath the stone steps, between broken pillars, and deep within the cliffs, array patterns that had long slumbered for countless years awakened at the same time, activated jointly by Qin Yu and Xiao Yue. Boom—
Hundreds of millions of fine runes slowly emerged from the ground. They were as thin as mosquito legs, yet they densely covered the entire world. Centered on the center of the ruins, they spread outwards layer by layer. Each rune shone with a faint golden light. As the runes spread, everything in the world began to change.
Outside the ancient rocks, a light golden box slowly emerged, with only a simple text inside. - Jian. Wisps of flowing mountain wind were also wrapped in the light of light gold. - Flow, green grass on the ground, - Growth, magic flames in the sky, - Burn, and even the light flowing between heaven and earth were gently enveloped by light gold name frames.
The entire world seemed to be rewritten by an invisible ancient register. At the same time, a solemn and hollow voice slowly resounded from the depths of the ruins. The voice had no gender, no distance, as if the world itself was speaking, or as if an eternal being was bestowing names upon all things one by one.
With each name uttered, the corresponding object became more stable and clearer. However, Hua Yin's expression changed for the first time, because he could clearly feel that invisible force converging on him. At the very center of the ruins, a crystal-clear glass bead slowly rose, its body transparent and flawless.
Only at the center, a wisp of ink-black thread slowly coalesced. This thread did not originate from heaven and earth, but rather was drawn from Hua Yin's body, bit by bit. Simultaneously, a magnificent array sound resounded throughout the entire world, "One Origin Name-Fixing Tribulation Formation —Activate!"
At this moment, the ancient formation, sealed for countless years, was finally fully revived under the joint activation of Qin Yu and Xiao Yue.
Long before heading to the ancient house, Qin Yu had already deduced all the possible variables. He knew perfectly well that if the Hua Lineage mobilized all their forces, with so many powerful individuals, he would have no chance of resisting them on his own. That's why he and Xiao Yue entered this ancient ruin first, taking advantage of the ancient foundation of the celestial array that remained here.
The two painstakingly repaired the broken ancient array patterns, merging their own array foundations with the ancient array's veins. What appeared in the world today was not a hastily set up temporary array, but an ancient killing array that had been dormant for countless years and was now being awakened once again. Within the array's core, the light flowing from the Name-Fixing Pearl grew even brighter and more dazzling.
Strands of ink-black threads intertwine and outline, as if to engrave Hua Yin's first true name, unique to him and unalterable in this lifetime.