Qin Yu Comprehended the Dao Through Three Burials

The gray-blue tide of silence had completely sealed off the entire arena. The Vast Annihilation God-Burying Banner hung high behind Hua Jingmeng, its nine-foot surface unfurling and billowing on its own in the windless, Space Silence world.

Countless tiny gray-blue specks of light detached from the ancient afterimages on the banner, layer upon layer, slowly descending and pressing down upon Qin Yu. At this moment, if viewed from the towering heights of the Myriad Worlds Graveyard, the entire final arena had lost its original colors; the stone surface, the sky, the remaining Dao patterns, and even the figures of the two standing there...

All were shrouded in an increasingly dense layer of gray-white solitude. Only Qin Yu stood quietly in the very center of the Divine Stillness Domain, holding the Silent Origin Stainless Sword in his right hand, his shoulders and back as straight as a pine tree, his eyes clear and calm, silently gazing at Hua Jingmeng in front of him.

The first wisp of gray-blue stillness had already quietly invaded his Fate Soul. The second and third wisps followed one after another. In an instant, tens of thousands of stillness condensed into delicate gray-blue threads, spreading inward from the edge of Qin Yu 'Fate Soul, determined to trace the origin of his will, his core self, his murderous thoughts, and all the fundamental qualities that could prove "Qin Yu is Qin Yu".

Just when everyone in the world thought that Qin Yu would immediately take action to resist and break the deadlock to save himself, the five fingers holding the sword slowly relaxed inch by inch, and the original fluctuations that originally swirled around his body also completely receded into his body and Ji Ran returned to their place.

Qin Yu did not resist in the slightest. Even the Silent Beginning Ring Master Soul Diagram rooted in his Fate Soul did not immediately activate its barrier to expel the gray-blue silent intent that had invaded his Fate Soul. He allowed the Annihilation power of the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner to penetrate him unimpeded.

This slight anomaly was instantly and accurately captured by Hua Jingmeng. His eyes twitched slightly, initially filled with vigilance, but in an instant, a sinister and ferocious look slowly rose in his cold and deep eyes.

In his mind, no matter what schemes Qin Yu might have hidden, as long as the Annihilation power of the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner truly touched the root of his Fate Soul, no one in the world could easily escape. With his mind made up, he suddenly exerted force with both arms, wielding the banner pole and sweeping it horizontally.

A vast, boundless, gray-blue tide surged down, instantly engulfing Qin Yu completely. The world before Qin Yu's eyes shifted abruptly. The arena collapsed, the Hua Jingmeng vanished, and the clamor of millions of spectators outside the arena slowly faded from his perception, gradually receding into the distance.

Just as all external perceptions were stripped away and returned to Space Silence, a vast and Limit of ordinary observation, slowly unfolded from the deepest recesses of Qin Yu 'Fate Soul, revealing the Silent Beginning of the World - The Ring Master Soul Diagram. Buzz!

The Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel never manifested outwards or shook the heavens and earth; they merely unfolded layer by layer and generated in a ring within Qin Yu's Fate Soul essence. The first wheel of the wheel slowly rotated, adhering to the invading gray-blue stillness, while the second wheel traced the stillness's trajectory back to its origin.

The third round precisely dismantled the fleeting moment when each strand of desolation became intertwined with Qin Yu's own origin. He did not forcibly annihilate the power of Annihilation, nor did he hastily seal the barrier of his Fate Soul, allowing the power of the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner to penetrate deeply. Only by accepting it completely could he decipher the deepest and most essential mystery and foundation of this forbidden divine power.

Thus, a Dao Path had been unseen and completely ignored by all beings since time immemorial was clearly revealed in the Ring Master Soul Diagram. After the gray-blue desolation invaded the Fate Soul, it first touched the killing intent rooted in Qin Yu's heart. Once the killing intent was stirred, it followed the obsession upwards to seek the original will of the heart.

Once the will is set, follow the thread of that will, peel away past memories. As memories fade, what remains is the obsession with one's identity in this world. As identity dissolves, one ultimately points directly to the most fundamental inner self of all living beings.

All the selves, obsessions, Daoist beliefs, and memories that have been peeled away layer by layer follow a most secret and silent path of Annihilation, breaking away from the target Fate Soul and flowing back to the Vast Annihilation God-Burying Banner.

Qin Yu's eyes grew increasingly deep and clear. He finally comprehended the core truth: the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner had never truly annihilated the myriad divine natures. Its path had always been one of stripping and transporting, separating the origins from the Fate Soul living beings and then transferring them all to the unknown Silent Abyss.

As long as transfer and circulation exist, it proves that the divinity and self-origin of all things have never truly perished. Since they have never been annihilated, the eternally celebrated "burial of all spirits" can never be considered true Ultimate Annihilation.

More importantly, no matter from which direction the vast expanse of gray-blue desolation invades the Fate Soul, whether it strips away the will to kill, the foundation of the Great Dao, past memories, or the very essence of the Fate Soul, its ultimate destination is always the same place.

Behind the jet-black circular spot at the center of the banner, in the depths of Qin Yu's pupils, in an endless, Eternal Silence Abyss, the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel froze for a moment, then instantly reversed—hum!

The countless gray-blue threads that had originally penetrated deep into Qin Yu 'Fate Soul instantly unfolded into a complete reverse network within the Ring Master Soul Diagram. Following these traces of Annihilation, Qin Yu traversed the ancient, silent afterimages on the banner's surface, the Divine Stillness Domain that enveloped heaven and earth, and the Fate Soul's will that Hua Jingmeng had infused into the banner's body, tracing the current upstream all the way to the deepest, most fundamental part of the Vast Annihilation God-Burying Banner.

Deep within the heart of the banner, there were no wails of the dead, no mournful cries of lingering souls, no remnants of divinity, only a vast, boundless, and eternal silence. Qin Yu suddenly understood. This desolate Silent Abyss was the true root of the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner's eternal existence. "So that's how it is." His voice was extremely soft, falling into the empty, Space Silence Fate Soul, unheard by anyone.

Before Hua Jingmeng could notice anything amiss, Qin Yu made a move she never expected. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword slowly lowered, its blade concealing all its cold light. The last layer of primal protection around his Fate Soul also dissipated and vanished into Emptiness. Hua Jingmeng's pupils suddenly contracted, and Ultimate astonishment arose in her heart.

Qin Yu raised his eyes, gazing silently at the person opposite him across the surging, gray-blue tide. His expression was calm and Ji Ran, chilling to the bone. "Hua Jingmeng." "Bury me." Upon hearing these two short words, Hua Jingmeng's body suddenly froze. She was first stunned and bewildered, but in an instant, the humiliation and overwhelming anger that had accumulated over the past few days of being suppressed and defeated by Qin Yu rushed to her eyes and swept over her mind.

"You're courting death!!!" Boom!!! Hua Jingmeng gripped the banner pole tightly with both hands, unleashing her Fate Soul essence without reservation, surging wildly into the Vast Annihilation God-Burying Banner. In an instant, the entire Divine Stillness Domain went completely berserk, turning into a desolate and overwhelming Annihilation.

The ancient, silent shadows densely packed on the banner broke free from their shackles, and billions of gray-blue light points converged into Annihilation tidal wave that overturned the sky, crushing down from all directions and locking Qin Yu in place.

The spectators who had already retreated thousands of feet away from the periphery changed their expressions again and hurriedly fled into the air to a more distant place to protect themselves. The place where Qin Yu stood was completely swallowed up by the gray-blue silent tide, and his figure could not be seen at all. Only a vortex of Annihilation that was constantly collapsing inward remained in the center of the arena.

The true burial of the Fate Soul begins from this point. The first burial is the burial of "self-attachment." What Qin Yu sheds first is all the obsessions and goals in his heart. The figure of Hua Jingmeng in his eyes gradually blurs and fades away. Then, the three words "Hua Jingmeng," this name, and this enemy all lose all meaning.

He forgot why he came to this place, forgot the original intention of holding the sword in his hand, and forgot the beginning and end of this epic battle.

The Chi Lineage, the Hua Lineage, the final match, victory and defeat, honor and disgrace, grudges and entanglements... all the clear and distinct objects and obsessions in the world are slowly withdrawn from consciousness and fade away one by one.

Even the initial obsession with "comprehending the Great Dao of this banner" faded and almost disappeared amidst the overwhelming gray-blue tide. Qin Yu did not resist in the slightest. His breathing was calm and normal, and his mind was Ji Ran. He simply observed quietly, letting all obsessions, memories, killing intent, and purposes leave him.

Names can be buried, obsessions can be buried, memories can be buried, murderous intent can be buried, but just as the last wisp of thought "What do I want to do?" is about to completely dissipate, a simple and pure question quietly rises from the depths of boundless silence.

If "I" am currently disappearing layer by layer—who is it that clearly sees "I am disappearing"? Buzz!!! At the deepest part of Qin Yu's Fate Soul, a point of silent light spreads out Ji Ran, faint yet inextinguishable, needing no name to prove it, no identity to define it, and no external objects to rely on.

The observer remains serene, the stillness ever-illuminating. Here, Qin Yu glimpses for the first time the most authentic self beyond ego-attachment. The second burial follows immediately, the burial of "attachment to the Dharma."

With this burial, the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner no longer focused on stripping away people's obsessions; instead, the vast, silent tide of death penetrated deep into the earth, directly targeting all the fundamental principles and supernatural abilities that Qin Yu had cultivated throughout his life.

The perception of cause and effect gradually faded and broke down, the sense of the flow of time collapsed layer by layer, the mysterious Dao thought of Existence Overwriting was quietly dissipated, and the sense of touch that the Fate Soul could perceive the origin of the outside world and understand the changes of the Great Dao dimmed and returned to silence. Even the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel of the Silent Beginning · Ring Master Soul Diagram became distant and blurry in his consciousness, as if they were external objects.

He gradually forgot his myriad supernatural powers, the art of swordsmanship, the principles of enlightenment, and the way of controlling the soul. In the end, he was even powerless to give any definition to the gray-blue desolation that filled the sky before him.

In the distance, Hua Jingmeng gazed at the figure swallowed by the Annihilation tide. Seeing Qin Yu's Silent Origin Stainless Sword completely fall from his hand, and all the sharpness and brilliance in his eyes fade away, all the surprise and doubt in her heart dissipated, replaced by Ultimate joy.

"Qin Yu..." He breathed heavily, the corners of his lips unable to suppress a smile, brimming with confidence. "No matter how extraordinary your methods or how unfathomable your foundation, in the end, you will still be unable to escape defeat—" Before he could finish speaking, another change occurred. Deep within Qin Yu's Fate Soul, that ancient, silent light shone a little brighter once more. Just as his life's cultivation methods and all his understanding of the Great Dao were on the verge of dissipating, the same ancient paradox once again illuminated his true nature.

If the stillness and illumination in one's heart have been extinguished—who knows that it has been extinguished? If all the laws and methods have been stripped away—where does the entire process of "the laws and methods being stripped away" manifest, and who can see it? Qin Yu understood this completely.

With each layer of external obsession and each layer of the Great Dao Dharma that the Myriad Spirits Burial Banner peels away, it becomes increasingly clear that deep within his Fate Soul lies an indelible foundation of origin, transcending all burial methods.

The more he buried the banners, the closer he got to the root of the Great Dao, the core of his true self. The third burial descended with a roar, burying the "enemy's attachment." With this burial, all distinctions between heaven and earth vanished. There was no enemy, no self, no victory, no defeat, no Wudao, no Dao, no strife, no disturbance. All opposition, all distinctions, all phenomena, and all attachments in the world returned to Space Silence...