During the confrontation, it bypassed the physical form and used the differences arising from the disturbance of all things to trace back to the Nameless. The judgment of the Dao Pivot Crystal Core did not take into account the superiority or inferiority of the attack and defense at the moment, but traced the two great paths back to the most basic logical foundation to determine which one could take another step forward.
The "solution" in the Mystic Deconstruction ultimately requires something for it to dissect and decipher. Even if it abandons the definition of names and discards external records, and only adheres to the pure difference itself, that difference must still become an anchor point for analysis. But the Nameless even abandons the state of "unanalyzable".
The path of analysis continues to operate, but the object to be analyzed has long since found no place to stand. The Source Dao of Mystic Deconstruction cannot find a final foothold. Thus, the Dao Pivot Crystal Core delivers its first judgment, suppressing Mystic Deconstruction with its Nameless power.
Mystic Deconstruction lowered his eyes to look at the slowly fading gray patterns on the Origin Seat, a hint of interest appearing between his brows. He tapped his knee lightly with his fingertips, remaining silent. Nameless, on the other hand, became even more composed, not even glancing at the dazzling golden pattern, as if "defeating Mystic Deconstruction" was not enough to warrant recognition.
In an instant, the second logical line slowly lit up, facing the Nameless in the east and the Wanyan in the north.
Within the crystal core, the billions of silver-white light spots left behind by Wanyan suddenly surged. One point multiplied into ten, ten into thousands, and thousands into billions. Each light spot represented a possibility that had not yet been determined.
In an instant, the northern territory of the crystal core was filled with endless branching Dao traces. The world can be born, can perish, can be reshaped; the Great Dao can go left, can go right; destiny can move forward, can be reversed; even a path that has already collapsed can find a new extension from another possibility. Wanyan's eyes flowed with light, and the silver-white lines around his body spread outwards once again.
The East remained Ji Ran. Nameless sat motionless in his place, as a torrent of countless possibilities swept past. The first possibility condensed into a name and form; the second reconstructed a physical structure; the third transformed into the present world; the fourth gave rise to the Great Dao; the fifth, countless, billions upon billions... Wanyan myriad of possibilities could endlessly generate countless paths forward.
But once any possibility truly takes shape, it falls into the category of what can be identified. Nameless always stands before the birth of all these categories. As Wanyan paths emerge, Nameless is not on any of them; Wanyan further, Nameless still does not belong to any of the outcomes.
The sky was filled with countless silvery-white points of light, as vast as an endless sea of Source Dao stars. That Nameless Domain in the east was never submerged by them. Buzz!
The second long streak of dust settled, the east shimmered with golden light, while the north returned to utter desolation. Nameless, once again suppressing Wanyan.
Wanyan's silvery light narrowed slightly, showing no resentment, but rather a deeper and more profound expression. It had already understood the reason for the crystal core's judgment: its own evolution could unfold infinite possibilities, yet it still based itself on the logic of "possibilities being able to occur." And Nameless's position was still before all possibilities appeared.
Immediately afterwards, a third streak of light pierced through the Dao Pivot Crystal Core. As this streak appeared, the expressions of the four judges became even more solemn than before. This streak connected— the Nameless and the Boundless Abyss Huang.
Previously, the Boundless Abyss Huang Great Dao of Annihilation, which had stripped away all that it contained, had already allowed countless cultivators to witness its power firsthand. Existence, cause and effect, time and space, laws, and definitions were peeled away layer by layer until all the premises that supported all things were completely dispelled.
Boundless Abyss Huang slowly raised its eyes, this time truly facing Nameless. The deep, thin rift in the south stretched out again, and a low, mournful wail echoed from the depths of the Wordless Heavenly Disc.
All definitions retreat and sink into that bottomless abyss; names and forms are stripped away, meanings are erased, structures are dissolved, and even the very thing that "can be known and understood" falls toward absolute nothingness. Boundless Abyss Huang never attempted to impose any definition on Nameless; it directly erased the very foundation upon which all definitions could exist.
But as that absolute void surged eastward, a bizarre scene unfolded before all beings. Nameless was not swallowed by the void. This was because the Boundless Abyss Huang, stripping away all phenomena along its path, ultimately arrived at "nothingness."
Nothingness itself is also a state of being, possessing the name "Nothingness," and can be recognized and captured by the Dao Pivot Crystal Core. But Nameless did not even linger in this final destination. When nothingness was about to become the final answer, Nameless had already withdrawn from "Nothingness." Boundless Abyss Huang can deny all existence, but Nameless left no object for it to deny.
The scene deep within the crystal core sent shivers down the spines of countless people. On one side was an absolute void that swallowed all things, while on the other side Emptiness, without light or darkness, not even a void or blank space. Any state that could be described in words could not be captured by the Nameless one.
Buzz!!! The third suppression pattern was completely formed, the golden light of the east triumphed, and the south was covered with gray patterns. Nameless, suppressing Boundless Abyss Huang!
A deafening roar erupted from the surrounding area. "The third path! Nameless has successively overwhelmed Mystic Deconstruction, Wanyan, and Boundless Abyss Huang! It has suppressed the other three paths with its own origin!" Exclamations rose and fell, and the expressions of many elders in the Lineage' camps changed drastically.
The deduction of the Dao Pivot Crystal Core did not stop, and the fourth suppression relationship slowly emerged: Western Mystic Deconstruction versus Northern Wanyan. The myriad possibilities of Wanyan had just unfolded when the invisible deconstruction Dao structure behind Mystic Deconstruction began to operate.
Even though the Wanyan may lead to countless paths, all branches originate from the fundamental action of "evolution," from which one gives rise to myriad things, from the known to the unknown. The Mystic Deconstruction does not pursue the myriad and complex results, but directly transcends countless appearances, heading towards the fundamental foundation of "evolution."
Crack!!! At the same time, fine fractures appeared on the countless silvery-white strings. Mystic Deconstruction deconstructed the mystery by going against the question of "how it can evolve", tracing back the Wanyan external changes to their common source. No matter how rapid the evolution is, as long as it still belongs to the logic of "evolution", it cannot escape this kind of source analysis.
With the outcome decided, the golden patterns in the west lit up, while the north turned gray. Mystic Deconstruction suppressed Wanyan. Wanyan gently exhaled a wisp of primordial energy, turned his head to look at Mystic Deconstruction, Mystic Deconstruction also looked back, a faint smile appearing on his lips. Wanyan frowned slightly, but did not speak.
The fifth result followed in quick succession: Mystic Deconstruction versus Boundless Abyss Huang. Boundless Abyss Huang stripped away the very foundation upon which all things existed, yet Mystic Deconstruction was not forced back by the void. This was because "removal" itself was a logical act.
To deny existence requires the occurrence of negation; to bring definitions to stillness requires the establishment of stillness; for all things to fall into nothingness, there must be a Daoist framework of "entering nothingness from existence" as its foundation. Mystic Deconstruction grasps this point.
The Boundless Abyss Huang peels away all things, the more Mystic Deconstruction traces back to the source along its peeling path. It has no intention of restoring the things that have been erased, but only of dismantling one fundamental issue: how Boundless Abyss Huang possess the ability to remove them?
Buzz!!! The billions of transparent cracks in the west all penetrated into that absolute nothingness, not to fill the void, but to peel away the very premise of the act of "denying existence." Boundless Abyss Huang's eyes finally flickered slightly. The next instant, the west shimmered with gold, while the south returned to gray. Mystic Deconstruction suppressed Boundless Abyss Huang.
By this point, everyone had a vague idea of the overall situation, with only one final showdown remaining: Wanyan versus Boundless Abyss Huang. The silver-white string net in the north suddenly spread out, while the absolute void in the south expanded outwards in tandem.
Of the six comparisons, this battle was the most vast and magnificent. Wherever Boundless Abyss Huang passed, all the myriad possibilities that had already been born lost their capacity; on the Wanyan side, for every possibility that was swallowed up, ten thousand new possibilities would continue to emerge.
Boundless Abyss Huang erases one layer, myriad layers Wanyan; Boundless Abyss Huang further removes the foundation for the existence of these Wanyan layers, new branches are born from the untouched depths of the origin. The Dao Pivot Crystal Core, located to the north and south, transforms into a vast ocean of origin where birth and death occur in endless cycles. Just as countless worlds take shape, they fall into nothingness; before the nothingness can spread throughout the entire realm, another possible galaxy has already unfolded in a more distant and mysterious place.
Source Dao surging tide swept through the crystal core. The silver light in Wanyan's eyes grew even brighter. It was not fixated on protecting the already devoured result, but instead incorporated the ending of "Boundless Abyss Huang completely removing all definitions" into the infinite possibilities. Since this was one possibility, there was another: Boundless Abyss Huang failed to complete the removal; yet another: before the removal occurred, a new possibility had already been born; and still another: the erased definitions inherently possessed entirely different directions of evolution.
Layer upon layer, upon layer. The Boundless Abyss Huang's devouring power was unstoppable, yet the Wanyan possibilities always had an extra layer of room for maneuver. Shake! The Dao Pivot Platform trembled violently, and blinding golden light pierced through the crystal core from the north, while gray patterns slowly sank down from the south. Wanyan suppressed the Boundless Abyss Huang.
The six judgments were now all settled. Within the crystal core, countless intersecting light patterns rapidly rearranged, and the chaotic patterns retreated one by one. The four primordial marks representing the four Source Dao Ultimate Beast Huang floated in the air from bottom to top.
At the very top, Nameless, three golden suppressing lines descend downwards, Nameless suppressing Mystic Deconstruction, Nameless suppressing Wanyan, Nameless suppressing Boundless Abyss Huang; below, Mystic Deconstruction, two golden lines, Mystic Deconstruction Wanyan, Mystic Deconstruction Boundless Abyss Huang; below that, Wanyan, one golden line, Wanyan suppressing Boundless Abyss Huang; at the very bottom, Boundless Abyss Huang, three gray lines descend.
A complete chain of suppression was laid bare before everyone's eyes: Nameless, Mystic Deconstruction, Wanyan, and Boundless Abyss Huang.
The entire Myriad Worlds Graveyard remained silent for a few breaths, then erupted with a deafening roar. "Whoa--!!!" The shouts of millions of cultivators soared into the sky. "Nameless is in the lead! He has actually suppressed the other three paths in succession! Mystic Deconstruction has also suppressed two paths. Wanyan Boundless Abyss Huang, and the complete chain of checks and balances has been closed!" Discussions were also boiling within the camps of the Lineage.
Many elders who had previously thought that Boundless Abyss Huang's absolute nothingness was almost unsolvable stared at the dark mark at the bottom of the crystal core, their hearts still reeling. Only then did they realize that in the battle of the Source Dao, one could not judge the superiority of the opponent solely by the apparent terror.
Although Boundless Abyss Huang can absorb all things, it is Wanyan with infinite possibilities; Wanyan into countless paths, but Mystic Deconstruction discards appearances and directly dissects the origin; Mystic Deconstruction can dismantle all established logic, but ultimately loses its analytical anchor in the face of Nameless.
Within the Chi Lineage camp, Qin Yu sat quietly, gazing at the four sequentially arranged primordial marks. Once the result was finalized, he did not stop his comprehension. At that very moment, his previously fragmented insights slowly coalesced into a coherent whole within his mind.
What he saw was not just the ending of "Nameless is the strongest", but the progressive truth behind this chain of suppression Boundless Abyss Huang removed all premises; Wanyan's ending was endless; Mystic Deconstruction traced the common origin from the infinite appearances; Nameless even abandoned the title that could be used as the origin.
Each one approached the realm "before the creation of all things" more closely than the last. A glint flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. He did not have an epiphany or a breakthrough in his realm. He simply quietly stored this insight deep within his Fate Soul.
High in the sky, Nalan Yanqing strode forward. As the surrounding noise subsided, his clear and solemn voice, transcending the Wordless Heavenly Disc, resounded throughout the entire Myriad Worlds Graveyard.
"Round 1 – Comparison of the Logic of the Fate Soul's Origin – End."
She raised her hand and pointed to the central Dao Pivot Crystal Core, where the four primal ranking imprints shone brightly once more. "After six cycles of primal logic erosion within the Dao Pivot Crystal Core, the final result is clear. Nameless suppressed three; Mystic Deconstruction suppressed two; Wanyan suppressed one; Boundless Abyss Huang did not achieve final logical suppression."
Nalan Yanqing paused slightly, his gaze slowly sweeping over the Source Dao Beasts on the four Origin Seats. "Therefore, the first round rankings are: First, Nameless; Second, Mystic Deconstruction; Third, Wanyan; Fourth, Boundless Abyss Huang."
As the words fell, the four primordial marks rose together, hanging high in the sky. A golden-gray radiance spread across the entire world. The first round of the Dao debate had come to a close.