Before the second round of actual combat between Nameless and Boundless Abyss Huang had truly begun, the area around the Dao Pivot Platform · Wordless Heavenly Disc had already quieted down considerably. The scene of Wanyan Primordial Reversal the Reversal Mystic Deconstruction with the Primordial was still weighing on the minds of countless cultivators. Now, the second match involved the two Origin Source Dao Ultimate Beast Huang, the highest and lowest ranked in the first round, and millions of eyes converged on the center almost simultaneously.
Nalan Yanqing raised his hand and removed the remaining primordial barrier from the previous battle, revealing the crystal-clear circular platform once more. The innate patterns on the ninety-nine-zhang platform surface slowly subsided. The next moment, two figures rose simultaneously from different directions.
The man transformed from Boundless Abyss Huang took a step forward. His figure did not soar through the air, but simply faded away in place. When he reappeared, he was already standing on the east side of the celestial plate. He still carried that deep, dark aura that made it impossible to look at him for long. Occasionally, a deep ripple would pass over the edge of his robe. Whenever that ripple passed by, the light in the vicinity would be briefly interrupted.
On the other side, Nameless had also landed on the stage. No one saw when he got up or what distance he had covered. One moment he was sitting in the main seat, and the next moment, his transformed human form was standing opposite Boundless Abyss Huang.
He exuded no oppressive aura, no primal radiance, and not even a corner of his robe fluttered as he landed. He was so calm that even the Wordless Heavenly Disc, which gathered countless traces of the Great Dao, could not reflect any fluctuations of his Source Dao.
Boundless Abyss Huang stared at him for a long time, his brows no longer showing the casualness he had shown when facing others. The results of the first round were there for all to see— Nameless had suppressed Mystic Deconstruction, suppressed Wanyan, and suppressed him as well.
In particular, that pure interaction of the fundamental logic of Fate Soul made him realize for the first time that his so-called "absolute nothingness" still had an inescapable root: as long as it could still be called nothingness, as long as "Boundless Abyss" still completed its Return to Source Annihilation through nothingness, then it already had a identifiable state.
The Nameless doesn't even need to enter the void, nor does it need to contend with the void for anything. As long as it stands where no name has been established, Boundless Abyss the Source Dao logic of the Void regarding "revocation," "return to stillness," and "negation" cannot find a place to truly settle.
Boundless Abyss Huang's eyes narrowed, and his deep voice echoed throughout the heavens, "In the first round, I concede defeat." The spectators outside the arena fell silent.
"My 'Ming', no matter how far it goes, will ultimately still have a name. Absolute nothingness is still nothingness, Return to Source Annihilation is still Annihilation. As long as they can still be identified, you will always be able to stand before them."
Boundless Abyss Huang paused for a moment, a dark aura slowly gathering in his eyes, his expression gradually becoming solemn. "Therefore, in this battle, I will not use anything from the first round to compete with you."
His right hand slowly rose, fingers spread. "I will relinquish 'nothingness.'" "Relinquish 'the abyss.'" "Relinquish all the names upon which I have built my existence."
For the first time Boundless Abyss Huang's eyes revealed an undisguised fighting spirit. "I want to see how you, 'Nameless,' can suppress me when even Void itself no longer acknowledges that it is called Void."
As the voice faded, the gazes of millions of cultivators in the arena immediately focused on Nameless. However— Nameless didn't even lift his eyelids. There was no reply, no change in expression, not even a genuine gaze; he simply stood there.
Boundless Abyss Huang's words, which had given many high-level cultivators pause for thought, received no response from him. His indifference carried no deliberate humiliation, which only made it more chilling.
Nameless did not despise Boundless Abyss Huang, nor did he mock his failure, nor did he show any interest in his preparations, because from beginning to end, Boundless Abyss Huang seemed to have been completely outside his consideration.
To him, that person was nothing; Boundless Abyss Huang's eye twitched very slightly.
A surge of suppressed anger rose in his chest, only to be forcefully suppressed again. He knew the Nameless was powerful, and he knew that the overwhelming defeat of all three paths in the first round was no accident. But if he dared not even fight a real battle because he had already been defeated once, what right did his Origin Source Dao essence have to continue?
Moreover, the first round is merely a pure logical mutual erosion within the Dao Pivot Crystal Core; in actual combat, there is never just one fixed answer.
Boundless Abyss Huang slowly exhaled, the agitation in his eyes completely subsiding. "Alright." "Then I'll let you see for yourself." Nalan Yanqing glanced at the two of them, her jade hand falling. "Second round, second battle—begin!" Boundless Abyss Huang moved.
There was no forward charge, no hand seals, and no outward release of power. He simply pressed his raised right hand slowly against his chest, and in the next moment, he deliberately withdrew his first layer of Source Dao cognition. "Void."
This great Dao title, which had permeated countless ages of the Boundless Abyss Huang, began to fade from the depths of his own Fate Soul at this moment, followed by "Return to the Source," then "Annihilation," and finally "Negation."
With each name eliminated, the world around Boundless Abyss Huang lost a layer that could describe him. At first, people could see the space around him darkening; after a few breaths, "darkness" could no longer accurately describe it, because darkness itself was still a color.
Then even the spatial distortion disappeared, not because space returned to normal, but because that area gradually lost the basis for being judged as "space".
Boundless Abyss Huang's human form still stood there, but his presence began to become extremely strange. You could see him, but the next moment, you couldn't be sure what you had just seen.
You can sense that something is there, but when your thoughts try to ask "what is it?", they lose their footing.
Within the Chi Lineage's territory, Qin Yu's eyes, which had been slightly closed, were now fully open. He did not activate the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel, but simply observed quietly with his own senses. The more he looked, the tighter his brows became, because what Boundless Abyss Huang was doing at this moment had far exceeded simply hiding his origin—he was personally dismantling the Great Dao boundaries that had formed "Boundless Abyss Huang" in the past.
Mystic Deconstruction, standing on the sidelines, also raised his eyes. Wanyan's recently recovered silver-white string marks trembled slightly, and even Nameless showed a very subtle change at this moment—his gaze fell on Boundless Abyss Huang.
That was all, but Boundless Abyss Huang caught it. A cold smile slowly curved his lips. "So you've finally decided to look?" The last Source Dao title belonging to "Absolute Nothingness" was erased by his own hand.
Buzz!!! The Dao Pivot Platform, which had been silent for a long time, experienced its first primordial tremor because it could not confirm the state of a certain being on the platform. Circles of innate patterns on the platform lit up, but quickly dimmed when they approached within ten zhang of the Boundless Abyss Huang.
No new domains were formed in that area, nor were any new Dao names born. Boundless Abyss Huang stood within it, pushing himself into a Formless state that even he himself temporarily refused to define.
He no longer challenged Nameless with "nothingness". He wanted to truly touch Nameless's unnamability with himself, who "Does Not Exist in the name of nothingness". The next moment, Boundless Abyss Huang raised his eyes.
The last vestige of darkness in those eyes vanished. 'Narrative Denial.' The moment the supernatural power was activated, there was no soaring light, no destructive fluctuations. Instead, the entire Dao Pivot Platform suddenly fell silent.
The wind disappeared first, followed by the lingering primordial energy in the field. Then, the subtle tremors caused by the flow of crystal patterns on the platform also completely ceased.
The Formless region beside Boundless Abyss Huang, which had long lost its name "nothingness," froze completely at this moment, and that stillness quickly covered the entire Dao Pivot Platform. The expressions of the four judges changed slightly at the same time. Nalan Yanqing's eyes narrowed slightly, Xuanyuan Canglan leaned forward slightly.
Despite being separated by layers of defensive arrays, millions of viewers simultaneously experienced an extremely strange feeling—as if a question had arisen in their minds.
No sound reached her ears, yet the question had already reached the deepest recesses of her consciousness, "Why are you here?"
An elderly man near the arena suddenly narrowed his eyes. In that brief instant, countless images of his cultivation journey from childhood to the present flashed before his eyes: his lineage, bloodline, cultivation level, opportunities, and countless near-death experiences—all rearranged in his consciousness.
The young cultivator further away turned pale. Knowing he wasn't the true target of the supernatural power, he still instinctively began to ask himself—was I standing here today because of myself, or because countless coincidences had pushed me to this point?
"Even the aftershocks can make someone trace the origins of their own existence..." "Is this still considered a friendly spar?" "Boundless Abyss Huang has truly changed his path after the first round!"
The exclamations had barely begun when elders from the Lineage sternly rebuked their disciples for continuing to stare at Boundless Abyss Huang. Nameless, who was truly bearing the brunt of the "Narrative Denial," remained motionless.