The Six Lives Return to Annihilation True Suchness Guardian Formation was already teetering on the brink of collapse. Above the Nine Nether Cold Pool, the True Annihilation Singularity, formed from the Great Expansion Total Extinction, continued to expand the Silent Domain. Four of the six layers of the Guardian One Light Curtain had dimmed, and the remaining two layers were also covered with flickering gray-white cracks.
The world before Chen Yong's eyes had long lost its single reality. He could simultaneously see three Nine Nether Cold Pool, five Nine Nether Dark Ruins Demon Dragons, more than ten versions of himself, and dozens of companions in various poses. Some were still forming formations, some had already fallen, and some were even standing on distant icy cliffs, staring blankly at all of this.
Even more dangerously, he can no longer rely solely on his Fate Soul to confirm which one belongs to this moment. The Six Lives Annihilation - True Suchness Guardian Formation originally relied on the six people witnessing each other to anchor reality, but now "Great Expansion Total Extinction" has invaded the "witnessing" itself, and even the connection between "I see you" and "you do exist" is gradually loosening.
The woman wielding the sword had become semi-transparent, the man holding the heavy black ruler's left shoulder appeared and disappeared intermittently, and the cultivator manipulating the six ancient mirrors had simultaneously produced three independent projections of their Fate Soul a few breaths ago, each firmly believing that it was the true original body.
If this drags on any longer, the six of them will not only face physical destruction, but an even more terrifying outcome is already imminent—they will be completely squeezed out of the real world and trapped forever in the True Annihilation Layer.
Chen Yong remained calm.
His face was pale, his forehead was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, and blood was still dripping from the cut on the web of his right hand, yet his eyes grew increasingly calm. He knew very well that he could no longer hold on with his current True Annihilation Realm · Peak cultivation.
The Nine Nether Dark Ruins Demon Dragon was only one level higher than him, but their locations were completely different. This was the Nine Nether Cold Pool, the place where this demon dragon had slumbered, cultivated, and evolved its True Annihilation Origin for countless years. The opponent's "Great Expansion Total Extinction" resonated with the entire pool area, and if the six of them continued to wear each other down in their current state, defeat was only a matter of time.
Just as the fifth layer of the Guardian Light Curtain began to fade away from the edges, Chen Yong suddenly closed his eyes. In that instant, he remembered that before he left the Annihilation God Clan, the elder of the clan did not say much, but looked at him very solemnly when he handed something to him.
"If the creature in the Nine Nether Cold Pool truly awakens, even the six of you combined will be no match for it; only then can this treasure be used." Chen Yong hadn't pressed for details then. Now, he finally understood the weight of those words. "Everyone, guard the last layer of the array."
Chen Yong's Fate Soul transmission directly entered the consciousness of the five people. "Stop attacking." The five people had already reached their Limit, but they still immediately complied. Chen Yong released the spear with his right hand and slowly pressed his left palm against his brow. The next moment, a very faint bronze light emerged from the depths of his Fate Soul.
There was no overwhelming pressure, no astonishing primal tide, only a broken ancient mirror, no more than three inches square, slowly appearing from between his brows. It was truly inconspicuous.
Its edges are jagged, as if a corner had been torn off from a larger antiquity. The whole body is a dull bronze color, and the surface does not have the luster that a treasure should have, nor can any artificial engravings be seen.
But when it was actually suspended in front of Chen Yong, the world around the Nine Nether Cold Pool, which had been disturbed by the "Great Expansion Total Extinction" and was so disordered that it was hard to tell what was real and what was fake, paused very slightly for a very short moment.
Chen Yong opened his eyes. "Primordial Supreme Treasure— " "Primordial Mirror." As soon as he finished speaking, the bronze fragment turned to face up on its own. The mirror did not reflect Chen Yong's face, nor did it reflect the Nine Nether Cold Pool.
Four extremely ancient lines of latitude and longitude gradually lit up on the bronze surface. They crisscrossed but did not belong to any acquired Dao patterns. They were the original traces left when the world first possessed a verifiable structure, a solidification of the first wisp of law just emerging from the primordial chaos before it evolved into complex Dao principles.
The origins of the Primordial Mirror Source Extremity ancient.
Before the primordial chaos was formed, before all things were distinguished, and before the True Annihilation possessed the fundamental quality of "indistinguishable truth from falsehood," a fleeting primordial fluctuation occurred within the void. In that instant, something manifested for the first time from the completely undifferentiated chaos, and for the first time was confirmed—
I was there, and in that moment of self-affirmation, too brief to be contained by time, I left behind an absolute plane of no thickness, which later became the Primordial Mirror. It has no powerful declaration of war, nor does it require a vast source to drive it; it carries only a primordial axiom that is more ancient than many great paths.
Those who prove themselves cannot have their results reset to zero.
The Primordial Mirror the world, the colors that had disappeared from Chen Yong's body did not return, but four lines of latitude and longitude extended outward from the mirror. They did not define what color Chen Yong's robes were, nor how heavy his spear was, nor did they re-imbue him with temperature, sound, or form. They simply left extremely simple anchor marks of existence at his feet, sides, head, and deep within his Fate Soul.
There is one thing here, this thing exists, and nothing more needs to be said. The first realm of "Great Expansion Total Extinction" is True Suchness Fading, which is precisely the various attributes and descriptions. But the Primordial Mirror does not rely on attributes to recognize Chen Yong.
Then an extremely strange scene unfolded: Chen Yong still couldn't see the original color of his robes, nor could he feel the cold of the Nine Nether Cold Pool. But he no longer doubted whether he was still standing there; the root of "I am still here" suddenly became exceptionally firm.
Immediately afterwards, the four meridian and weft marks on the Primordial Mirror simultaneously spread outwards, passing through the last layer of the Six Lives Annihilation - True Suchness Guardian Formation that was about to extinguish, and fell towards the other five people respectively.
The five cultivators shuddered simultaneously. The parts of their bodies that had been appearing and disappearing did not immediately return to their original state, but a primordial anchor mark appeared deep within each of their Fate Soul.
There was something here, and the six people were once again placed in the same world. Chen Yong's eyes suddenly lit up. "Hold on!" In the next instant, the Primordial Mirror began to rotate on its own.
The Causality Corrosion of the second stage of "Great Expansion Total Extinction" continues. The sword thrust by the woman with the sword has lost its result of "arrival", and the light emitted by the six ancient mirrors has also lost its follow-up of "hitting". A large number of causes and consequences within the Six Lives Annihilation Formation have been broken into two unrelated pieces.
Primordial Mirror did not trace the broken cause and effect back to the beginning. On the surface of the mirror, a line of longitude and latitude that was originally straight slowly curved and connected end to end. A tiny ring appeared on the bronze surface, and the "drawing" and "arrival" of the swordswoman's sword were simultaneously reflected at both ends of the ring.
The cause no longer leads to the effect, nor does the effect wait for the cause; the two reflect each other and are mutually constitutive. Once it has been launched, its arrival is intertwined with it. Once the arrival is established, the launch cannot be separated from the sword.
With a whoosh, the sword mark that had seemingly lost its follow-up extended forward for dozens of feet again.
The man manipulating the six ancient mirrors suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his six beams of light, which had lost their "hit" effect, began to change again. Six tiny rings formed within the mirrors, and the act of striking and the arrival of the target were directly combined into one inseparable fact.
For the first time, the second realm of the Great Expansion Total Extinction showed signs of weakening. The Nine Nether Dark Ruins Demon Dragon's pair of dark blue vertical pupils finally opened completely, and it lowered its massive dragon head. For the first time, its gaze truly fell on the three-inch bronze fragment. Chen Yong saw it, and he knew that the real opportunity had arrived. However, the Primordial Mirror was far more terrifying than he had anticipated.
The deepest True Annihilation Singularity is still spreading the silence of the Third Realm, where existence and Does Not Exist coexist, and truth and falsehood engulf each other. The entire Nine Nether Cold Pool has been dragged into the edge of the True Annihilation Interlayer.
A shadow slowly emerged on the surface of the Primordial Mirror: a dragon. Its head and tail were connected, which was the original form of the Nine Nether Dark Ruins Demon Dragon at this moment. The demon dragon relied on this closed loop to put itself in a state where truth and falsehood, existence and non-existence existed at the same time. Under the coverage of "Great Expansion Total Extinction", it became the most difficult existence to distinguish.
However, the Primordial Mirror reflected it, without judging its authenticity or determining its existence or demise, leaving only an extremely simple index. "You once existed." The massive body of the Nine Nether Dark Ruins Demon Dragon suddenly stiffened, and for the first time, its pair of dark Azure Dragon eyes showed obvious shock and anger. Its True Annihilation body had always maintained its freedom by being indistinguishable, but now, there was a third-party proof from outside itself in the mirror.
There is a dragon here. This dragon once existed. As long as that shadow remains in the Primordial Mirror, the demonic dragon can no longer completely hide itself in the interlayer where "existence and Does Not Exist coexist."
It was identified. In that instant, the first true primordial rift appeared in the Great Expansion Total Extinction, and the perpetual motion True Annihilation vortex between the demonic dragon's chest and abdomen suddenly lost its balance. Buzz!!! The entire Nine Nether Cold Pool trembled violently.
The Azure Dragon that had been wandering between reality and illusion were forced to settle down, first in color, then in shape, and then in weight. The massive body of the Nine Nether Dark Ruins Demon Dragon was gradually pulled back into a reality that could be acknowledged by heaven and earth.
It was enraged. "Roar--!!!" The high-pitched dragon roar shook the mountains, and the huge dragon body suddenly tightened. The True Annihilation Singularity pressed down towards the Primordial Mirror, and it actually wanted to drag this ancient treasure directly into the core of the Great Expansion Total Extinction.