The black, silent sea had already reached Qin Yu's ankles, completely Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea the entire Sea of the Boundless Realm. All the rhythms of heaven and earth ceased. The sea and sky still merged and blended, and the clouds and water still permeated each other. However, the vitality that had sustained the Sea of the Boundless Realm through countless ages had been forcibly sealed into absolute stillness by Jiang Linglong.
Tens of thousands of suspended water droplets froze in the void, and the vast ocean tide hanging upside down in the sky was frozen at the moment of its most intense surging; the birds that had just broken through the water and spread their wings in the distance were frozen in the gap between the sea and the sky, and even the tiny water droplets hanging from the edges of their wings were frozen into a line of crystal-clear ice pattern, which remained motionless for eternity.
The obsidian-like mirror-like sea beneath Qin Yu's feet slowly softened and sank, the dark, still water rising slowly along the patterns of his robes, seeping in layer by layer. His reflection from a moment ago stood still deep within the mirror, anticipating and reflecting his thoughts and actions that had not yet arisen.
Still Waves Halt Form, Ruins Time Fixes Thought Abyssal Devouring Assimilation —three layers of Daoist principles interlock and interlock, forming an unsolvable deadlock. At this moment, any movement of the body would only intensify the stillness of heaven and earth; any thought of the Fate Soul would be prematurely dragged and locked by the illusory shadows of the past. The more one struggles to break free, the deeper the traces of "movement" and "change" left in this silent sea become, and the more firmly the bondage strengthens.
Qin Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at the surging Black Sea at his feet, a faint sneer playing on his lips.
His mind was as steady as a rock, his Fate Soul clear and undisturbed, showing no sign of panic from beginning to end. The heavier the stillness and confinement of the Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea became, the clearer he saw the essence of this supernatural power— Jiang Linglong relied on the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture Sea of the Boundless Realm, to forcibly push the chaotic imbalance of this world to the Ultimate Ultimate of eternal stillness.
"Is this your clan's scripture of returning all transformations to ruins?" Qin Yu's voice was calm and calm. "Using the general trend of the world and the surrounding world to develop magical powers, and relying on the environment to establish oneself."
Jiang Linglong's eyes widened slightly. He hadn't expected that Qin Yu, who was trapped in absolute confinement, would still be able to speak calmly and analyze the underlying principles of supernatural abilities.
In an instant, he suppressed his shock and doubt, a cold smile creeping onto his lips. The dark, still water had already reached Qin Yu's waist, and the past Ruins Time Fixes Thought became clearer and clearer. In a few more moments, Qin Yu's ability to generate thoughts and circulate his Fate Soul would be completely sealed off and brought to stillness.
Jiang Linglong slowly stretched out his arms, standing in the center of the boundless Black Sea, his eyes regaining absolute confidence, and his confidence in controlling the overall situation fully recovered.
"Boy, since you know the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture to Nothingness, you should understand that you have chosen the wrong place to perish today." "Do you know why my Primordial Dao Clan insists on establishing our ancestral land in the Sea of the Boundless Realm?"
Qin Yu quietly raised his eyes and silently gazed at him.
Jiang Linglong's tone gradually rose, carrying Ultimate fanaticism and ruthlessness. "The vast seas and the eight directions of the world, though boundless, are ultimately divided by the sea and sky, by upper and lower barriers, and by internal and external obstacles."
The core of the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture is to break through the inherent boundaries of heaven and earth and dissolve the differences between all things. Therefore, in the outer realms, even if our cultivators have a profound understanding of the Dao, their Ultimate powers can only be unleashed at seventy percent of their full potential!
He raised his hand and pointed to the desolate, chaotic expanse of sea and sky around him. "But this place is completely different!"
"The Sea of the Boundless Realm has no defined boundaries, no inherent order! The sky can enter the sea, the sea can ascend to the sky, birds can swim in the deep waters, and giant ships can sail in the heavens. This world is in the Ultimate chaos before the Return to the Ruins, only one step away from the Ultimate state of no distinction between all things, where movement and stillness are utterly silent!"
Jiang Linglong's eyes were filled with a mixture of fervor and killing intent as he spoke with resounding force, "The reason my Primordial Dao Clan's ancestral land was established here is so that every breath, every moment of enlightenment, and every time a member of the clan uses the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture the very beginning of their cultivation, may be imbued with the supreme Daoist essence of this 'Eve of Return to the Ruins'!"
"In this world, I don't need to forcibly alter the rules or overturn everything!" With just a gentle push—"Boom!!! The pitch-black sea suddenly surged, instantly reaching Qin Yu's chest."
Jiang Linglong's smile twisted into a grotesque grimace, his killing intent surging: "This world will carry out all my slaughter for me!" "The speed at which my divine abilities take shape, the breadth of their influence, the complexity of their evolution, and the force of their final demise—all these can reach the Ultimate of my cultivation here!"
"Boy! Prepare to die!!!" The Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea closed in with all its might, and the decisive killing move was fully formed.
Qin Yu smiled, a very faint and cold smile. "I see." He looked up at the extremely arrogant Jiang Linglong, his tone calm and composed. "That's perfect. I'll use you to test the sword techniques I've mastered over the past three years."
Jiang Linglong's ferocious smile suddenly froze. Sword technique? He subconsciously stared at Qin Yu's hands, which were empty—no sword, no weapon, no edge.
Qin Yu didn't even raise a hand, didn't make a thought, and showed no sign of attacking. "Today, let's see if it can shatter your Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea."
Jiang Linglong's pupils suddenly contracted, his mind tense to the Ultimate. He locked onto Qin Yu's Fate Soul force, waiting for the sword intent to erupt, the Dao principles to fluctuate, and the supernatural powers to evolve. He waited for the Ruins Time Fixes Thought and preemptively capture the opponent's thoughts, predicting all attacks.
But nothing was gained... No light, no sound, no sword's might, no oppression.
Qin Yu remained standing still, his figure motionless. The dark, silent sea beneath his feet continued its upward expansion, and the stagnant world showed no sign of disturbance. Jiang Linglong felt a slight sense of bewilderment, even briefly doubting whether Qin Yu had actually made a move, but was merely putting on a show and bluffing.
But in the next instant—the very source of the Sea of the Boundless Realm of heaven and earth experienced an Ultimate brief and imperceptible primal tremor, without spatial vibration, Wudao, and without the surge of Qi.
In an instant, several ancient Dao patterns that had remained in the distant sea and sky suddenly blurred and became indistinct; the figure of Qin Yu reflected in Jiang Linglong's eyes showed an Ultimate subtle misalignment and overlap.
In an instant, the world returned to normal, as if the primordial fluctuations had never existed. Jiang Linglong was completely stunned. What had happened? He tried his best to recall his perceptions and memories from that fleeting moment, but the depths of his Fate Soul were blank, with no trace and no cause to be found.
Qin Yu's eyes remained calm and undisturbed. The Return to Origin and Sever Retracing, this supreme sword technique that he had comprehended over three years, was now being used against the enemy for the first time.
There's no need to draw the sword; it has already transcended the conventional process of "drawing the sword to begin the battle." There's no need to swing it; it has already severed all causal processes between "the act" and "the result." There's no need for Sword Qi to pierce the sky or sword intent to overwhelm the world; there's no need for direct confrontation or head-on collision to crush the opponent.
With a single thought, Qin Yu stripped away all the roots and qualifications of the Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea's existence in the world. This was not done by destroying its divine abilities with greater power, nor by suppressing it with top-level Dao principles.
Instead, it erases all possibilities for the existence of this supernatural power from the very source of cause and effect and the very foundation of existence. The premise of the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture to the Sea of the Boundless Realm to derive its ultimate killing technique, loses its eligibility to exist.
Jiang Linglong's foundation, which was transformed from the Eternal Stillness Dao Foundation into the core of the Silent Sea, lost its qualification to exist. The Still Waves Halt Form, and the stagnant ripples that had spread lost their qualification to exist.
Ruins Time Fixes Thought, the illusory past reflected in the ruins lost its legitimacy. The Abyssal Devouring Assimilation the spreading, pitch-black, silent water, all of which lost their legitimacy. Jiang Linglong's eyes suddenly widened, his mind trembled violently, and a bone-chilling fear instantly swept over his entire body.
He subconsciously looked down, and the pitch-black, boundless, deathly still Black Sea beneath his feet had completely vanished, and the once obsidian-like mirror-like sea had returned to its clear, deep blue state.
Whoosh—the long-lost sound of surging tides rang out, lively and lingering.
Tens of thousands of water droplets, frozen in mid-air, all fell, splashing up tiny waves; birds that had been frozen in the sea and sky spread their wings and soared freely across the inverted tides. The chaotic sea breeze restarted, causing Jiang Linglong's purple-black robe to flutter. That past reflection that imprisoned all things and foresaw all living beings vanished without a trace.
What horrified him even more was that he couldn't find a complete record of the process of using the Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea technique even in his own Fate Soul's memories.
He clearly remembered raising his hand to cast the spell and unleash the ultimate attack, but upon deeper tracing back the cause and effect, this past evolution of supernatural power had no foundation or trace of its continuation.
"This... is impossible..." Jiang Linglong's expression changed drastically for the first time, his eyes filled with disbelief. He hurriedly activated his Fate Soul and tried to activate the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture with all his might, attempting to once again summon the Silent Sea Divine Power.
There was no response. "Return to the Ruins · Silent Sea!" He rapidly formed hand seals and forcefully activated the power again. The Sea of the Boundless Realm rose and fell as usual, calm and undisturbed, without the slightest sign of returning to silence.
Within his Fate Soul, the traces of cultivation from the Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture to Nothingness Scripture still remained, but no matter how he traced back to the origin or stimulated his cultivation, he could no longer find the causal foundation for the establishment of that supreme divine power.
Qin Yu quietly observed his panicked and disoriented appearance, and said calmly, "It seems you can kill him." Jiang Linglong suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with fear and horror. At this moment, the truly terrifying backlash of the killing blow had just arrived. His right fingertips quietly faded, the color disappeared, and the outline blurred.
No blood splattered, no wounds or cracks appeared, Wudao foundation shattered; it simply slowly dissolved and quietly disappeared from this world and this cause and effect. Jiang Linglong's expression changed drastically, Ultimate panic instantly seized his mind, and he immediately mobilized the ultimate Dao foundation of the Eternal Silence Realm · Supreme to stabilize himself.
But the foundation he had just built vanished in an instant. It wasn't that it collapsed or shattered, but rather that it had never existed at all. His Fate Soul memories began to peel away rapidly, disappearing layer by layer.
The initial aspirations and past experiences of joining the Primordial Dao Clan have faded away. The Myriad Transformations Return to the Ruins Scripture have faded away. The cultivation path of breaking through the True Annihilation, ascending Supreme Eternal Silence, and reaching the pinnacle of perfection has all been erased in reverse along the river of time.
All the memories of him in the Sea of the Boundless Realm of beings vanished simultaneously. On the genealogy of the Primordial Dao Clan, the ink traces of his name quietly faded away. The traces of his Dao, the footprints of his journey, and the trajectory of his existence all disappeared without a trace.
Past, present, and future—all possibilities for the extension of destiny have been severed and returned to nothingness. Even more terrifying is that the very fact that "Jiang Linglong is being erased from existence" is gradually losing all traces of its existence and being completely forgotten by heaven and earth.
Jiang Linglong panicked completely, his mind shattering. "No!!" He looked down at himself; his chest was already semi-transparent, its reality wavering. Yet he felt no pain. The pain stemmed from the injury, from the confrontation, from the collapse and destruction.
The erasure at this moment requires no harm or killing; it directly strips him of all the qualifications to be recognized as "once existed" by heaven and earth, time, cause and effect, Fate Soul.
Jiang Linglong's eyes widened in Ultimate, his voice trembling and broken as he cried out, "Who... who are you???" "Your supernatural powers... why are they so strange..." Before he could finish his sentence, he vanished without a trace.