Silent Flame Seals the Abyss · Unborn Silent Cause
The flames had not yet cooled, and the ashes of the battlefield's souls had not yet completely dissipated, yet the world had already changed color once more.
A black lock, tearing through the void, spanned the nine heavens, resembling a boundary shackle entwined by countless soul chains. It slowly descended from outside the Spirit Firmament, severing all perception between the boundary energy and the heavens.
Three hundred thousand soul soldiers have returned!
Unlike the raging flames that consumed everything in the previous battle, this army pressed in silently, like still water, with only the mournful sound of iron chains, as if locked in eternal Silence Lock.
Directly in front of the 300,000-strong Soul Army formation, a figure slowly emerged from the Soul Chains. The figure was tall and thin, with bones all over his body woven like shackles. His arms were also bound by shackles. His steps were slow, but with each step, the space collapsed.
He has no eyes, no mouth, no voice, yet he seems capable of silencing all souls.
He is --
[Ten Soul-Extinguishing Judgments - Second Judgment]
Locked Realm - King Jia You
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Unlike the soul-burning flames of the Envoy Mi Yan, the King Jia You possessed no trace of soul fire, only a will of restraint, shackles, suppression, and cold desolation.
He never truly killed the enemy, but rather—locked them "forever" in the Silent Soul Abyss, preventing them from living, dying, or being reincarnated.
With a wave of his hand, nine soul locks resonated in the sky and descended, directly drawing the entire battlefield into the [Lock the Realm and Seal the Soul Domain]!
It was an unseen, Silent Realm where time and space were frozen, and the cultivators' soul senses began to show subtle errors, as if the chains of laws were being severed one by one.
King Jia You slowly stepped out, his footsteps not on the earth, but on the "invisible Realm Lock," each step like a judge descending upon the Spirit Firmament.
At this moment, one of the Ten Generals of Silent Origin, standing beside the Xuancang Shenying, also stepped forward to greet them!
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[Lord Jun Chen, a powerful figure from the Silent Origin Realm]
His silver armor gleamed, he wore a nine-ringed soul crown, and a robe draped with star-patterned laces. In his right hand, he gripped a dark blue spear, its tip reflecting ten layers of void shadows; it was called the [Spear of the Star Abyss].
Lord Jun Chen stood before the vast sky, his gaze as sharp as Realm Master's, looking at the 300,000 soul soldiers and the Locked King Jia You, his voice like thunder:
"If you wish to seal the boundary, first ask me if my spear can sever the soul-binding shackles?"
The Soul Army remained silent, Jia You did not move.
In the next instant, the nine soul chains trembled in unison, and the battle curtain abruptly opened!
As King Jia You slightly raised his right arm, the 300,000-strong soul army spread out silently like Sea of Sound.
This is not a charge, but a domain pressure.
Nine soul locks hang in the sky, inscribed with the nine-character mantra "Netherworld, Shackles, Abyss, Lock, Imprisonment, Severance, Realm, Soul, Silence," which intertwine above the Consciousness Realm, constructing a soul-locking heavenly prison.
At this moment, the entire battlefield space froze, and even the Spiritual Qi began to flow backward.
Lord Jun Chen's gaze darkened slightly. Within his sea of consciousness, three star domain rings shone brightly. With a flick of his left hand, his soul consciousness gathered into an array, Nine-Star Soul-Emanation Diagram appeared beneath his feet.
"Star Lock Realm? It dares to call itself a lock?"
As he stepped into the air, the Spear of the Star Abyss pointed straight at the heavens:
"Open!"
All I heard was --
"--Star Abyss Technique·Abyss Splitting Tianqing!"
Three star rings appeared in the sky, each ring composed of countless star souls, and the sound of star power exploding exploded in the Spiritual Sense!
That shot was like igniting the core of a galaxy, Realm Breaking!
The three soul locks were instantly shattered, cracks in the sky danced wildly like tattered cloth, and the battlefield regained its clarity!
Lord Jun Chen strode forward with his spear, his figure piercing through the realms like Xingyun, heading straight for King Jia You!
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The Locked King Jia You remained still, but the "Soul-Locking Black Seal" on his chest suddenly shattered, transforming into thousands of thin soul chains that surged forth from his sea of consciousness, forming a "Soul Shackle Array."
This Soul Shackle Array is not a real artifact, but a rule-based divine consciousness construction structure—once an enemy is tainted, their soul consciousness trajectory will be permanently locked, even their timeline will be locked, and they will never be able to escape.
Lord Jun Chen's expression turned slightly grim, and his sea of consciousness trembled. However, he was no ordinary Realm Master. As one of the ten lords under Xuan Cang, he had condensed his three soul rings to the "realm phenomena arise spontaneously" state since he took control of the Silent Origin Primordial Realm.
Instead of retreating, he advanced, piercing the shackles with a single shot, causing a deafening explosion!
The black shackles clashed with the Star Abyss Soul Light, and the battlefield erupted with a triple-layered resonance, like the echo of the collapse of the ancient 100,000 Soul Domains, shattering the soul shells of tens of thousands of Soul Soldiers!
Lord Jun Chen coldly unleashed his second move:
"Star Abyss Technique: Annihilation Wheel Extreme Radiance!"
The entire spear split into nine, transforming into nine starlight soul chains, like nine extinguished suns, crashing down with a deafening roar!
On this battlefield, soul chains intertwine, starlight explodes, and spatial soul orbits become chaotic and distorted—an Limit battle of sealing and breaking has fully unfolded!
Ahead, the Star Abyss Spear's light pierced the sky. Lord Jun Chen overpowered the three locks, shattering the Soul-Locking Array in one fell swoop, but that was merely a "Sealing Realm Test."
The true [locked realm] never began.
Just as the starlight shattered the Heavenly Shackles, the faceless face of the King Jia You suddenly rose—
A dark lock mark appeared on his forehead.
That was his true "life-bound soul shackle." Once it was released, it would mean the complete release of the nine layers of shackles that bound the realm!
King Jia You spread his arms, remaining silent, yet he branded nine boundary patterns upon the Soul Domain, and a soul-stirring sound boomed down—
"Remove the nine shackles."
Boom!!!
Darkness once again plunged the sky!
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At this moment, the Spirit Firmament Battlefield was no longer a single realm, but was instantly cleaved into nine realms!
Every realm is a shackle.
[Nine Shackles that Lock the Soul] -- The original battle formation of the King Jia You is a "multi-dimensional binding soul domain" that forcibly splits the enemy's nine core soul domains—soul consciousness, soul skills, laws, time, space, will, source spirit, destiny, and existence—into nine realms, with nine shackles corresponding to and locking them!
The first shackle: lock the soul
→ Lord Jun Chen's sea of consciousness briefly went out of control, his soul thought was delayed by half a breath, his divine consciousness flowed back, and he was forcibly drawn into the Netherworld Consciousness Realm.
Second Shackle: Soul Locking Skill
→ Just as he was about to activate the next round of Star Abyss Technique, he discovered that the spear formation soul skill was delayed in triggering, the structure was interfered with by the chains, and half of the formation collapsed.
The third shackle: Locking time
→ The flow of space changed, and his figure seemed to linger for three breaths, and his forward movement caused his soul shadow to split.
Fourth Shackle: Lock Space
→ The battlefield coordinates are disordered, and his soul and body are beginning to shift in position!
Nine Shackles to Suppress the Soul!
Although Lord Jun Chen was a powerful expert in the Silent Source Realm, he could not completely resist the pressure of the "Sealed Nine Realms". Although the Spear of the Star Abyss was still striking, its power was no longer as sharp as when it cut through the shackles!
With a deep shout, he reversed his soul power within his body, forcibly stabilizing his sea of consciousness, using his soul power to resist the five or more layers of shackles, while simultaneously roaring:
If you unlock all nine locks, I will shatter the nine heavens!
Gun Spirit surged, and his perception shone like the sun!
Lord Jun Chen forcibly activated a hidden technique--
"[Star Abyss Silent Wheel - Nine Palaces Approaching Together]!"
This is a unique soul battle technique he developed based on the Heavenly Emanation Silent Wheel. Once activated, it can simulate nine Xing Ji trajectories above the sea of consciousness, forming a counterbalancing structure with the "Nine Realm Lock"!
Instantly, the starlight in his sea of consciousness burst forth, and his soul wheel shone brightly, forcefully resisting the soul shackles of the sixth level and above!
Star Souls versus Shackles, Soul Wheels reflecting World Chains, amidst the light of heaven and earth, a duel of "Nine Tracks versus Nine Shackles" silently Realm Splitting space, stirring up a raging storm!
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At this moment, the battle has turned into a tug-of-war!
The Soul Army behind King Jia You quietly pressed in, and Lord Jun Chen's figure was already bound by the Nine Realms, trapped in a deadlock situation!
Lord Jun Chen gripped the Spear of the Star Abyss tightly with both hands, his robes torn, and [Soul Shackle Erosion Marks] had begun to appear on the soul armor on his shoulders. Each chain that passed through his sea of consciousness left a black mark on his Soul Seal, which was the [Locking Realm Seal], which could not be dispelled by conventional means.
But he remained firmly in the center, with the Star Abyss Silent Wheel revolving around him, barely managing to confront Nine Shackles.
He gritted his teeth and whispered:
"If this is not broken... I will be imprisoned."
Suddenly, his eyes sharpened, his soul light surged, and he held the Spear of the Star Abyss horizontally between his brows, whispering as if making a vow:
"Star Abyss Origin - Realm Splitting!"
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[Star Abyss Ultimate Skill - Realm Splitting and Asking the Sky]
This move is not for killing enemies, but for Realm Breaking.
Lord Jun Chen used the burning of his own Soul Sea as a catalyst to forcefully unleash a world-sweeping spear strike.
The spear's edge was no longer stable; instead, it exploded like a raging star, reversing its fate!
At this moment, the Nine Shackles of the Soul Domain trembled, and the first, second, and fourth shackles were severed first!
Taking advantage of the situation, Lord Jun Chen retreated rapidly, forcibly breaking free from the outer three layers of locking barriers, and his sea of consciousness began to recover slightly.
But King Jia You was not angered.
He simply raised his hand slightly.
The Soul-Locking Seal behind him revealed its second form.
--[Nine Shackles that Lock the Realm - Core Realm Soul] Activated!
A soul sphere, bound by countless shackles, flew out of his body, resembling a boundary core, and suspended above his head, its surface covered with torn soul threads.
This is his true core soul weapon, not used for attack, but for controlling the coordinates of all soul fields.
With a click, the third, sixth, and seventh shackles instantly switched to "displacement-type soul locks".
Lord Jun Chen's soul trajectory and the order in which his soul skills were used were all delayed.
This is no longer a blockade; it's disrupting the very chain of logic!
As the Star Abyss Silent Wheel began to disintegrate, his movements became delayed, his soul power could not be transmitted to its maximum, and he felt as if he had fallen into an abyss within the locked realm.
King Jia You finally made a move.
He took a step forward.
All the soul chains on the ground surged instantly, bursting forth from the edge of the Nine Realms, sealing off Lord Jun Chen's four directions and three realms!
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[Soul Master Skill - Abyss Shackles Approach]
A massive phantom of a soul lock rose from behind him, like a prison for the gods. A shackle fell, sealing off Lord Jun Chen's last escape route.
Lord Jun Chen roared, his soul power surged throughout his body, and he unleashed his final strike:
"Abyssal Star Extinguishes the Lock!!"
Gunfire transformed into a swarm of stars, crashing into the Soul Tower array.
However, it was ultimately half a breath too late.
"Click!"
A clear sound.
The nine realms' soul locks merged into one, and the soul chains pierced through the body.
Lord Jun Chen's soul and star soul were completely sealed within a soul lock crystal seal, turning into a drop of black soul bead that fell into the palm of King Jia You!
Soul Sealing - Completed.
The powerful cultivator Lord Jun Chen, at the Silent Origin level, Annihilation within the [Nine Shackles that Lock the Realm]!
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The battlefield fell silent instantly.
The moment Lord Jun Chen's Soul Seal sank into the black crystal lock, the battlefield fell silent for a moment.
The battle formation in the heavens has lost a corner, and one of the Ten Generals of Silent Origin has fallen!
The vengeful spirits surged once more, and the 300,000-strong soul army, like a black tide of death, began to advance from the Nine Shackles Realm towards the Spirit Firmament Defense Line.
The soul chains were dense and powerful, like the resounding clang of ten thousand armies' chains, and a storm of consciousness swept across the realm!
At this moment, a figure in a purple flame-patterned robe slowly stepped into the center.
Venerable Yan Yan, enter the battle.
He walked slowly, each step drawing forth a rising flame soul, and a crimson gold soul-refining ruler condensed into a trail of silent light in his palm.
He ignored the surging army of souls and uttered only a soft voice:
Three hundred thousand? That should be enough.
Behind him, a gust of soul wind howled. He raised the Silent Soul Flame-Refining Ruler, his five fingers splitting open as blood and soul essence flowed into it.
The Soul Ruler suddenly shone brightly, and the Soul Refining Fire rose a hundred feet high!
At this moment, the very essence of heaven and earth trembled!
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[Silent Soul Ruler Technique - Fifth Form - Soul Burning and Realm Refining]
A single slash, enough to refine ten thousand souls!
Instead of directly attacking the soul weapon, Venerable Yan Yan inserted the Soul Ruler into the Void Soul Vein, igniting the Soul Fire at the bottom layer of the Silent Flame beneath the Spirit Firmament Soul Realm!
Boom!!!
Beneath the entire battlefield, the land of souls shattered!
From the depths of the Ming Yuan, a Soul-Refining Fire Array rose, its shape resembling a lotus, and its name was:
"The Silent Flame Lotus Platform".
Each lotus petal is composed of a soul-refining track, covering the entire lower level of the battlefield's Soul Realm!
In an instant, a wisp of crimson-gold soul pattern appeared on every body, soul shell, and consciousness imprint of the 300,000-strong soul army!
--That's Soul Seal refinement.
With a single hand seal, the Venerable Yan Yan's sleeves billowed like fiery waves, and a foot-long flame pierced through his fingers.
"Refine."
As the word fell, the lotus platform spun, and nine layers of soul flames erupted!
Three hundred thousand soul soldiers... their soul shells shattered!
The soul spontaneously combusts!
Seal removal!
Within three breaths--
Three hundred thousand soul soldiers, two hundred thousand burned to ashes!
The remaining soldiers were also plunged into the Soul-Burning Purgatory, their screams shaking the heavens and their cries of agony forming a tidal wave.
Soulfires blaze like a sea, the realm of the dead is a sacrifice!
That scene was like a thousand Soul Burial in flames!
All of this was accomplished by Venerable Yan Yan alone.
He raised his eyes and coldly surveyed the battlefield:
The rest is up to you.
His gaze fell upon the sky—
Qin Ning appears.
Of the 300,000 soul soldiers, 200,000 were consumed by Venerable Yan Yan's single strike.
The remaining 100,000 souls had not yet escaped from the "Soul Flame Purgatory" when an extremely silent light quietly fell over the battlefield—silent, yet as if it were the final sound of destiny.
It was Qin Ning who descended upon the battlefield.
He stood silently atop the sky, his black hair flowing, the power of the Silent Origin rising from his body like a long, deep river, the Silent Ring behind him slowly rotating, like a boundary ring descending from the heavens, locking onto the entire Remnant Soul Battle Domain.
At this moment, he was dressed in a battle robe with silent patterns, holding the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, a flash of dark golden light in his eyes, and he whispered as if making a vow:
"All things return to stillness, so why should anything arise?"
He slowly spread his five fingers, and a reverse seal of life essence appeared in his palm, inscribed with three ancient silent characters:
"No cause of birth".
Silent Origin: Tribulationless Chapter - Fifth Form.
[Silent Origin, Unborn Silent Cause]
This is not a killing move, but a method to eliminate cause and effect.
This move doesn't "annihilate," but rather "erases the reason for the enemy's existence"—the enemy no longer has any logic or trajectory for appearing here, and is no longer "allowed to exist."
Qin Ning whispered:
"This world has no place for you."
As soon as the words were spoken, the Silent Origin Totem fully unfolded in the sky.
In an instant, the remaining 100,000 soul soldiers' seas of consciousness resounded, all their soul bodies suddenly trembled, and an irresistible sense of "loss" rose to their consciousness.
They suddenly forgot "why they were fighting";
--Forgot "why they exist";
--They forgot "who was guiding them in battle";
--Forgot their "origins";
--And they forgot their "place of belonging".
Consciousness, like a kite with a broken string, drifts away silently...
One hundred thousand soul soldiers were seen on the battlefield, their souls becoming still, kneeling, Annihilation, and vanishing silently into soul light and dust, leaving not even a trace behind.
They were not "killed," but rather Annihilation beyond the definition of existence.
The entire battlefield was as silent as a deathly realm.
Venerable Yan Yan nodded slowly, looking at Qin Ning with an unusually solemn expression:
"You have already achieved the 'Annihilation of cause and effect'."
Qin Ning retrieved the Silent Origin Map and said calmly:
Only by eradicating its cause can its origin be permanently severed.
But the next moment, a furious roar erupted from the silence!
High in the sky, the Locked King Jia You of the Netherworld emitted a deep, furious wail!
He witnessed Lord Jun Chen being sealed away, and the 300,000-strong Soul Army being burned to ashes and vanished in a single day.
That's not failure, that's the complete erasure of the military spirit system!
King Jia You was enraged. He stepped down with the Nine Soul-Locking Seal and once again formed the "Soul-Locking Splitting Chain" with his right hand. The flames in his sea of consciousness roared like hell!
He pointed at Venerable Yan Yan, and spoke for the first time, his words like those of a wrathful god of the realm:
"You... should be imprisoned."
The balance of the soul pressure of heaven and earth was disrupted once again, Nine Realms Soul-Shaking Lock descended from the sky. The furious power of the Locked Realm - King Jia You caused the entire sky's soul lines to explode!
He moved—
This time, it's not about blockade or expulsion, but directly targeting Venerable Yan Yan —to completely "imprison" this key enemy who destroyed his soul army and his schemes in the Eternal Abyss!
He broke through the Soul Realm Lock, and the power of the giant chains exploded in his limbs.
Behind him, nine soul locks stretched across the sky like nine-headed dragons, their fierce spiritual light transforming from silence into a raging torrent that "devoured the soul source of an entire world"!
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Venerable Yan Yan raised an eyebrow slightly. Without moving, he held the Silent Soul Ruler horizontally in front of his chest, and the dark purple soul flames quietly rose.
His tone was as firm as iron, and his words were like the low tolling of a bell.
Your anger doesn't give you the right to touch me.
King Jia You roared, and the Soul Chains and Soul Flowers in his palms bloomed furiously, transforming into the Nine-Lock True Soul Realm Ring. Like nine shields twisting, they forcefully cleaved open the Sealed Soul Heaven Domain, directly suppressing Venerable Yan Yan!
The next instant, the Soul-Locking Slaying Formation crashed down, the nine locks linked together, the soul track cracked, the space collapsed on the spot, and the surrounding ten miles of realm were completely broken into the Soul-Locking Abyss!
This move is no longer just about suppression, but a complete "annihilation of the consciousness and soul domain," designed specifically for those "outside the locked realm."
Without moving, Venerable Yan Yan merely raised a finger, and a ghostly flame secondary seal suddenly appeared on the Silent Soul Ruler in his palm!
This seal is not the main pattern, but a hidden pattern of the Soul Ruler, a judgment seal soul designed specifically for beings at the realm-sealing level.
A soft sigh was heard:
"Silent Soul Ruler Technique - Secondary Seal - Silent Flame Seals the Abyss."
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[Silent Flame Seals the Abyss] is an "Extraterritorial Judgment Technique" born from the Silent Soul Ruler's Silent Origin Soul Skill.
It does not directly attack the enemy's soul, nor does it destroy the enemy's sea of consciousness; it only does one thing—determines whether the enemy "is qualified to exist in this realm."
If determined to be "illegally existing," then the abyss will be immediately sealed and the peril severed, with no resistance or escape possible!
The Nine Locks of the King Jia You pierced into the Soul Realm Domain in an instant.
The next moment!
The entire sky trembled violently!
With a sudden swing of the Soul Ruler, the secondary seal ignited instantly, forming a Sealing Abyss Rift Wheel constructed from hundreds of Soul Laws.
This Sealing Abyss Rift Wheel directly pierced through the core of the King Jia You's Consciousness Realm, severing his soul bond with the "Soul-Locking Realm"!
--His Soul Chains snapped one by one!
--His shackles and soul wheel turned to ashes inch by inch!
His "Soul-Bearing Structure" shattered on the spot!
A low, resounding soul explosion followed.
"Hiss! Aaaaaaaahh..."
King Jia You stood frozen in mid-air, his soul violently torn apart, as if he had been "stripped away from this world"!
His body ignited with an invisible, silent flame, gradually turning to ash in the stillness!
In the end, he could no longer even scream, his entire being was completely swallowed up by "Silent Flame Seals the Abyss".
No soul fragments left.
No identification mark was left.
They will no longer be remembered.
[Locking the Realm - King Jia You], Annihilation.
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The battlefield fell silent once more, as still as death.
The second battle has come to an end!
High in the sky, You Junhan's soul-piercing eyes, which looked down upon the Spirit Firmament, finally narrowed slightly.
His third judge is about to make his appearance.