The endless expanse of lines and myriad possibilities suddenly converged and settled, layer by layer, into billions, millions, thousands, and a single entity. All the complexity vanished, leaving only an ancient gaze, suspended in the Space Silence the heavens and earth.
Qin Yu saw things again and witnessed all things once more. What he saw was no longer the eyes of the Sight-Derivation Beast, but a supreme being that emanated from the deepest part of its main pupil and transcended countless ages.
That was not the original gaze of the Sight-Derivation Beast, but rather the afterglow of something more transcendent, more ancient, and more Ultimate — the Silent Form Realm. In an instant, all the countless tiny pupils around the Sight-Derivation Beast closed and withered, leaving only the central main pupil, Space Silence and dominating the entire situation.
His main pupil turned from pitch black to deathly gray, an Emptiness devoid of all phenomena. Within the gray pupil, a gaze of solitude, untraceable and Wanyan, slowly descended and enveloped Qin Yu.
The third and Ultimate trial descended upon the mortal world— Seeing Stillness. Two gazes that transcended dimensions collided with a deafening roar, their origins merging. In an instant, all forms vanished, and all phenomena Annihilation.
Qin Yu first glimpsed a magnificent and eternally glorious scene.
The territory of the Wanyan Ancient Clan spans across the heavens and encompasses all realms, with endless Emanation Domain expanding simultaneously and endlessly. Ancient powerhouses walk among countless possibilities, able to Return to Emanation to the origins of a failed future and be reborn, or to restart their path from the path of Unborn. Ancient temples, vast ancient cities, and the Wanyan Ancestral Land —a myriad of magnificent scenes unfold one after another, reaching the pinnacle of splendor.
In the next instant, the Wanyan geniuses perished, Ancient Clan withered, the heavens and worlds shattered, the Great Dao collapsed, countless possibilities of evolution were completely severed, with no further development. The flourishing civilization faded away layer by layer, returning to gray and lifeless silence.
In an instant, a vast and desolate figure slowly emerged at the end of all things. It was the Wanyan Grand Progenitor Evolutions, his face blurred and his Daoist aura vast and desolate, standing alone at the Ultimate end of all forms, all laws, and all possibilities.
Mountains and rivers faded, the starry sky dimmed, light and darkness dissolved, laws collapsed, and possibilities were severed. All existence vanished before him, returning to nothingness. All things returned to silence, Wanyan returned to zero.
Finally, Emperor Taizu turned around suddenly. This glance was his last thought, his last look, and his last question before stepping into the Silent Form Realm.
With this single glance, all the ancient scenes Annihilation, utterly reduced to nothingness.
Within Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, the forms and Ring Master Soul Diagram Heavenly Cause Judgment Sequence —Source Dao Return to Origin and Sever Retracing Void Source Dream Stillness Six Severances Seal Silent Beginning visible appearance.
It will not be destroyed, nor will it be annihilated.
Rather, it was the very principles of the birth of all supernatural powers, their operational states, and their ultimate consequences; all visible, perceptible, and extrinsic possibilities were instantly read, thoroughly understood, and completely defined by this gaze of solitude.
Following that, Qin Yu's own origin and Evolution Name were read layer by layer and understood line by line. His past years were read in a single thought and understood completely. His current situation was seen through in an instant and no secrets remained.
The future holds countless trajectories and endless branches, flowing rapidly and being read layer by layer, growing faster, more thorough, and more comprehensive. Qin Yu's figure quietly fades and blurs layer by layer, without wounds, cracks, dissipation, or pain.
But deep within, that sense of vitality—that "still unknown, still variable, and capable of further evolution"—is rapidly fading and constantly disappearing.
Shoulders, arms, chest, limbs, torso... the layers of muscle tissue throughout the body become blurred, not because the physical form dissipates, but because, within the fundamental system of the Eye Faculty Emanation Domain, the ability to evolve is gradually shed and the possibility of rebirth is lost.
It was only because the Sight-Derivation Beast was using its peripheral vision to fully unfold and completely read all of Qin Yu's unexplored future, all his unrealized possibilities, and all his unrevealed origins.
When you finish reading one branch, one unknown disappears; when you finish reading all the branches, all the unknowns return to zero.
The mirror sea behind Qin Yu could no longer reflect his image; the vast Sea of Form no longer emanated new hues because of his gaze; the remaining eyes in the void all moved away from him and ceased to observe him.
Sight-Derivation Beast's main pupils grew richer and deeper, Qin Yu's figure was slowly peeling away from the endless changes and eternal evolution of the Wanyan Ancestral Land.
There was no gruesome death or annihilation, no excruciating pain of the Great Dao collapsing, but rather a more thorough and Ultimate end to the origin than Annihilation and oblivion. He still stood still, his body unfallen, his heart undying.
But his new future, new possibilities, and new evolution are on the verge of extinction and completely exhausted. All that he could become, all that he could take, all that he could bear, and all that Unborn a destiny for, were all seen and frozen by this lonely gaze.
Until the very end, even the last vestige of original potential—that "Qin Yu still possesses unseen unknowns"—completely dissipated and returned to nothingness. Wanyan Returning to Stillness Eye, the Ultimate completion and perfect manifestation took place. This technique never kills, never destroys objects, and never breaks laws. It does only one thing—to see you completely.
But what is completely seen, fully defined, and without any unknown will eventually break free from Wanyan, fade away from change, return to stillness, and come to a complete end.
Qin Yu's figure had faded to almost nothing more than an outline. The "Wanyan Returning to Stillness Eye" continued. There was no roar, no divine light, no external pressure. The gray-white main pupil in the center of the Sight-Derivation Beast simply looked at him calmly, and this "look" was more thorough than any divine power that could destroy the Fate Soul or Sever Karma.
Qin Yu's past has been read and is now fully laid out. Countless future branches that have not yet truly occurred are rapidly unfolding in that gaze. Possibilities, like thin threads drawn from a long river, light up in the depths of the main pupil, only to be extinguished after being completely understood.
With each extinguished line, Qin Yu loses a fraction of the "unknown" element; with each reduction in the unknown, his existence within the Eye Faculty Emanation Domain becomes more aligned with a fully defined outcome.
The mirror sea beneath his feet no longer reflected his complete form. The Sea of Form no longer emanated new colors because of his gaze. The countless eyeballs that once floated densely in the void in the distance were now moving away from him one by one, because for the Eye Faculty Emanation Domain, an existence that was being completely read was becoming increasingly unnecessary to continue to evolve.
Qin Yu remained calm, simply standing there watching his right hand gradually fade from clarity, watching the edges of his fingertips lose the ability to differentiate into other forms, and watching the power of being "completely seen through" slowly approach the foundation of his Fate Soul.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered the giant mirror he had used to break through the "Attachment to Seeing." Back then, he was facing an endless recursion of "I am Sight-Derivation Beast, Sight-Derivation Beast is seeing me." Ultimately, what truly broke that chain was never stronger observation, nor seeing the other more clearly. Rather, it was—no longer maintaining the distinction between "the seer" and "the seen."
The seriousness in Qin Yu's eyes gradually subsided. He had finally detected the only flaw in the "Wanyan Returning to Stillness Eye to Silence." This divine power could unfold all possibilities, see all the unrevealed branches of an existence, and continuously compress the "unknown" to zero. However, for it to do all this, there was one premise that had never changed: it needed an object that could be seen. For "seeing" to be valid, there must be "being seen."
Sight-Derivation Beast truly sought was never Qin Yu's physical body, Fate Soul, Dao foundation, or karma; it grasped at the countless desires within Qin Yu: to see the fragments, the truth, the exit, the Sight-Derivation Beast's true power, and even whether he had found a way to break the curse.
These thoughts will establish a clear "I," followed by a clear "what is seen." As long as both ends are established, that gaze can reach Qin Yu along the relationship between them. The harder one looks, the clearer the definition becomes, and the faster one returns to stillness.
The last trace of tension between Qin Yu's brows finally dissipated. He didn't close his eyes. Closing his eyes was meaningless. Nor did he sever his vision. Within the Eye Faculty Emanation Domain, existence itself is seeing.
He simply turned his gaze back forward. He saw the Sight-Derivation Beast. He saw the gray-white main pupil. He saw the Sea of Form. He saw countless futures fading away. He saw his own arm, which was almost transparent.
Everything still came into his view. But this time, he didn't linger anywhere. He didn't grasp the Sight-Derivation Beast. He didn't grasp his own body. He didn't grasp those futures. He didn't tell himself which color was the most real, nor did he label any possibility as "belonging to me."
I saw it, then passed by; I saw it again, then passed by again.
A crimson light flashed before his eyes. Qin Yu left no trace of "Crimson." A mountain appeared in the distance. He left no trace of "Mountain." In one branch of the future, he stepped out of the Eye Faculty Emanation Domain. He left no trace of "Success." In another future, he vanished completely. He left no trace of "Failure."
All things he saw flowed past his field of vision, yet no color, no form, no future could take root or remain in his mind.
Meanwhile, Sight-Derivation Beast was still watching him, Qin Yu no longer clung to the thought of "it is watching me." His greyish-white primary pupil read him. And so it read. Possibilities unfolded. And so it unfolded. Even as Qin Yu's translucent body continued to fade, he no longer had the thought of "I must preserve this version of myself."
He simply exists. Existence doesn't need to be proven by being seen by anyone, nor does it need to be established by what he sees.
In that instant, the "Wanyan Returning to Stillness Eye" paused for the first time. Within the depths of the Sight-Derivation Beast Master's pupil, where countless future branches were rapidly unfolding, a tiny gap suddenly appeared. Then a second, a third, and so on.
It was still looking at Qin Yu, but it began to lose sight of "who it was seeing." Because every time it tried to pinpoint a possibility as Qin Yu, Qin Yu refused to acknowledge that possibility as "me."
It reads the present, but Qin Yu is not attached to the present; it reads the past, but Qin Yu does not define himself by the past; it unfolds the future, but Qin Yu does not take any future as a basis for himself.
Sight-Derivation Beast could see more and more, Qin Yu became increasingly difficult to capture. It didn't disappear, nor did it hide. Rather, it didn't stay in any fixed position where it could be observed, yet remained unseen, being seen without clinging to being seen.