Yu Soul Judgment Manifest · Silent Flames Leave No Trace
The heavens Spirit Firmament, the battle for supremacy continues.
The last glimmer of the Silent Flame Seals the Abyss had not yet dissipated, and the annihilation mark of the Locked Realm· King Jia You, like a shattered Star Abyss crack, still flickered and echoed in the void. Venerable Yan Yan withdrew the Silent Soul Ruler, his body untouched by a trace of soul blood, his eyes calm and composed, as if he had merely completed a routine judgment.
But, in that very instant...
--Black rain, falling suddenly.
It wasn't raining from the sky, but rather the soul realm cracking itself, from the deepest part of the heavens, drops of scarlet light descended, like mirage blood flowing backward, scorching all spatial order.
What followed was an indescribable sense of oppression.
It was as if the entire Spirit Firmament Great Realm's soul pathways were being silently devoured by some soul-devouring will.
Suddenly, a very low chuckle came from within the silent flames, the sound ethereal yet penetrating to the very depths of one's consciousness:
"The Flame Lord is gone... It's my turn to collect his body."
A thin crack appeared in the void.
Then--
A snow-white bare foot stepped out!
It was a woman dressed in a blood-red, ghostly robe, with a silver belt cinching her waist. Her long hair cascaded down like an ink-black tide, her face half-hidden, revealing a blood-red eye with crimson markings, as if a thousand souls were staring at her.
She did not reveal her full appearance, but that one glance from her shook the entire Ten Directions Soul Domain.
"The Third of the Ten Spirit-Extinguishing Judicators - Silent Blood - Yu Xinling."
At this moment, the Soul Army fell silent, all the dead bowed to her, and the 500,000-strong Soul Army, with her as its core, shook the Nine Realms like the eye of a storm!
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Venerable Yan Yan frowned and took half a step forward, his Soul Ruler sweeping horizontally, intending to test the waters.
But he merely unleashed a wisp of flame, and Yu Xinling smiled slightly, extending her palm.
Without any combat techniques or prior indication of soul power, simply by lightly stroking the void with a palm, one could hear:
"The Judgment of the Demon - The Sorrow of No Flame."
Snap--
A muffled thud resounded from the center of the sky!
The Soul Flame Ruler, which had been hanging high above... suddenly burst into flames!
Venerable Yan Yan's body trembled, just as he was about to seal his consciousness—
Within the Soul Sea, a blood-red eye simultaneously appeared, directly imprinting itself into the Entering Stillness Soul Consciousness Wheel!
At that moment, he felt as if his entire being had been pressed into some kind of abyss, and even the act of "thinking" itself lost its logic.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, his figure...
It turned to ashes, along with the Silent Soul Ruler, and vanished into the sky without warning.
There was no counterattack, no struggle.
-- Annihilation.
The entire hall fell silent.
This was the first time that a powerful Silent Origin the Spirit Firmament Great Realm had been wiped out in a single blow without any counter-attack.
All the high-level experts from the Heavenly Abyss Beast Que, the Divine Flame Radiant Realm, the Thunder Prison Mystic Gate, and the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan all froze in shock.
Qin Ning's gaze suddenly darkened, the soul patterns of Ming Ye and Ming Zhen vibrated, Qian Ruishan's icy breath condensed into frost, and Zhou Yu's Emperor-Charging Nether Lightning Sword was already half-drawn from its sheath.
The next moment, Yu Xinling slowly raised her head, the bloodshot lines in her eyes deepening. She spoke slowly and deliberately, surveying the crowd with an icy tone:
"You... dare to act so presumptuously?"
"--Now, is there anyone who wants to avenge him?"
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After five breaths of silence, a footstep as steady as a mountain stepped forward.
"... I'll do it."
A burly man clad in black and gold patterned armor stepped out from in front of the Spirit Firmament Army formation, carrying a heavy axe and halberd on his back. His eyes were like stars, and his soul aura was as steady as an abyss.
"Silent Source Realm, Third Stage Perfection, Conferred Venerable · [Marquis of the Azure Abyss]."
"Today... not for revenge, but to settle scores."
Behind him, 100,000 Spirit Firmament Army soldiers marched out, their golden-patterned soul banners fluttering fiercely.
The void was like a bell; a single stomp resonated throughout the clouds.
Marquis of the Azure Abyss strode into the sky, his soul aura exuding power even before it was angry. His sea of consciousness Steady as a Mountain pressing down on the world. His feet trod on the golden patterns in all directions, causing the soul tide to retreat a hundred feet. He carried the Soul Axe and Halberd horizontally on his right shoulder, and the Spirit Firmament Mystic Diagram on his back slowly rose, condensing into the Golden Nine Soul Seal.
Each Soul Seal is a mark left by the nine World Extinguisher battles they endured.
His gaze swept over Yu Xinling, his words low yet resounding:
"How many truly life-or-death situations have you witnessed in those eyes?"
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Yu Xinling chuckled, her fingertips brushing against the air, and threads of blood scattered out, conjuring a "Blood-Eyed Soul Wheel" in front of her.
You'll be the first.
Moment!
Five hundred thousand Soul Army soldiers mobilized!
Blood and souls surged like waves across the sky, the sounds of the underworld shook the realm, and the howling undead rushed in, as if the Dead Sea Seal Domain!
As Marquis of the Azure Abyss raised his heavy axe, his soul energy surged within him. As the axe blade swung horizontally, a massive tide of the Soul Sea suddenly swept across the entire sea of souls!
"Combat Skill: Realm-Splitting Abyssal Light Axe!"
With a single strike of his axe, the golden axe light tore through the tide of 100,000 soul soldiers in front of him, directly shattering the void for thirty miles!
Wherever its soul weapons went, the earth cracked three times and the sky was severed five layers of soul energy!
But Yu Xinling merely spun her right palm slightly, her soul wheel pressing down, releasing her first innate awareness technique:
[The Sound of the Demon - Red Eyes and a Withered Soul]
The crimson eyes split open, and the perspective of ten thousand souls collapsed in an instant!
Within his sea of consciousness, Marquis of the Azure Abyss suddenly felt the trajectory of his soul path severed. As the axe fell, the soul light trembled, and his consciousness wheel shook violently!
He roared angrily, gritted his teeth, and used his soul power to shatter the "soul-locking nails" within his body, forcibly stabilizing his soul energy!
Simultaneously unleash the second skill:
[Heavenly Abyss Skill - Soul-Suppressing Thousand-Pound Seal]
With a palm strike as solid as a mountain, he shattered the three layers of blood mist and soul barrier in front of him, and his consciousness locked onto his soul once again!
A head-on clash on the battlefield ensues, a desperate battle!
The Heavenly Soul Rend Sea, Hou Yin Town Judgement
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Ten thousand souls howled in chaos, their very breath burning with fury.
Under the control of Yu Xinling's soul power, the 500,000-strong Soul Army surged towards the front line like a moving "Soul Abyss Black Domain." Marquis of the Azure Abyss met them head-on, his figure as imposing as a mountain, standing tall among the Soul Army, and raised his axe in fury once more!
He furiously slashed at Shi Kong, the fierce light stretching thirty feet!
In an instant, another ten thousand soul soldiers were cleaved into dust by a single axe blow, but this was only the beginning.
Yu Xinling flipped her palm in mid-air, using the blood mist as a brush to draw the third soul pattern in the air:
[Azure Pattern - Cocoon of Consciousness]
This is a secret array for constructing consciousness, which uses the shape of a soul cocoon to lock onto the core trajectory of the enemy's consciousness, causing the enemy to experience "delayed attacks and self-loss".
Marquis of the Azure Abyss was instantly plunged into a "short-term disruption of his consciousness"!
It seemed that when he swung his axe, he saw only the afterimage of the enemy's soul from three breaths ago, while the real enemy had already circled around to his back!
With a flick of her finger, Yu Xinling unleashed a Soul-Splitting Whip that swept across like a scorpion's tail!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss barely turned around and roared:
"You think that because my mind is still, I am at peace?!"
He angrily rammed into the barrier of consciousness, unleashing the second level of the Mystic Origin Realm Diagram!
A layer of golden seal burst open from behind like a barrier, slashing horizontally into the sky and striking down the tail of the demon soul!
Instantaneous Soul Explosion!
Thirty cracks appeared in the void as the blood of the underworld rained down!
A wave of soul energy swept across three hundred feet!
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The two clashed instantly, exchanging blows for forty breaths, their combat techniques clashing more than ten times!
In the sky:
• Yu Xinling releases [Yu Ying Duan Hun · Shattered Abyss]
• Marquis of the Azure Abyss unleashed a furious attack with [Soul Rend Dragon Halberd - Nine Mountains Opening the Wilderness].
On the ground:
• Blood Soul Legion Breaks Through the Sky and Charges into Battle
• The 100,000- Spirit Firmament Lingqiong army retreated step by step, and their defensive line was in grave danger!
Just as the Heavenly Abyss Beast Que and the Divine Flame Radiant Realm warriors were about to join the rescue.
--The soul light of Marquis of the Azure Abyss exploded!
"Celestial Seal - Fourth Soul Seal - Abyss Suppression!!"
He suddenly shattered the golden seal and Soul Stele, his roar piercing the heavens!
His entire body's soul energy exploded, like a torrent flowing back from the deepest abyss. The power of his soul patterns suddenly erupted, and the shadow of the "Fourth Soul Diagram" appeared within his Heavenly Soul Seal!
He broke through!
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Silent Source Realm - Third Stage Perfection → Silent Source Realm - Fourth Stage Initial Entry!
--The pressure of the Heavenly Soul has transformed him from a warrior to a world commander!
The Yu Xinling gleamed strangely, but it was not yet frightened.
Her figure floated away, her blood-red skirt billowing, as she smiled and whispered:
"This is interesting... Come on, let me see if you truly deserve to 'Annihilation me'."
Meanwhile, Marquis of the Azure Abyss held an axe in both hands, his soul bearing the Nine Diagrams Sealing the Abyss!
Angrily rebuking the sky:
"Today, with this axe, I will annihilate you, soul and all!"
The Broken Drawing of Marquis of the Azure Abyss triggered the reconstruction of the soul pressure of heaven and earth.
--Above the Spirit Firmament Great Realm, the radiance of nine Soul Diagrams appeared, transforming into the "Suppressing Abyss Sealing Ring," like nine Golden Radiance, slowly rotating around him.
That is the state of nine-diagram resonance. Only those whose soul diagram is fully condensed and whose soul is awakened can elevate it into the realm seal cycle.
This overwhelming pressure instantly stunned the entire audience!
Even the Spirit Firmament warriors in the distant battle formation were all shaken, gazing at the figure of the Lord in the sky.
"Marquis of the Azure Abyss... has broken through!"
But the tide of war did not turn there.
Yu Xinling let out a soft moan, a seductive smile curving her lips, and flicked a drop of blood with her fingertip.
The drop of blood fell into the void, and surprisingly, it summoned a red-eyed gate on the outer layer of his consciousness.
The next instant, her fingertips ripped through the void:
"The Demon's Judgment: The Flaming Soul Steals Dreams."
The drop of blood pierced through the barrier of consciousness, instantly appearing inside the seventh soul diagram of Marquis of the Azure Abyss.
Within it, a phantom of the memory of Marquis of the Azure Abyss being slaughtered and his soul destroyed in his childhood appeared!
The soul is in turmoil!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss roared in fury, his axe flipping over to shatter the illusion:
"You dare to usurp my soul and will?!"
He plunged the axe into his sea of consciousness, and his soul fire coursed through his body!
Amidst the intense burning of the soul, the eighth soul suddenly materialized!
Soul Map - Heaven-Suppressing Bone-Shaking Stele!
--This was a sealed memory deep within his soul that had never been awakened, which finally shattered when pushed to its Limit!
Eight images are about to strike!
The golden axe fell from above, staining the sky with blood, and the soul wave exploded three thousand feet high!
The Yu Xinling consciousness were shaken away!
But there was still no fear in her eyes.
She murmured softly:
"I didn't even try my best before you advanced... Can you bear to see my final dream?"
With his hands forming a hand seal, a "Soul Realm Blood Domain" appeared within his sea of consciousness.
"The Final Abyss of Dreams, the Collapse of Knowledge in the Mirror Sea."
A wall of soul realms, composed of ninety-nine blood mirrors, floats between heaven and earth, each mirror reflecting the death of "Marquis of the Azure Abyss".
Some were slaughtered, some were corrupted, some committed suicide, and some went out of control Soul Transformation beasts...
That was all the failures, fears, and the possibility of future annihilation that resided in his subconscious.
Ninety-nine deaths, one will destroy the soul!
All the strong players off the field turned pale.
"That's... the Soul Arts Consciousness?"
But at that very moment!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss shouted in a deep voice:
"Death Non-Self ambition; nightmares are all soul-slaying!"
With a single axe strike, he shook the nine abysses, the axe light condensing all the soul diagrams and consciousnesses, completely uniting the consciousnesses into a single true self!
"The Heavenly Axe of Destiny - Rifts the Netherworld and Opens the Ancient Abyss!!!"
Before the axe even fell, the Soul Realm had already shattered!
Nine souls trembled in unison, and all senses were severed!
Yu Xinling's Ninety-Nine Dream Mirrors shattered with a deafening roar!
For the first time, her body trembled; her spiritual patterns were crumbling!
She looked down at the chaotic Soul Seal within her body, and for the first time, a look of shock appeared in her blood-red eyes!
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Marquis of the Azure Abyss slowly raised his eyes, his gaze devoid of joy or anger, only filled with a resolute intent.
You will not have another dream.
Souls dance wildly in the abyss, countless shadows scatter and sink.
The lingering light from the shattered dream still drifted in the air, like crimson butterfly wings, shimmering with the residual power of the Marquis of the Azure Abyss's axe shattering the intent of fear. Within that axe light, it seemed as if the torches of the Nine Realms' fierce souls were burning, illuminating the entire long night of the Silent Abyss.
But Yu Xinling —has not retreated!
Beneath the axe's edge, she resembled a torn soul, yet she nimbly spun around, her blood-red dress fluttering like phoenix feathers and blazing flames. Stepping through the void, her delicate body spun and slashed, instantly forming thousands of soul patterns!
"I once dreamt that you severed the Nine Dream Soul Diagrams... and I also dreamt that with a single finger, I sent you to your eternal rest."
With her left hand, she condensed the "Consciousness-Devouring Turbine," while her right palm drew upon the "Yu Abyss Origin Seal" in the void, opening and closing in a flash to unleash her innate divine skill:
[Yu Yuan · Crimson Calamity Mirror Source]
The Soul Barrier suddenly reversed, as if the primordial Soul Seal deep within Marquis of the Azure Abyss's sea of consciousness had been summoned, but transformed into the blade of enemy consciousness!
This is not erosion, this is—stripping away the Source Power our innate consciousness!
In an instant, Marquis of the Azure Abyss felt the Soul Diagram spinning slowly and his internal consciousness becoming unbalanced, like a chariot with a broken axle. Although he could still swing his axe, each strike was accompanied by a tearing of his "foundation"!
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On the battlefield, waves of souls surge once more!
Yu Xinling walked barefoot on the waves, each step bringing a surge of dreams. She no longer used military formations to suppress them, but instead used one soul to control the souls of 500,000 soldiers, linking their breaths and drawing upon the clouds of heaven and earth to construct a river of dream soul blood, which then fell from the sky.
Once the void is cleared and the color changes, the axe's might can no longer advance an inch!
--This is the first time that Yu Xinling has completely unleashed her soul-suppressing power after the deed was done!
Her bloodshot eyes swept across the room, as if a judgment had been handed down, and she whispered an incantation:
"Soul Blood Sacrifice Pact: Crimson Abyss of Sorrow"
Behind the 500,000 soul soldiers, her blood shadow image simultaneously appeared, her soul light burning, her consciousness fire resonating, and instantly, 500,000 more soul blood threads appeared in the sky, pulling down and piercing the core of the Soul Domain of the Yu Xinling!
She—with the life of the Soul Army, forged a divine technique!
"Crimson Abyss Ritual: The Fall of a Myriad Dreams!!"
As his consciousness burned like fire, a thousand layers of dreams descended from above, tearing open a hundred layers of blood rings in the void surrounding Marquis of the Azure Abyss!
Each blood ring represents a "Lone Dream of the Consciousness Realm"!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss was trapped in a series of illusionary cages, his axe soul locked and unable to break free!
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But--
Just as Yu Xinling took the ninth step and was about to release the final ring!
Bang!!!
Within the realm of consciousness, a furious axe suddenly pierced through the heavy barrier!
It is the Soul Map, the Ninth Map, the Heaven-Weeping Burial Soul Stele!!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss roared, shaking the soul:
"You possess five hundred thousand blood souls, while I possess the will of the soul, capable of shattering mountains and rivers with a single thought!"
The golden axe cleaved through the Soul Abyss once more, forcibly tearing a rift open within the Dream Prison, reconstructing consciousness!
He returned from the illusion, his soul map still intact, the heavy axe reflecting light as if a blazing sun had reappeared!
Yu Xinling was slightly startled. She saw in the Soul Rend Light that the man's eyes were like furnaces, filled with an undying, unyielding, and unyielding soul fire.
She breathed softly:
You... are more dazzling than in my dreams.
But in that instant, the aura of the 500,000 soul soldiers behind her... also quietly trembled!
A crack has appeared.
This is not the end, but rather the true turning Threshold in the winds.
The Soul Blood Sacrifice Chain, since its fall from the Sea of Consciousness, has merged the original soul veins of 500,000 Soul Soldiers with Yu Xinling.
With each breath she took, countless souls trembled.
With each wave of her hand, she mobilized the fire of an entire army.
This is a battle centered on "self," and also a world-sealing and annihilation campaign initiated by the sacrifice of "ten thousand souls."
Marquis of the Azure Abyss, however, used the Heavenly Abyss Axe to reverse the Soul Chain!
He returned from the dream realm, his eyes still burning with fire, and with a long howl emanating from his axe-patterned sword, he shattered the first three layers of the Soul Ring Dream Prison.
"You fortify your soul dream with ten thousand souls, regarding them as your spiritual soldiers... But have you ever heard: the Soul Army does not fight for its lord, but burns only to uphold the Way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly brought his axe down.
[Combat Skill - Army-Splitting Ring Slaying]
This technique is not aimed at the enemy leader, but directly at the chain of 500,000 soul soldiers!
A golden axe beam tore through the air and pierced the core of the Soul Blood Chain, instantly shattering a ring of the "Crimson Abyss Sacrificial Pact" seal engraved within it!
Boom!!
The Myriad Souls' Consciousness Flame trembled, causing an entire line of Soul Soldiers to experience disorder in their sea of consciousness, a sharp decrease in their aura, and turmoil in their divine souls!
--Blood Pact Breakdown - First Path!
Yu Xinling's expression changed slightly, and she quickly drew her fingers, tightening the chains of her consciousness domain again. However, she did not expect that Marquis of the Azure Abyss would not use his axe on her, but instead would target the Soul Source Main Ring!
Her gaze sharpened, and her inner fire reignited:
"Trying to break the ritual? Naïve."
She summoned the Blood-Patterned Soul Mirror from her left shoulder, instantly locking thousands of soul chains around Marquis of the Azure Abyss, their soul essence dissipating into a crimson torrent.
[Dream Locked by Demonic Fire, Myriad Bindings of Consciousness]
The entire void seemed to be trapped in a soul-locked labyrinth!
A single movement in the sea of consciousness creates a thousand chains binding the soul; each layer of the soul map shifts brings a dreamscape that suppresses consciousness.
Marquis of the Azure Abyss gritted his teeth, his sea of consciousness roared, and he injected the seventh soul diagram, "Soul-Suppressing Cliff Stone," into his consciousness meridian to forcefully break the dream lock!
"You control souls with souls, command armies with blood... then I will sever all 'causal' ties between you and them!!"
He infused his entire soul's consciousness into the Heavenly Abyss Axe, reversing all the soul diagrams and imbuing the axe blade with their power, before roaring and slashing down with a deafening crash:
[Final Rift - Nine Soul Annihilation Chain Axe]
This axe is not an axe for killing, but an axe for breaking chains!
When the golden axe struck the Blood Sacrifice Soul Core, a deafening explosion, like the wailing of millions of souls, resounded from the Abyss of Heavenly Consciousness straight to the top of the clouds!
Splash--
The entire Soul Realm seemed to have been "overthrown" from its very foundation!
Three hundred thousand soul soldiers... their soul chains snapped on the spot!
With their consciousness detached and their fighting spirit in disarray, the entire front line of the Soul Army began to crumble!
At this moment, the tide of battle has turned for the first time!
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Yu Xinling suppressed her emotions, her body trembled, and her blood-red skirt rose up like waves again. Behind her, the Crimson Abyss Soul Tree appeared, and hundreds of soul branches hung down from the tree, once again drawing in the remaining soul army!
"Only 300,000 have collapsed; I still have 200,000 of my consciousness flames yet to be activated."
"But how many more times do you, Marquis of the Azure Abyss, possess the power to unleash explosive attacks?"
Marquis of the Azure Abyss remained silent, his gaze piercing through the depths of her soul.
"If I strike again... you will lose all your 'Source Soul's support'."
He remained motionless, yet the entire realm of consciousness trembled!
--The next combat technique may completely shake the root of the Yu Xinling and the source of consciousness.
The Soul Tree blotted out the sky, and crimson flames surged like a tide.
Behind Yu Xinling, a Crimson Abyss Soul Tree, connecting the Heavenly Abyss and the Sea of Consciousness, suddenly appeared. It was the manifestation of her soul foundation—and also the final link in controlling the 500,000-strong soul army.
Each branch of the soul is connected to a lineage of the soul, and every drop of seeping red light is the burning flame of the lingering will of the soul army.
Her beautiful eyes were cold and icy, controlling every fluctuation of the Soul Tree, yet her voice was like a chant, a whisper in the blood-red night:
"The more you try to sever it, the more you become a part of it... Know how to explode? Let's see if you dare to make that final move."
Meanwhile, Marquis of the Azure Abyss stood in the center of the Soul-Severing Battlefield, holding his golden axe horizontally. His entire body's soul light had become as still as a mountain, and the nine soul diagrams closed one by one, with only the last diagram slowly igniting.
That was the Final Seal of his consciousness that he had never lightly activated in his entire life.
--Ninth image: The Blazing Plain Remnant Consciousness Stele.
Legend has it that everyone who has ever possessed this diagram must, on the day it is activated, "burn nine-tenths of their own knowledge" in exchange for the sole true meaning of the "Path to Severing the Soul".
"Knowledge can be severed, the soul can be burned, but the self is immortal, and all armies fall silent."
He bit his tongue, his nine souls resonated, and a wisp of silent soul fire rose from the depths of his consciousness!
Everyone saw that the soul fire of Marquis of the Azure Abyss burned from the top of his head to his feet, as if it had set his entire body ablaze.
Yet it showed no sign of weakening; on the contrary, billions of soul flames surged back and gathered at the axe's edge!
The axe slowly rose, its back like a mountain, its blade like a broken star, with nine souls swirling around it, forming a soul-sealing trajectory of "Myriad Consciousnesses Return to Ashes"!
Before the axe even fell, the soul branches of all the surrounding soul soldiers began to tremble slightly!
Yu Xinling finally changed her expression.
With a furious shout, she reached deep into the heart of the Crimson Abyss Soul Tree and pulled out a crystal-red "soul seed" from its core, which was engraved with the true seal of "Yu".
That was her— Soul Source Seed Seal!
"If you truly dare to strike this axe, I will take you with me to the Consciousness Silence— "
"With the soul annihilated and all consciousness collapsing, do you think you can gain victory?"
Marquis of the Azure Abyss voice:
"You use ten thousand souls as your weapon, and I will use myself alone... to protect the Dao of a billion souls."
As soon as he finished speaking, he moved!
[Axe Technique - Nine Souls' Final Guidance - Silent Severing of Ten Thousand Branches]!!!
The golden axe cleaved through the Rending Abyss like a fiery abyss, falling from the sky and striking the main branch of the Soul Tree!
Yu Xinling roared, her inner strength surging, forcibly redirecting the consciousness chains of 200,000 soul soldiers to block the axe.
Boom!!!!
His consciousness shattered, and his soul flames ignited the heavens!
That axe strike not only severed the soul branch—it also shattered the Crimson Abyss Soul Tree at its roots!
In mid-air, soul flames exploded like flowers, illuminating the entire battlefield as a "Dream of Blood Flames."
Yu Xinling image shattered, her internal energy went berserk, and her soul source vibrated as if struck by lightning!
But she is not yet destroyed!
--This is not the end, but the final struggle of the soul under pressure before collapse!
She looked up at the Marquis of the Azure Abyss, still standing amidst the soul flames, her voice hoarse yet tinged with a smile:
"You... you really dare to kill like that?"
Marquis of the Azure Abyss remained silent, only slowly raising the still-burning axe. Nine souls swirled around him like a ring of fire, and the soul diagram resounded like a tolling bell.
"Not over yet. I've severed your soul three times; you still have one axe left."
"In the next section, I will utterly sever your existence—your 'Soul Name'."
The Soul Name is the "mental name" that the soul retains in the world;
By severing the Soul Name, one cuts off any trace of its existence, including reincarnation, attachments, and karmic connections.
--In this section, Marquis of the Azure Abyss will not only sever the enemy's soul, but also sever the enemy's "Soul Name Origin Seal".
This action is tantamount to completely erasing the other party from the flow of heaven, earth, history, and the future, leaving no trace.
At this moment, Yu Xinling is no longer the composed, red-eyed strategist who first stepped onto the battlefield.
Her soul light was chaotic, her consciousness patterns collapsed, and 480,000 of her 500,000 soul soldiers were destroyed. The remaining 20,000 forcibly gathered their souls and formed an array, but they were like frightened birds, with no will to fight left.
She staggered onto the broken foundation of the Crimson Abyss Soul Tree, her breath ragged, her blood-stained dress still stained with the lingering soul flames. She still held the Soul Seal, her fingers trembling slightly, and inscribed the final ring of the incantation:
"Yuan... Ling... Immortal..."
The incantation rang out softly, yet it sounded like a mournful song of a thousand words, its lingering consciousness staining the heavens.
But just as she was about to complete the spell—
A loud bang!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss stepped into the Battle Abyss, his Heavenly Abyss Axe slashing horizontally like a rainbow, while the Nine Soul Wheels exploded with soul-radiance from behind!
"You still dare to establish your 'Soul Name' in the world?!"
With a furious roar, he summoned the Ninth Final Seal of the Soul Diagram!
--[The Blazing Plain Remnant Consciousness Stele] has truly appeared!
This stele stands at the heart of the Soul Abyss, its body inscribed with the ancient seal that reads "Annihilation the Nine Consciousnesses, Burning of the Soul and Severing of Names," serving as the final inscription for all "name-consciousness seekers."
As the Soul Stele pressed down, a torrent of consciousness imprints surged towards the core of Yu Xinling's cursed soul!
The curse seal shattered!
Soul Name shattered!
She coughed up blood and flames, her mind convulsed, and her sea of consciousness surged and collapsed like a burst dam.
Despair finally surfaced in her eyes, but at that moment, she bit her tongue, igniting her final Soul Seal:
Even if... you are soulless, I will still cut off your dream.
She used the deepest forbidden power—
[The Forbidden Technique of the Demon King: The Tragedy of Dreamlessness]
This is not about living for oneself, but about dragging the enemy into an abyss of utter desolation and despair!
The power of perception surged upwards like a blood-red torrent, instantly plunging the world into darkness!
Marquis of the Azure Abyss's expression remained unchanged as he slowly raised his axe.
No more building up power, no more sealing, no more suppressing the soul--
He needed no further preparation, for all he had to do was "break the knot."
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"The Nine Souls of Heavenly Abyss: Final Form - Axe Name Severing Life"
This axe strike is to sever the enemy's soul, consciousness, name, dream, path, thought, desire, attachment, and "existence."
Where the name of the axe is born, the name of the enemy Eternal Silence!
Boom!!!
The entire Crimson Abyss Soul Battlefield was suddenly engulfed in an indescribable, deafening roar of annihilation.
Yu Xinling's mangled body exploded amidst the soul flames, the Crimson Abyss Soul Tree completely collapsed, and the last 20,000 soul soldiers' consciousness chains snapped instantly, turning into dust and returning to oblivion!
Even her name—the curse marks between the characters—vanished into ashes amidst the echoing of the monument.
From this day forward, there will be no trace, memory, transmission, or reincarnation of the three characters "Yu Xinling" in the Spirit Firmament.
She never existed.
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Marquis of the Azure Abyss landed slowly, his axe blade returned to his back, his body trembled slightly, but he remained upright without retreating.
The entire Soul Battlefield fell into complete silence.
All Soul Silence, only the inscription on the stele remained suspended in the air, bearing the inscription:
[Soul Judgement No. 3: The Bloodthirsty One - Slain.]
The Tree of Souls is destroyed, the Flame of Dreams is extinguished.
When Marquis of the Azure Abyss cleaved that "Soul Name" with a single axe stroke, the third Spirit Extinction Judge [Silent Blood · Yu Xinling] vanished from the heavens, as if he had never existed. The remaining flames of consciousness and traces of soul silently dissipated in the wind, leaving not a trace of attachment.
At that moment, even the entire Spirit Firmament army did not immediately cheer.
They seemed still reeling from the shock of the disappearance of the inscription, unable to speak for a long time.
As for the Soul Army—having lost the guidance of its master soul, the remaining 20,000 Soul Soldiers trembled with fear. Some staggered backward, some self-destructed in chaotic consciousness, and others whimpered softly, seemingly finally awakening from the Crimson Abyss Dream Fire:
"We... were originally souls that were devoured?"
They were forcibly incorporated into the Soul Army's chain, forced to bear the sacrificial incantation, and merged with Yu Xinling. At this moment, the soul sacrifice collapsed, and those remnant souls began to break free from the incantation. Many phantoms began to transform into light and ascend to the heavens, drifting towards the other side of the Abyss of Consciousness.
Marquis of the Azure Abyss slowly walked to the center of the battlefield, watching the dissipating soul light fill the sky, and murmured softly:
May your calamities in this life end with this blade.
Behind them, the Spirit Firmament Army stood in solemn silence, heads bowed in mourning, and no one shouted any more battle cries.
This is the moment when all souls return to silence.
-
On the other side, the post-war terrain has become a massive collapse of the Soul Abyss.
Due to the final battle between Yu Xinling and Marquis of the Azure Abyss, the entire spatial Consciousness Realm the Crimson Abyss shattered, forming the Soul Fire Gorge that stretches tens of thousands of feet across.
This crack was later called:
"Soul Name Severing Abyss".
Legend has it that anyone who enters this gorge, if their obsession is not pure or their consciousness is unclear, will have their future "Soul Stele" imprinted in their soul. Those who are not truly sincere will surely have their soul crumble.
This is the realm of soul tribulation.
-
Although they won this battle, the powerful figures of Spirit Firmament knew that it was only three out of ten judges.
And...
In the distance, the oppressive black flames that pressed down on the sky had not yet dissipated.
You Junhan did not move, but he witnessed the entire process.
For the first time, a hint of anger seemed to appear deep within his soul-like eyes, which were as dark and fiery as starlight.
He uttered a sentence softly:
"Marquis of the Azure Abyss..."
"You're next."
Nine quarters after the battle, the Soul Abyss was still ablaze with embers, and the sky was dim.
Marquis of the Azure Abyss atop the Crimson Abyss, his battle axe held like a mountain against his back. Though his soul's aura was concealed, it was like a hidden fire, impossible to approach.
Behind them, the 100,000 soldiers of Spirit Firmament stood solemnly in formation. Their blood was still fresh, yet not a single one retreated a step.
In the air, the inscription "Soul Name Severing Abyss" still floated and sank. Below it, the last remaining thousand or so soul soldiers, their soul chains broken, their consciousness veins ruptured, and their spirituality out of control, wandered like zombies on the edge of the battlefield.
--The battle was won, but the victory was not yet complete.
A wisp of wind brushed past the broken soul.
Marquis of the Azure Abyss slowly raised his hand, neither drawing his axe nor gathering his soul, but merely extending a single finger.
Within his palm, the remnant light left by the Nine Souls Final Seal appeared, transforming into a phantom image of a dark golden axe.
"No battle without an axe."
"Those who are not souls cannot perish."
Having said that, he slashed out with his finger.
In an instant, the void cracked open!
A dark axe pattern thousands of feet long pierced through the Soul Abyss, precisely severing the "Undying Chain Array" composed of over a thousand remnant souls in half!
These wandering souls ceased their lingering for a moment, seemingly having finally lost the will to struggle. They all looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with a Ji Ran, tear-like light.
Then, one by one, they slowly dissipated, rising like fragments of shadow, returning to the other side of the sea of consciousness.
Silent and unnoticed, yet its radiance is pure and holy.
--
At that moment, a deafening roar came from behind the Spirit Firmament Array.
The sky split open once more, and an even deeper abyss of black flames poured down, more oppressive and larger than what had been seen in the previous three battles.
The ten powerful experts from the Silent Origin Realm all looked up at the same time, and one of them whispered:
"Another one has arrived..."
Sure enough, the fourth [Ten Spirit-Extinguishing Judicators] behind You Junhan slowly appeared.
He remained silent, suspended quietly in the black flames, his body enveloped in a vortex of "Unborn reincarnation," as if the souls of the past and future were all compressed into a single point.
Its mere existence, a projection, caused a three-tenths silence to descend upon the Spirit Firmament Realm.
Marquis of the Azure Abyss remained unmoved, only gazing upwards:
"Kill them if they come."
He sheathed his axe, slowly turned around, and retreated to the very front of the Spirit Firmament main formation.
The position of Venerable Yan Yan is now vacant.
He will remain in his place—facing the You Junhan's next judge.
Behind them, battle flags fluttered in the wind.
Meanwhile, among the Five-Direction Formation — the Nether Firmament Underworld Sect, the Thunder Prison Mystic Gate, the Divine Flame Radiant Realm, the Myriad Spirits Contract Beast Clan, and the Heavenly Abyss Beast Que — Qin Ning, Zhou Yu, Yao Wanqing, Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, Ming Zhen Mu Qingwan, and others stepped forward.
They understood that this was only the third instance of a successful trial.
The seven judges have still not appeared.
This is the true prelude to the battle of Spirit Firmament.