Spirit-Expanding Dream Abyss · Mirror Soul Fate Severance
The heavens and earth shook, Netherworld sank.
Just as the shadow of the "Soul Name Severing Abyss" stele had not completely faded, before the cultivators of Spirit Firmament could catch their breath, the sky cracked again.
The crack was no longer the abyss fissure from the pouring soul pressure, but... a clear spatial rift!
The void seemed to be torn apart by some indescribable force, from the sky to the earth's veins, leaving a dark, burning blade of light, like a sword of the sky splitting the entire battle zone in two!
The next instant, two figures of black flame emerged side by side from the spatial rift.
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Firstly, its entire body is wrapped in gray-gold lock blades, its limbs are long blades like bone knives, and its eyes have no pupils, only a ghostly eye with a Realm Severing crack.
Its name is: Breaking Through the Void - Void Blade Marquis.
Realm Lord Realm Fifth Stage Perfection, the fourth of the Ten Spirit-Extinguishing Judicators, the "Realm Breaking Envoy" who severs the origin of space.
He stood in the void, and the air within ten thousand feet around him solidified into the [Blade Realm Extreme Ring]. Anyone who approached would have their soul and shadow torn to dust.
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Secondly, his entire body was ablaze with crimson flames, he wore a jet-black soul crown, his eyes were like wheels of karmic fire, and his aura was like the destructive punishment of hell.
Its name is: Burning Consciousness · Nightmare Blaze Sha.
The fifth of the Ten Spirit-Extinguishing Judicators is a weapon that uses the burning away of the enemy's soul. It is said that "whoever burns away the enemy's soul will even cause the cause and effect to be reversed."
He stood at the forefront of the Soul Army, and with each breath he exhaled, the consciousness of 100,000 Soul Army soldiers boiled, as if it were an extension of his will.
As the two judges descended, a million soul soldiers appeared neatly behind them, arranged in a double-winged Soul Rend array, their interlacing formations like the abyssal decrees descending upon the world, pressing down on the entire western sky of the Spirit Firmament!
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Meanwhile, the Spirit Firmament Great Realm also launched its counterattack at this moment.
Two powerful soul pressures swept up from the eastern sky, overlapping like double boundary markers, one high and one low, supporting each other from the left and right!
Two Silent Source Realm Second Stage Perfection the Spirit Firmament appeared:
Firstly, he is enveloped in amethyst bone lotus, wields an octagonal soul shield, and controls the Dao of the "Soul Domain Defensive Law Diagram";
Firstly, it carries six golden serpent-patterned wings on its back and uses the "Divine Breath Curse-Breaking Wheel" to suppress the silent soul.
They are--
Yao Henzun, the main soul's defense of the sea of consciousness.
Linghe Xuanjiang is the master of breaking spells and severing breath.
The two stood before the 800,000-strong army of Spirit Firmament, their fighting spirit blazing.
They pressed their palms together into the air—
In an instant, eight consciousness rings and five defensive soul mountains appeared in the entire Spirit Firmament Array, forming the "Great Firmament Consciousness Defense Diagram Array", which spanned 100,000 zhang from front to back!
The Soul Army stood solemnly, their fighting spirit burning brightly, ready to go!
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You Junhan stared intently from behind the Soul Abyss, saying nothing, but a cold smile appeared in his eyes.
He raised his hand and Void Blade Marquis and Nightmare Blaze Sha leaped out at the same time, instantly reaching a height of a hundred feet in the air.
Nightmare Blaze Sha grinned, his pupils blazing with fury, and calmly uttered:
"Just these two?"
Yao Henzun was not to be outdone. He spread his palms, and a talisman wheel appeared in the air as he coldly responded:
Today, I will sever your fiery bones and shatter your blade realm.
Boom!
Just as Burning Nightmare Blaze Sha chuckled softly, Void Breaker Void Blade Marquis beside him suddenly moved.
Without any build-up of momentum--
He simply leaned forward slightly, and his entire body instantly tore through the void like a black and gold blade!
"The blade has no form; it does not cut through shape, but rather through boundaries."
At this moment, he was not attacking his enemy, but rather slashing at the [space realm] "between heaven and earth"!
Rumble!!
A series of cracking sounds suddenly echoed across the silent dome above the entire battlefield, as if billions of mirrors were shattering simultaneously. What was being torn out was not fragments, but—"Realm Threads!"
Realm Threads are the most basic lines that construct the existence of space, and are the root system connecting all perceptions between "this place" and "the other world".
At this moment, Breaking Void Blade Marquis used his own body as a blade to sever the entire [Realm Threads] woven into the Spirit Firmament Defense Line!
This means:
The spatial demarcation, defensive awareness field, and array links of the Spirit Firmament Vanguard have all been severed!
It's like a river of divine consciousness being forcibly cut off from its upstream and downstream!
"Boom!"
Countless cracks and disintegrations suddenly appeared on the "Imperial Map Formation" at the front line.
Yao Henzun, "Reconstruct the array spirit!"
Eight hundred thousand soul soldiers gathered and befriended each other, intending to restructure the soul array.
But in the next instant...
"Boom!"
Nightmare Blaze Sha stepped forward and raised a finger!
The wheel of karmic fire around him suddenly exploded, and nine layers of soul fire waves fell from the sky like a divine punishment waterfall.
"[The Soul-Burning Nine Consciousness Tribulation]."
The nine types of soul flames scorch the nine layers of consciousness respectively: the first burns the soul's senses, the second burns the light of consciousness, the third burns the self, the fourth burns memories...
After reaching the seventh level, even one's consciousness and soul begin to distort!
In an instant, nearly 50,000 of the 800,000 Spirit Firmament disciples suffered chaotic soul energy, unable to gather their consciousness into an array, and roared in pain!
Yao Henzun roared, "Seale consciousness—control the source!"
The amethyst bone lotus behind him suddenly exploded into nine petals, instantly enveloping the souls of 50,000 people and forcibly pulling them out of the nightmare of flames!
This is one of Yao Henzun's Fate Soul skills:
[Nine Lotuses of Source Defense] -- Nine Lotuses of Origin protect the formation, forcefully severing the erosion of soul fire.
At the same time, Linghe Xuanjiang roared, "Break Curse Revolving Wheel - Seal!"
The six golden serpent patterns on his back suddenly unfurled, and he spun around, like six claws turning, gathering the nine layers of soul flames into one place and compressing it instantly!
"Howl--!"
He opened his mouth and spat out an extremely thin strand of incantation light, which penetrated deep into the soul flame—
"The seal is activated, Sever Karma!"
Boom!!
The soul flame instantly contracted under the power of the incantation, transforming into a "Burning Consciousness Incantation Bead", which he then pressed into the ground to seal it.
Just a breath!
The two powerful Silent Origin from the Spirit Firmament have neutralized the first wave of the large-scale Soul Burning Technique of Burning Consciousness and Nightmare Blaze Sha!
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High in the sky, Nightmare Blaze Sha chuckled lightly, seemingly unconcerned, and said again:
"Interesting, they actually managed to seal it off."
Meanwhile, the Void Blade Marquis whispered:
"But you can defend against the first attack, not the 'Boundary Blade' itself."
He was no longer standing on solid ground, but rather in a "spatial rift" that he had torn open with his own hands.
However, the true "blade" of his attack, which he had been preparing, had not yet been unleashed.
He simply raised his hand slowly, gathering the four spatial slashes towards his side, like blades returning to their sheaths, merging them into one.
That was [the Blade's One Strike].
He is accumulating the ultimate technique that allows him to "Realm Breaking with just one strike."
Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang also realized where the danger lay.
They nodded to each other, and their figures simultaneously rose into the air, standing atop the Soul Army!
The two shouted at the same time:
"Formation Master promoted to rank - Soul Realm Law Shield - Completed!"
"Hiss--!"
Space seemed like a sheet of skin being torn apart, emitting an extremely shrill and agonizing cracking sound around the Void Blade Marquis Master.
Beneath his feet were four spatial blade marks that cleaved ten thousand feet in length, which had converged to form the "Realm-Rending Absolute Ring".
He slowly raised his double-bladed bone hand, his ten fingers seemingly having spatial gaps, causing the air within three thousand feet around him to freeze and disintegrate.
Behind him, a phantom image appeared—
[Realm-Breaking Consciousness Wheel].
That was his ultimate Soul Seal, which would only appear when he released his "Realm Severing True Form".
At that moment, Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang also instantly ascended into the air.
The two Spiritual Sense together, constructing a soul law network spanning 100,000 feet in the void.
Yao Henzun's left hand formed a shield, his right hand gathered a lotus, and the breath of the nine sources flowed between his five fingers;
Linghe Xuanjiang then used the six-winged golden snake patterned consciousness wheel to raise soul light, and launched three sealing spell wheels from the back of his soul, which were then bombarded into the core of the great formation.
"Soul Ascension - Law Shield Suppresses the Boundary!"
"Synchronize the world's energy, resonate with the soul's rhythm!"
Buzz--!!
The soul consciousness of all 800,000 Spirit Firmament disciples was awakened, and 100,000 "Law Soul Golden Patterns" appeared within the array, forming a [Law Soul Tower Array] that surpassed conventional soul defense.
This is a defensive formation spearheaded by Yao Henzun:
[Soul Realm Law Shield]: A multi-layered soul shield space constructed from the rhythmic vibrations of ten thousand souls. It can deflect, lock boundaries, and fix consciousness, and theoretically can block a "Boundary Slash".
And they have to gamble on this move—
Because the Void- Void Blade Marquis moved.
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He slowly took a step forward.
With this step, a black-gold spatial rift suddenly appeared, not on the ground, but—
There was only three feet of empty space in front of Yao Henzun's chest!
"--What?!"
Yao Henzun was shocked, realizing that the spatial rift had not originated from him, but had precisely appeared at the most vulnerable point of his soul's fluctuations.
In that instant, he had an epiphany:
"... He is not killing me, but killing 'the place where I will exist'."
This is the most terrifying and profound slashing technique of the Void Blade Marquis Master!
[The Sever Before You Arrive].
He doesn't need to wait for the enemy to act; he only needs to "judge" when and where the enemy will appear, and then cut open the spatial origin in advance. If the enemy moves forward according to the battle situation, it is equivalent to entering the realm of death!
Yao Henzun's left shoulder was instantly torn open by a bloody light dozens of feet long, his soul shield shattered by three parts, and his consciousness surged.
Linghe Xuanjiang roared angrily:
"Shift Formation - Shift and Break!"
With a single palm strike, his six wings spun, and his soul consciousness rippled out like a shield, instantly pulling Yao Henzun out of the spatial Realm Breaking and averting a fatal calamity.
But in the next instant, he himself fell into another realm...
"Cut."
Piercing the Void - The Void Blade Marquis only uttered a single word.
That's [Blade Style] --
[Judgment by the Limit - Empty Wheel].
Space is still, light and shadow are frozen.
The heavens and earth seemed to be cleaved apart; his strike was not merely the destruction of "space," but a annihilation of "those who exist within space"!
Boom!!
Linghe Xuanjiang completely annihilated the right wing, along with one of the Soul Source Wheels behind him.
He groaned, staggered back three thousand feet, coughed up three mouthfuls of black blood, and forcibly stabilized his consciousness.
"Cough... As expected of the Realm Severing..."
However, neither he nor Yao Henzun retreated.
Because they saw it: behind that blade, the "Realm Severing Sense Wheel" of the Void- Void Blade Marquis gradually faded.
He... could not immediately strike again.
"He has already reached his limit; he must not unleash his Soul-Slaying Technique again for at least five breaths!"
Yao Henzun in anger:
"Break through his perception—shatter!"
He unleashed nine lotuses simultaneously, his soul shield shattering into countless purple-gold petals, like a thousand soul blades slashing towards the Void- Void Blade Marquis!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Linghe Xuanjiang pressed forward, his six wings reuniting to create the [Curse-Breaking Wheel Seal], which, along with his soul consciousness, countered the curse!
In an instant, Po Kong· Void Blade Marquis Hou was locked into the torrent of soul laws by the two powerful experts from the Silent Origin Realm!
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At the same time--
On the other side of the sky, Burning Nightmare Blaze Sha smiled slowly and finally moved.
He raised his hand, and a gray-gold soul furnace rose from his palm.
Within, millions of souls appeared, wailing in agony.
"You've been making a scene about the war to Realm Severing for far too long."
"... It's my turn now."
He placed his palm on the soul furnace and chanted softly:
"Consciousness-Burning Canon, Flame-Thought Extinction Wheel, Open."
"Boom--!"
Nightmare Blaze Sha's palm landed on the gray-gold soul furnace, and a streak of ghostly flames instantly spread from the bottom of the furnace to the top of the sky!
The soul fire does not ignite the mortal realm, but rather the root of consciousness.
When that wisp of flame rose, it was as if it ignited the last remaining sparks of consciousness in the world.
Burning Consciousness Nightmare Blaze Sha said softly:
"If the soul clings to something, it sows the seeds of calamity."
With a flick of his finger, the Soul Furnace opened wide!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine "Soul Flame Shadows" flew out from within—all were the remnants of souls who died in battle at Spirit Firmament in the past, which he had refined into [Thought-Flame Soul Soldiers] using secret techniques!
They wore the armor of the Spirit Firmament Army, but had long since been enslaved by the Nightmare Flame!
These "spiritual thoughts" are not physical entities, but rather vengeful images of the past, memories, and obsessions. Once they touch the very essence of Spirit Firmament Prisoner, they will ignite the deepest regret, grief, and torment of their unresolved obsessions.
If the heart stirs, then thoughts burn;
If one regrets being born, then one's soul will be destroyed!
"Go."
With a gentle wave of his hand, the nine hundred and ninety-nine soul shadows merged into a nine-layered fiery wheel, pressing down from the sky!
--This is the true first form of Nightmare Blaze Sha's soul skill:
[Flame-Thought Extinction Wheel]: Summons the flaming soul shadow, using the deceased's obsession to corrupt the consciousness, triggering "resonance destruction".
This technique does not rely on physical attacks, but rather uses "memory of the dead" to make the enemy remember their thoughts through self-immolation!
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Faced with this extremely bizarre Soul Flame Technique, Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang still engaged in battle.
At that moment, while they were still clashing with the Void- Void Blade Marquis Master, they suddenly felt a surge of soul energy behind them, and an overwhelming sense of sorrow and regret arose within them.
"That is..."
Yao Henzun's expression changed slightly, and a phantom image of a young girl appeared before him. She was one of his disciples who had been wrongly sentenced to death when he was guarding the border pass—her eyes were filled with "why".
Linghe Xuanjiang, on the other hand, witnessed the scene where he had mistakenly killed a fellow disciple years ago. When he swung his sword, he thought it was the spirit of an enemy, but it was actually a former comrade-in-arms...
"... No!"
Almost instantly, they realized. "This is not an illusion, it's a manifestation of the soul!"
Seeing the sudden change in their expressions, Nightmare Blaze Sha chuckled softly:
"A guilty conscience is extinguished by even the slightest thought."
"You--"
As the Soul Wheel descended, the nine hundred and ninety-nine Flame Souls instantly merged into the soul consciousness of the Spirit Firmament Army, almost simultaneously detonating countless "unpurified thoughts" among the eight hundred thousand disciples!
"Aaaaaaah!!"
Many people clutched their heads and screamed wildly, their souls burning as if being pulled out. Some lower-level individuals even died on the spot from burning souls!
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Yao Henzun closed his eyes and slammed a palm into his chest. "Thought-Severing Seal - Break!"
He forcefully sealed off his sea of consciousness, transforming his thoughts into pure light to repel the intrusion of the soul fire.
Linghe Xuanjiang then cast another spell array. "Six Senses Wheel Array - Sense Locking Spell, activate!"
He temporarily locked his six senses in his mind as if they were numb, thus avoiding the burning pain of his obsessions by adopting a state of selflessness.
The two experts at the Silent Source Realm were no ordinary people after all; they quickly sealed away their inner regrets and survived the first wave of "Mind Burning Technique".
But... not all members of the Soul Army can be like them.
Tens of thousands of disciples suffered soul annihilation, destruction, and dissipation!
Nightmare Blaze Sha sighed softly:
"It's a waste to use this technique on you. But using it on them... is just right."
"Again."
He formed hand seals, and a thousand even deeper soul shadows flew out of the Soul Furnace—this time they were no longer phantoms, but rather the extracted "future soul images of the Spirit Firmament disciples present"!
These spirit images are fragments of what they would have died in battle if they hadn't already!
This is the Second Soul technique of Nightmare Blaze Sha, which uses [Death That Can Be Proven in the Future] to cause the enemy's soul to annihilate itself!
[Flame-Stained Wheel: Future Shattered Thoughts Diagram]
This move is tantamount to directly stripping away the "future fighting spirit," and if it is not countered, even hope will be destroyed.
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Linghe Xuanjiang roared, "We can't let him continue casting spells!"
Yao Henzun, "From defense to offense!"
The two leaped into the air simultaneously, completely breaking free from the Void Blade Marquis Circle, and charged straight at Nightmare Blaze Sha!
At this moment, the space around Po Kong· Void Blade Marquis had been repaired, and he stood once again atop the Four Realms Blade Gate, speaking calmly:
"You'll regret abandoning me."
"Bang--!!"
Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang rushed towards Fenshi· Nightmare Blaze Sha like two meteors, while the invisible but gradually unfolding "Future Soul Shadow Scroll" beneath their feet slowly expanded to a width of a hundred miles.
On the scroll, thousands upon thousands of "figures of impending death" appeared.
Each figure represents a scene from which the Spirit Firmament soldiers present, if they continue fighting, will ultimately perish at some point in the future.
Some had their sea of consciousness burned away.
Some had their soul meridians severed.
Even worse, some were accidentally injured by their own side!
These "future fragments" are not illusions, but inevitable signs of destruction deduced by Nightmare Blaze Sha using forbidden Soul Arts!
That is--
You will not live to see victory.
When the Spirit Firmament disciples saw their own deaths depicted in the scroll, their souls trembled violently, and their confidence wavered.
--And Nightmare Blaze Sha used this opportunity to shake the enemy's morale!
The Soulfire Wheel behind him bloomed a third time, humming softly:
"[Soul Peeling - Severing Attachments and Shattering Realms]."
As soon as the words were spoken, the future scroll suddenly contracted, directly attaching itself to the sea of consciousness of all the Spirit Firmament Soul Warriors on the battlefield!
In that instant, the scene in the picture was imprinted on everyone's Fate Soul wheel like a "future mark"!
"Ah--!!"
Tens of thousands of Spirit Firmament disciples roared in unison, their seas of consciousness trembled violently, and they even experienced self-destructive phenomena such as intertwined illusions, shattered consciousness wheels, and reversed soul meridians!
Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang also sensed it at the same time--
A powerful sense of "predetermined death" is being planted within his own soul wheel.
"We can't wait any longer!" Yao Henzun pressed a palm to his chest, forcibly detonating the Soul Seal:
"[Broken Wheel, I Will Not Live Anymore]!"
His Soul Seal trembled violently, forcibly tearing the "future death imprint" from his consciousness wheel and sending it into the void!
Linghe Xuanjiang also shouted loudly:
"[Severing Attachment, Dreamless Mantra Consciousness]!"
The six wings collapsed, and the soul wheel behind them transformed into a chain of incantations, forcibly sealing the future image outside the barrier of consciousness!
Their forceful attempt to break the spell resulted in the shattering of their consciousness and the disruption of their aura.
A cold Nightmare Blaze Sha's eyes. "There really is someone who can break through..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang had already attacked him almost simultaneously!
Yao Henzun in anger:
"[Nine Lotus Breaking Consciousness Mantra - Absolute Silence Form]!"
The nine-petaled lotus blossomed simultaneously, transforming into countless soul blades that cascaded down like a waterfall!
Linghe Xuanjiang also unleashed a palm strike:
"[Soul Slayer - Thunder Strike Heavenly Seal]!"
The consciousness imprint, like thunder and dragons, bombarded the core of Nightmare Blaze Sha Sea of Consciousness amidst the ripples of Soul Arts!
Boom--!
The entire battlefield was rocked by an explosion!
A cold smile appeared on Nightmare Blaze Sha's face, "Finally getting serious?"
With a flick of his sleeve, his figure spun like a fiery wheel, his soul fire rising against the current as he forcefully confronted the two powerful experts from the Silent Origin!
[Burning consciousness against the soul, the soul blade shatters the lotus]--
The battle between the three cultivators at the Silent Source Realm instantly escalated to a clash of core high-level soul skills!
In the distance, Po Kong· Void Blade Marquis's expression darkened as he looked at the battle, seemingly pondering whether to offer assistance.
But at this very moment--
"Click!"
Suddenly, a startling cracking sound rang out from the distant land!
Around the battlefield, above the sea of consciousness of tens of thousands of Spirit Firmament disciples, a silver-white Soul Tower totem suddenly rose!
It was the [Soul Realm Law Tower] left behind by Yao Henzun that activated its core protective mechanism at the crucial moment!
The Soul Tower trembled, like a pillar calming the sea, forcibly repelling the "Future Soul Seal" released by Nightmare Blaze Sha, and causing it to rebound into the root of his soul consciousness!
"Um?!"
Nightmare Blaze Sha's expression finally changed slightly.
The next instant, two fist imprints and palm imprints landed heavily in front of him!
Boom! Boom boom--!!
His sea of consciousness trembled, the Nightmare Flame tilted, and his Soul Shadow Wheel shattered slightly!
He exhaled a wisp of soul flame, slowly retreated, and finally whispered:
"... That's enough, I understand."
He suddenly looked up, a fierce, strange light appearing in his eyes.
He slowly raised his hand, pointing to the deepest part of his soul wheel, uttering each word slowly and deliberately:
"Burning Consciousness, Awakening the Original Soul."
"... With my soul and consciousness, I offer up all thoughts to enter the fifth-order Threshold."
Boom!!!
The barrier of the Silent Source Realm shattered as if struck by lightning!
Burning Consciousness · Nightmare Blaze Sha --
Breakthrough to the Silent Origin Fifth Stage!
Soul Flames exploded, shaking a million-strong Soul Army!
"--boom!!!"
The heavens and earth roared as a black-gold soul flame turbine, covering a distance of 100,000 feet, erupted from within Nightmare Blaze Sha's body, sweeping across the entire high-altitude battle domain!
His aura surged from the Silent Origin Second Stage in a mere three breaths, tearing through the Threshold, breaking through the barrier of consciousness, and finally settling steadily at--
Silent Origin - Fifth Stage!
This level was originally a "forbidden zone" above the Ten Thousand Souls Silent Realm, and it was an extreme realm that most soul consciousness cultivators could never reach in their lifetime.
Now, Nightmare Blaze Sha has actually awakened and broken through amidst the heart of a million-strong soul army formation and surrounded by powerful enemies!
Behind him, the Burning Consciousness Soul Wheel completely tore open five layers of curse seals—
Those were five layers of "Soul-Curse Locking and Extinction Seal," each layer representing the burning of ninety thousand consciousnesses to complete the five-layered Consciousness-Extinguishing Sacrificial Method.
He slowly opened his palm.
In the void, a halberd, as if forged in fire, appeared.
The name of Euphorbia:
[Nightmare Blaze Soul Halberd]
Each inscription on the Soul Halberd's blade is formed from the imprints of the enemies he once destroyed. It can sever consciousness at close range and burn the boundary at a distance, making it a fifth-tier Fate Soul weapon!
"Yaohen, Xuanjiang, you've warmed me up..."
"... Now, it's time to end this."
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"Activate the formation!"
Nightmare Blaze Sha swung his right palm down, a million soul soldiers roared in unison, and thirty-six "Soul-Fire Killing Formation" rose into the air, their soul light piercing the realm!
These soul formations are no longer just for group battles, but are specifically designed to "assist the main soul in slaying powerful enemies after awakening"!
Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang's gazes suddenly sharpened, already knowing:
At this moment, Nightmare Blaze Sha possesses more than three times the peak combat power!
The next instant, he moved.
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[First Form: Nightmare-Extinguishing Thousand-Consciousness Flame]!
Nightmare Blaze Sha instantly soared into the sky, and as his Soul Halberd swept across, three thousand soul flames, like whales swallowing thunder and fire, poured into the soul consciousness of the two powerful figures in the Spirit Firmament!
This is not a simple incineration.
Instead, it reassembles and incinerates the "particle-level structure" of the soul, making it impossible for the soul to recover!
Yao Henzun in anger:
"Consciousness-Locking Slashing Formation - Turn Defense into Explosion!"
He forcibly activated the still-unrecovered Soul Realm Law Tower, causing it to explode completely and turn into a backlash device!
"Bang bang bang bang!!"
The Soul Tower exploded, and wave after wave of soul-law fragments struck Nightmare Blaze Sha's body. Despite his protective soul flames being fully activated, he was still forced back a thousand feet!
At this moment Linghe Xuanjiang suddenly charged out, his six wings on his soul rotating to their fullest extent, and his Soul Seal unleashed from both palms:
"[Knowledge of the Defeat - The Wheel of All Phenomena]!!"
His palms were like giant suns splitting the world, and two imprints of consciousness struck down from the sky, attempting to interrupt the follow-up techniques of Nightmare Blaze Sha's "Soul Curse Consecutive Slashes"!
But the Nightmare Blaze Sha suddenly spun around in mid-air, letting out a furious roar:
"Second Form: Heaven-Burning Obsession Seal!"
Soul Halberd Counterattack!
Boom--!
It reignited the accumulated obsession power within the "Future Shattered Thoughts Diagram," causing it to explode into a "Soul Curse Obsession Storm"!
The storm carried with it the memories of hundreds of thousands of Spirit Firmament Soul Warriors who had died in battle, turning them into a raging tide of self-destruction!
Before Linghe Xuanjiang could even get close, his soul wings were shattered, and his soul wheel was damaged again!
Yao Henzun was also Nightmare-Extinguishing Thousand-Consciousness Flame, his Soul Sea slightly collapsed, and the two were seeing each other for the first time—
At the same time, they fell into a disadvantageous position!
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Nightmare Blaze Sha's steps never ceased, his Soul Halberd raised high, incantations roaring:
"Burning Consciousness - Ultimate Third Form--"
[Knowledge Tribulation: Burial of All Thoughts in the Light]!
The sea of consciousness burned out, and all thoughts fell silent!
With a single swing of the Soul Halberd, a colossal, lightless sun was summoned, plunging the entire battlefield into a "realm of nothingness."
In that instant, all "will" within the souls of the million soldiers of the Spirit Firmament was stripped away—there was no more anger, no more sorrow, no more life!
That is...
The Extinction of Will!
Yao Henzun's face was pale, his hand gripping the last incantation seal. "Linghe, we... must combine our attacks!"
Linghe Xuanjiang with difficulty. "--Soul Array - Dual Extreme Wheel Realm!"
Boom!!
The two finally joined forces to unleash their strongest combined attack technique. Their soul wheels intertwined and their wills resonated, raising a blue-gold Extreme Realm wheel in the realm of no thought to meet Shen Guangzang!
Polar collision!
Astral Collapse!
Soul consciousness explodes!
The sky above the entire battlefield was torn apart, and the souls of over 100,000 disciples fell into unconsciousness!
But Nightmare Blaze Sha slowly emerged from the thick fog, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth as he gave a cold laugh:
"You... can only withstand one-tenth of my power."
"But... who can stop me from going all out a second time?"
"Bang!!!"
A deafening roar, like a soul star exploding, crashed down from the Nine Heavens Soul Abyss!
Holding Nightmare Blaze Sha [Nightmare Blaze Soul Halberd], Yan Liaosha transformed into a flaming crescent moon that had shattered the Silent Origin, rapidly revolving around the thoughtless black sun.
With the full release of his fifth-order soul power, the original million-strong soul army formation behind him was melted by soul fire into thirty-three "Burning Curse Killing Pillars", each engraved with forbidden soul incantations such as "Consciousness Annihilation", "Intent Severance", and "Obsession Collapse".
Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang stood at the center of the shattered array. Although their dual soul wheels had not completely collapsed, their consciousness was already in grave danger.
Nightmare Blaze Sha's expression was icy, and he spoke slowly:
"This is my true killing technique at the fifth rank."
He extended his left finger, pointing to the Soul Fire Nether Point at the boundary between heaven and earth.
"[Extreme Incineration: Soul Consciousness Burns the Realm] -- Begins."
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As darkness fell, the soul fire plummeted into the sky.
A "Soul Domain Annihilation Array" suddenly formed beneath his feet, named:
[Realm-Severing Soul Abyss Formation]
Its core is the essence of the Nightmare Blaze Sha Soul Consciousness, surrounded by nine layers of Soul Seal, and its inner chamber imprisons all consciousness. Once the array is complete, all souls will be trapped in the "Abyss of Burning Consciousness with Bugui."
Yao Henzun was shocked. "He actually used a fifth-order soul core to create an array?"
Linghe Xuanjiang shouted in a low voice, "Retreat quickly! That's a formation that Recognition Annihilation one's life essence!"
But before they could act, Nightmare Blaze Sha had already hurled his Soul Halberd!
The soul halberd did not pierce through the void, but instead directly struck Yao Henzun's soul wheel. In an instant, all of Yao Henzun's "Nine Lotuses of Soul Consciousness" were ignited!
"Boom! Boom boom boom!!"
Yao Henzun cried out in pain, his soul feeling as if it were being scorched by the flames of the ninefold hell, and he tumbled in the air, coughing up blood!
And the second form of Nightmare Blaze Sha Whisper:
"[Continuous burning of the wheel of thought]."
His hand gestures flew, and the light of the soul array changed again. The obsessions of the million soul soldiers who had died earlier were revived and transformed into invisible soul locks, binding Linghe Xuanjiang's six wings!
Crack! Two more wings of the Soul Wing were severed!
Linghe Xuanjiang glared angrily, forcefully erecting the wall of consciousness:
"[Realm Lock Soul Shield - Sealing Wave Slash]!!"
A soul shield slash ring formed by the convergence of hundreds of thousands of consciousnesses struck the surroundings, instantly shattering some of the soul fire. Then, it switched from offense to defense, intending to launch a counterattack!
But Nightmare Blaze Sha snorted coldly:
"Third Form: Nether Burning Unending Flame"
This is not an attack, but a soul-burning reconstruction.
He directly burned three-tenths of his own soul consciousness in exchange for a single instance of "soul flames ignoring defenses" that allowed for penetrating burning!
"Hiss--!!!"
With his consciousness shield pierced, Linghe Xuanjiang burned a deep pit of soul fire into his chest, his consciousness wheel became chaotic, and a brief light of confusion appeared in his eyes.
Seeing this, Yao Henzun gritted his teeth again and shattered his consciousness seal:
"Never mind! -- Ling He! Combine Soul Seal!!"
In a moment of crisis, the two resonated with each other, unleashing a final, powerful combined soul technique!
[Dual Soul Extreme Realm: Rift of Consciousness Annihilation Ring]!
This move is based on the logic of "the soul is born and dies, the law breaks and is born", so that even if only a remnant soul remains, it can kill half of the enemy's body.
Click! Click click!!
The two souls intertwined, and Nine Lotus and Six Wings crashed down from the sky, but at the same time...
Consciousness perishes, the cycle is formed!
This ring slashed out horizontally, penetrating the very core of the entire "Realm-Severing Soul Abyss Formation"!
Nightmare Blaze Sha had not anticipated their combined technique, and his chest was instantly pierced by the Rift Ring!
"Puff--!"
He spat out a mouthful of golden-black soul blood, Nightmare Blaze Soul Halberd to tremble and nearly slip from his grasp.
"You... do have some tricks up your sleeve." He licked his lips, his eyes growing even colder.
He raised his left hand, and the soul fire surged once more:
"Final Incineration - [Consciousness Wheel Obliteration Judgment]."
This technique has lost its fancy tricks, incantations, and formations.
Nightmare Blaze Sha transformed its fifth-order soul consciousness into an "Annihilation Soul Wheel," which swept across the consciousness wheels of the two like a death ray of judgment.
With their souls and consciousnesses both severely damaged, Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang were powerless to resist and could only draw their swords to meet the attack head-on!
--
However!
Just as the Soul Wheel was about to descend—
The world suddenly became clear.
A cold, mirror-like light exploded from the edge of the battlefield.
Like the morning sun illuminating a deep abyss, like flowers falling Boundless Realm.
"Boom!!"
Soul Wheel Shattered!
Nightmare Blaze Sha's body was instantly struck as if by a heavy blow; his soul fire abruptly disappeared, and he spat out a mouthful of soul blood, his consciousness almost extinguished!
In the air, a figure stepped across the mirror, with silver hair and snow-white clothes, and three layers of blooming soul flowers appearing behind him.
In the mirror's reflection, her voice, gentle yet warm, rang out:
"Flowers Fall into Ten Abysses, have you... ever dreamed of your own death?"
The Dream Abyss of Spirit Transformation, the Mirror Soul's Demise
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The heavens shattered, and the Soul Realm fell silent.
Just as Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang were about to lose their senses, the woman with silver hair and white clothes shattered the mirror world and came. Her steps were extremely slow, and the flowing light of her skirt made it seem as if she had stepped into an endless illusory flower field, causing all the killing intent in the world to stop on its own before her.
She is none other Supreme Master of the Spirit Firmament Realm, the Cosmos Venerable Token, and the Grand Master of the Heavenly Cosmos Auction House—
Ling Jingxi.
Nightmare Blaze Sha narrowed his eyes, his pupils flashing with icy soul flames. "Another... Realm Master?"
He attempted to reassemble his soul halberd and strike again, his soul consciousness reigniting, but in the next instant—
"Click."
The world before him suddenly cracked open like a mirror.
"What... did you see?" Ling Jingxi asked softly.
Nightmare Blaze Sha looked down—and was horrified to realize that he was standing amidst countless fragmented mirror images of himself!
In each mirror, the death cries of those he had annihilated were reflected.
--It is "cause and effect in reverse".
Ling Jingxi silently unleashed her first soul skill:
[Dawn Realm Heart Reflection]
Reflecting the enemy's deepest consciousness, it pulls them into a cycle of illusion.
This illusion is neither real nor unreal, but rather a manifestation of the first form of the Realm Evolution Soul Flower, "Spirit Evolution: Flowers Fall into Ten Abysses".
--
Ten abysses, ten deaths.
Nightmare Blaze Sha's body trembled violently, as if his soul had been instantly sliced into ten pieces, each piece being pulled into a different death scenario:
1. Burned by the Curse of a Billion Souls;
2. Engulfed by the River of Fire;
3. Forgotten by all thoughts, not even remembering their own existence;
4. Beset by the vengeful spirits of their former enemies, nine out of ten will die or be torn apart;
5. Slain by his own soul weapon...
Every death is real—and with each death in the mirror, the real soul's consciousness shrinks a little!
"How... is this possible..."
Nightmare Blaze Sha angrily, trying to break free with its soul flames, only to find that a six-pointed mirror ring had already formed around its core!
That was Ling Jingxi's Second Soul skill:
[Mirror Silk Realm Seal]
The enemy's consciousness was forcibly sealed within the Mirror Soul Space; the more they struggled, the more they crumbled!
--
But she didn't stop.
With a flick of his finger, a petal of soul flower slowly floated up.
The petals display a reversed imprint, rotating around the Nightmare Blaze Sha Consciousness Wheel, transforming into a ring.
That's the second form of the Realm Evolution Soul Flower.
[Tracing Boundaries: Reflecting Flowers and Asking Questions]
Nightmare Blaze Sha trembled violently!
At this moment, his soul felt as if it were being pierced by broken needles, and memories flashed wildly: the soul burning in his childhood, the forging of his sea of consciousness, the self-immolation Soul Hall, the place where 100,000 soul soldiers were piled up with corpses...
--All obsessions, regrets, sins, and the past are revealed in this moment by the Soul Flower!
These "causal obsessions," in turn, form a "curse of cause and effect."
A wisp of cursed fire rose from the depths of his consciousness; it was actually his "self-immolation fire of obsession."
"Ughhhhh!!"
The Nightmare Blaze Sha roared wildly, its soul consciousness exploding!
"I will not... lose to a Realm Master!!"
He bit off a wisp of Soul Seal, released his Limit soul energy, and suppressed the soul flame to its Limit.
Ling Jingxi closed her eyes and slowly extended a finger.
"You're right."
"... You won't lose to the Realm Master."
"You will--"
"--Buried in the Flower's End."
The third layer of the Soul Flower slowly blooms:
[The Wheel of Silence, the Flower Never Reaches Its End]
That is the Ultimate Flower Abyss, a reversal of existence.
When the Flower's End bloomed, Nightmare Blaze Sha's consciousness core seemed to be pressed into the eternal Star Abyss, erased word by word, even his identity as "once the Lord of Burning Consciousness" could not be preserved in the slightest.
"Boom--!!!"
The entire Consciousness Realm Annihilation.
The Nightmare Blaze Sha exploded into billions of specks of soul dust, completely dissipating within the Mirror Soul Flower Realm.
--
Distance.
The remaining million-strong soul army had already gathered their strength within the Soul Array of the Consciousness Realm, ready to strike, but the Soul Array failed the moment the main soul dissipated!
Like a collapsing sea of stars, millions of people were stunned and disoriented, as if they had been instantly stripped of all will and command.
Ling Jingxi softly murmured:
"Dawn Realm: Mirror Fall."
A flash of silver light, and all souls shattered; none could escape.
One person, one mirror, one flower—and a million souls are annihilated.
The earth was silent, snow fell from the sky, and thirty-six petals of a flower remained in the void, their reflections swirling endlessly in the silent realm.
Ling Jingxi stood quietly in the center of the Soul Field, her white clothes unstained by a single blood, her silver hair fluttering in the wind, and a wisp of soul light slowly emanating from her eyes, as clear and bright as moonlight and snow, falling at the end of her consciousness.
The Nightmare Blaze Sha was utterly annihilated.
Not only the soul, the body, and the cause of existence, but even the causal traces of its "presence in this battle" were completely erased at the moment "the Flower Never Reaches Its End".
At this moment, the Sky Soul Battle Domain quietly changed.
The sea of light in the Consciousness Realm dispersed and slowly receded, and the originally boundless flames and the offensive of the soul army vanished in an instant, leaving only the afterimages of Annihilation echoing in the void.
The Spirit Firmament army Time Silence, and countless disciples gazed at the snow-white flower field.
Thirty-six soul flowers hung in the air, surrounding each other in the Mirror Soul Void Realm, forming a "Mirror Moon Ring" that reflected the entire battlefield as a Mirror Soul Flower Tomb.
--Nightmare Blaze Sha and his million-strong army of souls were buried there forever.
Ling Jingxi gently closed her right hand, and a mirror petal fell into her fingertip. She then turned around and stepped back into the Spirit Firmament Array.
She nodded slightly.
"The Nightmare Burning lineage... eradicated."
Behind her, Yao Henzun and Linghe Xuanjiang lay on the ground, their consciousness still intact, but their Limit exhausted. The two struggled to their feet, gazing at the Flower Moon Mirror Abyss, speechless for a long time.
--In this battle, if Ling Jingxi had not arrived suddenly, everything would have been destroyed.
Qin Ning stood on the high seat of the main formation, gazing calmly into the distance.
He knew that this was only the first four trials of the great battle, and that You Junhan's true scheme was only just beginning.
--
The mirror's spirit is silent, the flowers and moon are still.
And in the distant sky above.
You Junhan sat atop the Black Palace, coldly looking down.
The three unseen Soul Judges beside him slowly turned to look at him, while You Junhan frowned slightly.
His voice was completely devoid of emotion.
"Nightmare Blaze Sha, in the end, was too hasty."
A moment later, he Empty Grasp with his right hand, and a Ruin Abyss the Nightmare Blaze Sha Consciousness Imprint condensed in his palm. Only a wisp of consciousness wave remained, which he crushed and destroyed.
"Ling Jingxi..."
"You and Qin Yu are both annoying variables."
Netherworld flames ignited in his pupils, and his gaze fell towards the back of the Spirit Firmament Realm:
"In the next battle, we'll first eliminate... 'Mirror'."
The scene slowly froze, the mirror flowers dissipated, and the soul clouds began to stir.