"Finally..." Qin Yu uttered two words softly, a long-lost sense of relief finally appearing on his pale face. His thumb slowly traced the edge of the Heavenly Book, his gaze lingering for a moment on the four characters "Primordial Reversal," before he folded his hand, carefully storing the entire Heavenly Book away. The ancient aura belonging to the Great Ancestor of Wanyan Grand Progenitor disappeared, and Qin Yu did not touch it again. After leaving the ancestral land, he would bring this complete "Primordial Reversal" back to the Chi Lineage and personally hand it over to the Wanyan.
After doing all this, he slowly turned his head, his gaze falling to his right. The ancient scroll was still there.
Qin Yu's expression changed instantly. The composure he had displayed when facing the "Primordial Reversal" gradually faded, replaced by an expectation that even he himself couldn't completely suppress, along with a hint of trepidation.
No one knows better than him what he experienced as he traversed the six senses. In his eye sense, facing the Sight-Derivation Beast, he learned for the first time that "seeing the truth" itself could become a cage; in his ear sense, silence and sound repeatedly returned to stillness and then re-emerged.
The root of the nose nearly nailed the proof of "my" existence to the spot; the devouring force of the root of the tongue pushed all the way to the root of the Dao; the "Wanyan Return to Stillness Touch Returning to Stillness" of the root of the body directly touched "I am who I am," causing his past, future, and Evolution Name to once be on the verge of disappearing;
The final root of intention pushed all of this to its end. Under the "Wanyan Return to Stillness Knowing stillness," even proving "I am still here" became the last vestige of Clinging to Knowing that accelerated his own Return to Emanation. The six senses approached stillness six times, and in the end, he had even truly stepped onto the edge of complete disappearance.
Now that all six senses have been overcome, the true reward that the ancestral land bestows upon those who have passed the test is right before their eyes.
Qin Yu took a slow breath. He rarely felt this way before acquiring something unknown, but at this moment, his heart was indeed beating a little faster.
"Six roots..." Qin Yu murmured, a glint of light slowly appearing in his eyes, "Let me see what you left behind in the end."
He reached out and touched the ancient scroll with his fingertips.
A sudden hum reverberated through the ancient scroll! The nearly transparent ancient axes at both ends simultaneously unfurled outwards. The scroll itself was not pulled by any force, yet it stretched out inch by inch on its own. The six gaps on the outer layer, which had been dormant, lit up one after another, and the entire True Evolution Divine Hall resounded with a long, resonant hum. The six ancient pillars below, which had been silent for a short time, responded again at the same time.
The first ring of seals lit up. Instantly, an infinite array of shapes and colors appeared before Qin Yu's eyes. There was no fixed scene; everything that could be "seen" was born and died within it. Light and darkness, distance and proximity, outlines and reality constantly overlapped, and finally, a familiar root nature rose from it. See. The second ring of seals followed closely behind.
Clang—Countless sounds, though not truly resounding throughout the temple, echoed deep within Qin Yu's being: the grand sound of a collapsing world, the first breath of a newborn life, the lingering echo of silence itself—all sounds, both audible and inaudible, converged. Hear. The third ring lit up, and a wisp of odorless energy rose. Breathing, odorless, smelled, unsmelled—all traces that once required confirmation of existence through "energy" receded within it on their own.
Smell. The fourth ring unfolds, and the invisible traces left by the Sea of Taste, the Mountain of Taste, and the Wall of Taste sweep across the ancient scroll. Sweet, bitter, sour, spicy, and all flavors that can be tasted disappear, leaving only the essence of "taste" itself.
The fifth ring vibrated, and Qin Yu suddenly felt countless sensations all over his body—cold, hot, soft, hard, painful, itchy, light, heavy. In the next instant, all the sensations converged back to the point before the boundary Unborn.
Finally, the sixth ring lit up. No scene appeared; Qin Yu simply sensed it. Then, even this "sense" slowly faded away.
Boom! The six ring seals simultaneously detached from the ancient scroll! Qin Yu's eyes widened suddenly. They did not remain in a ring shape; after leaving the ancient scroll, they spread outwards, transforming into six incredibly large plates that floated in front of Qin Yu.
The first segment is sight. The second segment is hearing. The third segment is smelling. The fourth segment is tasting. The fifth segment is touching. The sixth segment is knowing. Each of the six senses occupies a place, but in the very center, there is no seventh sense; there is only the place of no-intention left behind by the mind after it has gone to the end.
Qin Yu's breathing gradually slowed. The six realms began to move, seeing them approach the center, followed by smelling, and then tasting, touching, and knowing, all moving simultaneously. They did not devour each other, nor did they cover each other; each realm maintained its own complete nature. However, as they got closer to the center, the originally clear boundaries between the six realms began to disappear on their own.
Seeing gives rise to hearing, hearing gives rise to smelling, smelling gives rise to tasting, tasting gives rise to the Touching the Boundary, tasting gives rise to knowledge, and knowledge returns to its origin, then it continues to evolve. The six realms are getting closer and closer, a hundred feet, ten feet, one foot, and finally—BOOM!!! The six senses merge! There is no explosion.
A huge ancient character slowly formed before Qin Yu's eyes. The first stroke came from seeing, the second from hearing, the turning point of the character was determined by smelling, the inner force was determined by tasting, the edge was formed by touching, and the final mark was left. All six strokes converged into the unintentional position in the center. The character was finally complete - Yan.
Qin Yu's pupils suddenly contracted. The entire True Evolution Divine Hall fell completely silent the moment the character "Evolution" took shape, Wordless True Scroll also stopped turning. The ancient character "Evolution" floated in front of Qin Yu, without any overwhelming pressure or blazing light, but just by looking at it, Qin Yu felt an unprecedented tremor in his Fate Soul.
The next moment, the word "Yan" suddenly shrank, and whew--! It turned into a very thin stream of light. Before Qin Yu had time to make any movement, the stream of light had already passed between his eyebrows and disappeared into his soul!
Boom--!!! Qin Yu suddenly looked up. The Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel trembled violently at the same time. The cracks in his Fate Soul that were left by the severe injury from "Wanyan Return to Stillness Knowing" all lit up. All the experiences he had gone through along the way flashed by at this moment.
Sight-Derivation Beast, Hearing-Derivation Beast, Smell-Derivation Beast, Evolution-Devouring Beast, Touch Emanation Beast, Knowing Emanation Beast —the forms of the six Emanation Guardian flashed by in the Fate Soul, and then all returned to silence.
Qin Yu's consciousness suddenly sank into the deepest part of his Fate Soul. There, a divine power appeared. No one told him its name, but when it truly formed, Qin Yu already knew: the Ultimate divine power of the Six Roots—"Wanyan Return to Silent Origin."
Qin Yu's breath caught in his throat. The moment the supernatural power was formed, he realized that it was fundamentally different from all the powers he had possessed before.
It didn't require Qin Yu to first find the enemy's source, nor did it require him to read the enemy's Dao, nor did it require him to know the enemy's boundaries, nor did it require him to understand the other party's rules. Concepts, logic, definitions, laws, past, future—none of them were needed. The position reached by "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin" was before all of this. The source before the source Unborn.
Deep in Qin Yu's life soul, the word "Yan" slowly sank, and an extremely grand layer of true meaning of magical powers unfolded. The visitor thought he had the source, but the "source" itself was already the result of derivation.
The newcomer believed he was confronting Qin Yu, but "confrontation" also requires prior derivation. This involves rewriting rules, defining concepts, modifying logic, transcending nothingness, jumping out of the rules, and even declaring oneself "not within the derivation."
Even "becoming a derivative"—as long as these states can be established, they have already experienced the moment from Unborn to being born. And the place where "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin" stands is just before that moment.
The shock in Qin Yu's eyes grew stronger and stronger. He finally understood the first level of this divine power. First stage: Source Realm. Qin Yu did not need to know the origin of the newcomer, nor did he need to know the newcomer's Dao, boundaries, knowledge, rules, concepts, logic, or any self-definition.
Because what he was facing was not the outcome that had already occurred. When the "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin" truly came to pass, Qin Yu's position became the source "before the source Unborn".
The source of the new origins is derived from the source itself. The source appears, and then the "source is derived from the source" continues to be derived, until finally—"the source is self-destructed by the source". The whole process does not form a law waiting to be executed; it is merely a process of derivation.
The stronger the opponent, the stronger the "source" that one can form; the more one relies on one's own origin, the deeper the source that emerges; the more one tries to fight with one's source, the more sources one generates. And all these sources will eventually return to Qin Yu along the path they came from.
Qin Yu's brow twitched slightly, and the second layer unfolded. It was still the Source Realm, but this time, it had moved from "evolution" to "return." The "I" of the newcomer was emanated, then emanated back, and upon returning, it had become Qin Yu's "I."
The Dao of the newcomer is derived, then derived back, transforming into the Dao of Qin Yu. Boundaries, knowledge, source, rules, concepts, logic—all things that can support the newcomer to become "the newcomer" are derived layer by layer, and then derived back along the source.
Even if the newcomer takes "not being in the derivation" as their own nature, "not being in the derivation" will still be derived, and then derived back. If the newcomer claims to have "become the derivation", "becoming" itself has already happened, so it will also be derived, and also derived back, and finally hit the newcomer himself.
A deep sense of solemnity flashed across Qin Yu's eyes. He had already personally experienced this kind of despair. When the Knowing Emanation Beast used "Wanyan Return to Stillness Knowing," the stronger it was, the heavier the backlash it suffered. Now, this divine ability had advanced from "Knowledge" to "Source."
And finally, the third layer appears – the Return to Emanation.
The word "Yan" in Qin Yu's life soul shook slightly, and in an instant, he knew the final result. Past, present, future, attachment, letting go, awareness, self, Tao, boundary, knowledge, source, rules, concepts, logic, everything that can be used as evidence by those who come.
Everything is derived, everything is derived back, and finally everything Return to Emanation. The Evolution Name disappears, the possibility is broken, the past no longer leaves a path, and the future no longer branches out. No stone tablet will remain in the Wanyan Ancestral Land, the world will not retain any memory, and even the fact that "this person once existed" will return to the position before it happened along the origin itself.
What truly shook Qin Yu was revealed only at the very end—irreversibility. Because what ultimately fell upon the "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin" was not the enemy's physical body, not their Fate Soul, not the Dao, not knowledge, not the source, not rules, not concepts, not logic.
It's not even about states like "not in evolution" or "becoming evolution." What is ultimately exhausted by evolution is the evolution itself that enabled these things to appear. When evolution is exhausted, all possibilities simultaneously lose their root for continuing to occur. It never existed. Even "never existed" returns to nothing.
Qin Yu remained silent for a long time. But just when he thought this was the complete true meaning of "All Wanyan Return to Silent Origin," the final layer of meaning deep within his Fate Soul slowly unfolded. There was only one exception: Qin Yu.
Qin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. The meaning did not offer any complicated explanation. Because the moment the word "Yan" entered his Fate Soul, the source of "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin" had already fallen upon him.
Qin Yu cannot be the object of this divine power's Return to Emanation. Annihilation originated from him, the source originated from him, and the Return to Emanation originated from him. This divine power cannot include the source itself in the originator along its own circuit. Qin Yu is the only existence excluded from the Return to Emanation of "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin", and is also the only source of this divine power.
After a long while, Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air from deep within his chest. He looked down at his hands, then looked up at the ancient scroll that had been fully unfurled.
The six ring seals on the ancient scroll have disappeared, and the six plates of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and knowing no longer exist. The word "Yan" in the center has entered his soul. The entire ancient scroll only remains an ancient and peaceful pale.
Standing atop the True Evolution Divine Hall, Qin Yu's shock lingered for a long time. Only now did he finally understand what was sealed within this ancient scroll.
It gave him no weapon, no protective treasure, and no ancestral relic that could only be used once. The true ultimate reward for the Six Roots was an Ultimate divine power born from the Return to One— "Wanyan Return to Silent Origin."