The First Inscription of Fate and Cause · Questioning Abyss Floating Island

The Annihilation Epoch Realm, the Beginningless Domain, the Realm Endless.

This is not "a world," but rather the master puzzle of the origins of all logic. It does not possess natural mountains and rivers, nor does it possess wind, rain, dawn, dusk; everything here is composed of propositions, semantics, sovereignty, and definitions of existence.

At this moment, Qin Yu stepped into the first logical boundary in the Annihilation Epoch Realm that could bear "undefined souls"—the Fate Cause Realm Threshold.

The place before me is not heaven and earth.

It is a semi-concrete fragment that floats "outside of existence".

Beneath our feet lies a "boundary staircase" pieced together from countless fragments of cause and effect, each step constantly rewriting its own definition:

Is this the land? Is this the beginning? What is the meaning of your standing here?

But when Qin Yu stepped onto the platform, the propositional sentences that were being reorganized froze instantly, as if their existence had acquired an absolute anchor that "transcended semantic judgment".

The surrounding space is filled with endless logical ripples spreading outwards, the colors not belonging to any spectrum, but generated by "conceptual components":

A touch of blue represents "regret"; a wisp of purple represents "an unfinished choice"; a streak of red represents "the reason for death."

More often, there are colorless, Proposition Divergence, floating in mid-air, appearing and disappearing like bubbles:

"If I Unborn, who would define me?" "Does existence necessarily require words and phrases?" "Beyond the boundaries of logic, are there still limits?"

Within this "Fate Cause Realm Threshold," there is no sound, yet countless subconscious questions resonate in every inch of space. They are not judging, but rather awaiting definition.

Qin Yu's appearance was like throwing a "real" nucleus into a sea of fictional propositions. The ripples of the propositions ceased abruptly.

Within the entire Fate Cause Realm Threshold, logical stability surged. Countless unfinished concepts rapidly converged, attempting to reconstruct a "new structure of meaning" around him.

At that moment, deep within his sea of consciousness, the Ring Master Soul Diagram the Silent Beginning Ring appeared on its own.

Without needing to be driven or summoned, it hangs in the center of the boundary of Fate-Cause, slowly rotating. Each ring of its trajectory is gradually overwriting the "world-building template" of the entire area.

At this moment, the entire Fate Cause Realm Threshold is no longer a logical fragment controlled by the Annihilation Epoch Realm System.

It is being rewritten by Qin Yu.

In the distance, the enormous monolith floating in the Sea of No Definition slowly lit up, displaying a sentence structure that had never appeared anywhere in the Annihilation Epoch Realm before:

Definer: Ring Master Logic Binding: Unique Proposition Permission: Granted to the Initial Domain Re-editor, the first response from the Annihilation Epoch Realm has finally appeared.

It did not reject him. It waited for him to continue writing. After the silence, the world remained still.

But—the propositions began to gather on their own.

It was as if heaven and earth themselves were asking a question.

At a certain moment, in the void above, a line of bluish-gray propositional phrase appeared above the Ring Master Soul Diagram:

Do you deserve to be defined? This time, the question isn't a concept; it's concrete.

Deep within her consciousness, an existence composed of fragmented words, incomplete cause and effect, and vague definitions slowly materialized. She wore a long, gray, word-formation dress, her hair flowing like the remnants of countless unresolved destinies, and her pupils like "rings of questions" reflecting the causes of Fate-Cause.

She spoke, her voice echoing as if from within her soul:

"I am the one who bestows these titles upon this world. My name is -- [Suming]." "You are not recorded in the annals of Annihilation Epoch."

"You have no origin, no mandate, no prior cause, no legal basis." "Your existence is a paradox."

She pointed at Qin Yu:

You must, with your own experience, write a proposition—

The void froze instantly, and the topic-assigning ceremony began.

Suming unfolded his palm, revealing seven "semantic Shatter Cause," each reflecting:

The irreversibility of death, the existence of free will, Who Writes Cause and Effect, the source of self and definition.

Does Nameless equate to being without substance? What is the significance of the anti-narrative? Does the cycle truly have a beginning?

These issues are not ideas, but rather propositions and mechanisms embodied in combat techniques.

She will use the proposition as a technique to launch a true "logical crushing" attack on Qin Yu.

The next moment, she made her move.

The first offensive: Calling the Name— Who Writes Cause and Effect?

As soon as he spoke, Qin Yu unleashed a storm of fate chains composed of billions of causal lines, each chain recording "who decides your life, who dictates your battles." If struck, Qin Yu would be forcibly "attributed" to a continuation of other logical entities, and his Fate Soul would no longer be autonomous.

With the initial activation of the Ring Master Soul Diagram, Qin Yu did not draw his sword in the face of this offensive.

The Silent Beginning Ring Master Soul Diagram rotates on its own, with rings stacking up to form a life-structure barrier covering the entire area.

The ring diagram, with its outermost inscription, casts a "logically exclusive" statement:

If a proposition lacks self-consistency, then a goal cannot be defined.

At that moment, the entire chain of cause and effect collapsed, like a long, suffocated text of meaning, scattering into ashes.

Suming remained silent for a few breaths, then said softly, "You... are not an anti-logic."

"You are—the one who writes definitions beyond logic."

She slowly raised her head and gazed at the Ring Master Soul Diagram:

"In that case... I acknowledge that you have the first right to define it."

"From this day forward, your Soul Seal will serve as our anchor Fate Cause Realm Threshold."

The heavens and earth trembled, and deep within the core of the Fate Cause Realm Threshold, a nascent inscription of the Annihilation Epoch Realm rose.

Suming stood before the monument, his figure slowly transforming into countless question characters, which scattered into the four directions with the wind.

And on that monument, the first line of inscription was written in the language of the Annihilation Epoch, belonging to Qin Yu:

The Book of Fate-Cause begins with a single stroke.

"The definer has appeared, and the main ring has been activated." The Annihilation Epoch Realm officially opened the first path to true authority for him.

The moment Qin Yu stepped inside, he sensed an extremely unique pressure.

It didn't come from heaven and earth, nor from hostility, but from "the world's own scrutiny."

The scene before me is no longer the vast universe and boundless rivers and mountains of Spirit Firmament.

This is a tranquil and profound world, yet it exudes an inexplicable ancient and oppressive aura.

The sky hung low, like the slowly turning pages of a dark blue book;

The land was vast, seemingly paved with layers of inlaid soul stones and rune structures, with faint traces of light interwoven with life patterns and causal chains emerging.

Isolated floating islands drifted in the distant sky, each surrounded by a different field of light, like small segments maintaining their own independent logic.

The place where he stands now is the true Fate Cause Realm Threshold.

The air here is clear, yet carries a strange sense of tranquility. There is no wind, but one can feel a power that flows slowly and rhythmically.

A silvery-gray "soul plant" grows on the ground, spreading out like pages of a book. The veins of its leaves shimmer with the light of words, not Spiritual Qi, but a natural form composed of life runes.

In the distance, a three-legged spirit beast lay on the mountaintop, roaring softly. From its roar came the words: "Who stole my name? Who defined me?"—its "language" had become sound.

But apart from these macroscopically visible wonders, the Fate Cause Realm Threshold whole remains as vast and stable as the ancient primordial land in a dream world.

Qin Yu on the "Undefined Primordial Platform" outside the Fate Cause Realm Threshold, with his Innate Martial Soul ring silently floating behind him.

Just as the ring map slowly completed its third rotation, a "propositional inscription" suddenly appeared in the air:

If we wish to exist, must we first answer the question: Why do we exist?

This is an "existence response signal" emitted by [Questioning Abyss Floating Island].

Within this cluster of floating islands, only those whose destiny resonates with their own are qualified to approach their corresponding island. Other cultivators who forcibly intrude will suffer a "backlash from fate."

Qin Yu's very existence is a counter-questioning of the "definition of existence." Thus, at this moment, the frequency of the proposition between him and the Questioning Abyss Floating Island overlapped.

The ground trembled slightly when his foot landed.

It was as if the entire floating island, which had been dormant for so long, had finally been truly awakened at a moment it had been waiting for.

The sky and clouds slowly parted, and sunlight poured down from above. A waterfall of souls, as if hanging down from the depths of the Heavenly Abyss, cascaded down from the heart of the island and gently landed on the ground in front of Qin Yu.

That was not water, but a dreamlike, ethereal flow of light—the unspoken "self-questioning" within the soul, flowing between heaven and earth at this moment, transforming into a real waterfall.

In the distance, palaces rise one after another, mountains and rivers stand majestically. The ancient Azure Soul Stele stands solemnly on the border of Cangyuan, each stele inscribed with the "Destiny Question" initially established by generations of cultivators who sought the abyss:

"Why do I exist here?" "Since Fate Soul is born, does it always carry an obsession?" "If there is no future, how can I choose the present?"

Now, yet another person has entered this Soul Realm.

He walked forward.

Beneath my feet are stone steps paved with soul stones and life patterns, ancient and heavy. The mountains and forests are silent, except for the wind blowing through the stele forest, which seems to be whispering.

After walking no more than a hundred feet along the passage, a main hall slowly emerged from the soul mist.

It was an ancient, azure-blue hall with three separate halls and nine tiers of steps, its four corners high and its doors tightly shut, above which were inscribed four characters in ancient seal script:

Questioning Derivation Eternal Palace

This place is the location of the core sect of Questioning Abyss Floating Island.

There was no one to guide them, and no ceremony was performed.

However, as he stood before the palace gates, the heavily closed doors opened automatically in the absence of wind, emitting a deep and distant echo, like the tolling of a soul-summoning bell from ancient times.

Inside the door, the dim light was like ink, deep and persistent.

An elderly man with white hair and dressed in Qingyi slowly walked out. His clothes were simple and ancient, and he wore a soul bell at his waist. His eyes seemed to have been dormant for thousands of years, but when he saw Qin Yu clearly, they suddenly trembled slightly.

He didn't ask his name or his background, but simply said in a low voice:

"The Bridge of Fate opened on its own, the Waterfall of Souls draws from the Abyss... You weren't invited here."

"You are the one who voluntarily claimed this floating island."

He stepped aside:

"Enter. Questioning Abyss Floating Island, from this day forward, I will appoint you as an inner envoy cultivator."

The palace doors opened, casting a dim, somber light.

As Qin Yu stepped inside and entered the center of the main hall, he felt a swirling light and shadow beneath his feet, and everything around him seemed to change accordingly.

The next moment, he was no longer standing in a palace.

Instead, it entered a vast and boundless universe.

This is the true, complete picture of Questioning Abyss Floating Island.

Heaven and earth collapsed, and the great sun shone down.

Above the dome, there are layers of overlapping Star Abyss membranes, like billions of mirrors enveloping the entire space. Each mirror reflects the "Abyss Illusion" caused by the souls of different cultivators.

This island does not float in the air, but hangs at the "edge of the logical universe." From the outside, it is an island; from the inside, it is a boundary.

He looked up and saw not clouds, but a series of questionable planets rising and falling on them, connected by soul chains, where real time and rules flowed.

There are thousands of mountains and rivers, and there are rivers and seas.

On the earth, ninety-nine mountain ranges span the continent, each forming its own "severed cultivation meridian," surrounded by layers of soul pattern barriers, sealing various life-bound soul beasts and ancient abysses of desolation.

A vast river of souls runs through the entire floating island, connecting the various life springs, soul trees, and spirit marshes like veins. The river does not flow with water, but with "spirit liquid" composed of the cultivators' thoughts and "unfinished questions."

At the distant, towering peak, dozens of ancient floating palaces stood, their robes fluttering and their auras concealed. They were all cultivators from the Questioning Abyss Floating Island. And those who cultivated on this cosmic island were not only humans, but also those with spirit bodies, life-patterned soul beasts, soul stone puppets... All kinds of spirits dwelled there, and all kinds of laws flourished.

A sect is not just a single palace, but rather thousands of halls and pavilions, mountains and seas, all belonging to the same sect across the entire continent.

The main hall, [Questioning Derivation Eternal Palace], hangs high in the abyss, supported by soul-patterned mirror pillars.

Nine Towers of Inquiry traverse the nine heavens of the Soul Realm, each tower carrying a cultivation system based on a "Destiny Question";

It also features ancient temples, memorial stele, heart-reflecting pool, and fate-questioning cliff... It has everything, making it as complete as a civilization system built on the foundation of "soul questioning".

What he saw was not a sect, but an entire logical universe ecosystem.

Further out, the edge of the continent had no end, but rather a "Questioning Abyss Severed Realm" that plunged towards the Void Cliff.

That was the boundary of the entire floating island, a barrier formed by endless soul mirrors, reflecting the "deepest self" that no one dared to question.

It is said that only the true questioner of Questioning Abyss Floating Island can step beneath the Soul Mirror and glimpse the Origin Abyss of the "Fate Soul -Searching Question".

Qin Yu on the palace steps, his gaze slowly sweeping over everything.

He did not speak. But his consciousness had begun to slowly align with the logical orbit of this cosmic floating island.

The heavens and earth were silent, and a voice of unknown origin faintly emerged:

"This realm is an island, and also a question." "Now that you've arrived... let this question begin from this moment."