Fate's Questions Reflect the Soul · Ten Questions Emerge

The Azure Ring bears witness, ten thousand questions accord with the ancestral temple, Questioning Derivation Eternal Palace, Fate-Word Returning Hall the western palace, a forbidden domain.

The mirror-like wall is as still as water, a single word can silence a myriad of voices. All external opinions and disputes are shut out, leaving only the Ji Ran Daoist rhythm flowing endlessly within.

Qin Yu sat alone on the Soul Platform, silently guarding his heart.

Deep within the sea of consciousness, the Fate Cause Master Seal, like a star core, rotates and revolves, without light or power, yet it quietly reconstructs the entire legal principles of the Consciousness Realm, and the logic of all heavens follows its rotation and returns to order.

A moment later, the Azure Ring behind him trembled slightly, and the newly formed markings quietly solidified.

The gift of the life seal gives rise to Dao skills. Qin Yu closed his eyes and concentrated, and in a moment of enlightenment, he established a new proposition for his own Dao root: the activation of life skills must first be based on the understanding of their causes. If the power does not come from oneself, it can be temporarily set aside to await decision, and should not be allowed to act recklessly.

When the Dao's sound ceases, the principles of law are naturally established.

An unprecedented authority has fallen upon Azure Ring. It does not suppress techniques, destroy laws, or seal the Dao; it only controls the order in which all skills manifest in the world.

All cultivators in the world use their own soul power to drive their techniques, but only Qin Yu can judge the validity of other people's spells. If an enemy's technique is not completed, it will enter the order of his Fate Ring; if it is forced, the chain of consciousness will be disordered and the soul mechanism will collapse.

This is not confinement, but a judgment of the Way.

I will not abolish your path, but I will cut off your use in this moment.

Three days later, at the high platform for training formations in the outer courtyard of the Eternal Palace.

Fate-Severing Labyrinth Mirror, the Soul Return Group suffered a significant decline in strength, and Ji Jiyan was seriously injured and went into hiding. Only Li Wenyan harbored resentment, unwilling to Fate Cause Master Seal had been given to Qin Yu. He loudly questioned Qin Yu in front of everyone, intending to force him to take action and explore the gaps in the new path.

"Having been appointed Fate-Cause the position of lord, why have you remained secluded in the forbidden realm for so long? Is it because, despite your great reputation, you dare not publicly demonstrate your abilities?"

A cacophony of voices rose and fell as everyone watched. A faint, ethereal light shone in the void as Qin Yu slowly descended, his expression Ji Ran.

Li Wenyan sneered as he attacked, "I don't seek to defeat you, I only wish for the world to see clearly that your Dao Path of the Azure Ring will eventually be exposed!"

Before the words were even finished, the Soul Recognition Secret Technique was about to be unleashed, and the Nine Waves Sound Lock was about to be completed.

Unexpectedly, the spell froze midway, the soul array broke, and all the principles of magic failed to manifest in the world.

Li Wenyan was suddenly shaken, completely bewildered.

On the stage, Qin Yu calmly stated, "The principle behind your move has already entered my realm; without my permission, it cannot take shape."

The faint blue patterns in the void silently indicated that this technique should be used only when the opponent is ready and should not be forced.

Enraged, Li Wenyan forcefully urged his soul power, attempting to break through the limits against the odds.

In an instant, the chain of consciousness shattered, the pressure of the soul backfired, and before the spell could be cast, he was injured and staggered backward.

The entire arena fell silent. Only then did everyone realize that this ring was no ordinary soul artifact, but a Daoist book capable of judging all techniques and determining the birth and death of laws.

Xi He gazed silently into the distance, then sighed softly, "This is the true successor."

In the blink of an eye, the once-in-ten-thousand-years Grand Sect Trial began.

The Questioning Realm Floating Gate manifests from the void, its high platform towering above all heavens, connecting the soul layers of floating islands, where the ancient Daoist chants linger. This palace opens once every ten thousand years, specifically to examine the Daoist aspirations of disciples and determine the course of their life's Dao Path.

The five masters of the palace took their seats at the palace gate, and the five hall masters presided over the evaluation, determining the order of the thousands of disciples.

Below the stage, nine hundred disciples stood in rows to listen to the test. Qin Yu sat alone at the head of the first level, his Azure Ring concealing auspicious energy, his life seal radiating light, and the area around him Silent Void, naturally forming his own Dao domain.

Ji Jiyan was cold and thoughtful, He Yanxiao's sharp edge was concealed, Li Wenyan and the others each had their own thoughts, all their eyes were fixed on the solitary figure in the center of the high platform.

The Palace Master rose to announce the examination, his voice resounding through the void:

"The eternal trial is to clarify the Way through inquiry and to verify destiny through the soul. The first question requires you to formulate your own proposition and establish your own foundation in the Way."

"Propositions should not follow the past, nor be abstract; they must be adaptable and insightful, and grounded in practical application and legal principles."

As soon as the words were spoken, the entire register of destiny floated in the air, and everyone stood in front of the crowd to ask questions, with no way to hide or conceal their true nature and foundation.

Everyone watched with bated breath, waiting for Qin Yu to put pen to paper. Qin Yu held the Soul Brush and calmly wrote nine characters that filled the air, dominating the entire scene:

If I cannot be defined, is a proposition still necessary?

As soon as the words were spoken, the Floating Palace trembled, the laws of the heavens resonated, and the gazes of the five palace masters all froze.

Everyone else follows the rules and sets their own questions to prove their own path, but Qin Yu alone uses his own questions to challenge the entire set of rules.

Subsequently, the various prodigies took to their pens one after another, expressing their thoughts and harboring a subtle rivalry.

Ji Jiyan were cold and sharp. "If all techniques are composed of external factors, can the essence of the soul be denied?"

Enveloped in gray mist, the fragments of countless techniques whispered incessantly, intending to deconstruct Qin Yu's theory of transcendence and prove that everything in the world has its constraints and can be overturned.

He Yanxiao's pen was like a sword's edge, each word slashing. "If it can be severed, is it something that can be severed but cannot be defined?"

He disregarded legal principles, believing only in the power of killing to break all laws, openly confronting Qin Yu's Dao Heart, intending to use a single sword to solve all the unsolvable questions in the world.

Li Wenyan deliberately raised his voice. "If words can seal a soul, then is silence the strongest Soul Arts?"

It appears to be insightful, but in reality it reverses cause and effect, fails to establish the fundamental principles, and thus cannot enter the true path of the Great Way.

Gou Chenshen's writing is narrow-minded. "If my skill in imitation can eventually surpass your originality, then is the creation itself a waste?"

It aims to innovate by replicating and questioning, seeking to eliminate the old ways and establish the new.

Fu Chengzhao confronted the sect's laws directly. "If the sect's laws cannot kill the enemy, does that mean the laws are useless?"

A single question posed about the very foundation of order was ultimately silently erased by the Lord of the Law Book Hall and not included in the records.

The five men, each harboring their own ulterior motives, expressed their stubbornness, resistance, doubt, and rebellion, all subtly hinting at the leader.

Then the five Cang Li people established their own paths one after another, each with a distinct mindset and a pure and upright Daoist aura.

Cang Li: "If all souls could speak, wouldn't the silent ones be more real?"

By guarding one's mind and returning to tranquility, and by proving truth through stillness, he earned the nod of approval from the Master of the Annihilation Hall.

Xi He Heshusi: "If logic is necessarily self-consistent, does that mean fate is destined to be defeated by thought?"

Break free from fate through reasoning; with a clear mind, one can defy destiny.

Yuchi Liuyan wrote, "If flames are inherently impermanent, can they burn things beyond destiny?" He used the fire of his heart to break free from shackles, intending to burn away laws and established rules.

Ning Yao wrote, "If destiny is a flowing river, can we resonate with it rather than try to control it?"

Obey destiny without going against it, resonate with it without controlling it, and be gentle and in harmony with the Tao.

The Yan Guici broken. "If fate were to be turned into a blade, could it sever the war Unborn?"

To stop strife by defying fate, to prevent killing and chaos, ten questions are raised high, the stars revolve, and the Daoist principles are revealed.

However, all the myriad questions raised by this floating palace ultimately boil down to worldly inquiries.

Only the nine characters of Qin Yu, hanging alone in the sky, do not concern themselves with victory or defeat, strength or weakness, or ranking; they only concern themselves with the rules themselves. All the questions and words are reduced to the echo of his single statement.