The Final Question of the Seven Epochs · Determination of Consciousness Alone
The moment they stepped into that ancient gray seal, all light and sound in the world seemed to lose their definition.
The next moment, the ground beneath their feet was no longer the solid ground of Epoch Origin's observation field, but a space where boundaries and Non-Realm intertwined.
There is no wind, no land, no sky here.
Beneath your feet lies an invisible "time-woven grid," each line seemingly locking onto a stripped-away era.
Meanwhile, ten figures were already waiting on all four sides.
This is not like a plaza, but more like a [dimensional judgment realm]. It has no end and no origin, only the concept of "existence grid" takes shape here. Each entrant is no longer named by identity, but sorted by dimensional weight.
Among the ten, there were those who sat upright, those who stood and gazed, and those who floated in the void. There was even a being clad in gray bronze armor, sitting atop a soul core planet, whose breath seemed to evolve the universe.
None of them possessed cultivation levels lower than the Silent Source Realm, and the moment Qin Yu and Yan Yue stepped in—
Everyone looked over.
That fleeting gaze was not a provocation, nor a scrutiny, but the gaze of a true connoisseur.
"... eleventh and twelfth."
A calm and Space Silence voice emanated from the Emptiness, as if the entire dimension itself were speaking.
"The Eternal Evolution Realm Hall - the waiting list is full, the judgment sequence is officially initiated."
As soon as he finished speaking, countless fragments of light suddenly appeared in the entire domain. Endless "fragments of Fate-Cause" gathered and reshaped in the air, transforming into logical structures built from the afterimages of past losers.
At the very center, ten golden-gray steles slowly rose, each inscribed with a core rule for a different dimension.
Qin Yu's gaze darkened slightly, and the Azure Ring quietly appeared.
Yan Yue's eyes were as cold as frost, Annihilation Dawn Silent Wheel turned gently behind her.
They understood that this was no longer a trial.
This was prepared for the two of them by the entire Source of Epochless.
The initial seal of the Realm Master.
As the ten golden-gray monuments rose simultaneously, the entire dimensional judgment domain suddenly froze for a moment.
Immediately, an ancient voice, like the first sound of Hatsune Miku, resounded throughout the entire realm. It was not like language, yet it pierced through every soul core and consciousness:
"The qualification examination for entering the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall has officially begun."
"Here, only the strong obey orders; only the truth enters the core."
Before Qin Yu and Yan Yue, three heavy rings split open in the void, like chains of history, stretching forward one by one, reflecting a time vision spanning billions of epochs. Each ring was engraved with the divine will of a lost civilization.
The real test was announced at this moment:
[First Layer: Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring]
Seven questions forming a cycle, each one piercing the soul.
Each question projects a dimension of truth, and each step is guided by the Source of Epochless, testing the examinee's most fundamental logical structure and soul core.
[Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring - Part One: The Question of the First Cause]
Main proposition: Is your existence primarily due to your own free will, or was it constructed for you?
The plaza was no longer flat. Instead, a Silent Void, circular staircase slowly rose from where Qin Yu and Yan Yue stood. The staircase was composed of countless fragments of Time Splitting, and each step was engraved with the record of billions of soul consciousnesses at their initial formation.
At that moment, an ancient mirror emerged from the center of the steps, named "The Mirror of First Reflection".
This mirror reflects not appearance, not Fate Soul, not power, but—the first logical reason for existence.
Qin Yu and Yan Yue were gently touched by the mirror light, and their seas of consciousness immediately trembled.
Countless memories intertwined, but were rejected one by one, leaving only the most primordial scene slowly emerging.
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[Qin Yu - First Reflection in the Mirror]
What was reflected in the mirror was neither his strike that cleaved the Ming Xianyou, nor the moment he Return to One the Silent Origin.
Instead, it was the first appearance of Azure Ring.
At that time, he was not yet known as Qin Yu, nor had he entered the Spirit Firmament, nor had he attained the Silent Origin.
That was a state of pure cause, where "cause and effect Unborn," Azure Ring's six techniques were ignited one by one in the deepest part of his Spiritual Sense.
The first words of Azure Ring's language that he had heard echoed in the mirror:
"You do not exist for the sake of existing; you are born to write about existence."
Qin Yu remained silent.
He had never questioned the meaning of his existence, but at this moment, the mirror forced this logic to surface:
Are you willing to admit that your starting point wasn't yourself, but me?
Azure Ring did not manifest, but within his soul consciousness, he heard his own response:
"I admit it. But I will write everything that follows."
The mirror shimmered slightly, and a wisp of azure light burst forth, causing the mirror stand to tremble.
--Initial cause confirmed: Autonomous logic construction is qualified.
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[Yan Yue: First Reflection in the Mirror]
The mirror reflected no light, only utter darkness.
Until the image of two souls overlapping appeared on the mirror:
One is the dawn, the other is annihilation.
She is the light of dawn, and she is also annihilation. They are one.
That wasn't Soul Pact, but rather, at a certain moment at the end of an era, she deliberately split her own Fate Soul in two to "prove that existence and Does Not Exist can coexist."
Her initial cause was not her birth, but rather—self-cutting.
Mirror asked her:
"Your very existence begins with the destruction of yourself?"
Yan Yue looked at the mirror and calmly said:
"It was by choosing to annihilate that half of myself that the current dawn came into being."
The mirror trembled violently, and a ray of dawn resonated with the Annihilation Ring.
--Initial cause confirmed: The main Fate Soul committed suicide and was reconstructed, which is satisfactory.
The Question of the First Cause was not intended to "examine strength."
Instead, it tears apart the fundamental logic of "why you exist".
At this moment, the other eight people in the square all lowered their heads and remained silent.
Two of them were so shaken during the first question that they fell off the platform and were disqualified from the competition.
The first evaluation inscription echoed in the Epoch Origin:
"The Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring: Once the question was posed, the two souls were incomplete, and they forever lost the right to ask questions."
Qin Yu and Yan Yue stood motionless, their expressions unchanged.
[Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring, Part Two: Question of Epoch Awareness]
Main question: Is your understanding of your own era sufficient to support your status as a "Disciple of the Epoch"?
--This is a test of "reflection of the times".
It's not about combat prowess, nor about examining Fate Soul; it's about questioning whether you understand the principles you've followed and where you stand.
The platform rotated again, and a "Epoch Awareness Disc" slowly rose into the air.
It has thirteen concentric rings, each reflecting an era that was destroyed or forgotten.
Anyone who enters this realm must project their own "soul image" into the mirror, drawing out a vein of their own consciousness.
If the understanding is vague, the cause and effect are disordered, and the logic is unclear, then the mirror will directly backfire.
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[Qin Yu - The Lineage of Knowledge]
When the Epoch Awareness Disc reflected Qin Yu's soul image, the pan surface began to tremble violently.
The thirteen rings could not bear it; the wisp of soul transformed into six wheels of azure light, coming from beyond the realm and slashing against the center of the disc.
All established eras, existing histories, and logical settings within the disk shattered and dissolved under the light of the Azure Ring, failing to form a "Consciousness Realm."
The Epoch Awareness Disc suddenly stopped spinning, marking the first time that the compass failed to lock the compass.
--The main commentator was shocked and asked:
Why is your knowledge unknowable?
Qin Yu spoke calmly:
"The era I live in is not within the eras you define. I have broken away from the old era and created the 'New Era of Annihilation Abyss'."
"And your data hasn't been entered yet."
Epoch Awareness Disc remained silent.
A moment later, the entire trial platform began to resonate, and its core sound changed for the first time:
"Unknown to the epochs, judged to be the primary architect of the trans-epochal system."
"Not disqualified, but not conventionally qualified; classified as an 'external discipline-focused' response."
For a moment, all observers from all directions were moved.
This is the first time in millions of years that a number of chronology has been so large that the chart cannot contain it.
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[Yan Yue - The Vein of Chronicles]
The shadow of Yan Yue gently reflected into the plate, and in an instant, a celestial track of Ultimate light and shadow appeared within it:
Half of it is the logic of the future woven by the light of dawn, and the other half is the fragmented remnant of an era forged by annihilation.
The center of the disk automatically evolved into the "Annihilation-Dawn Epoch Wheel".
Her record does not belong to existing history, but is an era of eternal rebirth carved by herself upon annihilation.
This era Beginningless Endless, it is not cyclical, Bugui, and it is not subject to the laws of fate or time and space.
The Epoch Awareness Disc vibrated violently, then slowly echoed.
"Your record is like a dawn Pre-Nonbeing, and an oblivion after us."
"Judgment: Obliterated syntectic period. Qualified."
--As for the other powerful figures in the arena, three of them were unable to stabilize their consciousness, their logic collapsed, and they were forcibly removed from the questioning platform. Their identities and soul tablets were engraved on the "Disqualification Stele".
The second question is: Once Ji Shi emerged, all the powerful forces fell.
Qin Yu and Yan Yue, one being the "Master of the Outer Plate Era" and the other the "Soul of the Annihilation Dawn Era", were both exceptionally qualified.
This is not a fluke, but rather their existence transcends the very structure of the era itself.
[The Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring - Question Three: The Question of Abiding Obsession]
The light of Ji Yi's soul descends.
At this moment, there was no wind in the world, and time seemed to transform into an extremely thin sheet of paper, quietly unfolding beneath the feet of everyone who stepped into this place.
They remained silent around Taiwan, but the question had already seeped into their very souls.
If the era ends, what will you still choose to hold onto?
It's not about asking "Why did you come?"
It's not about asking "What are you fighting for?"
Instead, it forces you to confront "that one thing you would still cling to even when you have nothing."
Countless ethereal soul lights rose from the steps, piercing through the spiritual cores and Consciousness Realm of the ten examinees.
However, not everyone can answer this question readily.
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Qin Yu
The moment the soul light touched Qin Yu's brow, the Azure Ring began to slowly rotate.
Like an ancient time-honored bell, it slowly tolls deep within the soul.
There are no flashback scenes, no complicated past events, and no emotional elegy.
Only one simple word came to mind:
"I define who I am."
At this moment, an unyielding Soul Stele appeared above the soul's consciousness.
[The Unique Structure: Boundless Realm, then I define the world of books; if there are no souls, then I define the soul.]
He doesn't live for anyone else, nor does he fight for any particular reason; he is simply [the self-embodiment of the definition of order and existence].
The entire area fell into a brief silence.
· Yan Yue ·
Yan Yue gently closed her eyes.
When that beam of destined light entered her heart and soul, she did not struggle.
She simply drew her soul inward gently, as if unfolding the world and then condensing it into a single point.
That point was fixed deep within her destiny, on the silhouette of that young man.
"My attachment is not for my own benefit."
If this world is destined to perish, I only wish it could remain.
Within her soul, a radiant, Annihilation-Dawn Soul Wheel appeared, slowly rotating on the eternally reversed timeline, until that wheel's inscription became a monument:
[Final Wheel Never Returns - She is willing to reincarnate once more for him.]
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The other examinees also revealed their obsessions at this moment.
But their souls are either torn apart, appearing hesitantly or in disarray, or clamoring aimlessly, or lonely and closed off.
Among them are those who insist on "burning down all realms," those who insist on "remembering only one person," those who insist on "writing down all phenomena," and those who insist on "waiting for myself."
Their souls were scattered like stars in a galaxy. Though they shone brightly, all their light paled in comparison to Qin Yu and Yan Yue's Soul Stele, which could "fix the souls of others and uphold the righteousness of the Boundless Realm."
The questioning of the soul has ended.
There will be no more rulings, no more pronouncements.
Everyone knows that after this third question, the situation has changed.
They came not to compete, but to witness.
[Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring - Fourth Question - Question of Cause]
This question doesn't ask about existence, but only about the motivation.
The entire Soul Realm suddenly fell into darkness, the light fading from the sky, as if someone had emptied the "original light" of this space, leaving behind pure "nothingness".
There was no color, no sound.
Only a chaotic whisper crashed down upon the consciousness of each examinee:
"If all is emptiness, then why did you begin?"
The question is not "Why are you so attached?", but rather "Where did you originate?"
This is the most terrifying proposition.
It is not a test for answers, but rather a stripping away of your [originating cause] to verify the legitimacy of all your power, existence, and logic.
At this moment, the souls of all ten are simultaneously exposed to "cause and effect consciousness".
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• Assessor Profile •
An elderly man with white hair uttered in a deep voice, "Because my destiny has not yet been fulfilled."
The image of the fall of countless races appeared in his mind, and he wanted to reverse the cause of their annihilation with his own power.
Another young man in black armor murmured, "I am saddened by his death."
The scene depicts the moment he personally pushed his brother into the abyss.
Some are concerned for the common people, some are obsessed with revenge, and some are simply trying to "prove they can."
But each one was illuminated by a gigantic eye of light, and a "sign of cause" appeared, some bright, some faint, within their soul core.
Those inscriptions, like markings on a soul core, determine whether their existence is "logical."
And at this moment--
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· Yan Yue ·
Yan Yue remained silent.
Above her soul realm, an extremely thin sheet of paper appeared, like an unwritten page of a Fate Canon.
But as her gaze swept over the blank sheet of paper, a faint light slowly began to emanate from it, then burst forth—
"Because it cannot be remembered."
"She exists without cause."
Everyone's consciousness was shaken!
This means that her origins are untraceable!
It's a cause outside the proposition itself, the source of the record's failure!
"She... she's actually a being without origin?" someone exclaimed in shock.
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Qin Yu
Qin Yu remained unmoved.
The Azure Ring spun, yet the soul's consciousness revealed a primordial void.
He did not.
He existed before the cause of everything.
But he slowly raised his hand and wrote three words in that empty abyss:
"Green Ring Rise."
The moment those three words were uttered, the entire domain suddenly became unobservable!
The Eye of All Constructs begins to flash unreadable feedback, displayed as:
[Existence precedes cause.]
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
Even Yan Yue's "causelessness" still leaves traces, but Qin Yu's cause is [actively constructed].
It's not a passive cause, but rather "the cause is determined by him".
This is not answering the question; this is misrepresenting the question itself.
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The fourth question has concluded.
Within the sea of consciousness of ten people, the light may be dim or the consciousness may be cracked.
Qin Yu and Yan Yue have already been marked as -- by the Source Platform.
[The Rewriter of Causes] and [The One Born Without Cause]
These two labels are very likely to cause turmoil in the core of the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall in the future.
[Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring, Fifth Question: Question of Observing Identity]
Whom can you see? Whom can you recognize?
Why is the "I" you refer to "not him"?
At this moment, the entire assessment dimension suddenly shattered and was reconstructed into the "Mirror-Descending Identity Domain".
The sky is a series of floating mirrors, each reflecting not a face, but the [definition of the soul].
Each examinee was forcibly pulled into their respective "Soul Consciousness Rift Mirror".
This question is no longer abstract.
It begins to erode your "right to self-identity".
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[Spatial Structure Transformation]:
The entire Mirror Realm is divided into ten Contemplating Consciousness platforms, and each examinee is pressed into their own platform.
At the center of the space, an Ultimate distorted "core of the Consciousness Realm" slowly rotates, generating a strong gravitational force that annihilates identity.
This gravitational pull will compel every examinee—
Within ten breaths, find the Ultimate definition of "who I am".
Those who fail will be misjudged as "unidentified" by the Mirror Realm, and their souls will be directly [assimilated into the Consciousness Realm], never to return.
On the sixth Contemplating Consciousness platform, a "Winged Light Descendant" clad in silver feathers roared and unleashed dozens of Soul Seal in succession from his hands.
[Soul Skill: Light-Reverberating Fate Ring] -- Releases all traces of one's past soul consciousness, forming a self-reinforcing chain!
Countless afterimages appeared in his mind: him in battle, him in longing, him on the verge of death...
Finally, the image focused on a core, and a voice roared:
"I am not who I was at any given time! I am the most 'rebellious' of all the choices I've made—that's why I'm still alive!"
The mirror trembled violently; he had successfully broken it.
On the eighth stage, a woman in black robes began to gradually become transparent.
She failed to establish a [unique identification point] within ten breaths; her soul began to dissipate, transforming into a stream of mirror energy, which was then devoured by the mirror domain.
She failed.
· Yan Yue ·
Yan Yue stood on the fourth mirror platform, and the [Annihilation Dawn Silent Wheel] appeared in her sea of consciousness.
She remained silent, yet the mirror began to distort, seemingly unable to capture her "definition of self."
At this moment, she only released one soul skill:
[Dawn Breath Annihilates Heaven the Final Wheel Never Returns]
The Consciousness Realm trembled, and the core mirror shattered.
She doesn't define "who I am," but rather "who no one is."
"I am known by the Annihilation Abyss, yet I have never defined myself."
The mirror field records this logical label:
[Observation Absent Entities - Undefinable Entities]
The entire Mirror-Descending Identity Domain was once again engulfed in violent tremors.
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Qin Yu
As the Azure Ring spun, Qin Yu remained silent.
Instead, he raised his palm and made a gesture, and a "mirror image" constructed from his own soul consciousness rose up:
A young man clad in blue patterns stood alone at the edge of countless realms.
He didn't say the name.
I just wrote it down softly:
"I am an undefined constructor source."
[Soul Skill Release - Ring Master Soul Diagram - Constructing the Sole Identity]!
All the mirrors in the room began to collapse! The entire consciousness domain went out of control!
Who are you? -- I existed before "this question".
The Consciousness Realm is recorded as follows:
[The One Who Contemplating Consciousness] -- The One Who Refuses to Be Defined
This isn't about solving the problem; it's about rewriting the logical validity of the problem.
The fifth question concluded with only five people passing.
Qin Yu and Yan Yue were labeled as [Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring - Transcendent Beings].
--This marks the first time in the history of the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall's observations that two individuals simultaneously shattered the core of the observational logic during the [Question of Observing Identity].
[Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring, Question Six: The Question of Fate's Path]
"Can you wield the pen to change your fate? If you were to write your destiny, to what extent could you possibly write it?"
This question will no longer be asked from outside.
Rather, the question is posed by fate itself.
[Spatial Modification - Fate Path Evolution Platform]
The assessment space suddenly transformed into a massive staircase of destiny, with an unwritten page of destiny appearing before each examinee who passed the first five questions.
They must use their own soul consciousness as a pen and their Fate Soul as ink to write a "rewriting text of their own destiny trajectory." Those who fail to complete it within ten breaths are considered to have failed.
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Four successful applicants:
1. Yan Yue
2. Qin Yu
3. Silver-Winged Descendant - Aluo Henyuan
4. Nether Udumbara Venerable · Zhu Fanjin
The other six either suffered a collapse of their Contemplating Consciousness or a disintegration of their sea of consciousness, and were forever trapped in the realm of consciousness.
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The Fate Path Writing Realm emerges
The entire space transformed into countless pages of shimmering life trajectory light.
Only four pages glowed; those were the scrolls depicting the fates of four people.
Each volume is set amidst countless future possibilities. What the four of them are writing is not "rewriting the past," but "constructing the future"!
Where are you headed?
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· Yan Yue ·
She did not put pen to paper.
She used her soul's thoughts as a thread to outline a cycle of fate:
[The Final Wheel Never Returns; the Annihilation Abyss forever]
Her fate wasn't about moving forward, but about making time irreversible.
In her destiny, the future is one of "no return"; once you enter the path she has set, there will be no way back.
The entire page of destiny's trajectory transformed into a wheel-shaped seal, which was then listed in the Observation Stele Record:
"She will walk a path from which no future can be altered."
[Rating: Destiny-level - Extinction and Refusal to Return]
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· Aluo Henyuan ·
He flicked his silver feather, which condensed into a "feather inscription trajectory".
I will not change the future, I will create it.
As his destiny burned, he established the "Feather Realm"—a unique purifying realm obtained at the cost of destroying the divine descendants.
His trajectory is that of a "self-immolating future maker".
[Rating: Fate Track Level - Soul Realm Transfer]
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· Zhu Fanjin ·
He ignited his own soul lamp and wrote eight characters on the page of his destiny:
"If I die one day, destroy my soul first."
He didn't write about the future; instead, he established a conditional Soul Pact —sealing his own destiny in exchange for the "survival of the race."
Destiny Track Assessment:
[Fate-Order Level - Cause of Clan Extermination]
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Qin Yu
Only he neither wrote nor put pen to paper.
He simply summoned the [Azure Ring], made it spin, and then... pulled out a page of destiny from the void that did not belong to this world at all.
That is -- [The Annihilation Abyss Tracks: Undetermined End]
He wrote six words:
"I am the definition of the track."
In an instant, billions of lifelines were extinguished. He did not define the future, because he himself was the "starting point of definition."
He is not the writer, but the creator of the book.
[Rating: Fate Track Level - Absolute Beginning Without Track]
The observation monument exploded instantly, the entire orbital platform collapsed, leaving only the page beneath Qin Yu's feet floating at the top of the void.
"You four have entered the seventh question— the Determination of Consciousness Alone."
[Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring the Seven Cycles: The Determination of Consciousness Alone]
"All phenomena return to consciousness, a single thought is truth. If all phenomena cease to exist, will you still be yourself?"
The assessment space completely collapsed
The propositional field constructed by the first six questions completely collapses at this moment.
The area where the four people were located transformed into a realm of pure white nothingness.
A fulcrum without sound, shape, or any sense of presence.
Even my sense of self is starting to blur.
This is the final and most dangerous question in the entrance examination for the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall:
"Determination of Consciousness Alone" -- stripping away all conditions of existence, leaving only the essence of consciousness.
Whoever cannot guard himself will perish here, and even the traces of his observation will be erased.
[Assessment Rules]
Each person will face three stages:
1. Form Without Bounds – Stripping away physical appearance, identity, and past;
2. Cause Without Consciousness —stripping away causal memories, combat experience, and the main axis of destiny;
3. Self Without Bounds -- Entering the Ultimate white stillness, to see if I can once again define my existence with "pure self-awareness".
--Those who cannot complete all three steps are considered to have failed.
Phase One: Form Without Bounds
· Aluo Henyuan:
Silver feathers turned to light, wing bones peeled away, armor shattered, and destiny was forgotten.
He wailed at one point, but with the spirit of "feathered bones engraved in memory," he firmly nailed the remnants of his own image to the core and gritted his teeth to move on to the next step.
Success
Zhu Fanjin:
The soul lamp went out, the clan emblem vanished, and his eyes began to vacant.
But he murmured to himself, "As long as 'he' is still here, I am who I am."
Success (anchored by "others," at the cost of limited future trajectory)
· Yan Yue:
She was never afraid of having her image stripped away. The Lord of the Annihilation Abyss exists in the cause.
Her "Annihilation Dawn Silent Wheel" rotated automatically, peeling away her physical form and entering the realm of [Cause Without Consciousness].
Passed perfectly
Qin Yu:
Unmoved.
He never stripped away his physical appearance; it was Bai Ji who deliberately avoided showing his physical form.
Because his own consciousness transcends the definition of "form" --
His form is the [Azure Ring Logic Root Seal].
Judgment: Unaffected by this question, proceed to the second stage.
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Phase Two: Cause Without Consciousness
· Aluo Henyuan:
Memories begin to crumble.
He was once an enemy of the gods, banished and abandoned.
At this moment, he couldn't remember why he was fighting; his soul was in turmoil and he was spinning in a daze.
Judgment: Failure (Soul is about to dissipate)
Just then, a wheel-shaped imprint appeared— Yan Yue sighed softly, merging a beam of consciousness into his Soul Sea to help him form the anchor point of "present consciousness".
Judgment Correction: Passed (at the cost of being subject to Yan Yue's question in the future)
Zhu Fanjin:
Who is "he"? My memory is starting to fade.
The vows made on the eve of the clan's annihilation shattered into dust, leaving only the following in memory:
"There is a lamp... it is."
He successfully preserved the concept of "light," thus entering the third stage.
Success (Soul consciousness extremely weak)
· Yan Yue:
Like flowing water, I walked past lightly.
Since consciousness no longer exists, she writes the future as "the only cause of consciousness," thus voluntarily skipping this difficulty.
Passed perfectly
Qin Yu:
In the stillness of the void, all cause and effect, logic, and experience are suppressed...
But he stood still, and the world remained unmoved; his presence, in fact, caused the space to begin to restore its logic.
The body of consciousness has not moved, therefore consciousness regresses.
A line of words spontaneously appears:
"I am the one who tests cause and effect itself."
[Assessment: Over-the-top questioning and observation privileges upgraded]
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Phase Three: Self Without Bounds
This was the most silent, the most terrifying, and also the most truthful question of the entire event:
All four players need to define a custom scenario once while in a state of "I am nobody" [with a restart if necessary].
Zhu Fanjin:
Silence.
He chose. "I will be the lamplighter."
Consciousness has been redefined, and it constitutes a completely new rule of existence—even if the past is completely lost, it will continue to exist in the name of "guardian".
Successfully customized (new existence)
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· Aluo Henyuan:
He growled, he gritted his teeth.
"I am no longer a descendant of gods, no longer a being of different feathers."
"Who I am?"
With a fragment of his torn soul wing, he condensed it into a pen and wrote—
My name is Yuan.
Even if his entire clan forgets him, he will define his own clan and his own identity!
By (constructing a new logical family)
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· Yan Yue:
She responded softly to the void.
"If it weren't for me, who would be the Annihilation Abyss?"
I am still me.
Without redefining it, she directly labeled the entire space as "primary cause, primary position".
This is the self-returning behavior of the primordial will of Annihilation Abyss.
Determination: The spatial active memory of Yan Yue exists.
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Qin Yu:
He neither spoke nor moved.
He just kept looking ahead.
At that very moment, the entire space collapsed into a white void, and a halo rose from its soul consciousness.
[The final form of the Azure Ring Six Forms: Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning] -- Passive trigger.
"You want me to forget myself? No, I am the source that defines everything 'who I am'."
The entire "Self Without Bounds" assessment was shattered by Qin Yu.
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Judgment Result: The Final Chapter of the Seven-Epoch Questioning Ring:
All four passed!
Only Qin Yu's [Yue Wen Construct Master] privileges were recorded, making him the only person in the history of Epoch Origin Wu Cun Guan Chang to shake the "Assessment Rules"!