The ancient palace was turned upside down and returned to its original state. The starlight from the collapsing dome transformed into countless streams of light, which fell upon the cracks in the Annihilation Ash Plateau.
Three figures walked slowly out of the hall, their steps steady, their auras surging yet restrained. They were Qin Yu, Yan Yue, and Yunyi, who had just returned from their transformation in the illusion.
At this moment, Qin Yu's figure appeared even more calm and sharp. With a single step, the void cracked. His aura was clear and boundless, as if piercing through all causes and reflecting countless fates. He had clearly advanced to the Ultimate Final Cycle Realm!
Yan Yue stood quietly to the side, the light of dawn and the intent of annihilation intertwined and flowed. Behind her, a soul beast with a body of pure white light, resembling a phoenix and light, suddenly appeared. Its phoenix eyes were filled with light, and its tail feathers were like the feathers of world World Extinguisher, fluttering lightly in the wind. It was her Fate Soul Beast - the Absolute Abyss Dawn Phoenix! The aura of the Annihilation Lord Realm Initial Stage slowly radiated out, causing the space to tremble slightly, as if a layer of discipline had collapsed and been reconstructed.
Yunyi... lightly leaped down, three dragon rings slowly floating around her body, one black like a burning flame, one purple like a crackling lightning, and one golden like the core of the sun, silently circling her. Her expression was clear and ethereal, her aura enchanting, and the first signs of dragon horns could be seen in the tips of her hair. Her bright eyes contained an unfathomable pressure— the Three Extremes Dragon Soul had been Return to One!
The three had just stepped out of the outer edge of the ancient hall, and before they could even adjust to the light of the world turning again, the distant void suddenly contracted!
A powerful aura, oppressive to all living beings, ripped through the mountains and rivers, and a soft laugh rolled in like flames:
"Tsk... They really did come out from inside."
Qin Yu's eyes turned cold, Yan Yue's eyes turned frosty, Yunyi raised her fingers, already forming Shi Lian beside her.
The owner of that voice was slowly emerging from the shadows of the plateau ahead—
Three figures landed first, all dressed in the black robes of the Yu Clan. The first was tall and burly with eyes like raging flames; he was Yu Yuance's elder brother, Yu Xiaoyan, Final Cycle Realm Advanced Stage. The second carried a halberd and had a cold expression; he was Yu Yuance's cousin, Yu Luoyuan, Final Cycle Realm Middle Stage cultivator. The third was handsome with a mocking smile and three axes hanging from his waist— Yu Zhuokong, Final Cycle Realm Middle Stage.
The most silent and dangerous figure was the one standing behind the three, Supreme the Final Cycle Realm, shrouded in a black robe and whose face was hidden.
His aura was not only calm and composed, but so powerful that even space itself could not get close—it was a deadly pressure that could "erase the opponent from the logic of time."
"You... are blocking my way." Qin Yu's tone was calm, but his voice was like a thunderclap, piercing through the void.
"Hmph, so what if I block you? Do you really think you can run rampant in the Source of Epochless because you have a title?" Yu Xiaoyan sneered, his fists exploding like meteors falling in fury.
"You killed the Frost Nightmare Tiger of No Return and stole the great opportunity from the Annihilation Ash Plateau. Today—you won't be leaving." Yu Luoyuan's halberd turned into a gray shadow, spinning between his fingers.
"However, don't worry. The three of you... as long as you kneel down and offer up your sea of consciousness imprints, I might spare your lives." Yu Zhuokong smiled playfully, "Especially you." He looked at Yan Yue, his gaze icy.
At this moment, the man in black robes suddenly took a step forward, and a vast and imposing aura spread out from beneath his feet for hundreds of feet.
Qin Yu calmly raised his hand, Star Key emerged from his sea of consciousness, drawing five ripples of light across it. Before the light could fully manifest, the three axes at Yu Zhuokong's waist suddenly extinguished and shattered—not physically destroyed, but the very logic that formed them ceased to exist!
Yu Zhuokong's pupils shrank wildly. "Wh... what?!"
Qin Yu smiled, his voice like Realm Breaking morning bell:
"Let me remind you—don't try to use any magic weapons in front of me."
The void was as bright as day, Star Key shone brightly.
The three adversaries— Yu Xiaoyan, Yu Luoyuan, Yu Zhuokong —activated their personal magical artifacts immediately after the black-robed expert gave a slight nod.
Yu Xiaoyan suddenly unleashed the [Nine Yang Heaven-Splitting Yue]. As soon as the axe appeared, nine layers of crimson flames ignited in the void, seemingly about to shatter the heavens.
Suddenly, the [Withered Nether Twin Bone Halberds] appeared in Yu Luoyuan's hand. The two withered gray halberds stood tall in the sky, and the surrounding causal chains began to twist and sink.
Yu Zhuokong bit his tongue, uttered a blood curse, and summoned his Fate Soul weapon, the [Realm-Severing Three Extinctions Axe]. The moment the axe was drawn, space was shattered into three sections, and the laws of space trembled as if about to collapse!
"Kill—!" the three roared in unison, shaking the heavens and earth.
At that very moment, the Star Key floated automatically above Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, rotating autonomously without needing to be activated.
At that moment, five rays of starlight swept out from the heart of the key within my sea of consciousness—
First Form: The Star Extinction Order!
In an instant--
Before Yu Xiaoyan could even strike the [Nine Yang Heaven-Splitting Yue] in his palm, it was as if time had reversed. The axe blade began to disintegrate, cracks appeared from within, and the components moved backward, eventually turning into an invisible particle of light that vanished in his palm!
Second Form: Eternal Fate Star-Splitting Edge!
Yu Luoyuan's pupils exploded as a rift suddenly appeared on the [Withered Nether Twin Bone Halberds], severing his destiny. His "Weapon Destiny Seal" had been forcibly cut off! With a muffled groan, blood seeped from his seven orifices. The twin halberds that had accompanied him for three hundred epochs had been severed from his destiny, becoming ownerless.
Third Form: The Origin Destroyer Light Collapse Law!
Before Yu Zhuokong could bring down his axe, the light source on the axe suddenly collapsed, the energy patterns extinguished inch by inch, and finally it seemed to fall into a bottomless Annihilation Abyss. The logic of the energy structure had been forcibly emptied, and at this moment the axe was like an empty shell, with no effect whatsoever!
"How... how is this possible?!" Yu Zhuokong's expression changed drastically, and his knees buckled.
"My destined axe... my... ahhhhhh--"
"My axe!!!" Yu Xiaoyan roared, his anger soaring to the sky, but he could only hold the remaining fragments of light and watch helplessly as the axe vanished in his palm.
The black-robed expert's gaze turned cold, finally revealing a hint of seriousness—he looked at the quietly rotating Star Key in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness.
"What... is that?"
Qin Yu spoke slowly, his voice quiet yet ringing like the tolling of a truth bell:
"It's called Star Key."
"He only recognizes me, Qin Yu. He only opens doors for me."
"And its existence serves only one purpose—to cause all those who attempt to rely on objects to... perish from their predicament."
As soon as he said this, the surrounding temperature plummeted.
Yan Yue glanced sideways with a cold look in her eyes, and chuckled softly, "It seems this battle won't be too difficult."
Yunyi stretched, a three-colored halo swirling around her. "I've been wanting to stretch my muscles for a while now."
Four formidable enemies stood outside the ancient temple, a high-altitude wind swirling around them, their killing intent palpable.
Yu Xiaoyan's gaze turned cold as he looked at Qin Yu and the other two, and he sneered:
"Just three people? So what if you have the Star Key to seal our treasures? Do you think you can survive by forbidding us from using our magic weapons?"
Yu Luoyuan spoke in a sinister tone, "We have attained this level through our own efforts; we can make you perish without relying on any magical treasures."
Yu Zhuokong twisted the heavy blade in his hand and sneered, "Don't even mention the Ultimate of the Final Wheel, even the Annihilation Lord, my Yu Clan has killed far more than a hundred of them."
The black-robed Supreme Final Wheel coldly replied:
"The Source of Epochless has always been the strong who establish their dominance through their soul consciousness, capable of slaughtering mortals like you without relying on external objects."
Before the words were even finished, the four of them unleashed their auras simultaneously, releasing their combat skills, cultivation techniques, and Innate Martial Soul almost at the same time!
But they didn't know--
That Silent Abyss Divine Eye was slowly opening above their heads...
The four opposing powerhouses attacked simultaneously, unleashing their combat skills, cultivation techniques, and Innate Martial Soul, turning the entire Annihilation Ash Plateau into an Asura battlefield.
Yu Xiaoyan pressed down with his palm, the Flame Dao Frenzied Burning Seal resembling a causal seal constructed from billions of soul flames, attempting to burn away Qin Yu's existence framework;
Yu Luoyuan formed hand seals, and the Withered Tide Ten Thousand Wails Scripture his sea of consciousness, its mournful sound reverberating throughout his soul domain;
Yu Zhuokong swung his twisted heavy blade, the Soul-Extinguishing Return Blade, which slashed towards Yan Yue, tearing the void into multiple chaotic segments;
The black-robed expert at the Final Cycle Realm held the Shadow Ancient Sword horizontally and unleashed a move called "Severing the Consciousness Realm," which did not sever the physical body, but rather the very act of "living" itself!
The four Ultimate blows were almost equivalent to the simultaneous crushing of four worlds' death symphonies, causing the entire world to experience a reverse flow of spiritual energy and the collapse of its logical chains.
However--
Qin Yu remained motionless, the Azure Ring behind him rising and falling. He unleashed the [Realm Abyss Reverse Evolution] technique, reversing cause and effect, and used the Burning Seal to counterattack Yu Xiaoyan, swallowing his soul fire in return.
With a single Yan Yue, [Dimension-Severing Soul Law], Yan Yue severed the source of "Withered Tide's" soul trajectory, causing Yu Luoyuan's sea of consciousness to convulse and become unbalanced.
At that very moment--
Yunyi walked out slowly, her steps light and graceful, with her three soul rings spinning behind her like divine rings.
Black flames, purple lightning, and Golden Radiance shone together, divine light surging.
She parted her lips slightly and uttered a single word:
"Destroy."
The entire world seemed to have been waiting for this syllable for a long time.
Part Two: Resonance of the Three Souls, Silent Eyes World-Covering
[Silent Abyss Single Gaze: Three Souls Descend upon the Severed Realm].
Yunyi's pupils slowly opened, and three gigantic soul shadows roared out from them:
The Black Abyss Dragon Soul, dragging the Nether Prison;
Purple Consciousness Dragon Soul, tearing apart the illusion of the Consciousness Realm;
The Golden Radiance Dragon Soul illuminates the path of destiny, decisively ending the cycle of reincarnation.
The three elements converge into the Eye of Yunyi, forming the Divine Eye where the beginning and the end coexist.
In an instant: the sky collapsed; the earth churned; the starlight went out;
The presence of everyone present was reduced to zero!
She didn't move, yet the light already enveloped the four of them.
Yu Xiaoyan, Yu Luoyuan, and Yu Zhuokong instantly knelt on both knees, blood gushing from their seven orifices, their consciousness rapidly blurring. They didn't even have time to feel fear before being pierced by the Divine Eye.
What they saw was their own birth, cultivation, rise, ambition... all extinguished in the form of specks of light, burning away in the void.
The black-robed, Final Cycle Realm expert barely managed to take half a step, attempting to summon a spacetime barrier, but—
Yunyi's silent gaze swept over him. A divine voice whispered, "You are not worthy to remain." Boom!
Under the light's devouring, that Supreme expert's martial spirit, physical body, Consciousness Realm, and ideas were all shattered, not only annihilated but also completely erased from the entire logical record of the Source of Epochless!
The aftershocks of the battle had not yet dissipated; the winds of the plateau swept through like weeping, like a sacrifice.
The three stood atop the plateau, with billowing dust behind them, the Golden Radiance light slowly fading, and the soul pressure spreading to the far end of the antenna.
Qin Yu sighed softly, "Is this your new power?"
Yan Yue's lips curled slightly. "I'm afraid even those at the Final Wheel of Supreme didn't have time to conceive of how this move would land."
Yunyi rubbed her temples, her bright eyes sparkling with a hint of mischief, and said with a grin:
"So? Am I, this 'Soul Beast,' qualified to conquer the Source of Epochless with you?"
"It has been that way for a long time," Qin Yu and Yan Yue said in unison.
The three looked at each other and smiled. In the silent wind, three rings circled, the Azure Ring rotated, and the first rays of dawn appeared. Their destinies had already intersected and were inseparable.
Heaven and earth returned to peace, the Soul Sea sank, and the afterglow of the Silent Abyss Divine Eye still echoed deep within the world.
The instant that the Annihilation Extreme Divine Eye opened in the sky, deep within another battlefield on the Annihilation Ash Plateau, a figure suddenly opened his eyes.
It was an old man clad in dark gold battle armor, with three sun-like flames burning in his eyes. Chains of cause and effect swirled around him, revealing him to be one of the true hidden talents sent by the Yu Clan: Yu Minghuang, the Final Cycle Realm Supreme Peak!
He was fighting several powerful alien warriors when suddenly his expression changed drastically. He abruptly looked up at the distant horizon, his soul trembling like a tidal wave, and he roared in a low voice:
"... The souls of all four people were severed simultaneously?!"
"Xiao Yan, Luo Yuan, Zhuo Kong, and Elder Kuiyu... are they all dead?!"
He clenched his fist tightly, the surrounding air currents vibrating violently, instantly turning the entire space into a vortex. In his pupils, a destructive gaze, interwoven with black flames, purple lightning, Golden Radiance, appeared—
"This trace of soul power... is it a dragon?!"
"What... what kind of divine beast is this?! No, impossible! This divine beast... it actually has three souls fused together?!"
The next moment, Yu Minghuang suddenly rose into the air, the remaining clues of his Recognition Annihilation following the causal trajectory towards the ancient palace. A terrifyingly ferocious killing intent appeared deep in his eyes:
"Qin Yu, Yan Yue, Yunyi... you deserve to die."
"This time, even if we use that key again, it won't stop me Yu Minghuang, from severing a soul with a single finger."
A moment later, a temporal vortex exploded, and his figure disappeared from the spot. The strongest storm in the entire Annihilation Ash Plateau was about to arrive.