Azure Ring Illuminates the Soul · Fate Cause Rekindled
The silent, dark gates of the Abyss of Annihilation Judgment are gradually sinking into a corner of history.
At this moment, Qin Yu and Yunyi soared through the air, following the coordinates left by "Wang Long and others," heading towards the location of this final relic—the realm where the [Cause-Observing Mirror Wheel] is hidden.
As the void tore open, the scene before us suddenly changed.
No longer a desolate battlefield, not a land of severed skills, not Illusory Abyss of annihilation... but a vast expanse of...
The Fate-Painting Primal Domain. It was a vast and wondrous realm that seemed to belong to a place other than the Source of Epochless."
Light and shadow intertwine and flow, the colorful flower sea stretches to the horizon, and on each flower, different fragments of fate appear, like reflections of the "thread of destiny".
The sky seemed to be painted with some kind of "construction paint," with each stroke and color flowing with traces of cause and effect composition.
Seven rainbow bridges stretch across the horizon, with concentric circles of rainbow halos spreading outwards, like ripples of color left behind by a slowly rotating Mirror Wheel.
Beneath the ground lies not stone and soil, but countless "unwritten drafts of destiny." Occasionally, a gentle breeze will cause light and ink to appear for a moment, like the drafting of fate, fleeting and ephemeral.
--This is the Cause-Constructing Painted Realm. It is the true place where the Cause-Observing Mirror Wheel is sealed.
Qin Yu landed on his feet, gazed around intently, and said softly, "Every inch of this place... seems to be a chart of destiny drawn by someone's own hand."
Yunyi gently drifted down, her Annihilation Abyss dragon radiance tinged with the faint glow of the rainbow-colored flower sea. A look of amazement appeared on her face, and she suddenly said with a grin:
"It's so beautiful... Wow, I want to live here!"
She turned around, stuck out her tongue at Qin Yu, and smiled, "Don't you think it's like a dream?"
Qin Yu nodded slightly, but a sense of vigilance quietly rose in his heart.
The more dazzling something is, the more likely it is to conceal a deeper "Fate-Cause anomaly".
After all, this is the final boundary that determines the ultimate ownership of the remains.
Qin Yu and Yunyi slowly stepped into the deeper layers of the Fate-Painting Primal Domain.
Suddenly, the heavens and earth shook violently ahead, and one after another, bursts of soul energy roared through the void like thunder. Several sections of the seven-layered rainbow bridge shattered, and its dazzling light dimmed instantly.
In the distance, a high platform made of shattered mirrors collapsed with a deafening roar. Amidst the flying debris, a familiar soul's breath wafted through the air—
It is Wang Long, Heng Yan, Luo Qingluan, Gui Ming Luo Chu Linyou, Chu Linyou, Ji Chen!
And standing opposite them, pressing down on the entire Fate-Painting Primal Domain...
It is that one— the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin.
⸻[Shattered Image Flowing Qilin] · Source of Epochless · The Sixth Divine Beast
It stands atop the Mirror Abyss, where light and shadow intertwine, towering a hundred feet high. Its entire body is covered in dark silver, broken scales, each scale resembling a divine mirror after being burned, with irregularly chipped edges, reflecting the future of the enemy's "self-destruction of technique."
When its four hooves stomp the ground, shattered destiny diagrams break off from the ground and transform into "anti-structure fragments" that entangle the enemy's soul.
The tail is not a conventional beast tail, but rather trails hundreds of floating mirror fragments, spinning like chains in mid-air. Each mirror reflects the phantom of a different fighter's skills, some of which have already shattered—symbols of the remnants of techniques that may fail in the future.
Its pupils are like blood-red lines shattered in a mirror, with a rotating "seal of technique" at its center. Looking at it is as if it can etch "the moment when you will fail in the future" into your mind.
It made no sound, yet it caused the space to tremble; it made no movement, yet it felt as if the entire trajectory of fate was being torn apart!
At this moment, the six people are struggling to hold on.
Wang Long's right arm was covered in blood as he desperately used [Life Suppression - Realm Splitting Wheel] to hold back a soul lock of the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin;
Heng Yan's raging flames pressed down, but with each strike of the fiery blade, a mirror surface emerged from the beast's tail, reflecting the attack back.
Gui Ming Luo's consciousness trembled violently, clearly suffering a blow from the "backlash of an unfinished skill";
Chu Linyou and Ji Chen joined forces to unleash [Fate Trajectory Double Strike], which was enough to repel the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin by an inch;
Despite half of Luo Qingluan's soul battle dress being shattered, she silently set up a defensive array to shield everyone from the aftershocks of the backlash.
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Yunyi's eyes narrowed, and she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:
"It's... the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin?! The sixth divine beast of the Source of Epochless?! Shouldn't it be sealed in the Shattered Reflection Abyss Domain?! How could it appear here!"
Qin Yu's expression remained unchanged as he slowly stepped forward, his gaze fixed on the divine beast dragging the remnants of the future, and said in a low voice:
"This divine beast did not awaken naturally." "It is the last guardian of the Cause-Observing Mirror Wheel of Cause and Effect."
At this moment, the eyes of the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin Scale suddenly lit up, and a future afterimage of Qin Yu's skill was reflected in the mirrored tail chain!
Silent Origin · Wheel-Breaking Seal - Backlash Shadow Activation.
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Sever the Cause, Preventing Birth - eliminates the possibility of being prematurely shattered once.
A mythical beast capable of foreseeing the enemy's "failed future" skill and triggering a backlash chain...
The true transcendent-level structural weapon— Shattered Image Flowing Qilin —has fully awakened!
The mirrored chains around the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin Scale surged violently, reflecting and shattering the Shadow of the Future of skills, causing the six people's soul pressure to become increasingly unstable.
Just as everyone was about to be swallowed up by the "Skill Collapse Storm" --
A Ji Ran sword intent cleaved down from the void!
It's as if the boundaries of the destiny map have been shattered!
Immediately afterwards, a dragon's roar pierced through time and space, and a dragon soul with three rings, three pupils, and three shadows descended upon the world, violently repelling one of the tail mirrors of the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin.
--Qin Yu and Yunyi have arrived at the battlefield!
Wang Long, his blood still wet, roared upon seeing the familiar Silent Origin Sword:
"Qin Yu!! You... you're back!"
Gui Ming Luo gritted his teeth and laughed out loud, "You... you actually chose to come back at a time like this."
Luo Qingluan's eyes flickered slightly, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Linyou glanced at the three rings of flames above Yunyi's head and murmured, "She... is the 'Contract Master Illusory Dragon' you mentioned?"
Ji Chen grinned. "I knew you'd arrive. It would be truly ridiculous Cause-Observing Mirror Wheel had no successor."
Heng Yan held the Fire-Breaking Blade horizontally in front of him and slammed it heavily into the ground, his fighting spirit reignited.
"Qin Yu... if you had arrived even a moment later, I fear I would have detonated my life-threatening flames."
The aura of the dragon soul echoed in the void. Qin Yu landed beside Wang Long, glanced at everyone's injuries, and said in a deep voice:
"You've done enough. Now, Yunyi and I will take over."
Wang Long coldly replied, "Enough nonsense. I'm still injured, but that doesn't mean I can't block one more time."
Heng Yan stepped out into flames. "I'm not completely shattered yet!"
Gui Ming Luo chuckled softly, "For me, it's meaningless to fight until I understand the enemy's boundaries."
A hint of solemnity flashed in Qin Yu's eyes, and he finally nodded slightly:
"Okay, let's do it together then."
At this moment, the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin suddenly let out a silent roar, its tail mirror swirling a hundred times!
A ring of Silent Origin appeared beneath Qin Yu's feet, Yunyi's Illusory Dragon's eyes suddenly lit up as they both stepped onto the battle line!
Qin Yu instantly cast [Silent Origin - Trace the Spirit Abyss], shattering the core of the mirror surface;
Yunyi unleashed [Rending Domain Dragon Soul], piercing through the tail chain and reappearing the circle;
Wang Long unleashed [Life Suppression - Abyss Lock Seal] again, locking the mirror chains in place for half a breath;
Heng Yan used flames to control the backlash explosion point;
Luo Qingluan laid out a triple-layered mirror barrier to reveal its secrets;
Gui Ming Luo seized the opportunity to shatter a remnant image of the future's construct!
The Shattered Image Flowing Qilin roared, shaking the heavens, and the eight finally completed their first effective encirclement of it!
Just as everyone had successfully surrounded and was preparing to approach the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin step by step, this transcendent divine beast, ranked sixth in the Source Realm, suddenly raised its head, and the rings of shattered mirrors behind it suddenly merged together!
Like a reconstruction of countless afterimages, it reflects the Annihilation of the future!
Ultimate skill Mirror Image Silent Lightning – unleashed suddenly!
The sky suddenly darkened!
The Shattered Image Flowing Qilin seemed to have lost their physical form, transforming into an endless abyss of lightning composed of shattered mirrors. Each bolt of lightning originated from a moment when a cultivator had "failed," "had their concept collapse," or suffered a "backlash from their skill chain," which was then completely replicated by the mirrors and detonated!
Boom--!!
The sky transformed into a sea of lightning, and a bolt of Annihilation mirror lightning struck Wang Long first.
He roared and forcefully used the Heavenly Emanation Fate Pressure Wheel to block it, but the five-layered pressure wheel immediately cracked inch by inch, and he was sent flying dozens of feet away, spitting blood from his mouth!
Just as Heng Yan was about to step forward to provide support, a lingering image of his past self—a "failed technique, self-immolation"—was reflected behind him. This image was perfectly mirrored by the shattered mirror and then solidified in reverse.
He suffered a backlash from his own soul skill!
"Damn it... My 'Cause-Shattering Blade Fire' was created prematurely by it...!"
Heng Yan coughed up a mouthful of blood and staggered backward.
Luo Qingluan's barrier collapsed instantly, and his soul was pierced through in a single blow.
Gui Ming Luo screamed in agony; half of his shoulder was a bloody mess!
Upon Chu Linyou, he was instantly engulfed in a dreamlike vision of lightning, as if he were seeing himself die in the future. His mind was shaken, and he was unable to form any techniques!
Ji Chen roared and released his soul power domain to forcefully break the deadlock for her, but he was also blasted through the left shoulder by two beams of mirror lightning!
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Qin Yu was also surrounded by the afterimages of the three reconstructed techniques.
[The moment the Wheel-Breaking Seal][The moment the Fate Ring went out of control][The moment the Abyss Explosion failed]--
They all appeared in the mirror!
--But at that very moment, Yunyi roared angrily, and the three dragon souls surged into the sky!
"You're not allowed to hurt him!!!"
She forcefully leaped into the core of the lightning array, using the Soul of the Illusory Dragon to tear apart the three lightning mirror barriers and rescue Qin Yu!
But Yunyi herself was also struck by a heavy lightning bolt, half of her clothes were torn apart, her soul light flickered and she instantly collapsed in front of Qin Yu!
"Yunyi--!"
Qin Yu's expression finally turned completely cold and stern!
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The Mirror Image Silent Lightning had not yet subsided when the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin slowly raised its head, which resembled a mirror surface, and once again gathered thunderous breath from its mouth—
This blow will destroy all the wounded!
Qin Yu took a step forward, his sword pointing at the silent sky:
"Next time, I won't give you another chance to start it—"
Qin Yu's eyes were cold and deep. In the depths of his soul, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword suddenly trembled on its own. The absolute power that had destroyed several Annihilation Lord experts was gathering strength in the depths of his sea of consciousness, ready to be unleashed!
He walked out slowly, lightning still crackling around his body, but his tone was as cold as an abyss:
"You intend to Annihilation us with a failing future... then let you taste the true mark of fate."
In an instant, the Fate Cause Master Seal appeared in his palm! Ninth Form - Writing Frequently, Carving the Law Seal!
The entire world froze instantly, the soul energy stilled, and countless [Fate Laws] appeared in the void, unfolding like a thousand inscriptions behind him, converging into a vortex of fate law. As it rotated, it seemed to reconstruct the future of the entire battlefield!
Boom!
Qin Yu pressed down with his palm, and the entire "Engraving Law Seal" fell down, crashing and imprinting itself onto the mirrored back of the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin Scale!
At that moment, it seemed as if all the "broken mirror logic" had been pierced through the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin!
Half of the thousands of mirrors hanging behind it shattered, sending fragments flying everywhere. The broken elephant's body trembled violently, emitting a low roar!
The laws of fate are reversed, and the mirror image collapses!
It struggled backward, its entire mirror-like tail breaking off inch by inch!
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But just when everyone thought it was about to collapse—
Suddenly, the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin Scale roared and opened its mouth, revealing the most crucial mirror within:
A broken mirror of Fate Soul —its Ultimate source of logic!
The mirror reflected a scene that was quite unexpected—
It was the moment when Qin Yu, wielding the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, slaughtered all enemies and annihilated the Annihilation Abyss...
But at the very last moment— the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword backfired on Qin Yu himself!
At this moment, everyone felt a deadly distortion of cause and effect!
Heng Yan exclaimed in shock, "This thing... it's already building—the chain of fate is collapsing!"
Luo Qingluan clutched her chest, weak but resolute. "We can't retreat any further, otherwise its next attack... might not be as simple as just breaking through a realm!"
Wang Long struggled to his feet and shouted:
"Qin Yu, you go protect Yunyi first! This time—I'm going to fight to the death!!"
His fivefold life-pressure wheel condensed once more, preparing to charge towards the core of the Mirror Soul!
Qin Yu stared at the mirror spirit that reflected the cause of his future death...
Another decision quietly surfaced in his eyes.
Despite being severely injured, Wang Long still rose up fiercely again, unleashing five layers of black gold wheel seals simultaneously, "Life Suppression - Abyss Lock Seal" forcibly suppressing the soul consciousness shock of the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin!
Heng Yan was surrounded by lightning and flames, forcibly activating the Limit output of "Cause-Shattering Blade Fire". The Cause Blade spun a thousand times, slicing through several Mirror Soul Barriers!
Luo Qingluan, Gui Ming Luo, Chu Linyou, and Ji Chen also unleashed their Fate Soul skills, attacking from all sides. The entire battlefield was like a shattered mirror exploding, reflecting echoes of annihilation and tearing.
But the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin... remain undiminished.
Its remaining Fate Soul mirror trembled violently, and amidst the churning of flesh and blood, it unleashed its final Origin Framework technique:
[Broken Mirror Fate Tribulation: Reflecting the Cause] -- Reflects the root cause of the enemy's existence and completely overwrites it in the Origin Framework!
In that instant, the image of their own impending death at the hands of the Shattered Elephant flashed through everyone's minds.
The lifeline was reversed, and "annihilation afterimages" began to appear in the sea of consciousness...
The battle is about to collapse.
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Qin Yu slowly stood up, while Yunyi behind him was also panting heavily, her combat strength on the verge of collapse.
He watched as everyone fought desperately, his eyes suddenly darkening.
Within his sea of consciousness, Azure Ring's deep voice resounded:
"Spirit Filth Annihilates Heaven can sever the very source of a beast's life, but it requires your soul to release its deepest will, and the root of solitude to connect with your body."
"Qin Yu, this technique instantly Annihilation the divine beast."
He did not hesitate.
Whispering, a step was taken!
--Azure Ring, Fifth Form: Spirit Filth Annihilates Heaven!
The Realm Silence. A spiral of azure light rose from beneath his feet, like an abyssal storm sweeping across the heavens and earth!
The Shattered Image Flowing Qilin sensed danger and roared furiously, trying to escape!
But the moment it moved, the entire space was frozen within the "Spirit Filth Law Seal" released by Azure Ring!
Immediately afterwards, a stream of azure light emerged from Qin Yu's fingertips, piercing through the core of the Shattered Elephant Mirror Soul like a life-or-death chain!
Azure Ring's whisper resonated throughout everyone's consciousness:
"The sin of creating spirits, its origins can be erased." The next moment—
The Shattered Image Flowing Qilin completely collapsed!
All the mirrors shattered simultaneously, breaking into billions of fragments that transformed into a rain of annihilation in the air!
--The mythical beast vanished.
A few breaths passed in silence. The smoke and dust settled, and the sky was bathed in sunlight.
Everyone stared in astonishment at Qin Yu slowly walking back. His figure was surrounded by azure light, exuding a vast aura, yet he remained completely unassuming.
Wang Long murmured softly:
"Was that... Azure Ring... just now?"
Gui Ming Luo, Luo Qingluan, Heng Yan, Ji Chen, Chu Linyou remained silent, their eyes filled with unspoken reverence.
Only Yunyi stepped forward gently and whispered:
"Hmm... I told you, Qin Yu won't let us lose."
A smile played on her lips, her eyes filled with reassurance and trust.
And ahead--
The Ultimate relic, guarded by the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin, finally slowly revealed its outline.
After the Shattered Image Flowing Qilin Annihilation, a brief tranquility returned to the world. On the broken earth, the wind was still and the clouds had ceased, with only the shards of light and dust left behind after the annihilation slowly falling.
At that moment, Qin Yu gently raised his hand, pointed his fingertip, and a familiar azure light slowly bloomed in the air.
--It's Azure Ring.
A dreamlike, ethereal blue light emanated from his palm, like the dawn breaking through the deathly silence, gentle yet imbued with the power of order, quietly illuminating everyone present.
The Azure Ring spun and chimed, emitting a deep yet clear sound, like the rhythm of life itself, washing away every inch of wound and every scar on the soul.
Wang Long was the first to sense it.
He looked down and saw that the almost broken chain of life in his chest had been reconnected, and the excruciating pain in his mind was receding at a perceptible speed.
Luo Qingluan was slightly startled and whispered, "My soul consciousness... is actually actively repairing itself... what level of technique is this?"
Heng Yan suddenly opened his eyes and was shocked to find that the chaotic and restless soul fire in his body had been quelled instantly, and his cultivation level even felt slightly loosened!
A rare hint of awe appeared in Gui Ming Luo's eyes. "It's not healing... it's a 'Fate Consciousness Illuminating Cleansing' at the root level."
Chu Linyou and Ji Chen were deeply moved.
Under that light, all wounds, cognitive injuries, skill marks, and source cracks... were rapidly healing; all the weariness and depletion of the soul were being rewoven inch by inch by the "cyan order".
In just a few dozen breaths --
Everyone returned to their peak condition. Not only that, but the flow of their soul power became clearer, and there were even faint signs of breakthroughs, as if the blue light had opened a deeper door to cultivation.
"What... what is this...?" Luo Qingluan murmured softly.
But no one asked aloud, because they all knew that this was Qin Yu's possession—a gift from an existence beyond their comprehension.
He stood before the crowd, his robes fluttering slightly, surrounded by a blue glow.
At this moment, the respect, trust, and sense of belonging in everyone's eyes are no longer what they used to be.
Under this blue light, even fate seemed to whisper:
"The leader of this expedition is irreplaceable."
Everyone watched Qin Yu quietly, waiting for him to move on to his next target.
Ahead, the relics, not yet fully revealed, are slowly unveiling their true form:
The Cause-Observing Mirror Wheel is about to appear.