The Annihilation Gate Opens · Ten Thousand Epochs Halt
As Qin Yu, Yunyi, Yan Yue, and Zi Xue stepped into the center of the scroll, their entire field of vision was instantly enveloped by an eerie, profound, and Ultimate dark void. The void beneath their feet seemed to be pieced together from fragments of an ancient world forgotten for millions of years, with countless broken runes of world logic engraved on its edges, each stroke conveying an absolutist intent of "not allowing existence."
The next moment, the four of them truly descended into the [Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm].
--This is the only main world mapped from within the Annihilation Abyss Original Map, and also a remnant of the forbidden realm where the source of Annihilation Logic once slumbered.
The entire Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm was like Ultimate world where night had fallen and stars had been extinguished.
There was no light in the sky, only suspended "ash chains" hanging from the heavens, piercing through the entire Dark Realm, as if to drag all the "causes of existence" of the world into the abyss of destruction. The wind carried not breath, but "ash of Cause Splitting" stripped of soul consciousness and logic. With each breath, the sea of consciousness seemed to be forcibly reconstructed.
The mountains are not mountains, but rather the remains of souls steeped in the laws of annihilation, towering like tombstones spanning millennia.
The canyon is not a valley, but rather a "remnant of silent fire" left behind by a civilization from a bygone era. The inextinguishable flame, like tears of logic, burns away "world memories that should never have reappeared."
Countless fragments of fault space floated across the entire land, like "failed chapters" of a once-failed universe, nested, torn apart, disintegrated and reassembled, as if the Annihilator had wiped out an entire dimension here, leaving behind only a desolate yet extremely shocking scene of annihilation.
In the distance, an ancient stele stands, its surface devoid of writing, only the cyclical imprints of the original language of the Annihilation Abyss flowing slowly.
The ground where the four of them stood was actually a huge, shattered "face of a god." The face seemed to be both crying and laughing, but it was lifeless, as if it were the memory of the fall of some eternal god, nailed to this beginning of the World-Covering.
"Here..." Zi Xue whispered, her phoenix eyes narrowing, and she couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Even the flames of soul consciousness are slowly dying out," Yan Yue said in a low voice, her voice carrying a solemn tone for the first time. "This is... the 'denial of the Source Realm's under the logic of Annihilation."
Qin Yu's eyes were like mirrors as he slowly uttered a sentence:
"We are no longer within the world rules of the Source of Epochless."
Yunyi bit her lip, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Sounds exciting."
At that very moment, in the distant sky, an ancient and heavy whisper faintly echoed, seemingly spanning countless millennia—
"Those who enter the World-Covering will either be enemies or be punished." "Those who are not punished will ultimately lose their reputation."
The entire Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm has officially awakened.
The heavens and earth Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm, the Black Abyss pressed down, and the stars fell silent. Qin Yu, Yan Yue, Zi Xue, and Yunyi stepped into this Ultimate realm, which was inscribed by the Annihilation Abyss Original Map. Everything was like a divine relic lost at the end of desolation, pitch black and mysterious, with residual light flowing above the broken sky, like the embers of time.
Just as they had traveled several miles, the void suddenly trembled.
A pitch-black church, as if it had been transported from a Does Not Exist era, stands silently at the edge of the desolate wilderness. The entire church is about three hundred feet high, with its spire piercing the sky, as if trying to penetrate the primordial laws of annihilation. The pitch-black walls are neither gold nor stone, but are formed by the melting of cause and effect and the shaping of logic. Every inch of it devours light and cannot be looked at directly.
Runes swirled around the church like stars flowing backwards.
Some are inscribed with "Severance of Cause and Effect," meaning that anyone who gets close will be swallowed into the void of cause and effect;
Some are inscribed with "Logic Unclosed," disrupting the cultivator's technical structure;
Some are "severed consciousness", "disruption of the origin", "rewriting of rules"...
These runes flowed like living things, some like fire, some like snow, and some like silent tremors, encircling the entire church and constantly flashing mysterious whispers from the heart of the logic of the Annihilation Abyss.
Most strangely, a semi-solidified time rift floats directly above the church, like a collapsing clock. Every drop of "light" that falls is frozen in the air, yet it subtly causes the surrounding world to rotate slowly.
Zi Xue's expression changed slightly, and she said in a low voice, "This church... it's so remote that even star trails can't get close."
Yan Yue frowned slightly, and slowly touched the void with one hand, only to be immediately repelled by a "source repulsion force".
"This is no ordinary place," Qin Yu said in a deep voice. "It exists at the deepest logical level of the Annihilation Abyss Original Map. Did you feel it? That's not divine power, it's Annihilation Realm- level sealing structure..."
Yunyi bit her lip gently and whispered, "Is something inside watching us?"
Her dragon eyes narrowed slightly, as if she were peering into the depths of the dark hall, where a phantom yet terrifyingly terrifying remnant Soul Seal was kneeling motionless below the high platform with its back to everyone, seemingly dead for millions of years, yet still maintaining a posture of submission.
At that moment, even Yan Yue and Zi Xue involuntarily stopped in their tracks.
The entire church was silent and imposing, as if it were born for the Annihilation Abyss and existed to World-Covering, waiting for the arrival of a certain destined person.
The Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm in Silent Void, as if even the sound of footsteps had been swallowed into the abyss of void. Dark mist swirled above the barren, scorched earth, and the air was filled not with wind or gas, but with some kind of "unnamed divine oppression."
Just as Qin Yu and his group approached the church, which was less than a hundred paces away—
Boom--!
In an instant, an invisible shock, like the resonance of billions of Annihilation universes, rippled out from the church! It was not an attack, but more like the erosion of existence itself!
"Hiss--!"
Zi Xue's face turned deathly pale instantly, Yan Yue's fingers trembled slightly, her soul twisted violently, and Yunyi's powerful dragon soul roared and cried out in an instant, with large cracks appearing in her sea of consciousness. Qin Yu also felt the karmic chains within his body being shaken, and he almost bit his teeth off.
At that moment, they understood that the church was not a "building," but an aggregate of primordial information. It could not be approached, much less "understood."
"Retreat!" But it was too late.
The oppressive force continued to assault, heading straight for the source of consciousness and soul. In the next instant, a clear blue ripple appeared!
The power of the Azure Ring suddenly trembled in Qin Yu's palm, instantly enveloping everyone!
The silent radiance, like a curtain of cause and effect, completely isolated them from the oppressive presence. The sound of shattered consciousness subsided instantly, and everyone felt as if they had been rescued from a cold abyss.
The group was breathing heavily and their faces were pale, but they finally managed to calm themselves down under the protection of the Azure Ring.
Yunyi, breathing heavily, looked at the church, still shaken, and said, "What... what is this...?"
Qin Yu stared intently at the mysterious runes flowing around the church, his eyes as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.
"This is not a relic of the Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm... it's more like a projection of the core logic of the Annihilation Abyss."
Yan Yue's eyes narrowed slightly. "No wonder I felt... not just oppression, but also a strangely familiar echo of Fate-Cause..."
Zi Xue gently clutched her chest, the oppressive feeling seeming to have appeared in her dreams before. "There... there might be some kind of 'extraordinary' Fate Soul essence."
The power of the Azure Ring continued to gently protect them, like an inviolable divine aura in a blue starry sea.
Just as everyone was still being sheltered by Azure Ring and catching their breath, the dark, lifeless church suddenly opened its doors silently.
No, it "cracked".
This was no ordinary opening—the door seemed Does Not Exist before; it was as if an "entrance to existence" had been torn open from the very logic of the space.
In an instant, the wind that Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm stopped, the fog calmed, and the world fell silent.
"Click--"
A faint, crisp sound, more chilling than a knife cutting bone, came from the crack in the door.
What followed was--
--The entire spatial logic of the Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm collapsed at that moment.
It was not a collapse, but a voluntary surrender, as if all the gods were bowing in worship, and all laws were silenced.
A sliver of golden and black light slowly emanated from the door, and the next moment:
Boom--------!!!
An ineffable, indescribable, and unpredictable force swept out from the gate!
Without any aggression, yet it swept through the Abyss of Fate Soul with the destructive power of an era.
Its essence is not energy, but rather—"denying the legitimacy of Heavenly Emperor -level existence!"
At that moment, if the Heavenly Emperor were present, he would be directly removed from the chain of existence;
If any Immortal Emperor, True Immortal, or Dao Ancestor were to peek at this gate of light, their consciousness would instantly be reduced to ashes, their souls would be buried, their realms would be annihilated, and their remains would be left without a trace!
Because this gate is the gate of "source judgment" set for all "high-level existences".
Only those who have Annihilation Abyss the logic of the Abyss of Oblivion can see its gate.
"Ah..." Yunyi Yan Yue one hand, her face turning completely pale.
Yan Yue's expression was equally solemn, and she could feel her fighting spirit trembling.
Zi Xue dared not look directly at the light from the doorway. She closed her eyes, bit her lip, and used all her strength to keep her soul from collapsing.
If Wang Long were here, he would probably kneel on the ground instantly, bleeding from all seven orifices!
At this moment, only Qin Yu slowly raised his head.
He looked at the light emanating from the crack in the door, without taking a single step back.
Because at that moment, the three divine objects within him—
The spiritual light of [Remnant Construct Soul Crystal - Construct Abyss Fragmented Page], [Origin Cause Root Seal - Silent Construct Cause Core], and [Cause-Observing Mirror Wheel] all trembled slightly, as if responding to something.
The Azure Ring hummed softly in his palm, exerting no effort, merely keeping him company in silence.
Qin Yu murmured in a low voice, "This door... is waiting for me."
The door to that mysterious church is still slowly "cracking open," as if it is being slowly dissected by the era itself.
The entire Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm fell into a deathly silence.
Under the protection of the Azure Ring glow, all sounds, time, logic, and even the sense of existence seemed to be forcibly frozen, leaving only the path of dim light extending into the door.
At this moment, Qin Yu slowly took a step.
Without a word or a moment's hesitation, he simply raised the Azure Ring light, gently clenched his fist, and the azure light flickered and pulsed like the breath of the world. With that, he walked step by step toward the door of the Annihilation Abyss Church.
--One step, two steps...
The ground made no sound the moment the foot landed, but Yunyi, Yan Yue, Zi Xue were all startled.
Because they all felt:
"It's not Qin Yu walking towards the door; it's the entire Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm cooperating with his every step."
With each step forward, space itself peeled away to create a path; time solidified into a staircase; the dust of cause and effect automatically dispersed beneath his feet, making way for him.
His steps were slow, yet each step seemed to echo the echoes of an ancient Fate Abyss.
"He... he really went in." Zi Xue's pupils trembled slightly as she sensed the overwhelming pressure of the divine soul surging within the church, and she murmured to herself.
"Such a strong repulsive force..." Yan Yue also clenched her fist lightly, sensing a subtle touch from behind the door towards the "Lord of Recognition Annihilation" himself.
"I won't let him go in alone," Yunyi suddenly said, as three layers of Illusory Dragon Soul Seal appeared on her body.
Just then--
The Azure Ring reappeared, transforming into a rotating azure-blue light wheel. After circling Qin Yu, it automatically split into three protective wheels, shielding Yunyi, Yan Yue, and Zi Xue.
It was silent, yet it seemed to tacitly agree.
--You may also follow him.
"Let's go." Yan Yue's gaze was firm.
"Qin Yu doesn't need our protection, but we must witness it together." Zi Xue smiled faintly, her eyes blazing with starlight.
Yunyi didn't say anything more. She lightly leaped and landed within the Azure Ring glow. The three of them followed Qin Yu side by side and slowly stepped into the church door that had been completely cracked.
They didn't look back. Because they all knew that door had always been opened only for "them".