Fate Que Star Sea: The Ring Opens the Way to the Former Age

Deep within the Purple Bamboo Grove, before dawn, strands of silver light slowly descended from the gaps in the glazed tiles of the Xingheng Temple, creating a scene of serene dreamlike tranquility.

Xingheng led Qin Yu, Yan Yue, Yunyi, Extinguished Light, Zi Xue to the inner hall of the temple. In the center of the temple floated a star river array that resembled a lotus platform, surrounded by purple bamboo roots that blended with the starlight, like an altar.

At this moment, Xingheng stood quietly on the floating array, her expression more solemn than ever before.

She raised her right hand and slowly placed it on her chest. A barely visible star chain was drawn out from her body, and with a deep "thump" that seemed to come from the depths of the Star Abyss, a ring appeared at the end of the star chain.

That ring does not belong to any known category of Realm Artifact, soul artifacts, or divine artifacts; it is—a sacred covenant formed from the galaxy itself.

The ring face is like a cosmic core sealed for billions of years, where stars revolve and galaxies swirl, and every ray of light on the ring is engraved with an ancient and forgotten chapter of destiny.

Even more shocking is--

At the core of the inner ring, two lines of names, resembling inscriptions of destiny, appeared:

Xingheng. Che Ming.

Yan Yue a deep breath. "This ring... is it the seal of her vow with her husband?"

Yunyi's eyes flashed with a strange light, sensing a kind of abyssal power that "transcended fate." Even though she was already the Ultimate evolved form, she couldn't help but feel a slight unease.

The Azure Ring trembled slightly in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, but remained silent, simply rotating slowly.

Xingheng gazed at the crowd and slowly spoke, her voice like the deepest celestial music:

"This ring is a covenant forged with our star core souls when Che Ming and I jointly witnessed our shared destiny and swore to protect the Immortal Source. If this ring still exists, our faith remains unbroken; if this ring is extinguished, the Immortal Source Clan will forever be forgotten by Heaven."

She looked at Qin Yu, held the galaxy ring in her palm, its starlight radiant, and slowly handed it over:

"I give it to you because you have been chosen by destiny."

"This ring is called the Star Abyss Fate Covenant."

"Those who uphold this precept can go back to the past and directly find the person they were back then."

"When that battle broke out, I had not yet stepped into the Destiny Master rank; I was merely a guardian lord of the Immortal Source Clan, responsible for the inner domain of the Fate Que. But as long as you hand this ring to 'my past self,' I will know—this is the one I personally entrusted to in the future, the one destined to return."

Xingheng slowly stepped forward, her slender fingers pointing towards the Star Abyss Fate Covenant, her fingertips lightly touching its radiance.

The next moment, a layer of light imprint appeared on the ring face—it was the soul imprint of Xingheng from the past.

Her tone was softer yet solemn:

"At that time, if I hadn't witnessed this seal with my own eyes, I would never have trusted anyone."

"Therefore, I sealed my own 'Fate Soul Origin Seal' within this ring. Take it with you, and no matter how war rages, no matter how time and space are disordered—I will open the gates of Fate Que for you."

Qin Yu nodded quietly, his gaze lowered as he looked at the life ring in his hand, which shimmered with starlight. The touch of his fingertips seemed to touch the future of the entire Immortal Source Clan.

Yan Yue frowned slightly, but ultimately remained silent; Extinguished Light and Yunyi exchanged a glance, both feeling that this trip was no small matter; Zi Xue clenched her fist lightly, having made up her mind—in this battle, no matter how chaotic the past was, she would not back down an inch.

Xingheng sighed softly, "I know you still have doubts, but please believe me... your appearance with them is neither accidental nor a mistake of fate."

Her gaze lightly fell on Yan Yue, Zi Xue, Yunyi, and Extinguished Light, finally settling on the center of Qin Yu's soul core, where the Azure Ring between his brows was slightly shimmering.

"You are the one who writes the Blade of Fate, and they are the most important light in your writing."

As the wind rustled through the purple bamboo, starlight quietly spilled down from the forest, paving a gateway to an unknown, yet destined, and magnificent path on Qin Yu's shoulder and on the ring face of his destiny contract.

--They are about to depart.

--Stepping into that abyss of history, now shrouded in oblivion.

--To awaken the dead glory, to rewrite the fate of a race.

Deep within the Purple Bamboo Grove, starlight drifts gently in the breeze.

Xingheng stood atop the Ninefold Star Abyss Life Lotus, her figure as if cast from the Milky Way. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at the five people in front of her.

She spoke slowly, her voice seemingly containing the primordial laws of the universe and the fundamental principles governing all things:

"Are you... ready?"

Qin Yu and the others nodded in response.

As soon as the words were spoken, the entire Purple Bamboo Grove fell into a moment of silence, with only the starlight quietly flowing in the air, as if the world was holding its breath in anticipation.

Qin Yu slowly raised his head, his gaze resolute.

Yan Yue stepped forward, her long dress fluttering in the wind, and said calmly, "Fate is sealed, there is no turning back."

Yunyi smiled playfully, but her eyes flashed coldly. "Even past enemies will remember who I am."

Zi Xue lightly gripped her star-shaped fingers, her phoenix eyes flashing like lightning. "I will make the heavens of that year remember this stroke of my pen."

Extinguished Light lowered his gaze silently, his starry eyes revealing a cold, desolate light. "From here on, Min Guang will not return."

Seeing this, Xingheng slowly nodded. The next moment, she stretched out a hand, and a Star Core Crystal of Life Source appeared in her palm. It was the Fate Soul Nucleus condensed by her "Fate Master Consciousness"!

Boom--!

A star-like seal, seemingly piercing through time and space, suddenly appeared on her body, transforming into a ring of destiny that surrounded Qin Yu and his group of five.

"Use the source of life and consciousness to awaken the past battle of annihilation."

With the wish of the Fate Que, I send you all back to the Realm of Fate's Beginning!

Xingheng runes fell from the sky and transformed into nine life Fate Ring engraved with destiny diagrams, enveloping Qin Yu, Yan Yue, Yunyi, Extinguished Light, and Zi Xue!

The next moment, the entire Purple Bamboo Grove shook violently!

The mountains and seas surged, the starlight boiled, and the bamboo leaves curled up, as if the axis of destiny of heaven and earth had been reversed!

"Click click click..."

A destiny trajectory formed from fragments of galactic cause and effect spun out and extended into the deepest part of the Purple Bamboo Grove —a time corridor leading to forgotten years!

The instant before the teleportation light erupted --

A rare emotional fluctuation appeared in Xingheng's eyes, and she suddenly raised her voice and shouted:

"Qin Yu, remember this! This journey leads to the ancient history, directly into the Star Que Divine Temple of the Fate Palace, to find my soul's former self! She will know your origins."

The sound penetrated the Fate Ring, like the tolling of a bell in a starry sea, imprinting itself on the hearts of the five.

"Star Que Divine Temple... Fate Palace."

The next moment!

Rumble--!!!

The spot where the five stood transformed into a vortex of Star Abyss, with the orbits of fate surging, and the entire Purple Bamboo Grove was swallowed by a mysterious annihilating force!

Fate-Cause collapses, cause and effect are disordered, time flows backward, and the Milky Way disintegrates!

Only Xingheng remained standing atop the Lotus of Fate, her robes as white as snow, letting out a soft sigh:

May you rewrite that battle... and also rewrite my destiny.

Qin Yu and the others had already disappeared into that battle map of destiny, a map obliterated by the ages.

--Step into that Ultimate ancient war where the Immortal Source was destroyed!

At the bottom of the Milky Way, in the deepest layer of the Annihilation Heaven Overarching Realm.

As the Milky Way turned back and destiny was reforged, when Qin Yu and his group of five fell from that annihilating star ring, the scene before them was no longer one of Annihilation and shattered ruins.

Yes—the ancient realm where the entire Fate Que still exists, and the peak remains undestroyed!

They seemed to have fallen into a vast and boundless divine ocean, which was— the Fate Sea Divine Que!

Beneath our feet lies a seabed composed of galaxies, where the brilliance of billions of stars surges like underwater currents, shimmering with golden and blue light; above us, the Milky Way is shrouded in mist, like stars reflected on the sea surface, where reality and destiny intertwine to form an ancient historical star field!

And the most suffocating thing is--

In this endless sea of destiny, a colossal temple complex, resembling a divine realm fallen from the heavens to the seabed, stands at the center of the sea.

That was exactly what the Fate Que Divine Temple looked like in its heyday!

The entire Fate Que Divine Temple floats above the star vortex of the Sea of Destiny, with palaces layered upon each other, and halls like a platform built of ten thousand stars. Countless star ships and causal warships float in the high sky, and cultivators, knights, and teams come and go in an orderly manner. They are clad in divine armor, hold Fate Ring, and take the life map as their command!

Dozens of celestial rivers converged, flowing into the temple's sphere; Soul Annihilation pillars, reaching straight to the seabed, pierced through the Sea of Destiny, the Star Abyss, and the depths of cause and effect—

Each divine pillar is inscribed with an epic of life-or-death battles, recounting the millennia of glory of the Immortal Source Clan!

"That's... the Fallen Star Soul Cavalry Legion?" Yan Yue exclaimed softly.

Qin Yu stared intently, and saw:

On the left flank, a hundred heavily armored Star Soul knights rode giant sea-dwelling unicorns, their backs ablaze with purple-gold soul flames, forming an array like a barrier between the sea and the sky.

The right wing is the "Causal Radiance Main Army," whose battle robes are woven from chains of cause and effect. They walk on the sea, wielding long spears of cause and effect, as if each strike pierces through an entire era of history!

Meanwhile, in the high-level celestial realm of the temple, a group of strange sea creatures surrounded the Fate Que Palace with the aura of guardian spirits—a nine-headed azure dragon was sleeping in the divine light and waves, and every time it turned over, it would cause a meteor shower of thousands of feet in the sea!

On the high heavenly platform of the main hub of the Fate Que, a huge statue of the Fate Abyss God floats, as if an ancient Destiny Lord is looking down on this vast divine sea!

"It's... it's too magnificent," Zi Xue murmured softly.

Yunyi's eyes lit up, unable to look away. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have doubted that this was real... It's ten times, a hundred times more beautiful than the Illusory Abyss Realm where I was born!"

Extinguished Light's eyes revealed a hint of surprise. "This Fate Que... has long surpassed the Limit prosperity in the three-dimensional universe, comparable to the ultimate ideal form written by the Dao Ancestor for his clan in legend."

And at this moment--

A transparent Mirror of Fate rose beneath the five of them, slowly lifting them and leading them into the Divine Light Channel in the center of the Sea of Fate.

From the deepest part of the Fate Que Divine Temple, a magnificent voice of destiny slowly resounded, like the will of heaven and earth:

"On the eve of the interstellar war, the Lord of Destiny has not yet returned to the palace... The commander-in-chief at the front should come immediately to assume command."

"It seems we've arrived at... the eve of the great battle," Yan Yue said in a deep voice.

As Qin Yu watched the golden gate of the Fate Que Divine Temple slowly open, a faint Azure Ring appeared behind him, and he uttered a soft voice:

"This battle will... completely change everything from here."

Just as the five stepped onto the teleportation water mirror and were guided by the flowing light of the Sea of Fate to the outer perimeter of the Fate Que Divine Temple, a star pattern trembled on the seabed of the Heavenly Abyss—three patrol knights dispatched by the core army of the Fate Que Divine Temple descended from the Star Soul Warship in the distance, riding on flowing light whales.

The knight was clad in silver-patterned armor with the words "Destiny's Radiance" engraved on his chest. His spear gleamed with starlight, and the images of Qin Yu and his group of five were reflected in his goggles. Then, he suddenly turned to a state of alert.

The leader stepped off the whale's back, his soul pressure surging like a tidal wave, and a soft shout shattered the tranquility of his life sea:

"Who goes there? This is the Star Sea of Fate Que's main domain; those who are not cultivators of our race are not permitted to enter without permission—"

His gaze was sharp; though he didn't show hostility, it conveyed the vigilance and pressure characteristic of a soldier.

"Please state your origins—where do you come from? What brings you to the Fate Que Divine Temple?"

His voice, slightly solemn, resonated in the sea of life, instantly attracting the attention of several small warships nearby.

At this moment, Qin Yu stood at the front, his gaze calm as a star.

He slowly raised his hand to signal the people behind him to calm down, then slowly took it out from his sleeve—

That Xingheng Star Abyss Fate Ring given to me by Xingheng!

As the Milky Way swirled like mist, and the words "[Mingxi · Che Ming]" were engraved on the ring face, the void seemed to tremble slightly.

Under the radiant light of the Ring of Destiny, the sea of stars flowed, and the patterns of destiny automatically gave way around it.

Qin Yu spoke calmly:

"We come from afar, Mingxi the Fate Que."

The knight was taken aback, his expression changed instantly, and his gaze was fixed on the brilliance and inscriptions on the ring.

He frowned slightly, but did not act rashly. Instead, he took a deep breath, his tone softening slightly, yet remaining serious:

"Although this ring is a token of destiny... the five of you possess an ancient and unusual aura, Non-Self clan's seal system. According to the rules, it still needs to be verified by the chief guardian of the Fate Que."

Qin Yu nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course."

Seeing this, the knight stared intently at the group for a moment, then turned and waved.

"Follow me to the main gate of Fate Que —if you are truly summoned by the Lord of Destiny, someone will guide you."