Blood Chains' First Explosion · The Battle for Fate Que Deepens

Deep beneath the Milky Way, in the depths of the Fate Que Divine Temple.

With a command from the Lord of Fate-Traces, Che Ming, the core formation of the entire temple— the Fate Que Grand Array— was activated with a roar!

Several divine pillars lit up simultaneously, and amidst the intertwining of causal forces in the Milky Way, endless primordial light rose up, as if a star-soul battle realm descended from the heavens. The entire temple entered a sealed state, forbidden to all races, and the battle was sealed off.

At this moment, the innermost part of the Fate Que Divine Temple —the Star Palace—slowly opened.

This place was established by the Lord of Fate-Traces, Che Ming, during his lifetime, solely for the highest-level strategic meetings. No one other than the Lord of Destiny and his wife was ever allowed to enter. But now, for this battle that would determine the course of fate, the doors of the Star Palace's inner hall are completely open.

Qin Yu, Yan Yue, Zi Xue, Yunyi, Extinguished Light followed Xingheng inside.

Inside the inner hall, ten top-tier experts had already been appointed, each of whom was a pillar of the Fate Que Divine Temple and the lord of a region within the palace. Among them was the one who would continue to guard the Fate-Trace Establishment Hall in the future—the Star Soul Battle Lord named Yao Ge.

Upon seeing the master and his wife arrive in person, everyone stood up and bowed respectfully.

Che Ming sat upon the Star Chart Council seat and spoke in a deep voice:

"Gentlemen, today's discussion of war is not about fighting against an ordinary enemy, but about the very survival of our Fate Que."

"Qin Yu, Yan Yue, Zi Xue, Yunyi, and Extinguished Light —these five were personally led here by my future wife Xingheng."

"Tomorrow, the Fate Abyss will be in turmoil, and the Dark Nether Army will completely invade the Silver Sea Main Domain. We... must fight them to the death."

Then, he raised his hand, and the Milky Way's life pattern swept across the void, revealing a star map before everyone—a comprehensive deployment map for tomorrow's battle.

Xingheng then said softly:

"Qin Yu, the five of you need not hold back in this battle. As long as you can hold the main soul's defensive line, you will have rendered a great service. Tomorrow, the You Army will surely have extraordinary and monstrous soldiers and generals who are different from ordinary troops. Perhaps... you will become the key to this battle."

The next moment, Che Ming surveyed the entire room and slowly spoke:

"From this moment forward, you will be officially included in the core command sequence of the Fate Que Grand Array-- "

"--Qin Yu, Star-Suppressing Platform!"

"--Yan Yue, Zi Xue, Yunyi, Extinguished Light, the Four Guardians of Order!"

"The Fate Que will grant you full access."

The entire inner hall fell silent, then erupted with a vast stellar sound; the true battle of the Fate Abyss was about to begin.

The following day, the light of dawn should have fallen upon the seabed of the Milky Way. But today—

Above the Fate Que Divine Temple, the seas were still, and all light seemed to have been torn apart by an invisible force.

"Click--" "Click--" "Click--"

Several barely perceptible crisp sounds suddenly rang out in the main hall.

Then—the void cracked.

A temporal rift, like a black lightning bolt, pierced through the Milky Way.

"Click... click... click click click click!!!"

The second one, the third one...

Until the ninth rift stretched across the sea, the void seemed to have become a shattered mirror!

In the blink of an eye, a total of two hundred and eight time rifts spread wildly from the Fate Que Divine Temple, plunging the entire Silver Sea into darkness and silence.

This is a sign of a breakdown in the logic of time.

Che Ming had already stood on the Star Abyss Platform in the temple, his eyes like cold stars, and uttered a single word:

"They've arrived."

Standing behind him, Xingheng's eyes softened slightly as she glanced at Qin Yu and the other four, before her expression returned to calm as she whispered:

"From this moment forward, the Battle of Fate Que officially begins."

And in the next instant—BOOM!!!

A colossal dark shadow burst forth from the crack, like a dead beast from all realms, its roar shaking the Heavenly Abyss.

Immediately following behind, countless alien weapons, ghostly soul riders, time-shattering demons, and annihilation spirit generals surged out from behind the rift!

Each one is a dark creation spanning across timelines!

They had no flesh and blood, no consciousness, only a shared aura—

Destruction, Fate-Cause, Annihilation of the Will.

The frontline defenses of the Fate Que Divine Temple have been activated, with the Star Soul Battle Wall rising, the Galaxy Armor enhancing its power, and the Fate Pillar Domain being activated... At this moment, Qin Yu and his companions also stepped into the front lines!

Che Ming suddenly shouted, "Fate Que Formation - Fully Activated!"

"Qin Yu, the Star-Suppressing Platform is now yours!"

"From this day forward—Break free from fate, sever all causes, defy the abyss and annihilate the enemy!"

The void shattered, and the Milky Way was annihilated.

After a hundred time rifts appeared, the first wave of the Dark Nether Army surged down like a tidal wave, like an army of undead from the ends of countless eras, shattering galaxies, burning lifelines, and Cause Splitting!

They didn't shout, but their destructive resonance was palpable. Every step they took caused violent tremors in the seabed, tearing apart the very logic of Fate-Cause!

--The Fate Que Divine Temple, all front lines are open!

The ninety-nine divine pillars of the Milky Way released azure golden life light, weaving together a life array light domain barrier, like a giant shield of stars, stretching across the entire palace!

Just then— Qin Yu stepped out of the formation.

The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword emerged from the sea of consciousness, burning its soul, and pointed straight at the heavens!

Behind him stood four figures standing proudly in the void— Yan Yue, Zi Xue, Yunyi, and Extinguished Light!

Without uttering a word, the five of them deployed the first battle formation simply by communicating with a single divine thought!

"I will lead the charge to break through the enemy lines!" Qin Yu said in a deep voice.

The next moment, he stepped on the star chains, slashed horizontally with his sword, and roared like thunder:

"Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Sever Observation, Leaving No Mirror!"

In that instant, a dazzling sword mark was cleaved through the darkness of the entire seabed, piercing directly through the three Dark Pioneers—who were annihilated the moment they emerged from the rift!

Yan Yue followed, her golden flame-patterned divine skirt billowing like the feathers of a fiery phoenix. Her Fate Soul resonated with the movement, and with a flick of her finger:

"Annihilation Seal Soul Realm!"

The power of the Fate Soul is transformed into a starlight divine seal, directly sealing the soul chains of the enemy's front line, preventing them from constructing any skills!

Immediately afterwards--

Yunyi charged into the battle!

Her figure was graceful, her scales fluttering, and three dragon souls shone in her eyes:

"Rending Domain Dragon Soul!"

A deafening roar, like the resounding echo of countless dragon bones from the dead realm, accompanied Yunyi's figure transforming into a Realm Splitting dragon of light that cleaved the enemy army at the dimensional boundary!

Zi Xue then leaped up, her phoenix feathers radiating light, and the starlight of heaven and earth gathered in her palm:

"Star Soul - Myriad Revelation Wheel Fall!"

Nine star wheels descended from the sky, like the Milky Way falling, each strike annihilating enemy figures within ten miles, as if it were the prelude to the destruction of stars!

--The last one remained motionless, his Extinguished Light, yet he was the most terrifying.

She stood at the very back of the group of five, yet she was the ultimate victor.

As her jade feet stepped out, the light of heaven and earth vanished like a curtain falling.

"Consciousness-Annihilating Time-Devouring Chain".

Instantly locking onto the enemy's second line of defense, time was swallowed up, and the enemy aged millions of years before even activating their skills, turning into dust and annihilation.

The five-man initial formation swept through the entire first wave of the Dark Legion!

But this is far from the end. On the other side of the void, the second wave of the Nether Army has begun to gather.

They were lord-level beings, their bodies as large as mountains, their eyes burning with annihilating flames.

At the end of the crack, a gigantic claw that blots out the sky slowly emerged, as if it would crush the entire Fate Que Divine Temple into dust in the next moment!

The world suddenly fell silent.

From the depths of the hundred spatial rifts, a whisper that sounded like both crying and laughing suddenly rang out. It pierced through cause and effect, shook divine consciousness, and even caused the ninety-nine Milky Way Divine Pillars of the Fate Que Divine Temple to tremble violently!

--boom!!!

In the void, a dark figure slowly materialized.

First Soul Body.

One of the Three Dark Sequence Soul Bodies, a being said to have been born on the night of the broken chapter of the Annihilation Era. It is a "body of unbalanced life consciousness" that remains after being torn apart by the annihilation of Mieyin, and every action it takes tears apart reality itself.

He had no face—it was an eternally swirling black vortex, as if it were devouring the core of the entire underwater world.

He has no physical form—he is surrounded by billions of gray chains of rules, each originating from the "Mieyin" of a destroyed civilization in a different dimension.

He stood there, and the stars and seas wailed, their spirits retreated, and even time and space instinctively bypassed his presence.

His appearance instantly dimmed the light of the entire Fate Que Divine Temple by three-tenths!

Sixty powerful Fate Que emerge from the Destiny Palace: The Undersea God War begins.

"Attack!" Che Ming shouted.

Sixty top experts from the Fate Que Divine Temple leaped out from behind the golden pillars on both sides in an instant!

They are the true foundation of the Fate Que Divine Temple, each possessing a unique skill that can shatter the heavens and seal the seas!

"Heaven-Rending Profound Formation!" "Sever the Surging Soul Abyss!" "Star Threshold Life-Chasing Formation!" "Fate-Locking Five Consciousness Chain!"

Sixty people simultaneously deployed, and the Six Eras United - Fate Abyss Entanglement Array was activated with a roar!

The vast array's radiance illuminated the entire seabed of the Milky Way, and divine light, like a pillar, struck the First Soul Body!

The spirit simply raised its hand, and a gray Soul Seal, dripping with tears of life, appeared in its palm.

--Smack!

With a slap of the gray seal, the light was torn apart, and a gray dragon of soul consciousness roared out, actually tearing the boundary of the array diagram apart!

But not one of the sixty powerful individuals retreated!

They charged forward again, each strike fueled by the very essence of their Fate Soul.

The sky was ablaze with the lingering light of Soul Seal.

Under the sea, a thousand life-threatening lightning bolts exploded!

A silver-robed powerhouse named "Yao Ge" was the first to break through the gray chain barrier, wielding an axe and slashing horizontally!

"The Ten Calamities of the Shining Star - Time Splitting!"

He ignited his own Fate Soul, like a supernova colliding with the First Soul Body. In that instant, the seabed was illuminated as if it were daytime!

The one who truly commanded the entire scene was the one still seated on the throne, who had slowly risen—

Lord of Fate-Traces - Che Ming.

He wielded the "Fate-Cause Star Firmament Sword" and wore the Annihilation Abyss Armor. He stepped through the air with each step, and the Milky Way trembled with every step he took.

He raised his hand—

"Astrological Fate: The Constant Trajectory of Destiny"

Instantly, the Abyss of Fate Abyss was sealed, and the Three Realms fell silent. A sealing array composed of trillions of star orbits rose from the void, completely suppressing the First Soul Body!

At this moment, even the First Soul Body issued a "hoarse resistance" for the first time, the soul chains danced wildly like a mad dragon, and the gray seal kept breaking apart!

He tried to escape—but it was too late.

The sixty powerful cultivators at the Fate Que Realm shouted in unison, "--Suppress!!!"

The six chains of the era merged, forcibly pressing the First Soul Body into the prison of the Fate Abyss!

But just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the dark vortex on the face of the First Soul Body within the seal trembled slightly.

Then, within that black vortex, a deep, dark eye-like mark appeared—

It was as if its True Soul had just begun to awaken!

Within that black vortex, the deep "eye mark" suddenly opened.

In an instant, the heavens and earth roared, and the entire Fate Abyss Sealing Array suddenly exploded!

The First Soul Body let out a roar that seemed to come from the end of an era, a rebellious incantation in some ancient language that almost caused all the soul consciousnesses to crumble!

"Not good!" Qin Yu instantly became alert, turning around sharply and shouting, "--Everyone, retreat immediately!!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Boom!!!

The First Soul Body's True Soul suddenly released a "red blood chain" within that black vortex!

That was not ordinary energy, but a primordial combat technique called "Fate-Consciousness Severing Blood". Every rune wrapped around the blood chain contained the cause and effect of the extinction of billions of races!

Billions of blood chains soared into the air, swirling into a formation, and then suddenly erupted!

--Annihilation Chain Prison: Blood Soul Annihilation!!

It was as if the entire galaxy had been dragged into a blood-soaked abyss!

Before the sixty Fate Que experts could react, the twenty in the front row were instantly annihilated. They didn't even have time to utter a wail before turning into soul light and dust and disappearing into the void!

The remaining forty people were blasted around; some coughed up blood and flew backward, while others clung to the barrier and still had a sliver of hope.

Meanwhile, striker Yao Ge was positioned to block the attack from the center.

He roared and swung his axe across the void, but his Fate Soul was caught by the entire red chain, and he was smashed down a hundred feet, crashing through five divine pillars. Blood gushed out and his soul shattered!

Meanwhile, the two top generals beside Che Ming were also knocked away at the same time, their armor shattered, they coughed up black blood, and their soul energy was weakened to the point of almost being cut off!

The scene crumbled in an instant!

The entire underwater world seemed to tremble violently, and the first crack appeared in the Star Abyss Barrier above the Fate Que Divine Temple!

In the distance, Qin Yu's eyes flashed with an extremely cold light, and the aura of the Silent Origin around him had been condensed to its Ultimate.

Yan Yue, Yunyi, Extinguished Light, and Zi Xue also mobilized their soul power, their soul energy surging like the heavens and the sea!

They finally understood—this was not a battle that could be predicted using common sense.

The Three Dark Sequence Soul Bodies, even the True Soul of the First Soul Body has only just begun to emerge, have already caused such a disaster...