Ultimate Fate Severance · Shadow Abyss Stealth

The lingering effects of the complete Annihilation of the Gray Abyss Tree Nightmare seemed to pierce through the deepest slumbering logic of the entire Epoch Origin Ash Ruins Secret Realm.

As the essence of the Life Stele crumbled, the corrupt lake area began to collapse uncontrollably!

The sky seemed to be touched by some indescribable tearing force, and layers of "Chronological Light Veins" in the void twisted on their own, revealing a gray-white crack that connected to a Tower of Disorder.

The tower was formless and intangible, like a dream, its top shimmering with gray lightning and extinguished star patterns.

"... The Gray Abyss Tree Nightmare, is it the one who worships this tower?"

Qin Yu's gaze sharpened, and within his sea of consciousness, the Annihilation Dawn Wheel Ring trembled slightly.

Only at this moment did he finally realize that he had only killed the strongest evil spirit gatekeeper in the secret realm, but there seemed to be hidden levels deeper inside that had not yet been opened.

However, the Rending Domain is not yet stable, and entering it rashly will inevitably cause a backlash from the disordered logic of the Gray Domain.

After a moment's thought, he flipped his palm and activated the "Annihilation Seal Soul Realm," clearing away the "causal erosion," "residual pressure of the consciousness chain," and "disruption of the skill meridians" that he had suffered, making his soul completely clear.

Rumble--!

The corrupt gray lake beneath their feet began to collapse, and the remnants of "conceptual chains" emerged from the surrounding lakebed rock layers—dead chains left behind by souls devoured here over countless years.

At this moment, they all turned into light fragments, paving a path of return beneath Qin Yu's feet.

He didn't move, only slightly raised his head.

At this moment, a faint light was tearing through the edge of the secret realm from the sky. It was a spiritual signal coming from outside the temple, indicating that the first phase of this patrol mission was complete and ready for reporting.

But I won't leave like this.

"If something that could threaten those around me is hidden deep within this secret realm—"

"Then I must kill it beforehand."

He slowly lifted his foot and stepped onto the "Gray Path of Return" formed from the lingering remnants of the soul.

Each step caused a deep echo in the space and a tremor in the senses.

"The Annihilation Lord has not returned; he has fulfilled the destiny of the Silent Abyss."

As he murmured, the fourth chapter of the Annihilation Abyss Dawn Canon, [Law Alters the Eternal Epoch], quietly unfolded in his sea of consciousness.

He is no longer just the executor of the Gray Abyss Tree Nightmare.

He was also the temporary administrator of the "fate logic" of this secret realm.

As he took his last step out of the Gray Abyss Lake region, the final corrupt lake collapsed with a deafening roar, and the entire area behind him completely crumbled into the "Gray Consciousness Vortex," no longer possessing any reason for existence.

At this moment, while the other temple guards within the secret realm were still patrolling their respective areas, he alone had completed the annihilation-level god-level hunt mission in the deepest part of the realm.

He exhaled softly and whispered:

"The Annihilation Abyss Tree Nightmare has no destiny left."

Ash Sacrifice... End.

The aftershocks of the complete collapse of the Corruption Lake had not yet subsided, but the "Sacrificial Tower of Disorder," which still stood in the void after the annihilation storm, did not Annihilation with it. Instead, it emitted a low, booming call.

The sound did not originate from the vocal cords, but rather seemed to be some kind of [fragment of source logic] actively seeking a host.

Qin Yu stood at the deepest part of the void storm, the aura of Annihilation Abyss flowing through his body. He narrowed his eyes, gazing at the tower.

--The tower stands nine stories high, each level shimmering with runes from different eras.

The first layer, "Initial Understanding of Fate-Cause," reveals the fragmented thoughts of the original creator.

The second layer is called "Skill Source Sacrifice," which is engraved with the bloodstains of countless ancient cultivators who sacrificed their soul skills.

The third layer is "logic lock marks," with chains wrapped around it, clearly used to seal some ancient "conceptual draft."

Up to the ninth floor, the only floor without any light, pitch black as ink, yet a faintly visible, annihilated Soul Seal could be seen, strikingly matching a certain mark in Qin Yu's Soul Sea.

"Annihilation Abyss - First Light Seal..."

He whispered that the tower was likely 'waiting' for him long before he even reached the secret realm of the gray ruins, for some inexplicable cause and effect.

But now, it is 'alive'.

Without further hesitation, Qin Yu raised his right hand and summoned the Annihilation Dawn Wheel Ring.

As the shadow of the Annihilation Wheel appeared, the "Soul Mist of the Fate Abyss," which had been dormant in the entire secret realm, suddenly boiled over, and the space beneath the Gray Tower instantly solidified.

"You offer the tower with the Cause Annihilation, I seal the source with the Annihilation Lord."

Qin Yu condensed the Seal of the Leaving Stillness Abyss with his left hand, and used the Annihilation Dawn Wheel Ring with his right hand to cut through space, drawing an annihilation trajectory in the void, and slashing straight towards the ninth floor of the Sacrifice Tower.

Boom--!!

In that instant, three layers of the Soul Realm rifts suddenly appeared above the entire sacrificial tower—

First layer: Future technology track.

The second layer: historical traces.

The third level: Realizing one's destiny.

All three were instantly devoured by the Annihilation Seal!

"[The Annihilation Lord's Seal - Resealing of the Sacrificial Tower]."

As the sound of his seal echoed, the central area of the entire secret realm suddenly lost the flow of spiritual energy. Space froze, techniques failed, Causal Severance, and even time itself seemed to be compressed into an "instantaneous constant point."

"--After this finger, the tower, sealed."

The gray tower began to collapse rapidly, flowing back from the nine layers of illusion to the first level, and finally condensing into a black crystal core, which quietly floated in Qin Yu's palm.

There will be no more summoning, no more backlash.

Within the Annihilation Abyss Dawn Canon, the sealed phrase of the Light Covers Ten Abysses is slowly dissipating from Qin Yu's palm.

"Give it the breath of Annihilation Dawn, and seal its destiny to the abyss."

"Without the memory of the past, the pagoda ceases to exist."

In the void, the core of what was originally called the "Sacrificial Tower of the Gray Abyss" was officially resealed by Qin Yu with the power of "Annihilation Lord," and will no longer affect the operation of the Epoch Origin Ash Ruins in the future.

He exhaled softly, retracting the Annihilation Dawn Wheel Ring and the Sealing Core.

This battle—without the Azure Ring, without aid, without the support of the Temple.

Traveled alone the entire time.

With his own power, he sealed off the deepest source anomaly in the entire Ash Abyss Plate.

With this, the Qin Yu storyline of the Secret Realm quest has officially completed its logical closure.

A few breaths later, a silver command seal appeared outside the secret realm:

The core mission of patrolling the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall and the Heavenly Radiance Hall - the deepest level - core seal - completed.

Executor: Qin Yu, Temple Guardian, Number: Yongyan Three

Assessment: Absolute Execution - Unique Sealing of a Tenth-Tier Dangerous Domain

He did not leave immediately, but instead gazed silently at the last wisp of gray mist at the bottom of the long- Annihilation, decaying lake in the void.

Whispered:

"You think this is just a patrol?"

"That's... too naive."

He took a step, turned around, and his figure transformed into a trail of Annihilation Abyss, disappearing from the Ash Abyss region.

Next stop -- Return.

This will ultimately be the beginning of another storm.

The moment the sealed annihilation core completely sank into Qin Yu's palm, a wisp of dark light faintly dispersed from the depths of his sea of consciousness.

That was a mark from Yan Yue.

The night before her departure, Yan Yue came alone to the Conradiance Halls. On the moonlit altar, she gently pressed her hand on Qin Yu's brow and used the method of Soul Pact to transfer a page of her "Annihilation Abyss Dawn Canon" (Original Soul Chapter) into Qin Yu's sea of consciousness.

She only said one sentence at that time:

"This page can only be used once. If you truly encounter an 'irrational enemy,' then fight with all your might."

This page contains the structural sentence about "the sealing of the sacrificial tower" from Chapter Four, "The Law Alters the Eternal Epoch Annihilation Abyss Dawn Canon *.

"Nirvana returns to its origin, the dawn will not shine again; the Sacred Tower is sealed, it must not be rekindled."

Originally, this was an advanced sealing technique that Yan Yue herself had not yet fully mastered. However, due to the rare [resonance logic] between her Innate Martial Soul and Qin Yu's Annihilation Dawn Silent Wheel, it was able to generate a "one-time usable component" in her sea of consciousness.

This is also the root cause of Qin Yu's ability to completely seal the "Gray Abyss Sacrificial Tower" at the tenth node.

However, once used, the spiritual contract dissolves, and the technique can no longer be used.

The moment Qin Yu retrieved the Annihilation Core, the page of scripture in his sea of consciousness also turned to ash and crumbled, as if it had never existed.

He stood at the edge of the Lake of Corruption, gazing at the figure of Yan Yue that appeared in his consciousness, and a faint, serene light rose in his heart.

"Thank you."

He muttered something under his breath, but didn't say it aloud.

But somewhere in the Conradiance Halls, Yan Yue's heart suddenly trembled slightly, as if she sensed the echo of some lost destiny.

She gazed into the distance and smiled gently.

Qin Yu stepped into the deepest part of the Lake of Decaying Ashes. The aura of annihilation was still surging behind him. With one step, the world in front of him suddenly changed.

In the distance lay a vast and ancient realm.

The entire land seemed to be painted with a pale silver divine light, and billions of platinum trees stood tall and majestic, their branches and leaves adorning the sky like falling starlight and feathers. At the top of each tree floated an ancient inscription that emitted a soft light, as if it had been engraved with a supreme proposition in the prehistoric era.

The surrounding void was composed of fragmented light, resembling a forgotten ancient palace of radiance, but it was not a building, but rather a "Divine Court of Destiny" formed by nature and fate.

Among the white trees, ancient steps cascade down to a distant high platform, where a silver disc floats, its surface engraved with countless fragments of annihilation and Soul Rend runes, as if this place was once a "place where Fate Authority was written."

But what's even more awe-inspiring is the light flowing throughout the entire realm—not ordinary spiritual light, but a strange, radiant current of energy mixed with ancient destiny's logic and the echoes of deathly silence.

Those are the remnants of the world's reconstruction after the brilliance of destiny has been lost.

Qin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. He realized that here, every breath could disturb the accumulation of the lingering radiance of star destiny. Those light trees were not living things, but they carried a kind of "unwritten destiny." Once touched, they could very likely suppress and pour propositional logic that did not belong to him into his sea of consciousness.

This is not an illusion.

This is the deepest secret compartment of Epoch Origin — the Radiant Fate Origin Return Field.

"Yan Yue once said that if you feel your life force vibrating when you step into the deepest place, it means you are about to enter a place where the future is 'undefinable'."

Qin Yu thought to himself, but did not stop walking.

He knew that this place was not just for patrols, but more like a predetermined "testing ground for destiny."

But what lies hidden here is far more mysterious than the Gray Abyss Tree Nightmare—

It is the source of the real questioning of those who hold the Fate Authority.

The remains of the Gray Abyss Tree Nightmare had long since turned into fragments of destiny mist in the aftermath of the battle and sunk into the depths of the Corrupted Lake, but the annihilating pressure that swept through the Fate Soul had not yet completely dissipated.

Now--

In the heart of the lake, strange ripples suddenly spread through the space, as if some sealed entity was being quietly torn open.

"Hiss--"

Space suddenly tore open, and a dark figure stepped out first.

He was draped in a dark cloak and masked, his aura extremely concealed. Immediately following behind, five more dark figures emerged from different spatial rifts. They did not exchange words, but their spiritual auras resonated instantly, clearly having already honed their skills countless times.

All six are top-tier assassins.

"He is the target."

The leader looked towards the area in the center of the lake where some lingering aura of annihilation still remained, a chilling purple light flashing in his eyes.

"The Gray Abyss Tree Nightmare... was actually killed in person here."

"As you all felt, that wasn't ordinary soul annihilation—it was an annihilation at the level of severing one's destiny. It left no remnants or resurrection chains; it was true 'soul annihilation by severing one's destiny.'"

"No one but that person can do it."

Another whispered, "He entered this place alone and single-handedly slew that monster. This is not just about power, but also... a destructive understanding of the world's structure."

A moment of silence fell over everyone.

Then, a cold voice came:

"This is no ordinary hunt. We are facing Qin Yu, the third pillar guardian of the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall and the possessor of the Annihilation Abyss Logic."

"This person has Yan Yue, Zi Xue, Extinguished Light, Yunyi, and others working behind him, but now he is all alone... This is our only chance."

"The plan is proceeding in stages."

Six dark figures slowly converged above the corrupt lake, like phantoms of death emerging from the night, silently approaching the place where Qin Yu had stepped into, the land of returning to the origin of radiant life.

But they also understood—

This assassination was not orchestrated by them; rather, one wrong step led to their own demise.