Returning Consciousness Unaware · Annihilation Approaches
The air seemed to freeze at that moment, and space shattered like a broken mirror.
Mirror Abyss Yu knelt on the ground, his soul diagram having its three logical layers forcibly crushed high above.
Blood spilled from his mouth, and the faint glow of dark gray life lines shone through the cracks in his sternum; his face was contorted and grotesque.
Qin Yu stood in the center of the Fate-Severing Ring Chain, blood dripping from the tip of his sword that was not his own, his eyes indifferent, devoid of sorrow or joy.
A moment of silence—suddenly! Boom!
Mirror Abyss Yu roared to the sky, and the Soul Map reconstructed and reignited above his head!
He pressed his own soul chain into the bottom of the soul diagram and forcibly activated it:
"True Word Ultimate Seal - Gray Diagram Tracing the Fate Abyss!"
A massive gray flame destiny diagram rose into the sky. Its core was no longer a technique, but rather a forceful borrowing of others' destiny paths to burn its own destiny chain and reshape the "battle diagram segment"!
Qin Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and for the first time, he spoke softly:
"Using the fate of others as fuel for your own Fate Book... You're insane."
Mirror Abyss Yu gritted his teeth and sneered:
"Crazy? You forced me to."
"This is not a puzzle, this is burning one's life."
The gray diagram instantly unfolded, transforming into a seven-layered life segment consciousness screen. Thirty-six gray chains appeared on each layer, dividing the entire battlefield into a soul prison.
Qin Yu felt as if he had fallen into a multidimensional chained domain, and his figure instantly froze!
Each soul chain attempts to bind to his constructive motivations and Fate-Cause choices.
And more importantly--
A low rumble suddenly came from the distant void.
Then—BOOM!
Two extremely terrifying forces of soul consciousness rushed in, shattering three layers of space!
Before the soul even arrived, the rules shattered!
Two figures descended upon the gray map simultaneously!
A man clad in dark gray axe armor, with golden markings in his eyes, exuded a fierce battle aura—it was none other than Feng Shulin of the Yu Clan!
The other person, dressed in long black sleeves and carrying the [Twin-Bone Consciousness-Breaking Ring], exuded an emotionless aura, freezing the void's logic layer—this was the Yu Clan's true killing move.
Yu Yanliu, No Consciousness Realm, Intermediate Level
Feng Shulin:
"Young Master Yu, we'll help you in this battle; leave the rest to us."
Mirror Abyss Yu gritted his teeth and roared:
"Kill them all!! Don't let a single one of them escape!!"
Three high-level enemies have arrived!
Qin Yu sensed that the space was being compressed layer by layer, Annihilation Crown Emperor An was unable to appear for the time being Cause Severance Fate Ring had not been activated!
The situation is extremely dangerous!
Mirror Abyss Yu activated the second stage of the Gray Diagram [Soul Lock · Writing Mirror], forcibly reading Qin Yu's sea of consciousness logic, attempting to seize control of his constructive power!
Qin Yu's sea of consciousness suddenly trembled!
However, he did not panic. He simply took a deep breath, closed his eyes for three breaths, and then activated:
Fate Cause Master Seal, the structure, and the domain of logical transformation.
Reverse the chain! Cancel the read!
Then--
He summoned the Fate Cause Master Seal, the Cause-Determining Silent Judgment!
A devastating blow!
Smash the "writing permission" barrier on two soul layers in the entire gray map!
Mirror Abyss Yu was struck by the backlash of the life-shaking force, coughing up blood and staggering back ten feet!
At that very moment! Feng Shulin Realm Breaking and struck!
He raised his axe and roared, unleashing a Soul Explosion technique:
"Soul Suppressing Nine Judgments - Shattering Blade!"
Qin Yu blocked the axe with his sword, unleashing a power that could cleave the heavens!
One axe strike! Boom!!
Qin Yu was sent flying thirty feet backward, his left arm torn apart!
Yu Yanliu, and his soul runes solidified into chains! "Time Freeze - Soul Lock of Order."
The entire space beneath Qin Yu's feet was "written dead"!
He couldn't dodge! He couldn't come up with a plan!
But then he suddenly looked up and conjured up a "Does Not Exist life chain node," using it as a springboard—
Soul power plummeted!
He roared, "Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword: Sever the Soul in Nine Silences!"
A sword strike!
Completely sever the "soul control panel" of Mirror Abyss Yu!
Mirror Abyss Yumeng coughed up blood! He was utterly and severely injured!
The Soul Map exploded in mid-air, destroying three layers, leaving only a fragment of the [Fate Book]!
Qin Yu's expression remained cold, but his body trembled violently, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, his shoulder blade was cracked, and his mind was faintly shaking!
He knew:
We can't hold on any longer.
We must summon the Annihilation Crown Emperor An!
So he silently recited the contract seal.
A wisp of blue light quietly seeped into the earth's core.
The Lord of Annihilation Origin is about to reappear!
He, sword in hand, slowly walked forward, his gaze fixed on Mirror Abyss Yu, whose body had exploded.
"It's over."
Black and gray energy surged chaotically, and the Soul Realm was like an abyss.
The air froze, the ground cracked, and space lost its complete layers. Three terrifying soul breaths confronted one person's sword intent within the deadly ring, as if a corner of the entire Epoch Source Realm had fallen to the Threshold of death.
Mirror Abyss Yu was severely injured, his soul half-broken, his life chart destroyed, and he looked up at the sky as he gasped for breath.
Feng Shulin and Yu Yanliu, on the other hand, possessed full combat power, their souls surging and their life chains swirling wildly, enough to suppress a high-level minor world.
Qin Yu stood alone, gripping the blood-stained Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, clad in Soul Rend Robe, his left shoulder bone exposed, his life runes on his chest shattered, his aura unsteady, but his eyes remained steadfast.
That was a gaze imbued with undying sword intent.
Right now.
Click!
A faint sound of the "chain of life breaking" awakened all the souls like the tolling of a heavenly bell.
Feng Shulin was suddenly startled and turned around sharply to look behind him.
A dark glint flashed in Yu Yanliu's eyes, and his voice suddenly turned cold:
"Oh no, something's coming!"
Suddenly, a faint blue ripple rose slowly from the crack in the Abyss of Fate Abyss.
Immediately following was a murmur from the "source that does not exist".
"Life is like a prison, cause like a lock, and the wheel like a broken wheel..."
The next breath--
Boom!!!!!!!!
The entire dead-ring stratum shattered, the crack sweeping across thousands of feet!
A colossal soul with two horns and a black crown burst forth from the Gray Domain!
It is precisely: Annihilation Crown Emperor An, Soul-Suppressing Realm Master, Beginning of Devouring Laws
Its body was as large as a mountain, its soul flame as deep as an abyss. The moment its eyes opened, its Fate-Cause was completely severed. Feng Shulin was instantly subjected to triple soul pressure and broken chains!
Qin Yu finally revealed a hint of coldness, slowly raised his finger, and issued the order:
"This game is over."
Annihilation Crown Emperor An roared to the heavens!
Its three souls and their accompanying beings followed closely behind as Realm Breaking!
The entire venue Entering Stillness!
The three beings deployed in a triangular battle zone, each targeting one of Feng Shulin's outer logical pivots, preventing him from unleashing "Great Realm Soul Axe - Era-Splitting Technique".
Feng Shulin roared in anger, but before he could even unleash half a move with his axe, he was thwarted by the "Lock and Mirror Binding Law"!
Yu Yanliu the most composed. He shook off the "Consciousness Bone Sealing Chain" in his hand, which shone with a silent light, attempting to forcibly freeze the existence concept of the Annihilation Crown Emperor An.
But Qin Yu had already leaped into the air, his Sword Qi coursing through his body, fusing with the seven rings of his life seal!
His eyes flared with black flames as he unleashed his ultimate life-or-death technique!
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword: Source Silence Severs All, Trace and Sever, Leaving No Wheel!
The entire space exploded into a vortex of star souls!
Qin Yu pointed his sword at --
Mirror Abyss - Yu's remaining life was severed by the Soul-Severing Wheel, forever severing the Silent Abyss;
Before Feng Shulin his axe, his skull was already split open, and his soul map turned to ashes.
Yu Yanliu three zhang, only to see his consciousness bone flip back, the freezing power turning against its master, and his consciousness meridian completely collapsed after being struck by the three souls!
Finally, Qin Yu landed on the ground in one step.
Annihilation Crown Emperor An bowed his head and knelt, while the three souls and all living beings bowed in unison.
The world is silent; the blood has returned to the earth.
The battle Ancient Soul-Annihilating Forest.
The remains of the three high-level Fate Soul powerhouses did not remain for long before they were spontaneously swallowed by the space, and their Soul Seal were completely annihilated.
Even the remnants of fate's trajectory cannot be reversed.
Qin Yu slowly sheathed his sword, blood seeping from his shoulder from the shattered soul chain, but his expression remained calm, his steps unwavering, and his gaze swept across the dead zone.
Annihilation Crown Emperor An and the three beings stood outside the broken chain ring, their eyes filled with fear and unease, not daring to take a step closer.
Those azure beast eyes lowered, and finally spoke:
"My lord... we arrived too late and failed to respond immediately, almost putting you in grave danger. Please..."
Qin Yu slightly raised his hand, stopping him from continuing.
Although his expression remained indifferent, his tone unusually softened:
No need for further explanation.
"This is simply how I've assessed myself."
His gaze swept across the broken traces in the void, recalling the scene just now when the Origin Destroyer Sword had shattered the Mirror Abyss Yuming Diagram, shattered Feng Shulin axe, and frozen Yu Yanliu's consciousness bone, causing it to self-destruct. He couldn't help but chuckle softly:
"Originally, I only intended to kill Mirror Abyss Yu alone, but I didn't expect the two elders from the Nüe Clan to arrive so quickly."
"But it turned out to be easier than I expected."
Annihilation Crown Emperor An immediately bowed his head:
"With the might of your sword, my lord, how can severing boundaries be difficult?"
Then, he heard Qin Yu's tone change, his eyes filled with murderous intent and excitement:
"Now, there's only one last group left."
"The Returning Consciousness Clan's squad is still unaware of what's happening here."
"I hadn't planned to use you, but now that the game is fully unfolding..."
"Then let's fight to the death!"
Annihilation Crown Emperor An eyes changed instantly, and he growled:
"I will obey Your Majesty's command."
The three sentient beings responded respectfully at the same time, and streams of soul power emanated from their soul patterns, all returning to the [Main Ring Summoning Chain].
Qin Yu's sleeves trembled, Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword lay horizontally behind him, motionless, yet he could sense four forces beyond the norm of destiny following him like an undercurrent.
He murmured softly:
"The Returning Consciousness Clan has reportedly received two 'Analysis Experts' who excel at logical deconstruction and structural analysis."
"Even the Dream Clan is willing to let them choreograph life-binding spells... that makes me rather curious."
Annihilation Crown Emperor An asked in a solemn voice:
"My Lord, is the Returning Consciousness Clan's hidden stronghold still located in the dark layer of the Consciousness Realm on the north wall of 'Crooked Source Gray Valley'?"
Qin Yu nodded slightly, then turned to look at the seemingly perpetually silent gray mountain ridge in the distance of the Northern Territory.
The wind began to stir, but the Consciousness Realm remained unmoved.
But with each step he took, his murderous intent drew ever closer to that final ambush.
Let's go.
This time, leave no one alive.
Epoch Origin Ash Ruins, North Wall Gray Domain, Below the Dark Layer of the Consciousness Realm, Crooked Source Gray Valley
This place is different from other soul-destroying places.
There was no surging of soul energy, nor a star-studded sky.
The entire Ash Valley is structured as a "floating terrace," appearing even from a distance as a cluster of ruined floating islands pieced together from shattered logic. Each floating rock platform is engraved with complex and high-dimensional destiny-structured chain patterns, as if an invisible hand is repeatedly rewriting destiny.
The sky is a desolate white. The earth is chaotic. The wind cannot move a single pebble.
In the heart of this silent hell stands a "tiered hall".
The entire structure is cast from black and gray crystalline bone, with life chains spiraling upwards, making the whole building resemble an inverted totem of destiny, piercing straight into the celestial sphere.
Above the palace in the airspace--
The eighteen people stood Anran in rows, each wearing the Returning Consciousness Clan's "broken-pattern robes." Their auras differed from one another, yet they all exuded an indescribable "static pressure."
--It's as if their existence wasn't for fighting, but for "the idea of negating your existence."
This is the Returning Consciousness Clan.
The Source Extremity, known as "the Principle of Chain Stripping" and "Construct Consciousness, Counter Fate".
The first sixteen people stood on the left and right side steps, each holding a position on the Life Chain; all of them were at least at the Primordial Void Realm · Middle Stage, and some of their auras were already approaching the high-stage.
And at the very center, on the highest-ranking life structure ring—
Two figures stood there, abruptly.
A person with an expressionless face, long hair reaching down to their ears, whose soul never makes contact with others, has the inscription "Pre-reconstruction Chain" appearing on the destiny map beneath their feet. They are **"Pre-constructed Domain Stripper"· Shi Mingxing **, one of the eight "Gray-level Knowledge Solvers" of the Returning Consciousness Clan, skilled at discerning the enemy's Unborn logic;
The other person, dressed in a plain white robe, held the "Brush of the Unspoken" in his right hand, sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. Behind him was a soul-patterned totem resembling a "sealing mirror," which pulsated slowly with his pulse. This was the most mysterious existence among those who returned to consciousness.
Feng Xuanlin, the "Word and Rhyme Rewriting Master"
A cultivator whose true cultivation level had already surpassed the Primordial Void Realm Supreme the pinnacle of conceptual art.
It was these two who spearheaded the entire plan and structure of this "hunt for Qin Yu".
At this moment, Shi Mingxing was deducing the Fate Lock Formation in mid-air above the front hall, and slowly spoke:
"The Dream Clan is gone, the Yu Clan has yet to return, and Yu Tu is silent."
"Perhaps... Qin Yu already knows about our clan's formation."
Feng Xuanlin opened one eye and said indifferently:
Whether you know it or not... the outcome remains the same.
"This whole situation was designed to sever the root cause of his Origin Destroyer."
Shi Mingxing paused slightly, then suddenly said:
What if he really comes here?
Feng Xuanlin smiled faintly:
"Then it is only natural—to perish here."
But as soon as the words left his mouth... the wind and sky suddenly changed.
Within the entire Ash Valley airspace, beyond the tremors of the "Sealing Mirror," a surge of azure soul energy swept in from the distant sky!
It's not the wind of the soul, it's destiny, it's the Ultimate will to destroy all logic and definition!
The sound of a sword cutting into the gray valley and the footsteps that followed made all eighteen members of Guishi turn their heads!
A figure descended from the sky.
He wore a black robe that seemed to shatter his soul, treading on the winds of death, carrying the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword on his back, his eyes like the final gaze after countless destinies had collapsed.
It was Qin Yu.
Then— the Annihilation Crown Emperor An and his three souls arrived simultaneously, their soul fires like a sea, their life force like a boundary, their might overwhelming the front hall of Guishi!
Shi Mingxing's pupils constricted sharply, and he whispered, "It's Qin Yu... it's him..."
Feng Xuanlin slowly rose, closed his eyes, and sighed softly:
"Then let's not follow the plan, let's destroy him completely."
Without uttering a word, Qin Yu slowly raised the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword.
He whispered, "This hunt... the last of its kind."
"Of the eighteen who returned, not one was left."