Thought Realm Shapes the Heavens · Silent Soul Suppresses Cognition
The winds of the era remained still, and the floating patterns of the nine-layered logic array Entering Stillness layer by layer, as if the entire challenge domain had been passively frozen at this moment.
The number slowly lit up: Number 472 · Qin Ning
The entire hall Time Silence.
Although his performance in the second round of Source Consciousness Resonance was "mediocre," no one truly forgot the triple logical collapse he caused in the first round of Fate Soul Level Test, a soul pressure event that "made the main soul's logical structure tremble."
Everyone held their breath in anticipation. The examiner's gaze narrowed slightly, and the Ninth Chief Soul Elder, Wang Chi, secretly locked his consciousness onto the trial space.
Even if it's just to verify his "true configuration," they must proceed with caution.
Qin Yu slowly stepped into the challenge array, his robes fluttering even without wind.
He didn't speak or release any aura; he simply stood silently in the center of the formation, his eyes half-closed, as if waiting for a trial that "didn't require him to take action" to end.
The next instant, the ethereal projection revealed the enemy's soul:
Trial Enemy Soul Simulation - Yuan-Slaying God King
Its aura was vast, like the Silent Origin at its inception. With a roar, it Soul Rend array rings, causing many challengers to change their expressions slightly.
For the vast majority of people, this battle represented their Limit.
But Qin Yu did not move, only slowly raised his hand.
A wisp of "time chain" slowly emerged in the palm of his right hand, but it was neither a violently fluctuating river of time nor a stream of logical light deliberately reversed.
Instead, it is a... "constantly stable linear chain".
He neither reversed the flow of time nor interfered with the enemy's mind; instead, he went directly—
Freeze the opponent at the "currently stationary" mark on the Soul Track scale.
Neither increasing nor decreasing, neither arrogant nor ostentatious.
The enemy spirit seemed to hesitate for a moment—then stopped attacking and stood still.
Five breaths... six breaths... seven breaths.
The main soul logic array has begun to provide feedback:
Enemy Soul Consciousness Chain Stable Break - Non-Anti-Construction and Non-Invasion
Judgment method: Linear soul fixation, stability meets the standard
Conclusion: Reverse engineering passed; Score: Stable level
The light faded, and the array returned to its original position.
Qin Yu slowly withdrew his palm, his gaze calmly sweeping over the examination platform before turning around and stepping out of the trial array without uttering a single extra word.
Whispers filled the room.
"This... it's really that simple?"
"There was no time reversal, no sudden Soul Arts, and just like that... the enemy was brought to a standstill?"
"No way? This is it?"
But some people frowned secretly:
"To be able to render an enemy's movements ineffective for nearly seven breaths under such intense pressure from their soul... this 'Ultimate stability' itself is a unique form of suppression."
Furthermore, a secondary soul observer on the examination platform whispered:
"Without initiating a concept, without breaking the chain, without interfering with logic, using only the most basic Soul-Fixing Art to freeze the enemy's soul in place... yet it can hold for seven breaths?"
"What... exactly did he use?"
The Ninth Chief Soul Elder, Wang Chi, initially wanted to investigate, but ultimately shook his head and muttered to himself:
"This person... is too cautious."
"Throughout the three rounds, each one felt 'thrilling,' yet each one hovered right on the edge of the Threshold."
"He seemed to... know the entire operating logic of this assessment system."
Qin Yu has returned to his position.
Ning Hao asked in a low voice, "How did you do that?"
Qin Yu smiled faintly, "It's just freezing it in place."
Ning Hao was taken aback, but then stopped asking questions.
At that moment, a faint, ethereal light flashed in Qin Yu's eyes, and deep in his heart:
"Reverse engineering? Time-based manipulation? Soul-suppressing soul-shaking?"
"No... your trials are too rudimentary."
"If I hadn't deliberately blocked the soul track of the Recognition Annihilation Silent Abyss, you wouldn't have been able to load this test field."
He stood upright, silent, and steadily among the examinees.
Like a quiet chess piece, waiting for the final move to rewrite the entire game.
After Qin Yu returned to his seat, the last five candidates on the challenge stage took the stage one after another.
These people are quite powerful and each has their own methods:
Some people used the phrase "Shattered-Time Floating Painting" to describe the trajectory of the enemy's attack, Sever Thought with the brush;
Some people use the "Revolving Cause Mirror Shadow" to block the enemy's thinking and feedback channels;
One Xuan Gu cultivator even unleashed a triple clock structure, forcibly constructing a "full-angle freeze" state.
Despite the different methods, they ultimately succeeded in reconstructing the enemy's soul into a "non-movable" logical lock.
In the end, the platform fell silent.
The purple-robed chief examiner slowly stepped out and stood high above the trial platform. The nine-ringed soul array behind him began to gradually extinguish, symbolizing the official end of the [Time Cognition Reverse Construction] assessment.
A beam of light reappeared in the sky, projecting the list of those who had passed through into the void:
First stage assessment: A total of 37 people passed.
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
Less than 20%!
"This is even lower than the pass rate of the Primordial Challenge Array in the previous era..."
"Terrifying... This is the true trial of the Nightmare God Clan' underlying rules."
The purple-robed examiner raised his hand, interrupting the whispers, his tone steady and authoritative:
"The first level of the Time Reversal Technique (Time Cognition Reverse Construction) assessment has officially concluded."
"Although the number of people who passed the test is small, this is the norm."
"The Nightmare God Clan's Trials are not a system of passing all three trials. In this three-stage trial, passing two of them will qualify one as a [qualified initial-level Soul Practitioner], granting them the opportunity to enter the Hall."
The cultivators immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Three out of two..."
"As long as one more link is formed, I will be eligible..."
The purple-robed examiner then added another sentence, causing many people to tense up again:
"However, the dual assessments will begin simultaneously."
With a flick of his sleeve, two illusory images appeared in the sky, piercing between heaven and earth, forming a dual soul domain—
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1. First Soul Domain: Thought Realm Manifestation Array - Opening Heaven and Closing Earth with a Single Thought
This will test your ability to "build a real world around your thoughts" in the shortest amount of time.
Whether your world can "suppress the enemy" determines whether you can step into the "Logical World of Ji".
2. Second Soul Domain: Silent Realm Prison Array - Annihilate enemy souls in silent spacetime
Verify whether you can "completely silence the enemy's soul," using soul pressure to surpass the enemy's Spiritual Sense waveband and force them into absolute silence.
It's no longer about freezing time, but about completely eliminating all "identifiable signals" of the enemy.
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All those who passed through held their breath, gazing up at the "Dual Soul Domain Logic Platform" in the sky, whose fluctuations were far more cruel and chilling than the "Reverse Structure Array".
The purple-robed examiner suppressed his glint in his eyes and calmly announced:
"--Third Round Ultimate Test: Dual Domains Open Simultaneously, Battle of the Thought Realm, Annihilation of Silent Souls."
"It will still proceed in numerical order."
A Soul-Annihilating Seal appeared in his eyes, and his tone was low and solemn:
"May you, in the logic of the future, write your own boundary lines."
"Number 01 · Yang Fuyuan -- Taking the Stage."
As the purple-robed examiner quietly announced that number 01, Yang Fuyuan, was taking the stage, the third round of the dual logic assessment officially began.
The Thought Realm Manifestation Array and the Silent Realm Prison Array resonated in unison, causing the sky to shatter as chains of light descended.
Yang Fuyuan ascended the stage for only seven breaths before his mental domain collapsed due to its inability to support the "beginning of world construction," severely injuring his soul.
The entire arena Ji Ran —this was one of the most skilled soul cultivators in everyone's eyes, yet he Pre-Nonbeing against the power of thought and silence.
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Subsequently, more than 70 people, numbered 002 to 111, took to the stage.
Among them are those who forcefully suppress the Soul Shaping Heaven with their fighting spirit, those who attempt to summon rules and construct realms through dreamscapes, and those who use absolute will to construct miniature logical continents...
However, faced with this dual test, it was ultimately difficult to maintain the stability of both the "realm of the mind domain" and the "suppression of the silent soul dimension."
The concept failed to construct the world; the constructed world lacked "suppressive power" and was judged to be a virtual illusion.
Soul Silence Failure: The enemy's soul was not suppressed into the Entering Stillness Consciousness Domain, and even backfired on the original body;
They ultimately lost all of them.
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Until this moment--
Number 112 slowly lit up.
Number 112 · Sage Cangyou
The audience held their breath. Could this powerful figure, who had stabilized his soul in eight breaths during the reverse-construction round, return to his peak in the third round?
The purple-robed examiner solemnly declared, "Manifestation of the Thought Realm - Begin."
The Ninefold Soul Domain slowly unfolded, and within it, a simulated enemy soul projection slowly condensed:
Enemy Soul Simulation Entity: Curse Emperor Yuanqing (Soul-Level Constructor)
This soul simulation, modeled after "Ji Logic Breaker," already possesses the energy level of a half-step boundary constructer, and its aura is as oppressive as a knife.
**
The Sage Cangyou ascended the platform, his figure as slender as a green bamboo, his expression serene.
Without adjusting his breathing or gathering magical power, he simply closed his eyes slowly, his left hand hanging at his side, fingers slightly spread, gently stroking the void.
One breath.
The entire space suddenly changed--
A "Soul Law Ink Brush" slowly emerged from his sea of consciousness.
It is not a weapon, but a brushstroke that defines boundaries.
Without uttering a word, he silently drew the first stroke in the air: "Earth".
A beam of illusory light descended, and a plain formed beneath his feet. It was not an illusion, but a real, oppressive structure. All rules arose from the ground, and the enemy's soul sank half an inch beneath its feet.
The second stroke: "".
A dome descended from above, constructing a complete "Secret Space of the Thought Realm".
With his mind domain stable, the Sage Cangyou wrote soul patterns, completing the logical structure of the entire world in silence—there were no explosions, no roars, only a "sense of woven real logic".
The Thought Realm rating automatically appears:
Thought Realm Level: Three-stage compression structure; capable of bearing the laws of this era.
Boundary construction score: Extremely high
The entire arena was shaken; with just this one thought, he had already overwhelmed dozens of losers!
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But just as the enemy soul was about to break free from the oppressive domain of consciousness—
The Sage Cangyou slowly opened his right hand, and a purple-green soul bead emerged from between his fingers.
That was the source of his silent soul: the core of Eternal Stillness!
Once this soul core is released, all six senses will be severed, and all thoughts and causes will be extinguished!
The Sage Cangyou whispered:
"I cultivated for three cycles in the Ganges Heavenly Prison, listening to the cries of countless thoughts... and learned that 'sound' is the root of the soul."
"Now, with the last silent whisper of my heart, I command you... to recognize death."
He gently stroked the soul core with his palm, and the space of his mind domain suddenly collapsed. The enemy soul immediately emitted a piercing shriek, and then fell completely silent!
Annihilation criteria are automatically generated:
The Silent Spacetime Construction Completed; Enemy Soul Suppression Failed
Silent Consciousness Suppression Rating: Extremely High
Outside the Ninth Ring Road, the purple-robed chief examiner whispered, a rare occurrence:
"Constructed using the methods of the 'Book World,' and suppressed by the 'Silent Sound'... This person's soul structure has reached the Quasi-Primordial Void realm."
The Ninth Chief Soul Elder, Wang Chi, narrowed his eyes and secretly noted. "Could be a Nightmare Side Soul Envoy."
The Sage Cangyou used the Soul-Collecting Brush, his eyes remaining calm, as if he had not uttered a single thought.
When he returned to his place, no one in the audience uttered a word.
--This is the only candidate to date to achieve "complete control of the battlefield" in the third round of dual testing.
At this moment, the number slowly moved forward:
Number 149 · Golden Immortal Xuanluo (Coming Soon)
Above the void, as the Sage Cangyou returned to his position in Ji Ran, the pressure of the dual soul domains did not weaken. On the contrary, the successful execution of his "constructing a realm to suppress the soul" made those who ascended later even more nervous.
A moment later, as a ray of golden light pierced the airspace of the mind array, the numbering was updated:
Number 149 · Golden Immortal Xuanluo
Everyone held their breath again.
This person is unlike ordinary Golden Immortal. The essence of his "golden" nature originates from the fragmentation and reconstruction of the reverse cause realm. In other words, he experienced the shattering of cause and effect and the reconstruction of his soul in a certain era, ultimately reaching the ultimate realm and being known as the "Spirit Cause Golden Venerable".
Golden Immortal Xuanluo had a calm expression and a steady gait. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, a sense of oppression spread throughout the entire venue.
The Thought Realm Manifestation Array and the Silent Realm Prison Array were activated simultaneously, and the enemy's soul reappeared as:
Enemy Soul Simulation Entity: Curse Emperor Yuanqing (Soul-Level Constructor)
Even though this enemy spirit has manifested multiple times, its suppressive power over challengers remains undiminished. On the contrary, it has become increasingly refined after repeated feedback, truly deserving the title of "Iron Soul of Pressure."
Golden Immortal Xuanluo uttered a single word:
"Heavy."
With a flash of light, instead of constructing a world or condensing a soul domain like others, he first released an extremely subtle chain of cause and effect, which surrounded the enemy's soul.
The crowd was puzzled.
But the next moment—
The heavens and earth roared!
With the infusion of his soul consciousness, the entire domain of consciousness automatically evolved into a "Self-Locking Cause Realm"!
This is the core secret technique of the Xuanluo lineage. "From the enemy's result, reverse and lock their cause."
The Thought Realm was not constructed, but rather it arose from within the enemy's soul structure, trapping the enemy in their own karma.
Once the enemy's spirit stirs, its "effect" is locked in, and its future is destined to collapse.
Once the enemy's spirit fell silent, its "cause" was traced back to "the Unborn."
The enemy's spirit instantly froze!
Assessment of the Thought Realm:
Mind domain structure: Internal locking type, non-external pressure type
Rating: Special Case - Successful
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Then, Golden Immortal Xuanluo suddenly raised a finger slightly and moved his lips slightly.
Just one sound:
"Lonely."
The world fell silent.
True silence is not the absence of sound, but rather a state where the world itself "no longer allows for the existence of anything that can produce sound."
The enemy's consciousness exhibited a "Annihilation Sonic Explosion" structure, like a thousand stars exploding simultaneously, yet without a sound.
This is the Limit expression of the Golden Immortal Xuanluo's soul suppression.
"Silence is not silencing, but the end of all consciousness."
Decision generation:
The Silent Soul Configuration is Established; Suppression Completed
Passed Phase Two - Excellent Rating
The purple-robed chief examiner nodded slightly, but Elder Wang Chi turned his head and whispered to the deputy soul master beside him:
"This person is not suitable to remain in the outer regions... If he has no allegiance, perhaps we could consider recruiting him into my Nightmare God Clan's Curse Origin Soul Dao."
Those who can construct both physical and spiritual realms are extremely rare.
Golden Immortal Xuanluo said nothing more, then withdrew from the arena, his soul pressure still lingering in the two realms for a long time.
The audience erupted in discussion.
"Finally, the second person has passed..."
"The Sage Cangyou, the Golden Immortal Xuanluo... this is no longer a simple assessment, it's practically a trial to the Limit of the soul."
Some looked at the roster, while others counted in whispers:
"Currently, out of 73 participants in the third round of testing, only two have passed."
"There are... 30 people left."
The realm of thought remains still, and the Silent Realm continues to operate.
This is a rigorous selection process that will truly sift out the "candidates for Soul Constructor," allowing no room for illusions.
The numbers are slowly changing: Number 186 · Ning Hao (about to go on stage)