Stellar Schemes and the Winds Settle · All in the Hall Know

In the Radiant Palace Eastern Region, starlight slants, and the courtyard is tranquil.

Conradiance Halls, nestled among the green bamboo, Yan Yue, Yunyi, Extinguished Light, and Zi Xue were already seated in the waterside pavilion in front of the palace, their expressions revealing a hint of anxiety.

Suddenly, the sky trembled slightly, and a green figure descended from the sky, its spirit as steady as a mountain in the long night.

Qin Yu!

Yunyi was the first to cheer and rush over, her eyes sparkling with bright light, "Brother Yu, you're finally back! Why did you go off to 'gather' some information for so many days? I thought you'd been detained by some beautiful elder~"

Qin Yu chuckled and gently patted her head, "You little rascal, why are you talking nonsense?"

Extinguished Light chuckled softly without saying a word, while Zi Xue slightly raised the corners of her lips, revealing a hint of worry.

Yan Yue remained silent, simply standing at the bottom of the steps, her gaze fixed on him, her eyes filled with a quiet sense of "I'm glad you've returned safely."

Seeing this, Qin Yu's expression also became more composed, and he said in a deep voice:

"This trip... was worthwhile."

He looked at the group and recounted in detail how he infiltrated the outer perimeter of the Nightmare God Temple, using the alias "Qin Ning," met Ning Hao, and underwent the assessment alongside numerous cross-dimensional True Immortal Great Emperor:

How does the Nightmare God Temple select soul seeds and strip away their outer realm identities?

How to overcome the triple Limit of Fate Soul Level Screening, Origin Consciousness Resonance, and Initial Yuan Threshold Challenge Array;

And yet, in the end, only twenty people passed, while millions failed.

Yunyi was stunned, frowning and muttering, "The Nightmare God Temple... actually wants to control and exploit cultivators from other eras?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Yue's eyes turned completely cold, and her voice was as chilling as frost:

"I never imagined the Nightmare God Temple would be so treacherous, not even sparing those True Immortal Great Emperors who have crossed dimensions."

"Such scum... they are a disgrace to Source of Epochless."

Qin Yu nodded slowly. "They were never here to protect this world—but to 'create choices'."

Yan Yue succinctly stated, "They are not choosing the strong, but rather 'weaving weapons'."

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At this moment, Extinguished Light stepped forward and said seriously, "So, did you manage to grasp their internal structure this time?"

Qin Yu looked at them, his gaze solemn:

"Three days later, I will return to the Nightmare God Temple —they will evaluate us who have passed through at the 'Soul-Executing Altar' and select the 'most worthwhile souls to invest in'."

"This is also my only chance to get deep into the core."

Zi Xue's eyes narrowed. "Then what are we going to do?"

Qin Yu pondered for a moment, then slowly said:

"You... stay behind at the Radiant Palace and Source of Epochless."

"Yan Yue, if I do not return in three days—the name of the Nightmare God Temple must be erased from the world."

Yan Yue looked at him expressionlessly, her voice indifferent. "If you Bugui, I will take the Annihilation Dawn Wheel Ring and raze their main hall to the ground."

Qin Yu looked at her, his heart trembling slightly, but he only smiled gently.

"Then how could I dare Bugui?"

Before Qin Yu could finish speaking, Yan Yue's eyes narrowed slightly—she knew that Qin Yu had a more important goal in mind at the moment.

As expected, Qin Yu slowly stood up and looked at everyone:

"I must go see the Observation Sovereign of the Source of Epochless, Senior Tong Ning, the Origin Venerable Judge."

"The Nightmare God Clan's influence is so vast that it's beyond my ability to investigate thoroughly on my own."

After saying that, he flicked his sleeve, and the aura of Annihilation Abyss overflowed from his body. He transformed into a dark light and instantly broke through the air, heading towards the Eternal Star Region above the Origin Era.

At this very moment, Observation Sovereign — the Star-Sinking Hall.

A deep purple glass dome, billions of data points flowing like stars, and countless causal threads surging like a waterfall.

Tong Ning inside, her fingers lightly touching the Starshine Panel, organizing the latest soul consciousness fluctuation charts from each main era region.

But her brow remained furrowed.

She already had doubts in her mind: a soul imprint had been quietly affecting the Star Network Source Map for several days, constantly disrupting the trajectory of Ji Zhi's evolution.

Just then, the air outside the hall trembled slightly.

Qin Yu descended, his aura restrained, yet his expression solemn.

Tong Ning stood on the high stone platform, turned around and gently parted her lips:

"Why are you here? And... you look more anxious than ever before."

Qin Yu said nothing more, but bowed and said, "This junior has come here today to learn the secrets of the Nightmare God Clan."

He recounted in detail the entire process of infiltrating the Nightmare God Temple, the three rounds of Limit tests, observing the forced "soul consciousness chain implantation" of cross-dimensional soul beings into the temple's formation, and especially the true mechanism of the Source Ascension Logic Pill.

The words had barely left his mouth--

"Smack!"

The Stargazing Soul Stone between Tong Ning shattered into dust in an instant, and the entire dome of the Star Palace roared in response.

"What audacity!"

Her eyes were as cold as the starry night sky, and her voice was so low it almost pierced the bones:

"The Nightmare God Clan dare to use such despicable methods—absorbing the souls of cross-dimensional True Immortal Great Emperor, tearing apart their causal structure with the Primordial Era, and forcibly weaving them into the 'Nightmare God Temple Origin Weapon'?"

Qin Yu nodded, his expression solemn.

"What's even more terrifying is... this kind of operation is something only the Nightmare God Clan could accomplish."

"Whether it's the design of the Soul Chain Array or the material refining of the Source Ascension Logic Pill, both are underpinned by 'high-level logic guidance' and 'observation and cause avoidance' technologies..."

Tong Ning, took a deep breath, and the galaxy around her, constructed from her silent consciousness, slowly solidified into a sharp blade shape:

"You're right."

"There must be a mastermind behind them at the level of a chief administrator."

She slowly walked down the star staircase, and with each step she took, the void seemed to pause.

"Qin Yu, this matter... is no longer something you can handle alone."

"I will access the Annihilation Abyss Soul-Chasing Scroll and the Source of Observation, and with the power of the Observation Sovereign, I will retrieve all hidden threads related to the Nightmare God Temple and its 'Main Soul System'."

But—what do you plan to do?

Tong Ning stood in the center of the Star Palace, with countless stars swirling above the flowing blue light, as if the entire Destiny Star Network of the Source of Epochless was tightly gathered in her hands.

At this moment, Qin Yu, after pondering for a long time, finally slowly raised his head and spoke in a deep voice:

"I have a strategy, though it risks your life, it might... uncover the true soul-controlling core of the Nightmare God Temple in one fell swoop, and draw out the real mastermind behind it all."

Upon hearing this, Tong Ning's gaze sharpened slightly, and starlight rippled gently.

Tell me about it.

At this moment, we cannot stand idly by.

With only the myriad stars as a backdrop and silence as a cover, Qin Yu stood beneath the Myriad Eras Scroll and whispered a detailed account of the entire plan.

His tone was calm, yet every word he uttered was as precise and deadly as a blade that could cleave a star.

Each step incorporated his observations and insights within the Nightmare God Temple, as well as the soul extension method within the Annihilation Abyss Epoch Key, and then utilized Tong Ning's authority as the Observation Sovereign to "create a pseudo-era deflection."

For several dozen breaths, the Star Palace remained completely silent.

The moment he finished speaking, Tong Ning's icy gaze revealed a rare look of amazement.

"Good..."

She turned around and looked at the observation array of countless stars intertwined on the dome, gently placing one hand on her heart as if slowly suppressing the surging waves within her.

"Qin Yu, you... are truly extraordinary."

"This strategy is indeed... too perfect."

"Although there are high risks, as long as I cooperate 'perfectly', it will be enough to make 'the one' behind the nightmare expose themselves."

She nodded slowly, her eyes flashing with an unyielding resolve and sharpness.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Qin Yu clasped his hands in a respectful greeting, his tone calm and steady. "With you here, senior, I can do my utmost to break through this predicament."

Tong Ning's smile was profound, yet her voice echoed as distantly as a star array:

"Go ahead and do your thing. I'll take care of the rest."

"Then let's take this opportunity to completely eradicate this cancerous tumor, the Nightmare God Clan, from the Source of Epochless."

Qin Yu bowed deeply and said no more.

The figure vanished from the Star Palace in an instant, leaving behind a trail of lingering star ring vibrations with shimmering light patterns.

Epoch Origin, in the distance, seems to be quietly facing a destined upheaval.

After Qin Yu left, the entire Star Palace fell silent.

Only countless soul threads crisscrossed the observation platform like a vast sea, flowing and turning, analyzing layers of data, life origins, and conceptual lines from tens of millions of eras, and then superimposing them into Tong Ning's torrent of silent consciousness.

She slowly walked up the star-ring staircase, her eyes closed, one hand gently touching the starry sky.

--This is her exclusive authority.

The Source of Epochless: One of the Observation Sovereign Origin Venerable Judge.

At this moment, she activated the Soul Penetration Power of the Supreme Level of the Silent Mystery Realm.

"Qin Yu has already made his move; I too must begin to lay out... an even higher star network."

The ripples of the silent soul, like the ethereal light from beyond the heavens, slowly covered the entire domain of the Era.

All living beings within the "Source of Epochless," regardless of whether their souls are hidden in the abyss, beyond the realm, or within the secret chains of the temple, cannot completely escape Tong Ning's "Origin Framework Lock."

She slowly exhaled, and what she saw was not the starry sky, but...

Origin of Life, Traces of Soul, Deflection of Timeline, Talent Assessment, Floating Core of Formation, Pre-flow of Concept, Tracking of Pressure...

Everything is clear.

But it was at this very moment—

Her brow furrowed slightly.

"Huh?"

In that distant northern wilderness, within a chaotic soul cliff beyond the Epoch Origin Spirit Map, a highly discordant fluctuation of soul consciousness was slowly moving, as if deliberately avoiding all areas where Jiyuan and Guanyuan converged.

However, even these methods could not escape her "dominant sensory domain".

More importantly--

That soul consciousness... does not belong to that person.

"This aura... is 'his' True Soul, but this soul shell... does not belong to him."

"Mismatched soul?"

"No, it's... soul transfer."

Tong Ning's gaze grew cold, and an unspoken guess arose in her mind:

"Someone is actually using the soul source of a cross-dimensional True Immortal Great Emperor... to impersonate a cultivator within a dimensional era."

A chill flashed across her eyes.

"Even I almost didn't realize... this person is definitely not simple."

Thus, the Star Palace's gloomy light returned to the void once more, and strands of soul patterns swirled within the Sea of Fate Source, quietly converging into a whispered celestial murmur:

"Who are you?"

As twilight gently falls, the Conradiance Halls shines brightly in the Radiant Palace Eastern Region gleaming in unison.

Qin Yu's figure landed silently in the courtyard. Without taking a single step, he felt a powerful spiritual intent flowing within the hall.

He raised an eyebrow and looked toward the main hall.

The next moment, he stepped into the hall, and all the people seated there were extraordinary.

Yan Yue, Extinguished Light, Zi Xue, and Yunyi stood to the left and right, respectively, with three peerless powerhouses whose auras were as deep as abyss and whose divine senses were as vast as the sea sitting before them:

One was Yao Guangxun, the temple guard commander he knew well, whose aura was as calm and steady as the radiant night.

The other is Shu Xunyan, the core executor of the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall, whose gaze is as sharp as the stars as she analyzes the principles of logic.

There was another person, clad in a long, dark gold robe, bearing an ancient aura, surrounded by six layers of annihilating soul radiance. The invisible, wind-like aura of Spatial Realm Severance emanating from him was enough to make one's soul tremble at a glance.

Annihilation Source Realm - Supreme Strongest - Feng Wujin.

The moment Qin Yu stepped in, the three powerful figures in the hall looked over at the same time. Their auras shifted instantly, but under the cover of the Azure Ring and the Aura of Annihilation Dawn, there was no conflict whatsoever.

Yan Yue stood up, her face showing both gentleness and seriousness:

"Qin Yu, you're back just in time."

"Commander Yao Guangxun and Senior Shu Xunyan are already aware of the matter concerning the Nightmare God Temple."

She paused for a moment, then continued:

"The temple had previously hired a disciple of True God to secretly infiltrate the Nightmare God Temple. Although he failed the test, he brought back enough information— the Nightmare God Temple is indeed absorbing cross-dimensional True Immortal Great Emperor and attempting to integrate their Fate Soul components."

Extinguished Light snorted coldly, "They are no longer God Clan, they are simply soul thieves."

Qin Yu nodded slightly and stepped forward.

Yao Guangxun also stood up and nodded solemnly to him:

"The information you obtained during your daring infiltration of the Nightmare God Temple is extremely crucial. Yan Yue has already recounted your entire ordeal."

"Come, let me introduce you to this one."

He turned to the side, his tone slightly respectful:

"This is Elder Feng Wujin, one of the temple elders of our Eternal Evolution Realm Hall."

"Annihilation Source Realm Supreme"

Qin Yu was startled and respectfully bowed, saying, "Junior Qin Yu greets Elder Feng."

Feng Wujin's gaze was profound, and a single glance seemed to penetrate the very essence of one's soul.

After a moment, he nodded slowly, his tone calm but without a trace of condescension:

"Indeed, your soul strength and life chain structure... are approaching the 'Threshold of the Epoch'."

"If you wield your sword against the world in the future, I, Feng Wujin, am willing to 'sever a boundary' for you."

These words stunned everyone present.

Qin Yu cupped his fist in a respectful gesture and responded in a deep voice:

"I will certainly live up to your expectations."

Feng Wujin merely smiled slightly, then turned to look at Yao Guangxun and Shu Xunyan:

"Now that the true nature of the Nightmare God Clan has been confirmed, the next step is to make a decision."

Yao Guangxun nodded. "The temple decrees that I will personally go to the Nightmare God Temple's Soul-Executing Altar in three days."

The camera slowly zoomed out, and Qin Yu's eyes flickered slightly as he made a new decision.