Fate-Sealing Hunt for the Abyss · The Annihilation Lock's Dead End

Within the spatial rift, silence reigned like ice, while shimmering light surged between Qin Yu's palms. His gaze was like a cold star as he slowly turned and walked into the center of a secret array woven from thousands of rings, myriad patterns, and billions of imprints. That was— the Silent Ring Myriad Locks Formation, a ring-imprint soul-destroying killing formation that even a powerful Annihilation Lord Realm expert could not easily break.

Tens of thousands of Soul Seal slowly emerged in the void, resembling ancient sacrificial texts, and surged into the core of the formation with the power of azure light.

At this moment, Qin Yu's voice was deep but undeniable:

The formation has been set up.

Behind them, the person Mighty Thunder Heaven-Suppressing Sword clasped his hands in a fist salute, while the three —Netherfire Nine-Transformation Lotus, Flowing Rainbow Immortal Feather Talisman, and Crimson Gold Cloud Thunder Pill— also wore solemn expressions. "Please give your orders, sir."

Qin Yu flipped his palm, Fate Cause Master Seal transformed into the Spiritual Star Chart, unfolding a "Yingling Seal" in the void. It was like a brand on the soul, revealing two logical fluctuations: the cause of annihilation and the beginning of destiny.

"Go to where Liang Jichen is now and lure him and the powerful figures from the Halls of the Gods here. Liang Jichen is extremely cunning; to gain his trust, take this 'Yingling Seal' with you."

"I will obey your command, sir."

"Remember—don't reveal the slightest flaw."

The scene then shifts.

The place where Liang Jichen is located is the core of the Heavenly Emanation Treasure Realm · Middle Layer's Shattered Star Meteor Belt, where a floating ancient palace sits amidst seven layers of annihilating clouds. With a purple-gold star curtain as its top and a illusory true wheel as its base, thousands of divine palaces in human form surround it, resembling a heavenly and earthly Dharma field.

Suddenly, a fiery rift tore through the clouds, and four figures fell onto the outer ring of the annihilation plate.

"Reporting to—my sir!"

Mighty Thunder Heaven-Suppressing Sword, holding a broken blade, lay prostrate on the ground, its aura chaotic; the Netherfire Nine-Transformation Lotus was covered in cracks, its soul flames waning; Flowing Rainbow Immortal Feather Talisman had half its face peeled off, its talisman light unstable; Crimson Gold Cloud Thunder Pill's spiritual energy dissipated, leaving it in a state of severe injury.

"We... have encountered the person in the portrait!"

Liang Jichen suddenly stood up, and the "True Record · Annihilation's End Chapter" behind him slowly opened. Before a single word was uttered, his aura already exuded heavenly might.

"What did you say?"

The Netherfire Nine-Transformation Lotus coughed up a mouthful of blood, its eyes unfocused and filled with despair. "Your subordinate... Your subordinate dares not speak recklessly... That person is just a hundred miles away at the mountain pass... We gathered a thousand shapeshifters to surround and annihilate him... But in the end, we were no match for him, and more than half of us were killed or wounded..."

Having said that, he slowly took out a remnant of Fate-Cause mark from his bosom.

"This is... the Yingling Fate Cause Master Seal's that we obtained in our fierce battle. Please take a look, my lord..."

Liang Jichen frowned deeply as he held the object in his palm. With a probe of his divine sense, he immediately sensed the real components of the layers of "Fate Track Fragments" and "Cause Annihilation Double Locks".

"Indeed... it is the Fate Cause Master Seal..."

Meanwhile, on their way here, they saw the following: "Our Lord knows that man is treacherous and cunning. We need a foolproof plan to completely convince him."

"Netherfire Nine-Transformation Lotus," he said, "So you all immediately launch a powerful attack to injure me. If he has any doubts, I will strike myself with my own soul consciousness, thus creating the illusion of severe injury by spitting blood in front of him."

"My lord, with their strength, they are indeed no match for Qin Yu. Moreover, their Fate Soul imprints are all intact, which doesn't seem like a lie. Now, as they say, Qin Yu is being besieged by them, so now is our best opportunity. Please consider it, my lord." The Annihilation Source Realm expert beside him whispered, "With their power, they are not capable of fabricating such a structure, and the Fate Soul Lock Seal on their bodies have not changed, which doesn't seem like a forgery."

Liang Jichen pondered for a moment, a final trace of doubt still lingering in his eyes.

At this moment, the Netherfire Nine-Transformation Lotus suddenly trembled and rose to its feet, shouting, "If you still do not believe me, I am willing to shatter my soul in front of everyone to prove my truth!"

Having said that, he suddenly grabbed the core of his soul!

"Stop!" Liang Jichen pressed his palm against his forehead. "There's no need to try anymore."

He finally looked up, his gaze as deep and unfathomable as a divine sea.

"Alright, everyone listen up, move out immediately!"

"Target: The mountain pass a hundred miles away!"

"You wait... lead the way!"

"Yes!" the four shouted in a low voice. A gust of wind and thunder soared into the sky, pulling Liang Jichen and the shapeshifters of the Halls of the Gods out of the void. The annihilation light swept through and the sound shook the middle level.

As they stepped out of the realm, the camera slowly panned back—

Within the Silent Ring Myriad Locks Formation, Qin Yu's eyes were slightly closed, and the light of the Azure Ring slowly condensed. In the Soul Domain, a Ring Seal Abyss had quietly opened, waiting for its prey to walk in.

At the pass a hundred miles away, a void rift tens of thousands of feet wide stretched out, and the ripples of Fate-Cause still surged endlessly, as if it had just experienced an annihilation storm. The ground was already scorched and broken, and fragments of the ring seal swirled in the wind. The Breath of Soul Annihilation echoed in the void, creating the illusion that "the aftermath of the battle still lingers".

But beneath this destroyed void lies another world—

The entire "pass" had actually been rewritten into a massive sealing array, personally constructed by Qin Yu, reinforced and imprinted by Azure Ring, with Yan Yue using her Fate Soul pen "Dawn Wheel Dual Inscription" to construct a logical isolation layer, Wang Long using "Fate Pressure Wheel Domain" to forcefully suppress the spatial boundaries, and Lin Yun Soul Transformation into embroidery thread to set up the "Divine Soul Resonance Chain," precisely locking the entire battlefield into a hunting prison where "internal causes cannot escape and external perception cannot enter."

Above, Azure Ring pierced through the clouds, flowing seemingly without a trace; Yan Yue slowly stepped into the right wing of the battle formation, clad in Radiant Starfrost Robe, the Fate Soul Brush appearing in her hand, its rings flashing, as if she were the Star-Frost Goddess who wielded the brush to determine fate.

She whispered, "Dawn Wheel Dual Inscription - Lock of Fate."

Buzz--

Two paths, "Unexpected Future Path" and "Constant Sealing Cause," appeared in the center of the void. With her command, they completely shut down any possibility of rewinding, transferring, or escaping from this place.

Wang Long stood at the very rear of the battle formation, his five-layered life-pressure rings slowly rotating, pale black-gold life chains flying out, and the blunt-locking domain expanding accordingly, completely subsuming the entire array layer under its suppression logic. He closed his eyes and spoke, as if silently reciting an oath:

"Fate Suppression - Abyss Lock Seal, activate."

Boom--

The three layers of runes beneath the ground were activated, instantly transforming the entire pass into a level three field of death, causing all enemy skills to encounter a logical backlash from the very beginning, falling into a trap structure of "self-destruction of Fate-Cause".

Lin Yun had already hidden himself at the edge of the formation. His soul consciousness transformed into nearly a hundred "embroidered soul chains" that wrapped around the details of the battle formation, disguised as fine dust in the wind. However, each chain contained the power of "Linked Soul Collapse Strike". As long as the enemy made the slightest move, it would be subjected to a destructive resonance from the depths of their soul consciousness.

The moment the battle formation was completed, Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes.

"Ready to connect to the network."

Before an incense stick could burn in the blink of an eye, the distant sky suddenly trembled.

Annihilation Origin, Final Wheel, Annihilation Lord, Primordial Void— dense, overwhelming auras surged forth, as if the sky were torn apart by a thousand chains of light. Temple marks stretched across the clouds, with the "Seal of True Record" at the very center, suppressing the cause and effect of heaven and earth.

Mystic Emanation Nether Venerable Liang Jichen has finally revealed himself.

He stood at the forefront, clad in the black robe of annihilation, his eyes Emptiness yet able to see through all logical components. In his hand floated the book "True Record: Annihilation's End Chapter," each page turning like the curtain falling on a thousand worlds, erasing the history of all beings.

Liang Jichen frowned slightly. "Is this the place?"

Mighty Thunder Heaven-Suppressing Sword lowered its head. "My lord, please look, that is... the place where the person in the portrait escaped."

With a sweep of his divine sense, Liang Jichen indeed detected the dense remnants of fate and the abnormal fragmentation of the spatial structure.

"Indeed, it looks like it's been through a major battle..."

But just as he was about to order a full-scale manhunt—

"Buzz!"

The central annihilation ripple suddenly dissipated, and a swirling azure light rose from the ground, slowly rotating like the wheel of Fate Soul across countless realms.

Qin Yu stepped out of the vortex, his eyes like mirrors, his palm reflecting the light of the "Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword".

He uttered a single sentence, like a command carried on the wind:

"You've arrived."

At the same time, Yan Yue emerged from the side, the Dawn Wheel swirling, the soul pen pointing forward, and her Fate Soul writing. "The Endless Dawn Radiance."

Wang Long stomped the ground, and the five wheels spun, the pressure of his life instantly sealing off the entire battle formation space; Lin Yun flew needles from his fingertips, and a hundred soul chains returned to their positions.

The battle formation closed, and heaven and earth locked away the souls.

The annihilation lock has been closed.

"The hunt begins."

Liang Jichen stood high in the sky, the light of destiny from the heavens swirling behind him like ten thousand pages of annihilated fragments. He gazed at Qin Yu's figure stepping out of the center of the formation, and the words "Future is already dead" seemed to appear deep in his eyes.

"Qin Yu, humph, it's finally time to see you again. The last time we parted was when the Flower of Stars was in full bloom."

His voice was calm, yet it was like a whisper that pierced through the long river of time.

Qin Yu did not answer; the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword had already spun half a circle between his fingers, and a silver-black ripple carved an annihilation spiral in the void.

Meanwhile, the many powerful figures from the temples behind Liang Jichen were eager to try their luck. Li Guiwen, the head of the Oath Law Ming Yuan of Fate Cause Spirit Tower, Shi Lu Mingyuan, the leader of the Law God Origin Court, Que Mengyanji, the Soul Chanter of the Dream Lock Palace, and others all unleashed their primal brilliance. They mobilized their Seal Domain, rings, and mirrors of fate, forming Nine Realms Hunting Array.

With a flick of his right hand, Liang Jichen unfurled the "True Record: The Annihilation's End Chapter," causing the pages to tremble!

An entire world was plunged into a realm of historical deprivation—

The battlefield centered on Qin Yu, with an area of ten thousand meters reflected deep within the scroll. All surrounding timelines, skill remnants, and spatial rifts were "written and erased," and the logic of the battle scene was instantly wiped away, leaving only the unique structure defined by Liang Jichen:

"Your history—is not recognized."

"--All troops, break through the formation!"

In an instant, all nine palace generals launched their attacks.

Annihilation Abyss Dharma Blast, Time Lock Divine Curse, Cause Breath Thunder Seal, Dream-Destroying Illusion Curse... a total of nine logical structural impacts pierced in from nine directions, like nine Annihilation dragons rushing towards the center of the battle formation!

However, the next moment, Wang Long stomped his foot, and the Fivefold Life Pressure Wheel was unleashed with a roar!

"Fate Suppression - Abyss Lock Seal!"

The five wheels spun like a roar of black gold, instantly collapsing the space around them. The nine impacts were crushed the moment they touched the edge of the battle formation, turning into ashes like "broken technique remnants."

At this moment, Yan Yue, clad in the Radiant Starfrost Robe, stepped into the center of the formation. The Brush of Fate Soul appeared, and she softly parted her lips:

"The Endless Dawn Radiance."

The moment her pen touched the paper, the void shattered!

A "Fate Scroll" unfolded from the starlight, "pre-writing" the Origin Framework of all nine divine techniques and rewriting a single word to "cannot be activated."

Boom!

All divine skills, before they could be fully guided, were rendered useless by their Origin Framework, a scene resembling nine generals simultaneously coughing up blood and staggering backward.

Liang Jichen's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he whispered:

"How can you possibly write outside of my book?"

He reopened the Annihilation's End Chapter, retrieved the deepest "deleted page," and pointed at it:

"Delete -- Daughter of the Dawn!"

The next instant, a pure black pen tip pierced through the void Yan Yue's brows, attempting to forcibly erase her from the world's records.

Qin Yu's eyes turned cold, and with a flick of his left hand, the Fate Cause Master Seal instantly appeared!

Fate Trajectory Profiling · Reverse Book Records

"You write about her death, I'll write about your origin!"

Under the Fate Cause Master Seal, chains of cyan and gold characters emerged from the void, flew into the "Annihilation's End Chapter," and forcibly distorted its "erasing path," causing its writing direction to deviate!

"She won't die, but you'll pay the price."

A blue light pierced through the black book, Liang Jichen's hands trembled, blood oozing from his fingertips, his face turning pale.

Qin Yu didn't stop; the next instant, within the Soul Seal:

"Seven Forms of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Trace the Spirit Abyss!"

Ten thousand sword beams, like a river flowing back to its source, swirled upwards from beneath his feet, "freezing" Liang Jichen's True Soul page in advance, plunging him into a vortex of disordered cause and effect!

The battlefield trembled violently, and the heavens and earth seemed to rumble!

At that moment, Lin Yun had already quietly laid out the "Soul Network Collapse Trigger" on the outer ring, which was triggered with a single strike.

"Soul Break - Severing Knowledge!"

A corner of Liang Jichen's soul consciousness collapsed with a deafening roar!

He roared, "Break the formation!!!"

The battle formation has now reached Threshold of offense and defense!