First Hunt at Fate Severing Gorge · Annihilation's Slash
Just as Qin Yu was about to turn and leave, he suddenly heard someone call out from behind:
"Young friend—wait a moment."
The eldest mission elder had an aged face like ancient rock patterns, but his beard and hair were inlaid with silver light like starlight. He slowly walked down the high platform, his steps were not fast, but each step caused the void to tremble slightly. He was obviously an extremely ancient cultivator of the Annihilation Origin.
He looked at Qin Yu, his eyes now showing a mixture of caution and kindness.
"Is this your first time undertaking a data collection mission? Judging from your aura, you haven't yet formed a deep connection with the mid-level anomalies; you must be new here."
Qin Yu nodded:
"Indeed, disciple Qin Yu, I entered the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall yesterday."
The elder nodded slightly, his hands behind his back, but his gaze was fixed on the line of words shimmering with dark light on the floating Destiny Track Ranking in the distance:
[Fate Severing Gorge].
He said calmly:
"Limitless Resonance Crystal Fragment are indeed a common resource in the middle levels."
"After all, the entire Source of Epochless · Middle Layer are enveloped by the Limitless Evolving True Flow."
"And this 'resonance crystal' is a 'secondary crystalline state' that naturally precipitates from spatial cracks when 'Limitless Radiance' and 'Logic Fragments' resonate with each other."
With a flick of his finger, a miniature phantom appeared in the void. In the slowly fluctuating spatial storm, a fragment resembling a crystal feather slowly fell, surrounded by iridescent colors and interwoven starlight veins.
"These fragments will deposit and break apart in every area where the true flow is slow, and sometimes they will even be swept away by the wind and scattered to various regions."
So you don't need to worry about acquiring the fragments--
He abruptly changed the subject, his gaze suddenly sharpening:
"What we really need to be wary of is 'Fate Severing Gorge' itself."
He slowly reached out his hand, and a three-dimensional map of the landscape immediately appeared in the void. It was a great canyon that tore the sky apart, as if the world had been cleaved open by the blade of an ancient god, with countless strange storms and streams of soul consciousness surging within the cracks.
"The Fate Severing Gorge is a place located in a mid-level spatial fault."
"Because the flow velocity of the Limitless Evolving True Flow is abnormally turbulent at this point, resulting in extremely low spatial stability."
"And this also led to the proliferation of a large number of mutated creatures."
"They are not mythical beasts in the ordinary sense."
"It is a strange existence born from the 'reflection of the true flow' due to the fragmentation of space and logic."
His eyes were heavy.
"Some beings have no physical form, yet they can devour souls and seize thoughts; some are completely immune to attacks because they Does Not Exist within the 'logic of the present world'; and there are even rumors that some beings can pull cultivators into a 'time loop,' trapping them eternally."
"This is the inherent danger of the Fate Severing Gorge— "
He paused, staring at Qin Yu:
"It's not about whether you can find the Resonance Crystal Fragment, but... whether you can get out of there unscathed."
Having said that, he conjured a dark-colored talisman in his hand, picked it up, and presented it to me:
"This is the 'Consciousness-Stabilizing Echo Talisman.' If your sea of consciousness is about to be destroyed by the reverse reflection, it can trigger a brief 'Logical Replay'—helping you escape the realm of illusion."
"The only drawback is that it will cause the user to be unconscious for three days after use."
"Here you go. Consider this my first 'blessing' for you."
Qin Yu took the talisman, and the moment his fingertips touched it, he felt that it contained an extremely ancient Fate Soul structure, like a drop of light floating in the abyss.
He solemnly cupped his hands in greeting:
"Thank you for the talisman, Elder. This disciple will certainly not fail in this mission."
The old elder watched his receding figure, sighed, and murmured:
"The Fate Severing Gorge... even those at the Logic Realm Realm · Supreme dare not enter lightly..."
"But if he really was chosen by Azure Ring..."
Before he could finish speaking, another elder gently shook his head:
"He's no ordinary disciple."
"He was personally accepted as an inner disciple by the founder."
At this moment, Qin Yu had already stepped outside the barrier of the Fate Authority Mission Hall, starlight cascading down his back, his robes fluttering in the wind.
He tucked the "Consciousness-Stabilizing Echo Talisman" into his sleeve, his gaze fixed intently on the southern horizon—
That place is the Fate Severing Gorge.
This is also the starting point for his next step: exploring the Source of Epochless · Deep Layer.
Above the void, the layers of eternal divine light peeled away, and as Qin Yu stepped out of the golden radiance floating pattern of the escape array, the world instantly changed color.
[Source of Epochless - Middle Layer - Fault Domain - Fate Severing Gorge].
At that moment, it seemed as if even time itself hesitated for a second.
Before my eyes, the world was cleaved open by a colossal abyss that tore apart the universe. It was not a valley, but a rift that constituted the very rules and reality itself. The entire space seemed to have been torn apart by some kind of "Does Not Exist blade," unable to heal, bleeding eternally.
The sky was pitch black, and starlight could not illuminate this place at all. Only the Limitless Evolving True Flow in the distance hung down like silk threads, as if the sky had cracked and hung down. The ground was a broken layer of annihilated rock, and floating fragments slowly rotated in mid-air, floating and circling without any logic of gravity.
Every step you take treads on the edge of Annihilation-Construct Logic; one wrong step and you'll stumble into some "space that never existed."
The entire Fate Severing Gorge was like a living abyss, constantly emitting a whispering hum—it wasn't the wind, but rather the collapse of space itself.
Qin Yu stood at the edge of the canyon, looking out at the view:
The fault canyon is unfathomably deep, with no end in sight. All that can be seen below are countless chaotic, overlapping, dimensionally distorted lights flickering like flames.
One after another, gray-white "pillars of light" pierced out of the abyss. These were the manifestations of the "Dark Evolving Undercurrent." The energy, composed entirely of dark matter, tore through space as it rose, causing even the heavens and earth to tremble.
Azure Ring appeared on her shoulder at this moment, and murmured softly:
"The boundary construction logic here is incomplete."
Even beings at the Logic Realm Realm level, if unaware of the 'rules of reincarnation' here, could easily fall into a vortex of cause and effect.
Qin Yu's gaze was sharp as a blade. He closed his eyes slightly and sensed the flow of his consciousness. One after another, "ripples that break through time" appeared in his mind.
Just as he was concentrating, a cracking sound suddenly came from the space in front of him.
The entire edge of the canyon seemed to be activated by some invisible force. Several writhing black shadows suddenly bulged up from the left rock wall, and the next moment, several strangely shaped beasts emerged from the darkness:
They have no eyes, and their bodies are composed of several substances, some like flowing metal, some like misty souls, and some that do not even have a concrete form, relying solely on bursts of "consciousness frequency interference" to construct their existence.
One of the gray shadows, with its four hooves pointing backwards, completely ignored space and appeared several feet away from Qin Yu, letting out a low-frequency roar that pierced his soul!
[Fate Severing Gorge - Strange Creatures - Track-Devouring Beast]
Qin Yu's eyes narrowed, but he didn't move an inch. He simply spun lightly under his feet, and a thin, almost invisible ring slowly unfolded, enveloping his entire body.
Azure Ring whispers:
"They're here."
"This is the true battlefield where you must activate [Fate Soul Suppression Combat Mode]."
Deep within the Fate Severing Gorge, the flowing Limitless Evolving True Flow seemed to sense the presence of the newcomer and began to surge downwards—
The aura of a chip is slowly rising along the spatial rift.
Qin Yu slowly clenched his fist, and the ring-shaped veins of [Silent Beginning - Ring Master Soul Diagram] appeared on his right arm.
He knew that this battle was not only for the Resonance Crystal Fragment, but also for the true "Initial Proof of Fate Soul" in the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer!
That being stepped out of the "dark realm of logic" completely.
It is called the Track-Devouring Beast, one of the most common yet most formidable spatial beasts in the Mid-Level Fault Domain of the Source of Epochless, the Fate Severing Gorge, possessing the ability to devour fate tracks and disrupt cause and effect.
Its shape is extremely bizarre, as if a three-dimensional creature has been forcibly embedded into a five-dimensional cube.
Its entire body is grayish-white, covered with a dull luster like gold peeling off. Its shape is beast-like but not beast-like, its body is broken and suspended, its limbs are like blades and are not connected to each other, only suspended in the air by layers of semi-transparent [Dark Track Divine Threads].
It has no face, but a "crack" runs across both sides of its head, within which is embedded a dark blue vortex—
Those are not eyes, but "Track-Devouring Consciousness Pupil," specifically designed to read the logic of a cultivator's destiny trajectory and directly initiate "Trajectory Interference" before the consciousness can react.
Even more terrifying is that what it exudes is not spiritual pressure, but a kind of "causal shockwave," as if it is forcibly disrupting and reorganizing everything that is about to happen in the world.
The void beneath its feet was constantly being torn apart like cloth.
And every slight movement it makes is accompanied by "logical noise"—as if someone is tearing up history, or as if some deity is whispering and altering the future.
Qin Yu stood still, his eyes showing no fear, but rather a hint of interest.
"Is this the most basic of the strange beasts in the Fate Severing Gorge?"
Azure Ring whispered:
"It's just an ordinary Track-Devouring Beast, and it hasn't activated 'Mirror Track Reconstruction' yet, but even so, it shouldn't be underestimated."
"For ordinary cultivators of the Annihilation Origin, once their trajectory is locked by its 'Sight Eye,' it's tantamount to a failed prediction and a logical self-destruction."
Its true form is not before you...
Qin Yu naturally understood.
These kinds of beings often rely on the [Fault Domain] to generate "Trajectory Reflection Body," while their true forms exist within logical fissures.
He remained still, but his fingers twirled slightly, and the main soul brush of [Silent Beginning - Ring Master Soul Diagram] gently brushed across his sea of consciousness.
A faint ring of starlight appeared in the void—that was the pre-set stroke of one of the "Fate Cause Master Seal" techniques. Qin Yu did not make a move, but first tested the stability of the cause and effect of fate.
The Track-Devouring Beast suddenly stopped. It seemed to realize that Qin Yu had neither formed a technique nor condensed his consciousness, yet the fate of space had already been "altered" by him.
The next moment--
It suddenly moved.
Without any warning, it simply "disappeared" from the spot.
Accompanied by a sound like shattering glass, resembling a "dimensional folding sound," it appeared a hundred meters to Qin Yu's left in the void. Half of its body pierced into a transparent sub-dimensional space, and with one claw, it tore through a layer of [logical narrative barrier], lunging towards Qin Yu's left shoulder!
At that moment, the entire space seemed to be forced into an "unpredictable future."
It's going to devour Qin Yu's next move!
Almost simultaneously, Qin Yu's eyes lit up, and he lightly hooked his finger.
Fate Cause Master Seal, Inheritance, Logical Transformation Domain → Sequential Reconstruction;
A circle of brushstrokes unfolded beneath his feet, like a web of cause and effect, pre-writing all future trajectories of himself, and locking them in reverse!
The Track-Devouring Beast lunged at Qin Yu, but suddenly lost its speed!
Its "Trajectory Interference" has unexpectedly fallen into a domain where the future is pre-written and countered!
The future it "devoured" has already been redrawn by Qin Yu!
In that instant, a ring of annihilating silver light suddenly burst forth from its eyes, as if it had suffered a severe backlash!
Qin Yu remained unmoved, merely shaking his head slightly as he looked at it.
"Trajectory Interference... that's useless against me."
Azure Ring smiled gently on his shoulder:
"You want to test its connection to your soul?"
"As expected, you intended to hunt."
Qin Yu did not deny it. Faint rings appeared beneath his feet, and an "indescribable aura" emanated from his body.
He whispered in his mind:
"Let's see if my High-Order Annihilation Origin is more than enough to deal with this third alien beast."
Fate Severing Gorge, the eerie wind howls, the fault space seems to whisper eternally.
The Track-Devouring Beast's "Consciousness Pupil Annihilation Vortex" still lingered, and that dark blue vortex continued to reflect the possible skill paths that Qin Yu might unleash. It was a child of chaotic logic, living by devouring rails and feeding on disruptive Fate Soul.
But at this moment, Qin Yu stood quietly in the void, his eyes as deep as an abyss, every inch of his aura being re-anchored by the "Silent Beginning: Ring Master Soul Diagram".
--The next moment.
Boom--!
His sea of consciousness collapsed as if a world had crumbled, and a soul diagram, seemingly forged from the Initial Fate of the entire Source of Epochless, rose into the sky from his sea of consciousness!
That was a painting--
[Silent Beginning - Ring Master Soul Diagram].
The entire Soul Map slowly emerged, presenting a ring-shaped Star Abyss structure. On it, the "Book of Fate Law - Realm Severing Origin Brush" stretched like a celestial rule, while on the other side, the "Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword" hung silently within, seemingly the ultimate blade that devours all sources.
As soon as the Soul Diagram was displayed, the heavens and earth roared, and the space around the Fate Severing Gorge suddenly trembled violently. The unstable life trajectory in the rift was suppressed and locked by this Soul Diagram, and all the strange phenomena stopped for half a breath.
Qin Yu raised his right hand, palm slightly open.
The [Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword] slowly flew out from the Soul Diagram. Its entire body was pitch black, like uncondensed annihilated gold. The sword did not reflect starlight, but it left a "deep, silent remnant that could not be analyzed by observation" in the void.
At that moment, Azure Ring whispered:
"Since it attempts to disrupt your existence, then sever its 'concept'."
As Qin Yu finished speaking, he pointed forward with one finger, his sword flashing through the air.
[Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - First Severing Form - Sever the Void in a Single Thought]
In an instant, the entire logical sky above the Fate Severing Gorge was cleaved in two!
Silent.
But at that moment, everything in heaven and earth seemed to "pause"!
That wasn't about speed reaching its Ultimate; it was about the entire "arising of thought" being severed.
Just as the Track-Devouring Beast tried to reconstruct the spatial distortion, its "thought" was completely ineffective; its thoughts were not activated, and its "skill presets" could not be initiated at all.
It cannot understand why its body cannot move, or why its cognitive circuits are completely blank.
Because of the starting point of "wanting to activate the skill," it was cut off.
It was as if it "had never had such a thought."
[Sever the Void in a Single Thought] cuts off all "things that are about to be conceived," and before the technique can even begin, it has already been annihilated.
In an instant, the Track-Devouring Beast's "Consciousness Pupil Annihilation Vortex" exploded into millions of fragments of light. Its body suddenly twisted, deconstructed, shattered, and disintegrated, as if such a strange beast had never existed in the universe!
All the light in the surrounding abyss of the Fate Severing Gorge could no longer detect its traces; its destiny trajectory, Fate Soul, and structural logic had all collapsed.