Traversing the Realm from the Causal Abyss · Severing the Flow, Breaking Causality
After the woman's soul collapsed and her logical domain was destroyed one by one, her face turned pale to the point of being transparent. The arrogance and mockery she had shown at their first meeting were gone from her eyes. Instead, her eyes revealed an undisguised fear and resentment.
With a roar, she tore apart the last layer of logic within her body—
"The root cause of the main split - structural origin retrospection!!!"
In an instant, the logic of the entire area deep within the Mist Soul Severed Realm shattered, and the transformed body instantly collapsed. In its place, an invisible, pure white component filled with "copying authority" appeared!
This is her final form, condensed from fragments of the logic mechanism's origin, possessing the authority to forcibly erase combat records and the influence of enemy techniques!
Her true purpose was not to kill Qin Yu and the other two, but to destroy her own destiny, reverse the logic domain, and completely erase Qin Yu's skills from their "never used" state!
The entire space began to tremble, as if pulled by this causal component; time was rewinding, skills were disappearing, and destiny was being reconstructed.
At that moment, Azure Ring suddenly appeared, her eyes extremely cold:
"Annihilation Structure Rewriting? You want to treat my Qin Yu's skills as an 'undefined cause'? -- You, do you deserve it?"
Qin Yu remained silent, his expression as cold and abyssal as a deathly abyss.
He slowly raised his right palm—
The Fate Cause Master Seal, which manifests itself.
The orbits of destiny resonate, and the Fate Ring are activated.
", Fate Seal - Abyss-Turning Star Platform."
Buzz!!!
The underlying logic of the entire battlefield was forcibly replaced by the "setting logic" defined by Qin Yu the moment this seal was released!
You want to reenact the battle? Very well, then I will use this "Life Seal Star Platform" to force you to reenact this battle according to my logic!
The woman's soul trembled violently; the "root cause of the rift" within her body was completely derailed under this life seal!
All of Qin Yu's skills, timelines, and causal traces that were to be "erased" were engraved on the Abyss Platform by the "Reverse Fate Seal," permanently locking them in!
Qin Yu spoke slowly and deliberately, each word distinct:
"Your fate is not what it seems, your plan is incomplete. Annihilation Construct Authority —activate."
This is the Ultimate determination based on the Fate Cause Master Seal:
If the enemy's technique does not conform to the logic of destiny, I will declare it 'unconstructed,' meaning their body lacks structure and their technique is incomplete.
Boom--!!!
That ball of light, the "logical cause," instantly transformed into countless annihilated white fragments under the cover of the Annihilation Construct Authority.
Each fragment, as it disintegrated, reflected every sword mark Qin Yu had previously slashed, every cycle of destiny, and every tremor of his Fate Soul—
Her attempt to erase Qin Yu's skills was instead reversed by the "Fate Cause Master Seal," which recorded, sealed, and settled them one by one!
In the final moments, the woman's voice was barely audible:
"You... you're not at the Annihilation Source Realm at all... who exactly are you...?"
Her consciousness completely dissipated, and that "Main Rift Domain" turned into pure white dust, dissolving in the wind.
The battlefield fell silent.
Only a streak remained in the sky, like a mirror shattering the starry sky, stretching across heaven and earth, as if eternity had left its mark at this moment.
Qin Yu withdrew the Fate Cause Master Seal and stood silently in the wind.
Chi Ning gazed at all of this, speechless for a long time, feeling as if her soul were still in a dream.
The thick fog had not yet dissipated, and the post-battle Mist Soul Severed Realm remained quiet Ji Ran, as if the fierce conflict that had just erupted had never existed. The ground still bore the distorted layers and shattered dimensional crystals torn apart by the Annihilation Wave, and ripples of annihilation force still lingered in the void. The air was filled with an anxiety and calm that came after the collapse of logic.
While keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings, Chi Ning quickly walked to the Xiaotong's side and said urgently, "Xiaotong, quickly check your and your sister's soul crystals. Are they still showing resonance?"
The Xiaotong's expression had recovered somewhat from his earlier panic. He lowered his head and took out the crystal-clear Fate Soul Crystal Core from his pocket, gently holding it in his palm and slowly channeling his thoughts into it. But after only a few breaths, his expression changed visibly.
"... That's it." The Xiaotong murmured, looking up at Chi Ning and Qin Yu, his voice filled with barely concealed anxiety and unease. "I don't know what happened, there's no reaction at all now... I could feel the resonance before, but now... I can't sense my sister's presence at all."
His small hand holding the crystal core trembled slightly. The Fate Soul Crystal Core lay quietly in his palm, no longer flashing any lively light, nor echoing with any rhythmic frequency of Soul Annihilation.
Chi Ning frowned and whispered, "Damn it... Either something happened to her sister, or this area has changed again, interfering with the Fate Soul Crystal's sensing."
Qin Yu remained silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings, his eyes calm and unfathomable, before slowly speaking, "After that battle, the logical structure has been reorganized. Our location, the regional structure, and even the spatial causal chain may have changed. The resonance logic of this crystal core may be being shielded by new boundaries."
As soon as he finished speaking, his fingertips flicked, and a wisp of Annihilation Structure power, as thin as a spider's thread, appeared between his fingers, slowly reaching towards the Fate Soul Crystal Core in the Xiaotong's palm, attempting to read the disturbed soul frequency trajectory from it.
The atmosphere instantly became even more solemn, as if the deep secrets of the Mist Soul Severed Realm were being gradually revealed.
As the fog deepened, sunlight pierced through the layers of mist, leaving only a faint rainbow of light slanting across the shattered landscape. Though the aftermath of the war had subsided, the shadow of the unknown lingered.
Qin Yu stared at the Fate Soul Crystal Core in the Xiaotong's hand, which had stopped flashing, and asked in a low voice, "Xiaotong, what should we do now? Did your sister mention where she might go?"
The Xiaotong pursed his lips, clearly recalling something. His already childish face now revealed a composure beyond his years, and he slowly nodded. "My sister used to... often go to another place, there's the 'Well of Mist Souls' she mentioned. She said you could hear the voices of mist souls there, and she often meditated there or searched for fragments of ancient soul relics."
Upon hearing this, Chi Ning immediately replied, "Let's go, we'll have to try our luck at the next place."
Her gaze was firm and brooked no further words. She grabbed the Xiaotong's shoulder with one hand, and in a flash, she stepped into the mist, transforming into a rainbow-colored afterimage as she shot towards the direction the Xiaotong called the "Well of Mist Souls."
Qin Yu didn't say much. The Azure Ring behind him trembled slightly, turning into ripples of light that vanished into nothingness. He took a step forward and instantly followed closely behind, like a pale golden slant of light wandering between the gaps in space and time, breaking through the air along the trajectory left by Chi Ning.
The space of the Mist Soul Severed Realm was still slowly changing, but the three of them had already embarked on a new journey of pursuit.
The three of them traveled one after the other through the ever-changing, mysterious space of the Mist Soul Severed Realm. Guided by their Spiritual Sense and the faint sensations from their Fate Soul Crystal Core, they finally arrived at a strange realm deep within the Misty Shadows.
The fog ahead suddenly dissipated, revealing a river of light stretching across the sky.
That's not an ordinary river.
That is a Great River of Cause and Effect, reflecting all things and recording cause and effect.
Its river water seems to belong to no physical world; it is neither liquid nor gas, but a flowing realm composed of countless mottled fragments of time, fragments of fate, and remnants of souls. In every ripple, countless "past" and "future" are reflected in endless cycles.
The entire river is a deep gray-gold color, its surface as smooth as a mirror, reflecting countless deaths and lives, gatherings and separations across chaotic timelines. The banks are lined with withered bones, half-buried in the void of the landscape, some still in a struggling posture, as if forcibly torn from their fate.
Just as Chi Ning was about to leap over it, Azure Ring suddenly warned Qin Yu in his sea of consciousness, "Do not fly! This Great River of Cause and Effect... Once you step onto it, it will be equivalent to severing your own destiny and being pulled into an endless cycle of cause and effect, from which you will never be able to extricate yourself."
Qin Yu's expression turned solemn. Sure enough, he tried to cast a wisp of spiritual thought onto the river surface. In an instant, the spiritual thought was dragged into the center of the river. The spiritual thought instantly transformed into countless clones, reincarnating and devouring itself in endless causal scenarios. Even the original source of the spiritual thought was almost swallowed up.
"This river rejects all aerial flight and space travel..." Qin Yu spoke softly, his tone unusually low. "Not only can you not leap over it, but if you take the wrong step, even your real self might be altered."
As they gazed at the river, a ghostly figure slowly emerged from the Great River of Cause and Effect. It was a "past self" draped in a black robe, walking in the river in the exact opposite direction, with a chilling, eerie smile on its face.
"Xiaotong, will your sister come here?" Chi Ning looked at the ghostly figure, her brows furrowed.
The Xiaotong nodded and whispered, "My sister said the Well of Mist Souls is at the end of this river... but you can't fly there; you have to follow the cause and effect."
Qin Yu slowly exhaled. "Then—let's go over there."
A "Fate Sequence Steps" marked by Qin Yu's footsteps appeared on the void surface of the Great River of Cause and Effect. Each step caused a brief moment of calm in the vortex of cause and effect. They followed this only path that could be recognized by the world and headed towards the other side.
That Great River of Cause and Effect is like a deep vein that runs through life and death and connects the lifelines of all worlds. Every step you take on it is not walking on solid ground, but stepping into another reality that "you" may have experienced.
Chi Ning had just taken her third step when she suddenly stopped.
Beneath her feet, a series of shattered illusions appeared in the void—another version of herself, besieged by countless strange beasts, her body broken, her soul wailing, her eyes filled with resentment and despair. The next step would mean truly merging with that cause and effect, and her Fate Soul would forever fall into the realm of illusion and destruction.
"This isn't walking, this is... acknowledging a fate of being erased!" Chi Ning gritted his teeth, his steps faltering.
On the other side, the Xiaotong's eyes already showed an undisguised fear. Although he was young, he knew how many explorers this Great River of Cause and Effect had swallowed up, and even many experts at the Peak Annihilation Source Realm had lost their way in this myriad illusions.
At that moment, Qin Yu slowly stepped into the core of cause and effect.
Countless causal images suddenly appeared in the void beneath his feet. Among those images were his defeat in the Broken Realm, fragments of the Azure Ring collapsing, and even his future destiny of falling into the false soul master and devouring all worlds!
At this moment, the entire Great River of Cause and Effect began to surge, as if it had sensed the "existence of error" and was frantically trying to engulf him in the chaotic vortex.
Qin Yu's gaze, however, remained as calm as an unfathomable sea.
Azure Ring suddenly appeared on his right shoulder, and with a gentle spin, a circular mark of annihilation light appeared on it, like a lock from the abyss that tore apart the origin of the world.
· Silent Wheel ·Soul-Devouring Order.
As he finished speaking, the Silent Wheel vibrated in his sea of consciousness, Azure Ring swallowed the vortex of cause and effect beneath his feet in one gulp in the form of annihilating the order of destiny!
Boom--
At the very center of the Great River of Cause and Effect, an unprecedented core of Annihilation appeared. All the causal fragments that were originally attached to Qin Yu's soul collapsed, and even the projections of the extended path of destiny broke apart. The Destiny Order Steps beneath Qin Yu's feet actually spread out a clear path of annihilation along with the Azure Ring Wheel!
This is a path that Does Not Exist in the river.
This is the "only viable destiny trajectory" that has been annihilated and reconstructed.
Chi Ning's pupils shrank sharply as she stared at Qin Yu, who, without relying on any causal power, instead devoured her and reconstructed the passage. She was almost speechless for a moment.
The Xiaotong's eyes widened, his voice filled with pure shock and awe. "He... he can even erase the Great River of Cause and Effect...?"
He had never seen anyone so domineering, defying cause and effect. The signs of destruction hidden in the river, the powerful beings whose lives were about to end buried at the bottom of the river, all vanished like dust with Qin Yu's every step!
Without hesitation, Chi Ning followed closely behind Qin Yu, stepping onto the safe path laid out by the Azure Ring Annihilation Wheel, while Xiaotong also mustered his courage and followed closely behind.
And so, the three of them, on the Great River of Cause and Effect that countless souls dared not tread, walked a path of Annihilation that only Azure Ring could recognize.
On the other side of the Great River of Cause and Effect, in the distant Misty Soul Realm, a deep, eerie blue soul light is quietly emerging—
The aura of the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm seemed to be responding to their imminent arrival.