Severing the Edge of the Fate Abyss · Gradually Breaking the Silent Realm

The silence lasted only a moment.

In the void, the guardian suddenly murmured, and hundreds of petals around him shattered in the wind, each petal transforming into tiny, symbolic life patterns—densely packed, as if tearing the entire space into mysterious "fate pages."

"The sea of consciousness will be severed here."

The guardian pointed forward, and thousands of life patterns intertwined and converged, condensing into a phantom image of a "mirror Fate Soul." In that mirror, Qin Yu's entire body was clearly reflected—not only his physical form, but also his Spiritual Sense, the fluctuations in his sea of consciousness, and even the traces of every skill he had used were all recorded within it.

At that moment, the mirror spirit suddenly shattered!

"Your destiny will be severed from this point on."

Boom!

A beam of blue-silver spears, slashing out from the Mirror Soul, moved with a speed almost detached from time itself. Once it struck, it severed the cultivator's very existence from the root of their "fate structure," rendering all their skills "ineffective," "logically broken," and "unable to be used again."

Qin Yu's eyes turned cold, and in an instant, he flipped his right hand, revealing a page of blazing life runes.

[Fate Cause Master Seal - Inheritance Structure - Logical Transformation Domain]!

Countless words, destiny lines, and logical loops exploded and surged from his palm, heading straight for the "Destiny Orbit Spear"!

"Sequence reconstruction, logical rewriting—you rewrite my destiny, I will reverse your soul!"

Boom--!

The Spear of Fate and the Construct Coil collided violently, causing distorted light waves to erupt in the surrounding ten miles of space, forming layers of logical rings! At that moment, the Spear of Fate not only failed to pierce Qin Yu, but the main seal reversed the logic, rewriting his "destiny" into "impossible to achieve", forcibly severing the first stage of the Guardian's Construct Technique.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Yu's eyes gleamed, and an aura of utter Silent Abyss rose around him.

[Silent Origin: Wheel-Breaking Seal]!

The power of Silent Origin exploded behind him, and a black wheel of annihilation condensed on his back, like the wheel of death suddenly being activated, crashing down on the Mirror Soul's true form!

The mirror shattered, and the entire Fate Soul Array shook instantly. A low groan from the Guardian could be faintly heard in the sea of consciousness.

This attack failed to completely defeat the enemy, but it did shake the life consciousness array he had set up!

Chi Ning stepped forward, ready to continue.

Before the aftershocks of the Mirror Soul's explosion had even subsided, the void underwent a sudden change—

In an instant, the guardian spirit transformed into countless wisps of Fate Soul, like a data storm in an unpredictable calculation, flowing wildly backward along the Silent Abyss, so fast that even space itself lost its sense of hierarchy.

"Butterfly Soul: Radiant Sound, unfolding serenely!"

Without hesitation, Chi Ning leaped into the air, unleashing a dazzling Mirror Wheel in his palm, and his Innate Martial Soul [Butterfly Soul Glazed Sound Mirror] bloomed!

On the Mirror Wheel, which resembles the outstretched wings of a butterfly, every feather mark flows with fragments of music. That is the soul of Liuyin, which superimposes "consciousness" and "hearing illusion" into the original domain of the silent sound impact.

Thump--!

The sound waves surged like a tide, spreading outwards into the surrounding void in an attempt to freeze the Fate Soul storm!

But at that moment, a vortex suddenly appeared at a certain point within the Fate Soul Storm!

"Not good!" Qin Yu's pupils shrank sharply.

That was no ordinary attack, but a folded Recognition Annihilation penetration line with the strange logic of "delayed firing". Once hit, it would bypass all sound shields and spatial protections and directly hit the "soul connection point"!

Boom--!!

A purple-white sonic boom erupted from Chi Ning's chest in that instant!

She was sent flying hundreds of feet backward. The Glazed Sound Mirror trembled slightly behind her, a corner of the Soul-Protecting Mirror shattered, and blood spilled from the corner of her lips.

"Chi Ning!" Qin Yu shouted, stepping into the void and teleporting to her side to catch her.

Chi Ning's face was pale, but her eyes remained clear. "I'm fine, just a shock to my soul, it's nothing serious."

But at this moment, the guardian materialized once more, its eyes cold, its lips moving silently, yet the logic of heaven and earth had been rewritten:

"The Mirror of Sound, when incomplete, is silence."

He actually tried to use linguistic logic techniques to completely "erase" Chi Ning's martial spirit from the setting!

"If you harm her, I'll retaliate against the very essence of your destiny."

Qin Yu flipped his hand, Realm Severing Origin Brush angrily slashed through the air—

[Fate Cause Master Seal - Final Order - Fate-Severing Question]!

The void suddenly paused, as if the entire timeline had been frozen by the "questioning of necessity"!

A halo of light, woven from 100,000 logical factors, burst forth in the sky:

Is your existence necessary?

Is your attack justified?

"Is your definition of her inevitable death based on the premise of irreversibility?"

"--If it doesn't exist, then it will vanish."

Boom!

The logic wheel shattered, the entire logic of the Fate Soul suddenly went out of control, and the guardian's body once again disintegrated into millions of fragments!

Chi Ning's injuries have eased somewhat, but he is still recovering his consciousness.

Qin Yu's gaze was icy. "In the next round, you will not be allowed to get even half a step closer to her."

In the void, after the guardian was shattered by "Final Order: Fate-Severing Question", the fragments of its Fate Soul did not dissipate. Instead, they reassembled among countless particles, as if it possessed a self-repairing component-like soul source.

Qin Yu's gaze was icy; he had already seen through the logic behind the Guardians' reorganization.

--Its core is not a complete soul consciousness, but rather a soul frequency that repeatedly stitches itself together based on the "causal principle of existence continuation". As long as this logic exists, it is immortal.

"If that's the case."

Qin Yu uttered two words:

"Extinguish consciousness."

The next moment, the void suddenly darkened, the starlight faded, and a dark soul wheel piercing through heaven and earth slowly appeared behind Qin Yu. It was the ninth form of the "Silent Origin: Tribulationless Chapter":

[Silent Path - Extinction of Consciousness and Transmigration]!

A deafening explosion!

This strike was not an attack, but a complete severing of the "chain of skill transmission that constitutes the opponent's skill transmission"!

Throughout the entire world, all particles no longer responded to the soul frequency summons of the guardian.

The soul structure is interrupted, consciousness loses its root, and the entire logical source and transmission chain Annihilation.

The afterimage of the guardian suddenly froze.

He tried to reconstruct it again... but discovered:

The skill cannot be activated.

The logic cannot be extended.

Even his very existence no longer grants him the authority to "launch" something.

At that very moment, Qin Yu raised his right hand slightly, and the Origin Seal appeared.

[Fate Cause Master Seal - Seventh Form - Initial Fate - Writing-Opening Seal]!

This technique is not meant to help the enemy restart, but to rewrite its "initial definition".

I grant you a new life.

"A fate that Does Not Exist."

As soon Fate Cause Master Seal transformed into the Annihilation Origin Star Seal and projected onto the Guardian's forehead. His body disintegrated from the center, folding and peeling away layer by layer, until not even a trace remained!

The entire area remained as silent as ever.

Chi Ning looked at Qin Yu, her eyes revealing a hint of emotion and awe.

That is the Ultimate deterrent against the complete Annihilation of a life form with a logical structure.

The Xiaotong, watching from afar, was stunned, murmuring softly, "This older brother... is so strong..."

On the Annihilation battlefield, the Annihilation Wind still whispered, and fragments of broken space transformed into mottled meteors, drifting and falling around Qin Yu and Chi Ning.

Chi Ning's face was pale, with a trace of blood on the corner of her lips. The wound on her shoulder was still oozing annihilated spiritual blood, which contained disruptive factors left by the guardian's "sense of shattering frequency". If her cultivation had not been extremely strong, she would probably have already fainted by now.

Qin Yu walked slowly over, knelt on one knee, and took out a pill that shimmered with a faint blue starlight from his sleeve.

The elixir was formed like star dew condensing in the dark night, its core floating and swirling, with fine golden lines flowing like Fate Soul. With a slight breath, it could even cause the surrounding Limitless Evolving True Flow to ripple gently.

"Senior Sister Chi, take it." Qin Yu's voice was deep.

Chi Ning took the pill, her expression slightly stubborn, but she still nodded and gently bit into it. It melted in her mouth, and in an instant, a rich spiritual energy, like a galaxy falling from the sky, burst forth within her body.

Boom!

The next moment, her aura was suddenly ignited, and wisps of blue and purple light rose from her limbs and bones. Her Innate Martial Soul [Butterfly Soul Glazed Sound Mirror] also quietly appeared behind her. The mirror image spun slowly, and butterfly light scattered, completely enveloping the places where her consciousness was disturbed and her flesh was broken.

As the mirror light continued its restorative rhythm, her damaged sea of Spiritual Sense gradually returned to stability, and the crack on her shoulder closed at a visible speed.

Within a few breaths, a trace of color returned to his pale face.

Chi Ning slowly opened her eyes, gazed at Qin Yu for a long time, and then smiled, "You saved me after all, Junior Brother Qin."

Qin Yu withdrew the Fate Cause Master Seal, remaining noncommittal. "Once you're healed, don't move around too much."

Chi Ning nodded gently, a soft smile playing on her lips, "Mm."

Watching this scene, the Xiaotong, seemingly understanding but not quite, whispered, "Sister, do you... like this brother a little?"

Chi Ning blushed and smacked him with her hand. "Don't talk nonsense, kid!"

The atmosphere eased for a moment.

But this place is not safe.

In the aftermath of the annihilation of the battlefield, a new spatial fluctuation is quietly brewing...

The thick Mist Soul Severed Realm spread once more, like an invisible tide, completely engulfing the remnants of the recently Annihilation battlefield. Soul clouds churned faintly in the sky, while beneath the earth, a rumbling sound like the pulse of an abyss echoed intermittently, as if the entire world were slowly "breathing."

The three resumed their journey, but found themselves increasingly lost.

Chi Ning gazed at the earth beneath her feet, entangled in causal cracks, and let out a long breath. Finally, she couldn't help but speak, "Xiaotong, do you know how big this Mist Soul Severed Realm is? We've been searching for so long, and we still haven't found any trace of your sister."

The Xiaotong lowered his head, a hint of confusion and bewilderment in his eyes. "I... I don't know exactly how big it is. I've never really gone outside; my sister doesn't allow me to go too far. I only remember that this place is constantly changing... Every time I wake up, everything around me is different from yesterday."

At this point, he glanced timidly into the distance. The ever-distorting boundaries of the mist seemed to be quietly rewriting their paths, and the whole world continued to wander in a state of constant change.

Qin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and within his sea of consciousness, Azure Ring's voice slowly resounded, carrying a rare hint of solemnity:

"This Mist Soul Severed Realm... is far too bizarre. Its spatial logic is unstable, instead being pulled and reorganized by some unknown will... Unless its fundamental origin is completely deconstructed, even if one travels throughout the entire region, one will only be circling in an endless cycle."

His expression remained unchanged, but his gaze was deep and thoughtful.

Chi Ning sighed softly and looked away. "We don't know where to go next... Junior Brother Qin, why don't we find a safe place to rest? Xiaotong and I are almost at our limit."

Qin Yu nodded. "Yes, it is indeed time to stop. Neither of us has fully recovered, Xiaotong also needs to stabilize his soul energy."

The three then headed towards a dimly lit hill to their right. It was a slightly floating, fault-lined island covered with withered leaves of spiritual plants, which seemed to shield them from the fog.

At this moment, the Mist Soul Domain returned to silence, with only spiritual energy swirling around it.

After traversing several layers of soul mist, the three finally found a relatively peaceful place in a corner of the Mist Soul Severed Realm.

It was a Kong Ling floating hill entwined with dense soul vines, surrounded by light blue floating stones and half-suspended branches, with spiritual light flowing around it, like a naturally formed barrier that prevented the mist from penetrating. In the center of the floating hill, there was a small depression formed by nature, smooth as a mirror, with clear water reflecting the three people's tired figures.

Chi Ning sat cross-legged, gently touching the wounds on her body. The Xiaotong leaned against her, looking quite tired, but still vigilantly watching his surroundings.

Qin Yu stood up, his gaze fixed on the restless mist in the distance beyond the Broken Realm, then turned to the two and said:

"You all rest here for a while. I'll go scout ahead and find some usable food."

Just as Chi Ning was about to speak, he saw that the figure had already disappeared into the flowing illusion, his steps steady and swift, leaving no trace of his soul that could be tracked.

The Mist Soul Domain fell silent once more, with only the faint cries of soul beasts echoing from afar, like a warning from the unseen depths, or the resounding echo of some kind of waiting...