Awakening from the Dream, Lingering Traces · A Triumphant Return

The Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm had not yet recovered from the destruction of "Realm Authority Returns to One," and its core causal chain had just been reconstructed when the world suddenly fell silent.

Deep within the void, a dark azure vortex silently bloomed, slowly rotating like an inverted Star Abyss, bringing with it the worship of all things and the subjugation of time and space.

A ray of light followed as he stepped out.

She was a petite young girl in Qingyi, her clothes as ethereal as smoke and mist, her eyes clear as the sun, yet concealing the most ancient and Annihilation Structure inscriptions of heaven and earth.

She blinked, gave a soft hum, and her voice carried a hint of mockery:

"Oh ho, you're pretty arrogant, aren't you? I was originally thinking of using your little tricks to give Little Qinzi a good beating... but now it seems you think you're the main character?"

That girl was none other than Azure Ring.

The Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm instantly absolved all consciousness; its crown, constructed of paradoxes, and its veins entangled by cause and effect, trembled slightly—

Fear, a fear that comes from the depths of existence, like an innate instinct for avoidance.

Azure Ring smiled gently, raised her slender hand, and a faint light traced a path between her fingertips:

"You've come at the perfect time. The 'Derivative Cycle Interference Attraction' set that I prepared a while ago was specially made for you. Now you can experience it for yourself."

Boom!!

This move is no ordinary skill.

This is a specific trajectory construction mechanism modulated within Qin Yu's body, originating from Azure Ring's "Logic Simulation Guidance Matrix," specifically designed for reprogramming, guiding, extracting, and refining hyperdimensional components.

[External Guidance and Intervention: True Construct Mode]!

In an instant, all the ways in which the Limitless Evolving True Flow circulated within Qin Yu's body suddenly changed!

His entire being was illuminated by the full spectrum of his Fate Soul, the flow of his techniques, and the core of his Silent Origin Logic.

The "Azure Ring Resonance Circuit" automatically activated deep within the sea of consciousness, and inscriptions emerged from the imprint of the Fate Soul, forming a massive "logic vortex core" that slowly rotated like a star!

The core trajectory summoned by Azure Ring —rotating into a wheel at her fingertips and projecting into Qin Yu's body, while simultaneously being released outwards as a "Co-Constructed Origin Field" between heaven and earth!

At this moment, the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm realized the true terror:

He is not fighting against one person.

Instead, it was completely locked in by "an anchor point in another dimension"!

"Trying to run?"

Azure Ring chuckled softly, and a strand of her black hair, both real and ethereal, flew out from her shoulder, instantly piercing through thirty layers of void and completely binding the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm!

That thread, like a spirit, like a structure, like the master of destiny, locked away all the transfer structures of the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm.

All that could be seen was the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm struggling frantically, trillions of causes and effects shattered, paradoxes misaligned, observations denied... all to no avail!

Azure Ring slightly opened her eyes and slowly uttered three words:

"[All-Dimensional Refinement]."

Instantly, the entire rift fell silent.

The black hair burst forth with boundless green light, and billions of logical chains, spacetime circuits, and causal nodes were swallowed up by a furnace, peeling away the core existence structure of the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm inch by inch!

Heaven and earth were forged into a furnace, and His existence was deconstructed into:

Structural prototype;

Spiritual Sense information;

Annihilation Structure crystallization;

Remnants of the fundamental proposition!

Azure Ring stood in the center like a deity, with the "Silent Realm: Myriad Structures and Different Rings Diagram" appearing behind him, each ring representing a dimension of annihilation.

The Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm was as if it had been stripped of its bones by hundreds of millions of annihilation lines, transforming from an indescribable existence into particle fragments refined by the azure light, swirling and churning in the air.

Qin Yu's Fate Soul was now in sync with the rhythm, and a "nullification core" cracked open in his chest, automatically resonating with and receiving the Azure Ring.

After a few breaths, everything fell silent.

In that abyss-like battlefield, only Azure Ring reached out and pulled out a perfectly replicated Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm from the light. It looked exactly like the original, but it had no independent consciousness and was only used for delivering missions.

Azure Ring tossed it gently to Qin Yu: "Here, don't say I didn't make things easier for you when you get back."

She glanced one last time at the fading void, and smiled mischievously.

"You think you're the hunter? Too bad... the prey never knows itself."

The Annihilation Origin Severed Realm silent, and the cracks in the sky gradually healed, as if no turmoil had ever occurred.

After Azure Ring put away the "Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm - Imprint Remnant Core", she walked lightly to Chi Ning's side. With a flick of her slender fingers, a strand of ethereal green hair swirled out and gracefully landed between Chi Ning's eyebrows, just like a ribbon of Fate Soul.

A wisp of azure light bloomed in her sea of consciousness, like a purifying light cleansing her soul, clearing away distracting thoughts, and healing the tears and wounds in her consciousness.

The next instant, Azure Ring turned her head and smiled lightly, silently disappearing into Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. Her lingering charm remained, the stillness like water.

Chi Ning's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she opened her eyes.

She paused for a moment, looking at Qin Yu who was gazing at her. A gentle breeze ruffled the hems of their clothes, and an unspoken Anran spread through them.

"What... happened to me?" she asked softly, her brows furrowed slightly. "Just now, everything went black, and I don't remember anything else."

Qin Yu spoke in a deep voice, recounting the truth about the Xiaotong —that the seemingly innocent guide was actually the true form of the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm; from the initial "search for his sister" to the sacrifice in the dream, and then to the three Severed Observation masters of the Annihilation Origin Land—he detailed the entire scheme, the manipulation, and the trap.

Chi Ning felt a chill run through her body and remained silent for a long time.

Then she clenched her fist tightly, her suppressed rage exploding in her eyes. "Damn it! So this is the trap set by the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm! I was wondering why the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall marked this mission as Annihilation Ranking... It turns out, all the disciples who came here were wiped out by its scheme..."

She looked back at the seemingly peaceful ground beneath her feet, her eyes filled with lingering fear and anger.

"Thank goodness... I came with you this time." She sighed softly, her voice tinged with complex emotions. "Otherwise, I would have been completely annihilated by it long ago, leaving not even a trace of my existence..."

Qin Yu simply smiled faintly, seemingly unfazed, as if the earth-shattering battle that had just taken place had never happened.

"Let's go," he said. "We should head back; the mission is complete."

Chi Ning nodded.

The two exchanged a glance, then together retrieved the two [Soul Crystal Seal Covenant] issued by the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall when they accepted the mission from the storage room.

"Ready?" Qin Yu asked softly.

"Anytime." Chi Ning nodded.

"Then let's go."

The next moment--

The two of them simultaneously squeezed the soul crystal!

"Click!"

With a soft sound, as if a Realm Lock had snapped, golden light suddenly rose up from the shattered soul crystal, shooting into the sky and then transforming into two intertwined teleportation beams that sucked their figures in inch by inch.

The surrounding world rapidly collapsed, space peeled away layer by layer, and the view was torn apart into swirling vortexes.

Qin Yu and Chi Ning's figures slowly dissipated deep within the purified Annihilation Origin Severed Realm.

Only a wisp of blue light remained in the distant sky, as if bidding farewell to heaven and earth.

The light of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm was completely hidden on the distant other side of the Annihilation Abyss. When Qin Yu and Chi Ning reappeared, the ground beneath their feet was no longer the black soil of the Annihilation Boundary, but the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall - the Fate Authority Mission Hall.

Inside the vast hall, divine runes swirled and Dao rings intertwined, with layers of destiny order pillars standing in all directions, each engraved with the names and trajectories of countless missions undertaken by disciples.

And at this moment--

Two figures emerged from the teleportation light. One wore a plain battle robe with faint battle marks, and although the fluctuations of their divine souls had weakened, their aura remained as deep and profound as an abyss, like gods returning from the dead!

That is--

A disciple standing not far away suddenly widened his eyes, raised his hand, and exclaimed:

"It's Qin Yu and Chi Ning! Didn't they take on that mission from the Annihilation Ranking a few days ago?"

"You mean that [Annihilation Ranking - Mist Soul Severed Realm] quest, number 4319?! My god, that's a quest that no one has ever completed in billions of years!!!"

"They actually... came back alive???"

In an instant, all the disciples in the Fate Authority Mission Hall who were processing missions and registering points stopped and looked over. Dozens of pairs of eyes met in shock, as if they had witnessed their irreversible fate being forcibly rewritten!

Almost everyone was whispering:

"The Mist Soul Severed Realm... has truly been broken..."

"That place... is it really possible to return? Isn't it true that once the soul crystal shatters, all contact is lost, and even annihilation becomes untraceable?"

Among the crowd, even some elders were subtly impressed, their expressions showing emotion.

Qin Yu and Chi Ning remained silent, steadily walking towards the "Annihilation Ranking Mission Window" at the very top of the overall mission list.

At this moment, the elder in charge of reviewing the Annihilation Ranking missions was half-bent down, flipping through the records. Hearing footsteps, he looked up and was about to answer when he saw Qin Yu and the other person. His movements stopped abruptly, his pupils shrank sharply, and even his divine sense was briefly shaken for a moment.

"You... are..."

"Task number 4319, submitted."

Qin Yu remained calm as he took out the "Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm - Core Fragment" personally imprinted by Azure Ring from his sleeve and gently placed it on the mission crystal plate.

"..."

A silent shock reverberated throughout the entire Mission Hall!

The elder stared at the black crystal that emitted the fluctuations of "Heart of Fate Soul - Annihilation Core," his lips moving slightly as if he wanted to speak, but he remained silent for a long time.

Finally, Chi Ning smiled and softly called out three times:

Elder.

Elder--

"Elder!"

"Huh? Ah!!"

The elder finally awoke with a start, repeatedly clasping his hands in a fist and bowing deeply, his voice trembling as he chuckled, "My apologies, my apologies... I... I simply cannot believe it... that someone actually completed this task..."

He slowly reached out and took the Heart of the Annihilation Origin Severed Realm into the Myriad Epoch Sealing Array. Then, he took out two dazzling crystals from the storage barrier—Complete Limitless Resonance Crystal. The crystals were covered with rainbow light, which surrounded the star map and reflected the shadows of millions of the Annihilation Realm.

"You two, mission accomplished."

"Each person will receive a complete Limitless Resonance Crystal, plus 3,000 points, which have been entered into the Fate Authority Core."

A radiant glow shone on the mission pillar, instantly updating the score records under their names and making them among the top performers of the year.

--Just then!

"Boom!!"

A sudden gust of wind arose at the palace gate. Shen Yuzhi, Luo Huan, Mu Xun, Du Linglin, and Mo Zhiyan arrived almost simultaneously. Upon seeing Qin Yu and Chi Ning standing safely in the palace, they all seemed to have been shaken to their very core, their faces filled with disbelief!

"Wow, oh my god!!!"

"You two really... really completed that mission???"

"The Annihilation Origin Severed Realm! That's Ultimate perilous place that even the elders avoid! You actually came back?"

"How exactly did they do that?"

"The legend of the five Only Book Realm · Supreme Annihilation is indeed true!"

The crowd surrounded the two, a mix of amazement, cheers, bewilderment, reverence, and disbelief erupting, instantly igniting the atmosphere in the Mission Hall.

At this moment, Qin Yu and Chi Ning simply stood quietly in the center, smiling in response.

Their shadows were stretched long by the rising sun, falling on the golden, radiant Divine Rank of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall.

At this moment, Qin Yu and Chi Ning 'Soul Name will be forever etched in the annals of eternal destiny.

Before the crowd in the hall had recovered from their shock and elation, a smile had already quietly bloomed on Chi Ning's face. Her eyes sparkled, her voice was clear and melodious, carrying a strong sense of pride and a touch of girlish playfulness:

"Of course! Who do you think completed the mission? Don't you know who they were with!"

She gently patted Qin Yu's shoulder, her eyes crinkling with a smile, radiant with starlight, like a victor who had just returned from the brink of death.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Everyone laughed, the solemnity that followed their shock vanished, and a joyful atmosphere seemed to return to the summit of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall.

However, just as everyone was about to continue pressing for details about the breathtaking process of breaking through the barrier, Qin Yu slowly raised his hand, his voice calm yet conveying an undeniable sense of authority and composure:

"Okay, okay--"

"Senior brothers and sisters, let's leave here first."

His gaze swept across the Mission Hall, where he could vaguely sense the divine senses of several unfamiliar powerful figures probing him. After all, the mission they were undertaking was the "Annihilation Ranking: Mist Soul Severed Realm," a mission that no one had been able to successfully complete in billions of years. If they hadn't prepared in advance, it would only have been a matter of time before they shook up all the other halls.

"This place is crowded and chaotic," Qin Yu continued. "Let's have a proper chat when we get to my Star Abyss Palace."

With that, he raised one hand, and a gate of azure light instantly appeared in the space, its star pattern resembling a cyclical Star Abyss totem, slowly rotating out of the void.

Chi Ning smiled and nodded. Shen Yuzhi, Luo Huan, Mu Xun, Du Linglin, Mo Zhiyan and the others exchanged smiles, all understanding the meaning behind it.

The next moment--

"Whoosh!"

Seven figures, transformed into streaks of light, broke through the clouds above the Mission Hall and soared into the depths of the Star Abyss.

Beneath the heavens, only the disciples' lingering amazement and solemnity remained. From this moment on, the legend of a new era was quietly inscribed into the Eternal Extreme Divine Stele.