At this moment, the two "companions" had also noticed that Qin Yu had sensed something was wrong. Just as they were about to communicate with each other, the surrounding soul energy suddenly surged, and the space outside the entire Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh collapsed with a bang!
"Recognition Annihilation Silent Abyss."
Qin Yu stepped forward, the Book of Fate Law in his hand like a thunderbolt axis. As the pages flipped, countless logical components tore through the void, and the Annihilation Blue Soul Wheel emerged from behind him, pressing the entire sacrificial array area into the Entering Stillness!
The two figures instantly shifted, their cloaks ripped apart, revealing mysteriously engraved Black Abyss Battle Armor. One of them conjured scarlet ghost seals in both palms, while the other had seven Soul-Severing Nails appearing on his back: [Abyss Spirit Nail Sha Art] and [Soul-Wielding Scarlet Sacrificial Seal]!
"Kill!" one of them shouted, his crimson palm striking towards Qin Yu's face.
Qin Yu, however, looked at him coldly and flicked his Yuanbi pen with his left hand.
"Sever the Soul in Nine Silences!"
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword did not manifest, but he directly activated the sword technique's essence by using the Book of Fate Law. The man felt his sea of consciousness stagnate, his soul chain suddenly break, and in an instant—nine silent marks appeared from the void, slashing down horizontally.
The entire Soul Marsh Space was like being torn into shattered mirrors by nine Annihilation rifts. Where the mirrors shattered, the enemy's soul was cleaved in two at the soul level. With each strike, the world lost a piece of the person's "soul consciousness memory," until the person was completely reduced to Consciousnessless body, standing dead!
The other person roared in shock and rage, and seven Abyss Spirit Nail surged out from behind him like chains piercing the sky, attempting to trap Qin Yu and kill him on the spot.
"Silent Origin - Boundless Ashes."
He no longer needed to summon his sword. The Limitless Evolving True Flow erupted from his body, his soul wheel and life seal merged, and the world suddenly fell silent. A black and white flame of annihilation shot into the sky from his eyes, directly piercing through the logic of heaven and earth!
The moment the Abyss Spirit Nail Chain touched Qin Yu's aura, it shattered into pieces. Before the man could even utter a scream, his entire consciousness was torn into the "Boundless Realm Annihilation," completely annihilated Wuhen.
In less than three breaths, Qin Yu amidst the Annihilation, his robes fluttering, the Shattered Shadow Soul Formation beneath his feet still trembling, but there were no more enemies.
But he didn't relax, because he clearly sensed...
Deep within the Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh, even more shadowy figures were already alerted by this swift and ruthless battle.
"It seems Chen Po... had already set up a complete trap." Qin Yu muttered to himself calmly, his eyes burning with a cold light.
Just then, the Sacrificial Master Chiyan roared, "Kill! What are you waiting for?" Countless soul flames in the lake rose into the air at the same time, forming a nine-round Annihilation Fire Purgatory - Soul Heaven Lock Tower!
Nine layers of black flames, rotating like the heavens, intertwined to form a massive fire soul prison, directly locking Qin Yu at the Annihilation Flame Peak!
From high above, Qin Yu appeared as if he had been sketched in a fiery scroll by the heavens and earth, his life and death entirely in the control of the High Priest's will!
But at this moment--
The wind is silent, the fire is speechless.
Qin Yu stood alone atop the Soul Sea burning with azure flames, carrying a halo of light on his back and wielding a heavy black sword. His robes fluttered slightly, yet his eyes showed no fear.
He slowly raised the [Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword] in his hand, a sword that held immense, dormant power, and said in a low, cold voice:
"Alright, it's your turn next."
In the silence, the sound of swords suddenly erupted!
Suddenly, Qin Yu's eyes were drawn in, and he saw countless "construction technique reversal patterns" emerging from the depths of his sea of consciousness. On the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, the ten layers of broken logic quietly intertwined to form a collapsing black seal!
"Sever the Void in a Single Thought!"
The black seal seemed to have devoured the first fundamental logic of the entire Soul Prison Refining Array, tearing it apart from the very bottom of the array, severing its "concept of existence"!
The nine layers of annihilation fire exploded instantly, shattering from the inside like a glass mirror! The entire cage collapsed with a deafening roar at this moment!
But how could the Sacrificial Master Chiyan retreat so easily? He roared, his hands forming a seal, and an Annihilation Prison Soul Furnace, refined from billions of soul flames, suddenly appeared behind him!
"You dare destroy my Soul Prison? -- Then taste the bitterness of having ten thousand souls forged!"
"Annihilation Prison - Burning the World of Ten Thousand Souls!!"
Suddenly, the Soul Furnace burst open, unleashing a hundred billion souls that roared out like a tsunami from the heavens, surging towards Qin Yu!
Each wisp of soul carries the flames of severing cause, the poison of burning consciousness, and the power of tearing soul! They weave together in the sky into a gigantic dark net that annihilates Fate Soul!
Qin Yu remained unfazed, the Fate Cause Master Seal he coldly spoke:
"Destiny Seal - Abyss-Turning Star Platform".
All that could be seen was the radiant light of countless stars emanating from the Fate Cause Master Seal, and a "Fate-Path Star Platform" reflecting the Milky Way rose from beneath his feet!
All the soul flames released by the Sacrificial Master Chiyan Logic Reconstruction the moment they came into contact with the Star Platform, and were forcibly replaced with the new combat skill logic defined by Qin Yu!
"What you released was no longer soul flame."
"It is— the Ultimate Judgment of yourself."
"Cause-Determining Silent Judgment!!"
The seal of destiny falls suddenly, and the Star Platform is overturned!
Billions of soul flames simultaneously reversed direction, surging back towards the Sacrificial Master Chiyan's true form!
"You—you tampered with my technique!?" The Sacrificial Master Chiyan exclaimed in horror.
"Not so." Qin Yu stepped forward slowly, raising the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword once more.
"You use construction techniques, while I write about 'inevitability.'"
The next instant, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword broke again:
"Sever the Cause, Preventing Birth."
The black soul rune that rose from beneath the feet of the Sacrificial Master Chiyan collapsed with a deafening roar!
His connection with the Soul Prison Array was completely severed, his consciousness became disordered, and his soul fire backfired!
"Aaaaaah!!!" He roared to the sky, his entire body engulfed by the soul fire he released, transforming into a raging Soul-Devouring Fire Lord.
Thick fog surged, Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh suddenly trembled!
Immediately following, the Sacrificial Master Chiyan roared, "All personnel, form the killing formation! Anyone who retreats even half a step will die!" Dozens of black figures emerged from various parts of the Soul Marsh almost simultaneously, their black robes fluttering. Each of them was surrounded by black and red energy resembling Soul Ash, the unique Soul Erosion Breath of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect, which was specifically designed to shatter the sea of consciousness and burn the life trajectory.
They were like spirits emerging from their lair, their feet treading on the waters of the soul without splashing a ripple. They wielded various Anomalous Spirit weapons such as Soul-Embedding Blades, Soul-Splitting Nail, and Memory-Severing Banner, forming a bizarre array that sealed off the eight directions of heaven and earth.
Qin Yu stood alone on the broken cliff of the Annihilation Fire Soul Sea, his body swirling with Annihilation Origin energy, his eyes slightly narrowed, his right hand gripping the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, and his left hand holding the Fate Cause Master Seal.
The next instant, the black robe surged forth!
A demonic cultivator was the first to be hit. He suddenly unfurled the Memory-Severing Banner in his hand, revealing the words "Forgotten Knowledge." Instantly, the wind and thunder ceased, memories became distorted, and the scene around Qin Yu blurred, as if he had fallen into a dream. His body was forcibly shifted!
"Severing Memory?" Qin Yu sneered, Fate Cause Master Seal - [Cause Lock - Mirror Binding Law] was suddenly activated!
A gray Mirror Wheel inlaid with inscriptions suddenly spun up, its four corners instantly locking and suppressing the memory domain formed by the Memory-Severing Banner. Then, the mirror surface erupted with a "logic freezing wave," shattering the enemy cultivator's sea of consciousness, causing him to vomit black blood and die. Before he even hit the ground, he turned into a pile of black and red remnant souls.
Immediately afterwards, four people attacked from both sides. Two of them unleashed the "Spirit-Extinguishing Severing Chain," intending to seal Qin Yu's limbs and movements; the other two pointed their fingers together and released the "Sha Soul Bell Blast," distorting and shaking the air in the entire Soul Marsh. Once the Fate Soul was shattered, it would cause either madness or death!
"Severing Structure First." Spiritual energy surged beneath Qin Yu's feet, Fate Cause Master Seal [Eternal Orbit - Severing Structure Lock] was released!
The surrounding spatial logic was severed, and the "Spirit-Extinguishing Severing Chain" instantly collapsed and vanished without a trace when it flew in front of Qin Yu; as soon as the "Sha Soul Bell Blast" sounded, Qin Yu raised his hand and pointed, and a bluish-gray stream of light pierced through the enemy's Consciousness Realm along the crack in the air, causing the two casters' consciousness to explode instantly, and they vomited blood and died!
Without moving a step, Qin Yu had already annihilated the five demonic sect cultivators in ten breaths with several flashes and leaps.
But this is only the beginning.
With a roar, the Sacrificial Master Chiyan shattered his cloak, revealing more than ten Demon Sect elders behind him, whose cultivation had reached the Annihilation Source Realm · Middle Stage. Each of them had purple Annihilation Flames burning in their sea of consciousness; they were the core controllers of the [Soul-Devouring Realm-Locking Formation].
"Soul- Lock Domain, tonight I will forever bury you in the Annihilation Forest!" With the Sacrificial Master Chiyan's furious roar, the entire Soul Marsh space distorted, and a massive Soul Shadow Mirror suddenly appeared high in the center of the Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh, reflecting countless "images of Qin Yu's past self."
That's the Demonic Sect's secret technique, [Consciousness-Splitting Mirror Kill], which can map the enemy's thoughts onto real perceptions and allow them to "kill themselves."
In an instant, dozens of images of "Qin Yu" shot out from the mirror, all wielding swords, all wielding weapons, all displaying extreme precision, completely blocking Qin Yu's movement.
"You think this is my first time facing this kind of illusionary mirror attack?" Qin Yu chuckled softly, raising his right hand high—
[Silent Origin - Boundless Ashes] activated!
The Annihilation Wheel ascends into the sky, then Realm Breaking and falls!
Large swathes of soul components exploded in the air like ten thousand mirrors. The figures of "Qin Yu" in those mirrors suddenly twisted and collapsed, as if spacetime had collapsed and the fragments returned to chaos! Qin Yu stepped out from the storm of shattered mirrors, his gaze piercing through the core of the Soul Swamp and looking directly at the Sacrificial Master Chiyan.
The extinguished flames surged again, and the shattered shadows shattered once more!
He uttered three words softly. "You're all left."
Deep within the Soul Marsh, the extinguished flames still burn.
The Sacrificial Master Chiyan stood at the core battle position of the Demonic Sect cultivators, his soul flames surging around him. His eyes were ferocious, and he laughed in extreme anger, "You actually broke my 'Consciousness-Splitting Mirror Kill'? In that case, let me show you... the Cursed Fate Killing Array at the deepest part of the Soul Swamp!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh suddenly trembled violently. Thirty-two "Fate-Annihilating Ash Pillar" suddenly rose from the four sides of the Soul Swamp. The pillars were forged from soul bones, and each surface was engraved with the ancient script "Devouring Consciousness and Destroying Soul". At the center of the pillar, a black soul core slowly rose and began to rotate, releasing gray-white fluctuations.
--This is a secret array crafted by the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect over tens of thousands of years: [Annihilation Bone Curse Fate Realm]!
Once activated, this formation can completely separate the enemy's consciousness and Fate Soul. Once trapped within it, the "Fate-Cursing Rending Worm" will devour their soul and destroy their very essence piece by piece.
Dozens of demonic cultivators instantly merged into the pillar of embers, chanting the Devouring Incantation in unison, offering their own soul power to the array core!
At that moment, a massive gray "cursed fate net" appeared in the sky, resembling spider silk spreading out and dripping with the wails of all living beings. The net swiftly descended, engulfing Qin Yu!
"Curse Fate, Tear Souls, Sever Souls, No Life!" With a fierce Chiyan, Chi Yan's net of void had already approached to within three zhang of Qin Yu's sea of consciousness.
But Qin Yu was not frightened. Instead, he slowly raised his left hand, and flowing from his fingertips was the unique core mark—[Fate Cause Master Seal].
He whispered:
"The Master Book - Cause Severing Name."
In an instant!
The core in Qin Yu's palm exploded into a vortex of light, and countless inscriptions flowed backward like star trails, spinning out and condensing in the air into a "Fate-Splitting Brush"!
He used his pen as a blade to write seven characters on the web of curses—
"A curse without cause cannot establish its meaning."
The character is complete!
The gray spell net trembled instantly, as if condemned by the heavens. Countless spell threads snapped on the spot, turning into dust and scattering. More than ten pillars of ash collapsed, and the array core was swallowed up by the distorted causal storm!
The Sacrificial Master Chiyan retreated in shock, roaring, "He can actually rewrite the logic of the array!? You... who are you!?"
Qin Yu stepped onto the Path of Silent Origin, closing in with a single step, and spoke coldly:
Who I am is not important; what is important is... you no longer have the right to ask.
The next moment, the [Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword] in his right hand spun lightly—
[Sever the Main Narrative] - Activation!
The azure sword light fell from the sky, piercing straight into the core of the Sacrificial Master Chiyan's consciousness!
The entire Soul Swamp suddenly seemed to "pause the narrative," with Chiyan's movements, aura, and consciousness all frozen in that instant, as if from this moment on, he no longer belonged to this battle, no longer belonged to this "story."
His eyes were filled with fear, his lips moved slightly but he could no longer speak, and his body gradually disintegrated beyond the unfinished plot!
Annihilation!
The remaining demonic cultivators, witnessing the simultaneous destruction of the main formation and the priest, were terrified and scattered in all directions!
But...
[Silent Origin: Eternally Sever the Heavenly Balance] is now reopened!
The Chain of Annihilation Pierces the Sky, Reconstructing the Laws and Authority of the Soul Marsh—with each step the fleeing person takes, a "Annihilation Realm Lock Seal" appears behind them, severing the logical components of their escape!
Their bodies exploded one by one, vanishing into every ripple of light in the Soul Marsh.
A few breaths later, the Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh returned to silence.
As the black mist dissipated, Qin Yu stood alone in the center of the Soul Marsh, his longsword sheathed and his life seal returned to its place.
In this battle, more than forty demonic cultivators and one Sacrificial Master Chiyan were annihilated, and the Fate-Annihilating Curse Realm was completely wiped out!