Annihilation Forest Nether Realm, Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh, Heart of a Remnant Array
The flames have died down, and the ashes have settled.
The surrounding black water gradually calmed down, and the myriad soul arrays of the Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh were all Annihilation. The remnants of broken souls and consciousnesses still wandered in the void, as if they were moaning softly.
Qin Yu stood alone in the center, carrying a sword, his robes fluttering in the wind. In the silence and the lingering light, he was like a solitary peak, like a sword.
He stared at the destroyed spell array patterns at his feet, his expression cold and his mind as clear as a blade:
"This so-called Steward Zhang Song... ha, he's probably just a pawn of Chen Po. Even this so-called extermination mission is nothing more than one of the traps he set."
"Those two inner disciples disguised as Logic Realm Realm were most likely arranged by the Chen Clan. They lured me in deep and secretly sent signals, causing the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect to surround and kill me with all their might... If I perish, no one will know the truth of the mission, Chen Clan can use this to gain another advantage."
He slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath of the suffocating mist, and transformed all his pent-up emotions into the intent of a sword within his chest:
"But since I have not died in this game, I will destroy every piece of their chessboard."
He opened his eyes, his pupils reflecting the northernmost part of the Annihilation Forest Nether Realm, his tone resolute as iron:
"Eliminating the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect is a mission—once I accept it, I will eradicate its foundation."
"As for Zhang Song and Chen Po —I'll settle accounts with them when I return."
Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation - Northern Part of the Nether Realm
The further north you go in the Annihilation Forest Nether Realm.
The mist no longer floated, but condensed into layers of black curtains, like the wails of dead souls—this area had long since deviated from the normal laws of heaven and earth, and transformed into a soul-imprisoning domain for demonic cultivators.
The Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation is located here.
Originally the ruins of the ancient Annihilation Origin Main Hall, it was later transformed by the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect's "Soul-Refining Branch" into the source of the Demon Abyss, where souls are gathered, consciousness is refined, and blood sacrifices are performed to devour souls. The main hall is built on three sides with broken mountain soul stones, and in the center stands a "Soul Bone Heavenly Pillar" that is thousands of feet tall.
The Heavenly Pillar is neither stone nor bone, but is cast from the soul bones of billions of dead. Its entire body is as white as snow, and it is wrapped with tens of millions of blood soul chains. Black shadows constantly struggle from the chains with miserable howls, but are torn apart, crushed, and merged into the pillar.
At the four corners of the main hall, altars stood prominently, with four "Soul Refining Giant Puppets" crawling on them, spewing Soul Annihilation fire from their mouths, burning the remnant souls of sealed inner disciples.
Outside the main hall, a large number of demonic cultivators were active. They were dressed in black robes and wore cursed crowns. Some held soul furnaces, while others controlled cursed tablets. They were constantly driving "soul slaves" into the soul refining array in the center of the main hall. Blood curses and howls intertwined with ghostly wails and wolf howls.
At this moment, Qin Yu's figure broke through the sky from the distant horizon.
His steps never faltered, nor did he hesitate in the slightest.
He did it not for the mission, nor for glory—but for the remnant souls of his fellow disciples who had been sacrificed, and to the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall!
The night before the fierce battle at the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation
The wind howled like weeping, and the soul stone stood like a wall.
Qin Yu slowly descended, standing hundreds of feet away from the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation. Gazing up at the towering Soul Pillar, his gaze was as cold as the stars in a desolate night, and he slowly uttered two words:
"Start."
Qin Yu before the palace foundation, draped in the Annihilation Robe, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword silently slung over his back, the Fate Cause Master Seal hovering in his palm as if both real and unreal. The [Limitless Evolving True Flow] within the golden Eternal Pole Crystal Core was gently guided by the Azure Ring, slowly flowing into his meridians. All preparations for the battle were complete.
Just then--
Boom!
More than ten pillars of soul energy suddenly burst forth from the depths of the palace foundation, opening up like a rift in hell!
A dozen or so demonic cultivators stepped out of the Soul Stone Refining Ground. They were all dressed in black soul robes, with blue eyes and exposed soul veins. Clearly, they were all half-soul cultivators, their life force severed, maintaining their form only through obsession and formations.
The leader, bound by chains, had a soul array behind him that resembled a tower of bones. With a single step, a complete soul refining array diagram appeared on the entire surface of the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation.
"It's him! It's him. Just now, someone from the Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh reported that the person who broke into the Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh... He actually managed to fight his way here all by himself?"
"Charge! Seal off their retreat, forge their souls with blood!"
The soul cultivators gave a low shout, and a dozen people simultaneously activated their core consciousness, instantly activating the Void Soul Array.
Above the palace foundation, the ** Nine-Layered Soul-Refining Split Tower ** appeared, with one layer sealing the soul, one layer stripping away thoughts, one layer devouring consciousness... until the ninth layer annihilates the soul root. All the rules were designed for one person to kill.
Qin Yu raised his eyes, his gaze showing no fear.
He raised his right hand, Fate Cause Master Seal appeared, its radiance pulsating as he unleashed a single move:
Inheritance of Destiny, Knowledge Sealing Stage!
The golden light chain emerged from the void, instantly piercing through the initial rune of the array diagram and directly severing the "soul lock binding" logic of the first level of the entire array base.
The Soul Refining Tower trembled violently, and the first layer of the Soul Lock shattered!
Immediately following, Qin Yu drew the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword from his back with a backhand motion. The sword swept horizontally, emitting a low hum like the lament of countless worlds, and unleashed a single strike:
Sever the Soul in Nine Silences - First Strike!
The annihilating black light, like a whistling wheel, pierced through the four soul cultivators directly in front of it, instantly causing their souls to disintegrate three layers and be completely annihilated!
The other demonic cultivators were terrified and hastily retreated, but at that moment, Qin Yu had already stepped into the air, reconstructing the spatial logic with the power of his soul consciousness. With a flick of his two fingers, he released a series of attacks:
Cause-Determining Silent Judgment!
Within the Fate Cause Master Seal, nine causal tracks emerged, reconstructing the main logical chain of the Soul Refining Array, instantly and forcibly stripping the Soul Tower of its "Soul Rank Advancement Qualification," and directly sealing off the opponent's "Array Suppression" ability.
Above the sky, only three of the nine-layered rift towers remained, barely clinging to life, while the Soul Domain storm raged violently.
The other party was filled with shock and anger, but at this point there was no way out.
"Full power, form a battle array!!"
"It's too late," Qin Yu whispered.
The path of stillness, the cessation of consciousness and the cycle of rebirth.
As the voice faded, countless soul threads in the void froze instantly, and the last remaining layer of the Soul Tower collapsed completely in an instant.
The entire sky above the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation was completely transformed into an annihilation black hole.
More than ten demonic cultivators were annihilated in terror, their souls and bodies destroyed, and even their obsessions were wiped out by the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword.
[The Battle of the Soul Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation] has now been completely eliminated.
Qin Yu let out a soft breath, his gaze fixed on the twisted soul gate at the deepest part of the palace foundation.
The Soul Annihilation Wind sliced through the training ground like a knife. The remnants of the Soul Tower, which Qin Yu had just completely eliminated, had not yet dissipated. At the deepest part of the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation, the Soul Gate, which had been scorched and twisted by the Fate Soul, suddenly emitted a terrifying "boom" vibration, as if some indescribable terrifying existence was slowly awakening.
Boom!!!
The earth suddenly trembled, and cracks spread outwards from the Soul Gate like a spider web.
A surge of abyssal power pierced through heaven and earth, and a colossal figure emerged from behind the Soul Gate. Heaven and earth bowed before him, the soul mist yielded to him, and the remnant formation submitted to him.
It was a true gigantic cultivator, about two zhang tall, with dark cracks all over his bare chest. His bones and muscles were like those of a soul-forged stone, and from each wound, blood vapor rose from purple-red soul flames. His shoulders and back were covered with tattered soul armor, the surface of which was engraved with ancient totems that twisted and turned like a curse.
The most terrifying thing was its head—
Nine winding demonic horns coiled like a bone dragon from the underworld, topped with a massive beast skull that served as a helmet, its hollow eyes flashing with blood flames. Thick, grayish-brown beard danced wildly in the wind, complementing the ferocious beast fur and bone armor covering his body, making him appear like an ancient war spirit awakened from the abyss.
He carried a massive black iron shield in his left hand, its surface engraved with tearing eyes, seemingly capable of devouring souls.
He held a large axe with a crescent-shaped blade in his right hand. The blade was covered with Soul-Devouring Demonic Runes, and each engraving recorded the souls of his enemies that he had severed.
The ground beneath his feet was not earth, but a surging, churning red and black soul spring, like a sea of blood converging into a vortex, drawing all the soul essence of this Nether Realm into his body.
At that moment, even the space itself dared not roar anymore.
Qin Yu's gaze narrowed slightly as he slowly brought the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword into his palm.
Before the other party even spoke, he had already solidified the spiritual pressure of the entire space, as if he were the master of the entire Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation.
This person is one of the true leaders of the Soul-Refining Branch the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect.
The stagnant Soul Spring continued to churn, with countless whispers of the dead surging within the crimson and black soul stream, as if a curse from an endless Silent Abyss was relentlessly questioning Qin Yu's existence.
The colossal, powerful figure clad in beast bones stood silently above the Soul Spring. His nine-horned demonic helmet faintly revealed a ghostly face within the black flames, and his voice was deep, cold, and powerful:
"Young friend, my Soul-Devouring Demon Sect has no prior ties with the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall, yet you have pressed on relentlessly, first Shattered Shadow Soul Marsh, then destroying the Soul Tower, and now even killing my Array Master. Do you truly intend to uproot my Soul-Refining Branch?"
He slowly raised the giant axe, engraved with demonic runes. The axe hummed, and his soul pressure crackled. "You... what is your purpose here?"
Qin Yu slowly stepped forward, the annihilating soul mist beneath his feet automatically dissipating, as if a lone traveler of destiny were pressing down on the Annihilation masses. His eyes were as cold and sharp as a sword, surrounded by the aura of Silent Origin, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in his hand pointed diagonally at the void:
"Why am I here? Simply to complete a mission."
"To eradicate the demonic sect and Annihilation its remnants—this is the duty of the inner disciples of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall."
His words suddenly turned icy, and the instant his steps shattered the void, his divine soul reflected the Ring of Eternity.
"The 'no enmity' you speak of ceased to exist the moment your demonic sect began harassing the mountain people and devouring their souls."
"I won't reason with you, I'll just ask you one question—how many of my sword strikes can you withstand?"
Before he finished speaking, Qin Yu's aura erupted like sword energy, and the shadow of the Annihilation Wheel Rending Abyss appeared behind him. His high-level Annihilation Source Realm aura shot straight up like a world-shattering thunderbolt!
In that instant, the celestial cloud suddenly collapsed.
The giant of soul refinement snorted coldly, a flash of crimson light in his eyes, and the surrounding red soul energy condensed into a phantom of a soul mountain, like a divine and Gods and Devils execution ground built by millions of people refining their souls!
"If that's the case—" he growled in a low voice.
"Let me, 'Blazing Yama Punishment Lord,' meet you, this rising star of Hengji!!"
BOOM!!!
A deafening axe strike reverberated throughout the Soul Domain, and crimson soul energy crashed to the ground like a meteor, transforming into blazing soul-refining chains that swept across the sky!
Qin Yu, however, remained unmoved, and with a flash of his Annihilation Soul Seal Light Wheel, he directly engaged in battle!
The light halo shatters the formation, the sword's edge penetrates the consciousness!
The war has officially begun!
Boom--!
The earth trembled, and soul fire burst forth, crimson and dark purple intertwining to form a towering curtain of light. The colossal figure standing atop the Soul Refining Abyss suddenly unleashed an immense and unparalleled pressure of consciousness, as if billions of dead souls were roaring in anger at the same time, shaking the entire foundation of the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation!
Blazing Yama Punishment Lord – the head of the Soul Soul-Refining Branch Soul-Devouring Demon Sect, cultivation level: Severed Observation Realm, Supreme.
His face was concealed by a skeletal helmet and a runic mask, while eight curved giant horns on his head snaked and flared like chains of karmic punishment. He was clad in infernal armor woven from the fur of soul beasts and the vengeful bones of the dead, his massive arms bulging like rocky hills, one hand holding the Soul Rend Punishment Shield and the other the Hellfire Hell Yama Heavy Axe, its patterns resembling the roar of a blood-soaked hell.
Beneath his feet, in the swirling Black Abyss, lay the activated core of the Soul Refining Array, where countless souls whose consciousness had been stolen were repeatedly wailing, emitting a "clattering" sound of souls rubbing together, like bones colliding with the heavens and earth.
"Since you insist on fighting—then step into my Yama Soul Sha Field and be annihilated under the Myriad Spirits Punishment Canon!"
With a roar, he suddenly raised his right arm high, and the Hell Yama Heavy Axe crashed down!
Skill: Soul Judgment - Rifting Sin Axe!
In an instant, a vast expanse of purple-gold flames of vengeance ignited on the giant axe. Within each axe mark, a struggling, twisting vengeful spirit manifested, wailing as it was sealed into the axe blade, ultimately coalescing into a "Soul-Binding Slash" powerful enough to sever boundaries.
Boom!!
The moment the Ash Axe fell, the void seemed to be pierced by a blazing sun, and the entire sky of the Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation collapsed. The axe light, carrying billions of soul fires, surged towards Qin Yu like a raging tide!
Qin Yu's gaze was like lightning, and instead of retreating, he advanced. He lightly stepped forward, and countless ripples spread out from beneath his feet!
Faced with this deadly threat, Qin Yu remained unmoved. His left hand suddenly opened, revealing seven wheels of Stillness Light Wheel in his palm, while his right hand raised the [Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword] high, slashing through the air:
"Silent Origin - Trace the Spirit Abyss!"
As the sword slashed down, the world fell into a "Recognition Annihilation flow of consciousness" structure—the scene froze, then reversed, as if logic was being reversed and traced back—the seven soul locks of the Soul Refining Sect did not touch Qin Yu, and directly "returned to an unreleased state" in the space!
A chasm of annihilating light unfolded beneath Qin Yu's feet, like a world reflected in the abyss. His figure flashed within it, and his sword light arrived!
"Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Sever the Cause, Preventing Birth!"
The sword blade crashed down amidst the annihilation light, severing all causal relationships and soul energy wherever it passed. The logical foundation of the Soul Sealing Array collapsed in an instant, as if millions of soul beads had exploded behind the Soul-Refining Master!
Enemy Skill Countermeasures - Formation Collapse
The Soul-Refining Master retreated abruptly, a wisp of black-gold soul energy spilling from his mouth. He clearly hadn't expected Qin Yu's first move to directly break through the fundamental logic of his [Soul-Sealing Recognition-Refining Formation].
He let out a fierce roar, and nine soul shadows appeared behind him. The "Thousand Souls Refining Seal" within his body roared, attempting to reorganize the array and suppress Qin Yu again.
However, Qin Yu had already struck down with his sword!
Recognition Annihilation Slash - Yingling Sequence Severance!
As the Fate Cause Master Seal emerged in his sea of consciousness, the logic of all the components of the Soul Refining Array was reflected in his soul, and then--
"Destiny Inheritance - Knowledge Sealing Stage!"
Seven chain-shaped inscriptions emerged above the main seal, transforming into a rule-sealing mark, like a curse imprinted on the array diagram. "Unborn, the soul is already silent." The expansion of the Soul Refining Array was forcibly frozen, unable to evolve further!
The entire Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation instantly plummeted from a state of boiling soul energy into utter silence!
The Soul-Refining Master's eyes flashed with bloodlust, and he gritted his teeth and roared:
"You actually control the power of life consciousness... Who exactly are you?"
Qin Yu raised his eyes, his expression cold and stern.
"I'm someone you shouldn't mess with."
The wind stopped, and the killing intent began to solidify.
The real battle has only just begun.