The shattered afterglow of the sky had not yet dissipated, and the embers of the collapsed Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation still lingered and burned in the void.
Qin Yu in the center of the ruins, his body covered in the wind-blown marks. The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword behind him quietly returned to its sheath, and his azure eyes reflected the Demon Sect Palace Domain, which had completely returned to nothingness.
He sighed softly, his tone tinged with coldness:
"This Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation truly lives up to its reputation as one of the main palaces of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect... The layout of its Fate Soul cultivation, soul refining imprisonment array, and soul river reverse refinement is comparable to that of a mid-level divine palace."
After a moment of silence, Qin Yu gazed into the distance, his voice cold and sharp as it reached your ears:
"Alright, since that's the case... let's continue."
His figure then tore through space, stepping into the deepest southeastern region of the Annihilation Forest Nether Realm—
That place is called [The Empty Pupil Secret Tomb].
A spacetime collapse zone, the surrounding space is distorted like a bubble collapsing, and the shattered hands of a clock float in the air, as if countless eras of history have died here, or as if the consciousness of some great being was once sealed here.
The ground is covered with collapsed steles and ruined palaces. All the buildings are bizarre structures that are a mixture of three-dimensional projection and four-dimensional perspective. What appears to be rubble in the distance becomes a constantly spiraling illusion as you get closer.
In this realm, time flows like a receding tide, and rules are like a melting ice field.
A thin mist shrouded the surrounding area, within which countless empty eyes faintly appeared, as if the entire space was staring into the intruder's consciousness.
This is the last branch of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect:
The location of the Pupil Consciousness Branch.
Rumor has it that this place can cause the soul to lose control, time to reverse, and the Consciousness Realm to collapse. Even a powerful expert at the Annihilation Origin level will have their soul scattered and their consciousness shattered if they fall into it.
The moment Qin Yu stepped in, his soul was instantly assaulted by a heavy pressure like a dark current.
He snorted coldly, and the "Fate Cause Master Seal" slowly appeared in his palm, its eerie light illuminating and sealing the cracks in the Consciousness Realm.
Whispering like an oath:
"The Empty Pupil Secret Tomb... the last stronghold of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect, the Annihilation Forest Nether Realm... will eventually be peaceful."
He stepped into this chaotic realm of consciousness and soul.
Okay, so at this point--
Within the entire Empty Pupil Secret Tomb, a piercing "hum--" sound echoed from the deep Soul Sea, as if some kind of the Soul Realm bell had been quietly rung. In an instant, waves of consciousness appeared in the four regions of the secret tomb, and countless figures in black robes emerged from various layers of illusory dreams, as if they had always been hidden between reality and illusion, just waiting for this moment to appear.
Within a few breaths, the broken soul stone steps in front of the entire tomb area were filled with dozens of demonic cultivators.
They wore uniform gray-black robes with soul-devouring patterns, the cuffs of which were sewn with annihilation mirror imprints. Their faces were hidden beneath soul masks, revealing only pairs of eerie crimson eyes that exuded a greedy and insane thirst for souls and consciousness.
The auras layered upon each other, like a storm swirling around the Consciousness Realm.
These demonic cultivators were almost all at the Logic Realm Realm, with some even faintly approaching the Limit Annihilation Origin. They all exuded an aura of "contamination of the sea of consciousness," clearly indicating that they had been practicing forbidden techniques focused on illusion, stripping, and eroding the soul for many years.
They remained silent and made no move, simply staring intently at Qin Yu.
It was as if they were watching an offering fall into the center of the altar, awaiting the arrival of the highest priest to personally tear apart, disintegrate, and devour its soul.
That gaze—oppressive, morbid, insane—was like thousands of empty, spiritual shells staring at the remnants of the "true self," suffocating the senses.
Deep within the Empty Pupil Secret Tomb, deathly silence reigned, and the fluctuations of consciousness surged like a tide, relentlessly washing over the shattered interface of rules. And just as those demonic cultivators of the Logic Realm Realm lined up—
The world suddenly paused, and a wisp of pale white wind slowly blew out from the core of the Nether Realm, followed by a distant yet eerie echo, like the low tolling of a bell in a dream, striking the softest mist in the depths of one's consciousness.
The void shattered gently, as if a crack had split open from the deepest part of the Nether Realm. A figure silently stepped out from between the misty rifts.
She cannot be ignored.
Her figure was extremely slender and tall, dressed in a white robe with snow-patterned soul silk, the edges of which were adorned with black and gold soul feathers. The robe fluttered in the wind, like starlight scattering in the night. The white robe was not made of fabric, but was refined from the remnants of countless consciousnesses. Wherever it was lightly touched, the mirror image of a shattered dream would appear in the cycle of reincarnation.
Her skin was like cold jade, gleaming with a faint, cold light. Her eyebrows and eyes were Ultimate beautiful but devoid of warmth. Her long, silvery-white hair cascaded from her head to her feet, like a spring of memories pouring into the abyss of her consciousness. Specks of ghostly light and dust floated among her hair strands, like fallen stars of her soul.
A [Dream-Annihilating Soul Crown] floated silently above his forehead.
That crown, neither gold nor stone, shifted and changed shape, constructed outside of logic, composed of countless twisted causes and effects and illusory lifelines. Every inch of the crown's corner was inscribed with forbidden words, and every ray of afterglow slowly shattered the "logic of observation" of heaven and earth.
Her eyes were the most eerie—
It has no pupils or color, nor is it pure white, yet it exudes the light of an empty eye. It is as if gazing into it would tear one apart from one's own logic of existence, causing one to fall into an eternal Consciousnessless Realm, where one's soul would dissipate at some unknown time and sink to some unknown place.
The moment she stepped out, the entire Empty Pupil Secret Tomb trembled slightly.
The boundaries of the consciousness space began to reverse, and illusory tides slowly lapped against the bottom of the sea of consciousness. All the demonic cultivators lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at them, their consciousnesses lying dormant like a forest.
She gently raised her right hand, holding a dark gray-black Consciousness-Devouring Annihilation Hammer. The hammerhead resembled a flowing dream core, its surface covered with soul locks and broken time runes. With each gentle swing, the sound of the past and future shifting and alternating emerged from the depths of time and space.
She did not speak.
He simply stared at Qin Yu, taking one step at a time, descending from the sky like a nightmare descending upon the world, carrying with him the deepest silence and coldness of the Fate Soul Realm.
Until she stood before all the demonic cultivators, her gaze slowly shifted from Qin Yu to the distant, completely Annihilation ruins of the "Abyss-Devouring Hall Foundation," her empty pupils narrowed slightly, and she finally spoke slowly:
"Shadow Shatter and Devouring Abyss, both destroyed by your own hand."
Her voice was indifferent, Kong Ling and calm, like a whisper of obsession drifting from the other side of the sea of consciousness.
"Soul Eater, aren't you... a little too greedy?"
As the last syllable fell, the winds of consciousness in the world instantly ceased.
At this moment, the entire structure of the Empty Pupil Secret Tomb began to shake violently.
Countless dream mirrors emerged from the ground, like billions of eyes opening simultaneously, staring intently at Qin Yu. The Consciousness Realm folded, logic reversed; the battle of dreams was about to begin!
She was none other than -- Que Huoji
Annihilation Source Realm: Lord of Illusion-Annihilating Consciousness Nightmare
The Supreme Severed Observation Realm
Soul-Devouring Demon Sect - Empty Pupil Secret Tomb - Pupil Consciousness Branch Overlord
Specialties: Observation folding, illusion peeling, Fate Soul rewriting, logic locking.
Qin Yu's gaze was calm and unfathomable, standing alone amidst the surging waves of spiritual energy. Dozens of gazes pierced him from all directions like blades, yet they could not shake his divine sense in the slightest.
He slowly raised his head, facing the deathly oppressive silence of this soul realm, his voice steady yet containing undeniable power:
"I am not a Soul Eater."
My name is Qin Yu.
"I've come today solely to complete the mission I accepted at the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall —to annihilate the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect."
As soon as the words were spoken, the previously stagnant Consciousness Realm suddenly trembled.
Upon hearing this, the demonic cultivators remained expressionless, but their aura surged once more, as if all their souls had been thoroughly enraged in an instant. Whispers, murmurs, and incantations quietly emanated from beneath their souls, like some kind of ritual to awaken an ancient nightmare, creating ripples in the soul-stirring realm of the Empty Pupil Secret Tomb.
The woman in black robes standing at the very front— Que Huoji —finally spoke slowly, her voice cold and low, carrying a corrosive power akin to the whispers of a deity in a nightmare:
"Qin Yu? Ah... So it's you."
"The destruction of the first two branches has already earned you a place in the 'Mirror of the Main Sect'."
"You are no longer a 'tasker'... but the chief of the 'Soul-Devouring Demon Sect - Elimination List'."
A glint of dark blue and red light flashed in her eyes, like a locking gaze that pierced through countless layers of the Realm Mirror.
"Since you're here, don't leave."
Having said that, she slowly raised a finger, and a black and red soul ring formed from Mieyin appeared at her fingertip. She gently touched it—
Deep within the Empty Pupil Secret Tomb, the core structure of the Illusory Consciousness Dream Realm has been fully activated!
The instant Que Huoji's finger fell, the entire Empty Pupil Secret Tomb collapsed in a silent explosion!
The space did not shatter; instead, it rolled inward like a mirror, peeling away layers of reality, transforming into a black, glossy scroll that folded and imprisoned Qin Yu within it. The original world transformed into a phantom core, floating in the endless waves of the Consciousness Realm.
Qin Yu's gaze was sharp as he stood in the void, only to suddenly discover that all the rules around him were beginning to reverse and revert.
He had only taken half a step when, in another layer of time's mirror image, he found himself already unleashing a sword strike; but the sword light retreated and dissipated, forcibly absorbed into a crimson vortex by the rules of illusion.
"The Illusory Consciousness Dream Realm... can actually absorb future kinetic energy?"
This is a complete stripping away of "action causality" from the reverse logic structure.
In an instant, Que Huoji moved.
She raised her palm, and a Mirror Soul Palace Lantern appeared in the void. Its appearance was like the Consciousness Light Divine Tower, which was reconstructed after the shell of the Fate Soul was reversed. Each layer of the tower wall reflected the illusions of Qin Yu's past experiences - from the Mist Soul Severed Realm to the Heart of Annihilation Origin, from the Azure Ring Light to the Dream Offering of the Severing Realm. Every scene floated in the Mirror Tower like engravings.
Skill 1: Mirror Dream Realm Devouring
"Memories are etched into the mirror of perception, and illusions are recreated through dreams; all will that has ever been stirred can be severed by me in advance."
Tower lights released!
Billions of soul threads, like whips of light, lashed out at Qin Yu in an instant, each one carrying the afterimages of his past—the postures he had wielded his sword, the directions he had taken, and even the tactical paths he had considered.
This is not a physical attack, but a complete shutdown targeting "pre-action logic"!
Qin Yu's gaze suddenly darkened, and amidst a storm of consciousness, the [Fate Cause Master Seal] within his body abruptly appeared!
He didn't take the blow head-on, but instead raised his palm and swung it out in a very short time—
[Destiny Inheritance - Knowledge Sealing Stage]!
A golden life rune suddenly activated, instantly locking down its "pre-action judgment structure" and causing all "recorded behavioral paths" to be reset to zero!
"You're trying to unravel my past? -- Then I'll make sure you can't read my past!"
The countless Qin Yu figures on the Mirror Soul Palace Lantern instantly dissipated, and the chaotic flow of soul threads all vanished into nothingness!
But this is just the beginning.
Que Huoji activated her Soul Finger once more. This time, a crimson curve spun, cracked, and surged at her fingertip into a six-pointed Soul Ring!
Skill 2 - Recognition Annihilation Abyss-Return Curse
"Rewind the enemy's consciousness to its earliest, unknowable state, sever their logic, and destroy their beacons."
A six-pointed soul ring flew out!
The void trembled violently. Within a hundred feet of Qin Yu, the consciousness structure was extracted into a state of reversal. Time and perception began to reverse, and everything around seemed to turn into reversed ink. Even the sense of "reality" was constantly falling away!
In an instant, Qin Yu's consciousness was forcibly interfered with, the logical connection was broken, and even the release of skills began to be delayed and misaligned!
It's a Soul Curse that interferes with the skill framework!
However, Qin Yu remained calm. He gently lifted his sleeve, and the Fate Cause Master Seal and the Book of Fate Law - The Realm Severing Origin Brush of the Realm were activated simultaneously!
He turned his left hand over, and the Fate Cause Master Seal appeared:
[Starry Night - Mirror of Return]!
"If you move me, I will trace your origins."
When this technique is activated, the Fate Cause Master Seal gathers into a pure white light mirror, and the soul source point of Que Huoji suddenly appears in the mirror!
As for the right hand - as soon as Juejie Yuan's pen came down, he immediately picked up the strokes and wrote the life character directly:
[The Master Book - Cause Severing Name]!
"Enemy recognition source naming logic broken -- Recognition Annihilation Abyss-Return Curse, Technique sequence deleted."
The Soul Curse collapsed instantly within the logic panel beneath Qin Yu's feet, its rule chain rewritten into the Mirror Within a Mirror, utterly annihilated!
The Crimson Six-Pointed Soul Ring shattered instantly in mid-air, turning into countless streams of talismanic dust flowing backward!
The pressure on the soul has been completely lifted!
The Illusory Consciousness Dream Realm had barely begun when a high-dimensional battle of consciousness erupted. Qin Yu used Ultimate precise combination of skills to sever the foundation of the enemy's techniques, and seized control of the constructs despite the lingering signs of logic being eroded.