The moment the Annihilation Nether Soul Venerable was completely erased from the logic of heaven and earth, the entire Unshining Cliff seemed to be forcibly detached from the Realm Master.
At first, it was just a barely perceptible ripple that spread from the bottom of the cliff, trembling slightly like the collapse of Black Abyss.
Subsequently, millions of soul runes were activated simultaneously above the entire Soul-Devouring Demon Sect, transforming into a black-gold magic seal array wheel that slowly fell from the dome of the palace. These runes were like thousands of reversed soul sounds, chanting in reverse, as if they were reciting a fragment of an ancient demon soul ritual.
"Boom--!"
At the bottom of the Unshining Cliff, an incredibly deep fissure suddenly exploded open, as if leading to some kind of primordial chaos Annihilation Abyss. The entire cliff began to tremble and crack, and countless soul blood inscriptions on the rock walls spontaneously combusted and shattered, the runes turning into crimson flames that shot into the sky.
The air seemed to be sucked out, and the space began to collapse.
The next instant, an extremely terrifying suction force suddenly surged out from the bottom of the cliff!
This suction force is not wind, nor is it a stream of spiritual energy; it is a "demon soul's primordial memory" sealed beneath the abyss, now being restarted.
It distorted dimensions, drew in Fate Soul, and even the scattered, lingering black sunlight in the sky was pulled into a flat vortex and swept downwards!
Qin Yu atop the cliff, his brows furrowed. The surrounding space was constantly breaking apart, and the ground beneath his feet was collapsing into that crack. The power of annihilation had already torn through ten layers of void!
"This... is the true form of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect's seal?"
However--
Before he could fully comprehend what was happening, a pitch-black soul-burrowing Realm Splitting suddenly burst open at the center of the cliff bottom. The suction force surging from it roared like a dragon and snake, forcibly dragging Qin Yu and the air behind him down!
[Azure Ring - Automatic Silence, Sea of Consciousness Temporarily Sealed]
All that remained in my consciousness was the ever-approaching whisper in my ear.
Come, Ring Master... Your judgment of the Fate Soul is only the beginning.
A flash of azure light enveloped Qin Yu, but it was immediately covered by the "Anti-Fate Logic" within the Soul Cave. The azure light faded, and he was completely swallowed into that unknown abyss.
The Unshining Cliff is on the verge of collapse.
And the true secret of the demonic soul—its origins are about to be revealed.
The next moment--
After falling into a deep sleep for about ten breaths, he opened his eyes, and what appeared before Qin Yu was this scene.
That was... a realm beyond his ability to describe in words.
Before him lay a realm that seemed to blend dreamlike reality with divine power. Deep, bottomless golden water veins flowed silently, each ripple carrying the echoes of countless fragments of Spiritual Sense, as if the entire body of water were an eternal river composed of the light of souls.
On both sides of this "River of Soul Radiance", countless palaces, halls and pavilions meander from the mountain, hanging from the sky like waterfalls. They are all constructed of unknown golden crystal spiritual materials and annihilated black soul bones. Countless inscriptions and chains are spread across the patterns of their buildings, each one quietly whispering the secrets of lost Soul Annihilation.
Above the dome, instead of a rock wall, there was a vast expanse of "Radiant Universe of Destiny" that stretched into the endless star field—flowing golden threads of Fate Soul, like stars woven together, like cracks in the universe, like the very bones of destiny's components, intertwining and shimmering high above, reflecting the world below as if it were a dream.
From the towering "Soul Tower," golden waterfalls, like liquid radiance, cascade down from the top. The water of these waterfalls is no ordinary flow; it is "Soul-Liquid Annihilation Radiance," carrying the aura of annihilation. Upon touching the ground, it stirs up the light of countless soul patterns, and each drop can reshape the definition of heaven and earth.
The ground was formed by golden veins engraved with the secret paths of the Annihilation Path, which converged to form the "Stillness Dao Pattern River". The golden light flowed slowly like blood vessels, as if this entire underground soul domain was a huge primordial life form in slumber, and Qin Yu was walking on its "deep heart of soul veins".
He stood quietly, his gaze fixed on the distance.
Beyond that confluence of radiance and soul energy lies a massive circular main hall, upon which floats a "Annihilation Soul Crystal Heart" entwined with countless spiritual rays—not a spirit stone, not a precious crystal, but an entire "Soul Core Realm" sealed for ten thousand years, containing the source of the most precious treasure of the entire Soul-Devouring Demon Sect's ancient heritage.
Just as Qin Yu slowly approached—
Chains descended from the void, each one like a divine lock of the Annihilation Realm, forged from Annihilation Soul Inscription Iron, heavy, ancient, and unfathomable, sealing the main hall's entrance. Before the hall's entrance, nine soul lamps hung high in the air, each burning with "Annihilation Ash Soul Flame," their flickering light reflecting the phantoms of nine ancient souls, as if the original nine soul ancestors of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect were still guarding this place.
Qin Yu's steps slowly came to a halt amidst this radiant light, his heart filled with indescribable shock.
This is not just a simple treasure trove.
This is a complete relic of the Soul Origin Civilization, the true "Soul Vein City" secretly hidden by the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect beneath the middle layer of the Source of Epochless.
At this moment, Annihilation Source Realm Supreme, he finally confronted the true essence of this demonic sect for the first time.
And so, an awakening and exploration that transcends predetermined destiny has quietly begun.
Qin Yu ventured deep into the main hall, and in an instant, it seemed as if he had crossed the highest limit of all known wealth laws of the Source of Epochless.
It was not a "treasure trove," but rather... a primordial Soul Hall built upon the logic of Soul Annihilation and the order of destiny.
The Soul Hall is vast and boundless, with its boundary walls forming a world of their own. The four sides seem to be folded into countless layers of space by the rules of Annihilation Structure, and the sky is like an inverted sea of stars, with billions of Soul Annihilation inscriptions flowing within. But what is most eye-catching is the boundless, endless, mountain-like accumulation that is enough to make the entire inner gate of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall tremble—the Source of Wealth!
Within the palace, a radiant stream of light, like a galaxy traversing the heavens and earth, cascaded down from the meteorite platform on the left, flowing between the soul vein channels. Each ray of light was a genuine [Annihilation Starlight Crystal]!
They were so densely packed that they seemed like a vast ocean overflowing, piled up like mountains, and flowing like the tide, with each fluctuation radiating the primal pulse of the Soul Annihilation Energy Flow. Qin Yu sensed it briefly and realized that this area alone exceeded the total amount of Annihilation Starlight Crystal of the entire Ten Streams!
"The capacity of ten streams... My God, that's enough to shatter the order of ten mid-level divine realms."
And that was just the beginning.
Deep within the palace, in the center of the golden main river formed by the convergence of [Soul-Liquid Annihilation Radiance], a crystal waterfall suddenly appears, resembling a tower, a well, a vein, or a boundary, connecting to the deepest core of the lower level of the Soul Hall.
That is... the true core--
At the bottom of the main river, countless golden waterfall patterns flowed and formed an array, creating a "Myriad Aspects Annihilation Array" hundreds of feet wide. And in the very center of the array, there were countless crystal-clear, radiant Limitless Resonance Crystal Fragment]!
Each crystal is a condensed essence of the highest energy level of the Soul Annihilation Logic, engraved with the world's component chains and the core of destiny's power.
They are arranged in an orderly fashion, shimmering with iridescent light like a surging sea of stars, their crystalline colors flowing from an initial silvery-blue radiance all the way to the extreme of deep space iridescence.
Qin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and in an instant, he deduced and sensed. "This quantity... a full ten thousand!!"
Ten thousand Limitless Resonance Crystal Fragment!
That is enough to supply an entire mid-level main God Clan with ten eras of Soul Annihilation refining essence. If it were obtained by any main temple, even the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall, it would cause a sect-level upheaval and a replacement of the inner core!
What truly gave him a slight tremor was what was above.
At the end of the "Soul Radiance Main Waterfall," above the nine Soul Vein Crystal Platforms suspended in the sky, float over a thousand peerless [Complete Limitless Resonance Crystal].
They seemed to have been personally crafted by the "Fate Soul," each one rotating slowly in the air, emitting a multi-dimensional frequency resonance, like the whisper of the heart of the Heavenly Dao, making the entire palace space feel as if it were under the divine revelation of the law!
A thousand complete Limitless Resonance Crystal!
Even the central treasury of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall couldn't gather even one-tenth of such a quantity!
"This Soul-Devouring Demon Sect... actually possesses such a high level of soul treasure?"
Qin Yu fell silent for a moment.
Before this abyss of souls and wealth, all divine arts, combat skills, and spiritual treasures seem pale and powerless.
But he knew that the more extraordinary the wealth, the greater the price and mystery it concealed.
He slowly approached, placing one hand on the edge of the "Myriad Aspects Annihilation Array," and exhaled softly:
"If this is the true strength of the Soul-Devouring Demon Sect... then, Zhang Song, Chen Po... what exactly are you coveting?"
His gaze had already been fixed on the almost imperceptible Soul Annihilation crack on the crystal core high in the sky.
Perhaps the deepest secret of the entire sect is hidden there.
Just as Qin Yu in the center of the Myriad Aspects Annihilation Array, gazing at the nine suspended crystal platforms, the entire Soul Radiance Space suddenly trembled slightly.
The next instant, that familiar spiritual energy suddenly burst through the air, as if it were forcibly projected into reality from the outer layer of cause and effect!
Wow, Qin Yu!!
A beam of azure light swirled down from the void, its ring of spiritual light shattering the logic of space like lightning before solidifying into the familiar figure of a young girl— Azure Ring.
As she flew, she excitedly shouted, "You, you, you, you—you're rich! Super, super, super rich!"
A dazzling Azure Ring surrounded her as her Spiritual Sense overloaded, surveying the entire Soul Hall. "I won't even mention the sea of Annihilation Starlight Crystal! I won't even mention the tens of thousands of Limitless Resonance Crystal —but did you know that there's actually one hidden here..."
She suddenly stopped, her pupils dilating sharply.
"... That one!!"
As she spoke, she pointed her slender finger, and Qin Yu instantly sensed a violent interference in the frequency of the central space of the entire Annihilation Array. The next instant, a soul domain, sealed by multiple causal chains, the primordial soul annihilation membrane, and the "resonance barrier," slowly broke open.
Hiss...
It was a sound that sent chills down your spine.
An "Obsidian Star Core" slowly rose from the formation.
It was a crystal core with a diameter of half a foot, suspended in mid-air. Its surface was like an inverted abyss, completely devouring the soul radiance and laws.
In the darkness, a purplish-black demonic flame burned, but the flame had no temperature. Instead, it constantly emitted causal echoes of "spatial collapse" and "soul consciousness shattering".
Within each breath of Dao Flame, it seemed as if a collapsing universe was crumbling, and within it, billions of wailing souls were being reincarnated and Annihilation, like an echo of the end of the world.
This is the one:
[Boundless Realm-Devouring Devil Flame Emperor Core]
Appearance description:
A Soul Realm core, entirely black and with disordered rules, burned with purplish-black Netherworld Flames. Within the flames were illusions of a collapsing universe, and the faint rumble of chaos could be heard.
Embedded in the center is a chaotic demonic eye that is "unpredictable in its reality and illusion." Its gaze is extremely unstable, and anyone who is looked at by it will suffer a violent collapse of their soul and consciousness, as if falling into an eternal abyss.
Legendary Ability:
According to records, this item evolved from the core of the "Annihilation Dawn -level Extreme Abyss Devil Master" after his death, and there is only one of its kind.
It possesses transcendent attributes such as Realm Devouring, Burning Souls, Beng Yin, Splitting Consciousness, and Annihilating Domains.
If refined, it can temporarily grant any cultivator at the "Annihilation Source Realm" the power of a half-step projection below the "Annihilation Dawn Realm Master" level;
Even without refining, it can serve as an absolute substitute for the Limitless Resonance Crystal, rewriting the core logic nodes of the main seal once!
"Qin Yu..." Azure Ring's tone had shifted from excitement to shock as she whispered:
"You... do you know that this thing before you would drive all the temple masters of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall mad? Even your 'Hao Yuanzun'... may not have ever possessed a complete 'Emperor Core'..."
"It's not a rare and precious treasure; it's... the remnants of another era's logic."
Qin Yu remained silent.
He stood before the Emperor's Core, sensing the abyssal demonic eye slowly turning towards him—in that instant, his Consciousness Realm seemed to be stripped of the Source of Epochless, and plunged into a "chaotic entropy flow where the Fate Soul Unborn."
However, he did not take a single step back.
Instead, he took a step forward.
He raised his right hand slightly, and the Fate Cause Master Seal appeared. Azure Ring opened her eyes slightly, but did not stop him.
"What is destined to be obtained is the beginning of shaping one's destiny."
You belong to me.
He placed his palm against the Annihilation Rift Devil Flame on the surface of the Emperor Core.
Everything was violently distorted.