Qin Yu, Wang Yuan, Hong Xiuxiang, and two disciples of the Severed Observation Realm slowly stepped onto the bone bridge spanning the abyss. The bone bridge beneath their feet was no ordinary object; it was formed by the interlocking spines and skulls of countless ancient beings. Its surface was covered with deep black cracks eroded by time, and within each crack, faint threads of logic flickered. They were like world laws that had been forcibly torn apart, constantly breaking, repairing, and breaking again within the bridge, endlessly repeating, emitting a fine yet chilling crisp sound.
Beneath the bridge lies a bottomless abyss. In the darkness, Does Not Exist, yet countless distorted phantoms of civilizations, fragments of shattered continents, and lost chains of cause and effect can be vaguely seen slowly sinking, as if what is falling is not matter, but the history and rules of the entire universe. Occasionally, broken molecules of logic burst forth in the abyss, transforming into silent bolts of lightning that cleave the phantoms in two, utterly erasing them.
The surrounding void was unstable, with sharp spatial cracks appearing from time to time, slowly sliding past the bridge, but the sound of cutting through the air was eerily swallowed up. Inside the cracks were vortexes of chaotic light and shadow, as if once you were drawn in, you would be transported to some undefined dimension and never be able to return.
With each step, the bone bridge beneath one's feet emitted a low rumble, seemingly warning those who came not to venture any further. At the end of the bridge on the other side, shrouded in thick gray fog, some enormous being breathed slowly within the fog, each breath causing the entire bone bridge to tremble slightly.
Qin Yu's brow furrowed slightly, and a barely perceptible Azure Ring emanated from the depths of his consciousness through the Azure Ring—a breath carrying an indescribable sense of erosion. Wang Yuan's expression was grave, his hand slowly tracing the meridians of his Innate Martial Soul. Hong Xiuxiang whispered, "Ahead... I'm afraid it's not an ordinary guardian."
And deep within the gray fog, a faint, shadowy figure seemed to be watching them.
The eerie light of the bone bridge flowed beneath their feet, as if telling an ancient curse. Just as Qin Yu and the others were about to step into the middle of the bridge, a heavy and sharp aura suddenly surged from behind them—two energies of different natures, yet equally chilling, rapidly approached from the other end of the bridge.
Turning their heads, they saw two teams emerging from the mist. Their footsteps on the bone bridge made no sound, yet left delicate spatial creases in the void. The first team, clad in dark silver armor, trailed black mist like phantom scythes behind them— the Silent Shadow Asura Clan — Ancient Clan renowned in the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer for their cold-bloodedness and ruthless killing. Their aura was like a chilling blade in the dark night, piercing straight to the heart. The other team was shrouded in eerie green soul flames, their figures almost indistinguishable beneath the flames, only the ghostly markings between their brows gleaming with a cold, eerie light—the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace, an extremely evil force known for its soul-devouring and curse-sealing techniques.
Leading the way in the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace was a middle-aged man clad in a dark soul robe. His eyes were like the turned pages of a scripture, each page inscribed with a different curse rune. His aura was steady and domineering, and his voice carried an undeniable authority.
"Halt, you five! Hand over all the treasures you've acquired, or you'll die."
The moment the sound was heard, the logic light threads on the bridge surface began to tremble slightly, as if even the bone bridge feared his presence.
Following closely behind, the leader of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan stepped forward. He was a burly powerhouse, over two zhang tall, with bone wings sprouting from his shoulders. His eyes were as black as ink, yet a streak of blood-red lightning danced within them. His voice was as sharp as a blade slicing through steel, chillingly cold:
"Yes. Either hand them over, or—we'll throw you all off the Bone Bridge and let the Abyss dispose of your corpses."
With the leaders of the two major forces echoing each other, the rest of the clansmen also revealed cold smiles. Some licked their lips, while others had already quietly moved their weapons into their hands. The heavy fog on the bridge was now mixed with a threatening killing intent, making it difficult for people to breathe.
The abyss beneath the bone bridge seemed to sense this murderous intent, faintly echoing with a low, resonant sound, like invisible drumbeats pounding heavily on everyone's hearts.
The mist on the bone bridge became as heavy as lead under the pressure of the two major forces, as if even the light was being distorted. Qin Yu and his group of five stopped and coldly swept their gazes over the newcomers.
Wang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, his tone as cold as a knife. "You two forces think you can take what we have with just a word? You probably think the Desolate Annihilation Secret Realm is your home." The spatial ripples beneath his feet spread out gently, and although it was only for a moment, it made the bone bridge's spine emit a low grinding sound.
The powerful Silent Shadow Asura Clan member at the Severed Observation Realm · Supreme sneered, his bone wings fluttering and sending up a shower of dark fragments of light. "Boy, what are you? You think you can run rampant here just because you killed a few weaklings? In the eyes of my Asura Clan, you are not even worth the dust on the Bone Bridge."
Hong Xiuxiang slowly raised her eyes, her gaze as cold as a deep pool, yet her voice carried a sharp killing intent. "I've never heard of any rule on the Bone Bridge that says 'you have to obediently offer up your treasures when you encounter Asura Clan.' If you really want to fight—we'll accompany you to the end." Her sleeves trembled slightly, and the phantom of the Spirit Brocade Book Realm appeared and disappeared behind her, with waves of sharp energy surging within the light and shadow of the pages.
Another disciple of the Severed Observation Realm, Cheng Han, added coldly, "The Desolate Annihilation Secret Realm is a place where everyone relies on their own abilities. If you really want to rob it, you must be prepared to pay the price." A dark-colored magic seal slowly condensed in his palm, its surface covered with complex annihilation patterns, causing the surrounding bone mist to instantly sink.
The Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage scholar from the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace narrowed his eyes, his gaze as cold as a snake's tongue. "Heh... a few little insects dare to talk tough to us? Just wait, I'll show you what it means to have your soul erased page by page in despair."
On the bone bridge, two killing intents clashed head-on with the aura of Qin Yu's side, as if the air itself was being torn into sharp fragments. The logic molecules of the abyss below were collapsing, turning into wisps of bluish-black light mist that slowly rose, seemingly urging the outbreak of battle.
The Severed Observation Realm · Supreme expert of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan was the first to move. His bone wings suddenly unfurled, accompanied by a shrill whistle that Time Splitting. Bone feathers transformed into jet-black spears, shooting out from the mist of the bone bridge. Each spear carried a shockwave capable of annihilating bone veins, and the space at the spear tip collapsed as if corroded, heading straight for the vital points of Qin Yu and his companions.
Almost simultaneously, the Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage scholar from the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace raised his hand and opened a scroll of Netherworld Book in the void. The pages suddenly flipped open, and countless ink characters transformed into sharp chains of cause and effect, winding their way toward Qin Yu and Hong Xiuxiang. Wherever they passed, even the joints of the Bone Bridge made a cracking sound.
Wang Yuan frowned, clasped his hands together, and unleashed the Ultimate technique of the Only Book Realm. The phantom pages of the book surged like waves, directly intercepting the causal chain of the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace. However, the killing intent of the bone spear was still rapidly approaching, closing in less than three zhang.
Without retreating, Qin Yu drew his Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, its blade trembling as one of the Eleven Severing Forms, [Sever the Spirit Source Abyss], was instantly unleashed. The sword's edge erupted with an Annihilation sword light, like a collapsing galaxy, directly meeting the cluster of Black Bone Spear. Each clash between the sword and the bone spears was accompanied by concentric, distorted annihilation ripples spreading outwards, gradually stripping the causal foundation of the bone spears into ashes.
Hong Xiuxiang reacted just as quickly. She unleashed the [Soul Book Cuts Off Breath] technique from the Spirit Brocade Book Realm, writing a silver seal in the void. This instantly reversed the causal chain of the man from the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace, causing the entangling chain to collapse into a cloud of ink mist in mid-air, which was then swallowed by the abyss beneath the Bone Bridge.
The two waves of attacks were instantly intercepted, but the atmosphere on the bone bridge became even more stagnant. A cold smile flashed in the eyes of the two enemies, clearly indicating that they hadn't truly begun to fight. The logical molecules of the abyss below continued to fracture, as if gathering strength for an even more violent impact to come.
The killing intent intensified in the eyes of the Severed Observation Realm · Supreme expert of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan. His bone wings suddenly closed and then opened again, and circles of bone ripples, like obsidian floods, crashed against the entire bone bridge. As the bridge trembled, the giant skeletal shadows in the abyss below were disturbed, and they all raised their heads and roared, releasing waves of shockwaves that tore apart souls.
At the same time, the Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace snorted coldly, picked up the Netherworld Book with both hands, and the pages suddenly transformed into a vast, dark sea of books. Above the sea of books, ten thousand black dragon chains of cause and effect roared out at the same time, each carrying the power to seal existence and erase origin, sweeping towards Qin Yu and the others from all directions, forcing them into an invisible cage.
As the tide of bones and the sea of books intertwined, the space on the bone bridge completely solidified, even sealing off the fluctuations of the void gate.
Wang Yuan's expression hardened, and he pointed with the Soul-Slaying Brush in his hand, mobilizing the power of the Sole Book Realm to construct a triple defensive array, temporarily blocking part of the frontal attack. Hong Xiuxiang, on the other hand, expanded the Spirit Brocade Book Realm to its Ultimate, setting up [Realm Words Book Seal Script], forcibly replacing the logic of a local space, making a part of the bridge surface a battlefield area in her favor, but it still could not stop the encirclement from all sides.
Qin Yu's steps faltered, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword was held horizontally in front of his chest. The moment the sword trembled slightly, a deep fluctuation of Fate Soul surged from the Azure Evolution Core between his brows. He let out a low shout and released the Three Forms of Fate Construction: Cause and Effect Deconstruction.
A ring of emerald-black life-structure ripples suddenly spread out, simultaneously enveloping the oncoming bone ripples and the black dragon's causal chain. Wherever the ripples reached, the structure of the bone wing ripples was dissected into countless tiny geometric light fragments, and the causal lines of the black dragon's chain were broken down into floating dust, as if they had been directly dismantled from their very foundation. The light fragments and dust swirled and flowed in the air, reassembling into an inverted spatial barrier that pushed back the enemy's attack.
The force of the counter-attack, carrying with it annihilation waves, forced the powerful member of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan to take a half-step back. The pages of the book belonging to the man from the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace were also shaken shut, and the dark mist exploded in front of him.
Taking advantage of the situation, Qin Yu stepped forward, raised his sword, and instantly switched to the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword [Sever the Realm, Leaving No Name]. With a flash of sword light, he directly tore open a spatial rift on the bone bridge, forcing the two enemies to split their bodies to defend themselves.
The roars from the abyss beneath the bridge grew increasingly violent, as if sensing the intensity of the battle and anticipating an even greater threat to erupt at any moment.
On the Bone Bridge, the Severed Observation Realm · Supreme Silent Shadow Asura Clan roared and unleashed his bone wings for defense, while the Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage man from the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace once again unfolded the Netherworld Sea of Books, attempting to regain control of the battle.
At this moment, the two remaining disciples at the Severed Observation Realm beside Qin Yu roared simultaneously. One of them swung the Annihilation Soul Hammer, condensing the power of his soul and body into a dark, annihilating hammer shadow, which slammed into the core node of the Bone Wing. The other summoned a Spacetime Rift Shield, forcibly severing the chains of time and space in the enemy's attack, creating a fatal gap for Qin Yu.
A cold glint flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. He took a step forward, and the Azure Evolution Core between his brows suddenly released a heavy wave of Annihilation. The blade of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword pointed diagonally, and countless cracks appeared on the sword body. He directly unleashed the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Source Silence Severs All - Trace and Sever, Leaving No Wheel. The sword light was like a time rift Beginningless Endless, slashing down along the boundary between the bone wings and the sea of books.
Boom--!
The bone ripples of the bone wings shattered inch by inch under this sword strike, and the inky sea of books was instantly cut open with an unhealable rift. The black dragon's causal chain broke into countless scattered light fragments, losing its suppressive power.
The moment the defense collapsed, Qin Yu took a deep breath, his gaze as sharp and cold as a star locking onto the two members of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan and the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace, and whispered four words:
"The Realm-Overturning Primordial Cosmos!"
Azure Ring suddenly appeared, resembling a golden emerald dome encircling the void. At the center of the ring, a "Unborn World" manifested, where countless laws, causes and effects, and cultivation paths that had never been born surged. In that instant, the two members of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan and the Ming Yuan Ghost Palace seemed to be pulled from reality and plunged into a primordial, silent universe that had never existed before.
All causal chains, cultivation foundations, memories, and existence records were simultaneously severed in the silent universe—without any chance to react, their eyes were filled with horror, and then their entire forms and concepts collapsed at the same time, turning into two wisps of blue light and dissipating into the depths of the ring's center.
The roar and howling wind subsided into silence, and the space around the bone bridge resumed its flow, leaving only Qin Yu and his companions panting heavily.
The Azure Ring slowly disappeared back into Qin Yu's brow. Qin Yu knelt on one knee, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his breathing erratic—even with his trump cards, he had paid a heavy price in this series of battles.
Beside him, two other disciples at the Severed Observation Realm were also struggling with their breathing, while Hong Xiuxiang and Wang Yuan were both pale-faced. However, all five of them understood that their survival was a testament to their ability to survive even in the face of death.