The Silent Realm Cracks · Twelve Shadows Fall

In the void, the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier all stopped abruptly. The golden-blue "Dao Flame" light clusters boiled and burned at their faceless heads, emitting ripples that shook the ages. Previously, they had maintained a cold, philosophical pressure, attacking in a neat, flowing manner. But when the Azure Ring of light rose from Qin Yu's body, the power of the Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning stirred up an echo of the Beginningless paradox between heaven and earth, and those ethereal figures suddenly trembled!

"--That's it!"

Although they lacked human voices, countless Daoist runes suddenly surged within them, flashing with golden light signifying "Return," "Circle," and "Source," roaring like the heartbeat of the universe. Their will was crystal clear: what they had been searching for in endless cycles of reincarnation was this very circle!

In an instant, the aura of the Dao Shadow Soldier completely spiraled out of control, and their original non-propositional aura of the Annihilation Dawn Realm Supreme surged to an indescribable level. The void was frantically torn into dozens of fracture zones, each fracture a reflection of "Existence Denial," as if to tear the entire Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace apart.

The "Origin-Returning Blade" surrounding them all ignited with intense golden-blue light, carrying a silent Dao chant, transforming into sharp edges that tore through reality. Each tremor of the blades caused the surrounding scrolls, walls, divine palace inscriptions, and narrative stele shadows to tremble violently, as if forcibly rewritten into "meaningless symbols."

Hong Xiuxiang was covered in cold sweat. She instinctively sensed that this was no longer ordinary Annihilation Dawn Realm power, but some kind of terrifying power that "transcended definition". The elders of the Dawn Cloud First Hall also changed color. Even they, Only Book Realm · Supreme, felt a profound sense of impending death approaching.

Qin Yu's heart tightened as Azure Ring suddenly spoke in his mind, her voice unusually urgent:

"Qin Yu! They've completely locked onto me! If you Azure Ring Technique head-on again, they will tear apart everything in their path, determined to devour you into the Origin Realm!"

In an instant, the world seemed to be shrouded in an invisible judgment. The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier marched in unison, each step like a broken chapter of reincarnation, relentlessly pressing towards Qin Yu!

The void cracked as the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier stepped forward, and within the cracks surged a torrent of annihilation, a mixture of gold, cyan, and Black Abyss, as if the entire Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace was about to collapse.

Each Dao Shadow Soldier raised its "Origin-Returning Blade" high, its blade condensing Dao Flame, accompanied by the frenzied roar of billions of Daoist runes, weaving into a sword curtain comparable to the end of the world. They had gone completely mad, locking onto Qin Yu, with him being the only target in the world.

"Boom--!"

The first Dao Shadow Soldier struck first, its invisible blade sweeping across, instantly turning space to ashes and forcibly twisting time on either side of the blade. Immediately afterward, the blades of the second and third Dao Shadow Soldiers overlapped, the twelve Origin-Returning Blade intertwining, seemingly forming a "circular altar of destruction" centered on Qin Yu.

Hong Xiuxiang suppressed the trembling in her body and unleashed her Innate Martial Soul, "Spirit Brocade Book Realm." Countless spiritual books transformed into a barrier of books, attempting to protect Qin Yu. However, in the next instant, the pages of the books were spontaneously combusted by that Dao power, and the talismans turned to dust, making it impossible to stop them.

"This oppressive force... is practically the ultimate solitude above the Annihilation Dawn Realm..." An elder of the Dawn Cloud First Hall gritted his teeth, despair surfacing in his eyes.

Qin Yu's eyes narrowed sharply. Deep within his sea of consciousness, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword and the Azure Ring roared simultaneously, as if trying to shatter his soul. The Azure Ring's voice burst forth from his sea of consciousness, carrying an incomparably cold and resolute tone:

"Qin Yu, we can't retreat any further! If they devour you, I will be utterly reduced to nothingness! The only way is to fight back, to destroy one ring with another, to confront one silence with another!"

Suddenly, Azure Ring of light burst forth beneath Qin Yu's feet, and nine rings emerged from the void, overlapping between heaven and earth. In that instant, all the rune pages and narrative inscriptions inside the palace fell silent, as if even "existence" itself had been denied by the rings.

The Azure Ring whispered, echoing across the fields:

"Azure Ring, Second Form - Realm-Severing Silent Light!"

Countless blades of Annihilation light transformed into billions of meteors, meeting the Origin-Returning Blade of the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier!

When the first beam of light collided with the Origin-Returning Blade, it was like a collision of two absolute concepts, instantly tearing apart the outer space of the Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace. Thousands of palace projections were shattered, and black and gold ripples swept across the area like a cosmic storm. The violent special effects were as shocking as a world-class disaster movie!

The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier roared to the sky in unison, their Dao Flame burning fiercely, their madness intensifying once again. They seemed to have completely transformed into the manifestation of "Origin Obsession," solely to tear apart their only enemy before them— Qin Yu!

The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier simultaneously raised their "Origin-Returning Blade," and golden-blue Dao Flame soared into the sky. The flames converged into a world- World Extinguisher halo that blotted out the sky, as if the entire Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace had been incorporated into the altar. Their figures were blurry yet incredibly real. With each flash of a rune, space was torn apart, time was reversed, and even "observation" was stripped away.

Qin Yu's sea of consciousness trembled violently, and Azure Ring urgently whispered:

"Qin Yu, now—use that!"

His eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp, and a wisp of black light appeared in his hand. It was an object that looked like a water mirror, but it was not a solid object. Instead, it was an abyss mirror composed of countless dark patterns, and deep within the mirror surface surged the "Abyss of Cause and Effect".

--The Mirror of Annihilation Abyss: The Prison of Cause and Effect!

In an instant, the mirror shone brightly, and a dark, invisible ripple spread outwards.

At this moment, the "Annihilation Dawn Realm - Supreme" aura of all the Dao Shadow Soldier was forcibly manifested by the mirror light! Their bodies, which should have been "Non-Existence," were outlined by chains of cause and effect, each chain seemingly forcibly dragged from nothingness, locking away their root disturbances.

Boom!!!

The mirror light reversed, and the chain of cause and effect transformed into a cage, forcibly dragging the two Dao Shadow Soldier into the abyss of the mirror core. They roared madly, their Origin-Returning Blade shattering space, but no matter how they struggled, their sounds, runes, and auras were instantly "annihilated and deleted." In the end, only a dark echo remained.

At the same time, Qin Yu's body suddenly trembled, and the reversed causal power surged into his body. In a short breath, his power rose to a level that surpassed the Severed Observation Realm, and his Spiritual Sense and sword intent roared like a cosmic storm!

Azure Ring's voice boomed in his mind, cold and clear:

"Alright! Now, let's coordinate with the formation! -- Light the lamps!"

Qin Yu raised his hand and waved it, and the array plate he had prepared beforehand appeared in the void.

The five pillars crashed down, each emitting a different ray of light: Origin, Cause and Effect, Radiance, Dark Current, and Logic. They were arranged in a pentagram, suspending a dark, extinguished Netherworld Lamp at the center of the formation.

When the power of the Causal Imprisonment Core was injected, the five pillars resonated simultaneously, and the array patterns ignited like billions of stars. The void collapsed into a "Silent Sacred Altar".

The next moment--

Limitless Silent Evolution Lamp-Lighting Formation, activated!

The Netherworld Lamp burst into flame, a cluster of orange-gold flame flickering forth. It was not a flame, but the manifestation of the logic of Annihilation. Wherever it burned, all cause and effect, dimensions, rules, and the very foundations of civilization crumbled.

The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier froze simultaneously, their runes beginning to distort, and even the Ultimate aura of Annihilation Dawn, which was "unwriteable and unpredictable," trembled under this lamp flame!

A Dao Shadow Soldier frantically slashed down the Origin-Returning Blade, but when the blade touched the fluctuations of the lamp flame, it froze in mid-air and then shattered into dust.

Boom boom boom!!!

The light of Annihilation spread from the Netherworld Lamp, illuminating the palace like a silent sunrise, pushing this ancient palace into the boundary between destruction and rebirth.

At this moment, Qin Yu was surrounded by chains of cause and effect, and the back of his figure, illuminated by the lights behind him, made him seem like the sole ruler who transcended all logic.

The orange-gold flames of the Netherworld Lamp burned fiercely, illuminating every stele and dome pattern of the Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace. Wherever the firelight reached, the ancient inscriptions trembled, as if recalling the primordial, Annihilation beginning of the universe.

However, the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier did not retreat. Their golden and azure Dao Flame suddenly expanded simultaneously, and the runes on their bodies flashed rapidly. Hundreds of millions of "Dao," "Return," and "Source" characters flowed out and gathered in mid-air, condensing into a virtual domain larger than the sea of stars.

--Return to the Origin-Returning Realm-Extinguishing Field!

Boom!!!

The space within the palace instantly collapsed. The once indestructible walls of the Annihilation Temple were directly rewritten as "Pages of the Dao," torn apart page by page, turning into countless fragmented ribbons of light. Heaven and earth were no longer heaven and earth, but were rewritten by the Dao Shadow Soldier as "The Narrative Stage of Returning to the Origin."

The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier transformed into twelve invisible Origin-Returning Blade, piercing the core of the Annihilation Field. Countless golden-blue ripples spread out, engulfing the surrounding timelines and causal pathways. Even light and shadow, sound and breath, all returned to zero at this moment.

Hong Xiuxiang and the three elders of the Dawn Cloud First Hall exclaimed in surprise, feeling the pressure that completely surpassed the Supreme Annihilation Dawn, almost causing their souls to collapse on the spot. The hundred female disciples simultaneously summoned their martial souls, and the scrolls, spirit mirrors, ice souls, and illusionary flowers transformed into a towering defensive light screen in the sky, but in the face of the waves of the Annihilation Field, they collapsed layer by layer, as if they were made of paper.

Qin Yu stood at the center of the formation, the flames of the Netherworld Lamp behind him being frantically suppressed, the orange-gold flames flickering violently, on the verge of being extinguished at any moment.

Azure Ring's voice was deep and urgent, like a resounding bell exploding in her mind:

"Qin Yu, be careful! This is the combined ultimate technique of the Dao Shadow Soldier Legion — the Origin-Returning Realm-Extinguishing Field. Any existence will be rewritten into 'Origin Particles' and completely erased! If they successfully engulf the Netherworld Lamp, even the logic of Annihilation will be transformed into nourishment for Origin!"

Qin Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and chains of Karma Reversal surrounded his body.

He uttered a low voice, as if it were a vow from the depths of his Fate Soul:

"Since it's about returning to the source... then let me sever the source with Annihilation!"

Before he finished speaking, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword roared out from his sea of consciousness, its body surrounded by countless broken runes. The sword intent of the Eleven Severing Forms boomed like the war drums of the universe, superimposed with the Annihilation fluctuations of the Netherworld Lamp.

Boom!!!!

With a flick of the sword, the orange-gold flames of the Netherworld Lamp shot into the sky, intertwining with the sword intent and condensing into a long Annihilation river that stretched across the palace. On this river, every drop of fire was a deleted narrative, and every sword mark was a collapsing cosmic vein.

The annihilation field of the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier trembled violently under the impact of the long river, the virtual narrative stage was torn apart, and the figures of several Dao Shadow Soldiers were instantly shaken back, their runes scattering.

But they did not fall; instead, they roared in unison, their golden Dao Flame burning even more fiercely. Origin-Returning Blade high, they were determined to unleash their entire existence into this World Extinguisher fusion, to utterly annihilate Qin Yu and the Netherworld Lamp.

At this moment, the entire Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace seemed to be pulled between the black hole of apocalypse and the blazing sun.

The Annihilation Ancient Divine Palace roared and trembled. The entire space was on the verge of collapse under the immense pressure of the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier returning to their origins. Heaven and earth seemed to have transformed into a giant Dao scroll, about to be torn apart at any moment.

Qin Yu suddenly raised his head, his eyes as deep as an abyss, his voice booming like thunder:

"Quickly!! Unleash your strongest Innate Martial Soul at full power!!!"

In an instant, the three elders of the Dawn Cloud First Hall simultaneously unleashed their Supreme martial spirits.

Behind Elder Liu Mei, scrolls seemed to tilt to the sky, their countless pages transforming into an endless sea of runes. Each page was inscribed with the destiny of "sealing" and "annihilation," locking the void in place.

The second elder's Soul Sea surged forth with thousands of Ice Soul Illusion Lotuses, freezing the flow of time as they bloomed, even slowing down the golden-green Dao Flame.

The third elder's back transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-long spiritual mirror, its surface refracting countless phantoms, each possessing the same annihilating power, all crashing down together.

The remaining disciples of the Dawn Cloud First Hall also unleashed their power simultaneously, releasing their Book Soul, Mirror Soul, and Illusory Spirits. Light and shadow surged like a tide, creating a vast and deafening roar. The entire divine palace transformed into a long river where stars were annihilated.

However, Azure Ring suddenly appeared around Qin Yu, and the ring burst forth like the Silent Realm Opening Chapter that had never awakened since time immemorial!

The Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning; Fate's Existence Completely Covers All!

With a single slash, the void Realm Breaking! Space was torn apart like broken glass, creating countless dark abysses, and the Origin Stage beneath the feet of the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier was instantly destroyed.

The second strike, Sever the Fate Trajectory! The invisible chain of destiny collapsed, and the existence of the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier was severed at its source, as if they had never been born.

The third strike, Shatter Soul Consciousness! The sword light transformed into billions of soul fragments, directly impacting the soul consciousness of their golden-blue flames. The flames instantly dissipated, turning into ashes and stardust.

The fourth strike, the Sever the Art's Beginning! Their Origin-Returning Blade exploded simultaneously, the runes engraved on them turning to dust in an instant.

The fifth strike, Corrupt Heaven's Cause! The Annihilation of cause and effect spread out, and all the chains of cause and effect in the void simultaneously corrupted. The golden-blue radiance instantly turned black, turned to silence, and vanished completely.

Immediately afterwards--

The Realm-Overturning Primordial Cosmos!

The Azure Ring suddenly burst forth with light, like the first wisp of nothingness before the universe was reborn. Qin Yu let out a low shout, and the entire world suddenly collapsed into the Unborn World. The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier were simultaneously dragged into the silent universe of "before the birth of all Daos". Their cultivation paths, life roots, and existence imprints were completely severed, and even their "future" was erased, and their foundations were completely destroyed.

With the final step, Qin Yu raised his hand, and the Azure Ring unleashed extreme killing intent.

Annihilate the Soul and Draw the Dawn!

A ring of light ripped through the void, and the radiance of True Soul suddenly bloomed, transforming into endless gravitational force that forcibly drew the souls of the twelve Dao Shadow Soldier into the Azure Ring Rift Realm!

Boom!!!!

The Realm Splitting was like a cosmic black hole, swallowing, Annihilation, and reflecting soul consciousness. In the next instant, twelve projections of burning death figures appeared between heaven and earth, and along with the shattered golden-blue sea of fire, they all turned into dust and stardust, which were completely blown away by the long wind of Annihilation.

Silence returned to the palace.

Qin Yu's Azure Ring gradually receded, rotating back to his brow, his voice like a low murmur, "The twelve Dao Shadow Soldier... will never return."

At this moment, countless disciples and elders were dumbfounded, their hearts filled with indescribable shock.