The battlefield was surrounded by a desolate, crumbling wasteland. The colors of heaven and earth had been completely stripped away, leaving only a cold, grayish-white and a deep, dark blue, as if all existence had been forcibly erased, leaving only the "skeleton of concepts."
In the air, six Dao Shadow Soldier stood in perfect unison, their figures appearing and disappearing as if they might vanish at any moment, only to reassemble at any instant. Each step was accompanied by the burning of golden-blue "Dao Flame," and the phantoms behind them constantly shifted: sometimes it was a falling star, sometimes a collapsing civilization, sometimes fragments of a broken timeline. They did not speak, but together they formed a silent symphony, creating a surrounding "Return to the Source Energy Field" that made one feel as if their very breath was being taken away.
At the very center, the Dao Shadow Soldier Commander remained unmoved. Taller than ordinary Dao Shadow Soldier, its body flowed with runes resembling liquid golden flames, the symbols "Dao," "Return," and "Source" intertwined, like a self-written cosmic script. The "Dao Flame" at its head was even more intense, its golden and azure colors intertwined, sometimes like the melting light of sunrise, sometimes like a chasm in a Black Abyss, causing the entire spacetime structure to ripple like water with every breath and movement. With a wave of its hand, countless unwritten scroll phantoms appeared in the void, floating around, ready to transform into "absolute judgment" at any moment.
The three remaining female cultivators on the field were all at the Ultimate Supreme the Only Book Realm.
Their innate Innate Martial Soul have all burned to their Ultimate:
A figure was surrounded by thousands of silver pages, each page inscribed with different laws. She used her magic pen to write swiftly, transforming the pages into a silver shield that fiercely defended herself.
Another person released the Ink Sea Book Soul, which surged and swirled around the ink sea with black, wave-like runes. Each surge tore through the void, but under the combined attack of the six Dao Shadow Soldiers, this ink sea was on the verge of collapse.
The last person unfolded the crimson scroll, and countless phantom figures appeared on the pages. These were the "virtual existences" she had written about. She projected these phantoms as weapons, but they were all shattered by the "Return to the Source Energy Field" and turned into dust.
The three women were pale, but their eyes remained resolute. Even though more than a dozen of their fellow disciples Annihilation just moments before, they did not back down. Blood trickled from their lips as they stared intently at the formation of the commander and the six soldiers.
Just as the Dao Flame, Dao Shadow Soldier Commander, suddenly erupted, and the six Dao Shadow Soldier simultaneously stepped forward, a destructive "Book Judgment Energy Stream" converged down, seemingly about to completely obliterate the three female cultivators along with their martial spirits.
Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!
The heavens were suddenly cleaved open by an endless black-gold crack. A silent resonance emanated from the crack, like the annihilation bell of the primordial universe, shattering half of the "Book Judgment Energy Stream" structure. Immediately afterward, a solitary, proud figure flashed into the void.
Qin Yu.
He was lifted up by a radiant Azure Ring, from which countless boundary-breaking Realm Spirit blades emerged, like billions of azure swords flying out of the ring, piercing through the void, and slashing straight down.
Skill - Azure Ring - First Form: Spirit Edge Piercing the Realm!
The azure blade pierced through the void, directly tearing apart the outer shell of the "Return to the Source Energy Field," causing the originally deadly suppression to suddenly halt in front of the three female cultivators.
Immediately following, he raised his hand and waved it, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword suddenly hovered in mid-air. The sword's edge flowed with the afterimages of Eleven Severing Forms of light, which condensed together, like a black and gold blazing sun pressing down.
Skill: Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword: Sever the Void in a Single Thought!
The sword light, like a black torrent Mieyin, fell from the void, cleaving a gaping maw in the illusion that commanded the scroll.
At this moment, the entire world was torn apart by two forces: on one side was the golden-blue "Dao Flame Judgment" of the Dao Shadow Soldiers, and on the other side was the annihilating torrent of Qin Yuqing Ring and the Extinction Source Divine Sword. The clash of two opposing forces erupted in an instant, and the world seemed to be rewritten, half of it was the light of burning scrolls, and the other half was the annihilation of the ring and the sword.
Just as the three female cultivators were about to die, they suddenly felt a barrier separating life and death blocking their way—it was the "causal barrier" created by Qin Yu's sword strike, which instantly sealed off their inevitable fate and forcibly pulled them out of the torrent of certain annihilation.
The entire battlefield roared incessantly, and at that moment, the gray sky was ignited with a blaze of overlapping flames in shades of blue, black, and gold, illuminating the horrified eyes of all the survivors.
The entire world was completely torn apart in that instant.
Qin Yuqing's sharp edge and the severing intent of the Extinction Source Divine Sword shattered the deadly "Book-Cutting Energy Flow," breaking it into countless golden-blue flame pages that swirled back into the void as turbulent currents. The impending death that was about to befall the three female cultivators was blocked by a cold, black-gold barrier. The barrier shimmered with patterns of reversed cause and effect, as if even the pages of fate had been forcibly turned to a new chapter.
The magic arrays on the chests of the three female cultivators were almost shattered. Their faces turned pale, and their pupils contracted sharply as they looked at the man who had suddenly appeared before them.
An unfamiliar figure, an unfamiliar face, yet eyes as cold as the depths of Star Abyss; the person stands at the intersection of Annihilation and destruction, like a solitary peak rising against the current.
One of them whispered in a trembling voice, filled with awe and shock:
"Who... who is this? To be able to tear apart the combined attack of the Phantom Demonic Spirit with a single sword strike..."
The other person bit their lip, a surge of elation and bewilderment at escaping death welling up inside them. Cold sweat beaded on their forehead, but they could only tightly grip their Innate Martial Soul and whisper:
"Whoever it was... he saved us."
The last one's eyes reddened; she had witnessed more than ten of her companions Annihilation one after another, and she too was destined for the same fate. Yet, at the last moment, a sword pierced her, pulling her back to life. She almost choked back tears.
"Regardless of his identity... we owe him this life-saving debt."
Qin Yu simply took a step forward, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword floating beside him, its blade still dripping with Annihilation light. His eyes were cold and deep, and he did not respond to any address.
He did not reveal his identity, but simply uttered a sentence in a low voice:
"Step back, I'll take care of this enemy."
The three female cultivators shuddered, exchanging bewildered glances. The fear in their eyes gradually gave way to a deep trust. They slowly retracted their battle formation, watching the "unfamiliar powerful figure" before them with intense anxiety.
Deep within the void, the commander and the six Dao Shadow Soldier simultaneously emitted a low "Dao Chant," and the golden-blue Dao Flame suddenly burned even brighter. One after another, illusory scrolls flipped out from the void, as if to write the entire battlefield into a narrative of "inevitable annihilation."
The real battle had just begun.
The heavens and earth trembled suddenly, and the six Dao Shadow Soldiers and their commander raised their heads at the same time. The clusters of golden-blue "Dao Flame" on their heads burned even more intensely than the sun. Then, the commander slowly stretched out his hand.
The arm was translucent yet resembled a solidified flow of order, its surface covered with countless runes of "Tao" and "Return," each one shimmering as if the deepest rules of the universe had been directly extracted. The next instant, the void roared, as if billions of scrolls of Tao were being turned open simultaneously.
Skill: The Silent Book Returns to Annihilation!
The sky shattered, and countless golden-blue scrolls emerged from the void, covering the entire battlefield. On each page flowed a "deletion-style definition" of reality—mountains, rivers, heaven and earth, and even human existence were all rewritten as "endings." Wherever the pages turned, space was torn to dust, and even sound was dragged into nothingness, turning into a terrifying silence.
The three female cultivators' expressions changed drastically. Their Innate Martial Soul almost collapsed under this supreme "narrative suppression." In their eyes, the overwhelming scrolls were not an attack, but a judgment—once they fell, it would mean the end of their life's script.
At that very moment, Qin Yu made his move.
He took a step forward, and the void beneath his feet exploded with a deafening roar. Countless streams of cause and effect rose from behind him, converging into a wheel-shaped imprint that shone with cold starlight.
The Eighth Fragment of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword - Sever the Main Narrative!
The sword roared, and a dark, Annihilation light, mixed with runes of reversed cause and effect, soared into the sky. When that sword was unleashed, it seemed to tear the heavens and earth in two, directly targeting the rolling golden-blue scroll and forcefully cleaving a "Narrative Fault."
Boom--!
The sky exploded, and countless pages burned, twisted, and shattered under the crushing force of the sword, turning into countless specks of ash.
But Qin Yu did not stop.
In his sea of consciousness, the Azure Ring suddenly shone brightly, and nine layers of azure light transformed into the image of "The Silent Realm Opening Chapter" around him.
Azure Ring - Super Awakening - Return to the Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning - Fate's Existence Completely Covers All!
A myriad of azure blades suddenly cleaved down, one Realm Severing, one severing the path of life, one Shatter Soul Consciousness, one Mieyin, and one overturning heaven and earth!
Each strike cleaved a destructive line in the void:
The river of time flows backward and collapses, turning into fragments of fleeting light;
The chain of cause and effect broke into segments of light, which burned and dissipated.
The inscription of the enemy's existence was erased from the stone tablet of heaven and earth!
Three female cultivators witnessed this scene from afar, feeling as if they were standing at the end of the universe, watching a powerful stranger single-handedly confront the supreme terror of "Narrative Judgment" with his sword. The sight was so magnificent it took their breath away.
The sky is like a shattered sea of stars, with blue and black intertwined to form a waterfall, and the Annihilation tide of light sweeps in waves; each collision is the destruction and rebirth of a universe.
Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!
Azure Ring's "Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning" and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword's "Sever the Main Narrative" simultaneously struck the golden-blue scroll domain. In an instant, the entire battlefield was engulfed by endless light, and the shockwaves traveled tens of thousands of miles, as if even the middle layer of the Source of Epochless was shaken!
The three female cultivators were so shocked that they knelt on the ground, tears welling up in their eyes. They couldn't even speak, and could only tremble as they stared at that figure—the black-clad swordsman who still stood proudly in the storm of Annihilation.
Qin Yu, all by himself, rewrote the entire narrative of the world.
The void still roared, and the shattered "pages of narrative" had not yet completely turned to ashes, but the six Dao Shadow Soldiers had already reassembled. Their golden-blue Dao Flame burned fiercely, and the six figures, like six golden altars, circled in the void, constructing a Causal Retracing array. Hundreds of millions of runes appeared, attempting to rewind the moment they were "Annihilation" and forcibly restore themselves.
"Buzz--!"
A deep hum reverberated through the heavens and earth, and huge cracks appeared in space, as if the entire Source of Epochless was about to collapse.
Qin Yu's eyes turned cold.
As he raised his hand, a crystal core interwoven with black and silver light appeared in his palm— the Annihilation Contemplation Locking Seal Core.
In an instant, the crystal core exploded!
Countless black and silver chains cleaved out of the void, like "the Code of Annihilation" drawn from the abyss of time and space. Each chain was engraved with chaotic runes and broken logic, directly nailing into the causal origin of the six Dao Shadow Soldiers.
Boom!!!
The six Dao Shadow Soldier simultaneously let out silent screams as their "Nonexistence Form" was forcibly manifested. Countless deep black cracks appeared on their transparent bodies, and the Dao Flame above their heads flickered wildly.
At this moment, what appeared in Qin Yu's other hand was the jade slip with runes given to him by the old man Yuan Xuanzi — the Causal Abyss Order-Locking Talisman.
As the runes unfolded, an entire inverted Causality Pages appeared between heaven and earth. The runes, like a waterfall of chains, descended from the sky, locking the existence lines of the six Dao Shadow Soldier one by one!
"--seal up!"
As Qin Yu exhaled deeply, the Annihilation Contemplation Locking Seal Core and the Causal Abyss Order-Locking Talisman resonated instantly, the two forces intertwined, and the black silver chains and the Causal Talisman Waterfall contracted simultaneously.
Boom--!!!
The figures of the six Dao Shadow Soldiers were completely torn apart amidst countless bursts of light and a storm of collapsing symbols! Their presence vanished instantly, like six burnt-out stars falling into nothingness, leaving only six Ember of the Ruins of Return floating and flickering in the air, emitting a low Dao chant.
Silence--
Only the Dao Shadow Soldier Commander remained in the world, its golden-blue Dao Flame burning ever more wildly, like a star about to be destroyed. It stared intently at Qin Yu, its semi-transparent face devoid of features, yet revealing an unprecedented fear and distortion.
"Hiss--"
Suddenly, the commander roared to the sky!
This was not a sound, but a causal fluctuation, as if billions of symbols were simultaneously vibrating out of the void and entering the Endless Abyss. In an instant, the space of the entire battlefield shattered, and countless "remnants of Dao Flame" appeared in the sky, as if responding to the summons.
Qin Yu's expression changed.
Azure Ring suddenly whispered in her mind, her voice cold and urgent:
"--This is bad! It's sending a signal, calling for more of its kind! Qin Yu, you must completely Annihilation it before reinforcements arrive, otherwise you will face not only a commander, but an even larger army of Dao Shadow Soldier!"
On the battlefield, the atmosphere between heaven and earth suddenly became extremely oppressive.
The lingering effects of the black and silver chains had not yet dissipated, and the brilliance of the Causality Pages was still fading, while the Dao Shadow Soldier Commander was like a doomsday altar that had been set ablaze, frantically calling for support. The entire space was shrouded in waves of cyan-gold light, as if it would tear apart the dome of the Source of Epochless in the next instant.