The void suddenly collapsed, and all the branches of the Karmic Forest Abyss burned like lifelines, erupting with a cracking sound more terrifying than the destruction of a star. Every causal line beneath Qin Yu's feet snapped, and all the destinies in the world seemed to be wiped out in that instant. His eyes sharpened, and the Azure Ring within his body trembled violently, releasing a boundless azure light. The sky and the earth's core cracked open simultaneously, and the power of [Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning - Fate's Existence Completely Covers All] seemed to reverse the entire spacetime of the Source of Epochless to before Unborn!
"Azure Ring: The Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning!"
With a low shout, heaven and earth suddenly froze. Countless causes and effects, destinies, soul consciousness, existence records... all vanished like paper being scorched by a raging fire, inch by inch turning to ashes. A sea of azure light appeared beneath Qin Yu's feet. Before the sword had even truly cleaved down, it had already severed the root of all enemy lives at the level of rules and concepts.
At the same time, the light of annihilation between his brows suddenly shone brightly, and the [Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword] abruptly appeared! The sword's blade flowed with black and gold interwoven annihilation divine runes, its sword cry Shatter Cause void. In that instant, countless reflections of Lin Yuan were instantly pulverized. The sword's edge slashed out, directly activating the Ultimate breaking technique—
"The Beginning of the Realm: The Sole Silent Name!"
In an instant, all coordinates of cause and effect, naming, narrative, and logic in the world were erased. No matter how strong the enemy was, its "name" had been completely deleted from the Record of Myriad Dao Source, and even heaven and earth no longer acknowledged its existence. The sword swept across, like a black galaxy collapsing, burning away all future and past, leaving behind an unwritten void!
The two Ultimate techniques linked together, and the entire Karmic Forest Abyss instantly turned into Annihilation Abyss. In the void, the terrifying being with the body of reversed cause and effect let out a deafening wail, but as soon as the sound was heard, it was completely enveloped by the torrent of the Azure Ring that transformed into a Silent Realm Rending Domain Realm Splitting, and then the Silent Name Edge of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword severed the last trace of its existence.
Surrounding Scene
The heavens shattered layer by layer, and countless causal chains broke into rivers of stars and fire;
The Azure Ring light transformed into a boundless global storm, utterly extinguishing the heavens and earth;
The sword light of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword swept across the nine layers of void, leaving behind an unhealable black mark of Annihilation;
The sky Karmic Forest Abyss was torn apart in an instant.
Before Qin Yu, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword suddenly roared, its body like an obsidian monument that devoured eternity. The edge of the Realm Beginning - The Sole Silent Name Stroke shattered from the sword tip, as if to erase the root of all existence from the scroll of the universe. At the same time, the Azure Ring unfolded in his sea of consciousness. Its halo light Annihilation and cold, and the first layer of the Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning - Fate's Existence Completely Covers All suddenly enveloped the world.
First level: The path of Annihilation.
Countless chains of cause and effect ignited in mid-air above Lin Yuan, like billions of burning sacred threads, instantly turning to ashes. The enemy figures roared and unleashed their secret techniques, but their fate lines had been severed, their chances of survival had been eliminated, and all their counterattacks were "prematurely extinguished" before they could even manifest. In the magnificent scene, Lin Yuan's sky collapsed with a deafening roar, and fragments of destiny's trajectory turned into a rain of light, as if the skeleton of the world had been dismantled.
The second layer: severing the narrative.
The Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword continued its downward strike, unleashing a surge of overlapping power—the power to shatter Shatter Soul Consciousness and the power to sever Sever the Art's Beginning —from its blade. The entire Karmic Forest Abyss suddenly flipped. As if a camera had rewound, the enemy's actions, skills, and existence trajectory were all retrieved and deleted. The spells they had just unleashed transformed into black runes resembling words, burning to ashes in the air. Giant trees, mist, and fragments of time shattered at this moment, as if they had never existed. The heavens and earth trembled, like an ancient scripture being forcibly torn apart, its fragments dissipating in the air with the wind.
The third step: Completely delete its existence.
Corrupt Heaven's Cause Azure Ring unleashed its final move, "Corrupting Heaven," the sword's edge suddenly merged with Qin Yu's. His eyes flashed with a chilling indifference, like the primordial stillness of the universe. The sword tip pierced the void, and the Ultimate judgment of "The Beginning of the Realm: The Sole Silent Name One" resounded throughout heaven and earth. The entire Karmic Forest Abyss instantly transformed into a tattered scroll, mercilessly closed by some supreme will. The narrative of heaven and earth abruptly ceased; the enemy, along with any trace of their existence, was erased. No light, no color, no sound—only a pure, desolate white light swept across.
The magnificent scene froze in the final moment: Qin Yu stood alone amidst the collapsed ruins of Lin Yuan, the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword planted deep in the ground, its blade still trembling slightly, the Azure Ring behind him shrouded in an eternal, cold glow. Hong Xiuxiang stood in the distance, her face pale, her eyes filled with a mixture of shock and awe—she had witnessed with her own eyes how the enemy figures in the entire world seemed to have never existed, completely erased from the scroll of the universe by the combined power of Qin Yu, the Azure Ring, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword.
The world was silent, and he alone was written as the only one.
The immense shadow of the Karma Severed Prison, large enough to cover the world, was extracted, torn apart, reconstructed, and ultimately shattered along with all its echoes.
In the final moment, even fragments of that terrifying being could not escape, and was completely wiped out by the combined attack of [Silent Realm Returns to the Beginning - Fate's Existence Completely Covers All] and [Beginning of the Realm - The Sole Silent Name]. Only a silent silence echoed between heaven and earth.
The Azure Ring halo returned to Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword slowly disappeared into nothingness. The entire Karmic Forest Abyss collapsed, leaving only a deathly silence and emptiness, as if none of this had ever existed.
Heaven and earth fell silent, and the fragments of the Karmic Forest Abyss, like stardust, slowly drifted away into the vast emptiness of endless white light.
Hong Xiuxiang stared blankly ahead, her chest heaving violently, her hands clenched tightly, only to find her palms cold and damp. An indescribable shock and fear surged within her—she had clearly witnessed countless powerful figures and countless magnificent battlefields, but at this moment, she truly realized that Qin Yu had reached a level she could hardly imagine.
"Is this... your true power...?"
Her voice trembled slightly, tinged with an almost whispered reverence. Tears welled in her eyes, not from fear, but from the profound emotional shock that had gripped her from the depths of her heart.
In her eyes, Qin Yu stood alone in the afterglow of the white light, tall and imposing, his sword planted in the earth, surrounded by swirling light, like the sole pillar of heaven and earth, as if the entire world existed only because of him. At that moment, he was no longer the "Senior Brother Qin" who had accompanied her all the way and helped her out of trouble, but had transformed into a "unique being" who transcended the mortal world, an ultimate being who could Sever the Fate Trajectory and erase narratives.
Hong Xiuxiang's throat tightened slightly, but a more resolute thought suddenly surged within her—
Even though he is already far away, she will do everything in her power to follow him, no matter if all that lies ahead is ashes or utter silence.
She took a slow step forward, her voice low but resolute. "Senior Brother Qin, no matter what you face in the future... I will never back down again."
Qin Yu turned around, his gaze calm as an abyss, but when he saw her, a barely perceptible tenderness flashed in his eyes. He didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly, as if everything was understood without words.
As the last rays of sunlight faded, only the two of them remained standing side by side, bearing a deeper destiny yet to be written.
The aftershocks of the Karmic Forest Abyss finally dissipated completely, and the world returned to a deathly silence. The shattered lines of cause and effect drifted silently in the air, like the lingering shadows of an erased narrative, gradually turning into nothingness.
Qin Yu slowly retracted the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, his fingertips trembling slightly. He could clearly feel the source energy within his body rapidly draining away. Although he had completely Annihilation the enemy with the power of the Azure Ring and the combined force of the sword, it was still a tremendous burden for him.
He turned around and saw the cold sweat on Hong Xiuxiang and her slightly pale face. A soft light flashed in his eyes.
With a flick of his wrist, a shimmering light appeared within the Azure Evolution Core, revealing a crystal-clear divine pill. The pill was surrounded by layers of spiritual radiance, its light cascading like a waterfall. Within its body, patterns of time and space subtly flowed, as if it had condensed the essence of countless spiritual herbs. Its fragrance instantly brought life to the surrounding withered causal Rending Domain.
Qin Yu handed the pill to Hong Xiuxiang, his voice gentle yet authoritative. "Take it and meditate for a moment. We all need to recover."
Hong Xiuxiang was stunned for a moment, gazing at him, her fingertips trembling slightly as her emotions surged. But in the end, she did not refuse, nodding gently and accepting the divine pill. As the medicinal power dissolved in her body, a vast stream of life force quickly soothed the wounds within her body, her blood and energy regrouped, and her sea of consciousness gradually stabilized.
Qin Yu also sat down cross-legged, the aura of Annihilation Origin within his body slowly circulating. The Azure Ring sprinkled wisps of azure light into his sea of consciousness, like a drizzle, gradually repairing the shattered energy around him.
The two sat side by side in the shattered afterglow of the Karmic Forest Abyss, the world quiet, with only their heartbeats and spiritual breaths slowly intertwining. The tension of war and slaughter finally found a brief respite at this moment.
Hong Xiuxiang glanced sideways, watching the faint glow and sword aura surrounding Qin Yu. The unwavering vow in her heart was once again ignited with intense passion.
As time passed, Hong Xiuxiang's injuries were almost completely healed, and her breathing became stable again. Qin Yu opened his eyes, the Annihilation Origin Source Qi flowing smoothly within his body, and the fluctuations in his sea of consciousness gradually subsided. The two slowly got up, their gazes wandering through the forest, thinking that this desolate world would finally be quiet.
However, at this moment--
The entire void of the Karmic Forest Abyss suddenly trembled, as if countless broken lines were being forcibly pulled at the same time, and a piercing "crackling" sound came like iron chains breaking. In the depths of the void, one black crack after another appeared, and what surged out was not ordinary energy, but fragments of fate that seemed to have been cut into pieces. The fragments flickered in the air and then quickly disintegrated.
Qin Yu's eyes suddenly darkened, and an unprecedented sense of alarm surged in his heart.
"This is... the causal chain backfiring?" Hong Xiuxiang murmured, her face tensing again. She could clearly feel that the shattered causal chains were not collapsing naturally, but rather as if they had been deliberately "torn apart" by some enormous entity.
The next moment, a deep rumble suddenly came from the depths of the forest, as if millions of destinies were crying out at the same time. A figure slowly emerged, initially just a blurry human form, but as the void collapsed, its outline became clearer and clearer. The figure had no face, yet it carried countless broken chains of cause and effect, like a "lost one" dragged from the end of time.
The atmosphere in the entire forest instantly became Ultimate oppressive once again.
Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat. The aura of Annihilation Origin and the power of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword surged simultaneously. He instinctively reached out to protect Hong Xiuxiang, and said coldly, "It seems this battle is not over yet."
Hong Xiuxiang's eyes were solemn, but she did not back down. She simply nodded, and her hands once again condensed spiritual runes.
Deep within the forest, a deeper "rift of cause and effect" seems to be opening, and an unknown and eerie power is gradually emerging...
The pitch-black rift deep within the forest suddenly expanded, the broken causal chains lashing out like countless venomous snakes, tearing the void to shreds. Immediately afterward, the first deep roar boomed out, as if echoing from the Ming Yuan across billions of years.
Following it was an Obsidian Bone Phoenix: shaped like a phoenix, but its entire body was formed from Black Bone and ash. When its wings were spread, they blotted out the sky, and each feather bone was covered with broken causal patterns. With each flap of its wings, it would shatter the surrounding fragments of time, turning them into thousands of sharp fragments that tore through space.
Immediately afterwards, an Annihilation Abyss Bone Lion crawled out of the rift. Its body was as large as a mountain, and its limbs were engraved with the "Fate-Reversing Seal". With each step it took, all the causal lines on the ground would instantly reverse. Black flames surged from its blood-red maw. These flames were not burning, but rather silent flames that devoured all logic. Any concepts or rules it touched would instantly vanish.
Behind them, a vortex of void churned, and a third figure slowly emerged—a humanoid dark being, clad entirely in jet-black armor. Blurred causal runes constantly appeared on the surface of the armor, only to shatter and dissipate in an instant. His eyes were empty and lifeless, with only a cracked "Pupil of Karma" embedded in his forehead. As he stepped forward, Qin Yu and Hong Xiuxiang's shadows were instantly stripped away, turning into smoke and dissipating.
"This... this is the vanguard of the army that Mengxin mentioned..." Hong Xiuxiang's face turned pale, and her voice trembled slightly.
Qin Yu's gaze turned icy as he slowly raised his hand. The aura of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword roared like thunder in his sea of consciousness. He understood: this time, it was not a simple test from the Karmic Forest Abyss, but a true confrontation with the dark army hidden deep within the Echoes of the Primordial Origin!
The colors of the surrounding forest and sky completely dimmed, as if the narrative of the world had been erased, leaving only the terrifying aura of these few dark creatures in control.