The moment the Obsidian Bone Phoenix flapped its wings, the world suddenly darkened, as if the entire forest had been dragged into a dayless night. Countless bone feathers fell like streaks of fire, but they were not burning; rather, they were "Karmic Severing Feathers"—each feather bone exploded in the air into countless rays of light, severing the chain of cause and effect and cutting off the trajectory of fate! The scene was like an apocalyptic meteor shower, with each broken feather accompanied by a piercing metallic whistling sound, tearing through space and time, heading straight for Qin Yu and Hong Xiuxiang.
The Annihilation Abyss Bone Lion roared fiercely, its four limbs unleashing a full-blown Fate-Reversing Seal, shattering the ground beneath its feet. Countless reverse-flowing runes shot out as chains, locking down space, rules, and even the causal foundation beneath Qin Yu's feet. The silent flames it spewed from its mouth surged down, instantly transforming into a raging sea of fire. The flames did not illuminate the heavens and earth, but instead directly "devoured color," even causing the protective light barrier around Hong Xiuxiang to crumble layer by layer within the black flames.
The humanoid dark being slowly raised its hand, and the "Pupil of Karma" on its forehead suddenly opened! In an instant, endless light burst forth from the pupil, but it was not light, but Narrative Erasure Wave. Wherever it passed, the images of Qin Yu and Hong Xiuxiang began to blur, and even their breathing was erased. In the depths of the void, even the existence of ancient trees and broken steles was like a picture being erased by an eraser, annihilated inch by inch, leaving only the dark abyss approaching.
The triple offensive converged like an Ultimate cataclysm: the sky was cleaved by bone feathers, hellish flames surged and burned everything, and the Narrative Erasure Wave directly stripped them of their existence.
Hong Xiuxiang's face turned pale. She hurriedly summoned the Wave Heart Dream Mirror Soul. Countless dream mirrors appeared, their light reflecting the broken feathers and black flames, attempting to slow the attack. Her long hair danced wildly, and her soul projection appeared in the sea of mirrors, as if a million of hers were whispering at the same time, holding up the space for a moment.
Qin Yu's eyes flashed with cold light, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword suddenly appeared in his palm. With a single slash, the blade tore through not space, but the causal chain of the enemy's technique, directly severing the life trajectories of several broken feathers and burning flames! The sword's cry boomed like thunder, and the annihilating radiance instantly filled the entire forest, reflecting countless scenes of rules collapsing.
However, the attacks of the three dark creatures continued like a surging tide, forcing the ground beneath their feet to crumble inch by inch.
The dark offensive arrived with a deafening roar; bone feathers, like a thousand horses, tore through the trajectories of fate; silent flames, like an endless purgatory, devoured heaven and earth; and the Narrative Erasure Wave aimed to completely erase them from existence. In an instant, heaven and earth transformed into an Ultimate painting of world destruction.
Hong Xiuxiang's face was pale, but her eyes burned with astonishing determination. She suddenly bit her tongue, slammed her palm into her chest, Wave Heart Dream Mirror Soul erupted! Countless dream mirrors swept out like a vast ocean, layer upon layer, filling the entire space. The broken feathers and black flames were reflected in the sea of mirrors, the mirror surfaces shimmering with iridescent light, refracting them back into the void, forcefully neutralizing a portion of the attack. Her figure was made incredibly Kong Ling by the reflection of the sea of mirrors, but the blood from her mouth stained the corner of her lips red.
"Senior Brother Qin, I can hold on!" Hong Xiuxiang gritted her teeth and whispered.
Qin Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp, and the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword in his hand resonated like thunder. At the same time, he flipped his left hand, and the Fate Cause Master Seal appeared. The sixteen layers of life seal runes lit up at the same time, forming a magnificent wheel of cause and effect.
Boom!
The power of the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword and the Fate Cause Master Seal erupted simultaneously. The sword's edge cleaved directly into the Silent Flame Sea, while the Dharma Wheel, like a celestial seal, suppressed the Narrative Erasure Wave. The sword light annihilated the black flame chains, and the Life Seal forcefully blocked the causal spread of the Eradication Wave. In an instant, billions of golden and black interwoven light patterns lit up the sky, like a primordial cosmic clash effect, with the torn cracks even revealing the void beneath.
The space beneath Qin Yu's feet shattered with a deafening roar, yet his figure stood like a war god amidst the annihilation storm, his voice deep and cold as he whispered:
"The chains of cause and effect will be broken by me!"
With this low shout, the seventh move of the Fate Cause Master Seal, [Initial Fate - Writing-Opening Seal], was suddenly released, as if an invisible heavenly book was slowly opened, forcibly rewriting the attack of the three dark creatures into "ineffective", causing large pieces of broken feathers to turn to ash instantly, the black flames to lose their color, and the wiping wave to dissipate inch by inch.
Hong Xiuxiang watched his retreating figure, her eyes trembling slightly. In that instant, she seemed to see not a young disciple, but an unparalleled being who controlled cause and effect and suppressed heaven and earth.
But the three dark Spiritual Qi remained undiminished. Seeing their attack blocked, they simultaneously unleashed a second wave of killing intent! The Black Phoenix's wings trembled, and swathes of broken Karmic Severing Feathers coalesced into a "Bone Feather Halberd"; the Bone Lion's eyes burned with blood flames, shattering the void to transform into a "Silent Flame Giant Claw"; and the humanoid creature's Pupil of Karma opened again, unleashing an even more terrifying "Narrative Severing Stream" that pierced straight through the area where the two were!
The heavens and earth roared, and the pressure was once again pushing them to their Limit.
The three dark beings, brimming with murderous intent, launched a triple attack with halberds, giant claws, and the Narrative Severing Stream Breaker, turning the entire world of the Karmic Forest Abyss into a scene of utter apocalypse. Spacetime and destiny collapsed simultaneously, and everything seemed to be forced to acknowledge a single ending— Qin Yu and Hong Xiuxiang were doomed to die.
Qin Yu's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp azure light. Deep within his sea of consciousness, the Azure Ring vibrated, finally no longer just silently regulating, but slowly emerging like a divine azure ring! It did not make a sound, but gathered endless azure light into Qin Yu's body. In an instant, Qin Yu's back overlapped with the Azure Ring, and his aura surged into a sense of existence that surpassed heaven and earth.
"Soul Annihilation - Dawn Drawing!"
As he uttered four words in a low voice, the power of the Azure Ring erupted in full force. In the aftershocks of the destruction of heaven and earth, a vortex of azure Annihilation suddenly tore open, and the vortex seemed to lead to an indescribable "Azure Realm Splitting," within which were reflected the wailing of countless souls. The three dark creatures suddenly changed color, because their souls were locked by a forceful power, and they had no way to resist!
A ten-thousand-foot-long azure light rose from the edge of the Azure Ring Rift Realm, like a chain of Annihilation, tightly binding the Bone Feather Halberd, the Desolate Flame Claw, and the Narrative Severing Stream.
Boom--!
In an instant, the void was completely covered by a sea of azure light, an effect of countless souls being pulled into the Realm Splitting and instantly dissipating. The entire battlefield seemed to be engulfed in a "storm of soul annihilation."
The black phoenix's wings peeled away inch by inch in the blue light, the bone lion's flames were extinguished instantly, and the humanoid creature's Pupil of Karma were forcibly torn apart, the endless narrative chains within the pupils collapsing completely. The figures of the three dark creatures were dragged frantically, struggling and letting out incredible roars—but their voices turned into deathly silence in the Soul Annihilation Rift Realm, never to be heard again.
"Let's end this." Qin Yu uttered in a low voice, his Origin Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword and Azure Ring Rift Realm slashing in unison.
The sword light swept across the heavens and earth, Azure Ring Rift Realm closed instantly!
Boom!!!
A deafening explosion, powerful enough to destroy an entire world, erupted, engulfing the entire Karmic Forest Abyss in a sea of azure light. The three dark beings were utterly annihilated, leaving not a trace of their existence. The void returned to deathly silence, as if they had never existed.
As the aftershocks subsided, the world returned to silence. Qin Yu knelt on one knee, his chest heaving, his breath revealing exhaustion, but his eyes remained cold. Hong Xiuxiang watched this scene, her heart pounding. She knew that if Qin Yu hadn't used the power of the Azure Ring this time, the two of them would have perished here today.
Deep within the void, three broken wails seemed to linger before fading completely.
The world of the Karmic Forest Abyss finally returned to deathly silence after that earth-shattering sea of light. The causal cracks and broken chains of destiny that had previously filled the sky seemed to have been completely smoothed out by the power of the Azure Ring, transforming into a deep, quiet forest. The withered trees regenerated their branches and leaves, and the broken chains of causal runes gradually coiled back into the void, as if this earth-shattering battle had never existed. Only a few azure ripples remained deep in the void, spreading out in concentric circles, bearing witness to the destructive power that had been enough to annihilate the heavens.
Qin Yu slowly retracted the Source-Extinguishing Divine Sword, his figure staggering, finally exhaling a breath of bloody turbid air. His expression was firm, but he could not hide the disorder in his breathing. Azure Ring trembled slightly between his brows, then disappeared into his sea of consciousness, as if it also needed to slumber to recuperate.
Hong Xiuxiang leaned against an ancient tree of cause and effect, her face slightly pale, with bloodstains and cracks from the previous battle still visible on her shoulder. She looked up at the gradually returning tranquility of the Karmic Forest Abyss, her eyes filled with lingering fear and an indescribable shock. She knew that if Qin Yu hadn't unleashed the power of the Azure Ring, they would have perished along with those three dark beings.
"Young Master Qin...," Hong Xiuxiang called softly, her voice weary yet still filled with concern, "Your injuries..."
Qin Yu smiled slightly, sat down cross-legged, took out a healing pill with flowing emerald Hong Xiuxiang, while he circulated his Annihilation Origin Aura and quietly regulated his breathing. The emerald light of the pill slowly spread within Hong Xiuxiang's body, her aura gradually recovered, and her face regained its color.
For a moment, the world fell completely silent. The wind ceased, and even the chirping of insects was gone. This area of Karmic Forest Abyss seemed to have been granted a moment of sacred tranquility by the power of the Azure Ring.
The two sat side by side, with the ancient Lin Yuan tree, which was regenerating behind them, its branches and leaves swaying gently in the silent breeze. At that moment, the lingering effects of the battle and the cruelty of the killing finally faded away, leaving only a long silence and the peace of healing.
Hong Xiuxiang gazed silently at Qin Yu, a resolute glint in her eyes. She knew this path would be fraught with difficulty, and she had no way out. Qin Yu closed his eyes to rest, his mind also racing: the three dark beings had been Annihilation, but the "even more terrifying army" Mengxin had spoken of had yet to reveal itself. Their crisis had only just begun.
The silent, primordial Karmic Forest Abyss finally returned to its eerie calm, the azure ripples gradually dissipating. Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes; although his injuries were not fully healed, the power of his Annihilation Origin energy had recovered to seventy percent. His gaze was deep as he slowly spoke, his voice echoing through the empty forest:
"Xiuxiang, our primary task now is to find the entrance to the Silent Abyss Butterfly Sea."
Hong Xiuxiang nodded gently, her eyes resolute. "Yes, only by finding the Silent Origin Soul Butterfly can we obtain that single drop of its Tear of the Silent Origin Soul Butterfly, which will awaken the one you wish to protect."
A resolute and sharp glint flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. He knew that time was of the essence; the shadow of that dark army was constantly closing in, and the only way to truly take control was to continuously seek opportunities within this Realm of Primordial Echoes until his strength was enough to overwhelm everything.
The two exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and simultaneously spread their wings and took to the air.
Boom--
The Karmic Forest Abyss beneath their feet instantly transformed into a receding shadow, its causal lines re-weaving into a complete scroll, as if bidding farewell to their departure. Layers of light curtains in the void were torn apart, and the two figures transformed into two beams of light, flying straight towards the next area marked on the map.
The atmosphere between heaven and earth suddenly turned cold, and the black mist in the distance surged like waves, foreshadowing even more unknown and dangerous trials that awaited them.
As Qin Yu and Hong Xiuxiang traveled through the void, the color of the void gradually turned cold. Suddenly, the world ahead twisted violently, like billions of shattered mirrors piled together, reflecting countless lifeless branches of time and illusions of cause and effect.
"We've arrived..." Qin Yu's gaze darkened, and his voice was low.
The area—the entrance to the Silent Abyss Butterfly Sea —appeared like an inverted Sea of Form suspended deep in the void, vast and boundless. Its surface was not seawater, but countless powdery light fragments churning, each fragment emitting the phantom of "spirit butterfly wings." Those butterfly wings trembled in the wind, but there was no life in them, only absolute stillness and coldness.
The surrounding sky had long since collapsed, replaced by shattered rivers of cause and effect, suspended in mid-air like severed chains. These broken causal lines continuously spewed forth ethereal storms, swallowing up all the spacetime fragments that approached.
An indescribable sense of oppression swept over, as if stepping into this place would extinguish one's existence by the phantoms of billions of dead butterflies.
Hong Xiuxiang couldn't help but gasp softly, her voice trembling slightly. "This... is the entrance to the Silent Abyss Butterfly Sea?"
Qin Yu narrowed his eyes, Azure Ring deep within his sea of consciousness trembled slightly in response, its azure light faintly spreading, seemingly reminding Qin Yu that this place was indeed closely related to the aura of the Silent Origin Soul Butterfly.
Boom--
Just then, the sea surface at the entrance suddenly trembled, and countless butterfly wing phantoms unfurled, forming a black-gold storm like a tide, pressing down on the two of them. The entire world seemed to be watched by the "eyes of the dead butterfly," and the aura of all things froze.
Qin Yu murmured, "This is only the pressure at the entrance... If we truly step inside, it will likely be even more dangerous than the Karmic Forest Abyss before."