Gray sand settles in the air, a fierce wind Realm Breaking, and the long night has not yet ended.
A Soul Hunter adjutant, clad in scarlet battle armor and with flames burning in his eyes, stood before the Soul Threshold Rift Valley, his face grim.
Behind him stood nine figures clad in bone armor, holding bone spears, their divine runes still undisturbed, silently waiting.
"... The signal was interrupted here?"
The adjutant whispered, a cold, ruthless glint in his eyes.
Another general reported in a low voice, "Yes. The seventh patrol squad, personally led by 'Broken Claw He Yin,' entered the coordinates marked three days ago, and there has been no further communication from their spirits."
The adjutant's face turned completely grim.
Although He Yin is not a "Supreme Soul Commander", he is still a quasi-[World Soul Warrior], wielding the Soul-Judging Weapon [Rending Claw Spider Spear], with three layers of Soul Seal on his body, and once fought against the Realm God branch without being defeated.
--But now there's no trace of it, not even the "soul talisman mark" has been severed, meaning not even the soul was left behind!
"This is the place where the 'suspected extraterrestrial remnant' briefly appeared... things have indeed changed."
The adjutant looked up at the depths of a ravine on the horizon, where the gray light had not yet dissipated—the very spot where the Soul Hunting Army had first encountered Qin Yu.
Order: Seal the Three Soul Layers--
"And report the intelligence directly to the 'Sixth Headquarters of the Realm Awakening Office'!"
"This case will be personally handled by me."
In that instant, the nine people around them shouted in unison:
"I obey the Deputy Soul General's order!"
--
An old man with silver hair and beard, and covered in boundary patterns, slowly rose to his feet. He was the commander of the Soul Hunting Army, Lin Yao Soul General, whose cultivation had reached the "Fourth Realm Lord Realm". He held military power in the five domains of the Soul Hunting Army and commanded the entire Soul Hunting Army.
He looked down, examining the shattered "Soul Return Token." The Soul Seal had been swallowed... without leaving a trace of the battle spirit. "It's a soul-level suppression—and it doesn't belong to this realm."
He slowly clenched his fist, a gray-patterned ancient ring on his thumb trembling slightly. It was the only intermediate technique used by the Spirit Firmament Soul Hunting Army to summon "World Awakening Officers." Click! He tapped it, and in the next instant, a dazzling "Soul Face Illusion" appeared. This illusion was extremely clear, without the slightest blurring. Above the void was a woman with a cold face and pupilsless eyes, her entire body covered with sealing circuits. She was none other than Qian Ruishan.
"Coordinates Reconstructed", the intersection of soul pressure points is clearly visible.
The deputy commander held a folding seal, his soul power weaving in the air to form a map of the Soul Abyss, all the lines intersecting and converging at a single point. Lin Yao, the Soul General, narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Seventh Patrol Squad—at the site of their annihilation, were there any traces of the Realm Race?"
The deputy commander shook his head, then flipped out a silver-white soul bone fragment with his right palm. "But... we found this in the Soul Split Core." The bone fragment slowly rotated in the air, a soul pattern trembled slightly, and a silver-blue light appeared and disappeared. This was the remnant of the Outer Sect Soul Holding Token from the Thousand Sect Realm. Lin Yao Soul General looked at it and slowly uttered a name - Qian Ruishan.
The entire hall fell silent. After a moment, he said in a deep voice, "She is the only descendant of the Thousand Realms Sect's inner sect with the bloodline of dual Soul Green Cores, and she is also the daughter of the current sect leader, a woman who truly has the right to inherit the main sect."
The deputy commander responded in a low voice: If she is related to this case, should we...?
"No"
Lin Yao raised his hand, a subtle glint flashing in his eyes. "If the Realm Awakening Office can't touch her, I won't either. But—if she insists on concealing the actions of the extraterrestrial beings, it's tantamount to violating the laws of the realm. In that case, she will be punished without our intervention."
"Issue my order: Immediately transfer this lead to the Realm Awakening Office, and simultaneously seal off the outer sect passages of the Thousand Realms Sect. Under the guise of 'joint boundary control,' set a three-day accountability period."
"If the Thousand Realms Sect does not respond..."
"Then the Sixth Realm Awakening Office will personally investigate and hold them accountable."
Boom!
A beam of soul light descended from the sky, transforming into a golden seal of soul runes, and fell directly towards the Thousand Realms Sect.
[Thousand Realms Sect - Outer Sect - Soul-Holding Hall]
Qian Ruishan stood silently outside the tower, gazing at the Soul Pattern Heavenly Seal that descended from the sky and landed directly above the outer sect. Her expression was calm, but her eyes were cold. She had already received the news, "The Soul Hunter Commander actually dares to extend his reach into the Thousand Realms Sect?"
She murmured softly, and a deacon rushed up behind her, his face pale. "Miss Shan... that is the 'Realm Control Accountability Decree,' which has already passed through the triple seal of the sect master's law—it is the seal of the Sixth Division of the Realm Awakening Office."
They suspect... that you are connected to that unknown relic species.
Qian Ruishan simply smiled calmly, "Suspicion?" They're mistaken. "I'm not just concerned with... I'm the one who took the initiative." She slowly turned around, her back to Tianyin, 'Just in time.'
I also want to see if these so-called 'Soul Judges' of Spirit Firmament really have the guts to ask me, Qian Ruishan, a single question. Then she stepped into the tower, her gaze falling on Qin Yu on the futon, her expression growing cold.
He spoke slowly, "How is your recovery?" His soul light flickered, and the sealing patterns trembled quietly with the faint blue light.
Qin Yu, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.
There was no rage, no surge of soul power, and no thunderous phenomena.
But at that moment, the fluctuations of soul energy throughout the entire Silent Eternal Soul Tower suddenly froze!
It was as if the very essence of heaven and earth had momentarily fallen silent.
He opened his eyes, and instead of the grogginess of waking up, they held a calm and clear gleam.
He sensed everything—
Seven layers of soul locks and five arrays of pressure were set up outside. Two Soul Envoys were guarding the tower, and even the spying soul light of the sect's higher-ups had quietly floated at the edge of the tower domain.
But that doesn't matter.
What truly captivated him was the long-silent halo of light deep within his consciousness.
The Azure Ring —suspended silently atop the dome of consciousness, remained unspoken and indifferent.
But the moment he opened his eyes, it trembled slightly.
This tremor, silent and without light, made Qin Yu's heart tighten:
"... So it turns out my slumber wasn't entirely fruitless."
His consciousness deepened, Azure Ring immediately revealed half of its outline. Within it, four blue imprints appeared, arranged at the four poles of the ring, faintly indicating the formation of a new "fifth core".
[Azure Ring, Second Form: Realm-Severing Silent Light] -- Under construction.
"Not enough, far from enough..."
He murmured to himself, and with each breath, silence returned to the Soul Tower.
However, at this very moment--
Boom!!!
The entire Soul Tower trembled violently!
The tower, hundreds of feet tall, had its nine-layered soul array pierced by a single beam of soul light!
Countless deacons soared into the air, and as all the outer sect disciples looked up, they saw a peerless golden seal crashing down from the sky!
Soul patterns were like a sea, and rules were like a net. Fifty soul law iron patterns transformed into a giant chain, directly traversing the sky above the outer sect of the Thousand Realms Sect and hanging atop the Soul Tower!
"This is... the Legal Accountability of the 'Realm Awakening Office'!?"
"One of the eight departments of the Spirit Firmament... the Sixth Soul Control!"
The outer sect elders were shocked!
Qian Ruishan's figure appeared instantly, standing atop the tower, her clothes fluttering in the wind, her gaze cold and sharp.
She gazed up at the seal, her voice devoid of any emotion:
"The Realm Awakening Office has finally arrived."
"How dare you bypass the main sect and ask me directly?"
With a flick of her fingers, a mysterious fragment of a soul bone slowly emerged—it was none other than the "Thousand Realms Sect's Decree: External Control Chapter"!
"Qian Ruishan, of the Thousand Realms Bloodline, from the inner sect's main lineage, today serves as the acting sect leader, guarding this domain—"
"If you dare to lower your souls and control the seal, it will be tantamount to treating my Thousand Realm Master Sect as a mere formality."
The seal paused slightly, then emitted an extremely cold and indifferent soul voice:
"... If you have nothing amiss, you may come with us for soul-searching and judgment."
"If you are unwilling—we will initiate a 'Soul Rend Inspection'."
A cold smile appeared on Qian Ruishan's lips.
"Soul Rend? You'd better be able to split me first."
She looked up, her eyes like snow blades:
"This is your last test."
"If you come again next time, don't bring a stamp."
"Leading troops."
Soul Tower, Qin Yu heard all of this, but his brows didn't furrow even slightly.
He slowly rose to his feet, his clothes still half-tattered, but his aura was like that of an ancient king.
He murmured softly:
"Qian Ruishan..."
"She saved me once, and now she's helping me fight back against the Soul Seal."
"This time, I'll repay you with the Soul Tower's First Awakening."
[Azure Ring - First Form - Spirit Edge Piercing the Realm] was gently activated, and the soul energy of the ninth layer of the Soul Tower suddenly returned to its place. A ray of azure light swept across the void above his palm, instantly severing a strand of divine law seal line hanging from the sky!
Click!
High in the sky, the celestial seal "Soul Rend Lock" shattered in an instant!
The Realm Awakening Office was shaken!
The next instant, one of the six deputy envoys, the "Listening Eye Divine Officer", appeared!
He glanced into the tower, his expression grave, and murmured to himself:
"This..."
"This is... a 'unique anomaly' that transcends the boundaries."
"They must be captured alive!"