Void Obliteration Rift Tower · Abyss Flowers
The sky and earth suddenly darkened, and lightning gathered into a sea. The wings of the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle spread open again, and the shockwaves it generated were like a collapsing starry sea, shaking the entire Annihilation Wasteland Rift Plain. The six people of the Lotus Immortal Hall held their position tightly, and the silver lotus screen swayed in the violent storm of Recognition Annihilation as if it would shatter at any moment.
"Activate the array! Use knowledge to control the lightning— Lotus Realm Reverse Law!" Luo Shuangyue shouted, flipping her hands and spreading the pages of her pen in the air, the spiritual runes scattering like stars. At that moment, the array patterns beneath the six people's feet suddenly lit up, and six pillars of light shot into the sky, intertwining to form a huge lotus-shaped vortex of spiritual light, counterattacking the Flame Thunder Eagle in the sky.
Boom--
The six-pointed starlight curtain of the lotus realm exploded in the air, transforming into billions of silver-white petals that shot into the sky with meteor-like flames. The streams of light pierced through the air, emitting a deafening shriek, and even the void was burned into deep red waves.
However--
With a low hiss, the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle caused the heavens and earth to reverse. With a gentle flap of its giant wings, forged from the flow of Annihilation Dawn Energy, countless lightning flames, as if their destiny had been rewritten, turned and reversed in the air!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
All the silver lotus petals crashed back down, slamming into the center of the formation. The five people inside screamed in unison, their minds wracked with excruciating pain, their bodies torn apart by the backlash of lightning and flames, their blood turning into a crimson mist in the air.
Luo Shuangyue staggered backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood mist, which was evaporated into red-gold smoke by the lightning and fire in mid-air. Her voice was filled with horror. "No... impossible! This beast can reverse the formation! Its consciousness chain is devouring our logic!"
Ning Qingyao gritted her teeth and used all her strength to unfold the book. A green light screen formed in front of her. Her fingers were almost burned through by the annihilation fire, but she still stubbornly refused to back down.
The next instant, the eyes of the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle suddenly brightened, and two annihilation halos appeared deep within its pupils.
Recognition Annihilation swept across the heavens and earth, like the wrathful gaze of a god gazing down upon all living beings. It opened its beak and uttered a low, incantation-like hiss from the abyss.
"Recognition Annihilation: Life Judgment."
That sound was like an infinite universe collapsing simultaneously.
The light of heaven and earth was instantly drained, time froze, and space cracked layer by layer like a skinned corpse. The entire Annihilation Wasteland Rift Plain into a gray storm, and even the rules of nature collapsed.
The six people inside the formation were crushed as if by a tremendous force, their souls torn into threads of light. All defenses and all magic arrays became useless at that moment.
"Ah--!" Ning Qingyao let out a soft moan, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Her delicate body staggered, and the lotus-light protective shield shattered like glass. Her sea of consciousness was pierced by lightning flames, and her spiritual energy rapidly weakened, almost causing her to fall into a coma.
Luo Shuangyue struggled to maintain her balance with the spirit brush, but could barely stand. "No... no, our consciousness chains have collapsed... this Recognition Annihilation Flame—it's the Soul-Destroying Flame!"
At that very moment, Qin Yu finally moved.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes showing no panic, only a cold light.
The heavens and earth stood still around him; wind, thunder, annihilation flames, and blood mist were all separated by an invisible force field.
He stretched out his hand, and with a flick of his palm, the Book of Fate Law and the Realm Severing Origin Brush appeared in the light.
In that instant, countless ring-shaped runes flashed in the void, and the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel slowly unfolded behind him.
With each rotation of the ring, a layer of Annihilation light rises—blue, silver, black, gold, and white intertwine, like a folded galaxy.
He Leaving Stillness a cold, desolate word in a low voice:
"Silent Origin: Tribulationless Chapter - Annihilation of Fate: Return to the Abyss of Nothingness"
--boom!!!
The pen tip touches the ground, as if the world were just beginning to open.
A stroke was drawn in the void, but what flowed within it was not ink; rather, it was the annihilation of countless souls. With Qin Yu at its core, the stroke transformed into a colossal Silent Wheel totem, spreading towards the heavens.
The Recognition Annihilation Flame of the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle was swallowed by that light, and the lightning flames reversed, dissolved, and turned to ash in the air!
Its wings suddenly stiffened, and lightning and fire exploded from the inside out, causing the giant beast to let out a heart-wrenching roar.
The Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel rotate at full speed, their radiance reaching its Ultimate.
The brush tip pointed to the sky, the Silent Wheel collapsed into a single point, and the annihilated light converged into a pitch-black mark, pressing heavily onto the forehead of the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle.
"Returning to the Seal -- Wuyuan."
With that final word, heaven and earth collapsed.
The flames of Recognition Annihilation instantly lost their color, the sea of thunder surged back, the giant eagle's enormous figure twisted into a vortex, the chains of consciousness collapsed on their own, and the power of Annihilation Dawn within its body completely Annihilation after a low hum.
With a deafening roar, the earth was torn apart for thousands of miles, and the sky flashed with billions of fragments of light, all the lightning and flames turning into nothingness.
Ning Qingyao fell to the ground, looking up at the sky cleansed by the annihilating light, her expression blank, her lips trembling slightly—
"He... is so strong..."
Qin Yu slowly put down his brush, the nine rings Return to One, and the Dharma wheel behind him receded like a tide of light, leaving only a scorching silence and a deathly tranquility.
The world was silent, save for the wind that swept across the shattered dust.
The lingering thunder of heaven and earth had not yet dissipated, and the void still retained the chilling, hollow resonance left by the Annihilation of the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle. The annihilation dust floating in the air was like shattered divine souls, slowly dissipating in the silent wind, even sound being swallowed up by this terrifying silence.
Luo Shuangyue staggered to the ground, her spiritual energy still surging violently, her silver hair stained with charred lightning marks. She looked up at Qin Yu, her gaze no longer holding the previous condescending indifference, but instead filled with shock and disbelief.
"He... he actually... with his Sole Book · Intermediate Stage, annihilated the Supreme Annihilation Dawn?" she murmured to herself, her voice trembling.
Qin Yu withdrew his Fate Brush, and the aura of Annihilation around him gradually dissipated, leaving only a faint glow of the writing brush flowing back into his body. His robes had long been Annihilation Lightning, yet he still stood amidst the dust and smoke, his aura steady and serene, his eyes cold and desolate like the abyss of a starry sea.
Ning Qingyao was leaning against a broken rock wall, her face pale, and her chest wound was still bleeding. Luo Shuangyue hurriedly took out several silver divine pills, and spiritual light emanated from her palm. As soon as the pills entered the air, they emitted a strong wave of spiritual energy, as if they were divine medicines that could reshape the soul.
"Take it, quickly." Luo Shuangyue distributed the divine pills to everyone.
Although the injured disciples of the Lotus Immortal Hall were still in shock, they dared not say a word and took the pills. The moment the divine pills entered their throats, a silver lotus light bloomed in their sea of consciousness, the broken chains of consciousness were slowly repaired, and their auras gradually stabilized.
Luo Shuangyue slowly turned around, gazing at Qin Yu with a complex expression. "Young Master Qin... who exactly are you? With your strength, could you perhaps already be beyond the Sole Book · Intermediate Stage?"
Qin Yu raised his eyes, smiled faintly, his gaze calm yet profound. "I am merely... a disciple of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall. My cultivation is only at the Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage."
That short sentence made the air freeze again.
"The Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall..." Luo Shuangyue took a light breath. The Lotus Immortal Hall disciples behind her also changed their expressions. The Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall —that was one of the top temples in the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer, possessing an authority that even the Annihilation Dawn Realm dared not easily challenge.
In an instant, all the previously disdainful glances turned into awe and hesitation.
One of the disciples in Qingyi whispered, "No wonder he could reconstruct cause and effect with the Brush of Annihilation. That brushstroke... I've seen it in the Recognition Annihilation Tower. Only the 'Book of Fate Law' of the Eternal Realm has that kind of annihilation trajectory!"
"Young Master Qin... we were very rude just now." Luo Shuangyue cupped her hands, her voice steady and sincere, "If it weren't for your intervention today, all six of us would be dead here. Shuangyue... owes you a life."
She lowered her head slightly, a complex light flashing in her eyes. As one of the core disciples of the Lotus Immortal Hall, she had always been proud and arrogant, but now she had to admit that the person in front of her was beyond her imagination.
Ning Qingyao slowly rose to her feet, her eyes gleaming with gratitude and tenderness. She looked at Qin Yu, her voice gentle yet sincere. "Young Master Qin, thank you for saving me. Without you, Qingyao would likely have perished long ago."
Qin Yu simply smiled faintly, his tone calm. "The Annihilation Wasteland Lands are fraught with peril. It was nothing, don't worry about it."
Luo Shuangyue glanced at him, as if she wanted to say something more, but then swallowed her words and took out a spirit seal crystal plate to seal off the surrounding lightning energy to prevent the fluctuations from leaking out.
"Let's leave this place first. Although the Recognition-Devouring Flame Thunder Eagle is dead, this thunderous domain is very likely to attract even deeper-level Recognition Annihilation Beasts. We shouldn't stay here any longer."
Qin Yu nodded slightly. "Alright, I'll protect you as you retreat."
The group responded in unison, and six figures transformed into streaks of light, sweeping across the void torn apart by the Brush of Annihilation. Above the sky, the afterglow of the Recognition Annihilation Lightning still flickered, as if leaving a silent footnote to this great battle.
The winds deep within the Annihilation Wasteland were no longer like those of the mortal realm; they were a "flow of concepts" rising from the depths of the rift at the Source of Epochless. Each gust carried with it shattered laws, remnants of cause and effect, and the whispers of cultivators long since dead. As the wind swept past one's ears, it was as if someone were murmuring in the darkness, "No more true names, no more existence."
The group flew swiftly through the air, beneath which stretched a vast, gray sand plain. Twisted waves of silver-blue light churned in the sky, and in the distance, a colossal tower that seemed to pierce the void could be faintly seen— the Ancient Logic God-Cultivation Tower.
The tower was not formed from solid material, but rather from countless layers of Logic Fragments, incomplete prefaces, and annihilation arrays overlapping each other. It resembled a tower in shape, yet it was constantly flowing. Each flash of light was like spacetime itself writing and erasing its own existence. Ancient inscriptions were engraved on the tower, each character spontaneously igniting with golden-white flames, only to be erased by the fading light in the next instant, forming an eternal alternation of birth and death.
The oppressive force emanating from the entire tower caused the void rifts to collapse inch by inch. Even from tens of thousands of miles away, everyone could still feel the aura of logic that surpassed Sole Book and approached Annihilation Dawn.
Luo Shuangyue stopped, her robes fluttering. She gazed at the tower, her eyes filled with both awe and longing. "This is the legendary Dao Tower left behind by the Ancient Logic Cultivation God... It is said that those who climb to the top can glimpse a glimpse of the truth of the 'Severed Observation'."
Ning Qingyao added softly, "Some also say that this tower is not for people to climb, but rather a graveyard for judging all those who vainly attempt to glimpse the truth."
Qin Yu's gaze was profound, and he slightly extended his divine sense, sensing the chaotic energy flow in this area, with every aura filled with dangerous disturbances. He whispered, "The rules here... are being constantly rewritten by the inscriptions on the tower. Without a strong sea of consciousness, stepping in means being rewritten as 'Does Not Exist'."
--Just then, bursts of spiritual energy emanated from the airspace in front of the tower.
Tens of thousands of cultivators gathered on the vast outer ring altar. Their robes and insignia were all different, but they were all disciples of the top forces in the Void Obliteration Domain.
The crimson cloaks of the Asura Immortal Hall were particularly eye-catching. The group of more than ten people stood at the edge of the tower's shadow, their eyes bloodshot, their bodies shrouded in chaotic red light.
The leading cultivator, clad in a scarlet battle robe with the Asura mark embroidered on his chest, possessed a cultivation level that had Supreme the Severed Observation Realm. Holding a bone pen, he spoke in a chilling tone, "Hmph, the people from the Lotus Immortal Hall have arrived too. It seems this time, the opportunity at the tower... will have a few more corpses fighting over it."
Luo Shuangyue's expression darkened slightly, but she didn't answer. Instead, she raised her hand, gesturing for everyone to step back half a step. She turned to Qin Yu and said softly, "We're not alone here. The people from the Asura Immortal Hall almost always massacre a group of fellow cultivators before each ancient tower opens. Young Master Qin, you'll need to be extra careful from now on."
Qin Yu smiled faintly, "The storm hasn't even started before the tower, yet there's already killing intent. That's what makes this place so interesting."
Just as undercurrents were swirling between the two sides, an even more eerie aura quietly emerged from beneath the tower's shadow.
They were a group of masked cultivators in black robes. The surface of their robes shimmered with patterns of dark red and silver-gray, as if simulating the pulse of the "Flow of Void Emanation." Each of them was silent, their footsteps barely making a sound, as if they were not living beings, but illusions born from this Annihilation Wasteland.
A kind of indescribable "consciousness disturbance" permeated the air—with each breath they took, the surrounding space would subtly fold.
Ning Qingyao exclaimed in a low voice, "That's... Abyss Flowers!"
Luo Shuangyue's expression changed. "As expected, even they came."
The Abyss Flowers the most mysterious group of cultivators in the Void Obliteration Domain. They have long since abandoned their physical forms and names, transforming into the semi-illusory "Flows." They are the true rulers and overseers of the Void Obliteration Domain, and also the most inviolable beings.
The Abyss Flowers, wore a dark gray cloak and a silver crown with swirling Void Evolution runes. His face was obscured by the void, making his features indistinct; only his two luminous pupils were visible, like rifts born from "Non-Existence."
His aura was at the initial stage of the Annihilation Dawn Realm.
As he took his first step, the world seemed to be rewritten. All the cultivators felt their consciousness being suppressed by an invisible force, making it difficult to breathe. Even Sole Book Supreme of the Asura Immortal Hall had to lower his head slightly, not daring to look directly at him.
"The Abyss Flowers... Even the observers from the Void Obliteration Domain have arrived. The secrets of this ancient tower are probably far more complex than just the ruins of Cultivation God," Luo Shuangyue murmured.
Qin Yu's gaze sharpened, and a fighting spirit quietly ignited in his eyes. The Abyss Flowers swept across the crowd, his gaze lingering briefly on Qin Yu, as if sensing a strange aura.
Their gazes briefly clashed in the void.
A silent mental fluctuation erupted, slightly distorting the surrounding void. Several low-level cultivators felt a sharp pain in their sea of consciousness and retreated.
Qin Yu's expression remained completely unchanged.
The voice of the Abyss Flowers echoed in his mind through his consciousness, "The Breath of Eternity... Sole Book · Intermediate Stage? Ha... An interesting piece."
Qin Yu's lips curled slightly as he murmured, "Chess piece? That depends on who's holding the pen."