The night Broken Guidance Residence, and the silence was like falling into a silent Realm Sea.
Between the houses, a soul candle burned slowly, flickering like a firefly, yet it could not dispel the chilling light of this realm beneath the sky.
Qin Yu sat cross-legged within the soul array, a faint Azure Ring appearing on his palm—like a star, like ripples, like thunder in the still night. Though silent, it seemed to stir the deepest waves of the entire world.
This was his first attempt at drawing upon the Spirit Firmament Realm Qi.
The so-called "Spirit Firmament Realm Qi" is not the "True Spirit Particles" or "primordial energy" of the Divine Abyss Realm, but a kind of primordial Shatter Cause whose essence is closer to the law of cause and effect. If one cannot open the mind with the Soul Seal, one cannot even perceive it.
Upon his first attempt, Qin Yu felt his sea of consciousness boiling, as if his internal meridians were separated from this world by an invisible membrane. All the guiding methods had no effect on this realm.
"Azure Ring remains still... and doesn't draw in Spiritual Qi?"
He pondered for a long time, then suddenly withdrew all his senses and adopted the "Still the Heart and Guard the Dao" posture, causing his breath, energy, and thoughts to return to zero.
The next moment--
A thin, almost imperceptible "thread-like stream of light" rose from the depths of the Broken Guidance Residence earth, like the most hidden vein between rock and spirit, slowly flowing into his heart.
"This... is the Spirit Firmament Realm Qi?"
He was utterly shaken!
It wasn't through the guidance of cultivation techniques, but rather through Qinghuan 'Ring Master "fusion with all available causes in the surroundings" in silence, allowing him to bypass the "spiritual vein opening" step and forcibly implant the Realm Spirit!
Azure Ring remained still, yet her aura arose spontaneously.
This is the foundation of power that Qin Yu possesses, the only Ring Seal user outside of the Spirit Firmament.
As the last Spirit Firmament Realm Qi completely sank into his body, he opened his eyes. A faint blue light flashed, his muscles and bones trembled, and an invisible "blue imprint" appeared in the center of his dantian, seemingly nonexistent yet present, slowly rotating.
"This is just... a wisp of the lowest realm energy, yet it can disturb my sea of consciousness?"
His eyes narrowed slightly.
The Spiritual Qi density and rule intensity of this world are indeed more than a hundred times greater than those of the Divine Abyss Realm!
He slowly stood up and looked out the window.
"Next, Mission Hall."
"If this is the beginning of the Spirit Firmament, then let us tear open a passage from the coldest of rules."
He straightened his robes, pushed open the door, and went out.
The Spirit Firmament Realm Qi is neither the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi nor the true breath of the primordial spirit, but a chaotic flow that is born from the "Epoch's Remnant Core".
Its essence does not belong to any sequence system under the Five Elements, Seven Gods, or Nine Extremes, but is formed by the "Spirit Firmament Origin Cause" scattered in the realm, and aggregated in the form of Shatter Cause.
Each elemental aura contains a three-tiered structure:
• Firstly, Soul Fragments: Resonating with the cultivator's soul essence is the primary mechanism by which the Spirit Firmament Great Realm determines "those who can enter" and "those who can be abandoned".
• Secondly, the Law Binding Micro-Core: This is the compressed core of the Spirit Firmament Law. After entering the body, it will slowly embed itself into the sea of consciousness to replace the old Spiritual Sense structure, allowing the cultivator to gradually merge with the Spirit Firmament Law order.
• Thirdly, the spiritual circuit: the basic structure supporting the operation of the three major systems of "technique", "skill" and "soul", spreading in layers and gradually forming the spiritual platform traces.
Only by simultaneously embodying all three aspects can one be recognized by the Spirit Firmament Realm Qi.
Qin Yu, without moving the ring seal, without cultivating his technique, and without constructing his spiritual platform, actually managed to draw out all three layers of boundary energy into his body simply by relying on the silent state of the Azure Ring —if this matter were to reach the higher-ups of the Thousand Realms Sect, it would surely cause a stir!
He, however, was unaware of this.
Beyond destiny, Azure Ring has quietly unveiled the true crack in the Spirit Firmament.