The flow of light between heaven and earth gradually subsided at this moment, leaving only the nine rainbows spanning the sky, like an ancient poem suspended above chaos. The rainbow radiance of each bridge trembled at a different frequency, as if responding to some unknown rhythm. Qin Yu stood silently in front of the crowd, his back like a solitary star, quiet yet sharp.
He took a slow step, the dust beneath his feet silently dispersing. With each step, the spiritual pressure of heaven and earth subtly fluctuated, as if the surrounding light and mist were being drawn by his aura. Almost all the cultivators' eyes were fixed on him—that young man at the Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage was now walking towards the Sixth Bridge.
A stir ran through the crowd, and someone whispered, "That's the Nine Bridges of the Annihilation Abyss... Even Aoshi Tianyue could only ascend the bridge in his Severed Observation form. Has he, a mid-level cultivator, gone mad?"
"Is he tired of living? Any spiritual pressure from that bridge could annihilate him."
"Hmph, judging by his calm demeanor, he probably has never witnessed the true power of the Annihilation Abyss."
Amidst the clamor of voices, Qin Yu suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the sixth bridge, now under the control of Aoshi Tianyue. Its rainbow radiance was dazzling, like a stairway to the unknown. But in that instant, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword trembled slightly behind him, a colorless halo flashing across its blade—the echo of the simultaneous resonance of the nine bridges.
Qin Yu's gaze lingered on the Sixth Bridge for a moment, then he smiled slightly.
"Since all nine bridges have responded... why bother fighting over someone else's bridge?"
His voice was extremely soft, yet it was like the wind sweeping across a sea of stars, carrying an indescribable air of arrogance. Then, his steps slowly shifted, his robes fluttering, and he walked towards the Seventh Rainbow Bridge.
At that moment, the room fell completely silent.
All the cultivators were stunned, and even the powerful figures on the Six Bridges couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
No one dares to step on the rainbow light of the Seventh Bridge to this day. It is one of the oldest bridges in the Annihilation Abyss, and the depths of its flowing light contain the fluctuations of nothingness. Even powerful experts at the Annihilation Dawn Realm dare not approach it easily. Some say that the Seventh Bridge can even erase the boundary between "existence" and "Non-Existence," and once you accidentally step on it, even your name will be annihilated.
"That kid's gone mad!"
"He actually wants to climb the Seventh Bridge?"
"Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage... What a joke! He hasn't even condensed the aura of the Annihilation Dawn Realm yet. Ascending the Seventh Bridge is tantamount to suicide!"
A series of sneers exploded across the sky and earth, carrying disdain, mockery, and even a hint of pity.
One of the powerful figures standing on the fifth bridge— Yan Youmo— coldly raised his head, his voice booming like flames. "Hmph! This Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage cultivator dares to touch the Annihilation Abyss Rainbow Bridge? He really thinks too highly of himself! If he ascends the seventh bridge, even his soul will be burned to ashes!"
For a moment, Zhou Tianling was restless, and countless people looked at the white-clad figure with mockery and ridicule.
But Qin Yu merely raised his eyes, his expression as cold as frost. The light of the Nine Bridges reflected endless layers in his pupils, and as he walked forward step by step, the ground beneath his feet shimmered with a faint silver glow.
That was a response from the depths of the Annihilation Abyss.
The rainbow light gathered into a ring beneath his feet, and streams of spiritual energy descended from the void, encircling his body, as if the heavens were paving a path for him.
The wind stopped, all sound ceased, and even the fluctuations in space seemed to freeze temporarily.
All the ridicule and gossip ceased abruptly at that moment.
Qin Yu's toes gently landed at the starting point of the seventh rainbow bridge.
Boom--!
The entire world trembled in an instant! The light wheels of the nine bridges resonated and shone brightly, and the rainbow stream of the seventh bridge transformed into billions of silver-white star chains, like cracks in the universe at its inception, plunging straight down from the void into the abyss.
Every inch of light on the Rainbow Bridge trembled, twisted, and rose, as if countless ancient voices emanated from the light, murmuring, sighing, and calling.
"That's impossible!"
"He—he actually triggered the resonance of the Seventh Bridge?!"
Aoshi Tianyue's gaze sharpened, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes. He said softly, "This resonance... doesn't seem to be something an ordinary cultivator could cause."
Qin Yu stood atop the rainbow light, his robes fluttering, his black hair as black as ink. Behind him, the light of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword merged with the rainbow's glow, transforming into a No Definition expanse of silent white.
The world seemed to be enveloped by his aura, and even the concept of "existence" became blurred at that moment.
The world Ji Ran. The rainbow light of the nine bridges flowed slowly in the wind, like nine light dragons spanning the chaos. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the white-clad figure— Qin Yu stood at the end of the rainbow of the seventh bridge, surrounded by silent light, motionless. The air seemed to be frozen by the aura emanating from his body, with only his clothes fluttering slightly in the wind.
Suddenly, a chilling spiritual pressure exploded from the crowd. The power was like a thunderbolt, instantly tearing through the void, accompanied by a roar that sounded like a million soul incantations being chanted, shaking heaven and earth.
"Who do you think you are!" The expert at the Supreme Severed Observation Realm stepped out from the crowd, wearing a bronze armor. Behind him, twelve mirrors rotated in the air, each reflecting a different face—anger, contempt, bloodlust, disdain—fragments of emotions intertwined like sharp blades.
His voice boomed like thunder, laced with a sharp sneer, "You Only Book Realm dare to covet the Nine Rainbow Bridges? Get down here, or I'll break your legs and show you forever what the difference in cultivation level truly means!"
As soon as he spoke, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was shaken, forming a wave like flames, forcing the surrounding cultivators to retreat.
Qin Yu slowly turned his head, his gaze calm and his eyes devoid of any emotion. He asked indifferently, "What? Is there a rule on the Nine Bridges— that Only Book Realm are allowed to cross the bridge?"
The man sneered, his aura surging. "Climbing the bridge? We'll see if you have the ability!"
Before he finished speaking, the space beneath his feet shattered, and his figure streaked across the sky like a black flame meteor.
Boom--!
The entire world was ignited by his aura, and the twelve mirrors simultaneously burst forth with light. Each mirror reflected a different world, as if twelve parallel worlds were overlapping and exploding. The twelve illusory fists instantly merged into one strike.
"Observe Soul Realm-Rending Seal!"
He roared, and in that instant, the colors of heaven and earth were completely out of balance. All light was distorted, space was torn into a vortex, and the shockwave roared in like exploding stars.
This attack was not an ordinary Severed Observation technique, but a destructive attack centered on "Observation Mirror Dimension Shattering," which folds consciousness into energy. If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would probably be reduced to nothingness in an instant.
Countless people gasped and stepped back, even Aoshi Tianyue frowned slightly.
"Is this madman trying to kill that kid on the spot?"
"Using the full power of the Severed Observation Realm · Supreme's pinnacle? This Only Book Realm would probably be reduced to ashes--"
Right now.
Qin Yu shifted his foot slightly.
The rainbow bridge trembled beneath his feet, and a ray of white light rose from his toes. The light was silent, yet it dyed the void a desolate white.
He raised his hand, his fingertips resting on the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, his tone as light as the wind, yet icy cold:
You shouldn't have hit me.
--The Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword.
The sword rang softly, and the heavens and earth seemed to freeze.
In an instant, all sounds, wind, and spiritual pressure froze, as if time itself had been pulled away.
The light flowing from Qin Yu's sword was not light, but "blank space." The moment that light swept across the sky, even the structure of space lost its definition, and the twelve mirrors shattered simultaneously in the air, silently turning into stardust.
The Severed Observation's body froze in mid-air, his pupils reflecting the image of his own soul collapsing—a silent, painless, and unconscious Annihilation.
The next instant, his body began to disintegrate from the center, turning into hundreds of millions of dust particles, leaving not even a trace of his soul.
Boom--!
The light of heaven and earth flowed again, and the sound of the wind returned.
The crowd was deathly silent, everyone staring blankly at the space swallowed by the silent light.
On the Seventh Rainbow Bridge, Qin Yu's figure still stood straight. The wind swept past his sleeves, and the light of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword slowly faded, as if it had never existed.
He slowly raised his gaze, calmly sweeping it over the astonished crowd. "Whether I step onto the bridge or not is not for you to decide."
After he finished speaking, the world fell silent once more.
Even Aoshi Tianyue slowly straightened up, a hint of solemnity appearing between his brows for the first time. "This person... is definitely not an ordinary cultivator."
Above the nine bridges, the light flickered, as if responding to Qin Yu's presence.
The aftershocks of that sword strike still lingered in the air, like some kind of power beyond definition resonating for a long time. The white-clad figure on the Seventh Rainbow Bridge stood motionless. The brilliance of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword had long since faded, yet that area remained deathly silent, devoid of sound, spiritual energy, and even the trace of its "existence" seemed to have been erased. As everyone watched this scene, a chill ran through them from the depths of their souls.
A series of low hisses echoed through the room.
"He... he annihilated Severed Observation Realm · Supreme with a single sword strike?"
"Are you kidding me? Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage! This is impossible—this is impossible!"
"I didn't even see the trajectory of his attack... Who is he?"
Shocked cries came from all directions of the crowd, but were quickly followed by a deathly silence. Those who had previously mocked and ridiculed him dared not even breathe too heavily, for fear of being affected by that indescribable aura.
Even the man standing atop the first rainbow bridge—Mu Liyuan, the Supreme Disciple of the Heavenly Palace Sect, clad in golden Mu Liyuan —couldn't help but frown slightly. His gaze pierced through the layers of rainbow light, looking at the quiet white-clad figure on the seventh bridge, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes.
"Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage... Hah, doesn't seem like it." He murmured to himself, his fingertips twitching slightly, but he said nothing more.
The other powerful figures on the bridges also wore solemn expressions, no longer easily revealing hostility. The rainbow light of the seventh bridge flowed beneath Qin Yu's feet, the silent light and rainbow colors merging to form an unprecedented balance—a visual spectacle of "annihilation and rebirth" coexisting.
A sense of awe and silence filled the air.
Time passed slowly, and then more cultivators stepped out one after another.
The rainbow light of the eighth bridge suddenly shone brightly, and a Severed Observation Realm · Supreme, cloaked in crimson flames and brimming with spiritual energy, stepped into the void. Behind him burned a galaxy of annihilation flames that resembled fire but was not fire, and the rainbow light beneath his feet transformed into flowing flames, stirring up violent spiritual pressure waves.
The crowd erupted in exclamations again. "That's the Grand Elder of the Burning Radiance Hall — Huan Tianchi!"
Immediately afterward, at the end of the ninth bridge, a figure silently appeared. The person was shrouded in black gauze, only a pair of Ultimate cold eyes flashing with a deep blue, annihilating light. He possessed no aura, yet none dared to look him directly in the eye. Someone whispered in terror, "That... that's 'Annihilation Extremity Walker' Yelan Wusheng!"
At this moment, all nine bridges were finally trodden upon.
--boom!!!
The earth and sky suddenly shook!
The spiritual pressure of the entire Void Obliteration Domain roared and surged like an awakened behemoth. Beneath the rainbow bridge, countless spiritual veins gushed forth from the earth, surging towards the sky like waterfalls. Each stream of spiritual energy carried fragments of starlight and laws, weaving together in the air to form vortexes of light.
"Nine Bridges Resonance—It Begins!"
"The Annihilation Abyss Return Realm is about to open!"
Countless cultivators looked up and saw the rainbow stream between the nine bridges explode simultaneously, with nine distinct colors of light intertwining and merging: red, gold, blue, silver, black, cyan, purple, white, and colorless. The colors of light tore and merged continuously, eventually transforming into a massive vortex that covered the sky.
That vortex was not simply energy, but an abyss in which even "time" and "existence" were distorted.
The nine bridges rose into the air simultaneously, like nine dragons leaping up and converging at the center of the sky. Countless magic runes erupted from the ends of each bridge, forming tens of thousands of layers of spatial arrays, as if the Milky Way had collapsed and reassembled.
The rainbow's light pierced through the clouds, extending into the higher heavens.
Boom--!
From the depths of the void, a kind of ancient and solemn resonance resounded, like the breath of a deity from countless ages ago. Countless cultivators immediately knelt down, their souls trembling.
The sky changed color completely, day turned into night, and stars fell like rain. Each star transformed into a rune, merging into the forming "Gate of the Annihilation Abyss".
It was a portal forged from light and annihilation, indescribably magnificent, spanning tens of millions of miles in width and towering into the end of the void. Nine ancient runes appeared on the portal, each corresponding to a rainbow bridge.
As the ninth inscription lit up, a mysterious and ancient whisper resounded throughout the world:
"The nine bridges have been joined, the Annihilation Abyss has been reopened. My will has brought all spirits Return to the Abyss."
Boom!!! A burst of light!
Endless rainbow light poured down, instantly transforming the world into a flowing ocean of light. The figures of the cultivators were illuminated in the light, appearing as insignificant as dust.
On the seventh bridge, Qin Yu slowly raised his head. At the center of the light gate before him flowed a colorless, serene radiance—that ray of light subtly resonated with the aura of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword within his body.
A chill ran through him, and he murmured softly, "The Annihilation Abyss Return Realm... has finally opened."
A rainbow of light enveloped the heavens and the earth, and the world seemed to collapse and be reborn simultaneously in silence and roar. On the nine bridges, nine figures were gradually drawn into the light.
Amidst countless shocked gazes, Qin Yu's figure was slowly swallowed up by the colorless rainbow light.