The Three Halls of the Radiant Ember Severed Realm and the Trial Crossing of Annihilating Light
The moment Qin Yu stepped into the Radiant Ember Severed Realm, the colors of heaven and earth were completely stripped away. The land beneath his feet lost its meaning as "land," replaced by layers of transparent light, as if thin films of time were stacked together, each layer reflecting the afterimages of different eras—some like burning civilizations, others turned to dust, even the evidence of their existence was slowly dissipating.
His footsteps landed lightly, and the entire world rippled. A flow of energy, interwoven with gray and silver-blue, rippled around his feet, like water being stirred by an invisible wind, causing even the surrounding space and time to tremble. All around was a silent ocean of light and mist, yet deep within this desolate Radiant Domain, lurked a sound like the sigh of an ancient star before its death—faint and indistinct, like the whisper of memories in his ear.
The inner layer of the Radiant Ember Severed Realm is even more bizarre than the outer layer. Everything here no longer obeys any physical laws; mountains hang upside down, rivers flow backward, and space constantly shifts between fracture and fusion. Billions of streams of light fall from the void, like shattered galaxies pouring down from the heavens, illuminating this desolate realm as an endless apocalyptic fireworks display.
Just then, a silvery-white crack appeared in the distance, followed by countless eerie lights overflowing from it. These lights were not ordinary energy, but the most bizarre existence of the Ghosts of Light — the Radiant Ember Severed Realm.
They have no form, only the remnants of "past light." Each wisp of light is like a soul that has lost its memory, floating in the void, occasionally coalescing into a blurry human shape, only to dissipate into dust in the next instant. They emit low murmurs, sounds like sighs, yet also like repeating some eternal dream. "Light... must go back... must go back..."
Qin Yu looked up and saw the eerie lights intertwining in mid-air, forming huge spiral bands of light, like fragments of the Milky Way churning in the air. Each band of light flickered with thousands of phantoms, seemingly the remnants of the consciousness of fallen stars. They were struggling painfully, wanting to return to the glorious past, but were forever bound here by an invisible force.
"These... are the memories of beings annihilated by the Radiance Ember." Qin Yu murmured, a chill flashing in his eyes.
The instant he stared, a Ghosts of Light slowly drifted over. The ghostly light took on a blurry humanoid outline, draped in tattered wings of light, its eyes empty and lifeless. But as it approached Qin Yu, the entire world suddenly trembled, as if the existence of this ghost had triggered some ancient resonance within the Radiant Ember Severed Realm.
Countless Ghosts of Light awakened, emitting piercing roars as they instantly coalesced into a storm. The storm of light whipped up billions of specks of light, setting the entire sky ablaze. The structure of heaven and earth continuously fractured and reformed, resembling an apocalyptic spectacle of falling stars.
Qin Yu in the center of the storm, surrounded by flowing light. His Limitless True Evolution Core released a stable, dark blue aura, resisting the impact of countless light souls. Each impact felt like the cries of millions of souls piercing his divine sense, attempting to invade his consciousness and pull him into the endless "cycle of light."
"Annihilation... and rebirth... are born from the same root." Qin Yu murmured softly, and the phantom of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword slowly appeared in his hand. The blade was silent, yet it reflected the image of the collapse of all worlds.
His gaze was calm as he slowly raised his hand—the next moment, before the sword light arrived, the storm of light in the world froze instantly. The cries of those Ghosts of Light were frozen in the air, like a tide frozen in time.
All was silent, with only Qin Yu's robes gently floating in the light dust.
He walked slowly forward, passing through layer after layer of light and soul mist. With each step, the ground rippled, reflecting the outlines of countless dead souls, swirling around his feet like the reflection of a galaxy.
At that moment, the entire inner layer of the Radiant Ember Severed Realm was completely ablaze. The ocean of light suddenly shattered, and billions of layers of light membranes rolled up, as if the universe had been folded back. The walls of space were torn apart, and a dazzling light, like the collapse of the sun, crashed down from the top of the sky—it was not just simple energy, but a colossal being that condensed billions of souls of death light.
That is the king of the Ghosts of Light— "Radiant Ash Giant Spirit".
Its body was tens of thousands of feet tall, composed entirely of flowing radiant dust and starlight fragments. Each feather of light was like a burning era, and suspended in its chest was a cracked Light Heart, within which fragments of memories constantly flickered—fallen stars, dead civilizations, and dissipated Fate Soul, all replaying in that instant.
When it raised its head, the entire space distorted. A torrent of light surged from its pupil-less eye sockets, like two radiant rivers sweeping across the universe. The void beneath Qin Yu's feet was instantly torn apart, forming a series of enormous energy vortexes. Gravity, time, and even concepts were thrown out of balance by this attack.
Qin Yu's gaze sharpened, and he slowly raised his right hand, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword appearing in his palm. The blade was invisible, yet it reflected a deep, night-like radiance in the light. The air froze, and an indescribable aura of Annihilation spread from his body, instantly plunging the sea of light into deathly silence.
"Annihilation."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yu stepped forward, and the space beneath his feet cracked into nothingness with each step he took. The moment the sword was swung out, the entire Radiant Domain exploded, and light and darkness intertwined in the air to form thousands of vortices, as if the life and death of the universe were exploding at the same time.
Boom--!
The Radiant Ash Giant Spirit swung its arm, and in that instant, the entire sky collapsed into a radiant arc—it unleashed its first attack: [Light Epoch Collapse Tide].
It collapses all forms of light, refracting energy, time, and soul into pure annihilation.
The sky suddenly brightened, and billions of rays of light transformed into a torrent, each carrying a destructive intent, like stars falling from the sky and crashing into the sea of Radiant Domain. The ground shattered, and streams of light flowed like waterfalls, creating tens of thousands of towering pillars of light.
Qin Yu let out a low shout, raised his left hand, and unleashed the Silent Origin Stainless Sword —the sword light was like a dark abyss, forcefully cleaving a crack in the sea of light, instantly severing the tide of light.
"The Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword - Activate."
The moment the sword flashed, the sounds of heaven and earth were completely silenced. All light ceased to flicker, and all wind was compressed into a single line. The luminous feathers on the body of the Radiant Ash Giant Spirit began to fall off, one by one, into nothingness, turning into ashes.
But it roared, its hands crossed, and the Light Heart within its body surged once more—[Radiant Demise Final Wheel]!
The wheel of cause and effect, formed by the birth and death of light, reverses the spatial order, causing the enemy's existence logic to regress to "before the birth of light".
The giant opened its arms, and the sky instantly split into rings of light. Nine halos of light fell from the void, and with each rotation of the rings, a layer of the structure of reality was torn apart. At the center of those halos was the core conflict between light and darkness— the Threshold point where a star collapses into a black hole.
Instead of retreating, Qin Yu advanced, his eyes cold and sharp, reflecting the image of the entire light halo collapsing. The Silent Origin Stainless Sword reignited in his hand, its blade shimmering with a chaotic yet serene light.
He raised his sword and slashed horizontally—"The Causeless Disillusionment Sword." The sword moved as still as a shadow.
In an instant, all the light wheels stopped spinning. The arms of the Radiant Ash Giant Spirit were frozen in mid-air, and countless fine cracks appeared on its body, as if it had been stripped from the very definition of existence. Then, those cracks suddenly burst open, erupting with an indescribable surge of light.
Heaven and earth collapsed, the void crumbled, and the inner layer of the entire Radiant Ember Severed Realm was completely torn apart at this moment. Stars fell from the sky, the ground shattered like a mirror, and the tide of light and the flow of Annihilation mixed into an invisible apocalypse.
Qin Yu stood in the center of the collapsing world, his robes lifted by the annihilation light, the Silent Origin Stainless Sword hanging by his side, with only a trace of colorless light remaining on its blade—the trace of the Radiant Ash Giant Spirit's "Spiritual Heart" collapsing.
But at that moment, from the deepest part of the light tide, a low roar echoed, and the heavens and earth trembled once more—the fragments of the Radiant Ash Giant Spirit actually reassembled, forming an enormous halo, as if it wanted to devour Qin Yu with its last will.
Qin Yu slowly raised his head, a cold and desolate light flowing between his brows. The Limitless True Evolution Core deep within his sea of consciousness began to resonate, and the world instantly fell into complete stillness.
"It's over."
The sword light was silent, yet it shone brighter than the first light of the universe at its beginning.
The Ghosts of Light disintegrated, Radiant Ash Giant Spirit transformed into countless specks of light, slowly dissipating into the void and returning to Annihilation. The heavens and earth were once again filled with a deathly silence, leaving only that solitary figure standing atop the graveyard of light.
The world was silent, and dust fell like snow. After the Radiant Ash Giant Spirit completely collapsed, Qin Yu slowly sheathed his sword, but he did not feel any relief. The radiance on the Silent Origin Stainless Sword had not completely dissipated, and deep within the blade, there seemed to be some residual consciousness still wriggling.
He looked up and saw a colossal "gate of light" formed from trillions of fragments of light appearing above the collapsed sky. The gate was covered with ancient runes, each line pulsating at a rhythm beyond human comprehension—they were not language, but a kind of "breathing of light."
At that moment, Qin Yu realized—this was merely the first layer of protection within the Radiant Ember Severed Realm.
In the aftermath of the giant's demise, the ground slowly cracked open, revealing a vortex leading to the lower levels. It was a spiral passage formed by folded light, as if one had fallen into the reverse flow of time.
Qin Yu concealed his aura, and his figure transformed into a stream of light as he plunged into the abyss.
As he fell, the surrounding light gradually thinned, the colors changing from silvery white to cold blue, and then to deathly gray. The space on this level felt incredibly heavy, as if he had fallen into the end of time.
Suddenly, a deep rumble resounded.
Countless "Monuments of Light" emerged from the void, standing upright in the boundless sea of light, their surfaces engraved with the names and totems of countless vanished civilizations. Each time Qin Yu passed a monument, it would shimmer with a faint glow, as if recording his footsteps.
But just as he passed the 372nd luminous monument, the entire world suddenly trembled. The radiance of those monuments abruptly vanished, and a voice resounded in the void—deep, aged, and filled with ancient majesty:
"Intruder... to see the final ashes, one must cross the light of the Three Temples."
The next instant, the void collapsed, and three giant shadows slowly rose from the crack.
The first was a knight made of pure light, wearing a cracked crown and with Radiance Ember inlaid on his chest;
The second was a female figure draped in shattered feathers of light, her eyes burning with the radiance of annihilating starlight;
The third wave is an invisible wave of light, sometimes appearing as a beast, sometimes as mist, and sometimes as endless faces.
The three figures spoke simultaneously, their voices overlapping into one:
"We are the guardians of the Three Halls of Radiance Ember — the Light Heart, the Star Tear, and the Soul Ash. To reach the Core of Ember, one must use the Soul to ferry light, the light to ferry consciousness, and consciousness to ferry life."
Boom--!
The heavens and earth erupted completely. The Triple Palace of Light unfolded from the void, transforming into three rotating three-dimensional spaces, each composed of light from a different dimension:
First Floor [Hall of Light - Everlasting Day]
Countless light arrays emerged from the ground, and countless light feathers transformed into sharp blades, slashing towards Qin Yu from all directions.
This is the judgment hall of the "Being of Light," where any "tangible" existence will be dissolved by light.
Second Floor [Radiant Palace - Silent Star]
-A weightless realm of light, where billions of fragmented stars float, each a manifestation of a soul.
-The attack here is not physical, but rather a tearing of the soul and a backlash from the mirror image.
The third level [Ember Palace - Wheel of Fate]
- The boundaries of time and space are completely broken, cause and effect are confused, and destiny is out of sync.
This temple will reverse the definition of the intruder's existence, causing them to burn simultaneously in the past and future.
Qin Yu stood steadily in front of the first hall.
The endless waves of light swept over in an instant, like a storm composed of billions of light blades. Each beam of light carried the will of "judgment of existence," slashing towards his physical body, soul, and destiny.
The heavens and earth seemed to be on fire.
The light patterns between Qin Yu's brows flickered, and the Limitless True Evolution Core in his sea of consciousness resonated. The Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel appeared behind him, like nine rotating Annihilation Heavenly Wheel.
"You wish to judge me? Then I will annihilate you with No Observation."
He raised his hand, and the Silent Origin Stainless Sword floated in his palm, its blade silent.
In an instant, all the light blades stopped simultaneously the moment they approached him—time, energy, logic, all were erased. With a gentle flick of the sword, the entire structure of the light palace shattered instantly. Light feathers fell like meteors, and the Palace of Eternal Day collapsed completely.
But the next moment, the second hall, "Radiant Hall - Silent Star," opened, and trillions of star souls shone brightly, as if countless souls were calling out. Those stars began to rotate, forming a huge vortex of souls that swept Qin Yu into it.
As starlight fell and illusions multiplied, Qin Yu's memories, will, and even Azure Ring's outline were superimposed by countless illusions in this sea of soul mirrors.
He gripped the sword hilt tightly and whispered, "Illusion? No, it's a reversal of perception."
His sea of consciousness exploded, and the light of the Limitless True Evolution Core fully bloomed. Ripples of Annihilation and creation, like the breath of the universe, shattered all illusions. The Sea of Star Souls transformed into countless specks of light. Qin Yu took a step forward, and the Second Hall collapsed.
The third hall, "The Hall of Ashes: The Wheel of Fate," slowly opened—this time, there was no light, no sound. Only an infinite number of "himself" appeared before him:
Each Qin Yu died at a different point in time.
Some were annihilated, some were erased, some were swallowed by nothingness, and some knelt beneath the Radiance Ember, losing their will.
This is the collapse of destiny, the self-examination of existence.
Qin Yu slowly closed his eyes and murmured:
"Since destiny is illusory, and cause and effect are both silent—only No Definition can truth exist."
When he opened his eyes, the world had already fallen silent.
The three palaces of light shattered simultaneously. The Radiant Ember Severed Realm completely collapsed, revealing a long path woven from annihilation light and ashes. At the far end, a burning heart of light was faintly visible, which was the location of the "Final Light Ember Core"—but the surrounding space was violently distorted.