Extinguished Light Returns Amid Annihilation Radiance and Shadows

Heaven and earth Annihilation, the starry sea ceased to exist.

At that moment, an unprecedented scene appeared in the sky above the Void Obliteration Domain —billions of world currents froze in the same instant, all the light of the stars was drawn away, leaving only an indefinable color burning in the endless void. It was the Ultimate light interwoven with annihilation blue and white radiance, it did not belong to any element, nor obey any law, as if it were the crack between "existence" and "Non-Existence" breathing.

Qin Yu at the core of that light, the Clear Evolution Core between his brows transforming into a suspended, azure star core, slowly rotating. With each rotation, the structure of the universe would slightly distort, time, space, causality, and destiny all resonating. The boundary between light and darkness collapsed, and the entire Void Obliteration Domain trembled silently.

The wind no longer blows, space no longer flows, even the distant, desolate blue sky of the Annihilation Abyss Epoch resonates with this.

A heartbeat from the depths of nothingness

"--Bang."

Azure Ring's figure emerged from Qin Yu's sea of consciousness, solidifying into a pure silhouette of annihilation light. She remained silent, only watching the second rune gradually appear on the Clear Evolution Core —the mark of her and Qin Yu's Fate Soul Shared Pact, which was now burning fiercely.

Qin Yu looked up, his voice low and deep. "It's starting."

--boom!

The light body of the Azure Ring suddenly disintegrated into trillions of fragments, which flowed backward like stardust and were devoured by the Clear Evolution Core.

In an instant, a blue storm swept across the entire sky, and the world was completely turned upside down.

The sky was torn into nine layers of light curtains, each burning with annihilation fire from a different dimension;

The ground collapsed into a luminous abyss, space folded, and mountains and oceans were sucked into a cyan vortex;

All spirits prostrated themselves on the ground; cultivators, temple dwellers, and those from the Liu Yuan Practitioners all heard the same call deep within their hearts—"My name is Extinguished Light."

In an instant, heaven and earth turned into light.

Azure Ring's form reassembled; she was no longer the lively and petite young girl, but a radiant soul suspended in the void.

Her hair cascaded down like a waterfall of azure stars, and the hem of her clothes transformed into folds of light, each inch reflecting the collapse and rebirth of the universe.

The star-shaped mark between his brows flickered with the radiant flames of the Final Light Ember Core, while his pupils flowed with the dark blue of an annihilating star sea.

Behind her, a pair of wings of light, composed of "time and space," slowly unfolded.

With each vibration of the light wings, time would rewind a moment, and space would shatter and reform.

Countless souls are weeping, and the world is trembling.

That scene could be seen from all the layers of the Void Obliteration Domain.

A being enveloped in annihilating blue flames rose from Qin Yu's body, her light illuminating countless dead worlds.

Extinguished Light slowly opened his eyes.

The voice was like a deity chanting scriptures, yet also like the light of a newborn. "This is..."

Qin Yu's hair was whipped by the wind, his face was pale, and the Azure Evolution Core on his forehead burned like the sun.

He smiled slightly, "Welcome back... Extinguished Light."

Extinguished Light looked down at him, her eyes filled with the tenderness of a long-awaited reunion, as well as an indescribable pressure. She stretched out her finger, her fingertip lightly touching Qin Yu's brow, and countless light symbols spread out, transforming into shooting stars that Entering Stillness world.

The entire Void Obliteration Domain welcomed the return of Radiant Annihilation.

The heavens are restarting.

The Four Sacred Cores overlapped between the Extinguished Light's heart chakra and the Clear Evolution Core, and the flow of light constructed a blue sanctuary that floated in the void, revolving around the two of them. The sanctuary was formless and intangible, yet it reflected the memories, destinies, and unwritten futures of billions of souls.

The heart of heaven and earth began to resonate, and all the realms of the Void Obliteration Domain could hear that Kong Ling and solemn chant:

"Radiant Return to the Realm - Soul Shining Stainless".

At this moment, Qin Yu and Extinguished Light looked at each other, and only that wisp of annihilating blue light flowed between them in the world.

The azure light still echoed between heaven and earth, like an endless tide pounding against the heart of the universe. The wind was annihilated, the sound was swallowed up, and the entire Void Obliteration Domain seemed to fall into a silence where even time dared not flow. Qin Yu at the center of the Stainless Radiance Waterfall, the light of the Azure Evolution Core between his brows gradually receding—the resonance of the Four Sacred Cores finally returned to one.

Fragments of light swirled around him, billions of particles of radiant dust coalescing into a gentle vortex. Suddenly, a pulse emanated from his chest, and the colors of the entire world were swallowed up by that instant of silvery-blue. Heaven and earth trembled slightly, as if welcoming the return of some ancient being.

The stream of light coalesced in the air, transforming into a familiar yet sacred figure—

The Extinguished Light.

She stood in the void, her long hair cascading like a waterfall of stars, her robes shimmering with light. The azure mark between her brows flickered slightly, and her eyes reflected a galaxy of stars, as if a raging inferno of calamity burned within them. Her gaze was empty and profound, as if she were searching for a lost memory.

"... who I am?"

Her voice was clear and slightly trembling, like a newborn breeze brushing across a sunless sea. Extinguished Light slowly raised her hand, and the imprints of four cores appeared in her palm— the Final Light Ember Core, the Annihilation Star Sea Essence, the Time Endpoint Dust, and the Space Limit Rift Crystal.

The four beams of light intertwined into a ring, swirling around her body and pulsating like breath.

Qin Yu spoke softly, his tone gentle yet firm. "You are the Extinguished Light, the end and rebirth of light. You have returned from your slumber because I am awakening you."

Extinguished Light's brow trembled slightly, and the confusion and bewilderment in his eyes were gradually replaced by clarity.

She closed her eyes, and a soft light spread from her body. In an instant, all the azure light in the world was drawn into her body; stars, mountains, auras, and laws all made way for her.

"I remember... the fall of light... I remember those countless extinguished worlds, I remember you standing at the end of time and space, using your own soul light to seal the Abyss of the End for me."

Her voice gradually became emotional, an indescribable tenderness, like a sigh echoing from ancient times.

Qin Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and he replied in a low voice, "We're all back. But the world now... is no longer the same as before."

Extinguished Light raised her head, her eyes radiating a brilliance that reflected the world. She could see the energy flow woven by the Four Sacred Cores within Qin Yu's body, the azure veins of the Azure Evolution Core running through the Nine-Wheel True Evolution Dharma Wheel, and even more so, the wisp of "Undefined Primal Energy" that transcended time and space quietly circulating within him.

She gazed at Qin Yu, her voice filled with almost astonished reverence. "On you... I can't sense any trace of time or cause and effect. You've even erased your destiny... Qin Yu, you are no longer a being in the sense of 'existence,' but a master of logic."

Qin Yu smiled slightly, a smile that contained both calmness and a hint of unconcealed weariness, "If I didn't do this, I wouldn't be able to reach the Gate of Final Light where you are."

Extinguished Light's gaze softened, and a stream of azure light swirled in her palm. She extended a finger and gently touched Qin Yu's brow.

In an instant, the Clear Evolution Core resonated once more, and the energy flow of the Four Sacred Cores overflowed from Qin Yu's body, intertwining with the Final Light Annihilation Origin of the Extinguished Light. The gravity, time, and space of the entire world were redefined, and billions of light bands appeared between heaven and earth, like an inverted galaxy. The auras of the Extinguished Light and Qin Yu completely merged in that silent annihilation.

"The light in this world... is more fragile than I remember," Extinguished Light whispered.

"And it's all the more worthy of protection," Qin Yu responded.

Their gazes met in the boundless stream of azure light, as if a reunion spanning countless eons.

Extinguished Light smiled slightly, his eyes reflecting her gaze. "You brought me back, is it to let light shine on Annihilation once more... or is it to fall into final silence with you?"

Qin Yu's voice was deep and resonant. "I brought you back—to make 'Zhong Ji' submit to us."

The heavens and earth shook.

At that moment, Extinguished Light closed his eyes, and the radiance around him fully bloomed, even turning the sky into pure light.

She responded softly, her voice drifting away in the azure cosmic storm.

"Then let me, with light... share your silence."

Extinguished Light fully awakened.

She resonated completely with Qin Yu in terms of Fate Soul, aura, power, and existence.

The light streams of the Four Sacred Cores and the Clear Evolution Core intertwine to form a ring, from which a new Stainless annihilation symbol— the Radiant Annihilation Joint Sovereign Seal.

Above heaven and earth, the light of countless realms shone simultaneously, only to vanish in an instant.

In that silent afterglow, Qin Yu and Extinguished Light stood side by side.

It became the only one in the Source of Epochless —one that even "existence" and "nothingness" could not describe.

The azure light continued to swirl across the sky, like billions of shattered stars flowing backward. In the very center of that radiant, serene domain, Qin Yu and the figure of the Extinguished Light were enveloped in the boundless radiance. Suddenly, a familiar spiritual aura emanated from the void, and a cyan halo swirled from between Qin Yu's brows, transforming into a graceful young woman— Azure Ring. She held her head in her hands, a signature mischievous smile playing on her lips, her toes lightly touching the air. Azure and cyan intertwined around her, as if adding a vibrant life force to the solemn radiance.

"Hahaha--" She spun around twice, winking at Extinguished Light, "Little Light Beast, welcome back! You have no idea how long you've been asleep! Little Qinzi has been talking about you every day, he's practically made the wind in the Void Obliteration Domain go bald from sighing!"

Extinguished Light tilted her head slightly, a moment of confusion flashing in her clear, night-like eyes, before a gentle light appeared. Her voice was as soft as wind passing through a snowy landscape. "Azure Ring... so you're still here."

"Hmph, of course! This fairy is far more reliable than Little Qinzi!" Azure Ring put her hands on her hips and smugly snorted. "Now that you're awake, the three of us can once again wreak havoc on all sides and turn this Void Obliteration Domain upside down!"

Qin Yu glanced at her helplessly, a hint of amusement in his eyes. "You, you've only just come out and you're already thinking about fighting and killing."

Azure Ring rolled her eyes, floated to Extinguished Light's side, and chuckled, "What do you know? Silent Killing is our family's traditional romance! Right, Little Light Beast? If we join forces, the entire Void Obliteration Domain will probably tremble even in the heavens."

Looking at Extinguished Light 'Azure Ring playful antics, Minguang's lips curved slightly, a smile as faint as the first light breaking through the night, enough to melt away all the icy silence in the world. She whispered, "If silence is fate, then to share silence with you is also to be light."

Azure Ring was taken aback, then laughed even harder, as if struck to the core by those nonchalant words. "Hahahaha! I love what Little Light Beast said! Come here, Little Qinzi, listen to this, now that's what you call tacit understanding! Look at you, always with that straight face, learn from him, he's so poetic!"

Qin Yu sighed softly, raised his hand, and the surrounding shimmering light dispersed. The azure dust returned to the heavens and earth like a tide, the galaxy reformed, and time began to flow again. He said in a low voice, "Alright, stop fooling around. Extinguished Light has only just awakened; let her adapt to this new light."

Azure Ring pouted, but still obediently flew back to Qin Yu's shoulder, transforming into a circle of flowing azure light.

Extinguished Light gazed silently at this scene, two familiar figures reflected in the depths of her eyes. Her voice was as gentle as a morning breeze. "This light seems warmer than I remember."

Qin Yu turned around, his gaze meeting hers, the azure and the pale white merging in the air. "Then let it continue to be warm."

Azure Ring yawned and muttered lazily, "It's warm, that's all, but the next target we're going to Annihilation should be ready..."

As she finished speaking, a barely perceptible tremor came from the distant sky—as if a new storm was quietly awakening in the depths of the Void Obliteration Domain.