Fate Coffin Mirror Hall of the Deep Root Lower Layers

On the other side of the Deep Root Lower Layers, as the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall team stepped into the unknown realm, the world suddenly fell silent, as if even time itself had been gently grasped and stopped flowing.

The ground beneath their feet was no longer ordinary rock formations, but a sea of stone arrays pierced by ancient runes, slumbering for countless eons.

The first stone pillar stood prominently before them.

It stands over a hundred feet tall, half of it buried in the dark earth, the other half piercing through the dark blue mist.

The surface of the stone pillar is covered with Heavenly Emanation runes that emit a ghostly orange light—the patterns seem not to be carved on, but rather to "grow" out of the stone itself, like countless veins of destiny.

As the runes flow, they shimmer gently, like breathing.

Each flash resonated deep within the earth like a resounding bell, as if an endless river of destiny had been touched and awakened.

Following closely behind is the second scene—a series of megalithic monuments half-submerged in the water.

The lake water was as black as a bottomless abyss, yet it reflected the light of the runes, making the entire body of water appear as if it were a silent sunset.

The wind swept across the lake, carrying fragments of shimmering water and radiant light, as if fate itself had transformed into fireflies and danced in the air.

The celestial messengers halted.

Their glazed armor shimmered with a faint golden light under the illumination of the runes, exuding a gentle yet majestic aura.

The leader, "Fifth Fate-Emanating Immortal Envoys Xuan Xuanshuo," slightly raised his hand, his voice calm, yet like the whisper of an ancient river of destiny:

"This place... could it be a remnant of the Heavenly Emanation?"

The group's gaze followed the light and finally spotted the third sight—

A winding stone path, as if etched into the earth by some ancient will.

Every symbol on the stone path pulsates slightly, like sleeping Eye of Fate that gently open when the wind blows, sending a chill down the spine of the traveler.

The entire area resembles a forgotten graveyard of fate, with runes like fragments drifting from an ancient river, sealed and solidified Deep Root Lower Layers.

The Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall all wore solemn expressions.

One of the celestial messengers whispered:

"The runic fluctuations here... are even older than the main wheel of the Sea of Heavenly Emanation."

As soon as he finished speaking, a ripple suddenly spread across the lake.

Xuanshuo's brow twitched.

--It's not the lake that's moving, it's cause and effect responding.

The runes reflected in the lake suddenly shifted, jumped, and rearranged, as if asking questions of the newcomers.

Xuanshuo spoke:

"Everyone, remember the Palace Master's orders: never provoke the Asura Immortal Hall and the Chaos First Palace from the Deep Root Lower Layers... But fate has other plans, and we must take the first step."

All the immortals responded in unison:

"I will obey the orders of the Immortal Envoy."

As they stepped onto the runic stone path, the earth suddenly lit up with a sea of golden patterns, as if the river of destiny had instantly reversed course and flooded the land.

The runes trembled in unison, unleashing a sound like a billion lives singing simultaneously.

Boom----!!

The sky over the entire area was illuminated in a purple-gold hue, like a colossal celestial palace of destiny slowly awakening from its Deep Root Lower Layers.

Amidst the surging light, one could vaguely see:

The true opportunity of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall... lies at the end of the runes.

What they didn't know was --

What lies dormant in this sea of runes will be an epoch-level treasure, just like the "Epoch Divine Feather Shattered Heart," capable of shaking the Void Obliteration Domain.

And now, it is quietly awakening.

As the thirty-odd immortal envoys of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall ventured deeper along the runic stone path, the light between heaven and earth suddenly dimmed eerily, as if an invisible, gigantic hand was extinguishing the radiant glow of destiny inch by inch throughout the entire area.

The next moment--

The fog at the edge of the Sea of Runes was suddenly torn open, and a row of "objects" slowly emerged from the darkness.

Coffin.

One bite, ten bites, thirty bites...

It was accurate and exactly the same as the number of celestial envoys from the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall.

Moreover, they were all arranged in neat rows, as if they had been waiting there for countless ages.

The exterior of these coffins is unlike any other coffin in the world.

They seem to have been formed from some kind of "flowing remnants of fate," their form being half solid and half liquid, like abandoned fragments stripped from the Sea of Heavenly Emanation.

Its surface is covered with distorted causal runes, constantly rewriting itself like a curse, only to crumble away again and again.

Each time it was rewritten, shimmering white light would seep out from the cracks in the coffin, like the breath of the living.

The air around the coffin was assimilated into a deathly dark purple, and with each ripple that spread out, it felt as if an inch of one's soul had been ripped away.

The expressions of all the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall changed drastically.

Xuanshuo immediately saw the problem. "... This is the 'Fate Coffin Mirror Hall'."

Another celestial messenger's voice trembled. "Legend has it... one of the most eerie forbidden areas at the Deep Root Lower Layers? That's impossible, this location should clearly be in—"

Before he could finish speaking...

Boom--

The thirty Fate Coffin trembled simultaneously, as if being gently tapped by an invisible will.

The runes on the coffin lid instantly reversed their flow, as if ten thousand rivers of fate were beginning to flow backward.

The next moment, the lids of all the coffins closed.

It slides open automatically and slowly.

Squeak--

The sound didn't sound like wood, nor like stone.

It sounded more like the eerie sound of some kind of "skin of fate" being torn open.

The moment the coffin lid was fully opened, the pupils of all the celestial messengers simultaneously contracted to pinpoints.

Because inside the coffin... lay only themselves.

It's not an illusion.

It's not a reflection.

It is not some alter ego of fate.

Instead--

The same armor, the same aura, the same soul frequency, even the patterns of their destiny are exactly the same.

That kind of consistency is not imitation.

It's a copy.

All the celestial messengers gasped in shock.

A celestial messenger murmured:

"This... this is me? But... why... even the causal nodes I've never used have been copied?"

Xuanshuo's face turned completely gloomy:

Not a copy--

It's 'Causality Severance'.

As he finished speaking, "they" in the coffin suddenly opened their eyes.

Those aren't normal eyes.

They are hollow light patterns etched by cause and effect, like the pupils of someone abandoned by fate.

Cold, Space Silence, and merciless.

All the celestial messengers took a step back.

Inside the coffin, they slowly sat up simultaneously, their movements eerily synchronized, as if pulled by the same lifeline.

Then, all thirty "they" spoke simultaneously, their voices overlapping into a terrifying, primal voice:

Those who come seek Heavenly Emanation opportunity—

"One must first kill one's own 'Fate Coffin Body'."

Each celestial messenger felt a sinking feeling in their heart.

Xuanshuo said in a low voice:

"... I see. What's being tested here... is not strength, but the Fate Authority."

Another celestial messenger's voice trembled slightly:

What would happen if you didn't kill your own coffin?

At this time--

All the "Fate Coffin Body" slowly raised their hands, pointing to their original bodies where they were lying.

The overlapping sounds resonated Deep Root Lower Layers:

"If we don't kill him... the one in the coffin will take his place."

The real body will be trapped in this coffin forever."

The air has completely condensed.

--So the test was "killing yourself".

A chill ran through the hearts of all the immortal envoys in the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall.

Xuanshuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Gentlemen... no one can face this challenge for you."

He raised his hand and pointed to the stone path ahead, illuminated by runes.

"If you want to seize the opportunities of Heavenly Emanation, you can only kill the one whose destiny should have been yours."

The thirty bodies in the surrounding Fate Coffin Body all stood up at the same time.

Their movements were synchronized, their facial expressions were synchronized, and their footsteps were synchronized.

Like thirty destinies rejected by fate, they are closing in on them.

The runes in the sky lit up again, and the causal forces Deep Root Lower Layers resonated like thunder.

Deep Root Lower Layers wind, as if blowing from the abyss of endless destiny, carried the chilling chill of Cause Splitting, whispering in the ears of the thirty immortal envoys of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall. The light patterns on the thirty Fate Coffin simultaneously illuminated, a light unlike fire, thunder, or any other energy—it was more like the lingering traces of fate smeared by death, capable of cracking existence itself upon contact. The coffin lids opened completely, and thirty "Fate Coffin Body" stepped out, like Fate Shadow returning from the end of time. They had no emotions, no desires, no heartbeats; their existence represented only one thing—the replacements for the original's Fate Authority.

Fate Shadow looked up, and thirty pairs of empty, causal-engraved eyes simultaneously locked onto each of the immortal envoys.

The air exploded. Thirty Fate Shadow moved simultaneously.

The Heavenly Emanation Envoy Luo Ming was the first to be impacted. A Fate Shadow shattered the stone patterns and appeared before him in an instant, so fast that even cause and effect couldn't be recorded. The Fate Shadow of "Luo Ming" raised its hand, its palm like a reverse current of the Sea of Heavenly Emanation, with countless chains of reversed cause and effect appearing on the edge of its palm, each one like a lock roaring against fate. Luo Ming roared, and a phantom of a river of life surged up from his body, the blue-gold river condensing into a giant wave behind him. He spread his arms, merging the river of life into a "Fate Emanation Current-Severing Blade".

The two collided.

Boom----!!

Like two rivers of destiny colliding on the spot, the runes around the stone formation were instantly torn apart and shattered into countless fragments of light. Fate Shadow was forced back seven steps by the slash, and Luo Ming also spat out a mouthful of blood, but a light that was a mixture of madness and clarity appeared in his eyes.

What I'm cutting is—my own fate.

On the other side, the Celestial Envoy Ziling faced her own Fate Shadow, which directly raised its hand and pressed it into the void. There, a miniature image of the Wheel of Heavenly Emanation immediately appeared, as if it had seized Ziling's causal authority a step ahead. Ziling's expression changed. This was stealing her Fate Track! She suddenly raised her hand, and a flower of light condensed from billions of Fate Threads bloomed in her palm.

"Wuji Cause and Effect, Fallen Flower Reversals Fate!"

The light flower bloomed instantly, all the life threads rolled back, sweeping towards the shadow of Fate Shadow.

The Fate Shadow was caught in it, but it suddenly tore through the threads of fate and took a step forward. The movement was almost unbelievable—it was actually mimicking Ziling's thoughts. Ziling's eyes narrowed. She knew she couldn't retreat. If she retreated another step, she would be "replaced by the Fate Shadow." She bit her tongue, and blood splattered into the center of the Causal Light Flower.

The light burst open, transforming into a mist of life; the entire sky erupted with a surge of purple-gold light.

Rumble rumble rumble!!

The Fate Shadow was blasted into countless fragments of life patterns, which scattered and disappeared.

Ziling knelt on the ground, panting, but then smiled, "What I killed was the life I once dared not take."

Elsewhere, the Immortal Envoy Liulan's Fate Shadow directly unleashed the "Spear of Fate's Demise." This was one of the most forbidden techniques of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall, yet the Fate Shadow seemed to possess it innately—as if it were a fragment of Fate Soul copied from the Sea of Heavenly Emanation. Liulan was shocked; if struck by the Spear of Fate's Demise, he would fall directly into the state of "the one without fate," forever unable to reincarnate.

The Fate Shadow threw out a spear.

When the spearhead pierced the air, even the surrounding life patterns were crushed and destroyed inch by inch.

Liulan roared:

"The Wheel of Fate Never Fades, the Celestial Ring of Reverse Derivation!!"

His Fate Soul trembled, and a massive Fate Ring rose from behind him, its surface etched with countless destinies, like an astrolabe of endless cause and effect. The moment the Spear of Fate's Demise pierced the Fate Ring—

Time seemed to have been cut off.

Bang!!

The Fate Ring shattered into thousands of layers of light, each layer reflecting every choice, every failure, and every step of Liulan's growth. He gritted his teeth, clasped his hands together, and pushed all the fragments back onto the Fate Shadow.

Boom!!!

The Fate Shadow was struck by countless life forms, and its soul was completely shattered.

Liulan knelt down, her hands trembling. "So... my life has been so narrowly limited by myself."

In the very center of the battlefield, the three Void Emanation Realm · Supreme elders faced the most terrifying Fate Shadow. Those three Fate Shadow could simultaneously unleash the "Void and Reality Collapse and Illusion" of their Void Emanation Realm true forms. Space became distorted flowing patterns, and time was stretched into indescribable waterfalls of light.

The first elder roared and revealed his true form--

The Void Evolution sea descended from behind, its waves not water, but endless, alternating shadows of reality and illusion.

The second elder pierced the void with his fingertip, and three "Formless Fate Pillar" rose up, locking the Fate Shadow at the intersection of cause and effect.

The third elder took a step forward, and the world suddenly fell silent. His true form transformed into the "Fate Emanation Void Wheel," and the entire Fate Coffin Mirror Hall seemed to be split into two layers by his foot.

The three elders shouted in unison:

"The Three Phases of Void Evolution · Turn Back Against Fate!"

The combined power of the three of them formed a cosmic-level wave of light.

It crashed down on the three Fate Shadow.

At the same time, Fate Shadow also opened his arms.

It's the same move!

The three volumes collide.

At that moment, the sky Deep Root Lower Layers, completely cracked open, and darkness, like a shattered abyss, fell from the heavens. Countless life patterns scattered, like the Milky Way being reversed. The entire ground of the Mirror Palace was collapsing, rocks were burned to ashes, and runes transformed into feathers of light that flew back thousands of feet.

Boom------------!!

The aurora borealis exploded with light.

The echo reverberated as if the heavens and earth Annihilation.

As the light faded, the figures of the three Fate Shadow completely crumbled, dissipating like dust in the wind.

The three Void Emanation Realm elders stood on the shattered earth, breathing heavily, but their eyes shone with a terrifying clarity.

"In this step, the one we won... was ourselves."

The battle ended, and all the Fate Coffin Body Annihilation.

Of the thirty immortal envoys of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall, only fourteen survived, all of them wounded, yet not one of them regretted their actions.

At that very moment--

Deep within the shattered Fate Coffin, a beam of light slowly rose.

The light seemed to condense the lingering echoes of cause and effect throughout the entire Fate Coffin Mirror Hall.

Brilliant, oppressive, and invisible, yet it made everyone's heart stop beating.

The three elders of the Void Emanation Realm simultaneously looked in the direction of the light, their eyes filled with a mixture of madness and shock. "That's... the Fate Abyss Spirit Key!"