The Fate Abyss Seizes Authority, Three Void Evolution Manifestations Shatter the Deep Root

The aftershocks of the Fate Coffin Mirror Hall had not yet dissipated; the shattered earth still carried the aftershocks of alternating reality and illusion, like fragments of light from the long river of fate constantly churning and dissipating. The air was filled with the lingering dust of broken chains of fate, drifting gently, like some kind of dying language.

Then—the light from the depths slowly rose.

It is not fire, not thunder, and certainly not spiritual power. It is a kind of "light condensed from the very power of existence", which seems to be so powerful that even the air dares not let its light fall upon it, and can only retreat to the side, revealing the naked void.

The light rose higher and higher, finally stopping in mid-air.

At the same moment, the pupils of the three Void Emanation Realm · Supreme Elders shrank to the point of being as small as pinpoints.

That's a key.

A key that cannot be described in any language in the world.

It is both matter and nothingness; it can be seen, and it can also be "forgotten".

Each gaze felt like glimpsing an ending that should never have existed.

The key's surface is engraved with countless life patterns, each one like a long river of destiny compressed into a single symbol.

The symbol was constantly "dying" and "being reborn".

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key. Legend has it...

Only the most ancient life masters of the Void Obliteration Domain can, in the last few breaths before death, use the power of the "Abyss of Fate Abyss" to seal all their Fate Authority, causal roots, destiny trajectory, and rewriting privileges into a single key.

This key has only one purpose: to seize power.

To seize the power over the "root of destiny of this world".

It grants the holder the ability to "rewrite the Fate Authority others".

Make the holder a candidate for "Master of Destiny".

Most importantly: this key can only ever be held by one person.

Neither of them will do. Neither of them can be allowed.

The moment the light fell, the three Void Emanation Realm elders, who had been standing side by side, quietly separated.

The air suddenly turned extremely cold.

The remaining fourteen immortal envoys of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall instinctively took a step back, not daring to breathe under this oppressive aura.

Because they suddenly realized--

The three elders who had just fought side by side against the enemy and saved each other...

We stand at a crossroads of fate.

Only one person can take the Fate Abyss Spirit Key.

At that moment, their hearts were also illuminated by the light, leaving nothing to hide.

First Elder - Cen Yuan

He looked at the Fate Abyss Spirit Key, and for the first time, an uncontrollable fervor surfaced deep in his eyes.

Hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation, countless near-death breakthroughs, countless sacrifices and abandonments...

He had never been so close to the "foundation of Fate Authority".

A cold voice echoed in his mind, "This is what I deserve."

I contributed the most of the three.

The Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall needs me, not them.

His fingertips trembled.

He knew that if he reached out, he could touch the most terrifying power in countless eras.

The Second Elder, Xuan Xu

His gaze remained calm as always, but a hint of cold sharpness had crept into it.

Ten thousand years ago, he misjudged his destiny, causing the collapse of an entire tributary of fate, for which he paid an immeasurable price.

Another voice resonated within him. "If the Fate Authority were in my hands..."

I can mend that destroyed lifeline.

What I owe... can be made up for. What I've lost... can be rebuilt.

I will never let any Fate-Cause slip through my fingers again.

Xuan Xu closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again, his gaze sharp as a knife.

He would not allow anyone to take away this opportunity to "make amends for everything".

The Third Elder, Xing Ji

He looked at the Fate Abyss Spirit Key, feeling no joy, only a profound and Ultimate resolve.

He once severed his own future and severed his own cause and effect, hiding in the Sea of Heavenly Emanation for countless eons, all to guard a "forbidden cause."

Now—"My 'forbidden cause' can finally be completely healed."

Xing Ji's heart trembled, but not from greed, but from a kind of almost obsessive sense of responsibility.

"I must take it. Not for myself, but for the sake of 'the eternal sea of life'."

The three people's eyes met on the Fate Abyss Spirit Key.

The air suddenly tensed.

No one spoke, but the voices of everyone's hearts rang louder than words at that moment:

If I don't steal it, they will.

If I were to retreat, I would have nowhere to go in this life.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key can only belong to me.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key slowly descended, as if waiting for its "final holder".

The three elders raised their hands simultaneously, and the air exploded with a deafening roar.

The expressions of the fourteen celestial envoys changed drastically at the same time: the three elders...

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key slowly floated in the air, its light like an invisible torrent of fate, sweeping back the cause and effect of the entire region.

The earth began to tremble, and every streak of light on the runic stone path seemed to be awakened at the same time, bursting forth with dazzling life radiance.

The three Void Emanation Realm · Supreme Elders attacked simultaneously, without any probing or hesitation.

The first thing they did was engage in a devastating clash at the level of the Void Emanation Realm's true form.

First Strike - Triple Explosion

Boom! This corner of the Deep Root Lower Layers was instantly torn apart into more than a dozen layers of illusory and real space.

The runestone exploded and flew into the air, its fragments constantly "creating," "dying," "replaying," and "breaking the order" in the air, even the broken trajectory was becoming Void Evolution.

The three elders simultaneously suppressed Fate Abyss Spirit Key, but also attacked him at the same time.

The space was torn into three pieces between them.

Cen Yuan makes his move - Void Fate Folding Sea.

When he waved his sleeve, the entire earth seemed to have its life force drained away, all colors were stripped away, and it turned into a deathly gray.

A massive gray wave surged from beneath my feet, like a raging torrent composed of countless broken fragments of fate.

Cen Yuan roared, "Xuan Xu! Xing Ji! This key is rightfully mine! If you dare to obstruct me... you will all be buried here today!"

A giant wave crashed directly onto the two of them.

Xuan Xu makes his move, and his Fate Narration Returning to Stillness.

Xuan Xu raised his hand, and in the void appeared lines of fate flowing backward—

That was the light of Reverse Derivation after he had simultaneously severed time and destiny.

The light converged at his fingertips, transforming into a completely transparent "Narrative Sword Destiny".

He said softly, "Cen Yuan, you act out of selfish desires. Xing Ji, you act out of obsession."

Only I can mend the broken fate of the past.

With a whoosh, he slashed out with his sword, directly splitting Cen Yuan's gray giant wave in two, which then shattered into the void.

Xing Ji Strikes - Starless Emanation Slash

When the true form of Xing Ji descended, all the surrounding light sources trembled.

Stars fell from the void, transforming into countless dim yet sharp star blades, hovering behind him like an invisible star execution ground.

He simply said, "... Neither of you are qualified."

The next instant—a thousand star blades fell simultaneously.

Each star blade that cuts through space leaves a long "crack of Annihilation," and even the sound of air being cut away disappears completely.

Three forces clash, Deep Root crack.

Cen Yuan's Life Wave, Xuan Xu's Narrative Sword, and Xing Ji's Star Blade collided in mid-air.

Boom!!!!!

It was as if three rivers of destiny were simultaneously reversed and collapsed.

The earth shattered into floating fragments, and void cracks spread like a spider web.

Myriad life patterns pulsated violently in the air.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key was shaken and roared wildly, its light sweeping across the entire space, like a giant eye looking down on the three of them.

The three elders, however, were completely bloodthirsty.

Fierce battle with shouts

Cen Yuan angrily rebuked, "Xuan Xu! If you want to atone for the sins you committed, you should die in the river of your past life! What right do you have to compete with me for power now?!"

Xuan Xu retorted, "Cen Yuan! You are obsessed with power, but you don't understand the weight of Fate Authority! You are the one who obtained the Spirit Key, and the Void Obliteration Domain will collapse sooner or later!"

Xing Ji coldly said, "What are you fighting for? You're not worthy. If the Sea of Life is destroyed, neither of you will be left with even ashes."

The battle intensified. The three Void Emanation Realm · Supreme Forms were tearing each other apart in the same space, Deep Root Lower Layers earth could hardly bear it.

The entire area appears to be repeatedly written, erased, and reconstructed.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key was also shaken violently, shifting to different dimensions time and time again.

Just as the three were preparing to unleash their second round of ultimate attacks--

Five dark cracks suddenly appeared in the sky. These cracks were not a spatial breach.

And five "unclaimed chains of fate" were forcibly torn apart.

Five figures emerged from the crack.

Their steps were slow, yet it felt as if they were treading upon all of fate.

With each step they took, the runes beneath their feet extinguished on their own.

All five figures were shrouded in tattered black robes, their auras unfathomable, like remnants of an era stripped away.

However, the Liu Yuan patterns behind them revealed their identities: Liu Yuan Practitioners.

And not just any ordinary Liu Yuan Practitioners—

Each one possessed the same aura as the three elders:

The Void Emanation Realm - Supreme. The five people watched quietly as the three elders fought to the death.

Then one of them spoke, his voice seemingly squeezed from the depths of the Fate Abyss:

"Have you had enough...? The Fate Abyss Spirit Key isn't for your internal suicides."

The three elders stopped simultaneously.

Cen Yuan frowned. "Liu Yuan Practitioners... what are you doing here?"

The five of them looked up in unison. At that moment, the sky once again sank into darkness.

The leader of the Liu Yuan Practitioners slowly raised his hand, pointing to the Fate Abyss Spirit Key in the air.

He uttered a single sentence—a sentence that sent chills down the spines of the three elders. "The Fate Abyss Spirit Key... belongs to us."

Before the dust from the Deep Root Rending Domain had even settled, the auras of the three Void Emanation Realm · Supreme Elders trembled like three dried-up rivers of life. Cen Yuan raised his hand to wipe away a trace of blood from the corner of his lips, his brows furrowing into a deep line. He glanced at the five black-robed figures in the rift in the sky and whispered:

"Oh no."

His voice was extremely low, yet it seemed to cut through the air.

"If we continue to fight, they will only take advantage of the situation and devour us... We must stop now."

Xuan Xu his sword, the light fading from his fingertips, his gaze as deep as the abyss at the bottom of a thousand-year-old sea of fate.

"Hmm... this group of Liu Yuan Practitioners are not ordinary wandering cultivators; their life force... is completely fragmented."

The dark star phantom behind Xing Ji slowly receded; there was no fear in his eyes, but rather a deep sense of vigilance.

"Remaining disciples, heed my command—form the formation immediately!"

The fourteen celestial envoys immediately knelt down, transforming into fourteen beams of life light that soared into the sky, carving out the fourteen layers of the Wheel of Heavenly Emanation's life trajectory in the air, forming a ring.

The moment the formation was completed, the entire Deep Root Lower Layers seemed to be shaken apart from the center by a transparent pressure of life.

However--

The Liu Yuan Practitioners simply smiled lightly.

That wasn't normal laughter.

It was more like a chain thrown into the void, making a cold, metallic scraping sound.

"Ridiculous." He took a step forward.

A deafening roar, as if a heavy weight were falling, immediately filled the air, as if the entire Deep Root Lower Layers was bearing the weight of that stomp.

The second Liu Yuan Practitioners raised his hand from beneath his tattered black robe, and between his five fingers flickered a "Abyss Flow" rune light that was completely different from the true form of the Void Emanation Realm, like a remnant life dug out from the deepest depths of the world.

He scoffed:

"The Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall? You pursuers of fate... still think you can control Fate Authority?"

The third Liu Yuan Practitioners's voice was low and hoarse:

"The Fate Abyss Spirit Key has been born, and you dare to covet it?"

Cen Yuan coldly retorted, "Those Liu Yuan Practitioners, what is your stance? This opportunity is none of your business!"

The fourth Liu Yuan Practitioners slowly raised his head, revealing half of his face, which had been severed by fate.

That face shouldn't exist in any dimension.

His voice seemed to come from the depths of the abyss. "Standing?"

He pointed to Cen Yuan, Xuan Xu, and Xing Ji. "We... have come to reclaim what belongs to Fate Abyss."

The fifth Liu Yuan Practitioners suddenly spoke, his voice colder and more composed than the previous ones:

"You three, at the Void Emanation Realm · Supreme... were having quite a good time hacking and slashing at each other just now."

He pointed to the Fate Abyss Spirit Key in mid-air, its light trembling as if drawn by ancient ocean tides.

"But those who are truly qualified... are only the ' those Fate-Escaped Ones '."

Xuan Xu's eyes turned cold, Narrative Sword once again solidified at his fingertips:

"You... have already escaped your destiny?"

The leader chuckled, "No, we are the ones abandoned by fate."

He raised his hand. A burst of shattered life force erupted from behind him, like five collapsed dark rivers of fate.

The next instant, the power of the five Liu Yuan Practitioners converged in the sky.

The sky, Deep Root Lower Layers, has begun to shed its color.

The whole world seemed to have been emptied out, turning into a black and white afterimage.

The fourteen celestial envoys turned deathly pale instantly. "This... this is the power of the Liu Yuan Practitioners?!"

Xing Ji shouted, "Get ready! They're about to make their move!"

The leader of the Liu Yuan Practitioners uttered four words in a low voice:

"Round One - Fate Abyss Trial Slaughter."

Five Dao Abyss rushed out simultaneously.

In an instant, the world was plunged into a deathly storm capable of killing Void Emanation Realm · Supreme.

The three Heavenly Emanation Elders roared simultaneously, "Activate the formation!!!"

The orbits of fate roared, and the fourteen beams of life exploded into fourteen defensive chains. The first wave from both sides—

We will confront them head-on with power sufficient to destroy mountains, rivers, and the heavens!

The space Deep Root Lower Layers began to tremble violently. The Fate Abyss Spirit Key resonated in the air... as if awaiting the birth of the next "Master of Fate Authority".

In the instant the world lost its color, the five Liu Yuan Practitioners simultaneously raised their hands. It wasn't a spellcasting action, but rather as if some structure at the bottom of fate was being "lifted" by their consciousness. The entire area instantly felt as if it were being pressed down by an invisible giant hand; the air collapsed, the ground twisted, and the fourteen Immortal Envoys were forced to their knees to support themselves in the first second, their Fate Tracks trembling painfully beneath their feet. Cen Yuan roared, unleashing a giant wave of illusory Fate from his sleeve, directly surging against the sky; Xuan Xu raised his sword, and a Fate Narrative Severing Line that traversed the sky shattered the illusory image and crashed into the five Dao Abyss; Xing Ji shouted in a deep voice, and billions of dark stars behind him lit up, transforming into blade-like starlight that slashed angrily forward.

A deafening roar erupted from the Deep Root Lower Layers, like the horrific tragedy of ten thousand cultivators failing to Realm Breaking simultaneously in a single second. The attacks of the five Liu Yuan Practitioners were not spells, but an indescribable overflow. Each Dao Abyss was like "life's bottom waste" leaking from the lowest level of the universe; once touched, one's life trajectory would begin to wither, break, and disappear. In the instant of the first collision, the three elders and the fourteen immortal envoys were simultaneously thrown back dozens of feet, their life seas trembled, and their souls were almost pulled away from their bodies. The air was filled with fragmented light dust from their life trajectories.

Blood spilled from the corner of Cen Yuan's mouth, yet he still forced himself to swing his massive sleeve, unleashing a second wave of impact from the giant wave. He roared, "Hold on!! If they get close, we'll both die—" Before he could finish speaking, Dao Abyss suddenly burst forth from a rift in the void, binding his left shoulder like Life-Severing Lock. In the next instant, the arm lost its color, its form, its very existence. There wasn't even a sound before the left arm vanished. Cen Yuan was horrified. "This is—erasing... life..." But before he could finish speaking, the second Liu Yuan Practitioners had already raised a finger and pressed down, instantly creating a huge hole in his life sea, the entire life trajectory disappearing like a torn strip of paper.

Xuan Xu roared, his sword cleaving through a thousand miles of void. His sword, Narrative Sword, reversed the flow of time, mending an inch of his life sea. But the next second, a Liu Yuan Practitioners seemed to have seized that inch of "repaired time," gently tugging at it. Xuan Xu's pupils contracted; he saw his "repairing action" completely disappear from the universe's records, the mended life sea vanishing along with it. For the first time, he truly felt fear. "... They can erase the 'repairs' I made...?" Xing Ji's face was grim. Star Blades fell like a waterfall, each blade tearing a rift in life, but when they landed on the Liu Yuan Practitioners, it was like falling into a bottomless well; all his attacks were swallowed up. He said coldly, "No... they don't endure, they are—emptying life wounds." Before he could finish speaking, a Liu Yuan Practitioners raised his hand, a cold light flashing from his fingertip.

The instant that cold light fell, the starlight in Xing Ji's eyes dimmed completely, and a tiny, almost invisible black dot appeared on his chest. The next second, the black dot spread outwards, like a drop of black ink on rice paper, quickly spreading. He looked up in horror. "This is... Fate Authority... pierced...?" Before he could even retaliate, the black dot had wiped away the entire area of life force on his chest, his body swayed, and even the concept of "pain" was erased, as if he were being wiped away from the world bit by bit.

Fourteen celestial envoys desperately formed an array, their fourteen lifelines intertwining and vibrating, pushing the array to its Limit. The array emitted painful cracking sounds, as if it were about to be torn apart. One celestial envoy gritted his teeth, blood trickling from the corner of his eye. "Elder... it's no use! Their power... it's not Void Evolution... it's not Annihilation Dawn... it's— The Fate Bottom Collapse Current!" The next second, a Liu Yuan Practitioners took half a step forward. Just half a step.

The array diagram shattered completely.

The fourteen celestial envoys simultaneously coughed up blood and leaned back, their life force visibly draining from their bodies, like empty shells stripped of their souls. They saw their life trajectories beneath their feet grow lighter, fainter, and transparent. They understood: their "right to exist" was being erased. One of them screamed in despair, "No! No! I don't want to be—" Before he could finish, his voice vanished—not interrupted, but as if it had never been uttered.

His entire body faded gradually from head to toe.

He became a wisp of dust, and then a blank space.

Finally, even blank spaces Does Not Exist.

The other celestial envoys were terrified. "Help... help me...! I don't want to die! Elder—Elder, save me—" Their cries were silenced one after another.

A celestial messenger crawled on his knees, only to see his fingers peel away from the world, leaving not even a shadow behind.

Another person tried to escape, only to find that the moment he took a step, the "action record" of that step was deleted, leaving him frozen in place, and he was Annihilation the next second.

Fourteen celestial envoys, all died in only one way— Does Not Exist.

The three elders gritted their teeth and held on, but each of their life seas had been torn to shreds. Cen Yuan coughed up blood, his voice hoarse. "Stop... you... what are you doing...?" Xuan Xu roared, "I haven't repaid... my life debt--don't touch my Fate Authority--!" Xing Ji's voice was Ultimate low. "Life... will not end because of you... you are... the abandoned ones of the life sea..." Before he could finish speaking, a thin circle of light spread out from the black spot on his chest again.

The five Liu Yuan Practitioners raised their hands simultaneously.

The world suddenly went dark.

It's like the entire Deep Root Lower Layers has been stuffed into a huge hole.

The five people uttered a sentence in a soft voice--

A chilling, lingering echo, like a verdict:

"--The Abyss's Bottom: The Five Phases Annihilated."

All the light in the Deep Root Lower Layers went out in an instant.

It didn't turn black, it disappeared.

Even the concept of "darkness" has been stripped away.

The world has fallen into a state of near-primordial emptiness, where sound, color, weight, and direction have all been annihilated into nothingness.

Five Dao Abyss surged into the sky from behind the Liu Yuan Practitioners, like five interrupted reverse currents of the Sea of Fate. They intertwined in mid-air, transforming into a black crown composed entirely of "wasteful light from the bottom of fate".

The flower crown drooped downwards.

The moment of contact --

The three elders simultaneously let out a desperate roar:

"No--!"

"My destiny--!!"

"I have not--"

Then their voices disappeared.

Their bodies disappeared.

Their destinies vanished.

Their "traces of existence" have also disappeared.

Deep Root Lower Layers, there were no further records of these three individuals.

Even the Destiny Wheel of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall could not sense that they had ever lived.

The entire area Silent Void.

The five Liu Yuan Practitioners slowly lowered their hands.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key in the air trembled violently, as if it were frightened and wanted to escape from this "Fate Bottom Collapse Current." It flickered and flew rapidly from mid-air to a more distant area, like Fate Authority spirit driven by fear.

The five Liu Yuan Practitioners looked up, their gazes locking onto the direction in which the Fate Abyss Spirit Key had escaped.

The leader whispered, "Chase."