The Fate Abyss Recognizes Its Master, the Liu Yuan Practitioners Give Chase

Deep Root Lower Layers, there is no light, and the realm Qin Yu and Extinguished Light stepped into was even more like a world stripped of its darkness. The ground beneath their feet was not rock, but rather seemed to be formed from countless fragmented layers of souls, producing a slight echo with each step, yet its direction was indiscernible. Ahead lay a boundless, precipitous abyss, each crumbling wall appearing as if it had been ripped open from an era of annihilation, with jagged black pillars piercing the sky like inverted skeletons supporting this shattered world.

Dark blue light mist rose slowly from the bottom of the abyss, devoid of temperature, yet it felt as if the soul were being gently licked by the night tide. The wind at the Deep Root Lower Layers was not blowing, but rather like the breath of life flowing ceaselessly from some deeper direction, carrying an ancient pulse of "awakening."

Extinguished Light stood quietly beside him, her long, black hair flowing down, the air seemingly rewritten with patterns of light and darkness wherever her hair touched. She looked up at the swaying fragments of light above the abyss, her eyes shimmering with a brilliance.

"... This area is older than the previous one."

She spoke softly, her voice carrying an echo of annihilation and final light, "The timeline here... is unstable."

Qin Yu remained silent, but his eyes darkened slightly.

He could sense that the space here was folded in layers, and every inch of air concealed secrets that previous generations had failed to unravel.

Suddenly, a black and gold pattern flashed between Extinguished Light's brows.

That was a sign of "disruption of the Fate Authority".

Qin Yu immediately sensed the shifting energy. He raised his gaze, his brow furrowing slightly. A certain force, seemingly traversing countless realms from the farthest reaches, tore through layers of Deep Root barriers and was fleeing at a terrifying speed.

Extinguished Light turned his head to look at him. "You felt it?"

She asked softly.

Qin Yu nodded slowly. "It's not just fluctuations... that power is like..."

Before he could finish speaking, an Ultimate beam of life light suddenly ripped through the darkness of the distant abyss, like a river of life that had been frightened out of control, raging wildly from between the layers of boundary membranes.

It didn't fly in—it "fled in".

The air cracked as it passed by, a sound never heard even in the Annihilation Dawn Realm, as if all the threads of fate were burned red-hot in a mere instant.

Extinguished Light narrowed his eyes slightly. "What is that... escaping?"

Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat.

The light drew closer and closer, growing increasingly frenzied. It was like a spiritual entity being relentlessly pursued by something terrifying, carrying a life force of terror, chaotic causal lines, and shattered destiny, constantly exploding sparks in the void.

Until—it broke through the last Deep Root rift.

Qin Yu and Extinguished Light simultaneously saw its true form--

A key formed from the very essence of Fate Authority, carrying a light that could tear apart the deep sea of fate, was heading straight for Qin Yu.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key. It seemed to be instinctively seeking refuge, yet also searching for its "master."

The frequency of that yearning and trembling resonated faintly with a certain part of Qin Yu's soul frequency.

Qin Yu's gaze sharpened. "... A key?... What is it looking for?"

Extinguished Light raised her hand, and black light spread out. Two black holes deep in her eyes rotated slightly, and the emblems flickered as if countless narratives were collapsing in her pupils.

"It's not looking for," Extinguished Light whispered. "It's—escaping."

She looked at Qin Yu, a rare solemnity appearing in her eyes.

"How come there are magical treasures that are delivered to our doorstep without our knowledge...?"

The distant abyss suddenly exploded at the same instant.

That was the shockwave from five terrifyingly powerful Void Emanation Realm Supreme Forces.

Qin Yu's robes fluttered loudly from the impact.

He looked up, his eyes sharp as knives. "It seems... the real trouble at the Deep Root Lower Layers is here."

Like a startled bird Fate Abyss Spirit Key suddenly rushed into the Broken Valley where they were, its light trembling wildly, like a dying dragon of destiny pouncing towards Qin Yu's chest.

After its final, chaotic tremor, the Fate Abyss Spirit Key abruptly hid behind Qin Yu and Extinguished Light. The entire key trembled rapidly, like a spirit of a river of life terrified to the Ultimate, its light flickering as if it might disintegrate at any moment. Qin Yu and Extinguished Light were both stunned—neither of them had ever touched this object before, and naturally, they had no idea what this seemingly fragile, even trembling, spirit key was.

Extinguished Light her head, the black light flowing slowly. She raised her hand to touch it, but just before she could, the key suddenly retracted an inch, like a frightened little animal. Qin Yu frowned deeply, his gaze steady, but a hint of surprise appeared. "... It's hiding from us?" Extinguished Light replied softly, "No, it's hiding from someone else."

The answer seemed to be in sync with heaven and earth.

Boom--!

Five enormous beams of light shot out from the other end of the abyss, like five bursts of life sea tearing through dimensions, smashing open the boundary membrane of the entire space. The five Liu Yuan Practitioners stepped into this domain on the broken fragments of their life paths, each step accompanied by the eerie sound of a collapsing "life point," like a heavy hammer striking the bones of the dead.

The air suddenly turned cold.

The world suddenly darkened.

Qin Yu and Extinguished Light Guang stood atop the broken cliff, while the Fate Abyss Spirit Key clung tightly to Qin Yu's back, like a spirit hiding under his protection.

The gazes of the five Liu Yuan Practitioners all fell on Qin Yu's back.

One of them had a hoarse voice, as harsh as lava grinding against cracks left after it has dried up.

"Hey--who are you two? Get out of my way."

He slightly raised his chin, pointing to the trembling key behind them.

"The Fate Abyss Spirit Key belongs to us. What are you doing standing there? Blocking our way?"

Qin Yu and Extinguished Light exchanged a glance.

This was the first time they confirmed that this thing... was called the "Fate Abyss Spirit Key".

Qin Yu said calmly, "I don't know what the Fate Abyss Spirit Key is. I have no interest in getting entangled with you."

Among the group of those Liu Yuan Practitioners, the second person snorted coldly, the lines on his face twitching slightly:

"Hey kid, didn't you hear me tell you to get out of the way? Are you deaf?"

His tone was utterly contemptuous, as if he were casually crushing an ant.

Another Liu Yuan Practitioners suddenly narrowed his eyes, as if he had seen something interesting:

"... Wait a minute, this kid seems to be someone the Nine Alliances Gang and the Asura Immortal Hall are after. I've seen that portrait."

The Liu Yuan Practitioners slightly turned his head, glanced at Qin Yu for a moment out of the corner of his eye, and then sneered:

"The person in that portrait seems to be a mere youth at the Severed Observation Realm. And you're telling me he's advanced to the Annihilation Dawn Realm, Supreme, in less than six months?"

He shook his head, his tone playful. "Ha, impossible. They probably just look alike."

Another Liu Yuan Practitioners narrowed his eyes. "Brother, regardless of whether it's that person or not, let's focus on the key point—the spiritual treasure is right behind them."

The leader finally withdrew his gaze, raised his hand and pointed in Qin Yu's direction, his voice cold and imposing:

"Kid, I'll say it again. If you know what's good for you, get out of the way. Don't block the path of the Abyss of Fate Abyss."

The moment his words fell, the air seemed to be forcefully compressed into the deep sea—

That wasn't a threat, but a warning: if you linger even a moment longer, you will be considered an enemy of us.

Qin Yu's expression remained unchanged, his voice still calm. "You say the spiritual treasure behind me belongs to you, then what evidence do you have?"

Extinguished Light his head slightly, his black-hole-like eyes silently observing the five people, his aura cold and silent.

Upon hearing this, the five Liu Yuan Practitioners were stunned for a moment, then one of them sneered. "Evidence? You dare ask for evidence?"

In the next instant, the man suddenly drew a longsword made of life-severing fragments of light. The sword made a piercing cracking sound in mid-air, as if the sea of life had been forcibly cleaved open.

He took a step forward, his sword pointing at Qin Yu, and his killing intent suddenly exploded into a annihilating storm:

"Why waste words with him? This kid is just a nobody in the Annihilation Dawn Realm—just delete Annihilation the Annihilation Realm."

The sword flashed, shattering the void into hundreds of fine lines. "Instant Annihilation, behold the sword--!!"

The moment the sword light burst forth, it was as if five lives were simultaneously pressing down on Qin Yu.

But before the sword actually fell— the Extinguished Light black light had already quietly begun to boil.

She looked up, and the extinguished light in her eyes converged into two vortexes in the depths of space.

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key on Qin Yu's back trembled so violently it almost broke, emitting a silent cry for help.

The space of the Abyss Rending Domain... Entering Stillness instantly.

The moment the sword light fell, the heavens and earth seemed to be torn apart by a piece of iron. The entire area of Deep Root broken wall emitted a tearing roar. The abyss light dragged the broken life patterns like a comet's tail and slashed towards Qin Yu —however, it did not even get close to Qin Yu before stopping in mid-air.

No, they were frozen by the annihilation light.

Extinguished Light raised her slender, white fingertips, her movement as light as brushing a strand of hair, but in the instant before her fingertips fell, her entire Deep Root Lower Layers seemed to be rewritten. She raised her eyes, and the black holes deep within her pupils slowly rotated. The rotation caused the colors in the entire area to peel away, and the air lit up with fine dust of light. That dust of light was not light, but the residual ash that had spilled out after she annihilated the "particles that make up the world".

The moment the sword light touched her fingertips, it was as if she were sucked into a bottomless abyss. Her radiance collapsed, her life lines broke, and her karma dissipated. In the end, only a wisp of dust remained, which quietly vanished before her fingertips, like a candle flame being gently blown out.

The Liu Yuan Practitioners the sword was stunned for a moment, then his pupils shrank sharply, as if the shadow of some giant beast had seized his soul from his body.

"--What...!?"

The annihilation was silent, yet it was as if a layer of the boundary had been wiped away entirely. The broken walls instantly lost their color, and the world seemed to have been stripped from a colorful scroll into a pure white page. Even the cracks in the void appeared eerily silent due to the absence of light.

The expressions of the other four Liu Yuan Practitioners changed drastically.

One of them whispered in horror, "The third brother's attack... was blocked by her with just one finger?"

Another Liu Yuan Practitioners had a chilling gaze. "That woman is rather strange... Her cultivation level is completely unfathomable... Her life force seems to Does Not Exist outside of any realm..."

The third person gritted his teeth. "Impossible... She doesn't belong to the Deep Root level... The light on her... it's like the source of annihilation..."

The leader of the Liu Yuan Practitioners narrowed his eyes, a deep shadow surging beneath his black robes. "-- Annihilation that woman first."

The air seemed to be crushed by his voice.

Almost simultaneously, the four men prepared to attack, their inner energy exploding around them like four dead rivers struggling to break free from the shackles of their fates. Even Qin Yu felt, for the first time, the "pressure of fate" emanating from these five men when they were serious.

Qin Yu's gaze darkened.

Extinguished Light slowly raised his eyes, a half-smile playing on his lips. The black hole in his eyes widened slightly, as if to swallow the five people whole.

But Qin Yu raised his hand and gently pressed down on her shoulder. "Let me do it."

Extinguished Light was slightly taken aback, then Hei Hui calmed down, stepped back to his side, and stared coldly at the five people, but did not make a move.

The five Liu Yuan Practitioners were stunned for a moment, then burst into a rude, mocking laugh. "You?"

"A brat from the Annihilation Dawn Realm dares to block our way?" "You're courting death."

The next second, the two Liu Yuan Practitioners rushed out simultaneously, their Abyss Streams transforming into a devastating torrent that swept over Qin Yu.

Qin Yu's robes fluttered in the wind. Instead of retreating, he strode forward, the space beneath his feet exploding into a six-pointed annihilation rift—the full power of the Annihilation Dawn Realm 'Supreme Domain.

He extended his right palm, his breath steady yet sharp, a silent intent condensing into a swirling vortex of annihilation in his palm.

The Silent Principle Void Annihilation Scripture and the Silent Wheel Dawn Extinction.

The moment the palm print was struck, the scene seemed to slow down. The annihilation storm surging from Qin Yu's palm tore apart all colors, like ten thousand gray chains of light being dragged out from his palm, intertwining into a giant wheel that devoured time and space.

"--Break it!!!"

The moment the giant ship collided with the abyss, the world shrank for a split second, dozens of huge cracks appeared in the broken walls, and the Deep Root Lower Layers trembled as if roaring. The gray, Silent Wheel pressed down on the abyss for a few breaths, but was forcibly cleaved into pieces by the life-bound long blade drawn by the second Liu Yuan Practitioners.

The Annihilation Dawn Realm is ultimately not the Void Emanation Realm.

Qin Yu's palm bone instantly cracked, his sleeve was shattered into dust, and he was violently thrown back ten feet by a surge of life sea fragments, leaving a huge crater in the ground beneath his feet.

Extinguished Light looked up, and Yanhui flickered dangerously in the eye of the black hole.

Qin Yu raised his hand, signaling her not to move.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, steadied his breathing, and still exhaled in a deep voice:

"The difference in strength... is indeed significant."

The Liu Yuan Practitioners smirked cruelly. "With your meager cultivation, you dare to block my way?"

"The Annihilation Dawn Realm... even our Abyssal Breath can't withstand it." "Get out of my way, or even this last vestige of your existence will be wiped out."

Qin Yu's gaze turned cold. The next instant—

The Fate Abyss Spirit Key emitted a sharp ringing sound.

Like a small beast driven to the brink of despair, it suddenly broke free from Qin Yu's back, letting out a sharp, life-threatening cry, as if declaring to the entire Deep Root Lower Layers— "I want to live!"

The five Liu Yuan Practitioners attacked simultaneously, their five streams striking towards the Spirit Key like five bolts of black lightning. At that very moment—

As if it had finally made up its mind, the Fate Abyss Spirit Key transformed into a blinding beam of life light, shooting straight towards Qin Yu's chest.

The light entered Qin Yu's body. Qin Yu's pupils suddenly contracted.

Extinguished Light turned her head quickly, and Hei Hui exploded around her. "It—went in!"

The five Liu Yuan Practitioners cried out in alarm and fury, "Damn it--!!!" "It's recognizing a master!" "Stop it quickly! Annihilation that brat immediately!!!"

The entire Deep Root Lower Layers sea of destiny boiled over in that instant, like an ancient beast of Fate Authority awakening from its slumber.