Star Abyss Fate Vine · Silent Radiance Lingzhi
Within the deepest, dark blue sea of light at the Deep Root Lower Layers the Void Obliteration Domain, Qin Yu's chest suddenly trembled. The Fate Abyss Spirit Key, which had merged into the depths of his Sea of Destiny, finally erupted with an unprecedentedly grand echo after several breaths of silence.
That wasn't a spiritual treasure vibrating, but rather the initial awakening of the Fate Authority.
At this moment, all the light in the world was forcibly drawn into Qin Yu's body, as if the tide of annihilation was flowing backward. His body was surrounded by invisible life lines, and 100,000 tiny, invisible yet extremely shocking Fate Authority lines emerged from under his skin, each one like the main line of the universe trembling.
The air began to distort. Time began to collapse.
The space was stretched by the life runes, leaving behind tiny slits of life-marking light.
Qin Yu opened his eyes, and a strange phenomenon he had never seen before appeared deep within his pupils—
It is neither light nor darkness, neither soul nor rule.
Rather, it is "the Primordial Void at the beginning of Fate Abyss".
Extinguished Light his head slightly, his long, flowing hair trembling gently in the silent annihilation waves, and for the first time, he revealed a serious expression. "... This is the Fate Authority reconstructing your 'narrative of existence'."
The next instant, Qin Yu's consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness.
It was the only divine tree growing in an endless void.
The "Void Divine Tree" deep within Qin Yu's sea of consciousness was now even more magnificent than before, with layers of narrative cracks appearing on its trunk, as if it were undergoing a transformation belonging to the origin of the universe. Every leaf was emitting a faint light of "Fate-Cause".
Within the deepest layer of the divine tree, the "Soul Root Layer," the Abyss of Fate Abyss Spirit Key transformed into a black-gold life rune, coiling like a dragon and snake around the core of the tree's origin, intertwining, merging, and imprinting itself upon the entire Void Divine Tree. Boom—
Suddenly, an indefinable flower of light bloomed atop the sacred tree.
When the flowers bloom, there is no light, no shadow, and no fragrance.
There is only one kind of absolute qualification for existence—"being chosen by the Fate Authority."
Qin Yu breathed softly, yet he felt his entire sea of consciousness vibrate with his thoughts.
Azure Ring leaped out from the branch in her sea of consciousness, stretched, and said with a hint of disdain and nonchalant weariness, "Little Qinzi, you've really struck gold this time."
The life mark between Qin Yu's brows hadn't completely disappeared, but he frowned and said, "This thing... is no ordinary spiritual treasure."
Extinguished Light also manifested its form outside Qin Yu's consciousness, its double black hole-like pupils slightly contracting. "Its aura is related to the 'True Source of Fate Authority,' but it is not any kind of treasure from your Void Obliteration Domain."
Azure Ring put her hands behind her back and nodded. "Of course not. Little Qinzi, this Fate Abyss Spirit Key is no ordinary sacred treasure—it's a medicinal catalyst."
For the first time, Extinguished Light showed genuine confusion. "A key... is it a medicinal catalyst?"
Azure Ring snorted and gently swayed a branch of light formed from life patterns, "Yes, a medicinal catalyst. The kind that only one exists in the entire Source of Epochless."
She looked up at Qin Yu, her tone suddenly becoming serious:
"Little Qinzi, you've already mastered all ten forms of the 'Limitless Flower-Pinching Heaven-Silencing Finger,' right?"
Qin Yu nodded. "Mm."
Azure Ring: "Do you know that after the tenth form of that technique, there should have been an 'Ultimate Heaven-Silencing Form,' but it was recorded as—uncultivable?"
Extinguished Light said softly, "Because it lacks a certain core carrier."
Azure Ring clapped her hands. "Yes, that's it! The Fate Abyss Spirit Key is the only vessel capable of withstanding, fusing with, ascending to, and guiding the Ultimate form of the 'Limitless Flower-Pinching Heaven-Silencing Finger'."
Qin Yu's brows furrowed slightly. "Why is it only this one?"
Azure Ring's gaze became distant, as if she were recalling a truth sealed for countless epochs:
"Because the Ultimate form of the 'Limitless Flower-Pinching Heaven-Silencing Finger' does not act on the enemy... but rather on the 'fundamental variable of existence'."
Any object will be annihilated before it is used, any law will shatter before it is touched, and any soul will collapse before it is uttered.
Only the Fate Abyss Spirit Key--
It was polished from the primordial blankness Unborn of Fate Authority, it is 'that sliver of Fate Abyss before the definition of existence,' and it will not be annihilated by the Ultimate.
Extinguished Light whispered, "So, without this key, Qin Yu simply cannot cultivate the Ultimate technique?"
Azure Ring nodded. "Even trying is a dead end."
She raised her chin and pointed to the life mark deep in Qin Yu's chest.
"But now—" The Divine Tree in the Sea of Consciousness trembled violently.
Deep within the Fate Abyss Spirit Key, there seemed to be a faint yet profoundly powerful "echo of Fate Authority," perfectly matching Qin Yu's soul source.
Azure Ring said softly, "Little Qinzi, you already possess the 'existence conditions' to cultivate the Ultimate Heaven-Silencing Form."
Extinguished Light turned to look at Qin Yu, his tone calm, yet carrying an unfathomable meaning:
Your Fate Authority... is being redefined by the world.
Qin Yu lowered his gaze, sensing the echoes of the life runes within his body, and said softly, "It seems that the Deep Root Lower Layers are indeed a place of great opportunity for me."
Within the Deep Root Lower Layers, deeply resonant Sea of Destiny, as the Fate Abyss Spirit Key fully merged into the core of the Void Divine Tree in Qin Yu's Sea of Consciousness, an ancient echo, surpassing the Limit the Annihilation Dawn Realm, unfolded layer by layer within his body. It wasn't a diffusion of power, but rather—the Ten Forms of Heavenly Finger, under the light of Fate Authority, began to "Return to One with themselves."
Ten chaotic lotus flowers emerged one after another on the Void Divine Tree, each representing a move of the "Limitless Flower-Pinching Heaven-Silencing Finger". Like long-lost fragments of the universe, they began to approach, overlap, devour, and ascend to a higher dimension in a way that transcended logic, under the guidance of the Fate Abyss Spirit Key.
The lotus is no longer a lotus. The light is no longer light.
Rules are not rules. They are merging.
Qin Yu sat cross-legged atop the Void Divine Tree, his breath as silent as the tide. He extended two fingers, the tips illuminated by life runes, those lines resembling engravings from the deepest recesses of the Heavenly Dao. The shadows of the Ten Forms flashed around him one by one:
Flower-Pinching Thought Silencing —the beginning of extinguishing thoughts
Finger Severs the Karmic Ruins -- the beginning of severing the cause
Flower Falls, History Emptied —the beginning of the demise of history.
The Finger Extinguishes, Cycle Falls Silent -- the beginning of the cycle of rebirth
The Flower-Pinching Soul Dispersion - The Beginning of Soul Destruction
Finger Shatters the Realm Void -- The Beginning of Shattering the Realm
Flower Falls, Source Severed —the beginning of a broken source.
Finger Breaks the Heavenly Narrative -- the beginning of the destruction of the narrative
The Formless Flower-Pinching -- The Beginning of Formless
Finger Points to Heaven, Silence and Nothingness -- the beginning of Silent Void
Azure Ring stood on the branch of the Void Divine Tree, watching the ten forms echo each other, cover each other, and trace back to each other.
Extinguished Light stared intently at Qin Yu, the annihilating star sea quietly expanding deep within his pupils.
--Right now.
Suddenly, the Fate Abyss Spirit Key erupted with a surge of Fate Authority that permeated the entire sea of consciousness.
The Void Divine Tree trembled violently, and all the lotus flowers on it simultaneously extinguished and then bloomed again.
Thus, the ten forms were elevated from ten "definitions of Annihilation" to one—"the Limitless Primordial".
A cosmic anomaly, never before seen in any era, appeared:
"The Heavenly Finger of Fate Abyss - Unnamed Initial Silence" is the new Heavenly Finger.
It is also the only final finger.
It is not a superposition of the ten styles, but the essence of the ten styles—the return to the origin.
[Ultimate Technique: Unnamed Initial Silence]
Definition: At the fingertips of Fate Authority and the Limitless Return to One, all the fundamental concepts of "existence," "nothingness," "history," "narrative," "causality," "lifeline," "concept," "soul," "logic," and "fate" are negated, causing the universe to return to "before it was first conceived."
The enemy is neither eliminated nor killed, but rather—"did not happen".
With a single finger strike, all possibilities of the enemy's existence vanish from their source;
The concept of "enemy" has never been considered in the entire universe.
History doesn't record it, cause and effect aren't acknowledged, narratives don't include it, and fate doesn't allow it;
Even the word "annihilation" couldn't be pasted on.
Qin Yu gently brought his two fingers together, as if picking up a wisp of light from the void.
The next moment--
Time abruptly stopped, like a puppet whose soul strings had been pulled out.
Space is transformed into a blank universe, and the outlines of all things are painted into emptiness.
As the Heavenly Dao Scroll was opened, all traces of the enemy on the paper automatically disappeared.
Ten chaotic lotuses exploded at his fingertips
The sound of the Tao returns to silence.
Everything returns to its "Before the Unnamed" state.
Only a silent tremor remained between heaven and earth: --the first stillness.
Extinguished Light, Min Guang whispered, "... This is a level that even the Annihilation Light Dimension Severance cannot reach... the Annihilation of the primordial source of Fate Authority."
Azure Ring smiled, arms crossed, her tone light yet concealing an unfathomable pride:
"Little Qinzi, this move... is enough to make those self-proclaimed invincible Void Emanation Realm · Supreme unable to even conceive a single thought in front of you."
Qin Yu slowly opened his eyes, the lingering shadow of Chu Ji still flowing at his fingertips. He didn't speak, but looked into the deeper, dark abyss at the Deep Root Lower Layers.
There, it seemed, was a path deliberately illuminated by Fate Authority.
Azure Ring swung her legs lightly. "Let's go, Little Qinzi. 'The Unnamed Initial Silence' has already entered my body; now it needs to Deep Root Lower Layers... that's when things really start to get interesting. You guys continue exploring, I'm going to catch up on some sleep..."
Extinguished Light raised his eyes, strands of his black hair rising to the surface. "The Fate Authority has been awakened, and the Deep Root will also awaken as a result."
Qin Yu took his first step, Deep Root Lower Layers shook the very foundations of the world.
Just as the Fate Abyss Mark on Qin Yu's shoulder faded, Azure Ring's figure flashed and transformed back into a wisp of azure light, falling into the Void Divine Tree deep within Qin Yu's sea of consciousness. Its branches and leaves trembled slightly, as if maintaining an excited yet lazy attention to the impending chaos.
The instant Azure Ring completely sank into her sea of consciousness, the entire dark sky Deep Root Lower Layers suddenly trembled.
That wasn't a fluctuation of spiritual energy, nor a conflict of spells, but rather—
The power of the divine level was forcibly torn apart from the far reaches of the earth.
A sliver of light, like the Origin Heaven, ripped through the distant void, followed by four or five distinct yet terrifying tides of energy that swept in.
The winds of annihilation, the breath of Void Evolution, the tide of chaos, the shattering of Fate Authority...
All the auras were mixed together, like a raging tide simultaneously unleashed by gods, demons, emperors, and kings.
Extinguished Light slightly raised her gaze, the black hole patterns on the outside of her pupils slowly rotating, as if analyzing the essence of those powers. Yan Hui's long hair moved without wind, and even the void was drawn with faint dark marks by her gaze.
"... This scene," Extinguished Light said softly, his voice clear and Kong Ling, "It seems another secret treasure has been fought over."
She spoke softly, yet it seemed to reveal the Deep Root Lower Layers destiny.
Qin Yu also looked up at the violently trembling distance, his gaze calm yet thoughtful. "Hmm. The fact that those five Liu Yuan Practitioners have appeared here means that the forces of the Void Obliteration Domain must have already penetrated Deep Root Lower Layers."
Extinguished Light glanced sideways. "Are you going to get involved?"
Qin Yu concealed the aura of Fate Authority within his body, his surroundings as still as an ancient well, yet unfathomable. "Let's go take a look. Besides, the Chaos First Palace must have already entered; we should be able to meet Elder Ling Liangyan then."
"When a secret treasure falls, bloodshed is inevitable; and every tremor Deep Root Lower Layers —is never without reason."
His gaze turned somber. "Those five Liu Yuan Practitioners just now... were merely the prologue."
Extinguished Light nodded gently, the flowing shimmer of her skirt like shattered starlight. "Then let's go."
The next moment--
A life-patterned platform, interwoven with light and shadow, appeared beneath Qin Yu's feet, slowly merging with the Annihilation Radiance Wings of Extinguished Light. The two powers did not actively merge, but they naturally created an oppressive feeling that was impossible to look directly at.
The void suddenly collapsed.
Qin Yu's figure streaked through the air like a beam of light, with Extinguished Light close behind. His long black hair trailed a brilliant yet Annihilation shadow. The two of them, like twin beams of light traversing the star field, hurtled toward the source of the earthquake Deep Root Lower Layers.
Behind them, a hundred-foot-wide slit of light tore open the Deep Root Lower Layers, dark sea, a wound that failed to heal for a long time.
At the other end of the Deep Root Lower Layers, a dark world, seemingly forgotten in the primordial chaos of the universe, slowly unfolded. There was no wind, no sound, no breath between heaven and earth; only a strange bluish-purple radiance rose from the depths of the abyss, illuminating the entire desolate land.
The earth collapsed in a fault-like pattern, with narrow, deep trenches, as if cleaved by celestial blades, crisscrossing the desolate region. A ghostly light, not belonging to any spirit realm, flowed within the cracks, like the remnants of light after Fate Soul had been stripped away and were now flowing backwards. The sky above was filled with inverted spirit stones and shattered floating rocks, slowly rotating in the weightless space, drawn by an invisible force from the bottom of the abyss, forming a bizarre "suspended galaxy."
In this area that resembles the ruins of the Heavenly Dao, at the very center of the fault core, a strange immortal herb radiating a platinum aura is quietly growing.
That immortal herb seemed to be formed from the condensed light of stars, completely transparent, with its roots embedded in the cracks of the void, and its leaves shimmering like a flowing galaxy. When it swayed gently, one could see thousands upon thousands of Fate Soul rays intertwining within it.
Its name is: Star Abyss Fate Vine - Silent Radiance Lingzhi
The only Immortal Soul Grass born from the Deep Root Lower Layers "Fate Abyss Fault"
Contains the origin of the Void Emanation Realm Fate Soul - Full Radiance Stage
With just a single leaf, the Fate Soul of a cultivator at the Void Emanation Realm · Supreme can undergo a qualitative change.
If the entire plant is refined, it can allow Void Emanation Realm · Supreme to reach the "Silent Profundity Initial Transformation" stage.
However, it possesses extremely high spirituality and will actively retaliate against the weak; anyone who touches it, unless they truly have the Fate Authority, will surely die.
Recorded in countless ancient texts of the Void Obliteration Domain as "the first-tier gateway herb above the Void Evolution Realm".
At this moment, above the Star Abyss Fate Vine, more than a dozen Annihilation Dawn Realm experts are fiercely vying for it.
Each one of them was either a sect elder or Rogue Cultivator; their aura was so violent it could tear the entire desolate region apart.
Boom! The space itself was shattered into pieces.
A powerful cultivator at the Annihilation Dawn Realm wielded his spear, and the Annihilation River crashed down behind him, blasting another sect's Annihilation Dawn Realm expert back a hundred feet.
A female cultivator from the Annihilation Dawn Realm used her Soul Arts to control the Annihilation Fire Heavenly Formation, engulfing three rogue Rogue Cultivator who were near the immortal herb into Entering Stillness fire;
Some powerful Annihilation Dawn Realm experts from other forces also activated their domains, using their Soul Dao to deflect attacks from all around, attempting to monopolize the Life Luo.
The sky was torn open with countless black marks, the ground continued to collapse, and the entire fault line seemed to be groaning in pain.
"Star Abyss Fate Vine! Whoever obtains it will become the next Void Emanation Realm · Supreme!"
"Get out of my way! This is an opportunity that my Mystic River Sect has locked in!"
"Bullshit! Every inch of this soil is Deep Root Lower Layers, earned through strength!" "Get out of here!!"
The combat forces of the Annihilation Dawn Realm clashed continuously, the sounds of metal on metal, soul cries, and annihilation roars mingling together, like an unstoppable apocalyptic storm.
Meanwhile, Star Abyss Fate Vine emitted a faint halo amidst the frenzied scramble...
It's as if it's "choosing" a destined one.