The Judgment of Fate Track Reverse Deduction

Within the silent cracks at the Deep Root Lower Layers of the Annihilation Void, it was as if an invisible wind blew from the most ancient moment of the universe. The cracks sometimes closed, sometimes opened, like the breath of a giant beast, or like the pulse of time flowing backward. Qin Yu's steps were extremely light, yet every inch of void he stepped over automatically gave way, as if the Great Dao dared not obstruct his progress; Extinguished Light accompanied him, his long black hair falling without wind, each sway causing some "unrecorded shadows" deep within the cracks to quietly vanish.

The Deep Root Lower Layers, the less the world resembles the world.

Colors fade, cause and effect become blurred, and even sounds are "heard" before they are even born.

Everything seemed to be immersed in a silence that existed before eternity.

Qin Yu raised his hand, his fingertips slicing through a wisp of nothingness—not air, but the "skin of the narrative." The crack trembled, as if acknowledging his Fate Authority, and extended forward on its own.

Extinguished Light said softly, "The aura ahead... is not an ordinary trapping formation."

Qin Yu: "Yes, it's a 'Rule Lock Domain.' The mechanism isn't meant to kill them, but rather to 'prevent them from reaching deeper levels.'"

Extinguished Light slightly raised his pupils, the two black holes contracting gently for a moment. "Stop Ling Liangyan? It seems there's something Deep Root Lower Layers that even it doesn't want to be touched."

Qin Yu did not respond. He narrowed his eyes and looked towards the end of the crack. In the layers of flattened, folded, and reversed projection space, there was a faint but extremely familiar fluctuation.

That was Ling Liangyan's "lingering notes of the zither".

Taking another step forward, the crack seemed to drip with some kind of cold light, shattering into pieces.

The world suddenly seemed to unfold like a giant curtain being drawn back—

Ahead lay a completely isolated area forcibly separated by mechanisms, like a fragment "cut out" from the world, suspended between countless layers of gaps.

And within that fragmented, semi-transparent realm—

This was the first time Qin Yu had seen Ling Liangyan and her group.

That scene, though silent, was so awe-inspiring that it seemed as if the world had frozen in time.

The shattered shadow of an ancient bell hung above their heads, like the corpse of time itself;

Invisible chains descended from the void, traversing spatial layers, fixing them in place;

Ling Liangyan stood at the forefront, her zither robe torn by the wind, yet still standing tall, the remaining "Returning to Stillness Zither Light" floating on her fingertips;

Behind her were Elder Liu Xu and the others, all of whom were pressed down by an unknown force to the point of near immobility.

Their shadows were flattened, distorted, and repeatedly projected onto the ground—as if they were no longer "living people," but rather "traces of fate" temporarily permitted to exist by the authorities.

Extinguished Light took a soft breath. "This is... the 'Pre-Narrative Lock Domain'. A forbidden zone that even fate cannot approach."

Qin Yu's gaze was deep as he said softly, "Elder Ling and the others are not dead yet, but their life trajectories have been compressed to the very thinnest point."

Extinguished Light turned to look at him. "How are you going to save them? That kind of mechanism isn't about destruction, it's about 'removing the qualification to reach the future'."

Qin Yu did not answer immediately, but instead stared at the most chaotic part of that area.

There, a faint aftershock lingered. A feeling that even the "Annihilation Dawn Realm" couldn't deduce—

It was both a warning and a welcome.

It was as if the Deep Root Lower Layers were telling Qin Yu: You want to save them?

Then step inside.

Qin Yu's eyes brightened slightly, and he said in a low voice, "I've already seen the key point."

Extinguished Light: "What did you see?"

Qin Yu slowly raised his hand, pointing to the center of the forbidden area in the distance that sealed off Ling Liangyan and her group.

A crack so thin it's almost Does Not Exist, yet it runs through the entire area.

Qin Yu said, "That's not a chain, it's... the 'slit' at the entrance."

Extinguished Light's pupils contracted slightly. "You mean, that mechanism... wasn't meant to trap them, but was waiting for you to open it?"

Qin Yu did not deny it, but simply said in a calm voice:

"They've held on until now because the organization hasn't killed them. It's waiting for the successor of the Fate Abyss."

Extinguished Light paused for a moment, then gave a very faint smile, "That proves... it was waiting for you."

The two exchanged a glance, and Qin Yu took the next step—the mechanism deep within the crack seemed to be awakened by that step.

The heavens and earth trembled, and countless "soul chain patterns" suddenly lit up in the silent Lock Domain in the distance, surging and roaring like a celestial river being poured out.

Qin Yu's eyes narrowed, and a sudden burst Extinguished Light dark light emanated from him.

In front of the Annihilation Void, dark Rending Domain at the Deep Root Lower Layers of the annihilation void, Qin Yu's step was as light as a speck of dust, but within the "Pre-Narrative Lock Domain," it felt as if he were stepping on a thin membrane before the universe had even taken shape.

The next instant—the entire forbidden zone suddenly "awakened".

The heavens and earth did not shake. But the concept of "vibration" was erased from existence.

The light didn't flash. But the "meaning of the flash" was extinguished prematurely.

This was the first backlash from the Pre-Narrative Lock Domain.

The process of "Qin Yu stepping in" is removed from reality, but the "consequences of stepping in" are retained.

It was as if he had never come over, yet he was already inside.

Extinguished Light's pupils contracted slightly. "It's here... The Lock Domain is beginning to verify the Fate Authority."

Qin Yu looked up, and an invisible light membrane, like a torn dream, spread out from beneath his feet, revealing the structure of the entire forbidden area.

Countless suspended fragments of the boundary, reverse-projected clouds, an upside-down, eerie blue river, and thin blades formed from the edge of time slowly rotated in the air.

Then, from the depths of the Lock Domain, the first sound finally rang out... "Pre-Narrative Echo."

That wasn't a sound, but --

Voices discarded by the future, voices forgotten by the past, voices not allowed to exist in the present.

But it was forcibly played at this moment.

It was as if a world that had long since died was now forced to breathe.

Immediately following, the true main organ of the Pre-Narrative Lock Domain —revealed.

Suddenly, the world was "paused," and all colors turned gray and white.

At the center of the world, a colossal shadow rises, impossible to extend or define.

The "shadow" had no physical form, yet countless broken white chains fell from all directions, being absorbed, entangled, and pierced by it.

It's as if it itself is "the moment when time is abandoned".

Extinguished Light said softly, "... This is the core mechanism at the Deep Root Lower Layers. The Pre-Narrative Constructor."

The shadow had no face and made no movement, yet it seemed to be staring at Qin Yu with Does Not Exist eyes.

The first judgment came from the depths of the void: Successor of the Fate Abyss, unknown. Execution: Recovery of Fate Authority - First Sequence.

The next moment--

The main mechanism unleashed a true backlash.

Nine blank vortexes tore open in the sky; they were devoid of any color, simply "blank."

Nine chain shadows suddenly lashed down from the vortex, like nine strokes of divine brush, yet they erased time and space along their path with each swing.

As soon Qin Yu took a step forward, the nine chains suddenly slammed down on him, as if the world was trying to drag him out of the "narrative".

Extinguished Light was about to move, Qin Yu raised his hand, signaling her to step back. "This is the Lock Domain's reflection of 'Fate Abyss,' not an attack."

Then he raised his left hand.

A faint glow appeared in the palm of the hand— the Fate Abyss Initial Opening.

The entire forbidden area seemed to be shaken for a moment.

At Qin Yu's fingertip, a black-gold Fate Authority pattern slowly unfolded, like the first Fate Brush written at the beginning of the universe.

As the patterns lit up, all sounds in the world dimmed for a moment, as if in submission.

The Fate Authority has appeared. Extinguished Light took a light breath. "This is... the aura of the Abyss of Fate Abyss."

The Fate Authority patterns had not yet fully manifested, yet they had already caused the nine blank soul chains to stagnate.

The principle of Lock Domain is "judgment before existence," while the Fate Authority belongs to "definition after existence."

The first clash between these two logics caused disorder in the entire narrative of the Lock Domain.

Qin Yu slightly raised two fingers. The first wisp of energy from the Fate Abyss Initial Opening lit up along his finger joints like lines.

The black and gold life force seemed to flow back from the cracks in time, spreading inch by inch around him.

In that instant, it was as if the world had been re-divided.

Boom!!! The nine soul chains pressed down again!

Qin Yu lightly flicked his fingers and dropped them.

Unnamed Initial Silence - A Brief Touch

It's not about unleashing the full power, but simply "making the name of this skill remembered by the world once."

The light went out the instant the finger touched it.

The space is like a faded white sheet of paper.

The nine soul chains were grasped "just before they fell," instantly shifting the focus from the outcome to "not having happened."

They still exist, but they can no longer fall on Qin Yu.

The entire forbidden area paused. The main mechanism emitted its first fluctuation. The Fate Authority Reflection was established. The second layer of rules of the Pre-Narrative Lock Domain was opened.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Yu saw the true core of the Lock Domain for the first time—

The chaotic rift ahead glowed faintly, revealing a pitch-black vertical line, like "the edge of the Gate of Fate Abyss being forcibly hidden."

Extinguished Light asked in a low voice, "That is... the core of the Lock Domain?"

Qin Yu said softly, "No, it's where the 'Fate Abyss Original Record' are kept."

As he stepped inside, the patterns of Fate Authority spread outwards.

Countless fragments of the Lock Domain were rewritten, the inverted river of time contracted backward, and the flattened space became three-dimensional again.

The whole world seemed to be making way for him.

Extinguished Light said in a low voice, "Qin Yu, that flick of yours just now... touched the root of the Lock Domain."

Qin Yu didn't turn around, but just stared at the black vertical line. "The Lock Domain Mechanism of the Abyss of Fate Abyss... has finally opened for me."

The Deep Root Lower Layers "Pre-Narrative Lock Domain" seemed to be completely awakened by Qin Yu's glimmer of Fate Authority.

The heavens and earth did not tremble—instead, the tremor itself was pre-written by "Fate Abyss" and was only allowed to begin in the next second.

Then—the true core of the Fate Abyss within the Lock Domain was revealed.

Boom! The world seemed to be opened from an ancient celestial book.

Space unfolds like pages of a book, time flows down like ink hanging upside down.

Countless life paths transformed into celestial patterns interwoven with gold and black.

They converged into a colossal structure too large to be directly observed— the Fate Abyss: Initial Core.

It is not a palace, not an altar, not a ruin.

Rather, it is a colossal pillar extending from the endless ancient past to the "unborn future."

Transcending time and space, traversing all realms, traversing the ocean of destiny—

The pillar has no material, only: birth, destruction, destiny, Annihilation, rewriting, cause and effect, nothingness...

Countless concepts were carved into patterns that rotated around the column.

At that moment, Qin Yu saw for the first time the foundation of the Abyss of Fate Abyss.

Extinguished Light softly, yet with barely suppressed awe. "... This is where the Abyss of Fate Abyss inscribes the Fate Authority of all realms."

Just then--

From the other side of the giant pillar, a faint yet clear voice drifted over. "... Qin Yu...?"

Ling Liangyan's voice.

She was locked inside a semi-transparent "Pre-Narrative Crystal Domain."

It's as if time has frozen, or as if fate has prematurely deleted it from the map.

Her figure was faint, but her eyes were fixed precisely on the direction Qin Yu was coming from. "You... you really came..."

In that instant, she seemed to be rekindled from the dead silence.

Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to respond when the main mechanism of the Lock Domain finally activated its true killing intent.

The world suddenly fell into a "pre-written silence".

All light was straightened, all sound was flattened, and all time was folded into a silent line.

The Pre-Narrative Constructor appeared high above Qin Yu's head.

That is not an "existence". It is --

The shadow of all future events. All past causes and effects that have not yet occurred.

All the fragments of fate that "could be written" converge into a vast, formless void.

The next moment, the coldest and highest-level judgment since the birth of the Fate Abyss resounded:

-Fate Track Reverse Deduction Judgment - Activation--

The world suddenly brightens. What does it mean to have one's destiny reversed?

It's not about going back to the past, nor is it about erasing the future.

Yes -- rewind your "fate line" from the ending backwards.

Before you were even born, you were deemed "not to exist".

The ground beneath Qin Yu's feet was instantly sucked away.

He saw his own destiny trajectory light up in the void.

First the finish line, then the middle section, then the starting point.

The main body of the organization repeatedly cut, rewound, and deleted sections of the text.

For the first time, genuine anger appeared on Extinguished Light's face. "It wants to—strip you of your right to exist from the level of the Abyss of Fate Abyss!"

The nine chains of fate crashed down, tearing the life trajectory from above Qin Yu's head.

The timeline was moved forward from "Qin Yu - Already Formed" to "Qin Yu - Not Yet Formed".

In that instant, even the shadow beneath Qin Yu's feet began to disappear.

But at the very moment when the whole world was denying Qin Yu—

Qin Yu lifted his foot and stepped forward into the core of the Abyss of Fate Abyss, where the "Primordial Fate Brush" was located.

He chose to defy fate and forcefully step into the core.

The world roared instantly. Deep within the giant pillar, a single stroke—

The true "first stroke" slowly emerges.

It is not text, not patterns, but: the first trace of light written on the Fate Authority across all realms.

The streak of light was blackish-gold, like a desolate stroke spanning billions of years.

All lifelines in the vicinity automatically extinguish when they approach it.

The moment Qin Yu reached out and touched it—the world was "reborn." Time and space were "redefined." The foundation of the Pre-Narrative Lock Domain emitted its first heartbeat.

The first stroke of the Fate Abyss was touched by Qin Yu.

The entire Lock Domain trembled violently, and countless pre-existing chains snapped.

The main court's reverse trial was stalled, paused, and failed.

Extinguished Light stared at Qin Yu in shock. "You... you actually directly touched the Fate Abyss Primordial Fate Brush..."

That's not something the heir can touch. That's—

Only the "Dominator of the Fate Abyss" is qualified to come into contact with such beings. Yet Qin Yu has managed to do so.