Recaps

Qin Yu entered the Annihilation Hall and absorbed the Eternal Silent Thought Dust, which forced him to face the ancient cultivator’s failed attempt to sever his final thought. He broke free of the failure’s cycle by letting go of the need to sever or prove anything, and stood at the threshold of the Realm of Absolute Thoughtlessness, where the true breakthrough and its price awaited.

• Qin Yu discovered the Eternal Silent Thought Dust in the center of the Annihilation Hall and saw its glazed-glass insights, abyss of nothingness, and mark of failure.
• The dust entered Qin Yu’s sea of consciousness and drew him into the moment when the ancient mighty figure failed to sever its final thought.
• Qin Yu resisted the cycle by abandoning the thought that he must defeat the failure and anchoring himself with the simple awareness that he was present.
• Qin Yu received the dust’s insights into the Stainless stages, but the mark of failure tried to bind him to the ancient figure’s obsession.
• Qin Yu let the urge to sever pass without resisting it, and the mark of failure lost its hold on his thoughts.
• When the mark used Qin Yu’s concern for Yan Yue, Ruishan, Qingwan, and Hanyan to rekindle his obsession, he let his love remain without turning it into a binding thought, and the rift began to crumble.

Qin Yu paid for his breakthrough by surrendering a gentle memory from his mortal life, then crossed the Stainless stages and entered the Severed Thought Realm · Initial Stage. After stabilizing the loss with his abilities, he emerged from the collapsing Silent Thought Ruins onto the boundary plain of the Void Obliteration Domain and wondered how Yan'er was doing.

• Qin Yu offered a quiet memory of being saved by gentleness to the Eternal Silent Thought Dust as fuel for crossing its threshold.
• Qin Yu retraced the path of the ancient mighty figure and advanced through Stainless · Middle Stage, High Stage, Pinnacle, and Supreme.
• Qin Yu endured the void's attempt to strip away the foundation of his thoughts and entered the Severed Thought Realm · Initial Stage.
• Qin Yu used Cause and Effect Deconstruction and Causeless Disillusionment Sword to stabilize the hollow left by his lost memory without restoring it.
• The Silent Thought Ruins collapsed, and Qin Yu returned to the boundary between the northern and southern parts of the Void Obliteration Domain.

Jin Hanyan followed a faint spatial ripple in the Rotting Spirit Cavern and was pulled into a blood-red world, where she found the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor overseeing a ritual to awaken a dragon-like being. The dragon’s cry shook the wasteland, and the Emperor noticed her presence.

• Jin Hanyan sensed a subtle spatial ripple after the other cultivators left the Rotting Spirit Cavern and approached the collapsed stone wall alone.
• A hidden force pulled Jin Hanyan through collapsing space and into a strange wasteland beneath a dark red sky.
• Jin Hanyan detected the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor near a ruined tower and cautiously approached his position.
• Jin Hanyan saw the Emperor and five otherworldly beings feed their essence blood into a formation surrounding a dark embryo.
• The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor inscribed a Dao pattern on the embryo and commanded it to awaken.
• A dragon cry shook the wasteland as a gigantic dragon-shaped shadow stirred within the blood membrane, and the Emperor turned toward Jin Hanyan.

Jin Hanyan fought the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor and his five otherworldly allies as the blood dragon broke free of its prison. The dragon killed the surviving allies, but the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor tore out its core and escaped, leaving Jin Hanyan in the ruined wasteland.

• Jin Hanyan attacked the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor with Return to Stillness: Nameless Finger, but five otherworldly beings combined their powers to weaken it.
• The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor ordered the five beings to test Jin Hanyan, and she turned their attacks against them with Chaos Dao techniques.
• The blood dragon broke through the blood membrane, destroyed the formation, and attacked the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor and Jin Hanyan.
• Jin Hanyan reversed the three surviving beings' ultimate attacks into the blood dragon, which then killed all three.
• The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor plunged his hands into the blood dragon's chest and tore out its core, causing the dragon to collapse.
• The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor escaped through a void rift with the dragon core, leaving Jin Hanyan alone in the shattered wasteland.

Qin Yu broke through to the Severed Thought Realm and traced Jin Hanyan to the Nine Nether Prison Abyss, where she followed the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor. The chapter ended with Jin Hanyan discovering that the Emperor had delivered the blood dragon’s heart and core to the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable for a mysterious purpose.

• Jin Hanyan followed a faint trace of Thought Severance after the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor escaped, while Qin Yu completed his breakthrough to the Severed Thought Realm.
• Qin Yu returned to the Chaos First Palace, learned that Jin Hanyan had not come back, and set out to search for her.
• Qin Yu used Causal Deconstruction and Origin Tracing at the Rotting Spirit Cavern to uncover how the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor had torn out the blood dragon’s heart and escaped with its core.
• The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor brought the blood dragon’s heart and core to the ninth layer of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss, where the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable received them.
• Jin Hanyan descended through the Nine Nether Prison Abyss in concealment and saw the Emperor, the Venerable, and the dragon’s heart in the ninth layer.

Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable activated the Myriad Thought Form-Forging Cauldron · Furnace of Existence in the ninth layer of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss and revealed that Thought Severance Devouring Emperor was the vessel prepared to awaken the Heart of Dao Burial. The cauldron began turning toward Thought Severance Devouring Emperor as Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable threatened to complete the process himself.

• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable used the blood dragon's heart and core to break the seal beneath the ninth layer and awaken the inverted cauldron.
• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable refined the dragon heart and core into the cauldron, igniting its Existence and Annihilation Patterns and drawing power from all nine layers.
• Thought Severance Devouring Emperor congratulated Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable, who named the cauldron and revealed it was intended to burn away Thought Severance Devouring Emperor's obsessions.
• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable revealed that Thought Severance Devouring Emperor had formed from a split-off piece of his Dao heart and was the host of the Heart of Dao Burial.
• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable explained that the cauldron inside Thought Severance Devouring Emperor had preserved existence as the key to his awakening, making Thought Severance Devouring Emperor a sacrifice rather than a successor.
• As the cauldron turned toward Thought Severance Devouring Emperor, Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable said he would complete the process himself if Thought Severance Devouring Emperor refused.

The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable began refining the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor into the Heart of Dao Burial, revealing that the Emperor had been created as his pawn. Jin Hanyan intervened with the Heaven and Earth Undetermined box and erased both the Emperor and the Myriad Thoughts Form-Forging Cauldron from existence, leaving the Venerable facing the loss of his scheme.

• The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable exposed the Return-to-One Anchor within the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor and forced him to his knees beneath the Myriad Thoughts Form-Forging Cauldron.
• The Thought Severance Devouring Emperor realized he had been the Venerable’s vessel and was dragged toward the cauldron to be refined into the Heart of Dao Burial.
• Jin Hanyan appeared and opened the Heaven and Earth Undetermined box, freezing the cauldron’s pull and enveloping the ninth layer in silent void.
• Jin Hanyan turned the box’s blade-key on the boundary between the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor and the cauldron, erasing both from existence and causality.
• The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable watched Jin Hanyan’s intervention leave his scheme without its crucial pawn and key.

Qin Yu reached the first layer of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss and rescued the gravely wounded Jin Hanyan after the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable struck her with Indeterminate Shattered Ruins. He stabilized her with a divine pill and the Void Divine Tree, then faced the Venerable; their battle left Qin Yu battered but standing as the Venerable prepared another attack.

• Qin Yu sensed a Great Dao clash in the Nine Nether Prison Abyss and plunged toward its depths.
• Jin Hanyan tried to escape, but the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable used Reverse Tracing · Indeterminate Shattered Ruins to blast her to the first-layer entrance and damage her Fate Soul.
• Qin Yu reached Jin Hanyan, gave her a divine pill, and used his Severed Thought Realm power to slow the damage before placing her beneath the Void Divine Tree in his sea of consciousness.
• The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable trapped Qin Yu and confronted him, declaring that Jin Hanyan had ruined his plan and that the Void Obliteration Domain would pay.
• Qin Yu resisted the Venerable's spatial pressure and used Sever Thought against his black-and-gold attack, but the clash devastated the first layer and left Qin Yu wounded on one knee.
• The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable withdrew his hand and challenged Qin Yu to withstand another blow.

Qin Yu faced Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable’s three strikes and advanced from the initial stage of the Severed Thought Realm to its middle stage while resisting them. After Qin Yu survived the third strike and comprehended the Dao, Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable renewed his killing intent and prepared to attack again.

• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable summoned the Divine Body World Destruction and challenged Qin Yu to survive three sword strikes.
• Qin Yu countered the first strike by negating its severing effect with Primordial Formless and Naming Reconstruction, then rose from the ruins.
• Qin Yu entered a state of constant stillness and reflection during the second strike, advanced to the middle stage of the Severed Thought Realm, and broke the sword’s suppression with Causeless Disillusionment Sword.
• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable unleashed World Burning Without Pardon, and Qin Yu used the Fate Cause Sealing Mirror and Historyless Void Severance Sword before remaining unattached to its judgment.
• Qin Yu’s constant stillness left the third strike without a target; he severed its cause for conviction and collapsed the pillar of heavenly fire.
• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable recognized that Qin Yu had comprehended the Dao under his sword and advanced on him with renewed intent to kill.

Qin Yu fought the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable in the first layer of the Nine Nether Prison Abyss, but the vast difference in their realms let the venerable overwhelm his attacks. Qin Yu tried to escape with Void Source · Dream Stillness, but the venerable severed the causality of his escape and dragged him back.

• The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable struck Qin Yu with Stillness Breaking · Indeterminate Wind Tribulation, shattering his defenses and hurling him into a crater.
• Qin Yu used No-Thought Absolute Silence Sword, but the venerable erased its lotus sea and revealed that he no longer depended on thought to exist.
• Qin Yu projected a causal afterimage of the Myriad Thoughts Form-Forging Cauldron's destruction to distract the venerable, but the venerable dismissed his attempt and trapped him with Realm Breaking · Forbidden Domain Suppression Seal.
• Qin Yu activated Void Source · Dream Stillness and began withdrawing from reality, but the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable used Reverse Realm · Cause Severance to cut off his escape.
• The venerable dragged Qin Yu back to the first layer's entrance and declared that Qin Yu could not escape him.

Qin Yu unleashed his strongest abilities against the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable, but the vast gap between their realms let the Venerable repeatedly undo and suppress his attacks. Qin Yu remained on the verge of death as the Azure Ring continued transforming within his sea of consciousness.

• Qin Yu unleashed Void Source · Dream Stillness, forming the Existence Zero Point and briefly erasing part of the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable’s presence.
• The Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable used Cause Severance · Boundless Realm Instant Collapse to erase Qin Yu’s five domains and leave him badly injured.
• Qin Yu challenged the Venerable to suppress his realm, then struck with Undefined Destruction Sword, but the Venerable contained and suppressed its power.
• The Venerable used Reverse Tracing · Indeterminate Shattered Ruins to dismantle Qin Yu’s path back to the undivided state and fracture his existence.
• Qin Yu activated Immeasurable Return to the Abyss: Annihilation’s Other Shore, briefly forcing the Venerable to step back before the ring cracked and the backlash sent Qin Yu flying.
• The Venerable manifested Qin Yu’s source and set it alight with Realm Breaking Fire while the Azure Ring’s soul wheels began glowing ghostly blue inside Qin Yu’s sea of consciousness.

As Qin Yu faced erasure by Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable, Azure Ring awakened as Blue Ring and saved him. She destroyed Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable and restored Qin Yu, who named her Xiao Yue.

• Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable used Final Break: Myriad Forms Return to Nothingness to erase Qin Yu's existence.
• Azure Ring awakened as Blue Ring, broke the divine ability, and stabilized Qin Yu's Fate Soul.
• Blue Ring stopped Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable from escaping and extinguished his consciousness, destroying his resurrection contingencies.
• Blue Ring restored Qin Yu's soul as the Nine Nether Prison Abyss fell silent.
• Qin Yu named her Xiao Yue, and she happily settled on his shoulder.

Qin Yu returned to the Chaos First Palace with Jin Hanyan near death and asked Yun Qiusheng to save her. Yun Qiusheng used Stainless Flowing Light to repair her Fate Soul, and Jin Hanyan awoke in Qin Yu’s arms.

• Xiao Yue told Qin Yu that Jin Hanyan’s Fate Soul was too damaged for her to repair, so they returned to the Chaos First Palace.
• Yun Qiusheng told Qin Yu that the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable and the Thought Severance Devouring Emperor had vanished without a trace.
• Qin Yu showed Yun Qiusheng Jin Hanyan’s broken Fate Soul and asked him to stabilize it.
• Yun Qiusheng sent Yun Yanwan to fetch Stainless Flowing Light from the inner hall.
• Qin Yu gave Jin Hanyan the Stainless Flowing Light, which slowly repaired her Fate Soul.
• Jin Hanyan opened her eyes and called Qin Yu by name.

Qin Yu confirmed that he had annihilated the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable and focused on Jin Hanyan’s recovery while Yun Qiusheng left to help restore order. After Xiao Yue revealed that Yan Yue was in the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain, Qin Yu decided to take Hanyan to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch before moving on to the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer.

• Jin Hanyan woke and asked Qin Yu whether the Source-Suppressing Stillnessless Venerable had been annihilated, and Qin Yu confirmed that he had completely destroyed him.
• Qin Yu laid Jin Hanyan on the Evolving True crystal bed and sealed the Qi Primordial Chaos Hall to protect her while she recovered.
• Yun Qiusheng said the Void Obliteration Domain needed to be rebuilt and left to discuss restoring order with Qin Zhien, promising to keep Qin Yu’s deeds secret.
• Xiao Yue sensed Yan Yue in the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain and told Qin Yu that Yan Yue’s Fate Soul had become extraordinarily powerful.
• Qin Yu decided to wait until Jin Hanyan recovered, then take her to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch before leaving for the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer.

After bidding farewell to Yun Yanwan, Qin Yu told Jin Hanyan about the women and companions in his life and his plan to find Yan Yue in the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer. Jin Hanyan agreed to return with him to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch, where the realm welcomed its master’s return.

• Qin Yu visited Yun Yanwan and announced that he was heading to the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer, while Jin Hanyan continued recovering.
• Qin Yu explained to Jin Hanyan that Mu Qingwan, Qian Ruishan, and Yan Yue were important to him, and that Yan Yue had been taken to the upper layer by Void Threshold Empress Huayan.
• Qin Yu said he would take Jin Hanyan to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch so his companions could care for her; Jin Hanyan agreed and chose to guard the realm with them.
• Qin Yu opened a realm gate and brought Jin Hanyan to the vast Annihilation Abyss Epoch.
• The realm sensed Qin Yu’s return as familiar presences rose from Annihilation Abyss Main City and figures began flying toward them.

Qin Yu returned to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch with Jin Hanyan and reunited with Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, Yunyi, and Extinguished Light at the Book Master Law Palace Hall. He arranged a gathering to celebrate, while learning that forces from other realms had begun settling in the Annihilation Abyss Epoch.

• Qin Yu arrived at the Book Master Law Palace Hall with Jin Hanyan and was welcomed by Yingling.
• Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan warmly welcomed Jin Hanyan, and Qin Yu introduced her as someone who had shared life and death with him.
• Yunyi teased Qin Yu about bringing Jin Hanyan home, while Extinguished Light recognized her from their battle in the Deep Root Lower Layers.
• Qin Yu told the others that Jin Hanyan's Fate Soul had been badly damaged and needed time to recover, and said he had missed Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan.
• Qin Yu asked Yingling to notify everyone about a celebration, and Mu Qingwan explained that God Clan branches and sects from other realms had established themselves in the Annihilation Abyss Epoch.

Qin Yu celebrated the Annihilation Abyss Epoch’s return to peace at a banquet attended by its regional experts, newcomers from the Spirit Firmament Great Realm, and ancient allies. The three beast emperors reaffirmed their commitment to guarding the realm, which Qin Yu called their shared home.

• Xuancang Shenying, Grand Venerable Mingxu, Ling Jingxi, and other regional experts arrived at the Book Master Law Palace as the banquet began.
• Mu Qingwan told Qin Yu that factions from the Spirit Firmament Great Realm had sworn Fate Soul oaths and joined the Annihilation Abyss Epoch after Yingling verified their loyalty.
• Xuancang Shenying, Grand Venerable Mingxu, and Ling Jingxi thanked Qin Yu for his role in their breakthroughs and for helping the realm endure.
• Yunyi brought Wan He to Qin Yu, who learned that Wan He had recovered with help from Yunyi’s Silent Abyss Unconstructed · Jiwu Annihilation Mirror.
• The Void Finality Saint Emperor, Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor, and Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor greeted Qin Yu as their master and vowed to defend the Annihilation Abyss Epoch.
• Qin Yu told the three beast emperors that he had defeated the Primordial Limitless Ancestral Emperor for them and that the Annihilation Abyss Epoch was their shared home.

Qin Yu and the people who helped build the Annihilation Abyss Epoch celebrated its prosperity at a banquet before returning to the Heavenly Emanation Return to the Abyss Palace. There, Jin Hanyan was welcomed into her new home and shown the palace built to stabilize and nourish her Fate Soul.

• Yao Wanqing, Zhou Yu, Ming Ye, and Ming Zhen reunited with Qin Yu and reflected on how far they had come since the Spirit Firmament Great Realm.
• Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Jin Hanyan praised the Annihilation Abyss Epoch's shared achievements, and Jin Hanyan pledged to help protect it.
• Yunyi called for a toast to the Annihilation Abyss Epoch, and the gathered experts raised their cups together.
• After the banquet, Yingling escorted the drunken Yunyi and Grand Venerable Mingxu away, while Qin Yu left with Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Jin Hanyan.
• Qin Yu brought the three women to the Heavenly Emanation Return to the Abyss Palace and showed Jin Hanyan the residence prepared for her.
• Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan explained that Jin Hanyan's palace would nourish her Fate Soul, and Qin Yu welcomed her home.

Qin Yu discussed the limits of the Annihilation Abyss Epoch’s cultivation system and shared a quiet night with Jin Hanyan before announcing plans to reorganize the growing realm. The chapter ended as he gathered the realm’s leaders to begin establishing a new era of order.

• Qin Yu learned from Yingling that Zi Xue had reached Logic Realm Realm · Extreme and was recruiting cultivators for an enforcement team.
• Blue Ring told Qin Yu that the Source of Epochless cultivation system could not be incorporated into the Annihilation Abyss Epoch without throwing its laws and existence into chaos.
• Jin Hanyan waited for Qin Yu, voiced concern about his coming journey to the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer, and urged him to spend the night with Qian Ruishan and Mu Qingwan.
• Qin Yu met Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Jin Hanyan for breakfast and announced plans to improve the four domains and four great main cities.
• Qin Yu convened the core forces of the Annihilation Abyss Epoch at the Book Master Law Palace Hall and declared that the realm needed to enter a true era of order.

Qin Yu reconstructed the Eastern Region as Inheriting Abyss and the Western Region as Silent Mirror, transforming their realms, abilities, and laws. He appointed the Void Finality Saint Emperor and the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor as their region lords, then turned toward the two unfinished regions.

• Qin Yu and Yingling rebuilt the Eastern Region into Inheriting Abyss, forging its fate-based world, abilities, and domain.
• Qin Yu completed Inheriting Abyss with Abyss Shattering · Reconstruction and appointed the Void Finality Saint Emperor its region lord.
• Qin Yu and Yingling dismantled the Western Region's old fate structure and remade it as Silent Mirror, a world of mirror corridors and folded propositions.
• Qin Yu completed Silent Mirror with Annihilation · Mirror Shattering and appointed the Primordial Dao-Extinguishing True Emperor its region lord.
• With the Eastern and Western Regions complete, Qin Yu looked toward the south and north, where two regions remained unfinished.

Qin Yu completed the Southern Region · Realm Splitting and appointed the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor as its region lord. He then established the Northern Region · Cause Annihilation with Yunyi and Tangyi as its joint rulers, completing the four regions and forming the first complete outline of the Heavenly Dao.

• Qin Yu transformed the Southern Region into Realm Splitting, whose killing intent could sever laws, cause and effect, memory, and existence.
• Qin Yu gave the Realm Splitting token to the Eternal Annihilation Heavenly Emperor, appointing him region lord of the Southern Region.
• Qin Yu constructed the Northern Region · Cause Annihilation, which stilled causes and erased the premises of events and existence.
• Qin Yu formed the Northern Region's tokens and appointed Yunyi and Tangyi as its joint rulers.
• The four regions' powers united above the Book Master Law Palace Hall, completing the four poles and the first complete outline of the Heavenly Dao.

Qin Yu completed Wenyan Main City in the Eastern Region and appointed Extinguished Light and Wan He to guard it. He then built Silent Stone Main City in the Western Region and entrusted its defense to Xuancang Shenying and Grand Venerable Mingxu, leaving the creation of the four regional cities underway.

• Qin Yu formed Wenyan Main City around Chengyuan Divine Mountain, creating its nine Azure Rings and the Azure Ring Logic Source.
• Qin Yu established Wenyan's trials, cultivation areas, proposition steles, and elder and source rings, then named Extinguished Light and Wan He its guardians.
• Qin Yu raised Broken Mirror Cliff and built Silent Stone Main City across its seven layers, using Silent Stone to anchor its cause-based structures.
• Qin Yu created Silent Stone Main City's landmarks, including Cause Origin, Silent Mirror Hall, and the Mirror Corridor Labyrinth.
• Qin Yu gave city lord tokens to Xuancang Shenying and Grand Venerable Mingxu, completing the Western Region's main city.

Qin Yu established Rending Threshold Main City in the Southern Region and Annihilation Abyss Main City in the Northern Region, completing the four cities and rebuilding the order of the Annihilation Abyss Epoch. He appointed guardians for the new cities and gates, named Yingling to oversee future arrangements, and left the main hall hailed as Epoch Lord.

• Qin Yu shaped Rending Threshold Main City around the Great Rending Scar, creating its layered fortifications, formations, weapon grounds, and halls.
• Qin Yu appointed Ling Jingxi to guard Rending Threshold Main City and gave Yingling a token to deliver to Zi Xue when she returned.
• Qin Yu established Annihilation Abyss Main City according to Yan Yue's wishes, forming the Gates of Memory, the Future, and Karma, the Court of Return to Stillness, and other structures.
• Qin Yu appointed Yao Wanqing to suppress the outskirts of Annihilation Abyss Main City and Zhou Yu to guard its three gates.
• Qin Yu declared the four regions and their main cities reforged, then put Yingling in charge of their arrangements and deployments.
• The elders and experts bowed to Qin Yu as Epoch Lord as he left the main hall with Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Jin Hanyan.

After securing the Annihilation Abyss Epoch, Qin Yu prepared to enter the Source of Epochless · Upper Layer to find Yan Yue, who was in the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain. Jin Hanyan explained the three domains and the Ten Great Lineages, and Qin Yu learned that Chi Tongyue was an elder of the Chi Family Lineage before asking which faction was stronger.

• Yingling reported that order and authority across the four regions had stabilized, and Qin Yu told him to rest.
• Qin Yu told Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Jin Hanyan that Yan Yue was in the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain and that he would set out the next day.
• Jin Hanyan showed Qin Yu the structure and dangers of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain, and the Supreme Stillness Domain.
• Jin Hanyan explained that the Ten Great Lineages dominated the Upper Layer and described their distribution and alliances across the three domains.
• Qin Yu asked whether Chi Tongyue belonged to the Chi Family Lineage, and Jin Hanyan confirmed that she was one of its elders.
• Qin Yu asked Jin Hanyan which of the two allied factions in the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain was stronger.

Qin Yu left the Annihilation Abyss Epoch and entered the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, arriving in the Skeleton Star Sea. After witnessing a massive battle between upper-layer forces, he was exposed when a shockwave struck toward him.

• Jin Hanyan warned Qin Yu that the Hua Lineage and Chi Lineage were the strongest powers in the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain and cautioned him about becoming entangled with the Chi Lineage.
• Qian Ruishan, Mu Qingwan, and Jin Hanyan urged Qin Yu to take care as he prepared to search for Yan Yue, and Qin Yu promised to bring her back and left the Annihilation Abyss Epoch through a realm fissure.
• Qin Yu arrived in the Skeleton Star Sea and observed its remains of dead universes, ancient gods, and timelines, while a hidden presence watched him from behind a crystal wall fragment.
• Qin Yu encountered two forces of upper-layer experts battling across the Skeleton Star Sea, including fighters at the Realm Breaking Realm Initial Stage.
• A shockwave from the Realm Breaking Realm battle tore through the crystal wall fragments near Qin Yu, revealing him and drawing the attention of dozens of fighters.