585: Chapter 585

Qin Yun stood for a long time before finally withdrawing his gaze from the ruins.

He did not look back; he simply turned and walked down the long-abandoned mountain step by step.

What he needed to do now was not immerse himself in the past.

It was to figure out exactly what had happened during his time away from the Tianlan Region.

...

The city was bustling with noise; Cultivators from all sides came and went, and information was at its most scattered.

Qin Yun found a tavern that looked the liveliest, sat in a corner, and ordered a jar of the most ordinary spiritual wine.

Soon, the conversation of several Cultivators at a neighboring table caught his attention.

"Have you heard? The Beichen Ancient Clan has been purging its subordinate forces again lately."

"What, it's still not over?"

"Over? That incident last time was so big that even the Old Saint of the Beichen Ancient Clan was disturbed. How could they let it go easily?"

Another person lowered their voice.

"Are you talking about that kid named Qin Yun?"

"Who else could it be but him?"

"That kid is truly ruthless. I heard that even the Beichen Ancient Clan's Holy Body Seed, who had high hopes pinned on him, fell at his hands."

"More than that. Later, the Beichen Ancient Clan sent eight Venerables to surround and kill him, and even the Old Saint took action from afar, but he still escaped."

"Hiss... So, that kid is still alive?"

"So what if he's alive?"

The person who spoke first sneered, his voice carrying a hint of schadenfreude.

"He escaped, but everyone associated with him has suffered terrible luck."

"The Beichen Ancient Clan couldn't find the main culprit, so they vented all their anger elsewhere."

"First was the Yuntian Sect, which was razed to the ground; even the mountain gate was shattered by a single palm strike. The Sect Master and that Guiyi Realm Old Ancestor fought to the death and refused to retreat, and in the end, not even their Divine Souls remained."

"The Beichen Ancient Clan has truly gone mad this time. They've identified everyone who had any interaction with Qin Yun—no matter who they were or what the relationship was—and once found, not a single one was left alive."

"Not a single one remained."

In the tavern, the hand Qin Yun used to hold his wine cup froze in mid-air.

The expression on his face did not change.

But the light in those eyes dimmed.

The people at the neighboring table were still talking.

"It's a bit tragic, but they can't blame anyone else."

"Who told them to follow the wrong person."

"That Qin Yun is just a jinx."

This sentence pierced the most painful spot in Qin Yun's heart.

Ling'er.

Chen Yang.

Yuntian Sect.

Name after name, face after face flashed through his mind.

All the blood debts caused by him weighed down on him at this moment.

The Yin and Yang Qi within Qin Yun's body circulated frantically.

A powerful aura spread from him, causing the entire marketplace to tremble.

His Dao Fruit spanned ten thousand feet.

Everyone in the tavern stopped moving.

They looked in horror at the unremarkable young man in the corner, feeling a pressure spreading from him.

Qin Yun did not speak.

He just slowly stood up and drained the already cold spiritual wine in his cup.

His gaze was icy.

In the next moment, the space in front of him silently split open.

He stepped inside.

His figure disappeared from the spot.

...

Outside the mountain gate of the Beichen Ancient Clan, space suddenly twisted.

Qin Yun's figure emerged from it.

He did not waste a word, nor did he pause.

He activated the Taihuang Holy Venerable Sun Body and the Heavenly Immortal Body simultaneously, the divine light of the dual Emperor Bodies illuminating the sky.

He raised his hand and threw a punch.

Boom!

The mountain gate that had stood for many years, along with dozens of guards behind it, were all pulverized under this punch.

"Enemy attack!"

The alarm sounded throughout the entire Beichen Ancient Clan.

Countless figures rushed out from various peaks and palaces, looking toward the mountain gate with shock and anger.

Qin Yun did not stop.

He stepped into the ruins and began a slaughter.

Wherever his fist print passed, rocks crumbled and palaces collapsed.

Under the sweep of his Sword Intent, many clan disciples were cut in half.

He did not hold back.

He wanted to seek justice for those who had died.

Blood soon dyed the mountain path leading to the heart of the ancient clan red.

"Presumptuous!"

"How dare you, junior!"

Finally, the foundation of the Beichen Ancient Clan was disturbed.

Three Saint pressures rose from deep within the ancient clan's Forbidden Ground.

Three white-haired old men tore through the Void Realm and appeared before Qin Yun; they were the last three Saint Old Ancestors of the Beichen Ancient Clan.

"A mere Venerable dares to be so insolent in my Beichen Ancient Clan!"

"Today, we shall obliterate your Divine Soul and ensure you never find peace in the afterlife!"

The three Saints attacked simultaneously.

Three different Saint Domains unfolded instantly, overlapping to form a lethal Domain that completely enveloped Qin Yun.

Law powers interlaced, and Saintly prestige covered the surroundings.

However, standing within that lethal Domain, Qin Yun's expression still did not change in the slightest.

"Three Saints?"

He smiled, his voice filled with killing intent.

"Perfect, I'll settle everything at once."

Boom!

The great battle erupted.

With the cultivation of the Venerable Realm, Qin Yun directly clashed with the three Saints.

His Chaos Body revealed its true power in actual combat; Yin and Yang Qi circulated, making him immune to all techniques, and he even forcibly neutralized most of the Law power of the three Saint Domains.

The Taihuang Holy Venerable Sun Body focused on offense, every punch carrying the extreme Yang power to incinerate all things.

The Heavenly Immortal Body focused on defense, remaining unmoved even under the bombardment of Saint Laws.

He fought with increasing vigor, actually suppressing the three Saints by himself.

Within the Beichen Ancient Clan, everyone who saw this scene fell into terror.

A Venerable suppressing three Saints.

Qin Yun seized the moment when one of the "Three-Lotus Saints" wavered and concentrated all his strength.

"Taihuang Sun-Rending!"

A beam of blazing white light shot from his palm.

That Three-Lotus Saint's expression changed drastically; he wanted to retreat but found his Saint Domain had been forcibly torn open by that power.

Pfft!

The white light pierced through his heart.

The Saint's body disintegrated inch by inch in mid-air.

A phenomenon of heaven and earth suddenly arose as blood rain poured down.

The phenomenon of a Saint's fall shook the entire Beichen Ancient Clan and also crushed the Battle Intent of the other two Saints.

They were afraid.

Qin Yun gave them no chance to escape.

He continued his reckoning within the Beichen Ancient Clan, leaving a river of blood wherever he went.

When he punched open the ancient clan's treasury, the "void book" in his Sea of Consciousness suddenly produced a violent resonance.

Qin Yun's heart stirred, and following that resonance, he found a grey-white ancient plate layered with Seals in the deepest part of the treasury.

He took out the void book.

Buzz!

The void book and the ancient plate resonated with each other, simultaneously bursting with unprecedented light.

The ancient plate revealed its true form—a spatial supreme treasure that complemented the void book.

Heavenly Book and Heavenly Treasure.

The two met in mid-air and underwent Fusion on their own.

At the moment of Fusion, they triggered the Heaven and Earth Origin power of the entire Shenxuan Heavenly Continent.

A massive torrent of energy poured down from the Nine Heavens into Qin Yun's body.

Driven by this power, Qin Yun's cultivation instantly broke through all barriers.

Venerable Realm.

Saint Realm.

One-Lotus Saint, Two-Lotus Saint... finally, it came to a steady stop at the level of a "Three-Lotus Saint."

At the same time, a piece of the ultimate secret about this world was imprinted into his Sea of Consciousness.

Nine Great Heavenly Continents, Nine Heavenly Books, Nine Heavenly Treasures.

Collecting the Heavenly Book and Heavenly Treasure of a continent allows one to obtain the blessing of that continent's Heaven and Earth power; it is the only shortcut to rapidly increase cultivation and confront higher-level existences like Pseudo-Immortals.

Qin Yun slowly opened his eyes.

He completely understood his future path.

Standing upon the ruins of the Beichen Ancient Clan, he looked toward the distant horizon.

His thoughts of revenge had shifted toward a more long-term goal.

Collect the Nine Heavenly Books and Heavenly Treasures and command the power of the Nine Continents.

For Ling'er, for Chen Yang, and for all those who died, he would seek a final explanation from that high-and-mighty Pseudo-Immortal.