595: Chapter 595

As the roar subsided, the entire Ancient Tomb shook.

Fissures in the ground burst open.

The layers of Restrictions above the Yin and Yang Source Eye shattered one by one.

Just as Qin Yun forced the final wisp of Yin-Yang source Qi into his body, half of the stone platform beneath his feet collapsed.

Black Qi swept up from the depths of the earth like a hand, clawing directly toward his chest.

This was no probe.

It was an attempt to drag him, along with his Origin, down into the abyss.

Qin Yun did not retreat; the embryonic Chaos form within his body shook violently.

The Yin and Yang Qi he had just swallowed had not yet been fully refined, colliding into a chaotic mass within his body first.

The Taihuang Holy Venerable Sun Body and the Heavenly Immortal Body exerted their power simultaneously, forcefully suppressing that wild, out-of-control energy.

But at this exact moment, the death coffin deep within the Black Abyss completely materialized.

The coffin lid was half-open.

A figure sat inside the coffin.

Wrapped in grayish-black Death Qi, two spheres of Yin and Yang Origin hovered before his chest—one black, one white, like two life-sustaining lamps.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son.

He raised his head and looked at Qin Yun, his eyes filled with absolute coldness.

"You dare to remain standing after taking my Yin and Yang Qi?"

"You truly have no fear of death."

He had barely finished speaking when those two spheres of Yin and Yang Origin before his chest crashed down, merging with the Death Qi of the death coffin like a massive millstone, pressing straight down toward Qin Yun.

The ground beneath Qin Yun's feet sank inch by inch.

A death trap materialized in an instant.

But in the next moment, the Chaos Qi within Qin Yun's body suddenly surged.

It was not of his own active volition.

The embryonic Chaos Body within him had moved on its own.

Buzz.

An even more overbearing pulling force erupted from deep within Qin Yun's Dantian.

The Yin and Yang Qi that was originally pressing down on his head suddenly froze, as if its very roots had been grabbed by something.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son was taken aback at first.

Then, his expression shifted.

Because those two spheres of Yin and Yang Origin before his chest actually began to slip from his control, pouring backward into Qin Yun's body.

"Come back!"

He clenched his fingers, trying to forcibly rein them in.

Instead, the Yin and Yang Qi flowed out even faster.

He pressed down harder.

But the embryonic Chaos form within Qin Yun bit back even more fiercely.

The black and white Qi surged wildly through the Void Realm toward Qin Yun, growing faster and faster, even drawing in the residual Yin and Yang Qi that had accumulated around the death coffin for countless years.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son's face changed.

It was not anger.

It was shock.

The Yin and Yang Qi was one of the most fundamental lifebloods of his body.

Without these two, it wasn't just his combat power that would plummet; the entire balance maintaining his Physical Body would collapse.

"Impossible!"

He growled low, the Law chains across his chest lighting up simultaneously as he tried to pin the Yin and Yang Qi back into his body.

Yet the harder he tried to pin them, the faster they drained.

Qin Yun stood in place, his chest heaving, as if two great rivers were colliding inside him.

He didn't say a word, only circulating the Immortal Sutra and the Body Scripture with all his might, forcing the incoming Yin and Yang Qi into his Chaos core.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son had wanted to refine him.

Now, the tables were turned.

Right at this moment, Qin Yun's Sea of Consciousness shuddered.

The ancient plate he had obtained from the Beichen Ancient Clan flew out of his body on its own.

As soon as the ancient plate emerged, the entire land of death lit up.

It did not speak, but the ancient runes on its surface lit up ring by ring, resonating across the space with the death coffin.

The incomprehensible death runes on the coffin itself lit up as well.

Fragmented images flashed across the surface of the ancient plate.

A black book.

Death Qi.

The shadow of a coffin.

And a hand holding an ancient book, reaching toward the boundless darkness.

Qin Yun's heart sank as he understood in an instant.

The death book.

A death treasure.

That ancient plate from the Beichen Ancient Clan was no ordinary ancient artifact; it had once been tainted by the Laws of the death book.

And the coffin before him was precisely a death treasure that carried the power of the death book.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son had been able to survive until now not just because of the Yin and Yang Qi.

He also relied on this death coffin to sustain his life.

The ancient plate vibrated even more violently.

In the next moment, the killing pressure that the death coffin exerted on Qin Yun suddenly eased.

Then, instead of continuing to suppress him,

it wrapped around Qin Yun in turn.

The coffin let out a low drone.

The Death Qi churned.

A layer of grayish-black coffin shadow enveloped Qin Yun directly inside.

Everything around fell silent.

The experts who had been surrounding and attacking him earlier were all stunned.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son was also dumbfounded.

Just moments ago, he had intended to use the death coffin to crush Qin Yun to pieces, only for the death coffin to turn around and protect Qin Yun within.

"How dare you!"

He finally lost his composure, raising his hand to strike.

As his palm struck down, the phantom of the death coffin remained completely motionless.

When his second palm fell, the coffin shadow only vibrated slightly, dispersing most of the force instead.

Standing inside the coffin, Qin Yun felt for the first time that this death coffin was truly protecting him.

It was not just protecting his Physical Body.

Even his Divine Soul was enveloped.

He hesitated no longer, refining the Yin and Yang Qi with all his might.

Outside, the Pseudo-Immortal's son's face began to rot.

This was not a metaphor.

It was truly rotting.

With the loss of the Yin and Yang Qi and the death coffin no longer obeying him, the physical balance he had painstakingly maintained collapsed on the spot.

His arms began to decay first, flesh falling off piece by piece, and the area of his chest sustained by the Death Qi also began to cave in.

The arrogance he had feigned vanished in an instant.

Completely breaking down, he turned and lunged toward the Yuanhuang Heavenly Continent experts on the periphery.

With the death coffin protecting him, Qin Yun could not be touched for the moment.

But his own Physical Body was collapsing.

He could only consume new blood food first to prolong his life.

Before the closest Nine Lotuses Saint could even retreat, his skull was grabbed and his entire body was drained into a withered corpse.

A second person, then a third, collapsed one after another.

Screams of agony instantly filled the air.

The entire Ancient Tomb descended into complete Chaos.

Inside the death coffin,

Qin Yun sat cross-legged, motionless, as wave after wave of Yin and Yang Qi washed over his Chaos core.

His cultivation began to skyrocket, not rising layer by layer, but being forcibly pushed upward by the Yin and Yang Origin.

The tenth dao lotus condensed violently within his body.

The Ten Lotuses Realm.

At the same time, the embryonic Chaos form finally crossed the most difficult hurdle, achieving the half-Innate level.

Nourished by the feedback of the Yin and Yang Origin, the Taihuang Holy Venerable Sun Body rose to another level.

The Heavenly Immortal Body also achieved Major Achievement along with it.

The Death Qi within the death coffin did not corrode him; instead, under the guidance of the ancient plate, it tempered his bones and soul over and over again.

In the end, the death coffin itself began to scrutinize him.

Layers of death runes within the coffin lit up.

A surge of Death Qi, even heavier than before, suddenly rushed toward Qin Yun.

This was not an attack.

It was a trial.

Qin Yun opened his eyes, allowing that Death Qi to pour into his body.

The Chaos Body devoured it.

The Dual Emperor Body suppressed it.

The Qi of death was firmly held within his body, ultimately stabilizing the balance.

The coffin droned once more.

This time, it was not out of fury.

It was recognition.

The death coffin had acknowledged its master.

The grayish-black coffin shadow suddenly shrank, turning into a coffin rune that settled deep within Qin Yun's divine sea.

The Grand Dao within the coffin roared.

Outside the coffin, blood flowed like a river.

As the Pseudo-Immortal's son slaughtered, he looked back, his expression incredibly grim.

He could feel that the last shred of connection between himself and the death coffin had been completely severed.

Boom!

The death coffin suddenly burst open.

Qin Yun stepped out from within.

His Ten Lotuses cultivation spread out.

The aura of his half-Innate Chaos Body surged.

The divine glows of his Dual Emperor Body—one black, one gold—rose simultaneously behind him.

Compared to before, he seemed like an entirely different person.

The Pseudo-Immortal's son stared fixedly at him, genuine wariness finally appearing in his eyes.

"You..."

Before he could finish his sentence,

Qin Yun had already raised his hand.

The death coffin hovered behind him, slowly floating upward.

"Just now, you wanted to refine me."

"Now, it is my turn."

The Pseudo-Immortal's son's chest was rotting even more severely, yet he still forcibly swallowed a massive amount of blood food, barely holding his collapsing body together.

Although his Yin and Yang Qi had been seized and the death coffin had betrayed him, he still managed to briefly stabilize his Heavenly Emperor-level combat power by relying on this Ancient Tomb and the life force he had consumed.

He stared at Qin Yun, his eyes filled with sheer malice.

"You think you've won?"

"Little beast, you have only destroyed one of my vessels."

"But what you have destroyed is an Immortal Path!"

He took a step forward, the ground beneath his feet shattering completely.

"Even if you can defeat me today, you will sooner or later die in an even grander scheme."

"Because I am merely a seed."

He said no more after that sentence.

He did not reveal anything deeper.

But it was already enough.

Qin Yun understood.

This Ancient Tomb, the death book, the Pseudo-Immortal's son, and even the Immortal Path beyond were not isolated.

Behind them, there was an even greater hand.

But having reached this point, no matter how grand the scheme, he had to finish the battle before him first.

Qin Yun raised his head.

The death coffin roared behind him.

Chaos Qi surged between his palms.

The Dual Emperor Body shook in unison.

Upon the Pseudo-Immortal's son's decaying vessel, the Yin and Yang evil fire ignited once more, like a thoroughly rotted corpse forcing itself to stand.

The entire Yuanhuang Heavenly Continent Ancient Tomb had been torn into a ruined battlefield by two Heavenly Emperor-level auras.

In the next moment,

the two moved simultaneously.

The coffin droned like thunder.

The Heavenly Emperor battle began.