602: Chapter 602

The ancient hall remained silent for a long time.

After the remains holding the broken sword walked deeper inside, it did not look back.

But wherever it passed, the restlessness of the Eternal Burial Soil gradually subsided.

The eerie remains that had previously crawled out from the cracks were casually slaughtered by it.

The rampant Death Qi was also nailed back into the earth veins, one sword strike at a time.

Gu Zhan stood in place, closing his eyes to sense for a moment.

"This place seems to have stabilized."

Chen Yang also let out a breath.

"At least for a short time, it won't explode again here."

Just before the remains completely entered the darkness, its footsteps paused slightly.

It did not turn around, only leaving behind a very short sentence.

"I finally know what it is about you that makes me feel familiar."

"It is your eyes."

As the voice faded, the figure disappeared completely.

Qin Yun stood in place, neither chasing nor asking.

There were more important things to do now.

Although Gu Zhan's Grandmist Quasi-Immortal Qi had returned, his Physical Body and Divine Soul still carried old wounds.

Chen Yang had swallowed the Yin and Yang Qi and reshaped most of his Physical Body, but his Foundation still had cracks.

As for himself, with ten lotus Perfection, the semi-Innate Chaos Body confirmed, and the book of life, death book, treasure of life, death coffin, void book, and treasure of sky all on him, these things were too numerous and too messy. If he didn't calm down to refine them, no matter how high his combat power was, it would just be hollow strength.

The three of them quickly set the plan.

Don't go out.

Heal first.

Stabilize first.

Deep within the Eternal Burial Soil, there was a place of balance between life and death.

Above it was connected to a spring of vitality, below it suppressed the ancestral vein of Death Qi, and beside it was half of a broken Heavenly Emperor formation. The two Qi of life and death circulated endlessly, making it perfect for healing, stabilizing the area, and drawing upon the Origin of heaven and earth.

Qin Yun chose this place.

The seclusion began just like that.

The first to stabilize his injuries was Chen Yang.

His path was the Yin and Yang Dao; although he had forcibly patched it back together earlier, his new Physical Body and old Dao were still somewhat misaligned.

Qin Yun broke down strands of Chaos Qi and, following the power of the book of life and the treasure of life, bit by bit straightened out his chaotic Yin and Yang Origin.

Chen Yang was stubborn at first, saying that as a dignified Heavenly Emperor, he had no need for such tedious healing.

Gu Zhan glanced at him from the side and only replied with two words.

"Deserved."

Chen Yang glared at him for a long time, finally squeezing out a sentence.

"Better than you, looking like half-man, half-ghost."

Gu Zhan ignored him.

But later, when Qin Yun helped him patch the cracks in his Divine Soul, Gu Zhan couldn't help but groan.

His injuries were more troublesome.

The Grandmist Quasi-Immortal Qi had returned to its place, but the Physical Body, Divine Soul, and Origin had not yet re-integrated properly.

The book of life patched his soul, the treasure of life nourished his body, and the death book and death coffin helped him slowly grind away the eerie erosion remaining in his body.

At the beginning, the aura of half-beast, half-man around Gu Zhan was very heavy, but it slowly receded later on, and his human quality gradually returned.

Chen Yang looked at Gu Zhan and suddenly laughed.

"You finally don't look like you're about to eat people anymore."

Gu Zhan replied to him indifferently.

"And you finally don't look like an old ghost that would scatter with the wind."

Qin Yun did not rush to break through his Realm first.

Instead, he first reorganized all the power on his body.

He gradually saw one thing clearly.

The path he was currently walking was no longer a single, isolated path.

What he wanted to walk was to refine himself into a humanoid heaven and earth capable of truly containing all Daos.

Time also passed bit by bit during this process.

The outside world was not quiet.

The battle at the Ancient Tomb in the Yuanhuang Heavenly Continent had spread, and many old monsters were stirred up.

Over in the Shenxuan Heavenly Continent, the bounty for Qin Yun was posted higher and higher.

Communication between the Nine Great Heavenly Continents became more frequent, and terms like Immortal Road, Remnant Immortal, Luoyun Heavenly Abyss, and Eerie Old Nest appeared more and more often.

Another period of time passed.

Heavenly Emperor-level figures began to walk openly in the outside world.

Some ancient existences that had been hidden for many years also appeared one after another.

Chen Yang would occasionally sense the rumors from the outside; every time he returned, his expression was not very good.

"It's getting more and more chaotic outside."

"The people with Ye Xuanli haven't stopped; instead, it's like they are rushing for time."

After listening, Qin Yun just nodded and continued his seclusion.

Chaotic as it may be.

But the more chaotic it is, the more he needs to refine and stabilize himself first.

Qin Yun began to use the death book and death treasure to draw upon the heaven and earth power of the Yuanhuang Continent, truly pushing his Chaos Body forward.

Death Qi stabilized his bones.

Yin and Yang rotated within his Dantian.

His whole person seemed to have become a true Chaos furnace; with a single thought of inhalation, he could forcefully pull the Origin of heaven and earth into his body.

This refining process lasted for many years.

The Eternal Burial Soil also changed along with it.

The old bones on the periphery slowly turned into dust.

The originally broken ancient formation stabilized bit by bit.

The manic Death Qi faded.

Vitality actually began to flow back into the earth veins.

Gu Zhan's recovery also became faster and faster.

After the Grandmist Quasi-Immortal Qi completely returned to its place, the last bit of eerie traces in his body was finally ground away completely.

In the end, when he sat there without moving, he was like an old sword sheathed; his sharpness was hidden, yet no one dared to underestimate him.

Chen Yang completely restored his damaged body.

Finally, he also steadily returned to the combat power of a Pseudo-Immortal.

And Qin Yun finally reached the last step.

The Acquired Chaos Body reached Major Achievement.

His Chaos Body ultimately did not become Innate.

That day, there was no great movement deep within the Eternal Burial Soil.

It was just that all the Yin and Yang Qi, the Origin of life and death, and the power of heaven and earth sank into his body at the same time.

His Physical Body completely transformed into a Chaos furnace.

Yin and Yang rotated.

Life and death coexisted.

Then, the threshold of the Heavenly Emperor naturally appeared.

Qin Yun did not force his way through.

After the Chaos Body stabilized, that threshold was no longer a threshold before him.

He simply stepped forward along the bridge built by the power of the continent's heaven and earth.

Boom.

There were no exaggerated phenomena.

But the entire Eternal Burial Soil sank along with it.

The next moment, a brand new Imperial Might slowly spread out from within Qin Yun's body.

Heavenly Emperor.

He had succeeded.

He stood there, his aura not ostentatious, but surprisingly stable.

If one didn't look closely, they would only feel that what was in front of them was not a person, but a heaven and earth gathered together.

The years of seclusion finally ended here.

Chen Yang stepped out of the place of life and death balance first, his Physical Body complete, Yin and Yang running in parallel, his Pseudo-Immortal combat power fully restored.

Gu Zhan came out afterward, the Grandmist Qi flowing gently behind him like an old blade that was not unsheathed but had its sharpness restrained.

Finally, it was Qin Yun.

He opened his eyes, stood up, and walked out of the formation.

The sky outside had changed colors many times.

The winds and clouds of the Nine Continents would only be more intense than they were back then.

Old enemies were not yet cleared.

The Immortal Road was not yet clear.

The eerie was still there.

Remnant Immortals were still laying out plans.

But this time, they were no longer the people being chased.

The three of them stood side by side deep within the Eternal Burial Soil, looking up at the sky outside the Forbidden Ground.

The wind blew from the end of the gray mist, kicking up a few wisps of dust.

Qin Yun spoke slowly.

"Let's go."

"This time, it's our turn to go out and settle the score."