593: Chapter 593

"How do you know these Divine Abilities?"

"And that ring on your hand... where did it come from!"

"Speak!"

"Speak!!"

The great beast erupted in a frenzy.

It no longer wasted words with Qin Yun, its Divine Soul pressure sweeping through the entire tomb passage, forcing its way into Qin Yun's Sea of Consciousness.

Soul-searching.

It intended to use the most direct method to dig out all the secrets on Qin Yun.

Under the pressure, Qin Yun could not even move a finger; conventional defensive means were meaningless in the face of such a level of suppression.

He could only watch helplessly as that force of Divine Soul was about to overwhelm his Sea of Consciousness.

Just at this critical moment, the ancient ring on Qin Yun's left index finger suddenly erupted with a familiar fluctuation.

Hum.

A faint shadow emerged from the ring.

It was Chen Yang.

The moment his remnant soul shadow appeared, he actively met that soul-searching force, blocking this fatal blow for Qin Yun.

Qin Yun's heart shook violently.

Chen Yang was not completely dead.

He was actually still surviving in this way.

Chen Yang's shadow was clearly also extremely depleted; he stood in front of Qin Yun and collided head-on with the great beast.

Two equally ancient auras collided with a boom in the tomb passage, causing the surrounding stone walls to crack and crumble inch by inch.

Chen Yang's shadow was only barely sustained by the ring and the Yin and Yang Qi previously devoured, and it could not last long at all.

Qin Yun saw clearly that Chen Yang was completely bracing himself against it right now.

But just at the moment when both auras were about to completely detonate and Chen Yang's shadow was about to fail, the great beast suddenly stopped all its movements.

It stared fixedly at Chen Yang's shadow, emotions fluctuating violently in those scarlet eyes.

It recognized the other party from Chen Yang's unique aura and that extremely Yang dao rhyme.

"Chen Yang?"

A hoarse whisper came from the darkness.

Chen Yang's shadow also trembled; he too captured a trace of a familiar mark in the other party's aura, one covered by time and strange pollution.

He looked at the monster in front of him in disbelief, his voice trembling.

"Gu Zhan?"

The truth was revealed.

The great beast sealed in the Ancient Tomb before him, looking like a devil from Hell, was actually Gu Zhan.

Qin Yun was completely stunned.

A reunion of old friends, yet it was under such circumstances.

One was left with only a remnant soul shadow.

The other had been tortured into this neither-human-nor-ghost appearance.

Gu Zhan's huge body trembled slightly; he forcibly suppressed the tyrannical, strange aura within his body, and a trace of clarity actually appeared in his scarlet eyes.

"It is I."

He admitted it.

"These years have been hard on you."

Chen Yang's shadow faded further; looking at Gu Zhan's current appearance, his heart was filled with a complex mix of emotions.

Gu Zhan shook his head and began to recount his experiences over these years.

"I did not go missing back then; I was schemed against by several remnant immortals working together."

"What they were eyeing was the Grandmist quasi-Immortal power within my body."

"To take this power, they did not hesitate to lure in the strange, wanting to drag me into falling, force me to lose control, and then naturally refine me."

"I resisted with my life and did not completely fall, but because of this, I was suppressed here and became this neither-human-nor-ghost appearance."

Gu Zhan's words revealed a corner of the truth.

Those remnant immortals were far more unscrupulous than imagined.

"It is not just me."

Gu Zhan's voice grew deeper.

"Among the Nine Great Heavenly Continents, there are several Pseudo-Immortal figures who have long been colluding with the strange race."

"They do this not just to become stronger, but to find that legendary 'Immortal' path that can truly lead to immortality."

"For this path, they dare to do anything, even dare to collude with the things in the 'Luo Yun Heavenly Abyss'."

Luo Yun Heavenly Abyss!

Qin Yun's pupils constricted.

Gu Zhan looked at him and continued.

"Luo Yun Heavenly Abyss was once the Boundary Sea, rumored to be a common sealing place for an ancient powerful expert and an extremely terrifying strange entity. Later, other powerful experts moved the Land of Expedition there, making it completely a cage for imprisoning Fallen Beings and the strange."

"The reason those remnant immortals eyed me is because the Grandmist quasi-Immortal power within me is one of the most critical keys for them to touch the 'True Immortal path'."

"And this Ancient Tomb is not a burial ground; its true purpose is 'transference'."

"The child of a Pseudo-Immortal is sleeping here. The schemer wants to use my Grandmist quasi-Immortal power to nurture him, help him recover, and even let him bear my power."

"These years, I have been both a prisoner and nourishment."

"And what truly trapped me here, besides the Formation and the Ancient Tomb itself, most crucially, is that Yin and Yang Chaos Qi."

Hearing the six words "Yin and Yang Chaos Qi", Chen Yang's shadow suddenly trembled.

"It is him..."

"That aura is his unique method."

Chen Yang's old feud and Gu Zhan's current situation were, at this moment, completely connected by an invisible thread.

Qin Yun finally spoke, asking the most critical question.

"Chen Yang, why are you able to live until now?"

Chen Yang's shadow turned to Qin Yun, his expression complex.

"It is this ring."

"It is not a mundane object; it is highly likely related to a true 'Immortal'. It is it that has protected my last remnant soul time and time again, preventing me from being completely annihilated."

"But it is not omnipotent; every time I manifest and recover, I need Yin and Yang Qi as a medium."

The information from the three of them was completely pieced together at this moment.

The path ahead also suddenly became clear.

A flash of light crossed Qin Yun's eyes, his voice steady and firm.

"Seize the Yin and Yang Chaos Qi."

Chen Yang nodded: "Unlock your Seal."

Gu Zhan's scarlet eyes also looked at Qin Yun: "Take back the Grandmist quasi-Immortal Qi."

The three of them reached an unprecedented consensus on their goal at this moment.

However, Gu Zhan quickly poured a bucket of cold water.

"It is not that simple."

"The Yin and Yang Chaos Qi is the core of the Seal here and the key to that Pseudo-Immortal child's awakening. Once moved rashly, it may very well cause him to awaken early, or even attract the attention of those old things outside."

"In my current state, I can at most help you once at a critical moment."

Chen Yang also sighed: "I am the same; I cannot fight for long."

All the pressure finally fell back onto Qin Yun.

After digesting all the information, Qin Yun knew that this was no longer a simple treasure hunt or revenge.

This was a grand game involving remnant immortals, the strange, old friends from the past, and the True Immortal path.

He looked toward that deepest darkness, with no intention of retreating left in his heart.

"Strike first to gain the advantage." Gu Zhan's voice came.

"Take the Yin and Yang Qi first." Chen Yang added.

Deep in the Ancient Tomb, in the place where the Pseudo-Immortal child slept, a slight tremor seemed to emanate, perhaps because of their plotting.

A great battle was about to erupt.