Chapter 534: Opening the Coffin

“You’re crazy!” Even the Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng was shocked by Li Qiye’s words. Its Divine Sense swept over and shouted, “Do you know what that is?”

“To me, what it is isn’t important. What’s important is that I want this thing right now.” Li Qiye said with a smile, “So, I’m going to suppress the source of the chaos!”

“You can’t suppress it!” the Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng’s Divine Sense swept over as it said coldly.

Li Qiye said with a smile, “What if I open half of the Wooden Coffin? I don’t need to suppress it for long, just for a split second. That will be enough for me.”

“Open half the Wooden Coffin? Are you insane? Do you think you can survive?” a wisp of the Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng’s Divine Sense swept over and said.

Li Qiye said with a smile, “You’re mistaken. If I were to really take a gamble, I’d have a chance of surviving even if I opened the entire Wooden Coffin, let alone just half of it.”

The Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng saw that Li Qiye wasn’t joking. Without another word, it flew out of the Wooden Nest and distanced itself, but it still watched the Wooden Nest from afar.

“Leave this place. Go down the mountain and stay far away. Don’t get close, or no one will be able to protect you,” Li Qiye said solemnly to Lan Yunzhu.

Seeing Li Qiye’s solemn expression, Lan Yunzhu just said softly, “Be careful.” Then, without another word, she turned and left.

After Lan Yunzhu left, Li Qiye took a deep breath. With a great RUMBLE, eleven Life Palaces emerged. In that instant, the eleven Life Palaces transformed into a boundlessly brilliant kingdom, like a kingdom of the heavens. The entire kingdom was filled with Spiritual Qi, as if it were about to give birth to a Divine Being.

The kingdom of the eleven Life Palaces was incomparably powerful. It seemed to be a kingdom with an ancient foundation, its power capable of suppressing everything.

As Li Qiye’s Life Palaces opened, he summoned the Yin Yang Immortal Refining Mirror. He rarely used this Supreme Treasure from Ancient Zhongzhou. At this moment, the Yin Yang Immortal Refining Mirror cascaded down Yin Yang Laws. The Immortal Mirror transformed into two Immortal Fish, one yin and one yang. The two Immortal Fish swam around him, protecting Li Qiye with the Yin Yang Path.

This was far from enough for Li Qiye. He held the Celestial Treasure Bottle in his arms. This was a treasure left to him by the Qianli Immortal Emperor, something he had once desperately sought.

“CLANG, CLANG, CLANG…” At this moment, a sound of ringing copper echoed. Li Qiye summoned five gate-like Copper Sects. The five Copper Sects revolved around him like a wall of bronze and iron.

The Five Heaven-Sealing Daoist Sects. This was also a treasure Li Qiye had obtained from the Little Ghost Qin Guang King.

‘It’s a pity I’m still not strong enough. Otherwise, just the Five Heaven-Sealing Daoist Sects would have been sufficient.’ Li Qiye felt a bit regretful. This time, he had no choice but to use many of his hidden trump cards.

After completing all his preparations, Li Qiye put a drop of Starry Universe Water in his mouth. BOOM! The moment the drop of Starry Universe Water was in his mouth, all his abilities were instantly pushed to their absolute limit. It was as if his two Immortal Bodies had achieved Great Success in that instant. At that moment, the two Immortal Bodies attached to his body like True Gods.

Li Qiye took a deep breath, holding the Wooden Coffin with one arm and placing his other hand on its lid, ready to open it at any moment.

CRACK— After everything was ready, Li Qiye’s glabella split open. In that instant, Li Qiye’s Sea of Consciousness emerged. It was an immensely vast expanse, one that could even be called a colossal Star River. Strands of Immortal Emperor’s Law, as thick as star rivers themselves, locked down this starry space, as if numerous Immortal Emperors were standing guard here.

This was Li Qiye’s most ultimate sanctum, a Sea of Consciousness that had been blessed by countless existences, blessed by one Immortal Emperor after another. This was Li Qiye’s most fundamental core.

This time, Li Qiye was using his most fundamental power. He had never touched this core strength before. It was safe to say that Li Qiye was betting everything he had this time.

“Th-th-this is too outrageous!” The Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng, having flown far away, couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath when it saw this. The sheer number and Heaven-Defying nature of Li Qiye’s treasures were already beyond its expectations. When Li Qiye opened his Sea of Consciousness, even it, a True Immortal Medicine, was startled and finally realized something.

After going down the mountain, Lan Yunzhu moved a great distance away. She stood far in the distance, gazing at the giant Wooden Nest, but she didn’t stand in the sky like the Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng.

Lan Yunzhu was unwilling to watch. She didn’t dare to. She didn’t want the thing she feared most to happen. She didn’t even dare to look, her heart terrified that something might happen to Li Qiye.

In all the time she had known Li Qiye, this was the first time she had seen such a grave expression on his face. For him to be this solemn, he must be doing something absolutely world-shattering.

“BOOM— BOOM— BOOM—” In that instant, the entire world grew dim. At this moment, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands began to tremble.

It was as if an Immortal Emperor had descended upon the Wooden Nest—and not just one. In that instant, a Wudi Emperor’s Divine Force and Immortal Force erupted endlessly. It was as if one Immortal Emperor after another was being resurrected, one Wudi existence after another descending.

The Wudi might suppressed all living beings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, forcing them to prostrate on the ground. At this moment, even the most powerful of creatures felt utterly minuscule and insignificant.

“He’s insane—” Even the Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng was terrified. It fell from the sky, revealed its true form, and instantly rooted itself into the earth.

BOOM— At this moment, it was as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth was sundering, the Nine Realms shattering. Within the Wooden Nest, a wave of chaos tens of thousands of miles high was stirred up. The rising chaos was like a monstrous tidal wave, slamming viciously against the Celestial Vault, as if it could smash down the starry sky itself.

“BOOM— BOOM— BOOM—” The rumbling was ceaseless. The Ten Thousand Realms trembled under this Wudi Divine Power. At this moment, a world-shaking battle of gods seemed to be taking place inside the Wooden Nest. It was as if True God after True God was joining the fray, as if Immortal Emperor after Immortal Emperor was descending.

BOOM— With a final, tremendous bang, an endless torrent of chaos was thrown up, like a vast ocean being overturned. The surging Chaos Qi could submerge the starry sky. At this moment, even True Gods seemed insignificant.

Under such an Emperor’s Divine Force and Immortal Force, Lan Yunzhu trembled in fear. Even as a Heavenly Pride Girl, she felt that everything in the world had become minuscule. Even the Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng’s face changed drastically—if it had a face.

“That kid is crazy! He actually dared to open the coffin!” The Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng was scared out of its wits. ‘Thankfully, I didn’t take the risk. If Li Qiye had opened the coffin earlier, the consequences would have been unimaginable.’

The Five Immortal Phoenix Ginseng knew that while opening the coffin could temporarily suppress the Central Wood Nest, the kid was also putting himself on the line. If he really opened half of the Wooden Coffin, it would be an absolutely terrifying event that even True Gods would keep a wide berth from.

Opening this Wooden Coffin was absolutely, terrifyingly dreadful. Once half of it was open, the consequences would be unthinkable. Even if Li Qiye had countless treasures protecting him, even if he used his fundamental core to guard himself, success was not guaranteed. If Li Qiye’s defenses couldn’t withstand it, he would surely die without a burial place, annihilated into dust and smoke!

An unknown amount of time passed before silence finally fell. Lan Yunzhu stood up, her heart in her throat. She cried out, “Li Qiye—” and immediately sprinted toward the summit.

Lan Yunzhu sprinted to the summit at her fastest speed. Seeing Li Qiye collapsed by the cliff’s edge, she immediately rushed over. The moment she reached him and saw his state, her heart leaped out of her chest.

Li Qiye looked like a vase that had been shattered on the ground. His body was covered in countless cracks, as if he had been broken into a million pieces. The sight was too tragic to bear.

Moreover, the shattered Li Qiye looked as though he had been roasted in a great fire. His entire body was charred black, and he was burned beyond recognition. To survive something like this would be an absolute miracle!

“A-a-are you okay?” Lan Yunzhu didn’t know what to do. She didn’t dare touch Li Qiye, afraid that the slightest contact would cause his body to crumble completely.

At this point, Lan Yunzhu’s voice was trembling, and she was on the verge of tears.

“Don’t move me. I took the Starry Universe Water.” At that moment, Li Qiye’s incredibly weak voice sounded, as faint as a silken thread.

Hearing this, Lan Yunzhu’s leaping heart finally settled a bit. At least Li Qiye was still alive. She didn’t dare to move him and just stood there quietly.

After a good while, a faint light began to emanate from Li Qiye’s body. The wounds on his body slowly began to scab over and fall away, just like a snake shedding its skin to be reborn.

An unknown amount of time passed before the countless cracks on Li Qiye’s body began to slowly fuse together. Gradually, not a single wound could be seen.

After a long time, Li Qiye finally stood up. He staggered as he rose, so weak he could barely stand firm.

“A-are you okay?” Lan Yunzhu rushed to support him, a mix of shock and joy. She had been so scared she had almost started crying.

“Ha, I did it.” Li Qiye laughed loudly. Although he was very weak, he was incredibly excited, and he brandished the object in his hand.

Only then did Lan Yunzhu notice that Li Qiye had been clutching something in his hand the whole time. When Lan Yunzhu looked, she saw it was a Cyan Lamp, a very simple and ancient-looking one. Moreover, the Cyan Lamp was covered in rust spots, as if it had been discarded for so long that it had rusted over.

Such a Cyan Lamp looked completely unremarkable. If it were thrown on the street, no one would even bother to bend down and pick it up. But, at this moment, Lan Yunzhu had a flash of recollection. Before, when she had used her Celestial Eye to look at the Wooden Pavilion, the object inside seemed to be this very Cyan Lamp.

“Be careful, your injuries have only just started to heal.” Li Qiye’s excited shout led to a fit of coughing, and Lan Yunzhu quickly patted his back, saying worriedly.