Immortal

Gu Changge's divine sense, like an invisible tide, arrived first despite being launched later. With a crushing momentum, it instantly washed over and covered the core restrictions, firmly seizing control.

The puppet's body trembled slightly before it withdrew all its aura, standing quietly behind him like the most loyal of guards.

Gu Changge's gaze swept over these five puppets. Feeling the condensed and formidable power within them, as well as the absolute connection of being completely controlled and directed as easily as his own arm, he nodded slightly.

"Using Nether Cold Iron for the bones, smelting star cores for energy, and driven by inscribed Immortal Dao runes... they were certainly willing to invest heavy capital."

With a single glance, he saw through the origins and refining methods of these puppets.

"Fighting on instinct, fearless of death, with physical strength comparable to peak Emperor Weapons. When joining hands to form an array, they are enough to contend with three Great Emperor Realm experts."

"Not bad items."

Gu Changge evaluated in a flat tone, as if commenting on a passable tool. "Just right. The Azure Profound Sect's foundation is still shallow, and it lacks a few guards to watch the gates."

With a thought, the five Emperor Realm puppets turned into five streaks of flowing light and were stored away in his sleeve.

As for the core grand array that was stealing the world's origin, the billions of formation patterns it had constructed collapsed and dissipated inch by inch from the energy hub without a sound, like a sand painting that had lost its support, as if it had never existed.

There were no earth-shattering explosions, nor the expected Emperor-level confrontation.

There was only Gu Changge's absolute control, using supreme profound methods to peel it away layer by layer and return it to nothingness, as effortlessly as a master butcher carving an ox.

The will from the outside world seemed to notice the abnormal interruption of the energy connection, transmitting a trace of violently fluctuating shock and anger.

But before its intent could fully descend to investigate, with the complete collapse of the array core, that faint connection was thoroughly severed.

A low rumble came from the core of the array, and that greedy devouring power instantly came to a screeching halt!

The portion of the world's origin that had been stolen, accumulated in the array, and not yet transported away lost its restraints, slowly dissipating and returning to heaven and earth.

At the exact moment the array completely disintegrated—

"Om..."

The entire Black Yellow Great World seemed to let out a long and deep sigh.

That was not a sound, but a palpitation originating from the world's origin, a resonance of the Great Dao's laws.

The originally dead and exhausted void seemed to slightly ripple with an imperceptible trace of vitality.

The dim stars in the distance seemed to brighten slightly. Between the shattered star remains, faint spiritual energy began to gather and flow once again.

Although the changes were extremely subtle, the decaying trend of all things withering and heading towards their end was indeed forcefully halted.

The Great Dao's laws between heaven and earth let out an imperceptible, relieved hum, as if shedding heavy shackles. Their operation gained an indescribable lightness and smoothness.

Although the world did not immediately recover its vitality, at least the continuously bleeding wound was finally plugged.

The process of decay was curbed, and the world gained a chance to catch its breath.

Deep within those spirit veins that were originally nearly exhausted, subtle vitality began to seep out.

Beneath the dried riverbeds, the faint sound of underground currents surging again could be vaguely heard.

An indescribable will, gentle yet majestic, arose from all things in heaven and earth. Like a spring breeze brushing over a frozen lake, it quietly gathered around Gu Changge.

This was not the power of merit or a spiritual energy infusion, but rather like the pure joy and gratitude instinctively emitted by the entire world after shaking off a chronic illness.

It was formless and immaterial, yet it made the Dao rhythm flowing around Gu Changge become more harmoniously aligned with this realm, as if he were originally the most beloved child of this heaven and earth, every movement naturally according with nature.

Gu Changge stood quietly in the void, his white robes gently fluttering in the rippling spiritual wind.

He could feel the relieved sense of relaxation transmitted by this world, as well as an ignorant yet sincere closeness.

This gift did not increase his cultivation or add to his lifespan, but it would allow him to receive more assistance from heaven and earth when acting in this realm, removing many invisible obstacles.

He nodded slightly, considering it an acceptance of heaven and earth's gratitude.

His gaze then crossed the void, falling upon the place where the array collapsed, his eyes profound.

At the exact moment the array core completely collapsed and the connection was severed—

Beyond the endlessly distant chaos, inside that ancient bronze immortal hall.

A figure sat quietly cross-legged within. Chaotic aura, like a docile veil, surrounded him and flowed slowly.

His eyes were closed, his face blurred and indistinct, as if shrouded behind the fog of eternal time. Only a transcendent, immortal, and indestructible eternal Dao rhythm naturally circulated.

His very existence calmed the violent turbulent flows of the void and brought order to the chaotic Qi, as if he were the beacon and core of this void.

An Immortal.

This was a true Immortal.

Suddenly, an imperceptible ripple appeared in the steadily flowing chaotic aura around him.

His eyes, which seemed to reflect the birth and death of seas of stars, abruptly opened.

"What?!"

A low exclamation of shock and doubt, no longer indifferent as before, but carrying genuine tremor, echoed in the immortal hall, causing the surrounding star maps to vibrate slightly.

"The Black Yellow Grand Array... has been broken?! Not interfered with, not temporarily severed, but... completely erased from its roots?!"

In front of him, on the star map representing the Black Yellow Great World, the originally radiant light of the vein did not just dim or flicker, but completely extinguished. It did not leave a single trace, as if it had never existed!

What shook his mind even more was that the entire process was unimaginably fast!

From when he previously sensed a trace of fluctuation to this moment when the connection was completely severed, it was but an instant!

He could not even catch a glimpse of the array breaker's methods. All the contingencies he had laid down—warnings, killing arrays, puppets, and even his own warning brand—were rendered useless. They failed to play the slightest role and were uprooted all together!

"How is this possible?!"

He muttered involuntarily, the clear Qi around him fluctuating violently, revealing the extreme unrest in his heart.

Sitting here, monitoring and maintaining the "harvesting" of many worlds by this star field, he had seen no small number of rebellions and variables.

Some worlds had flourishing providence and could birth experts who amazed an era, causing trouble and even temporarily severing or interfering with the array.

But, that was all.

Never had there been any world that could so cleanly and thoroughly erase the array from its roots!

Even he, the overseer, did not have time to react, much less stop it!

Even in this Black Yellow Great World, a few stunningly brilliant figures who even touched the threshold of the Immortal Dao had emerged before, bringing them some trouble, but they also failed to truly shake this eternal layout.

But this time...

This time was completely different!

This method of breaking it had completely exceeded the scope of his understanding! This was absolutely not something an ordinary Emperor Realm could do, and it even... did not seem like a method of this realm!