The Heart of Array Dao

Gu Changge's divine sense swept across the desolate and deathly silent chaos. His gaze finally settled on the bronze immortal hall suspended in the void, which now appeared somewhat dim after losing its master.

The immortal hall was ancient and weathered, its walls carved with incomprehensible, archaic runes. At this moment, it emitted a faint glow, maintaining a delicate balance with the surrounding chaos. The hall doors were wide open, its depths pitch-black like a giant maw.

He took a single step and appeared before the immortal hall, but he did not enter immediately.

Runes of the Great Dao flowed within his eyes as he pushed his Illusion-Shattering Divine Pupils to their absolute limit. He carefully inspected the immortal hall inside and out, scrutinizing every inch and corner, and even the minute veins connecting it to the void, several times over.

"No self-destruct restrictions, no great killing arrays. The core formation has failed following the annihilation of the master's soul! Hmm, it seems that immortal envoy died too suddenly to trigger any backup plans. Still, I cannot let my guard down."

Only after confirming there was no immediate danger did he confidently stroll into the hall.

The space inside the hall was far vaster than it appeared from the outside, as if it formed its own minor world.

Above, starlight dotted the domed ceiling, evolving into some profound and mysterious array diagram.

His gaze was immediately drawn to the sight in the center of the great hall.

Suspended there were several energy veins of varying colors and thicknesses. They squirmed and pulsed slowly like living creatures, exuding a majestic and incredibly pure origin aura!

One end of these veins was deeply rooted in the void, extending to who knows where, while the other end converged upon a complex array disk in the center of the hall.

Swirling above the array disk were several dazzling spheres of light, containing indescribable vitality and the profound mysteries of laws!

"World Origins!" Gu Changge's eyes narrowed.

These spheres of light varied in size and color.

One was a dark yellow, its aura heavy and ancient, sharing the same origin as the Xuanhuang Great World. However, it was noticeably dimmer and thinner, clearly the portion that had yet to be transported away.

Another was azure blue, brimming with vast water-elemental energy; another was crimson red, scorching and violent like the earth's molten core; yet another was jade green, bursting with the vitality of a spring forest...

Without exception, they all emitted unique and powerful world fluctuations. Yet, at this moment, they were bound, refined, and docilely suspended by the power of the array disk, waiting to be harvested.

Gu Changge's divine sense traced backwards along those energy veins, and he instantly understood.

"So that's how it is. This immortal hall is not merely the residence of that Heaven-Patrolling Immortal Envoy, but a central hub for plundering!"

He thought coldly, "Besides the Xuanhuang World, this person was simultaneously siphoning the World Origins of three other lower realms!"

What these veins connected to were precisely the world barriers radiating different lights in the distant chaos!

This immortal hall was like a leech attached to multiple worlds, simultaneously sucking away their life essence!

"What a vicious method!"

A glint of coldness flashed through Gu Changge's eyes.

This kind of predatory plundering, draining the pond to catch the fish, would ultimately lead these great worlds to their demise.

He did not hesitate at all.

With a sweep of his sleeve, he collected the several origin light spheres belonging to the different worlds suspended above the array disk.

The Xuanhuang origin, in particular, felt gentle to the touch, transmitting a sense of intimate affection like a child to its parent.

Next, he formed his fingers into a sword. Immortal essence flowed at his fingertips, transforming into several fiercely sharp sword lights that slashed with absolute precision at the energy veins connecting the different worlds!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Wherever the sword light passed, the energy veins snapped!

Like parasites whose feeding tubes had been severed, the light at the severed ends rapidly dimmed, ultimately dissipating completely into the void.

Almost at the exact moment the veins broke, Gu Changge keenly sensed that the light radiating from the corresponding world barriers in the distance seemed to fluctuate slightly.

It was as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Although the change was extremely minute, the decaying sensation of continuous blood loss had indeed been halted.

Having done all this, Gu Changge carefully inspected the entire immortal hall again. Only after confirming there were no other hidden plundering formations or dangerous restrictions did he give a slight nod.

"Although the plundering has stopped, it is not safe to stay here for long, nor can I just abandon it and ignore it."

The other party would absolutely not let this go; they would definitely send someone to investigate.

"System," he chanted silently in his heart, "Fuse with the Heart of the Array Dao."

This Heart of the Array Dao was something he had previously obtained from a system sign-in, containing endless profound mysteries of the Dao of Arrays.

Only when one's cultivation reached the Immortal Realm could they attempt to fuse it. After fusion, it could elevate the host's array formation proficiency to the Perfected Immortal Grade.

"Ding! Detected that the host's cultivation has reached the True Immortal Realm, meeting the fusion conditions. Commencing fusion with the 'Heart of the Array Dao'..."

As the system's prompt faded, Gu Changge felt the Heart of the Array Dao in his sea of consciousness suddenly burst with radiant light. It transformed into a torrent of absolutely pure Array Dao origin, merging deep into his divine soul!

Gu Changge felt his understanding of array formations seemingly trigger an invisible rule switch deeply rooted in the origins of the Great Dao.

An indescribable, almost instinctive sense of utter clarity welled up within him.

It was as if he was born to master this Dao.

Countless incredibly profound comprehensions regarding the principles, structures, energy flows, interlacing laws, void anchoring, and even the mechanics of deceiving the heavens and hiding from the Dao naturally surfaced in his mind. They were not learned, but rather felt as if he had been directly bestowed with the corresponding authority and cognition.

His array formation realm skyrocketed in a manner that defied all logic!

The barrier of an Emperor-grade Array Master silently shattered. Lower-tier Immortal Grade, Middle-tier, Upper-tier... all the way to the Perfected Immortal Grade Array Dao realm, achieved in a mere instant!

The entire process was calm and rippleless, taking no more than a fleeting moment in the outside world.

Gu Changge opened his eyes once more. His eyes were perfectly clear, yet it seemed as though he could see through the truth and illusions of all array formations in the world.

The energy veins in the surrounding void, the array structure of the immortal hall beneath his feet, and even the core runes of that deactivated array disk became incredibly clear in his eyes, revealed down to the finest detail. There were no secrets left.

"The power of the system is truly profound and unfathomable."

He sighed softly. Immortal essence naturally flowed from his fingertips, tracing a perfectly flawless array rune in the void.

If those old monsters in the Immortal Realm who had studied the Dao of Arrays for ten thousand years saw this scene, their Dao hearts would likely tremble. This effortless technique had already touched upon the origin of the Array Dao; it was precisely the embryonic form of "forming an array with a single thought," a hallmark of the Perfected Immortal Grade.

At this thought, a sharp light flashed in Gu Changge's eyes.

The Perfected Immortal Grade Array Dao cultivation surging through his body gave him an unprecedented sense of control over this void.

He hesitated no longer. His hands suddenly rose, his ten fingers dancing like fluttering butterflies, leaving behind a blur of afterimages.

This time, what flowed from his fingertips was no longer pure immortal essence, but countless origin immortal runes woven from immortal essence and the supreme laws of the Array Dao!

These immortal runes were dizzyingly complex, as if every stroke traced the trajectory of the Great Dao. They silently merged into the walls and floor of the great hall, even seeping into the rifts of the void, resonating deeply with this pocket of heaven and earth.

"Great Void Sensing Immortal Array, condense!"

Following his low internal shout, the entire immortal hall gave a barely perceptible tremor before returning to normal.

However, Gu Changge could clearly "see" that an intangible, formless sensory net covering every inch of space had already been woven.

This formation was profoundly mystical, its fluctuations perfectly synchronized with the surrounding rhythms of primal chaos. Unless one inspected it with deliberate care, it would be incredibly easy to mistake it for the natural ripples of the void.

However, should any probe carrying clear malicious intent, or any power exceeding the critical threshold, touch this web, he would instantly sense it—no matter how many layers of space separated them!