Immortal Stone

Beside him, Little White coiled through the void. Its enormous dragon eyes blinked as it sensed that its master, standing there, seemed to have grown even quieter.

Even that reassuring presence had become faint and indistinct, as though he were about to merge with the chaos and become one with the void.

It did not understand why, but an instinct originating from the depths of its bloodline compelled it to lower its dragon head, revealing an even deeper reverence.

A moment later, Gu Changge slowly opened his eyes.

There was no dazzling radiance in them. Instead, they were filled with an absolute calm and profound depth, like a night sky concealing the eternal silence of the stars.

The mysterious halo around him had also completely receded.

Immortal Emperor—Perfection!

The supreme realm standing at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao, commanding creation and looking down upon the rise and fall of the ages!

He lightly clenched his fist, sensing the boundless power within him—a might that could dim the stars of the heavens with a single thought and make the myriad laws bow their heads. Yet his expression remained as calm as ever.

“System, well done.” He offered his praise inwardly.

His gaze once again fell upon the fragment of the Chengyun Immortal Domain close at hand, but his eyes were now completely different.

Before, he had been examining it.

Now, he looked down upon it as one would a speck of dust.

Just as he was about to step into the fragment, a thought stirred in his mind, reminding him of something.

“I haven’t carried out today’s sign-in yet.”

Now that he possessed the cultivation of an Immortal Emperor at the Perfection Realm and stood upon what had once been the territory of the Immortal Realm—even though it was now in ruins, its origin still remained at its former level—this sign-in was certainly worth anticipating.

“System, sign in here.”

Gu Changge issued the command calmly in his heart.

“Ding! Sign-in successful!”

“Congratulations, host. You have obtained thirty thousand years of cultivation!”

“Congratulations, host. You have obtained an Immortal Emperor Weapon—the Primordial Emperor Dao-Slaying Sword!”

“Congratulations, host. You have obtained one hundred million top-grade immortal stones!”

Even with Gu Changge’s current state of mind, his brows lifted slightly at the sound of the notifications.

The rewards from this sign-in had truly exceeded his expectations.

The thirty thousand years of cultivation automatically flowed into his reserve cultivation.

What drew his attention even more were the latter two rewards.

With a thought, the phantom of a divine sword appeared in his sea of consciousness.

The sword was roughly four feet long. Its hilt was a profound yellow, with nine coiling dragons wrapped around it, giving it an air of incomparable nobility.

The guard resembled unfurled wings, its lines sharp and severe. The blade was slender and the color of autumn water—clear and limpid—yet it faintly radiated an unrivaled sharpness capable of severing karma and annihilating all laws.

Near the guard, two ancient Dao characters slowly circulated along the blade:

Dao-Slaying.

This was a true Immortal Emperor Weapon, possessing both offense and defense with countless wondrous applications. It was enough to drive any Immortal Emperor mad with desire.

As for the one hundred million top-grade immortal stones, they instantly piled up within his system space into a dazzling mountain, its immortal energy so dense that it seemed ready to liquefy and gush forth.

“For my first visit to the Immortal Domain, this sign-in is quite an auspicious beginning.” Gu Changge nodded in satisfaction.

With his current cultivation, even without these rewards, sweeping across this place would be as easy as reaching into a bag.

Still, it never hurt to be prepared. Naturally, the more resources one had, the better.

The information about the Immortal Domain that he had extracted from the memories of those two True Immortals had been incomplete, and many details remained vague.

Now that he had finally come out, it would not hurt to experience the local customs of the Immortal Domain.

As for the Chengyun Immortal Palace, there was no need to act against it just yet.

“Little White.”

“Master!”

Little White hurriedly answered. Although it did not know exactly what had happened, it could sense that its master seemed to be in a rather good mood.

Gu Changge glanced at Little White and instructed, “Conceal your aura and alter your appearance. Enter with me. For now, observe from the sidelines and do not act rashly.”

“Yes, Master!”

At his words, a flash of dark light swept across Little White’s body, and its enormous dragon form rapidly shrank.

It transformed into a cold, sharp-eyed young man who stood respectfully half a step behind Gu Changge.

Gu Changge concealed his aura and hid all traces of immortal radiance, taking on the appearance of an ordinary cultivator with a gentle bearing.

The two took a single step forward. The scenery around them shifted, and they stepped from the boundary of chaos into a genuine world.

Although this was only a fragment of the Immortal Domain, its mountains and terrain still stretched vast and boundless, while the spiritual energy was several times denser than that of the lower realms.

A thin layer of immortal energy also permeated the air. However, there was an indescribable hollowness and restlessness within it, like duckweed without roots.

With a slight movement of his divine sense, Gu Changge took in everything within billions of miles.

Roughly three million miles ahead, the outline of a colossal city appeared.

Several powerful auras faintly occupied the center of the city. The strongest among them was approximately at the Earth Immortal Realm.

“Sunset City, one of the ten major cities of the Chengyun Immortal Domain. It is guarded by an Earth Immortal elder of the Immortal Palace.”

The fragmentary information obtained through soul-searching matched what he saw.

He did not use any divine abilities. Instead, he brought Little White with him and flew toward the city at an unhurried pace, just like an ordinary traveler.

Before long, the two arrived at the city gates.

The gates stood a thousand zhang tall and had been forged from some kind of dark immortal metal, radiating the weight of countless years.

People of all races streamed in and out, though most of the cultivators were at the Saint Realm.

Void Immortals could already be considered experts, while True Immortal auras were exceedingly rare—and most of those who possessed them hurried through with anxious expressions.

An imperceptible trace of caution lingered between their brows, along with a distinct fear of the Immortal Palace’s influence.

More than a dozen guards stood on either side of the gates, clad in the standard immortal armor of the Chengyun Immortal Palace and wearing arrogant expressions.

The squad leader at the front possessed an early Void Immortal cultivation. His sharp gaze swept over everyone entering the city, carrying the unmistakable air of someone looking down from above.

“Entry fee: one spirit crystal per person.”

A city guard expressionlessly stopped the two of them and spoke as he went through the routine.

“Spirit crystal?”

Gu Changge’s heart stirred.

“What is that?”

Then he remembered that he had taken several dozen crystals from those two True Immortals earlier. At the time, he had assumed they were immortal stones.

Could those be the so-called spirit crystals of this world?

With that thought, his expression remaining calm, he flipped his hand over and produced two stones in his palm.

They were precisely the items he had taken from the two members of the Chengyun Immortal Palace.

The instant the stones appeared, the immortal energy in the surrounding space seemed to grow more active.

Gu Changge calmly handed the two crystals over.

However, the moment he extended them, the squad leader’s originally arrogant gaze fell upon the stones, and his pupils abruptly contracted to the size of needles.

Even the aura of his Void Immortal cultivation fluctuated uncontrollably.

“These are immortal stones?!”

The several guards behind him, who were likewise at the Saint Realm, all fixed their eyes on the two stones at once.

Their breathing quickened, and their faces filled with disbelief and greed.

Immortal stones—and of such pure quality!

In the Chengyun Immortal Domain, where immortal energy was constantly dissipating and resources were becoming increasingly scarce, immortal stones were strategic resources.

For an ordinary Void Immortal, obtaining even a single low-grade immortal stone was enough to treasure it as a family heirloom or preserve it as an opportunity for a breakthrough.

Yet this man had casually taken out two immortal stones to pay the mere entry fee!

Many pedestrians nearby were drawn by the guards’ reactions. Their gazes fell upon the immortal stones, and a restrained uproar immediately erupted.

“Immortal stones?! That really is the aura of immortal stones!”

“My heavens! Someone is actually using immortal stones to pay the entry fee?”

“What family does this young master belong to? He’s far too lavish!”

Gu Changge looked at the guard captain trembling with excitement before him, as well as the complex gazes that had instantly converged on him from all around—filled with shock, greed, and awe—and let out a quiet sigh inwardly.

“Well, looks like I grabbed the wrong one after all.”

I let my guard down!

He had intended to keep a low profile, but this world seemed to be even poorer than he’d expected.

This thing had actually caused such a commotion?

That’s all for today—only two chapters!