The Chengyun Immortal Hall had deployed its strongest forces—all of them!
Master of the Chengyun Immortal Hall stared intently through the curtain of light formed by the Starry Formation at the calm figure in white standing beyond it.
Behind him, three peak Earth Immortal elders radiated a presence as imposing as mountains. Farther away, more than a dozen elders at the early and middle stages of the Earth Immortal realm were positioned throughout the area, their auras linked with the entire immortal hall formation. Their combined pressure shook the heavens and earth!
With such a lineup, enhanced by the Starry Formation, they could have swept across the surrounding fragments of immortal realms. Yet at this moment, they had assembled solely to deal with one person!
“Who exactly are you, sir? What grudge do you bear against the Chengyun Immortal Hall that you would butcher your way through our gates?”
The hall master’s voice rumbled like thunder, carrying the might of a Celestial Immortal as he attempted to probe the stranger’s origins.
He was deeply suspicious. The other party’s aura was obscure and unfathomable, and anyone capable of silently killing an Earth Immortal was certainly no ordinary person.
However, their own forces were at their peak, and the grand formation had already been activated. They might not be without a chance of victory.
Gu Changge did not even look at them. His gaze pierced through the formation and the gathered cultivators, landing on the great hall deep within the immortal palace that suppressed the realm’s origin. He treated the imposing forces before him as though they were invisible.
Above that Origin Hall, forged entirely from immortal metal, floated a fist-sized sphere of light.
Threads of a familiar aura coiled within it—the origin of the lower realm, forcibly extracted and suppressed by the immortal hall.
This utter disregard instantly enraged everyone in the immortal hall!
“Hall Master, why waste words on him?”
A peak Earth Immortal elder shouted harshly. “Form the Myriad Immortals Slaughter-God Formation and combine it with the Stellar Furnace to refine this wretch!”
“Form the array!”
The hall master no longer hesitated and gave the order.
He and the three peak elders took up the four primary positions. The dozen or so Earth Immortal elders then spread out according to an intricate pattern. Their auras instantly merged into one, forming an enormous formation diagram that covered the heavens and earth and resonated with the Starry Formation above!
“Boom—!”
The might of the Starry Formation surged!
Billions upon billions of star-killing swords intertwined, transforming into an even more solid phantom of a stellar furnace. Its indifferent eyes gazed down as it descended with the power to refine countless worlds!
At the same time, the Myriad Immortals Slaughter-God Formation, formed by nearly twenty Earth Immortals and a single Celestial Immortal, burst into dazzling radiance and drew upon the immortal qi of the cosmos.
It transformed into countless chains, thunderbolts, and sword rays, forming an inescapable net that strangled toward Gu Changge from every direction!
This was a killing formation with no avenue of escape!
Faced with a deadly formation capable of trapping and killing a late-stage Celestial Immortal, Gu Changge merely raised his eyes slightly.
He made no move. He simply faced the descending killing formation and softly uttered a single word:
“Disperse.”
At his word, the laws obeyed.
When the starry torrent surging across the heavens and earth reached within three zhang of him, it struck an invisible, absolute boundary.
Billions upon billions of chains, thunderbolts, and sword rays silently transformed into the purest specks of starlight. Then, like fireflies vanishing in the wind, they faded away as though they had never existed.
The vast formation diagram enveloping the heavenly palace let out a brittle sound like a mournful cry. Countless web-like cracks appeared across it before it suddenly collapsed, scattering into a rain of light.
“Pfft—!”
At the formation’s core, Master of the Chengyun Immortal Hall and the other Earth Immortal elders were struck as though by a thunderbolt. The immortal essence throughout their bodies instantly fell into chaos.
Almost simultaneously, they spat out great mouthfuls of essence-infused blood, their auras weakening at a visible rate.
The backlash from having the formation forcibly shattered head-on was nearly devastating!
“No… Impossible! How could the Starry Formation…”
An Earth Immortal elder stared at his hands, which had withered in an instant. His eyes were filled with bewilderment and terror.
Master of the Chengyun Immortal Hall barely suppressed the surging blood in his chest and stared fixedly at the spotless figure in white standing amid the rain of light.
Storms raged through his heart. He almost thought he was seeing things.
The Starry Formation was the Chengyun Immortal Hall’s supreme defensive treasure, forged over countless ages at the cost of innumerable immortal materials. Even a late-stage Celestial Immortal would have to face it with all their strength.
Yet his opponent had broken it with two words?
He glared at Gu Changge and suddenly shouted, his voice carrying a trace of frantic enticement.
“Who exactly are you?! Were you hired by the Netherworld Ruins, or sent by the Ancient God Mausoleum?!
“How many immortal stones and inheritances did they offer you? I’ll give you three times as much! No—five times!”
At this, Gu Changge raised his brows slightly, a trace of curiosity flashing through his eyes.
The Netherworld Ruins. The Ancient God Mausoleum.
He had heard these two names from Zhao Gang and the other man. Now that the hall master had mentioned them again, it seemed that the three forces had carved up the territory among themselves and had been locked in conflict for many years.
Gu Changge’s thoughts turned rapidly.
From Gu He’s memories, he knew that the Netherworld Ruins and the Ancient God Mausoleum were not far from the Chengyun fragment of the immortal realm, and that they likewise controlled several lower realms.
The Profound Yellow Grand World had once been a target of their competition as well. However, the Chengyun Immortal Hall had beaten them to it by using an illusion formation.
“So that’s how it is.”
Gu Changge nodded lightly.
“You think they hired me?”
Gu Changge finally spoke. His tone was calm, yet carried a hint of amusement.
Master of the Chengyun Immortal Hall’s expression grew increasingly grim, but his voice trembled despite himself.
“Who else besides those two old rivals would dare make an enemy of my Chengyun Immortal Hall? If they hadn’t called upon some hidden trump card, who else could it be?!”
The more he spoke, the more certain he became.
“We three forces have fought for tens of thousands of years, and now they’ve actually resorted to borrowing outside help? Despicable!”
Seeing that Gu Changge’s expression remained indifferent and that he showed no sign of wavering, Master of the Chengyun Immortal Hall finally tore away his last disguise. His face twisted into a savage expression.
“Fine! Fine! You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Do you truly think my Chengyun Immortal Hall has no one left to call upon?”
He abruptly turned toward the secret chamber deep within Chengyun Heavenly Palace and bowed before shouting, his voice filled with utmost reverence and urgency.
“Immortal Lord Profound Bone! This junior has already delivered the three immortal artifacts and one hundred thousand immortal stones as agreed!
“Today, this vile criminal has dared provoke us. We humbly ask Your Lordship to act and cut down this wretch!
“Afterward, this junior will offer another one hundred thousand immortal stones to help Your Lordship stabilize your cultivation!”
It turned out that Immortal Lord Profound Bone was an honored guest whom Master of the Chengyun Immortal Hall had invited from a more distant fragment of the immortal realm at the cost of three immortal artifacts and one hundred thousand immortal stones.
The two sides had agreed that the Immortal Lord would help the Chengyun Immortal Hall unify the surrounding fragments.
Furthermore, all the resources and territories accumulated over ten thousand years by the Netherworld Ruins and the Ancient God Mausoleum would belong to him afterward.
The Chengyun Immortal Hall wanted nothing more than control over the unified territory.
This had been the hall master’s painstakingly devised trump card, intended to completely overwhelm his two old rivals. He had never imagined that he would be forced to use it ahead of schedule!
At these words, the eyes of the three Earth Immortal elders instantly erupted with wild joy, and even their breathing quickened.
An Immortal Lord!
That was a true existence standing at the very summit of the pyramid within a fragment of the immortal realm!
The hall master had actually managed to invite such a being!
They had originally thought they were certain to die today, but now they suddenly felt hope after despair. When they looked at Gu Changge, their eyes were already filled with pity and mockery.
With an Immortal Lord taking action, this young man in white was surely doomed!
Gu Changge merely curled his lips into a cold arc.
From the moment he stepped into Chengyun Heavenly Palace, he had already sensed the furtive aura hidden within the secret chamber.
An Immortal Lord?
He was nothing more than a coward who had only just entered the Immortal Lord realm and did not even dare release his aura in full.
Yet there was still no response from the direction of the secret chamber.
Not even the slightest fluctuation of aura escaped from within, as though there were no one there at all.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
