Wherever the sword qi passed, the three severely wounded elders at the peak of the Earth Immortal Realm, along with every elder, steward, and disciple scattered throughout the Immortal Palace, all froze in place at the exact same moment, regardless of their cultivation.
Then, like sand sculptures dissolving in the wind, they silently faded away, transforming into the purest spiritual energy particles before returning to the world.
At the same time, within every branch of the Chengyun Immortal Palace under the rule of the Chengyun Immortal Domain fragment, the elders and palace masters stationed there—whose cultivation ranged from the Void Immortal Realm to the Earth Immortal Realm—were either handling affairs or cultivating in seclusion.
No matter where they were hiding, as long as they carried the core karmic connection of the Chengyun Immortal Palace, their bodies suddenly stiffened at the exact same instant.
“Pffft—!”
“No! My cultivation! What’s happened to the Immortal Palace?!”
Screams and cries of horror rang out from every branch palace.
Before long, they realized in terror that their appearances were aging at an astonishing rate. Like candles being snuffed out, their life force reached its end within the span of a few breaths.
Only after eliminating everyone did Gu Changge slowly walk toward the Origin Hall forged from immortal gold.
He raised a hand and drew in the ball of origin floating above the hall, wrapped in strands of black-yellow aura. It flew directly into his grasp.
The moment the sphere entered his hand, Gu Changge felt its icy chill. The Xuanhuang origin within had grown dim and dull, clearly drained and exploited by the Immortal Palace for far too long.
With a slight movement of his fingertip, he infused the sphere with a gentle force, erasing the imprint left behind by the Immortal Palace.
Gu Changge stored the sphere of origin in his storage space, intending to bring it back to the Xuanhuang Great World and return it.
His gaze then fell upon several other dim spheres of light within the hall. These were world origins plundered by the Immortal Palace from other lower realms, drifting like rootless duckweed.
After a moment of contemplation, Gu Changge stored those as well.
Once everything was done, Gu Changge did not linger. He casually swept his hand behind him.
An invisible fluctuation of laws surged outward, sweeping across the entire Immortal Palace.
Wherever the fluctuation passed, every trace of the Chengyun Heavenly Palace’s existence was completely erased. The pavilions, formation foundations, and bloodstains all vanished without a trace, as if this place had always been utterly empty.
Only the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth remained, slowly circulating in the area and forming a massive, hollow vortex.
The immortal stones, scriptures, artifacts, and other objects within the Immortal Palace were all swept up by Gu Changge’s divine ability and stored in his storage space.
Although Gu Changge looked down on such things, he would still need some ordinary items while traveling through the Immortal Realm in the future.
He lifted his head and gazed into the depths of chaos, a cold glint flashing through his eyes.
The Netherworld Ruins. The Ancient God Mausoleum…
Since both of them had once coveted Xuanhuang and had fought with the Chengyun Immortal Palace for tens of thousands of years, they must have committed their share of plundering the origins of lower realms as well.
Now that he had destroyed the Chengyun Immortal Palace, if he did not eliminate the other two forces as well, the Xuanhuang Great World would still remain at risk of exposure.
“Once I deal with the trivial matters here, I’ll pay those two places a visit.”
Murmuring to himself, Gu Changge turned around. Together with Little White, he transformed into a streak of flowing light and flew toward the treasure vault of the Chengyun Immortal Palace.
At the exact instant the Chengyun Heavenly Palace was completely erased and all of its core members perished simultaneously, everyone throughout the entire Chengyun Immortal Domain fragment seemed to sense something.
Suddenly—
“Look at the horizon!”
Someone pointed toward the Chengyun Heavenly Palace and let out a heart-rending scream.
Everyone looked over in terror. At the highest point of the distant continent, where the Chengyun Heavenly Palace had stood for countless millennia beneath swirling auspicious clouds and soaring immortal radiance…
There was now nothing there.
All the immortal palaces and pavilions, all the protective immortal light, and every scene that had symbolized the supreme authority of the Chengyun Immortal Palace had vanished without a trace.
In their place was an expanse of utterly pure, empty sky, as if it had been cleansed by some supreme power.
Only the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth slowly circulated there, forming a massive, hollow vortex.
The clans and merchant guilds that had maintained countless ties with the Chengyun Immortal Palace and relied upon it for their survival were thrown into even greater chaos.
“The Chengyun Immortal Palace is gone! Our clan is finished!”
Some shrewd or timid cultivators had already begun turning pale as they packed up their valuables, intending to flee this place of trouble at once.
Panic spread outward like ripples, rapidly sweeping from the centers of the various immortal cities.
At the same time, Falling Sun City fell into a silence even more complete and terrifying than before.
Everyone understood.
That white-robed man had not merely said it.
He had done it.
He had truly gone there.
He had truly wiped out the Chengyun Immortal Palace.
“My heavens…”
The old cultivator who had earlier predicted that “the heavens were about to change” now collapsed limply to the ground, staring at the empty horizon.
Tears streamed down his aged face. His entire body trembled like a withered leaf in the wind, and he repeatedly muttered syllables that only he himself could understand.
The heavens of the Chengyun Immortal Domain were not about to change.
They had already collapsed.
At the same time that Gu Changge and Little White vanished into the void on their way toward the other two Immortal Domain fragments, the Xuanhuang Great World’s Southern Region remained clear and cloudless, just as it had always been.
Then, without warning—
Boom!!!!!
A terrifying thunderclap, as though originating from the deepest lungs of the earth itself, erupted with overwhelming force.
The entire Southern Region shook violently. Mountains and rivers trembled, and all living beings were thrown into panic.
At the very heart of the Southern Region’s Great Wilderness, within the forbidden land known as the Myriad-Eons Demon Miasma, the dense demonic aura that never dissipated and that even a Demon Emperor’s divine sense could not penetrate was torn open from within by an indescribable force.
Rumble…
The earth’s veins rose, while countless mountains seemed to bow in guardianship.
A colossal shadow, large enough to blot out the sun, slowly ascended from the shattered depths of the earth.
It was an ancient bronze city forged entirely from dark bronze and unknown divine stone, covered in mottled green rust and ancient demonic script, radiating an aura from the primordial wilderness—
An ancient bronze city!
Its walls towered into the clouds. Countless war banners snapped and billowed in the windless void. The indistinct totems embroidered upon them caused all demons who saw them to feel awe and trembling rise from the depths of their bloodlines—a reverence rooted in the primordial age.
Above the main gate of the ancient city, two ancient demonic characters—seemingly inlaid with stars and condensed from the laws of the Dao—shone brilliantly, illuminating heaven and earth:
Demon Court!
The moment those two words appeared, a vast will that transcended the present age—majestic, ancient, and seemingly invested with supreme authority over the life and death of every demon race—swept across the entire Xuanhuang Great World like a raging tide.
“Xuanhuang awakens. Heaven’s mandate returns.”
“The Demon Court shall rise.”
The grand Daoic proclamation did not sound in the ears. Instead, it thundered directly within the deepest souls of every living being who possessed demon blood.
It carried an unquestionable verdict.
The ancient Demon Court, after lying dormant for countless ages, had returned to the world.
“What has happened in the Southern Region?”
Doubt and alarm spread among every race.
For a time, the eyes of the human holy lands, demon tribes, mortal dynasties, and wandering cultivators alike all turned toward the southern horizon, filled with confusion, wariness, and the desire to investigate.
Within the major human holy lands, alarm bells rang out, shaking the heavens. The elders in power moved with blinding speed, while the spirit light within their council halls surged violently.
One strand after another of divine sense pierced the firmament like sharp swords, locking onto the Southern Region. Deep unease churned within their eyes.
“Pass down the order: place the entire sect on alert! Closely investigate the movements in the Southern Region. We must determine the origin of that bronze city!”
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 + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
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."
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
