283: Immortal!

Gu Changge's Divine Thought, like an invisible tide, arrived first despite being sent later. With crushing momentum, it instantly washed over and covered the core Restriction, firmly seizing control.

The Puppet's body trembled slightly, then retracted all its aura, standing silently behind him like the most loyal guard.

Gu Changge's gaze swept over the five Puppets. Sensing the concentrated and powerful strength within their bodies, along with the absolute connection that allowed him to command them as easily as moving his arm, he nodded slightly.

"Using Nether Cold Iron as the skeleton, melting down star cores for energy, driven by inscribed Immortal Dao runes... they certainly spared no expense."

He saw through the Origins and refining methods of these Puppets with a single glance.

"Fighting purely by instinct, fearless of death, their Physical Body strength is comparable to Peak Emperor weapons. Working together in a Formation, they are enough to contend against three Great Emperor Realm experts."

"Not bad items."

Gu Changge commented indifferently, as if evaluating a tool that was barely acceptable. "Coincidentally, the Azure Profound Sect's foundation is still shallow; it needs a few guards."

With a thought, the five Emperor Realm Puppets transformed into five streams of light and were collected into his sleeve.

As for the core Grand Formation that was stealing the Origin, its millions of inscribed patterns began to silently disintegrate and dissipate inch by inch, starting from the energy nexus, like a sand painting losing its support, as if it had never existed.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor the anticipated Emperor-level confrontation.

What happened was merely Gu Changge using supreme profound techniques, dismantling it layer by layer and reducing it to the Void Realm with absolute control, like a skilled butcher carving an ox.

The will originating from the outside world seemed to notice the abnormal interruption of the energy link, transmitting a wave of intensely fluctuating shock and rage.

But before that consciousness could fully descend to investigate, the faint connection was completely severed as the Formation's core utterly collapsed.

A low rumble came from the Formation's core, and the greedy devouring force instantly ground to a halt!

The portion of the World Origin that had been stolen, accumulated within the Formation, and not yet transported away, lost its restraint and slowly dissipated, returning to heaven and earth.

Just as the Formation completely disintegrated—

"Buzz..."

The entire Xuanhuang Great World seemed to let out a long, deep sigh.

That was not a sound, but a tremor originating from the World Origin, a resonance of the Great Dao Law.

The originally silent and exhausted Void Realm seemed to ripple slightly with an imperceptible trace of vitality.

The distant, dim stars seemed to brighten slightly, and faint Spiritual Qi began to re-gather and flow between the shattered stellar remains.

Although the change was extremely subtle, the trend of decline—of all things withering and heading toward the end—was indeed forcefully halted.

The Great Dao Law between heaven and earth let out an almost imperceptible hum of relief. It was as if a heavy yoke had been lifted, and its operation gained an indescribable sense of lightness and smoothness.

Although the world did not immediately recover its Origin Qi, at least the continuously bleeding wound was finally closed.

The process of decline was curbed, and the world gained a chance to breathe.

Deep within the Spiritual Veins that were originally nearly exhausted, subtle vitality began to seep out.

Beneath the dried riverbeds, a faint sound of underground currents stirring anew could be vaguely heard.

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

This was neither Karma Power Of Will nor Spiritual Qi infusion, but rather the pure joy and gratitude instinctively emitted by the entire world after shedding a chronic illness.

It was formless and intangible, yet it made the Dao Rhyme circulating around Gu Changge more harmonious and integrated with this heaven and earth. It was as if he was originally the world's most beloved child, every action of his naturally conforming to nature.

Gu Changge stood quietly in the Void Realm, his white robes gently fluttering in the subtly swirling spiritual breeze.

He could feel the sense of relief emanating from this heaven and earth, along with a closeness that was naive yet sincere.

This gift did not increase his cultivation or add to his Lifespan, but it would ensure that his actions in this world would receive greater assistance from heaven and earth, reducing many unseen obstacles.

He nodded slightly, accepting this expression of gratitude from heaven and earth.

His gaze immediately passed through the Void Realm, landing on the spot where the Formation had collapsed, his eyes deep.

Just as the Formation core completely collapsed and the connection was severed—

Outside the endlessly distant Chaos, inside that ancient bronze immortal palace.

A figure sat quietly cross-legged inside. Chaos Qi, like a docile veil, slowly flowed around his body.

He kept his eyes closed, his face indistinct, as if shrouded behind the mists of eternal time. Only an eternal Dao Rhyme, transcendent and indestructible, naturally circulated around him.

His very existence calmed the turbulent Void Realm currents and brought order to the chaotic Chaos Qi, as if he were the Dao beacon and core of this region of the Void Realm.

An Immortal.

This was a true Immortal.

Suddenly, a subtle, imperceptible ripple appeared in the stable flow of Chaos Qi around him.

His eyes, which seemed to reflect the birth and death of the star sea, suddenly opened.

"What?!"

A low sound of shock and doubt, no longer indifferent but truly containing agitation, echoed through the immortal palace, causing the surrounding star maps to tremble slightly.

"The Profound Yellow Grand Formation... was broken?! Not interfered with, not temporarily severed, but... the root source was completely erased?!"

On the star map before him, which represented the Xuanhuang Great World, the line of light that was once brilliant was not dimmed or flickering; it was utterly extinguished, leaving no trace, as if it had never existed!

What shocked his mind even more was that the entire process was faster than imaginable!

From the moment he sensed a slight fluctuation until the connection was completely severed, only an instant had passed!

He couldn't even clearly perceive the methods used by the Formation breaker. All the precautions he had set up—the warnings, the killing Formations, the Puppets, and even his own warning imprint—were rendered useless, unable to play any role whatsoever, and were all uprooted together!

"How is this possible?!"

He whispered involuntarily, the clear Qi around him fluctuating violently, revealing his extreme inner turmoil.

He sat here, overseeing and maintaining the "harvest" of numerous worlds in this Star Domain. He had seen no small number of resistances and variables.

Some worlds possessed flourishing Luck, capable of giving birth to experts who astonished an era, causing trouble, and even temporarily severing or interfering with the Formation.

But that was all.

Never had any world been able to erase a Formation from its root source so cleanly and completely!

Even he, the overseer, didn't have time to react, let alone stop it!

Even the Xuanhuang Great World had previously produced a few exceptionally talented individuals who had touched the threshold of the Immortal Dao, causing them some trouble, but they failed to truly shake this eternal scheme.

But this time... this time was completely different!

This method of breaking the Formation completely exceeded his scope of understanding! This was definitely not something an ordinary Emperor Realm expert could achieve, and moreover... it didn't resemble the methods of this world!