472: It seems your world is about to collapse.

Gu He didn't give Gu Changge any chance to explain the situation. From the moment he spoke, he defined the nature of the event, placing himself at the absolute height of an enforcer.

Seeing this, the Fat Shopkeeper pointed his finger at Gu Changge.

"Elder Gu He, please see clearly! This scoundrel is cruel and violent. I ask the Elder to strike immediately to suppress this villain and uphold the Laws and discipline of our Sunset City!"

Inside and outside the Drunken Immortal Tower, everyone held their breath. They watched as these two giants of the light and dark worlds joined forces to exert pressure, their gazes turning toward that isolated white figure with complex emotions.

A Mid-stage Earth Immortal plus a Ninth Heaven True Immortal, along with the massive background of the Four Seas Trading Firm and even the Immortal Palace—this was practically an inescapable death trap.

Gu Changge finally moved.

He merely lifted his eyelids, looking up at Gu He, who stood in mid-air with overwhelming power, as if he ruled over this corner of the world.

Their eyes met.

Gu He's sharp gaze, filled with the pressure of an Earth Immortal and the fury of the Law, collided with what seemed like a bottomless ancient well of dark water, without a single ripple.

Gu Changge raised his hand, using his fingertips to flick his dustless white sleeve with an elegant and casual motion.

Then, at the moment when Gu He's brow furrowed tighter and tighter, his pressure grew stronger, and everyone's tension reached its peak—

He spoke.

His voice wasn't loud and his tone was flat, yet like a cold, sharp, invisible blade, it clearly entered everyone's ears:

"You've been noisy for so long,"

"Just to say this?"

He tilted his head slightly, seemingly a bit puzzled. His face carried a sort of almost innocent confusion, yet it was bone-chillingly cold.

This light rhetorical question was more insulting than any fierce verbal abuse.

"Junior! You are looking for death!!"

The gloom on Elder Gu He's face was instantly replaced by a crimson rage.

"No matter how sharp your tongue is, you will not escape death today!"

Gu He's hair and beard flared out as green immortal light surged wildly around him, faintly tinged with a hint of blood-red. He no longer held back his Mid-stage Earth Immortal pressure.

It ravaged the surroundings like a tsunami. The Drunken Immortal Tower let out an overburdened groan, and many wooden windows exploded directly!

"This seat is the Heavens of this Sunset City! If I say you are guilty, then you are guilty! Now die—!"

He slammed both palms forward. Within his palms, a green Palm Print, condensed to the extreme and containing the Laws of an Earth Immortal, instantly formed.

The space around the Palm Print distorted, carrying a terrifying power capable of crushing mountains and obliterating the Divine Soul as it struck down toward Gu Changge's head!

Before the palm wind even arrived, the aftershocks of that terrifying pressure already left the surrounding crowd unable to breathe, forcing them to retreat repeatedly!

However, Gu Changge remained there, not even lifting his eyelids an extra inch.

Under everyone's unbelievable gaze, that overwhelmingly powerful green giant palm, the moment it touched Gu Changge, silently melted away like snow cast into a blazing sun.

It wasn't shattered, nor was it repelled; it was completely erased and annihilated from the very level of existence!

The rage and killing intent on Elder Gu He's face instantly froze, replaced by an indescribable horror!

His full-strength strike hadn't even managed to stir a single ripple against the opponent.

"Impossible! Just who are you?!"

His voice became sharp and distorted due to extreme fear, losing all traces of Earth Immortal dignity.

Gu Changge slowly withdrew his finger.

"I said," he spoke, his voice still calm, yet carrying a chill that made the Soul freeze.

"You are very noisy."

The moment the words fell, Gu Changge's gaze sharpened slightly.

There was no explosion of Aura, no fluctuation of immortal essence.

But Elder Gu He in mid-air was suddenly struck as if by an invisible hammer weighing billions of tons!

“Pfft—!”

He couldn't even let out a scream before his protective immortal light shattered instantly like paper.

Like a kite with a broken string, he plummeted fiercely from the sky, hitting the bluestone pavement of the street with a "boom," smashing out a deep crater!

He lay at the bottom of the pit, an unknown number of bones broken, his immortal essence dissipated, bleeding from his seven orifices. He was breathing more out than in, his eyes filled with endless fear and disbelief.

A single look!

Merely a single look!

And a great expert of the Mid-stage Earth Immortal realm was crippled!

At this moment, everyone felt as if their blood was about to freeze.

The smile on the Fat Shopkeeper of the Four Seas Trading Firm had long since vanished, replaced by a bloodless pallor and uncontrollable trembling.

Meanwhile, Gu Changge slowly stood up.

His white clothes were still as clean as snow, untainted by a single speck of dust.

His gaze swept across the field. Everyone his eyes touched lowered their heads in terror, trembling and not even daring to breathe loudly.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the dying Gu He at the bottom of the pit.

"You said you were the Heavens?"

Gu Changge shook his head slightly, his tone carrying a faint hint of mockery.

"It seems your heavens are about to collapse."

As soon as these words came out, Gu He's body convulsed violently.

"You dare... You cannot kill me! I am an officially appointed Elder of the Chengyun Immortal Palace! If you dare touch me today, you will be making an enemy of the entire Chengyun Immortal Palace!"

A final glimmer of madness and hope flickered in his eyes, as if that was his only life-saving straw.

"The Immortal Palace has experts as numerous as clouds, and the Palace Master’s cultivation has reached the Heavenly Immortal realm!

Your actions today have already been sensed by the Immortal Palace. They will never let you go! They will surely extract your Soul and refine your spirit, making sure you never find peace—!!!"

He used the last of his strength to roar out the threat, attempting to use the overwhelming power of the Immortal Palace and the legendary Palace Master to intimidate this terrifying white-robed death god.

However, facing this hysterical threat, Gu Changge not only showed no fear but actually felt like laughing.

He tilted his head slightly, his gaze falling on Gu He's face, which was distorted by fear and malice.

"Chengyun Immortal Palace?"

Gu Changge repeated the name.

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Before his voice finished echoing, a profound dao patterns spun slightly within Gu Changge's eyes.

Under Gu Changge's single glance, Gu He's memories, everything he knew about the Chengyun Immortal Palace, even his cultivation insights, secret fetishes, dirty dealings... everything had been instantly read by Gu Changge.

The dao patternss in Gu Changge's eyes faded, returning to that bottomless calm.

However, within that calm, there seemed to be an extra hint of understanding, as well as a trace of dull boredom.

"So that's how it is."

He muttered to himself, his voice so soft that only Xiao Bai beside him could barely hear clearly.

"Stealing the Lower Realm's Origin, monopolies, exploitation, factions, hypocrisy, preparing escape routes..."

"I thought the Immortal Realm would have something new, but now it seems it's all just the same old tired tropes."

"This farce should end now."

The moment the words fell, Gu Changge casually raised his right hand and gave a slight wave toward the void in front of him.

The movement was gentle and free-spirited, without a hint of worldly fire, much less any killing intent or malice.

However, at the very instant he waved his hand.

With the Drunken Immortal Tower as the center, an invisible and intangible profound fluctuation, like a ripple on water, instantly spread out, covering the entire Sunset City!

The next instant.

Silent annihilation played out simultaneously in every corner of Sunset City.

Gu He in the deep pit, his body along with those tattered Daoist robes, was like a sand sculpture meeting a gale.

He silently turned into the finest dust and dissipated into the air without leaving a single trace, as if he had never existed in that pit.

To the side, the horror on the Fat Shopkeeper's face was frozen forever, and then his entire body, from feet to head—

Quickly became transparent and blurred, then completely vanished. Even his Ninth Heaven True Immortal cultivation failed to stir even the slightest ripple of energy.