474: The Celestial Lord has appeared!

The highest combat power of the Immortal Palace had come out in full force!

Palace Lord Chengyun pierced through the light screen of the Starry Great Formation, his gaze locking onto the calm figure in white outside the Formation.

Behind him, the auras of three Peak Earth Immortal Elders were as imposing as mountains. Further away, over a dozen Early and Middle Stage Earth Immortal Elders were positioned in various directions, their Qi connected to the entire Immortal Palace Formation, creating a world-shaking pressure!

Such a lineup, combined with the support of the Starry Great Formation, was enough to sweep through the surrounding Chengyun Immortal Domain Fragments. Yet, at this moment, it was all to deal with a single person!

"Who exactly are you, Your Excellency? What grudge do you hold against my Chengyun Immortal Palace that you would strike so ruthlessly and intrude upon our gates?"

The Palace Lord's voice boomed, carrying the pressure of a Heavenly Immortal, as he attempted to probe Gu Changge's background.

He was filled with suspicion and alarm; the other party's aura was obscure, and anyone who could silently kill an Earth Immortal was certainly no ordinary individual.

However, his side had a magnificent lineup and the great Formation was active; they might not necessarily lack the strength to fight.

Gu Changge did not look at them. His gaze pierced through the Formation and the crowd, landing on the hall deep within the immortal palace that suppressed the Origin, completely ignoring the luxurious lineup before him.

On that Origin Hall, forged entirely of immortal gold, a light sphere the size of a fist floated atop the roof.

Within it swirled strands of a familiar aura—it was precisely the Lower Realm Origin that had been forcibly extracted and suppressed by the Immortal Palace.

This complete disregard instantly enraged the people of the Immortal Palace!

"Palace Lord, why waste words with him!"

A Peak Earth Immortal Elder shouted harshly, "Form the Ten Thousand Immortals God-Slaying Formation and cooperate with the Starry Furnace to refine this scoundrel!"

"Form the Formation!"

The Palace Lord no longer hesitated and gave the order! He and the three Peak Elders occupied the four primary positions.

The dozen or so Earth Immortal Elders distributed themselves according to profound trajectories. Their Qi instantly merged into one, transforming into a massive Formation diagram that shrouded the heavens and earth, resonating with the Starry Great Formation above!

Boom—!!!

The power of the Starry Great Formation surged!

Billions of starry killing swords intertwined, transforming into a more solid phantom of the Starry Furnace with indifferent eyes, descending with the momentum to refine ten thousand worlds!

Simultaneously, the Ten Thousand Immortals God-Slaying Formation, formed by nearly twenty Earth Immortals and one Heavenly Immortal, shone brilliantly, drawing in the Immortal Qi of the heavens.

It transformed into billions of chains, lightning, and sword-astral energy, like an inescapable net, strangling toward Gu Changge from all directions!

This was a certain-kill situation!

Facing this killing Formation sufficient to trap and kill a Late Stage Heavenly Immortal, Gu Changge only slightly raised his eyes.

He made no move, but simply spat out a single word toward the pouring killing Formation:

"Disperse."

As he spoke, the law followed.

The starry torrent sweeping through heaven and earth, upon touching the area within three zhang of his body, was like hitting an invisible, absolute boundary.

Billions of chains, lightning, and sword-astral energy silently turned into the purest points of starlight, then vanished like fireflies in the wind, as if they had never existed.

The vast Formation diagram shrouding the heavenly palace let out a crisp sound like a wail, and countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared before it collapsed with a bang, turning into a rain of light that fell across the sky.

"Pfft—!"

At the Formation's core, Palace Lord Chengyun and the other Earth Immortal Elders felt as if they had been struck by lightning, their immortal essence instantly falling into chaos.

Almost simultaneously, they spat out large mouthfuls of essence blood containing their Origin, their auras withering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The backlash from the great Formation being so brutally broken head-on was almost destructive!

"No... impossible! How could the Starry Great Formation..."

An Earth Immortal Elder looked at his instantly withered hands, his eyes filled with daze and fear.

Palace Lord Chengyun barely suppressed his churning blood and stared fixedly at the figure in the rain of light, white as snow and unstained by a speck of dust.

A stormy sea rose in his heart; he almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

This Starry Great Formation was the treasure of the Immortal Palace, forged over eons with immortal materials. Even a Late Stage Heavenly Immortal would need to face it with full strength, yet it was broken by two words from the opponent?

He stared at Gu Changge and suddenly shouted a question, his tone carrying a hint of panicked bribery.

"Who exactly are you?! Did the Nether Ruins invite you, or did the Ancient God Tomb send you?!

How many Immortal Stones and Legacies did they give you? I will pay triple! No, five times!"

Hearing this, Gu Changge's brow twitched slightly, and a look of inquiry flashed in his eyes.

Nether Ruins, Ancient God Tomb.

He had heard these two names from Zhao Gang's group. Now that the Palace Lord mentioned them again, it seemed these three factions were divided and in constant conflict.

Thoughts flowed through Gu Changge's mind.

From Gu He's memories, he knew that the Nether Ruins and Ancient God Tomb were not far from the Chengyun Immortal Domain Fragment, and they likewise controlled several Lower Realms.

The Xuanhuang Great World had also been a target for their contention, but back then, the Chengyun Immortal Palace had used an illusion Formation to get there first.

"So that's how it is," Gu Changge nodded slightly.

"You think I was invited by them?"

Gu Changge finally spoke, his tone flat yet carrying a hint of amusement.

Palace Lord Chengyun's face grew increasingly gloomy, but his voice couldn't help but tremble.

"Besides those two old rivals, who else would dare to be an enemy of my Chengyun Immortal Palace? If you aren't a trump card they invited, who else could you be?!"

The more he spoke, the more certain he became.

"The three factions have fought for tens of thousands of years, and they actually resorted to outside help. How hateful!"

Seeing Gu Changge's indifferent expression and lack of hesitation, Palace Lord Chengyun finally tore off his disguise completely, his face becoming hideous.

"Fine! Fine, you refuse the easy way and insist on the hard way! Do you really think my Chengyun Immortal Palace has no one?"

He suddenly turned his head toward the secret chamber in the deepest part of the Cheng Yun Heavenly Palace, bowing and roaring with extreme respect and urgency.

"Lord Xuangu Immortal Lord! This Junior has already offered three Immortal Artifacts and a hundred thousand Immortal Stones as agreed!

Today we suffer the provocation of this villain, I ask the Immortal Lord to take action and slay this scoundrel!

Afterward, this Junior will offer another hundred thousand Immortal Stones to help Your Lordship stabilize your Realm!"

It turned out that this Xuangu Immortal Lord was a Guest Elder whom Palace Lord Chengyun had spent three Immortal Artifacts and a hundred thousand Immortal Stones to invite from a more distant broken immortal domain.

The two sides had agreed that the Immortal Lord would help the Chengyun Immortal Palace unify the surrounding fragments.

Furthermore, afterward, the resources and territory accumulated by the Nether Ruins and Ancient God Tomb over tens of thousands of years would all belong to this person.

What the Chengyun Immortal Palace sought was merely the administrative right over the unified territory.

This was originally a trump card the Palace Lord had painstakingly planned to completely overwhelm his two old rivals, but he never expected to be forced to use it early!

As soon as these words were spoken, wild joy instantly erupted in the eyes of the three Earth Immortal Elders, and even their breathing became hurried.

An Immortal Lord! That was an existence truly standing at the top of the pyramid of immortal domain fragments!

The Palace Lord had actually managed to invite such a figure!

They had originally thought they were doomed today, but now they felt a turn for the better, and their gazes toward Gu Changge...

...already carried pity and mockery. With an Immortal Lord stepping out, this white-clothed kid was dead for sure!

Hearing this, a cold arc curled at the corner of Gu Changge's mouth.

From the moment he stepped into the Cheng Yun Heavenly Palace, he had sensed that hiding aura in the secret chamber.

Immortal Lord?

He was just a coward who had recently entered the Immortal Lord Realm and didn't even dare to fully release his aura.

However, there was no response from the direction of the secret chamber for a long time, and not even a hint of aura fluctuation leaked out, as if it were empty inside.