520: Master, who exactly are you?

Giant world fragments could often be seen floating here; the Laws were incomplete, and an aura of ruin and primeval desolation permeated the air.

After traveling for an unknown amount of time, heart-palpitating energy fluctuations suddenly came from ahead.

Gu Changge took a step forward, and the scene before his eyes changed abruptly.

It was a chaotic battlefield that words could not describe.

There was no complete concept of space; heaven and earth seemed to have been beaten back to their original state of Chaos.

The Laws were not just broken but completely disordered and entangled, forming destructive storms.

The aftershocks of terrifying energy turned into towering waves, constantly battering the surroundings; even time itself appeared warped and unstable here.

This place seemed like a permanent scar left behind after an unimaginable clash between unfathomable existences.

Merely being at the edge of the battlefield, the dissipating destructive storms were enough to tear apart ordinary Immortals and gods.

If not for the invisible Dao domain surrounding Gu Changge, Xiao Bai behind him would likely have been torn to shreds by this omnipresent destructive power long ago.

Gu Changge frowned slightly.

He attempted to probe a strand of his Divine Sense into the core area of the battlefield.

Buzz—!

A residual, terrifying will filled with tyranny, deathly stillness, and ominousness suddenly lashed back along his Divine Sense like a startled venomous snake!

This will was so strong that even Gu Changge, who was already in the Immortal Emperor Realm, felt a hint of a threat!

Deeper within, something even more dangerous seemed to be lurking.

Gu Changge decisively severed that strand of Divine Sense; his expression was calm, but his gaze grew a bit more solemn.

This place was extremely perilous and not suitable for a rash deep entry.

Revered Master's aura had once lingered here; had he encountered the terrifying existence deep within this battlefield?

This thought flashed through Gu Changge's mind, bringing a faint but unignorable hidden concern.

From what he could see now, the level of the residual destructive aura in this battlefield was extremely high, definitely not something left behind by ordinary Immortal dao conflicts.

If Revered Master were involved in such a battle... He suppressed his thoughts; the priority was to figure out Revered Master's tracks and intentions here.

Time Regression!

He formed hand seals, fragments of time flowing in his eyes as he performed a supreme Divine Ability, intending to trace back the past of this place.

The scenes were blurry and unclear; the energy was too violent and caused severe interference, allowing only some fragmented clips to be seen.

A figure with an aura from the same source as his Master had once stood here for a long time.

Afterward, that figure turned into a streak of light and departed, its aura quickly and completely dispersed and covered by the violent residual energy of the battlefield.

Revered Master had left; Gu Changge understood this in his heart.

Gu Changge stood silently at the edge of that chaotic battlefield, staring at the place where the now-dissipated residual aura of his Revered Master had been.

But at this moment, a mist deeper than this chaotic battlefield rose in his heart.

"Revered Master, who exactly are you?"

This question surfaced clearly in Gu Changge's heart for the first time.

Gu Changge's thoughts returned to a long time ago, to Daoist Zizhu, the guide he had only spent a dozen or so days with in the Azure Profound Sect of the Eastern Region.

According to what he later learned, although Revered Master was a Prodigy in the Central Region back then, the Peak of his strength was at most the Saint realm.

Only by relying on a treasure like the Chaos Realm Crystal was he able to break through the Xuanhuang Great World's barrier and go to other worlds.

How could a Saint from the Lower Realm appear in this ancient battlefield at the core of the Immortal Domain?

The contradiction in this forced Gu Changge to re-examine everything.

Were these completely different images truly the same person?

Had his perception been wrong?

This aura was only close to Master's, but not truly his Master's?

His mind grew calm as he used his Immortal Emperor Dao Heart to carefully discern.

Although the aura was weak and broken, its most original Dao Rhyme could not be faked; it was identical to the feeling from Zizhu Peak deep in his memory, definitely not a simulation or illusion.

Gu Changge suddenly realized that he might have never truly known this Revered Master.

If Daoist Zizhu were truly just an ordinary Saint from the Lower Realm, how could he be connected to an ancient battlefield that even an Immortal Emperor had to face with caution?

But if Revered Master were originally a powerhouse of the Immortal Domain, why would he disguise himself as a Saint of the Lower Realm on that remote Zizhu Peak in the Eastern Region?

This Revered Master of his was likely much more mysterious than he had imagined.

This seemingly simple journey to find his Revered Master seemed to be leading him toward an even more magnificent chessboard.

Gu Changge took one last deep look at that chaotic battlefield that seemed capable of devouring everything.

His gaze had returned to calm, but deep within his eyes, there was an extra touch of curiosity and anticipation.

Turning around, he took a step, and his figure quietly merged into the Void Realm, as if he had never stayed here.

And as he returned along the way, what he saw was even more shocking.

Countless fragments of the Immortal Domain floated in the Chaos, large and small, all appearing in a state of desolation, with the air of the Immortal Realm slowly dissipating!

In the many great worlds beneath the Immortal Realm, Spiritual Veins had withered into ashes, the earth was cracked, and life was extinct.

Traces of Dao principles from the Origin being forcibly extracted remained in the air, all caused by the plundering of Immortal Realm forces.

At this moment, he truly realized that the plundering by the Immortal Realm was far more rampant than imagined.

The recovery of the Xuanhuang Origin was like a lighthouse in the dark; sooner or later, it would attract even stronger coveters, and the crisis had never truly been resolved.

Gu Changge withdrew his wandering thoughts, his aura still solemn as his gaze slowly swept over everyone.

Waiting for the clamor to gradually subside, he finally spoke slowly, his voice low and clear, each word striking everyone's heart like a heavy hammer:

"The Immortal Realm has already shattered."

As his voice fell, the entire scene instantly became deathly silent; the previous uproar and shock seemed to be frozen by an invisible force.

Xuan Yangzi's figure, which had just sat down, suddenly stiffened; his lips moved slightly, and it took a while before he squeezed out a sentence: "What did you say? The Immortal Realm is shattered?"

Mo Yu's crimson-gold eyes suddenly contracted, and the ancient Immortal charm around him became disordered once again.

The destruction of the Myriad Spirits Heavenly Palace overlapped with the shattering of the Immortal Realm, causing a great shock in his heart; he subconsciously clenched his fists as many doubts flooded his mind.

Xiao Ruobai and the others were slightly restless; even though their Heart-Nature was steady, they could not hide the impact brought by this news.

Gu Changge nodded slightly and continued:

"Exactly so; the Immortal Realm has long since fallen apart, turning into countless fragments scattered throughout the Chaos.

This is also the fundamental reason why, throughout the ages, many Cultivators have cultivated to the Peak but have always been unable to achieve Ascension; the path to Ascension was cut off long ago when the Immortal Realm shattered."

Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts were even more stirred.

Xuan Yangzi let out a long sigh, his face full of disappointment; he had cultivated bitterly all his life, and although he hadn't hoped for immediate Ascension, he had always regarded the Immortal Domain as his ultimate goal.

Now that he knew the Immortal Realm was shattered, a sense of loss and confusion inevitably arose in his heart.

Gu Changge continued: "The previous unaccounted loss of the Xuanhuang Great World's Origin was not due to an anomaly in the heaven and earth's Laws, but was the work of the scattered Immortal Domain fragments.

Those forces attached to the Immortal Domain fragments, such as the Chengyun Immortal Palace, have for years used the surrounding Lower Realms as Origin pastures.

They frantically extract the world's Origin to nourish their own forces and stabilize the Foundation of the Immortal Domain fragments."

As soon as these words were spoken, anger and solemnity flashed in everyone's eyes.

So the decline of the Xuanhuang Great World's Spiritual Qi and the cutting off of the emperors path were actually the work of the Immortals.