639: Chapter 639 Cleanup

"Thud."

Not sure who was the first to have their legs go soft, but they knelt straight down, their head buried deep in the mud, their whole body shaking like a sieve.

Immediately after, it was like a row of falling dominoes.

"Thud! Thud! Thud..."

The remaining Elders, Hall Masters, and Disciples collapsed, knelt, or even fainted in large swaths.

At this moment, their faith completely collapsed.

Their worldview was shattered into dust.

Everything they relied on for survival, took pride in, fought for, and even committed evil for—their entire Foundation.

The Sect's prosperity, the Old Ancestor's invincibility, and the majesty of the Righteous Path all became an utter joke under that single palm strike.

Only now did that hand, which had appeared out of nowhere and casually sent the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Old Ancestor flying, along with its owner, finally reveal itself.

Right above that giant pit, in the Void Realm where the Myriad Immortals Old Ancestor had originally stood.

Space rippled slightly like water.

A figure materialized from the void, slowly emerging.

Clad in white as pure as snow, untainted by a speck of dust.

Black hair fell naturally like a waterfall.

His face was handsome, as if gathering all the spiritual elegance of heaven and earth, yet it was as indifferent as an ancient glacier, devoid of any ripples.

He just stood there quietly, not even intentionally emitting any aura, yet he seemed to instantly become the sole center of the entire world.

The sun, moon, and stars dimmed before him, and the Laws of the Great Dao surrendered at his feet.

Gu Changge's gaze calmly swept over the deathly silent ruins below, over those collapsed and limp members of the Myriad Immortals Sect.

He looked past the Old Ancestor, who was gasping for breath in the deep pit, and finally, his gaze landed on Xiao Bai and Ji Mie beside him.

His eyes were calm and waveless, as if what he had just done was a trivial matter, like brushing a bit of dust off his sleeve.

Then, he spoke.

His voice was flat, clear, and not loud, yet it was like the decree of the Heavenly Dao, imprinted deep within the Soul of every living being:

"Clean up according to the list."

The words were concise, without a single redundant word.

Yet for the countless people below, it sounded the final death knell.

He paused slightly, turning his gaze to the silent Ji Mie beside him, who was like an ink-colored abyss, and spoke again, his tone still flat but carrying an unquestionable decisiveness:

"This place will be under your guard from now on."

After saying this, Gu Changge's figure, just as when he arrived, slowly faded without warning and dissipated into the Void Realm.

However, at the very last moment before his figure completely vanished, his indifferent gaze...

...seemed to casually sweep over the Ten Thousand Immortals Continent below, which had become scarred and battered due to the previous world-destroying battle.

There were no actions, no words, but wherever his gaze reached—

It was as if an invisible and gentle hand of the Heavenly Dao had lightly brushed over this painting that had been torn to pieces by violence.

The crisscrossing spatial rifts, like scars on the world, mended and disappeared at a visible speed, revealing the azure, stable sky behind them, as if it had never been torn.

The raging Chaos currents were gently pushed back outside the realm.

The displaced, collapsed, and uplifted continental plates, amidst a low and magnificent humming, moved slowly and reset precisely like living giants following some supreme ideal form.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and the Laws of the Great Dao, which had been violent, chaotic, and nearly tearing the Divine Soul apart due to the battle, were quickly smoothed out, straightened, and reshaped under this ripple.

In just a few breaths' time.

The entire Ten Thousand Immortals Continent seemed to have time reversed, and everything returned to its place.

Having finished all this, Gu Changge's figure finally dissipated completely in the once-again bright sunlight, as if he had never appeared.

Leaving behind only that bottomless Pit of Punishment, the brand-new yet deathly silent perfect mountains and rivers, and the masses whose Physical Body remained but whose faith and worldview had completely collapsed and shattered.

As well as Xiao Bai and Ji Mie, who were slowly recovering from their shock.

Only at this moment did some Elders who were lucky enough to survive and whose minds could still function a little, in their boundless fear and numbness, belatedly and tremblingly discover another despairing fact—

The Sect Guarding Formation that had shrouded the Myriad Immortals Sect for millions of years, weathered countless storms, and was claimed to be able to withstand a strike from a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, which they had once regarded as their final bastion.

Those layers upon layers of brilliant Formation barriers and the vast Daoist principle networks that illuminated the heavens...

At some point, they had already become like morning dew under the blazing sun, or like pencil marks lightly erased by an eraser, silently and completely vanishing without a trace.

Not even a trace of residual energy that once existed, nor a single dim Formation pattern, was left behind.

Absolute erasure was even more terrifying than violent destruction.

Xiao Bai shook his massive Dragon head, his blood-colored vertical pupils refocusing, flashing with excitement and pleasure.

He bared his large mouth, revealing sharp and terrifying white teeth. His fierce gaze swept across the field and finally fixed on the Myriad Immortals Old Ancestor at the bottom of the deep pit, who was still twitching slightly and gasping for breath.

Xiao Bai's hundred-zhang Dragon body dove down, the tornado stirred up by his Dragon Might like a black angry wave, blowing away all the rubble and dust around the deep pit.

The Myriad Immortals Old Ancestor lay limp on the ground. His Quasi-Immortal Emperor dao foundation had been shattered by Gu Changge's palm, and now he didn't even have the strength to lift a hand.

He could only watch helplessly as the giant claw covered in menacing Dragon scales approached, his eyes filled with unwillingness and despair.

"No—! This old man is unwilling!"

The Myriad Immortals Old Ancestor roared, his voice hoarse and broken, but he could no longer muster any power.

Xiao Bai's Dragon claw fell. Without any extra movement, it directly crushed this Old Ancestor who had slumbered for eons. His Divine Soul and dao foundation were annihilated together under the Dragon Might, without leaving a single trace.

Meanwhile, at the same time Xiao Bai acted, Ji Mie had also silently stepped forward.

In his hand, at some point, an illusory List Projection condensed from Gu Changge's Divine Thought had appeared.

On the list, names flickered with a dim light representing sin and termination.

His gaze, like the most precise pointer of death, began to scan the collapsed crowd below, locking onto the first aura.

A true, bloody cleanup, without any hypocrisy or luck—

The cleanup had begun.

Ji Mie held the List Projection, his figure weaving through the crowd like a phantom.

His movements were not delayed in the slightest. Wherever his inky Dao Rhyme passed, the names on the list dimmed one by one.

"Puff—!"

A Hall Master who had once participated in kidnapping children to refine Puppets had his dao foundation pierced by Ji Mie's sword, his Divine Soul annihilated, dying cleanly.

"Spare me! I was only following orders!"

An Immortal Sovereign Elder knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly for mercy, his eyes filled with fear.

Ji Mie showed no emotion. With a swing of his black longsword, the Elder's head rolled on the spot.

The reckoning never had any mercy.

Having dealt with the Myriad Immortals Old Ancestor, Xiao Bai's Dragon eyes swept the field, his ferocity overwhelming: "Want to run? Ask if your grandpa's Dragon claw agrees!"

Before his voice had even faded, several figures were seen attempting to sneak away amidst the Chaos.

They were the three Grand Elders—Qingmu, Tyrant Body, and Soul Lamp—along with several remaining Immortal Sovereign Elders.