721: Chapter 722 Heavenly Emperor Realm!

Within his Sea of Consciousness, that gentle and heavy thought continued to echo slowly. There were no superfluous details, yet it harbored countless unspoken messages. His fingertips brushed against that lingering Dao Rhyme of protection.

"So, after Myriad Beast Divine Mountain, that gaze came from this person. That stare back then was to scrutinize my strength, to see if I had enough power to protect the Immortal Realm!"

Only after confirming he had the strength to stand alone and ensure he could suppress the Chaos of the Immortal Realm would this expert—who was heavily injured and should have stayed here to meditate—resolutely turn and return to that front line where the flames of war raged.

Thinking through this, Gu Changge felt no pride in his heart. Instead, an indescribable sense of gravity arose.

Just then, Gu Changge's mind shivered slightly as an extremely faint but exceptionally eerie spatial fluctuation quietly entered his perception.

His gaze instinctively turned toward a patch of the Void Realm in the deepest part of the battlefield. The space there was twisted like a vortex, with chaotic Laws intertwined and tangled.

Faintly, an obscure and difficult-to-discern node lay dormant beneath the currents of Chaos. If not for careful investigation, it would have been almost entirely covered by the residual Evil Qi of the ancient battlefield.

"What is this?"

Gu Changge's brow twitched slightly. His Divine Thought cautiously probed toward it, not daring to touch it rashly for fear of triggering an unknown reaction.

As his Divine Thought delved deeper, he gradually saw the scene surrounding the node. Countless runes shimmering with a warm golden light crisscrossed to form a massive Formation light screen, firmly enveloping that spatial node.

As the runes flowed, they emitted a heavy and majestic power of protection. It was precisely this Formation that suppressed the node's fluctuations, locking it within the Chaos.

Gu Changge's heart stirred as he carefully sensed the Dao Rhyme on the Formation. The attainment of this Formation far exceeded any Immortal Realm Formation he had ever seen. It was agile yet overbearing, faintly carrying a trace of an aura he was incredibly familiar with.

"It's Revered Master's aura..." A flash of realization crossed his eyes.

Although he didn't know the specific purpose of this Formation, he could vaguely deduce the clues. This spatial node was by no means an ordinary rift; it was more like a passage connecting to an unknown land outside the domain.

And the core function of this Formation was to suppress the passage and block the entities on the other side from entering the Immortal Realm.

Probing further with his Divine Thought, Gu Changge clearly felt a cold, violent, and malicious aura faintly coming from the other side of the Formation's light screen.

That aura made one shudder even through the Formation. Moreover, there was a faint power attempting to quietly permeate the Formation and strike the Seal.

However, the Formation was too powerful. The moment those forces touched the light screen, they were instantly crushed.

"So that's how it is..." Gu Changge murmured softly, a outline forming in his mind.

"The Senior Guardian stayed here not just to heal, but to guard this Formation and watch over this passage, preventing the entities on the other side from breaking through."

He could feel that the Formation was currently stable and the Seal was intact, with no immediate danger of being broken.

But once the Guardian left and no one was there to oversee it, the entities on the other side would inevitably increase the intensity of their impact. Before long, cracks would appear in the Formation.

Once the passage was torn open, those malicious entities would swarm in, and the heart of the Immortal Realm would surely suffer a catastrophe.

Thinking of this, his gaze fell upon the Formation once more, and then his brow furrowed slightly.

He was now at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Emperor Realm, and his Formation attainments were no longer lower than the Immortal Emperor level. With ordinary Formations, he could see through the core and discern flaws at a single glance.

Yet, facing this golden Formation before him, he remained somewhat unable to see through it.

As his fingertips moved, he could clearly feel a vast and mighty power faintly revealed as the Formation runes flowed, making him feel a trace of a threat.

Could it be that this Formation transcends the Immortal Emperor level?

For the first time, he clearly realized that while his strength was at the absolute Peak in the Immortal Realm, it might still be insufficient when placed within that extra-territorial war spanning through the ages.

The Guardian's heavy injury was the most direct warning. The threat hidden beyond the heavens was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

"System, what Realm is above the Immortal Emperor?" Thinking of this, Gu Changge asked the System in a soft voice.

"Ding! In the inherent cognition of the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Emperor is already the end of cultivation, the limit of the Immortal Dao."

"But the world is vast and the Dao is endless. There are those of stunning talent who are not satisfied with the limit and have forcibly pushed back against the Great Dao to take half a step forward."

"This half-step, although not truly transcending the Immortal Emperor Realm, is already far beyond an ordinary Immortal Emperor. This Realm can be called the Heavenly Emperor Realm."

The System's cold voice rang out in his Sea of Consciousness, answering his confusion.

"Heavenly Emperor Realm..."

Gu Changge repeated these three words softly. The doubt in his eyes completely faded, replaced by a sense of clarity and understanding.

So there really is a path above the Immortal Emperor, and his Master and the Guardian have already stepped onto it. This Formation that transcends the Immortal Emperor Realm is the best proof.

He asked silently in his heart: "System, how many years of cultivation are needed to raise my cultivation to the Heavenly Emperor Realm?"

[Ding! Current Realm is Immortal Emperor Great Perfection. To promote to the Heavenly Emperor Realm, fifty thousand years of cultivation must be consumed.]

"Fifty thousand years..."

Gu Changge's expression was calm; he had already made a decision.

"System, directly promote to the Heavenly Emperor Realm."

[Ding! Consumed fifty thousand years of cultivation. Current Realm promoted to: Heavenly Emperor Realm Peak!]

An extremely violent power suddenly exploded within his body. The Void Realm trembled, and the surrounding Chaos currents surged violently, nearly triggering a shocking phenomenon that would sweep through the entire Immortal Realm.

"System, conceal all movement," Gu Changge said flatly.

"Ding! The Host's aura has been shielded. The outside world cannot perceive it."

The violent power was instantly suppressed within his body, becoming as docile as an abyss.

Gu Changge slowly closed his eyes, feeling that vast and mighty power that was countless times stronger than the Immortal Emperor Great Perfection. It felt as if he could tear through Chaos with a lift of his hand and suppress the myriad heavens with a turn of his palm.

He spoke again: "System, are there subsequent Realms above the Heavenly Emperor Realm? Can I continue to promote?"

"Ding! The current Immortal Realm's heaven and earth are broken, and the Laws are incomplete. The Heavenly Emperor Realm is already the bearing limit of this world and cannot accommodate higher levels of power. Forcing a Breakthrough will cause this Immortal Realm to completely shatter and the world to collapse."

Gu Changge nodded slightly, understanding in his heart.

"Very well. The Heavenly Emperor Realm Peak is temporarily enough to guard this place. When the Immortal Realm is reforged, or when I truly step onto the front line and enter the Battlefield Beyond the Heavens, it won't be too late to make another Breakthrough."

With his mind set, Gu Changge raised his eyes and once again looked toward that golden Formation light screen hidden in the Chaos.

Previously, as an Immortal Emperor Great Perfection, he could perceive the Formation's strength but was always unable to see through the flow logic of its core runes.

But now, having promoted to the Heavenly Emperor Realm Peak, his Divine Soul and Dao Rhyme had gained a qualitative leap. Looking at this Formation again, the originally obscure rune patterns had actually become mostly clear.

He could see the core nodes of the Formation, discern the patterns of the intertwined runes, and finally understand why this Formation could suppress the extra-territorial passage and why it could carry power transcending the Immortal Emperor.

A flash of realization crossed his eyes. With a flicker of his body, Gu Changge reappeared before that massive golden Formation light screen.

His expression was calm as he lightly pressed his hand against the light screen. The Dao Rhyme of the Heavenly Emperor Realm Peak quietly flowed out, without the slightest leak, completely merging into the Formation runes.

Buzz—The Formation suddenly lit up with a dazzling golden light. The already stable Seal was reinforced once more, and the runes intertwined even more tightly.

Like a bronze wall or an iron barrier, it locked that spatial node airtight, making it difficult for even a shred of extra-territorial aura to permeate.

The moment the Formation was reinforced, a furious roar suddenly came from the other side. The cold and violent aura surged instantly, but it was deathly blocked by the reinforced Formation, unable to break through even slightly.

"Damn it! A new Heavenly Emperor Realm? No... impossible! Why is there always a powerhouse guarding this place?!"

That roar was filled with unwillingness and violence, yet it carried a hint of helplessness. Coming through the Formation, one could feel the exasperation within it.

However, this furious roar lasted only for a moment before being completely suppressed and dissipated by the Formation's protective power.

Gu Changge looked down at the golden runes flowing beneath his feet, a faint coldness curling at the corners of his mouth as he murmured softly:

"Still want to come out? Stay inside properly."

With that, he completely restrained his aura. There was no longer any leakage of pressure around him, only an unfathomable steadiness. Gu Changge did not stay any longer; with a movement of his body, he left the core of the ancient battlefield directly.