This Old Man Is Called Gu Lang, Simply Domineering Beyond Belief
This Old Man Is Called Gu Lang, Simply Domineering Beyond Belief
Hearing these words, the Purple Mansion’s Quasi-Nirvana expert revealed killing intent and struck out forcefully. In just an instant, it was as terrifying as tens of millions of stars exploding.
That energy was far too vast and horrifying. The void trembled ceaselessly like torn paper, blasted apart.
The rest of Purple Mansion roared in fury, charging forward once more. Numerous disciples and Elders adopted a death-defying stance, determined to fight Gu Changge to the death.
But before they could even get close to Gu Changge, the Great Seal of Mountains and Rivers abruptly expanded several hundredfold, its might boundless and surging.
Pu pu pu...
All of them exploded in midair, turning into bloody mist, body and soul annihilated.
“Junior, you’re too confident. Do you really think that with a Nirvana Realm expert protecting your path, you can do whatever you please?”
However, at that moment, the Purple Mansion’s Quasi-Nirvana being seemed to sense something.
He suddenly revealed a cold sneer, his figure pressing forward forcefully, crossing all distance in a single step.
The next moment, he appeared before Gu Changge, his terrifying Quasi-Nirvana pressure crushing down, intending to suppress and kill Gu Changge.
This sudden turn of events caused everyone’s expressions to change drastically. They couldn’t help but feel horrified, all worrying for Gu Changge.
A Quasi-Nirvana expert was attacking—how could he resist?
The Nirvana Decree’s single-use effect had already been expended. Relying on the Sacred Emperor Grade artifact in his hand, it would still be difficult to contend against a Quasi-Nirvana expert, unless that mysterious guardian from before acted again.
“Oh, is that not so?”
Gu Changge’s brow arched slightly. A hazy light emerged from his body, like a deity sitting cross-legged, about to chant a supreme heavenly scripture.
In everyone’s eyes, he seemed entirely unconcerned about this person’s attack, looking more like he had anticipated it all along.
“Is that not so?”
And just as Gu Changge’s words fell, from a distant place, a voice came in response, as if questioning Gu Changge back.
Ethereal and elusive, impossible to trace.
This supreme, mighty voice seemed to descend from the Nine Heavens, piercing through time, space, and the void, rumbling in the depths of the firmament. Even Perfect Prodigies felt their hearts palpitate in terror.
All eight directions resonated; heaven and earth trembled in unison!
The next moment, a sky-blotting black giant hand, wreathed in countless black rays of light and Chaos mist, extended from a distant land in an instant—taller than the heavens, wider than the starry sky.
A single star beneath this palm was even more insignificant than dust. Chaos Energy coiled around it, draped in the sun, moon, and stars.
“Sss!”
“How is this possible...”
“Could it be... a true True Daoist? Purple Mansion actually hides such a powerful being...”
“It’s definitely a True Daoist, and one who has walked far down this path... this aura is far beyond what ordinary True Daoists can compare to!”
This scene left everyone horrified and terrified to the extreme, their scalps tingling, their heads feeling like they would explode.
The leaders of those great orthodoxies all retreated into the distance, activating their Heaven Peering Eyes to observe this battle.
Boom rumble rumble!
The firmament exploded!
This giant palm descended, instantly blotting out the starry sky and the heavens, boundless and limitless, slamming down toward the Celestial Ancient Army ahead. Even Perfect Prodigies couldn’t withstand a wisp of its aura, directly bursting apart.
Beings of other levels also rapidly collapsed, body and soul annihilated. Beneath this palm, they were as weak as ants.
The million-strong army seemed unable to withstand a single palm strike, about to be instantly erased.
“Finally showing yourself?”
Gu Changge’s brow arched slightly, his expression changing just a fraction, yet he still appeared calm and unhurried.
He had already suspected before that Purple Mansion, in their desperation, had brought all their hidden foundations here.
Now it seemed that guess had become reality.
Weng!!!
At this moment, all the Ancient Battleships lit up, interweaving into star-chart-like patterns, drawing upon the power and rules within the void to resist this palm.
However, this palm was simply too powerful. These light diagrams shattered in an instant, unable to hold out for even a breath. Numerous Ancient Battleships developed cracks, about to be erased by this palm.
And his target was none other than Heavenly Monarch Ziyang, imprisoned there.
As this palm reached out, everyone coughed up blood and retreated, not daring to approach. He grabbed the cage in his hand, intending to quickly pull it back and rescue Heavenly Monarch Ziyang.
Only when he drew near did everyone clearly see the one who had acted—an old man with an immortal bearing and Daoist bone structure.
Only his features appeared exceptionally cold, his lips very thin, his wide sleeves fluttering, with vast Chaos Energy cascading down his body.
“Greetings, Great Elder!”
The remaining members of Purple Mansion all saluted him in unison. Even those few Sacred Emperor Realm beings of ancient seniority did the same, incomparably respectful.
Hearing this, the many Cultivators hiding nearby were also greatly shocked. Some of the older generation pondered, searching their memories for who exactly this Purple Mansion Great Elder was.
Then, their expressions changed drastically, filled with deep horror.
“It’s said that the Purple Mansion Great Elder once set foot on the Celestial Path, but for some unknown reason, he ultimately withdrew. This is an unfathomable existence!”
“I never expected he would personally act. With his strength, rescuing Heavenly Monarch Ziyang should be effortless—why go to such lengths?” Someone was shaken but expressed confusion, not understanding why the Purple Mansion Great Elder would act at this moment.
Could it be because he feared Gu Changge’s other methods?
“Purple Mansion Great Elder? Then it seems everyone has shown themselves?”
At this moment, sensing the hushed discussions of the many divine senses in the distance, Gu Changge smiled faintly, his gaze falling upon the Quasi-Nirvana being before him.
The next moment, from within his sleeve, a sword art abruptly shot out, its radiance resplendent, carrying boundless killing intent.
Heaven and earth overturned, sun and moon dimmed, an immeasurable calamity of slaughter abruptly swept forth.
Pu!
“What...”
This Quasi-Nirvana being didn’t even have time to react. His eyes widened as he directly spat out a mouthful of blood.
His face was filled with horror. A blood hole pierced clean through his body, front to back, looking utterly terrifying.
In his original plan, he was to stall Gu Changge’s Nirvana Realm guardian, thereby giving the Great Elder the opportunity to act and rescue Heavenly Monarch Ziyang.
But he never imagined that Gu Changge would still possess such a secret treasure, its power so terrifying that it directly pierced through his Physique.
Moreover, even now, Gu Changge’s incomparably mysterious guardian had yet to appear, which made him even more uneasy.
However, the Great Elder had already acted to save Heavenly Monarch Ziyang. Their objective was achieved—it was time to withdraw. Otherwise, once the Longevity Gu Family’s army arrived, they wouldn’t be able to leave.
And this scene before them once again shocked everyone.
They had thought Gu Changge only possessed a single Golden Decree, but who could have imagined he had another secret treasure?
Though it too only had the power of a single strike, it could severely wound a Quasi-Nirvana being.
No one knew just how many methods Gu Changge still had, or whether he had foreseen all of this and the Longevity Gu Family had long prepared, specially bestowing upon him numerous life-saving treasures.
“Ziyang!”
However, at that moment, the Purple Mansion Great Elder, whose expression had remained cold all along, suddenly roared in fury.
This voice contained a heart-palpitating chill and killing intent, as if it could freeze and crack the firmament.
All who heard it changed color; all who saw it felt their hearts quake, involuntarily trembling, their very souls on the verge of collapse.
Everyone felt the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s fury and killing intent.
The Purple Mansion Great Elder’s gaze was icy cold, fixed tightly on Gu Changge, wishing he could cut him into ten thousand pieces to quell the hatred in his heart.
“Right, I forgot to mention earlier—Heavenly Monarch Ziyang is now a cripple. Even if you all rescue him, I’m afraid it won’t be of any use. So this junior doesn’t quite understand why Senior would go to such painstaking effort to rescue a cripple.”
“Furthermore, Heavenly Monarch Ziyang colluded with the Successor of Demonic Arts and deserves his punishment. For this junior to spare his life could already be considered merciful.”
Gu Changge looked at him, speaking with a smile, though his voice carried faint mockery and indifference.
As soon as these words came out, boundless uproar swept through the area. Everyone felt a sense of horror, already shocked beyond measure.
On one hand, it was because of Gu Changge’s utterly unconcealed tone.
On the other hand, it was his actions.
So after all of Purple Mansion’s painstaking efforts, the Heavenly Monarch Ziyang they rescued in the end was actually a cripple?
“The Chaos Dao Bone, the Foreseeing Eye... they’re all gone...”
The Quasi-Nirvana expert who had just been wounded by Gu Changge’s secret treasure turned his gaze upon the rescued Heavenly Monarch Ziyang. His expression immediately changed, incomparably shaken and furious, even turning ashen.
“Junior, how dare you!” His voice contained endless rage.
Heavenly Monarch Ziyang lay unconscious. His Chaos Dao Bone, Chaos Purple Qi seed, and other such things had long been plundered clean by Gu Changge.
Just as he had said, Heavenly Monarch Ziyang was now a cripple.
And what they had rescued in the end was merely a cripple?
How could the people of Purple Mansion not be shocked and enraged?
“What a vicious heart. The world calls you the foremost of the younger generation, the number one among your peers. Heh, what an enormous irony... If you don’t hand over Ziyang’s Dao Bone today, no one can save you!”
The Purple Mansion Great Elder’s expression was terrifyingly dark, clearly enraged to the extreme.
Why had he painstakingly cultivated Heavenly Monarch Ziyang?
Wasn’t it because that one back then had divined that Purple Mansion’s future lay with him?
But now, Heavenly Monarch Ziyang had become a cripple. His innate Chaos Dao Bone, the Foreseeing Eye he had cultivated, the Chaos Purple Qi seed he had fused—all of it had been seized by Gu Changge?
And he still flaunted his righteousness, claiming it was for the sake of all living beings under heaven?
Did such a cruel and shameless person deserve the title of foremost of the younger generation?
“Regarding Senior’s words, this junior must respectfully disagree. Moreover, Ziyang Daoxiong’s Dao Bone and such are not on this junior’s person.”
Gu Changge still spoke with a smile, appearing calm and unhurried.
“You’re courting death!”
Hearing these words, the Purple Mansion Great Elder finally couldn’t hold back. Within his icy eyes, it was as if universes were evolving, giving birth to myriad stars—utterly terrifying.
A single wisp of his gaze seemed to pierce through the ages, past and present, seeing through everything.
The void trembled, easily torn apart!
This was the power of a True Daoist, the terrifying might of the Nirvana Realm!
None could withstand it. Even Sacred Emperor Realm beings and Quasi-Nirvana experts had to submit, their souls trembling.
Boom rumble rumble!
“This old man would like to see who can save you today!”
His voice was cold. Even knowing that a Nirvana Realm guardian might stand behind Gu Changge, he didn’t care, confident he could suppress and kill them together!
As this palm descended, the firmament instantly went dark, not a sliver of light visible.
The already heavily casualties-stricken army was even more horrified and terrified.
Terrifying Nirvana might poured down, heavy as hundreds of millions of Mystic Mountains. The void collapsed, and all the Array Patterns on the Ancient Battleships were destroyed.
Beneath his aura, the firmament and the universe itself were overturning and trembling. It was too terrifying, as if spanning across primordial ages.
All the stars in every direction also shattered, directly turning to dust, forming a chaotic nothingness.
Everyone’s souls felt like they would split apart. The orthodoxy leaders hiding in the shadows were likewise horrified to the extreme, their bodies cracking open as they rapidly retreated, fleeing this place.
Facing this palm, Gu Changge’s expression still didn’t change in the slightest. He knew Gu Qingyi could sense all of this.
With her strength, contending against the Purple Mansion Great Elder shouldn’t be difficult.
He trusted Gu Qingyi deeply, so he didn’t resist.
But the next moment, it wasn’t Gu Qingyi who arrived.
“This is...” Gu Changge’s eyebrows rose slightly as he felt a familiar fluctuation emanate from within his bloodline.
“This...”
Within the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s originally ice-cold gaze, who knew what he saw.
The next instant, a trace of shock suddenly appeared, then turned into complete disbelief, permeated with horror!
Pu!
The heavenly light dimmed, as if the clouds had split open and light shone through. His descending palm was suddenly cleaved apart!
It was a black long saber that came from who-knows-where, plain and unremarkable, yet wreathed in an ancient and profound Daoist charm...
One saber strike fell, directly piercing through his palm, splitting it open in midair!
Blood dripped down, carrying five-colored Nirvana might, falling from the sky.
A single drop of blood seemed to contain a small world, incomparably astonishing, yet there were indelible saber Dao rules within—forceful and domineering!
Everyone watching this scene was horrified to the extreme.
What kind of terrifying expert was this, severing the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s palm with a single saber strike? Simply domineering beyond belief.
“Who is it?”
The Purple Mansion Great Elder’s voice carried a trace of fear and trembling, a kind of palpitation even he found hard to believe.
He stared fixedly in the direction from which the black long saber had come.
But there was no ripple over there, like a stretch of deathly silent darkness.
“These days, truly any stray cat or dog dares to bully the people of my Gu Family.”
“An old bag of bones like me finally crawled out to take a look at the younger generation, only to run into this mess... Back when Purple Mansion’s founder was still a cowherd boy, this old man even gave him some pointers.”
A somewhat helpless sigh, yet it seemed to carry a frivolous casualness.
Everyone’s eyes abruptly widened, stunned by these words.
The next moment, an aged figure slowly emerged from the void.
His countenance was kindly, with a youthful face and white hair, vigorous and spirited, exuding a transcendent bearing.
In his youth, he must have been magnificently handsome and outstanding in grace.
But as he walked forward step by step, his aged face grew younger, his features handsome, his hair crystalline, immortal aura swirling around him. Every gesture carried the invincible might of mountains and seas.
Who exactly was this black-robed man who had suddenly appeared?
Doubts arose in everyone’s minds.
“Who exactly are you?”
The Purple Mansion Great Elder felt fear from the black-robed man before him. In his countless years of cultivation, this was the first time he had felt such a thing.
This person was unprecedentedly powerful!
“Who am I?”
“This old man is called Gu Lang.” The black-robed man revealed a smile.
The next moment, he abruptly struck forward with a palm, exactly like the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s earlier motion—casual and effortless, yet forceful and domineering.
This palm was very simple, without even any Principles of Dao circulating.
But this icy sensation of life-and-death crisis made the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s expression change.
Because he hadn’t felt it for countless years.
Extreme killing intent that could annihilate everything made his scalp tingle.
The next moment, he roared in fury as Nirvana Dao rules emerged around him.
All kinds of radiance appeared. Supreme divine light transformed into True Phoenixes, True Dragons, Black Tortoises, and more, soaring into the sky, shaking the firmament and cosmos.
Nirvana Dao aura revived, sweeping forth directly. Numerous regions were shaken.
Countless supreme experts were awakened from their long slumber and sealed grounds, gazing over from afar.
The Purple Mansion Great Elder displayed his greatest strength. His Dharma Body appeared within the universe, far exceeding a million meters in height, while simultaneously offering up a Purple Gold Whisk that could shatter heaven and earth.
But Gu Lang’s expression remained nonchalant.
At first, this palm was only the size of a millstone, but it quickly expanded. Trillions of divine rays bloomed, like an Astral River cascading down, like heaven and earth smashing down, suppressing forward.
All his various methods were ground away.
Boom!
“Impossible, there are no more immortals in this world...”
This scene made the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s face fill with horror, despair showing in his eyes.
“Remnant Immortals are still immortals.”
The Gu Family’s Eighteenth Ancestor shook his head slightly. “Though this isn’t the power of the Immortal Realm—you’re simply too weak.”
As his words fell, this palm descended. Pu!
Billions of divine lights flooded the area, blood shooting into the sky!
All around was deathly silence and horror!
“This is impossible...”
“How could the Great Elder...”
Everyone in Purple Mansion despaired, their whole bodies going cold, their souls trembling, not daring to move.
“Old Ancestor?” A strange glint flashed through Gu Changge’s eyes. With a wave of his hand, the army charged forth once more, their voices shaking all directions, their momentum towering.
Finally, this great battle came to an end.
Under the shaken gazes of numerous Dao traditions and Cultivators, an ancient existence suspected of having achieved the Dao countless years ago was struck down in midair, annihilated by a single palm, his corpse torn to pieces, body and soul destroyed.
That scene just now was truly too astonishing. Many people couldn’t help but shudder.
Who could have imagined things would end this way? They had thought the Purple Mansion Great Elder’s appearance meant invincible power.
This battle should have been decided, unchangeable.
No matter how strong Gu Changge was, he was merely a young man in his twenties.
How could he contend?
But who could have imagined that an invincible existence of the Gu Family would suddenly charge out.
“The Longevity Gu Family’s foundation is simply terrifying. Who knows what status this black-robed man holds in the Gu Family? To easily suppress and kill the Purple Mansion Great Elder, he must at least be a True Daoist!”
“The Purple Mansion Great Elder’s strength, even among True Daoists, was likely that of one who had walked very far...”
“Could it really be the power of an immortal?”
The shock this scene delivered was simply too great. No one could forget it; even now they were still trembling.
“So this is the background behind Gongzi Gu? Too terrifying...”
It was Xiao Ruoyin’s first time witnessing such a terrifying scene. Her face went pale, and if not for her firm willpower, she would probably have collapsed to the ground by now.
She had only learned from her shifu Yan Ji that the background behind Gu Changge was terrifying—that he stood at the absolute peak of the Beyond, with no one of his generation able to match him.
Now it seemed her imagination had been far too limited.
Deciding the life and death of countless people with a single thought—just this kind of terrifying authority was enough to make one feel suffocated.
Xiao Ruoyin felt she was fortunate. If she hadn’t met Gu Changge, she probably would never have even had the chance to come into contact with this level.
Perhaps in Gu Changge’s eyes, her kind of talent was actually no different from that of mortals—no distinction at all.
Thinking of this, she felt a bit fortunate again.