The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 407 - 386 Ancient Demon Scripts_1

Chapter 407: Chapter 386 Ancient Demon Scripts_1

"Something’s not right."

Hong Qiming summoned a Clear Oil Lamp and calmly said, "Within a thousand miles, there are no living creatures besides us."

"The Alien Tribes that once approached this place have already been slain by Zhou Yi."

His eyes deep with malice, he looked towards the place where Zhou Yi had vanished and said with ill intent, "This brother Zhou from the Jiuli Sect, by not allowing us to report to our superiors, could he be planning to take the opportunity to eliminate everyone?"

Cai Shaoheng of the Black Valley chimed in, "Once we fall into the Fourth Realm, because of the density of the Filth Alien Power and the presence of those thick Lead Clouds, we are in a state of disconnection from our superiors. If Zhou Yi intends to harm us, everyone..."

He was the first to harbor thoughts of retreating, saying, "I have decided to give up on exploring this unknown continent!"

Shen Yanxi said in surprise, "We have no grievances with Zhou Yi, and he is the second on the list of honors, second only to that girl from the Heaven Treasure Li Family. With his status and power, we shouldn’t be the competitors he is concerned about, should we?"

"Impossible!" Lv Yan Shu from the Pure Land shook his head and declared, "At this moment of crisis for the Human Race, Zhou Yi has no reason to deliberately endanger everyone!"

The group each expressed their own opinions.

Zhou Yi, who had convened the group and was the first to discover this continent, had not returned, causing everyone to gradually feel a sense of unease.

"The girl from the Gui Sacrificial Sect, could she be plotting to monopolize the wonders of the God and Demon Origin Academy?" It was Hong Qiming who spoke again, suspicion in his tone, "I have long heard that she can move through the Mysterious Fog undetected. She is not fearful of the Mysterious Fog. With her ability, if she truly discovered anything, she wouldn’t come out to inform us."

Hu sneered, "Hong Qiming, why don’t you think about it differently?"

"How so?"

"Perhaps, Zhou Yi encountered several level eight Ferocious Beasts and was ambushed by Alien Tribes. Not wanting to reveal this continent and us, he may have lured the enemies away," Hu said.

Hong Qiming snorted, "He wouldn’t be so kind-hearted. If he really encountered Ferocious Beasts and Alien Tribes of that level, he would rush over and force us to join him in battle."

"That’s your way of thinking, not Zhou Yi’s," mocked Shen Yanxi from the Desolated Terrains.

She and Hu did not get along, but in this case, they surprisingly agreed against Hong Qiming.

"Perhaps, Ling Yimo also encountered danger in the Mysterious Fog and couldn’t find the way back," Zhou Qingchen interjected weakly, "The Mysterious Fog is vast, limiting perception and visibility. It’s easy to get lost."

"She wouldn’t,"

Hong Qiming sneered, looking at Zhou Qingchen, who was born in the Fourth Realm, as if he were an idiot, "Legend has it that she was abandoned deep within the Mysterious Fog. When the Ghost Mother discovered her, she was still a baby crying for food. An unknowing infant, who didn’t die in the Mysterious Fog and whose cries could startle the Ghost Mother."

"How could such a Different Kind become lost in the Mysterious Fog?"

"Moreover! Because of her, our understanding of the Mysterious Fog has advanced significantly! All of us may get lost in the Mysterious Fog, but she never would!"

With these words, Zhou Qingchen, who knew nothing about Ling Yimo, suddenly had nothing to say.

He vowed to himself that he would speak less in the future about people and things he didn’t understand, to avoid being ridiculed.

"Abandoned as an infant in the Mysterious Fog..." Pang Jian was shocked and glanced at Hu, asking, "Is it really so?"

"That’s what the rumors say," Hu nodded.

Pang Jian was greatly amazed.

Zhou Yi, Fan Chen, Ling Yimo, and others like Hong Qiming, Liou Youyu, each more mysterious than the last, seemed to have all converged here.

The geniuses of the young generation from Purgatory, except for that one from the Heaven Treasure Li Family, were probably all gathered here.

The mysterious origins of Ling Yimo made him feel that even with the Purgatory Gate Bronze Medallion in his possession, he might not be the one with the most secrets present.

Fan Chen, dressed in white and exuding an extraordinary aura, suddenly asked, "Pang Jian, you were also at the heart of that Giant Dragon, did you see those magical scripts?"

Pang Jian candidly replied, "I saw them, but I don’t recognize them."

"Could you draw them on the ground for me to see?"

"Certainly."

Summoning the Astonishing Spear, Pang Jian replicated the strange scripts that looked like birds and beasts onto the cold, hard silver ground from memory.

"These scripts..."

Fan Chen only glanced at them and her eyes filled with doubt.

As Pang Jian finished presenting the scripts, the doubt on Fan Chen’s face was replaced by a weighty and peculiar expression.

"Is there something wrong?" Hu asked curiously.

"The content is incorrect,"

Fan Chen looked toward the Mysterious Fog where Ling Yimo had vanished and said solemnly, "These are scripts used by ancient demons. It’s said that the Source Demons belong to the Outer Realm Demons, the Ghost Demon Clan, the Devil Scale Tribe, head of all clans with the word ’demon’. But the content of the scripts does not talk about the God and Demon Origin Academy, nor is it about the third generation dragon offspring or a level ten Frost Giant Dragon."

Everyone was stunned.

"All the scripts express just one idea!"

Fan Chen, with a strange expression and a trembling voice, spoke deliberately, "The true path for all beings in this realm lies beneath the fifth layer, in the darkness below the darkness!"

Pang Jian’s expression changed dramatically.

Beneath the Fifth Layer of Purgatory lies the darkest despair, a place of nothingness and deathly silence.

Source Demons who entered through the Universe Box, engaging in dozens of rabid Demon Thoughts, were all on the verge of madness and collapse.

How could the path for all beings be beneath the darkness?

That place was a forbidden zone for all living beings in this world, even more mysterious than the Mysterious Fog.

Never had the mightiest of this realm delved beneath the darkness of the Fifth Realm and returned successfully.

How could a Giant Dragon that had fallen countless years ago have such a message in its breastbone?

And who left it there?

Many questions flashed through Pang Jian’s mind, but he found no answers.

"This giant dragon must have been truly level ten, with combat power equivalent to a True God. After it was killed, its Dragon Heart was also plundered. It must have been the being who took its Dragon Heart that left behind this line of ancient demon scripts."

Fan Chen looked at the group of people with stupefied expressions and said further, "I think the one who killed it is an ancient demon!"

Hong Qiming exclaimed in horror, "Ancient demon, the source of all demons?"

"Yes, it is said that the original cultivation methods of your Demon Sect can’t be separated from the Outer Realm Demons," Fan Chen said.

"Heaven Demon!"

Pang Jian’s mind stirred, and he casually grasped the hilt of the Origin Demon Sword, letting strands of Divine Sense thoughts seep in.

He projected the text that was branded in his memory and asked, "You also come from the Outer Domain Galaxy and belong to the Heaven Demon Clan. Do you recognize these so-called ancient demon scripts?"

"Ancient demon scripts, how could they appear in Purgatory?"

The Source Demon grew surprised and, after discerning the scripts with clusters of Demon Thoughts, said, "The true path for all beings in this realm lies beneath the fifth layer, in the darkness below the darkness."

"The meaning conveyed by the scripts is exactly that!"

"However..."

The myriad thoughts of the Source Demon, within the Universe Box, wailed, "Impossible! I passed through that ghostly box and entered an endless expanse of Darkness, where there was nothing but despair and fear!"

Pang Jian, with a composed face, released the sword hilt and said to Hu, "Fan Chen is right. As he said, those ancient demon scripts convey something about the darkness below the fifth layer."

"Has the Source Demon confirmed it?" Hu inquired.

"Yes."

After their brief conversation,

"I knew that the girl from the Gui Sacrificial Sect was up to something!"

Hong Qiming said with a cold face and a humph, carrying the Clear Oil Lamp towards the deeper parts of the land veiled by the Mysterious Fog, "Wu Yuan, you stay here as my anchor, I will go check things out."

A point of light flew out from the Clear Oil Lamp and landed in Wu Yuan’s palm.

Wu Yuan held it and nodded lightly.

After Ling Yimo, Hong Qiming, carrying the Clear Oil Lamp, ventured deep into the Mysterious Fog and likewise vanished without a trace.

Several hours passed, and in the face of everyone’s puzzled and questioning looks, Wu Yuan said, "He is still alive, for the lamp light hasn’t gone out."

After a pause, Wu Yuan calmly looked at Pang Jian, hesitated slightly, and then said, "Perhaps, we still need you to lead the way and investigate. Neither Brother Hong nor Ling Yimo might be your match in the Mysterious Fog."

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.

The couple from the Ancient Law Sect, Fan Chen from the Taiyi Divine Kingdom, Lv Yan Shu from the Pure Land, and Liou Youyu from the Flying Fish Ship, all popped their heads up in surprise.

"If they can’t do it, what makes Pang Jian capable?" Hu’s face turned cold, and she glared at Pang Jian, saying, "Don’t listen to him, there are no good birds coming out of the Demon Sect!"

Liou Youyu nodded in deep agreement.

"Let’s go!"

Not wanting to risk danger herself and not wishing to see Pang Jian involved either, Hu said, "Let’s return to the Third Realm, and accumulate Contribution Values by killing Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts in an orderly fashion!"

"Hong Qiming can afford to lose his lousy life, but you are different!"

"In my opinion, it’s Ling Yimo from the Gui Sacrificial Sect who’s deliberately harming others! Despite the texts being different, she insisted on something about a God and Demon Origin Academy, and even ventured in herself as if there really was a God and Demon Origin Academy in there!"

She had already pegged Ling Yimo as someone harboring ill-intentions.

Pang Jian hesitated and did not immediately answer to leave.

"Whoosh!"

The point of light in Wu Yuan’s palm suddenly flared up.

He was startled, then looked at Pang Jian again and said, "Brother Hong has sent a message, he said... there really is a God and Demon Origin Academy inside."

With that, the light went out.

Wu Yuan frowned and explained, "The message came through, and after the candle’s remaining energy dispersed, it turned out like this."

"Now..." He himself was also hesitating, and said, "It’s up to you to decide."

"Is there really one?" Zhou Qingchen couldn’t help but interject again, "Who should we listen to? If Ling Yimo is deliberately lying to harm others, how did Hong Qiming send a message at the end, saying there is a God and Demon Origin Academy?"

Hu thought of a possibility and changed color, saying, "Could it be that Hong Qiming is dead, and Ling Yimo sent the message through that Clear Oil Lamp?"

Everyone immediately felt creeped out.

"Forget about you guys, I’m leaving first!"

Cai Shaoheng from the Black Valley, having his nerves frayed by a succession of weird events, was the first to opt out.

He flew straight upwards, saying, "Once I get to the Third Realm, I will report this strange continent and all the bizarre events that happened here. You carry on going deeper; the Extinction Realm, the Immortal Realm, and even the True Gods should arrive soon after!"

"Pang Jian, if you go in, I’ll go too," Zhou Qingchen said.

Wu Yuan nodded, "Same here."

"You two Spirit Condensation Realm trash, stop bringing disaster to the future of my Sword Tower!" Hu cursed out loud.

From inside the Flying Fish Ship, the timid voice of Liou Youyu suddenly emerged, "Pang Jian, if you go in, I will go in."

"Liu Xiaoyu! Shut your mouth!" Hu cursed again.

Fan Chen, Lv Yan Shu, as well as Shen Yanxi and the couple from the Ancient Law Sect, all looked on with strange expressions, not understanding why the others were so insistent on dragging Pang Jian along.

"If it’s going in, let’s go in," Pang Jian said.

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