The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 408 - 387 The Vanished Truth_1

Chapter 408: Chapter 387 The Vanished Truth_1

"Swoosh!"

Pang Jian rode his sword straight in.

A moment later, he disappeared under the watchful eyes of the crowd, vanishing into the dense Mysterious Fog.

"When the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land emerged, it was Pang Jian who led us safely back." Just before Hu could start cursing again, Zhou Qingchen spoke gravely, "I don’t trust any woman from the Gui Sacrificial Sect, nor do I trust Hong Qiming, I only trust Pang Jian."

He was the second to follow, also disappearing into the Mysterious Fog.

Wu Yuan didn’t say a word and made no explanations, swiftly following after them.

"Whoosh!"

The Flying Fish Ship flashed into it.

Taken aback, Hu failed to stop them, and the situation spiraled completely out of control.

After a while.

"Liu Xiaoyu! You’re also stirring up chaos!"

Angry and helpless, Hu Yuenfei screamed, following into the unpredictable Mysterious Fog.

Lv Yan Shu of Pure Land scratched his head and looked at Fan Chen of Taiyi Divine Kingdom with a pleading gaze, "Should we go in?"

"Let’s go in and take a look," Fan Chen appeared quite composed and said, "What I’m curious about is... how could those people believe in Pang Jian more than Ling Yimo of the Gui Sacrificial Sect to adapt to the Mysterious Fog?"

"It must be because Pang Jian has proven himself in the Mysterious Fog before," Lv Yan Shu answered.

"If that’s the case, let’s take the risk and go see."

Fan Chen and Lv Yan Shu made their choices, entering the Mysterious Fog one after the other.

In the end.

Shen Yanxi from the Desolated Terrains, and a couple from the Ancient Law Sect, after much deliberation, also stepped into the Mysterious Fog.

...

Half an hour later.

"Whoosh!"

Hong Qiming, who should have been deep in the Mysterious Fog, suddenly reappeared on the spot, holding that Clear Oil Lamp.

He stood right where Pang Jian had carved his words.

Soon after, Zhou Yi of the Jiuli Sect, holding Cai Shaoheng of Black Valley’s severed head, startlingly flashed into existence.

He and Hong Qiming exchanged a smile.

"It didn’t take much effort; everyone was tricked into going in," Hong Qiming chuckled bizarrely, looking at the surging Mysterious Fog and the land that kept protruding out, saying, "The moment I entered, I teleported away. That Wu Yuan brat, he thought I’d already reached deep into the land."

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "They were all carrying Strange Treasures and Divine Artifacts, by leading the way with them, it will be much easier for us."

Glancing at the pitch-dark sky, this Jiuli Sect’s devious powerhouse said, "I’ve set up a great array nearby to confuse the spirit, the Alien Tribes from the Fourth Realm are unlikely to notice this place for a short time."

"But as the land continues to protrude out, it will eventually break through."

Zhou Yi frowned and said again, "I hope by then, we would have already figured out the secrets buried in the land."

"Hmm, a new era is approaching, and under this unprecedented calamity, it is fitting for people like us to ascend to True Godhood early and quell the chaos," Hong Qiming spoke with a cold smile, "Older generations of True Gods, if they lack even the courage to break through the skies, then they don’t deserve to occupy those Godhoods!"

They were the two conspiring to share the secrets of this continent.

Zhou Yi was the initiator, while Hong Qiming coordinated with him, going everywhere to gather young talents.

They did this because they wanted to explore the secrets of the land vanished in the Mysterious Fog for themselves and pave their way for the Divine Enthronement.

Not reporting upwards, naturally, they didn’t want to benefit others.

By the time Immortal Realm beings and True Gods arrive, all the secrets buried deep in this land would have nothing to do with both of them.

"When you summoned Pang Jian, did anyone else know about this?" Zhou Yi asked.

"There was an Individual Cultivator named Han Duping." A cold light flashed in Hong Qiming’s eyes, he confidently said, "Don’t worry, him and a few Individual Cultivators by his side, they won’t be able to return to the Qian Tian Continent."

"That’s good."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly, then looked down at the words carved by Pang Jian, reading, "The true path for all beings of this realm lies below the fifth level, Darkness beneath further darkness."

"Darkness beneath?"

His expression grew solemn, his brows deeply furrowed, "Strange, how could the path for all beings be in a realm beneath the Darkness?"

"You can read Ancient Demon Scripts?" Hong Qiming was slightly surprised.

"Of course, I can." Zhou Yi smiled and explained, "Jiuli Sect’s exploration of the Outer Realm’s civilization is only slightly less than the Taiyi Divine Kingdom’s. The Heaven Demon once caused trouble in the Purgatory World, leaving many traces and engravings, similar to the Ancient Demon Scripts. Heh, don’t you recognize them as well?"

Hong Qiming scoffed, "The original spells and scriptures of my Demon Sect were written in a language similar to that of the Ancient Demons, of course I recognize it."

While they were conversing, several more figures descended stealthily.

Cao Jingbai from the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom, ranked eighth on the Soul Wandering Realm list.

Su Yue from Sword Tower, ranked thirteenth on the Soul Wandering Realm list.

Besides them, there were a few others who were among the top ten in the Spirit Condensation Realm list.

The newcomers, all bearing precious treasures and weapons, each with their own peculiarities.

Zhou Yi, who had silently wiped the Ancient Demon Script, greeted everyone with a carefree smile, "We were just waiting for you few."

Hong Qiming’s expression turned slightly cold as he continued to pretend to disagree with him and spoke contrarily, "Those who didn’t make it into the top ten of the list aren’t qualified to join us in delving deeper."

He looked at Su Yue, ridiculing him.

"That’s because Su Yue joined late," Zhou Yi smoothed things over, saying earnestly, "Inside the Mysterious Fog lies a God and Demon Origin Academy, said to be related to the origin of the Purgatory Creatures!"

Su Yue and Cao Jingbai, among others, immediately lit up with excitement.

"I specifically invited you all to explore together,"

Speaking with alluring words, Zhou Yi proceeded calmly and unhurriedly.

The second group of people he had lured there had no idea what they would encounter and entered deeper with great curiosity.

...

The Misty Sea was boundless.

The group, with their perceptions and vision limited, followed Pang Jian as they marched on towards the heartland shrouded in the grey haze of the Mysterious Fog.

Hu, frustrated, said, "Pang Jian, it’s not too late to turn back now!"

Pang Jian continued forward in silence, discreetly attempting to connect with the Mysterious Turtle and the Corrosion Boundary Vine, only to discover that his sense with both had been severed.

Both the Bee King and the Dark Giant Python were nowhere to be found as well.

He was on high alert, and in the situation where his sight was limited, he quietly released his Divine Sense to perceive his surroundings.

One after another, huge skeletons gradually became apparent to his Divine Sense, recognizable by their shapes and sizes as the bone remains of large Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts, without flesh.

It appeared that many Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts had died on this protruding land, and the further out his perception reached, the more bones he saw.

"It’s similar to before I entered the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land."

Zhou Qingchen looked around, using his Spiritual Soul to detect, and discovered that his Divine Sense could cover a range of about a hundred yards.

"My Divine Sense is greatly limited. Beyond ten yards, I can’t perceive a thing." Lv Yan Shu from Pure Land, who was also at the Spirit Condensation Realm, said with a distressed look, "Upon entering, it’s like becoming blind. I’m not used to this at all."

"Ten yards?" Pang Jian looked at him in surprise.

Lv Yan Shu nodded.

After hesitating for a moment, Pang Jian inquired about the extent of Divine Sense perception within the Mysterious Fog from the others.

At the Spirit Condensation Realm, Lv Yan Shu and the couple from the Ancient Law Sect all had a Divine Sense perception limit of about ten yards.

Zhou Qingchen and Wu Yuan, however, had a range of about a hundred yards.

Fan Chen, Liou Youyu, and Hu, all in the Soul Wandering Realm, had their perceptions extend beyond a hundred yards.

As for Pang Jian himself, when he released his Divine Sense within the Mysterious Fog, he could sense movements thousands of yards away.

"The storage of Divine Consciousness can expand the range of Divine Sense perception,"

Pang Jian quickly concluded.

Since Zhou Qingchen and Wu Yuan, like him, had experiences in the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, their Sea of Consciousness was filled with many Divine Consciousness-derived elements during the formation process, which allowed their Spiritual Souls to be sublimated.

This explained why they, even at the Spirit Condensation Realm, felt further than Lv Yan Shu of Pure Land or the Ancient Law Sect couple.

"When I first entered the Mysterious Fog, my Spiritual Soul hadn’t condensed, and I couldn’t perceive anything," Zhou Qingchen said while walking, "It’s only after my Spiritual Soul was refined that upon my return to Purgatory, I could sense the conditions nearby."

Wu Yuan nodded lightly.

Several hours later, after passing numerous piles of Beast Bones, everyone suddenly saw a towering stone statue.

It was a lifelike grey Giant Ape.

It sat upright on the ground like a person, its grey pupils consistent with its fur, gazing straight ahead, its whole body exuding a desolate and sorrowful aura.

Around it lay thousands of scattered Beast Bones, most of which seemed to be of the ape variety.

Behind it stood a flagpole, upon which a Tai Chi Diagram was depicted.

On one side of the Tai Chi Diagram flowed thick Filth Alien Power, while the other side was brimming with nature’s pure Spiritual Energy.

Further behind it was a rough and ruined city, similar to the Ice-rock City of the Cyclops, built from various huge boulders.

The Giant Ape stone statue seemed to guard the city beyond from harm, sitting in front as if waiting for enemies.

However, the sight of Beast Bones everywhere and the collapsed, cracked city indicated that its protection had failed.

Amazed, Lv Yan Shu from Pure Land exclaimed, "Could it be an Alien God from the Outer Realm?"

"No,"

Fan Chen from Taiyi Divine Kingdom, deep in thought, stepped past Pang Jian.

Standing below the Giant Ape statue, he looked up at the Sky Curtain covered in Mysterious Fog, spreading his perception throughout the ruined city, and said, "Along the way, we’ve seen skeletons of various Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts. And here, it seems to be a city home built by an ape tribe. I think I have an idea of what’s going on."

"What’s going on?" Lv Yan Shu curiously asked.

"I mentioned it outside, the Alien Tribes... it’s as if, at some point, they were suddenly cast into the Purgatory World," Fan Chen said in a low voice, frowning, "Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts have a history in the Purgatory World that predates that of the Alien Tribes and our Human Race."

"This land, shrouded in Mysterious Fog, likely existed long, long ago, when Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts were the masters of Purgatory."

"Back then, they weren’t called Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts, but had a unified name."

Fan Chen, deeply interested in the secrets of heaven and earth, paused for a moment and said, "They were known as the Demon Race."

Upon hearing this, Pang Jian too was taken aback, "The Demon Race?"

"Yes, the Spirit Beasts of today’s Saint Spirit Continent, including the Dragon Race, were all part of the Demon Race in that ancient era," Fan Chen explained with unique insight into this history long buried, "The Dragon, the Heaven Phoenix, the Mysterious Turtle, the Primordial Serpent, and the horrific Ferocious Beasts of the Fifth Realm, were all classified as the Demon Race."

"When the Alien Tribes such as the Heaven Clan, Devil Scale Tribe, Ghost Clan, Flame Clan, and Yao Clan emerged in the Purgatory World, they were supported by Alien Gods to suppress the Demon Race. The era when the Demon Race dominated Purgatory eventually came to an end at the hands of these Alien Tribes."

"Today, the Demon Race, which once had a glorious history, has been reduced to what we call Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts."

"When the Human Race rose in indignation to overthrow the dominion of the Alien Tribes over Purgatory, beings like the Heaven Phoenix, Giant Dragons, and Primordial Serpents, all level ten Spirit Beasts, rallied to the cause."

"In that way, they avenged the Demon Race."

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