The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 418 - 397 Li Wang and Ghost Mother_1

Chapter 418: Chapter 397 Li Wang and Ghost Mother_1

Deep into the night.

In the First Realm, South Abyss.

The Jiuli Sect, Observatory.

Within a domeless hall, there was a man of ancient appearance, draped in a magical robe embedded with suns, moons, and stars, lazily sipping tea while admiring the starry sky.

When night stars filled the canopy, sparkling and stunning, they were a sight to behold.

"I will eventually step out, grasping stars in my hands, treading upon the bright moon," the man murmured softly to himself.

In this hall known as the Observatory, there stood fifteen white jade pillars.

The hall had no dome and needed no pillars to support anything.

These fifteen pillars represented fifteen seats of godhood, symbolizing the pinnacle of the Human Race’s power and authority.

Not long ago, the True Gods of the Purgatory World either descended in their true bodies or sent a soul shadow through these fifteen white jade pillars to participate in the council.

"Li Wang,"

A voice arose from one of the white jade pillars in the hall.

The man enjoying the glittering Star River replied in surprise, "Ghost Mother, what has disturbed you?"

A tall and graceful female figure, her face hidden, emerged and said calmly, "That girl has awakened."

Li Wang’s brows furrowed slightly, asking, "Do you know her whereabouts?"

"She is in the Fourth Realm, though her exact location is unclear, most likely within the Mysterious Fog," the Ghost Mother’s figure in the white jade pillar rippled like water and responded, "Her awakening means He knows that He is one of the Alien Gods from the Outer Realm."

"Back then, He used some Divine Secret Technique to plant one of His soul seeds into the body of a newborn girl of our Human Race, hoping to grow alongside her,"

"By chance, I noticed and took her into the Gui Sacrificial Sect for upbringing, altering her memory with the Ghost Karma Skill and sealing away His true self."

"Over the years, she has been in a daze, with her memory and true self briefly awakening only to be suppressed by me once again. It was also through Her that we learned much about the conditions in the Outer Star River."

"This time..."

The Ghost Mother spoke with slight worry, "We didn’t expect it; this disaster is once in a hundred thousand years cosmic cataclysm. Just now, I suddenly felt that He knew this day would come and thus sent one of His soul seeds through the Mysterious Fog with astonishing divine power."

"This soul has now grown stronger—it’s no simple Divine Consciousness and is quite troubling to deal with."

"He’s within the Mysterious Fog, and I can’t sense or influence Him there, truly vexing," the Ghost Mother sighed lightly.

Some Divine Consciousness of an Alien God of the Outer Realm, deposited within puppet idols, can only exert limited power.

But a True Soul, as opposed to a scattering of Divine Consciousness from a soul body, is an entirely different concept.

"That Luo Hongyan from the Blood Spirit Sect first enticed a fiend to set up a sect, creating a body suitable for Him, and then endowed it with His Divine Consciousness," Li Wang also felt somewhat helpless, "In the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, He even awoke a deceased real God Spirit and made it reach Purgatory in its true form."

"It seems that the Alien Gods from the Outer Realm knew long ago that the grand catastrophe would come every hundred thousand years, so they’ve been planning and preparing for it early."

"And we had no knowledge of it and failed to prepare in advance."

Setting down his teacup, Li Wang sighed quietly and said, "In past disasters, Alien Gods could only send Divine Consciousness, at best descending into a suitable body from the Alien Tribes. But now, there is a Fire God and that body specially refined by Luo Hongyan for Himself, plus the divine True Soul of the Ling girl."

"We must be cautious; otherwise, before we break free and battle Them in the outer starry rivers, we will fall in our own world first," He said.

After a moment of silence, Li Wang added, "Zhou Yi, that lad, also seems to have made his choice."

"Zhou Yi? What choice did he make?" the Ghost Mother exclaimed in surprise, "Are you saying the disappearance of those leading the Soul Wandering Realm and Spirit Condensation Realm rankings is related to Zhou?"

"He is a member of the Jiuli Clan," Li Wang said plainly.

Not knowing this, the Ghost Mother reacted with surprise, "And you still meticulously cultivate him?"

"His bloodline was fused away from a young age, and he empowered himself with our cultivation system; internally and externally, he is indistinguishable from us. So, I treated him as a member of the Human Race," the all-seeing Li Wang said indifferently, "As long as he considers himself a Human Race member, I will always view him as one."

"But he knows he is from the Jiuli Clan. What if he wants to fight for his own people?" the Ghost Mother asked.

"Then he is of Different Kinds."

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Demon Spirit Continent.

A girl from the Gui Sacrificial Sect stood tall in the Illusionary God and Demon Origin Academy, with Demon Souls roaring around as the Illusionary City channeled torrents of Alien Light.

She once again performed the Soul Departure Magic Skill, devouring the Spiritual Souls of both Shen Yanxi and Lv Yan Shu.

The Spiritual Souls of the young man and woman were supreme delicacies to Her, irresistible.

After savoring two "delicacies," still unsatiated, She wanted to continue, but suddenly discovered that those people who should have had their Spiritual Souls flew out under Her Soul Departure Secret Skill somehow all managed to retain their Spiritual Souls.

"Whoosh!"

Within Dong Tianze’s brow, a brilliant Phoenix Seal appeared.

The holy and noble phoenix, as if from the distant rivers of time, looked coldly towards the God and Demon Origin Academy, towards the throngs of Demon Souls within.

The roaring Great Demons ceased their howls at the appearance of the dazzling phoenix.

At Zhou Qingchen’s chest, the Heaven Essence Bead released a resplendent divine light, enveloping and fortifying his brain region, ensuring his thick and solid blood-red Spiritual Soul, already deeply rooted in his Sea of Consciousness, stayed locked in place.

Liou Youyu, Hu Yuanfei, and Fan Chen, each bearing precious treasures, also strictly guarded their Spiritual Souls within their Sea of Consciousness.

Even the couple from the Ancient Law Sect, who were only in the Spirit Condensation Realm and not highly ranked on the roll of honor, managed to withstand Ling Yimo’s Soul Departure Secret Skill simply by holding hands.

Above the Flying Fish Ship, the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror shone upon Ling Yimo.

Within the mirror was Ling Yimo’s figure, along with rudimentary lines that seemed to sketch out a magnificent city.

Beyond that, there were no other mysteries within the Divine Mirror.

The myriad Demon Souls and the God and Demon Origin Academy did not appear within the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror.

What doesn’t appear is illusory, false.

"She is trying to refine a city using the erupting power from beneath the earth, it’s only a rudimentary shape now. All the Demon Souls and shadows we see are illusions created by her power," Liou Youyu calmly revealed the truth, "As long as our Spiritual Souls don’t leave our bodies and we don’t get pulled into that Illusionary City, we won’t be affected."

Suddenly, Dong Wenjian from the Ancient Law Sect roared, "Above the Ninth Heaven, Thunder shatters the earth!"

A silver talisman paper filled with thunder patterns soared into the sky.

From the talisman paper emerged Thunder Dragons, Thunder Snakes, Thunder Rocs, Thunder Birds, and other Spirit Beasts, which turned into streaks of lightning and charged toward the Illusionary God and Demon Origin Academy.

"World-Extinguishing Flame!"

His partner Lin Manhe cooperated.

A second red talisman paper flew out, turning into seven boiling rivers of magma in the void, rushing into the God and Demon Origin Academy along with the Thunderous Lightning.

"Heavenly Star Irradiation, banish evil and retreat!"

Dong Wenjian continued to throw out talisman papers.

A dazzling Dark Gold Star, diffusing purifying Divine Power, actually hung above the God and Demon Origin Academy, shedding a force that astonished Ling Yimo.

"Moon Star Traversal!"

Lin Manhe likewise threw out a talisman paper.

This couple from the Ancient Law Sect, who had been expressing love all along, stood out from the rest.

Yet, when Ling Yimo began his massacre, intent on prying out everyone’s Spiritual Soul, the couple suddenly summoned many Divine Talismans and Strange Treasures, unleashing terrifying forces of thunder, flames, and celestial bodies that roamed around the God and Demon Origin Academy.

Ling Yimo originally wanted to use the protruding Demon Spirit Continent to trace and replicate the God and Demon Origin Academy, in order to realize some of the academy’s mysteries.

He suddenly found, however, that those who hadn’t had their Souls Departed were all tough nuts to crack.

All difficult to deal with.

"Zhou Yi."

Suddenly, Ling Yimo called out.

In a place invisible to the others, Zhou Yi softly answered and tapped Su Yue’s forehead with the Jade Ruler in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

With a strike from the ruler, Su Yue’s Spiritual Soul was sent flying out, getting dragged into the God and Demon Origin Academy and suddenly appearing before Ling Yimo.

"What the hell are you?" Su Yue screamed in horror.

Ling Yimo’s mouth opened wider and wider until he swallowed Su Yue as well.

His Spiritual Soul, after continuously devouring three Spiritual Souls, slowly felt as if it was about to become substantial.

"If you can strengthen yourself by devouring Spiritual Souls, I will try my best to cooperate," Zhou Yi said.

"These are still insufficient," Ling Yimo’s gaze fell upon Zhou Qingchen, Dong Tianze, and Wu Yuan, saying, "Demon Sect’s Wu Yuan, Yin Spirit Temple’s Dong Tianze, Red Mountain’s Zhou Qingchen, their Spiritual Souls contain the Divinity that I urgently need."

"If you allow me to consume them, I would be able to kill everyone else on this land."

"Zhou Yi, as long as you are willing to help me, I can promise to let your Jiuli Clan return to their ancestral land. That piece of land, which rightfully belongs to the Jiuli Clan, I will persuade the other God Spirits to cede to the Jiuli Clan," Ling Yimo coaxed.

Zhou Yi was shocked, looking at Ling Yimo standing in that Illusionary Palace and asking sternly, "On what authority can you persuade the God Spirits?"

"I am the God Spirit worshiped by the Ghost Clan!" Ling Yimo declared.

Zhou Yi was astonished.

"Zhou Yi, since you have already taken action, since you have already decided to seek a new path for the revival of the Jiuli Clan, then you can only cooperate with us," Ling Yimo’s expression was ice-cold, his eyes shimmering with a strange light, "The Ghost Mother has imprisoned me for many years, tampering with my memory with the Ghost Karma Skill, using me to help her discern the mysteries of this world."

"She knows who I am, yet dares to keep someone like me for her own use, arrogantly believing she has calculated fate, so full of pride and self-confidence," Ling Yimo continued, "Little does she know, in the Purgatory World, I’ve placed marks that could awaken me. What I’ve been waiting for is the constant uprising of the Filth Alien Power, waiting for the Ghost Clan’s arrival to activate the marks according to their ancient teachings."

"Since I have awaited my awakening, the struggle with the Ghost Mother truly starts from this moment," Ling Yimo said.

"Zhou Yi, in the South Abyss, where the Gui Sacrificial Sect resides, it will belong to the Ghost Clan. The Ghost Clan citizens who worship me will become the rulers of that land, and if your Jiuli Clan wishes to survive, you must ally with me," Ling Yimo said.

"Amongst the Ghost Clan and the God Spirits they worship, I am the greatest!" Ling Yimo proudly declared.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi’s eyes slowly filled with reverence, and then he solemnly bowed deeply, saying, "I hope you will keep your promise."

"We God Spirits do not have the bad habit of breaking promises like the Human Race," Ling Yimo said with a cold sneer.

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