The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 485 - 461 Descent of the Moon God_Part 1

Chapter 485: Chapter 461 Descent of the Moon God_Part 1

Star Moon Valley, inside.

The dilapidated stone buildings were the remnants of the Star Moon Sect from years past.

Over two hundred individual cultivators, wearing mismatched garments but most of them practicing the Star and Moon Spirit Spell, were now gathered in the deep valley, bathing in the Star and Moon Radiance.

They sat on the ground, gazing up at the night sky that seemed especially brilliant tonight, yet they had no heart for appreciation.

Streams of pure Star Power and Moon Energy rained down from the Star River outside the Dome of Purgatory, as if showing particular favor to Star Moon Valley by converging more pure power of the stars and the moon here.

This was because the valley, once part of the Star Moon Sect, contained Arrays capable of absorbing the radiance of the stars and the moon, with special veins underneath the earth.

In the center of the valley, there was a White Jade Altar shaped like a crescent moon.

Next to the altar stood several columns made of the same material.

On the columns, patterns such as waning moons, full moons, and crescents were carved, and under the moonlight, these patterns shone brightly, as if moving around on the surface of the columns.

In the center of the altar, a beautiful woman with long hair draped over her shoulders sat serenely.

Her figure was slender, her face exquisitely beautiful, and her eyes brimmed with coldness and venom.

"I have prepared for so long just to obtain the Moon God Skill, and none of you shall wreck my plans!"

She bit the corner of her lip and waved her hand toward one of the columns.

Beneath the column, several young boys and girls who also practiced the Moon Spirit Spell, all very young, were suddenly butchered by the individual cultivators under her command.

The fresh blood of the deceased was absorbed by the moon patterns within the column, making the waning moons, full moons, and crescents even more lifelike.

"Goddess, all preparations are complete!"

An elder wearing a moon-white magical robe bowed respectfully toward her, signaling that the ritual could begin.

Those sitting solemnly in the valley, cultivators who practiced the spells inherited from the Star Moon Sect and had recently felt the presence of Alien Gods from Outer Space, also looked towards the toxic woman on the altar with reverence.

They were known as evil cultivators, practicing secret skills not approved by the righteous path, secretly establishing connections with Alien Gods through the altar.

The woman seated quietly on the altar claimed to have received an oracle from the Moon Goddess, had recently been recruiting troops and gathering many who relied on the essence of the stars and the moon to advance their cultivation.

She also slaughtered many individual cultivators who practiced the Moon Spirit Spell and refused to submit to her orders.

She had prepared an abundance of sacrificial offerings, built the altar in Star Moon Valley according to the instructions of the Moon Goddess, and even killed some boys and girls, all in hopes of gaining favor from the Moon Goddess.

She longed to acquire a divine skill that would propel her cultivation to great heights.

"Survivors of the Star Moon Sect, Ling Yue’e, I beseech the Moon Goddess to bestow divine grace!"

She bowed her head against her chest, raising both hands high.

Streams of pure essence of the moon shot from the white jade columns into the sky, accompanied by the remaining soul force and blood of the boys and girls.

The mountain peaks and rock walls of the entire Star Moon Valley also started shining brilliantly.

Especially the Crescent Moon Altar where Ling Yue’e was, which slowly rose into the air, like a clean and flawless crescent moon.

As the altar ascended to a certain height, the full moon outside of Purgatory suddenly brightened, and a mysterious and unfathomable Divine Consciousness, wrapped in a beam of moonlight, shot down abruptly.

It shot down onto Ling Yue’e’s crown.

In the moment the moonlight entered, the personal will that belonged to Ling Yue’e was instantly erased, her memory and thoughts, all irrelevant parts were disposed of, leaving only the imprints related to the Star Moon Sect.

"Boom!"

The Crescent Moon Altar hit the ground, and the original Ling Yue’e was dead.

Because Purgatory had no believers of its own, and the Moon Goddess had to reluctantly host a fragment of Divine Consciousness in a mortal of the Human Race, She now officially descended upon Purgatory in the guise of Ling Yue’e.

Not a Spiritual Soul, but rather a fragment of Divine Consciousness, She also infused an additional amount of Divine Power into this body.

The naturally malicious Ling Yue’e, whose body was actually quite attractive, was immediately tempered by Her Divine Power.

Her skeleton became crystal clear, her skin as tender as fine jade, and with the transformation of the soul, the entire person’s demeanor and appearance were completely renewed.

"I...,"

Upon beginning to speak, the Moon Goddess realized she could not refer to herself in the customary way.

So, she corrected herself, "I have received the oracle and obtained the Divine Skills bestowed by the goddess, and now I need time to comprehend them. All of you, leave the Star Moon Valley immediately. You may enter only when I summon you."

It was the same visage of the person, the same voice even.

But those Individual Cultivators, who used to fear and resent Ling Yue’e, were somehow instantly convinced, willingly departing from the Star Moon Valley.

Not a single one raised any objections.

Accustomed to the commanding presence of a deity above her believers, the Moon Goddess’s voice, demeanor, and gestures carried the awe-inspiring aura that only a God Spirit possessed.

This influence, which had deeply penetrated the souls of her followers, also convinced all those Cultivators who practiced the Spirit Spell of the Moon, and who longed for the favor of the God Spirit, to believe in her without question.

As the Individual Cultivators were standing up and beginning to retreat from the valley, She cleared her throat lightly and said, "Keep an eye out for a lad named Pang Jian, and see where he is to be found."

"Pang Jian? The Pang Jian from the Sword Tower?"

"Goddess, he has been missing for a long time. It’s said that after he killed the God Son of the Yao Clan, Lie Yi, he went into seclusion."

"Goddess, we dare not provoke the Sword Tower, and you... are no match for Pang Jian either."

The Individual Cultivators clamored with various opinions.

The Moon Goddess’s expression remained unchanged, a trace of coldness flickered in her eyes as she indifferently commanded, "Leave."

Through the snippets of conversation from these people, She gathered fragmented information and knew that quickly finding Pang Jian was definitely not going to be easy.

"This vessel is too weak, the cultivation of the Human Race’s Soul Wandering Realm is flawed, and the Spiritual Souls are all tainted with impurities..."

Her brow furrowed, She decided to first refine this possessed body a bit, and then pursue additional strategies.

When the Individual Cultivators had left and only She remained in the Star Moon Valley, Her pupils suddenly changed appearance.

One of Her eyes bore the emblem of the full moon, the other of the crescent moon, and strange symbols of the moon surfaced on her forehead.

Her body became an abyss capable of absorbing the radiance of the moon.

The moonlight above and the Moon Energy within the Star Moon Valley, drawn as rust to a magnet, frantically fused into Her mortal frame.

A few hours later.

"Still too fragile."

"Sadly, in this Purgatory World, there are no wise beings that worship me, no better-suited bodies available."

"Underground, however, the crystallized patterns of Star and Moon Power might be of some use."

With a wave of Her hand, the soil was suddenly pierced, opening a deep chasm.

The Moon Goddess, who had possessed Ling Yue’e and descended into Purgatory with her body, gracefully descended into the hole.

She went straight down a hundred zhang and came into contact with those Star Moon Veins, witnessing the Star and Moon Radiance flickering beneath the earth.

"A crystallization of Star and Moon Power accumulated over a million years lying beneath the surface; this is quite good indeed."

She settled into a meditative pose a hundred zhang under the earth.

Using Her profound understanding of Moon God Skills, She drew upon the pure Moon Energy from within those veins infused with lunar light.

She also extracted a golden radiance, which could refine bones, from certain special lunar stones and ores near the Moon Vein.

Five hundred zhang beneath the surface, at the ends of those Star Moon Veins, sat another person.

Pang Jian was still gathering the radiance of Star and Moon with the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell," strengthening the Star Moon atop his dantian.

The Goddess at the upper ends of the Star Veins and Moon Veins, and he at the lower, neither one spreading their Divine Sense or God’s Thought across the expanse to inspect above and below.

At that time, they were like water from different wells, not interfering with each other, each absorbing the power stored within the underground Star and Moon Veins.

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