The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 503 - 478: The Change of Skies in the Second Realm!_1

Chapter 503: Chapter 478: The Change of Skies in the Second Realm!_1

"Boom!"

The Kirin Bell that soared into the sky heavily struck the profound Sky Curtain above.

An originally invisible and intangible barrier suddenly manifested, filled with countless complex and mystical demon patterns that flooded the azure-black firmament.

The sky of the Demon Abyss Continent now had a ceiling.

Li Jie suddenly realized why the sky had become so dark and why the sun, moon, and stars were not visible.

It turned out that the entire vast land of the Demon Abyss was shrouded by an unimaginable giant light screen, forbidding anyone from leaving easily.

"Who is it? Who has such power to seal off an entire landmass?"

"Even True Gods don’t have such divine skills and power!"

Li Jie felt unimaginably horrified.

He commanded the Kirin Bell and tried to breach the barrier from different directions, but each attempt was blocked by the suddenly appearing Sky Curtain.

He stopped and looked into the distance with focused attention.

He saw in the direction of Black Valley that other powerful cultivators had also realized the dire situation and were desperately trying to break through the heavy Sky Curtain.

Among those Great Cultivators, there were unmistakably strong ones at the level of the Immortal Realm!

However, even those with the battle power of the Immortal Realm, even when they summoned their customary holy artifacts, could not break through the terrifying Sky Curtain, unable to escape the present Demon Abyss Continent.

Li Jie felt a chill throughout his body and couldn’t help but cry out, "Who in the end is it? What kind of power could render even the Immortal Realm powerless?"

No one could tell him the answer, and he didn’t know what had happened. He felt lonely and helpless.

He noticed that on the land below, the Human Race cities reliant on the Demon Sect and Black Valley were now filled with wailing and despair.

In this world, there are no real saints; no one’s heart is completely pure, devoid of any selfish thoughts and desires.

As long as there are sentient beings with flesh and blood, their hearts will harbor evil and malevolent thoughts; humans always have two sides.

The abnormality in the Demon Abyss has simply magnified the negative side of humanity.

Conflicts between sects, feuds among families, those deep-seated blood grievances and hatreds, all were incited.

The amplified negative emotions, the terrible destructive power that burst forth, spread to every corner of this Continent.

Killing, death, and they further amplified various hatreds.

The curses, despair, violence, and indignation of the dying converged into an evil spiritual alien power that is difficult for ordinary people to detect.

This power, when someone perished and their light extinguished, hidden within the Demon Abyss land, merged into the Sky Curtain that covered the land.

After a while.

"Such a barrier Sky Curtain seems to be the Demon Abyss Continent itself, bizarrely fused with the land."

Li Jie, after a careful inspection, shouted in horror and alarm.

He felt there was a power that had been operating in the shadows for countless years, existing till today for this very moment, to use the Sky Curtain to seal off the Demon Abyss Continent to execute an unspeakable plan.

...

Outside the Demon Abyss.

True God Li Wang of the Jiuli Sect sat upon a spiritual artifact in the shape of a Luan Bird, his expression solemn as he looked down.

"Swoosh!"

The divine brilliance that shot from his eyes failed to penetrate the Sky Curtain, unable to observe the situation within the Demon Abyss.

The azure-black giant Sky Curtain, upon contact with the radiance of his eyes, suddenly displayed bunches of demon patterns.

Those arrays were interconnected, and hidden within were some thin and elongated crystal threads.

"Li Wang, the present barrier has merged with the Demon Abyss. Those crystal threads that have suddenly appeared within the Sky Curtain correspond to the Spirit Vein Mine Veins beneath the Demon Abyss."

Dong Shangqing of the Ancient Law Sect, a True God, stood side by side with Li Wang, his feet on a compass.

With his flowing sleeves, he cast out thousands of talismans and secret runes, like stars being poured from the Star River. He threw these talismans towards the Sky Curtain covering the Demon Abyss Continent.

The talismans, possessing their own consciousness, sought out a way to break through the demon pattern arrays within the Sky Curtain.

"Alas, I alone may not be enough. Quickly summon Liu Fu, as well as that person from the Li Family. Together, we might be able to break the incredible Sky-covering Demon Array in a shorter time."

"Li Wang, you absolutely must not forcefully solve this Sky-covering Demon Array; you must not shatter it by force!"

Dong Shangqing, with his extraordinary elegance, saw Li Wang growing impatient and contemplating the use of heavenly divine power to break it, and hurriedly warned, "If we forcefully solve it, the consequences may be unbearable for us!"

"What consequences?" Li Wang asked curiously.

"The Demon Abyss Continent will shatter along with the Sky-covering Demon Array. All of the Human Race cities on the surface, the Demon Sect, Black Valley, will collapse instantly with the fracturing of the land."

"The masses of the Human Race within the Demon Abyss might die off such that not one in ten survives."

"If a whole landmass disappears, and ninety percent of the Human Race perishes, is that the outcome you desire? Li Wang, if you do this, you will be the eternal sinner of our Human Race!"

Dong Shangqing sternly chastised.

Li Wang, who was the nominal leader of the True Gods, after a long silence, said, "I will have them come over, and I hope the three of you together can quickly break this Sky-covering Demon Array."

"There must be a terrifying event happening on the land below; I need to know exactly what’s going on!"

...

Also in the Second Realm, Qitian Continent.

At Sword Tower.

Ever since Pu Zhaotian announced his seclusion, rich nature’s spiritual energy has been pouring toward that inverted divine sword-like nine-storied tower.

Half a month later, a cluster of clouds adorned with the aura of godhood subtly gathered above the Sword Tower.

Everyone knew what the appearance of that cluster of clouds signified.

No matter how much Pu Zhaotian had previously concealed, no matter how he told everyone that he was only pretending to strike for the position of True God, once that cluster of clouds appeared above the Sword Tower, everyone knew he wasn’t joking.

——He was seriously and formally attempting to strike for the position of True God.

Just as the Demon Abyss was suddenly beset by an earth-shattering upheaval, and the news swiftly reached Sword Tower, the elders, led by Jiang Ran, had just gathered at Sharpen Blade Peak to discuss the matter when,

The clouds that represented a seat of godhood suddenly dispersed!

The aura of godhood that Pu Zhaotian had amassed failed to merge with the Sword Tower and vanished between heaven and earth.

"The Tower Master has failed!"

"How could this be? Our Tower Master is a heaven-sent prodigy, how could he possibly fail?"

"Why at this time?"

"The Tower Master has been defeated, unable to ascend as a True God, what should we do?"

"..."

The elders of Sword Tower and the Protectors who could bear great responsibilities, their nerves that had been taut up to this moment, collapsed.

Disciples who sincerely adored Pu Zhaotian sat on the ground and started to sob, lamenting Pu Zhaotian’s failure for life and cursing the heavens for being unfair.

Elders of the Immortal Realm, like Jiang Ran, Guanghe, and Yao Junhong, also felt as if they had suddenly lost their pillar of support.

It wasn’t until Pu Zhaotian’s failure to strike for the True God Realm that they realized what that arrogant and untamed, blue-robed hefty man meant to the Sword Tower and to them.

Atop Litian Peak.

Hu, who had hurriedly rushed out, looked at the Sword Tower that no longer had clouds floating above and murmured in a daze, "Shifu, to think you didn’t successfully ascend to godhood..."

Her spiritual pillar had collapsed in an instant.

On that same day,

The news that Pu Zhaotian had failed in his strike for True Godhood, suffered heavy injuries, and experienced a dip in his cultivation level spread throughout the world from the Qitian Continent.

The next day, the Dragon Cave of the Saint Spirit Continent publicly declared that it would refuse to join hands with the Human Race to defend against the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm.

In the Purgatory Second Realm, the Demon Abyss Continent was sealed off by a strangely enchanting Sky-covering Demon Array. No outsiders could enter, and no one inside could successfully escape; nobody knew what was happening inside.

In the Qitian Continent, Pu Zhaotian, upon whom all the True Gods had placed great hopes, failed to become a Sword God of overwhelming killing power.

In the Saint Spirit Continent, the Dragon Cave, which could represent the Demon Race, announced it would no longer cooperate with the Human Race.

Each piece of news erupting from these three continents was unfriendly to the Human Race, adding to the already difficult situation of the Human Race.

...

The Demon Abyss Continent, obscured by Heaven Forbidden.

Pang Jian was completely unaware that the Purgatory Second Realm was already in chaos; he regarded the scabbard made by Li Jie as the Sword Imprinting Movement and sped towards the purple Demon Stone.

After practicing the "Original Demon Fusion Spell," and a part of his Dantian Fragment Land turned into a piece of dark green Demon Sea, he was no longer affected by the Magic Power invading his spirit.

En route, his connection with the Source Demon suddenly broke.

He could no longer sense the existence of the Source Demon, nor could he know through the Source Demon what strange events were occurring at that purple Demon Stone.

But he knew that the Source Demon must also be encountering problems, or else it wouldn’t be like this.

Anxiously, he sped through the void at the fastest speed.

Before long, he successfully arrived at the location of the colossal purple Demon Stone.

At first glance, he sighed with relief, but he also found the scene before him to be somewhat eerie.

Underneath the mountain-like purple Demon Stone, sitting quietly were Dazzling Shadow from the Devil Scale Tribe, Wu Yuan from the Demon Sect, and the puppet body of the Moon Goddess, Ying Yue.

The Origin Demon Sword, which had lost its connection with him, was stuck in the earth at the center of the Demon Abyss.

Being so close to it, he couldn’t sense the Source Demon, feeling as if the sword had suddenly become foreign to him.

He frowned and scrutinized carefully, and his expression changed drastically.

Dazzling Shadow, Wu Yuan, the Moon Goddess Ying Yue, and the Source Demon within the small world of the sword all didn’t emit their soul fluctuations as they should!

Astonished, Pang Jian hurriedly probed the individuals with his Spiritual Soul and immediately discovered that there were no souls present within those people or the Origin Demon Sword!

The souls of the three people and the sword had all disappeared, nowhere to be found.

But where else could they be?

He instinctively looked towards the giant purple Demon Stone, and suddenly felt that this Demon Stone must be capable of absorbing souls!

Thus, he became extremely guarded, fearing that he would end up like the others.

He dared not release his Divine Sense to probe, afraid that his Divine Sense would act as a catalyst for the Demon Stone to exert its evil power and that he too would be unable to withstand it.

He deliberately kept a farther distance, maintaining some space from the purple Demon Stone, only using his eyes to look and relying on his own Spiritual Intelligence to judge.

Gradually, he felt some strange powers, from the heavens and from deep within the earth, quietly flowing towards that purple Demon Stone.

Those were the evil fruits brewed from the malice of people’s hearts!

Brutality, bloodlust, resentment, despair, unrestrained licentious behavior, bloodshed from senseless killings, and all sorts of evil deeds and negative forces that twist human nature were flowing towards that purple Demon Stone.

The bitter fruits of evil thoughts, created by the Demon Stone that came from beyond the skies, seemed intent on forging something.

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