The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 516 - 491: Causes and Consequences_1

Chapter 516: Chapter 491: Causes and Consequences_1

Pu Zhaotian’s brow lifted in a smile.

Below, on the Demon Abyss Continent, Li Wang was busy dealing with the Demon Subduing Stone Niche that had been seized by the Great Demon God Hemo Tian, while Liu Fu was handling two Elders of the Immortal Realm who had fallen into the Demon Tao.

Dong Shangqing was in pursuit of Dazzling Shadow, and only Li Yuanli, along with the Kylin Bell, had just managed to break free from the land.

All four True Gods were occupied, and the Protectors and Elders of the Demon Sect were fleeing in all directions.

Only he seemed to be doing nothing, remaining vigilant by Pang Jian’s side, waiting anxiously.

He too was afraid, afraid that Pang Jian had not been able to resist the temptation and infiltration of the Outer Realm’s Demon God and had accidentally sunk into the demonic mire, leaving a profound mark of the demon seed within his Spiritual Soul.

Even worse, he might be directly possessed by a Demon God.

If that were to happen, it would mean that he had never truly met this disciple.

What a great regret that would be?

His most proud disciple, whom he had never had the chance to meet in person, would be possessed by a Demon God and erased of everything; wouldn’t he harbor lifelong regrets?

Pang Jian’s call of "Shifu" immediately dispelled all his worries, shattered all his melancholy, and energized him.

He wished he could tell all True Gods that his disciple, Pu Zhaotian, was safe and sound, and had not fallen into the Demon Tao.

At this moment, he was overjoyed, forgetting himself and his emotions overflowing genuinely.

The awakened Pang Jian, too, let slip a rare smile.

Pang Jian just looked at the bulky and swollen figure before him, watching him gesticulate animatedly, forgotten of himself.

Pang Jian could feel his happiness and grasp the sincerity he held towards him.

Before, they had communicated only through Sword Commands, never face to face as they were today.

This Shifu, who didn’t look the part at all, made Pang Jian feel a natural closeness to him.

Perhaps it was the careful instruction in sword techniques, or the unrewarded devotion, or perhaps a natural congruence of their auras.

"Shifu, I’m fine," he said.

He sheathed his black-gold longsword into its scabbard, activated twelve sealing arrays with a touch to the orb, and secretly communicated with the Source Demon.

According to the Source Demon, after the fierce battle earlier, the Demon Fetus would need some time to regain its clarity.

"There’s a Demon Fetus that the Source Demon brought into the little world within the sword. This Demon Fetus is the cause of the catastrophe on the Demon Abyss Continent created by the Alien God Spirit; They wish to nurture the Demon Fetus into becoming a Sovereign."

Facing Pu Zhaotian, Pang Jian hid nothing and explained the reasons briefly.

"The origin of all demons, the fount of all evil, the Demon Fetus, the Original Demon! "

As the smile on Pu Zhaotian’s face gradually faded, he narrowed his eyes and let out a cold hum, "I sensed an ultimate evil presence from It at its most active! When I was about to ascend to a True God, that was when It was strongest and most terrifying. It was because I decisively gave up a seat in Godhood that I did not let It have Its way!"

The master and disciple compared notes and immediately understood the whole story.

Its initial plan was to possess and combine with Pu Zhaotian, a True God, at the moment of his Divine Enthronement, and to be reborn in Purgatory through Pu Zhaotian’s body.

Had that happened, possessing Pu Zhaotian’s body, the Demon Fetus would have been stronger than if Pu Zhaotian had ascended to a True God normally!

Should It have succeeded, as Pu Zhaotian It might have overpowered all Human True Gods, and with the demon nest at hand, It could have allowed more of the Alien Realm Demon Gods to descend into the bodies of rank nine warriors of the Devil Scale Tribe and the Elders of the Demon Sect in the Immortal Realm.

The Demon Clan would have become the most powerful force in the Purgatory World, and the Human Race would have immediately entered the countdown to extinction.

Pu Zhaotian’s resolute abandonment of the Godhood threw a wrench into Its grand plans, leaving It severely injured and with disordered will.

At that time, with the convergence of countless malicious thoughts and negative emotions from the Demon Abyss Continent, It was able to repair Its soul in the demon nest and also could restore Its strength through the Demon Element Power that was already present there.

Once It regained Its strength, a piece of Outer Realm Demon Stone would become Its temporary Demon Body, and It would still possess formidable fighting abilities.

Then, unexpectedly, another occurrence arose.

—The Source Demon, taking advantage of Its muddled state, had lured It out using their common origin, trapping It inside the little world within the sword.

Upon regaining some clarity within that sword-bound world, It noticed the sword-wielding Pang Jian was exceptional, with a robust physique, a Spiritual Soul filled with Divine Consciousness, and the rare Chaos Sea.

It immediately considered Pang Jian as a potential vessel with even more potential than Pu Zhaotian.

It planned to absorb the Demon Element Power to grow stronger through the Origin Demon Sword while in the sword world, and upon fully regaining Its awareness, It could then commence Its plan to possess Pang Jian.

At that time, a third unexpected event occurred.

The Demon Element Power that should have surged into It was mostly absorbed by Pang Jian, causing It not to swallow enough and failing to reach Its expected combat strength.

At that moment, Pang Jian, also wielding that unique golden Spiritual Soul, struck It hard.

Both master and disciple, through their respective experiences, corroborated each other’s stories and suddenly understood everything.

"What do you plan to do with It?" asked Pu Zhaotian, feeling somewhat chilled.

His eyes twinkled with a frosty glint, "I suggest we don’t bother with the Source Demon for now; we should find a way to kill It first! Its presence in Purgatory is a constant threat to our hearts, and who knows what It could become later."

"I have a way to deal with It. A temporary seal shouldn’t be a problem," Pang Jian said with a light cough. "Shifu, since you know I’m what is called a Realm God, you should believe that I have a method."

"I’ve only heard about Realm Gods, never encountered one; I don’t know what you can do," said Pu Zhaotian doubtfully.

"In any case, I have a way."

As the two were conversing, Li Yuanli tossed the Kylin Bell to them and said, "Pu Pangzi, help me keep an eye on Li Jie for a while. I’m going to go down and deal with those demon-possessed Elders of the Demon Sect, to quickly quell the chaos in the Sect."

"Aren’t those three enough? Without a tenth-level bloodline, and merely possessing Xiang Shengwei’s body, how could Hemo Tian turn the world upside down?" said Pu Zhaotian discontentedly.

"I’m worried..."

Before Li Yuanli could finish his sentence, a sudden change occurred.

In the void from which Dazzling Shadow of the Devil Scale Tribe was escaping, visible wrinkles unexpectedly appeared, and seven mirror tunnels silently emerged within the folds of space.

Out of the seven mirror tunnels, six emitted the glint of weapons and objects: knives, swords, hammers, spears, mirrors, and flags.

These six items, which played the role of suppressive objects, were placed in White Bone City, Blackwood Village, Blood Prison Village, Dead Spirit Town, Yin Spirit Town, and Ghost Spirit Town to extract the power used to seal the Fifth Realm within the six cities.

"Swoosh!"

The only mirror tunnel from which no object emerged caught the fleeing Dazzling Shadow.

The other six mirror tunnels, along with the six objects, simultaneously locked onto Dong Shangqing of the Ancient Law Sect at the same time.

Dong Shangqing’s face changed as he grandly summoned his Divine Dharma Aspect.

The compass under his feet transformed into a world in its own right, his towering Divine Dharma Aspect covered with millions of palm-sized symbols flowing across its surface.

Behind his Dharma Aspect in the void, corresponding to the Ancient Law Sect in the North Ruins, a series of mountains engraved with secret symbols simultaneously emerged.

The six objects of knife, sword, hammer, spear, mirror, and flag suddenly enlarged, and from behind the six mirror tunnels, waves of Divine Power that could suppress the heavens and the Star River surged forth.

It was as if within each mirror tunnel, an Alien God Spirit was sitting upright, each wielding one of the objects to bombard Dong Shangqing.

"The six God Spirits have unified aura and Soul Energy!"

Dong Shangqing was horrified.

He clearly felt the presence of six unified Alien God Spirits, channeling Divine Power into those six objects, applying pressure on him without regard to the distance in the void.

Six vast expanses of space suddenly compressed towards him.

Dong Shangqing, crushed and battered by the six forces, watched as countless symbols on his Divine Dharma Aspect instantly exploded and burst.

The True God Dong Shangqing saw his Divine Dharma Aspect unable to maintain its form any longer and collapsed back to his original shape.

"Swoosh!"

The mirror tunnel that had received Dazzling Shadow shifted out of this pocket of space and time, catching the fleeing Wu Yuan of the Demon Sect, Chen Xuanfeng and Qu Long, who were pursued by Liu Fu, as well as all the Demon Sect disciples who had fallen into Demon Tao.

It also included the Demon Nest — the Outer Realm Demon Stone that lay at the bottom of the Demon Abyss.

Even the Demon Subduing Stone Niche was chased down by this mirror tunnel, as if a curtain was draped over.

"Crack!"

The Demon Subduing Stone Niche suddenly fractured.

In the moment of his real form’s revelation, Li Wang killed the Demon Gods released by Hemo Tian and also engulfed Xiang Shengwei, who was at the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, with a galaxy.

"Bang!"

Xiang Shengwei’s body exploded within the galaxy.

Yet a Great Demon God with four heads, four faces, and four arms emerged from Xiang Shengwei’s body.

As Xiang Shengwei perished, his God Spirit refined and possessed by Hemo Tian seized the opportunity to fly out.

This shadow of the Great Demon God also slipped into the mirror tunnel.

"That outsider from the Fifth Realm!"

As Li Wang, with the loss of the Demon Subduing Stone Niche, cried out in shock, Li Yuanli and Liu Fu, along with Dong Shangqing who was beaten back to his true form, all pursued the elusive mirror tunnel.

As the other six static mirror tunnels gradually vanished, the roaming mirror tunnel, which had taken away all their intended targets one by one, suddenly descended towards the Third Realm.

Upon seeing the mirror tunnel flee, the four True Gods immediately turned into divine light and plummeted down, attempting to strike it.

"Swoosh!"

As the mirror tunnel entered a region covered by Filth Alien Power, a scene suddenly appeared within it.

At the peaks of towering mountains stood figures tall and short, some blazing with raging flames, others eerie and sinister.

There were eight of them in total, each situated on a different mountaintop, poised for action.

It seemed that as soon as the mirror tunnel made a sudden move, they would be able to arrive directly from their respective worlds through this wandering mirror tunnel.

"Li Bai."

"Lie Yang."

"Wubi."

"Aman."

"Shajia."

"Jingsha."

"Chi Feng."

"Qi Xu."

With Li Wang leading, the four True Gods halted in mid-descent and with solemn expressions, they looked into the mirror tunnel at the eight Alien Tribe warriors and softly called out their names.

The eight Alien powerhouse warriors and the four Human True Gods stared at each other across the mirror tunnel.

The miraculous mirror tunnel seemed to possess the ability to deliver these eight Alien warriors here in the next moment.