The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 517 - 492 - Sealing the Demon Fetus_1

Chapter 517: 492 Chapter Sealing the Demon Fetus_1

The four True Gods of the Human Race and the eight mightiest beings from the Fifth Realm stared at each other through the Mirror Tunnel.

Distance was no longer a factor in balancing the two sides.

The Mirror Tunnel, which existed above the Third Realm and floated amidst the Filth Alien Power, served as a magical portal capable of bringing them together in an instant.

Those who had the privilege to witness this spectacle from the Second and Third Realm held their breath in awe.

The space around the True Gods gradually solidified. There was no more air movement, no more sound, and the world fell into silence at this moment.

Li Wang frowned, remaining silent.

Liu Fu, Li Yuanli, and Dong Shangqing, the three great True Gods, had solemn expressions as they sized up the eight fierce figures emerging from the Mirror Tunnel.

After a long while, Li Wang spoke indifferently, "It seems they were prepared."

He knew that none of the eight powerhouses from the Fifth Realm were proficient in the Void Secret Skill.

The one who could move the seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars and reveal the connected Mirror Tunnels must certainly be someone else.

The mysterious mastermind, Fire God Yan Lie, as well as Zimo, the Supreme God worshiped by the Ghost Clan, might also be watching them from the shadows.

"Eight of them, plus three gods from the Outer Realm,"

Li Wang murmured, feeling the pressure from the Fifth Realm directly for the first time.

There were fifteen True Gods of the Human Race. Originally, they more than doubled the strength of the Fifth Realm’s tenth-level warriors, which led him to believe that, like before, this great tribulation might be difficult and strenuous to deal with.

But in the end, he would still manage to address the troubles stirred up by the Alien Tribes.

At this moment, looking at the Eighth Realm’s eighth-level Bloodline Fighters, considering the three Outer Realm gods whose strength was no less than theirs, and thinking about how the Demon Race, who usually fought alongside them, would stand aside,

Li Wang couldn’t help but feel bitterness welling up in his heart.

If Heaven Phoenix had not perished, if Mysterious Turtle hadn’t spent everything for another complete continent, if Dragon Cave was still their firm ally, would he feel the situation to be so difficult?

As the nominal leader of the Human Race’s True Gods, reflecting on his actions over the years, Li Wang suddenly felt regret.

"Was oppressing the Demon Race really a mistake?"

As this thought emerged, the Mirror Tunnel reflecting the eight mightiest Alien Tribes quietly drifted towards the Xuan You Continent of the Third Realm.

The divine battle did not commence in haste.

"They’ve prepared thoroughly. The entire Demon Sect... has been excavated from the Demon Abyss Continent," Dong Shangqing said as he watched the Mirror Tunnel recede, knowing that chasing after it now would be futile. He added gravely, "The Demon Sect from the Second Realm was once the strongest force, but now all its disciples have fallen into the Demon Tao, becoming a boost for the adversaries."

"The situation that follows will only become more passive and difficult for us."

"As the Filth Alien Power continues to surge upward, the next wave of their offensive will certainly be even fiercer."

"Those who have retreated to the Second Realm, do they still have to move upward? Can they all be relocated to the First Realm? Does the First Realm have enough soil and land for them to survive?"

Dong Shangqing was in a very bad mood.

Being completely suppressed by a powerful God Spirit and having his Divine Dharma Aspect crumble, he very much wanted to engage in a fierce battle at this moment.

"I suggest that all True Gods in seclusion come out. We shouldn’t wait for the Filth Alien Power to keep invading upward; let’s descend and slay the culprit directly!" Dong Shangqing expressed his thoughts.

"Have you gone mad?" Li Yuanli exclaimed in shock, "In the Fifth Realm, where the Filth Alien Power is dense, fighting those eight would only put us at a greater disadvantage!"

Liu Fu hurriedly said, "This matter must be considered thoroughly and carefully!"

...

High above the Demon Abyss Continent.

The wrinkles in the void smoothed out, and the Mirror Tunnel that briefly shimmered with light, along with six small objects, all vanished.

Pang Jian, Pu Zhaotian, and Li Jie also saw the mountains quietly appearing in the Mirror Tunnel as it sank towards the Third Realm.

As soon as the mountains emerged, the Mirror Tunnel disappeared within the Filth Alien Power, and they, like Li Wang and the other four True Gods, did not see the eight mighty Alien Tribe beings settle on those mountains.

"Knife, sword, hammer, spear, mirror, flag."

Pang Jian murmured to himself.

The moment these six items appeared, he felt a connection with them through the "Purgatory Gate," knowing that each of these small things was the Array Eye within the cities atop the Heavenly Tribulation Pillars.

—Like that of the Universe Box.

His mind immersed in the bronze medallion, he felt that he could enter any of the Mirror Tunnels that had not yet disappeared in an instant.

He could reach each of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillars in the Fifth Realm this way.

But it was also at this moment he realized that the Heavenly Tribulation Pillars, which had deterred the beings of the Fifth Realm, were now under the control of a powerful entity.

Suddenly, Li Jie exclaimed in surprise, "Those Mirror Tunnels are connected to the seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars of the Fifth Realm!"

Pu Zhaotian’s expression shifted slightly, "What do you mean?"

"The seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars, which were built by human ancestors and the True Gods of this era, might have had their secrets deciphered by the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm," said Li Jie, who had once fallen into Bagua City for trials and had some understanding of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillars. He continued gravely, "They no longer possess a deterring effect on the Alien Tribes. Instead, they have become killing tools controlled by them!"

Before Li Jie could speak again, Pu Zhaotian focused his gaze and suddenly saw the eight mightiest members of the Alien Tribes within the Mirror Tunnel.

"Pang Jian, it’s about time to wrap this up. If we delay any further, I fear He will regain his consciousness once again," Pu Zhaotian said.

Just as Pang Jian was about to speak, the consciousness of Source Demon from the black gold longsword in his hand suddenly came through.

"Shifu, I must leave for a while. Let’s stay in touch through the Sword Command."

Pang Jian bowed deeply.

Before Pu Zhaotian could inquire further, he had already flown away on his sword, and then under Pu Zhaotian’s gaze, he vanished on the spot in an instant.

Panshi Fragment Land, Cloud Wilderness, a hundred zhang beneath the ground.

He summoned the Universe Box, drew out the Origin Demon Sword and tossed it in, then proceeded to pull the Demon Fetus out of the Little World within the sword as he watched the Demon Race prince’s form of the Source Demon.

No sooner had the Original Demon’s Demon Soul form appeared in the box than Pang Jian decisively drew out the Origin Demon Sword and with a "snap," closed the lid.

All done in one swift motion.

Clutching the Sword Command, he let out a silent sigh of relief, and then communicated to Pu Zhaotian, "I’m in the Second Realm, hidden within a broken land surrounded by clouds. I’ve just sealed the Demon Fetus there, preventing it from sensing the outside world. Shifu, it should be suppressed by me for a long time, without any chance of wreaking havoc on the world in the near future."

"I know where you are now. If you can keep the Demon Fetus sealed for a long time, that would be good," Pu Zhaotian replied after a thought, "Don’t mention this matter of the Demon Fetus in your hands to anyone else. Stay where you are for now; I’ll come find you later."

"Understood."

Returning to the Panshi Fragment Land, Pang Jian let out a long sigh, as if returning home, and shouted, "Dong Tianze!"

"Dong Tianze!"

His voice echoed throughout the Cloud Wilderness.

Pang Jian, merged with the Panshi Fragment Land, did not hear a response from Dong Tianze, so he tried sensing with his Spiritual Soul and immediately discovered that Dong Tianze had left at some unknown time.

"Where did this kid go?"

He muttered to himself, putting aside the anomalies in the Demon Abyss Continent for the moment, and established a connection with the Mysterious Turtle, Bee Insect, and Corrosion Boundary Vine.

"Little Rock Bear has won and swallowed the heart of the Four Pupils Spirit Fox’s Demon King. Whether he can successfully advance to a Demon God will depend on the next while," the Mysterious Turtle informed him about the Demon King’s battle results immediately, then asked, "Where are you? I’ve been unable to contact you for a long time; did something happen over there?"

Pang Jian replied, "I just came out of the Demon Abyss Continent."

With a thought, he tried multitasking, establishing a connection with the Mysterious Turtle, Bee Insect, and Corrosion Boundary Vine simultaneously.

His soul’s consciousness divided into three, communicating with three different objects at the same time, recounting his experiences in the Demon Abyss Continent.

...

Xuan You Continent, Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land.

"Whoosh!"

The drifting Mirror Tunnel finally came to a stop in the center of the Forbidden Land.

Purple Demon Stones, Dazzling Shadow, Wu Yuan, a Demon Soul of the Great Demon God Hemo Tian, Chen Xuanfeng, Qu Long, and many Protectors and Elders of the Demon Sect emerged from the Mirror Tunnel one after another.

A Demon Stone the size of a person suddenly enlarged a thousand times, standing like a purple Demon Mountain.

"Huff! Huff, huff!"

The thick, blue-black Demon Element Power dissipated outward through this purple Demon Stone, swiftly displacing the Filth Alien Power, infusing the Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land with Demon Element Power that practitioners of the Demon Tao find most desirable.

After a moment, the last figure stepped out of the Mirror Tunnel—Li Bai.

It wasn’t until then that the Mirror Tunnel, connected to White Bone City, vanished without a trace.

"Lord He Motian!"

After arriving, Li Bai first nodded slightly to Dazzling Shadow, and then respectfully bowed to the strangely shaped Demon Soul, "Congratulations on your arrival in Purgatory!"

"Its not a joyous occasion if its not my true body that descended here," replied He Motian’s Demon Soul, left this remark, and directly entered the purple Demon Stone.

"As long as the demon nest is here, no matter where the Demon Fetus wakes up again, I can immediately establish a connection with it. I will personally take charge of the demon nest, using the residual malice and negative energy to condense a Demon Array that can summon It back."

"It will directly reach the demon nest upon Its reappearance!"

"As long as It can restore power in the demon nest and then refine a Demon Body out of it, It will surely triumph over Zimo, the Supreme God of the Ghost Clan who descended in the form of a soul seed."

"Even the Fire God Yan Lie will not be Its match."

"If another True God from the Human Race ascends, offering It an opportunity to devour the True God’s soul, It can grow rapidly. Once It shatters the Purgatory Heaven Forbidden, and reappears in the Outer Star River at Its peak, the other parts of the Source Demon separated from It will return one by one."

"From then on, Its path to dominance will be unobstructed by any Divine Spirits," expounded the Great Demon God Hemo Tian, elaborating on Their ambitions, Their grand plans, and aspirations.

The setback in the Demon Abyss Continent just a moment ago seemed to count for nothing, not affecting Its confidence in the slightest.

"My Lord!" Li Bai, the current leader of the Devil Scale Tribe, stood below the shrunken Demon Stone and asked with his head bowed, "Why didn’t you inform me in advance that the four True Gods of the Human Race were surrounding the Demon Abyss Continent?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Dazzling Shadow’s face showed a slight change.

Chen Xuanfeng and Qu Long, the two Immortal Realm peak Elders of the Demon Sect who willingly fell into the Demon Tao, still retained relatively clear spiritual intelligence, and they too showed shock at Li Bai’s question.

Li Bai was questioning the Great Demon God Hemo Tian!

He Motian asked in a grave tone, "Why didn’t you lead your people up here?"

Li Bai fell silent for a moment, not mentioning Luo Hongyan’s orders, merely saying, "I very much wanted to rescue Dazzling Shadow, but I knew there was not the slightest hope. If I led my tribe to charge into the Demon Abyss Continent, under the guardianship of those four True Gods, my people would die one by one. As for me, I have no chance to reverse the situation."

"How do you know it’s not possible without trying?" replied He Motian’s voice, cold and merciless, "As you lead your tribe to strike at the Demon Abyss Continent, Demon God’s will would fly out of there and briefly merge into the bodies of your level nine warriors."

"They would burn out your warriors’ souls and bloodlines to unleash powerful combat strength to help you break through the True God’s blockade."

"All of your tribespeople will die, but there’s a high chance you could enter the Demon Abyss Continent. As long as you could get in, many things could easily be resolved, and we wouldn’t have to be so passive."

"Li Bai, it’s precisely because of your hesitation, as well as your concern for your tribespeople, that we faced another failure."

"Indecisiveness has always been your problem, and this is also why the Demon Knife is in Dazzling Shadow’s hands, and not yours," He Motian concluded.

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