The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 551 - 525 Godhood Emerges!_1

Chapter 551: Chapter 525 Godhood Emerges!_1

In the Weird Land, where ethereal flames drift solitary.

Pang Jian’s Spiritual Soul wandered everywhere but couldn’t find the way back to his body; instead, he saw more and more lost souls wrapped in the chilly ethereal flames, appearing in this secret realm.

He successively spotted the souls of Lin Miaojin and Huang Qi as well.

His Spiritual Soul shivered slightly.

He had already anticipated the death of Lin Miaojin and Huang Qi, but he had not expected it to happen so quickly.

Remembering his past with Huang Qi in the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, he felt somewhat melancholic but knew that the most important thing at this stage was to leave this place as soon as possible.

Only by leaving this place and returning to his physical body could he inform the True Gods outside.

He continued his flight but still couldn’t find the way back, while the number of lost souls wrapped in ethereal flames only increased.

Those Great Cultivators he had seen in Hongdu City, who had left some impression in his heart, also emerged abruptly from various parts of the weird lands in their soul-destroyed forms.

As the number of souls from the Extinction Realm gradually increased, he finally understood that Hongdu City was finished.

And now, all the lost souls wrapped in the icy ethereal flames began to drift towards the position of Jiang Cen from the Gui Sacrificial Sect.

Jiang Cen paid no attention to his existence. Knowing that he couldn’t return to his body by his own power, he disregarded him and focused only on his own tasks.

What Jiang Cen intended to do was to seek a breakthrough to the True God Realm using those chilly ethereal flame-wrapped souls!

Jiang Cen was one of the evil cultivators who sought to snatch fate and achieve Divine Enthronement!

"Gui Sacrificial Sect Elder, practicing sorcery in secret, using evil methods to vie for the position of True God. Does the Ghost Mother know about this? Does another True God named Mu Wentao know?"

Pang Jian’s Spiritual Soul suddenly came to a halt.

He stopped wasting his efforts trying to find a way back and instead coldly considered the current situation.

Since it was Jiang Cen who handed the "Blood God Skill" to Dong Tianze, and as the Second Elder of the Gui Sacrificial Sect, he instructed Xing Heng to capture and force Dong Tianze to practice this evil skill.

Then, there must be a connection between Jiang Cen and the Blood Spirit Sect.

As for Luo Hongyan, who was gradually losing her humanity, judging by the power she displayed in the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land and from what Pang Ling said, She was the strongest God Spirit in the Fifth Realm at the moment.

In all likelihood, She was the Sovereign that Jiang Cen spoke of, who descended from beyond the heavens.

If that’s the case, then Jiang Cen should be acting under Her orders.

Therefore, the one who moved the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar in Hongdu Fragment Land, and very possibly also the instigator of it all, could be Her.

She seems to be looking to annihilate all those True Gods who rashly entered, to establish the state of play in Purgatory in one fell swoop, leaving the Human Race without the power to rise again.

Jiang Ran has already arrived and is fighting fiercely against the three major evil cultivators in the sky above.

But none of the Human Race True Gods have shown themselves in the Hongdu Fragment Land; could it be that they have also perceived something?

For thirty thousand years, the Human Race has suppressed the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm and even forced the Demon Race to bow and submit, thus dominating Purgatory.

The True Gods couldn’t have reached this stage if they were weak or foolish.

Outside, there are Human Race True Gods who dared to break through Heaven Forbidden and destroy the Hall of Gods.

If the True Gods were so mediocre, there wouldn’t be a Sovereign like Luo Hongyan who planned early to descend during the hundred-thousand-year grand ceremony, intending to overturn the millennium-old achievements of the Human Race.

And there’s more.

The one hidden in Hongdu City, who reminded him through a corpse, wouldn’t be weaker than Gui Sacrificial Sect’s Jiang Cen.

He is also Shifu’s old friend, and he hasn’t shown himself yet.

If his status is high enough, on the same level as Shifu’s, then he should have the power to prevent Jiang Cen’s Divine Enthronement.

Thinking so rationally and calmly for a long time, Pang Jian, whose God Spirit was trapped in this weird land, became strangely calm and indifferent.

He vaguely felt that the catastrophe in Hongdu Fragment Land was much more complicated than he currently understood.

On the exterior, his physical body still held the Origin Demon Sword, this sword coupled with the Source Demon should be able to protect his body.

Since he was unable to leave and his body was temporarily fine, he decided to just observe the changes, to see how Jiang Cen would achieve Divine Enthronement, and to see if the hidden one would take action at a critical moment.

With his lone Spiritual Soul’s power, he probably posed no threat to Jiang Cen.

But if that someone were to make a move, in a battle with Jiang Cen here in this weird land, he might find an opportunity.

...

East of Hongdu Fragment Land.

Strange ripples arose in the void, and a petite and exquisite shadow quietly emerged from the ripples in the void.

This was a woman who seemed to merge with the shadows of the night. Her frail body was as thin and shriveled as a piece of paper, concealing within her the magnetic field, Qi and Blood, and innate Divine Skills.

She was Jingsha, the most adept at concealment and assassination.

She was a level ten warrior of the Shadow Clan.

"Judging by the time, there should be True Gods who have heard the news and are heading towards the land below."

Jingsha muttered to herself, then sneaked back into the hidden Mirror Tunnel, to report to the God Spirit she was loyal to.

...

In the south desert.

Strange spatial fluctuations suddenly appeared, and a level nine Ghost Ape was the first to poke its head out from the disturbed space.

This level nine Ghost Ape, with greatly opened intelligence, tore its own chest open with its claws, creating a slit across its front.

A thin Ghost Clan man stepped out from that bloody opening and landed in the cold desert.

He was Wubi, a level ten warrior of the Ghost Clan, and he had already positioned himself in advance.

"Great Youkui, how is the situation below?"

Wubi communicated with the Alien God underground.

Alien God Youkui responded, "All is going well, He has successfully found that Earth Palace and has already stepped into it."

Wubi’s green eyes suddenly flared with fervent light, and he spoke with anticipation, "By assimilating that Earth Palace, even if His true form isn’t able to descend into Purgatory, it would be enough to give us enough power to fight the Ghost Mother in earnest. Along with me and Great Youkui, when the war truly erupts, we will have the strength to slay the one who reigns supreme over the Ghost Dao."

Deep underground, the Youkui’s soul body was wrapped in a pitch-black cloak, as He cackled lowly, "Don’t forget, another True God of the Gui Sacrificial Sect has always been closely linked with our Ghost Clan. When Lord Zimo was still Ling Yimo, though he was said to be a disciple of the Ghost Mother, it was mostly he who did the teaching."

"With the abilities of Lord Zimo, having been in such close company for so many years, he would naturally be able to persuade him."

"With him coordinating secretly, once Lord Zimo refines the Earth Palace, the Ghost Mother will only have one way out—death."

The Youkui was full of confidence.

...

The East.

The wooden figures, brimming with a sense of death, flew away from the prostrating array of the Black Wood Sect’s followers, landing in a forest where all the trees had withered.

In the forest, there was a dried-up well that led straight underground.

At the bottom of the well, an opened Black Stone Coffin was placed, and inside it, a pale-skinned woman lay quietly, her pores greedily absorbing the desolation and deathly aura.

"A Death God created in Purgatory!"

The Woodman let out a low, strange chuckle.

A cloud of brocade representing Godhood suddenly formed in the east of the Hongdu Fragment Land.

In the dark of night, this cloud of brocade representing Godhood, shone brilliantly like radiant divine light, emitting a prismatic treasure glow.

The East was shrouded in an aura of death; trees had long since died, flowers and grass had withered, and the bodies of Orthodox Cultivators could be seen everywhere.

In such a gloomy forest, akin to the Underworld Ghost Realm, the radiant cloud of brocade seemed grossly out of place.

Yet it appeared here regardless.

The Heaven’s Way is merciless; its laws only follow natural order and do not discern between good and evil.

Indeed, since ancient times, with the emergence of Godhood and the congealing of clouds of brocade representing Godhood, those who have cultivated the secrets of the evil path and reached the ultimate Immortal Realm have been able to ascend to Godhood through sorcery.

Godhood does not differentiate between orthodoxy and evil.

It’s just that those True Gods who rule over Purgatory do not allow the birth of extreme Evil Gods.

That’s why there haven’t been any—until now.

The emergence of this cloud of brocade signifies that even the most vile path of an evil cultivator can ascend to True Godhood.

The various factions of the Fragment Land.

Seeing the cloud of brocade, disciples from the Black Wood Sect, Blood Prison Sect, Bone Gate, and many more evil cultivators secretly communicating with Alien Gods from the Outer Realm were all ablaze with excitement.

...

"Huh!"

A second cloud of brocade quietly appeared in the skies above Hongdu City.

It, too, shone brightly like a pearl or a jewel, illuminating the city as well as the numerous dead bodies.

The Law of Heaven does not shift for personal will; Godhood is not limited to Great Cultivators of the righteous path.

In the silent and desolate Hongdu City, no living thing could be seen, and every corner reeked of despair, resentment, violence, and malevolence.

Yet, against all odds, a seat of Godhood dazzled and remained.

In an inconspicuous corner of the city.

Pang Jian’s flesh lay still, as lifeless as the other bodies in the city, with no trace of soul activity in his mind.

But his Spiritual Sea in the Dantian remained vibrant, his Qi and Blood were still full and vigorous, and this body of his was still bursting with life.

The long strip of blue fabric in his hand suddenly ignited with black Demon Fire.

The blue fabric turned to ash, revealing a Demon Sword sheathed within, which now appeared in his hands.

"Whoosh!"

The black Demon Fire suddenly transformed into a dark blue hue, spreading from the sword to Pang Jian’s body.

"Pang Jian!"

Calls from the Source Demon echoed from Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness, from the fragmented land within his Dantian, from his Creation Divine Pool, reverberating continuously.

...

"Bang!"

The Sword Light Heaven Gate shattered with a roar, and the Sword Dao upon which the Great Elder Jiang Ran had pinned all his hopes also dissipated with the collapse of the Heaven Gate.

With the Heaven Gate’s destruction, his sword heart shattered, and Jiang Ran’s sword Qi gushed out a thousand miles.

"Shang Xiuchun," unable to bear the burden when crashing through the Heaven Gate, exploded along with it, scattering throughout the air.

Only a black speck of light, emerging while the flesh burst, landed on Jiang Ran’s back.

Jiang Ran, brandishing his sword with a tall figure, then froze in mid-air, falling into a strange state of deathlike stillness.

"So he’s finally dead."

Within the collapsing Bone Gate, Lv Qinghe let out a long sigh of relief.

His flesh had disappeared, leaving him a tall, lean figure of radiant white bones, with only blood threads and sinews in the joints, holding his stark white bones together.

Jiang Ran had forced him to reveal his white bone true form, which had broken and remade itself over and over again, repeating the process five times.

He met Jiang Ran’s demands in good faith.

He knew that, if not for Xie Tong, Mu Weifeng, and the cooperation of another, he would have been killed by Jiang Ran once again.

Fortunately, in the end, they were the ones to prevail.

With his white bone hands, Lv Qinghe took out a brand-new Magical Robe to wrap around his white bone true form, looking with satisfaction at the clouds of brocade representing the two seats of Godhood.

"If they can achieve Divine Enthronement like this, then naturally I can too in the future."

Lv Qinghe let out a "cackle" of strange laughter as if he saw the fall of True Gods one by one and the vacancies that would open up.

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