The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 576 - 544: God’s Love Lock_1

Chapter 576: Chapter 544: God’s Love Lock_1

In the Dragon Cave.

Mu Wentao removed the shiny silver mask covering his face, revealing a handsome visage.

Although his actual age had long exceeded a hundred, he appeared to be a refined middle-aged man, with a temperament that was slightly effeminate. His thin lips conveyed an air of indifference.

"To test a True God, one needs a person of equivalent status. Who do you plan to find?" Mu Wentao asked.

The Old Dragon that sat upon the high platform grinned, baring its teeth in a display of domineering confidence, "Since I’ve made it clear that I won’t participate in the war between the Human Race and the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm, there are still True Gods who maintain a secret relationship with the Dragon Cave."

"My promise, the friendship of our Dragon Cave, carries significant weight."

After a pause, the Old Thunder Dragon suddenly said, "Mr. Mu, forgive my frankness, but that Supreme God of the Ghost Clan may not truly take you seriously. The promises made to you, the words spoken to you, cannot be entirely trusted."

The Old Thunder Dragon left harsher words unsaid.

For instance, that He is merely using you...

Mu Wentao fell silent for a moment, his eyes brimming with boundless tenderness as he softly said, "From the moment my senior sister found Him in the Mysterious Fog and brought Him back to the Gui Sacrificial Sect, both she and I knew that what dwelled within Him was a God Spirit from an Extraterrestrial Ghost Race."

"I just didn’t expect Him to be the Supreme God revered by the Ghost Clan."

As he reminisced about the past, a gentle smile graced Mu Wentao’s face, "He was adorable as a baby, and as He gradually grew up, He became mischievous and strikingly beautiful."

"My senior sister never had any affection for Him. She used Him to glean information about the outside world, suppressed and sealed His memories, and prevented His soul from truly awakening."

"While she detested Him, she needed Him to grow so that more could be gained through Him."

"Thus, she handed over His tutelage to me."

The True God of the Gui Sacrificial Sect couldn’t hide his joy when speaking of the Alien God named Zimo, brightly saying, "I don’t know why, but even fully aware of His true identity, I find it very difficult to loathe or reject Him."

"I diligently taught Him the secret skills of the Gui Sacrificial Sect, watched Him grow day by day, watched as He came into His form."

"I regarded Him as a disciple, a daughter, and also..."

Mu Wentao’s eyes flickered with a complicated emotion mixed with agony and delight, he murmured, "Actually, I’ve long had a premonition, knowing that He would awaken someday."

"When that time came, I would have to make a choice, whether to stand with the Sect and erase Him, or... to protect Him a little longer."

"He awakened in the Fourth Realm, in that new world called the Demon Spirit Continent. I knew He was there, and that He had awakened. It took me a long time to struggle before I quietly descended to the Lower Realm to see Him."

An unusual brilliance suddenly animated Mu Wentao’s face.

"To my surprise, after waking up, He had not forgotten any of our past. Communicating with Him was even more comfortable than before. The only issue between us was that He is a god revered by the Extraterrestrial Ghost Race and I am a god of the Human Race, nothing more."

"He said..."

Mu Wentao’s eyes blazed with fervor, "He said that He hopes one day to meet me outside of the Star River. He hopes, in His True Body form, to continue... our mentor-disciple bond. Yes, I am His true Shifu, not my senior sister!"

The True God of the Gui Sacrificial Sect suddenly became impassioned, his gaze fiercely turning towards the heavens.

"I don’t want to meddle in the disputes between the Human Race and the Alien Tribes of the Lower Realm. I just want to leave the Purgatory World, to break through the eternal Heaven Forbidden, and meet Him among the stars!"

"He told me He’s out there in the starry sky, that He will wait for me!"

"But..."

Mu Wentao felt a pain in his chest and said with resignation, "Not every True God has the power to break through the Heaven Forbidden and step out of this world with ease. I am aware that among the many True Gods, my power is not outstanding; I feel I don’t have that capability."

"Unless my senior sister suddenly perishes and I can gain control of the Reincarnation Pool, acquiring those treasures of the Sect."

"Only then might I possibly break through the Heaven Forbidden on my own."

"But since childhood, it was my senior sister who taught me the spells, took great care of me over the years, and helped me secure a position of Godhood."

"I would never harm my senior sister, yet I long to step beyond the Heaven Forbidden. That’s why I thought of the method you mentioned."

"Let Long Zhan replace Fan Ao, turning Long Zhan into a level ten Five-clawed Golden Dragon, to directly tear a large opening in the Heaven Forbidden, pushing all True Gods and Demon Gods into the starry sky."

"That’s why I went to the Mysterious Fog, hoping to rescue Long Zhan from Fan Ao."

"All these actions, I do them with the sole wish to leave Purgatory and hopefully meet with Him beyond the heavens."

Mu Wentao’s voice faded, his mind filled with the scenes of his envisioned meeting with Zimo in the outer space.

The Old Thunder Dragon frowned, knowing he was trapped in a web of emotions intricately woven by Zimo, and feared that he might never be able to escape for the rest of his life.

After all, Mu Wentao was a god of the Human Race, not one of his dragons from the Dragon Cave, but just a partner.

Hence, he did not try to persuade him anymore, letting Mu Wentao walk the difficult path alone, through the tunnel without an exit.

The reason it was called a lonely journey was that Supreme Gods like Zimo may never actually hold any feelings for him.

...

In Hongdu City, mentor and disciple bade farewell, each departing on their separate ways.

Pu Zhaotian returned to the Sword Tower to announce to the world that his disciple, Pang Jian, had become the New Sword God of this era.

The Sword Tower of the Second Realm, now with the birth of a New Sword God, had earned the right to relocate to the First Realm.

And that was the wish Pu Zhaotian had been unable to fulfill all along.

Many years later, his disciple succeeded in ascending to divine status within the Immortal Realm, unprecedented and perhaps never to be seen again.

He felt immensely proud and determined to return to boast loudly, to have the Sword Tower reclaim the territories it had once lost, restoring it as the most formidable power in Purgatory.

...

Panshi Fragment Land.

With a bright flash of light, Pang Jian appeared deep underground.

The bloodline of the Mysterious Turtle, having broken through to the ninth level, meant that its head alone took up a hundred acres of land. Its demon pupils shimmered with vitality as it asked in a deep and resonant voice, "How does it feel to be a god of the Immortal Realm?"

The voice did not come from its mouth but issued instead from its belly.

"It feels pretty good," Pang Jian said with a squinted smile.

The power within his flesh body, the Heart of Winter, the Thunder Pond, had all come into perfect alignment with his body the moment his Immortal Primordial Spirit settled in.

Compared to before, he now possessed two bodies.

The ephemeral Spiritual Soul had transformed into the tangible Immortal Primordial Spirit, which not only contained Soul Power but also enveloped all the strengths of his True Body.

Back in Hongdu City, he had secretly experimented and discovered that the dual energies were perfectly compatible.

He could battle by merging into one with his body, and could also separate his Immortal Primordial Spirit from his True Body to confront enemies with two individual bodies.

When separated, they were two independent beings; when merged, they were seamlessly one.

It was truly wondrous.

"Panshi Fragment Land, with the three great secret realms of Plant, Cold Ice, and Thunderbolt all perfected, my bloodline has also returned to the ninth level. On this Fragment Land, even ordinary true gods would have a battle on their hands against me," the Old Black Turtle relayed the good news, then added, "As a god of the Immortal Realm, I’ve heard of this possibility, which seems to have never existed before."

After hesitating for a moment, it asked, "Where did your Spiritual Soul wander for so long?"

Pang Jian repeated Shifu Pu Zhaotian’s words and asked, "How much do you know about the Exotic Spirit Star Devourer and the Dark Prison?"

The Old Black Turtle seemed to drift off, murmuring, "Ancient Demon World, Demon God."

"In the Outer Starry Sky, there exists a space where our Demon Race can live. Compared to your Human Race, we are in a much better position, yet we have been trapped in the Purgatory World, unable to step out."

Clearly, its attention wasn’t focused on the Dark Prison or the Star Devourer; it didn’t care about the lives in the Dark Prison.

The emergence of the Ancient Demon World had shown it a possibility, exciting the newly reborn creature.

After expressing its thoughts, it continued, "I’ve never left Purgatory, nor have I wandered the Outer Starry Sky, so I’m unaware of what an Exotic Spirit is or the situation in the Dark Prison."

Pang Jian gripped his sword with a flick of his Divine Sense into its mini-world and asked, "What about you?"

"Powerful Exotic Spirits are capable of forging the highest grade Divine Artifacts. Naturally occurring Exotic Spirits are an extremely unique life form from the outer space, amongst which exist beings that rival God Spirits. Some can even surpass middle-level gods. But Exotic Spirits are very rare; once they emerge, they attract the coveting of the God Spirits."

"Therefore, each Exotic Spirit carefully conceals itself, preventing the God Spirits from detecting any trace of their existence."

"The Exotic Spirit in the Dark Prison is not of low rank. Since you were able to step into it, then..."

The Source Demon, excited within the sword’s mini-world, pulled at the corners of its mouth and laughed, "Prepare well, we’re going to the Dark Prison to slay this unknown Exotic Spirit!"

...

Pang Jian didn’t hurry to step out from underground.

While getting accustomed to the various strange sensations of his body after the fall of the Immortal Primordial Spirit, he also extended his perception.

Through the beings living above the Fragment Land, he came to understand the situation in Purgatory over the past two years.

He also discovered that not much had changed; the Human Race and the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm had not initiated battle in these two years.

The two sides had been extremely restrained during this time, pretty much not stepping on each other’s toes.

Because of the massive upheaval in Hongdu Fragment Land, those who practiced Sorcery and Secret Skills were almost completely eradicated.

In the Fragment Lands of the Second Realm, no one was recklessly cultivating sorcery anymore.

Because the supreme beings of the First Realm had unified their strategy over these two years.

—Humans below the Spirit Condensation Realm were being evacuated in batches and taken to the four major lands of the First Realm.

Including the common people.

Those true gods had convinced all the divine countries and sectry powers of the First Realm to rather endure unprecedented crowding than to deprive the people of the Lower Realm of a place to stay.

Apart from that, the great divine countries, Pure Land, Jiuli Sect, Heaven Treasure Sect, Desolated Terrains, Ancient Law Sect.

The most powerful sect powers were actively settling in the Fragment Lands of the Second Realm, as well as in the Demon Abyss Continent.

The strong were descending in waves, preparing to face the next wave of Alien Tribe invasion.

By elevating the weak to the heavens and sinking the strong below, the original problems of Purgatory were resolved.

Under the arrangement of the true gods, the Second Realm would become the true battlefield against the Alien Tribes, just waiting for the next surge of Filth Alien Power."

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