The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 579 - 547: Void Maple Forest_1

Chapter 579: Chapter 547: Void Maple Forest_1

This matter had been suffocating him for a very long time.

After returning from the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, Dong Tianze, Zhou Qingchen, Qi Qingsong, and Wu Yuan, among others, had all been guarding his secret closely.

Why?

Because Fu Wangchen had a True God Shifu, because the Desolated Terrains was the most powerful sect of the First Realm, and even more so because Li Chu was protective!

For the sake of his disciple, Fu Wangchen, Li Chu had taken a fancy to the Black Valley’s Lu Lingchan, and simply because Lu Lingchan was betrothed to Fang Boxuan, under his suggestion, the Fang Family suffered the catastrophe of annihilation.

This kind of behavior from Li Chu put a mountain of pressure on Qi Qingsong and the others, leaving them no choice but to cover up that fact.

But, did Fu Wangchen not deserve his death?

He was clearly honorable and upright, with a clear conscience, so why couldn’t he speak the truth?

Every time he thought about how the existence of Li Chu forced everyone to lie, Pang Jian felt indignant.

More than once, he thought that there would come a day when he would plainly speak the truth.

Today is that day!

As one of the True Gods of the Human Race, there were too many things about Li Chu that he disliked; for example, the way he coerced the Fang Family to their doom, and the way he indulged Fu Wangchen.

Last time, had he not been a Realm God with another identity to frighten Li Chu, would this man have easily left Panshi Fragment Land alone?

After his successful Divine Enthronement, no matter how graceful Li Chu seemed, no matter why he posed as keen to genuinely refine the realms of juniors.

——He would certainly not appreciate it.

He wanted to bring the long-hidden truth into the open to see if this True God of the Desolated Terrains would become furious, to see if he would reveal a murderous intent during battle.

At this moment, he had the confidence to face the storms that Li Chu could throw at him; he feared nothing.

"The truth itself isn’t that important. What truly matters is, Pang Jian, that you have fused into the Immortal Realm’s Godhood, thereby forging your own Divine Tao,"

Li Chu quickly regained his composure, he didn’t erupt in rage nor did he attack immediately.

The cause of his disciple’s, Fu Wangchen’s, death seemed to no longer affect him; he appeared utterly unconcerned.

"Since you have become a God among men like myself, your word is the truth, and it is also the Tao,"

As he spoke, a python-headed staff appeared in Li Chu’s hand, "The Alien Gods of the Outer Star River do not care about the life and death of their weak followers, nor do they care about their thoughts."

"Power, the level of life, when it reaches a certain high stage, one does not concern oneself too much with right and wrong."

"What’s more, that boy has been dead for many years. No matter how talented he once was, death is death, and I’m certainly not going to throw a thunderbolt for someone who’s already gone."

Li Chu’s performance was still impeccable.

But the attitude he revealed in his words, that disdain for all beings beside True Gods, made Pang Jian unable to agree.

At this moment, Pang Jian deeply realized that perhaps many True Gods of the Purgatory Human Tribe shared Li Chu’s way of thinking.

Having ascended to True Godhood, they became the mightiest in this world, and if they were to leave the Purgatory cage behind to explore the Outer Domain Galaxy, they would still be beings of considerable weight.

In their eyes, there was already a distinction between them and the Purgatory Human Race; they were already two different forms of life.

Crowned with the word "God," they differentiated themselves from the "mundane" in their hearts, treating those who had not fused with Godhood as "mundane."

True Gods ought to stand high above all, True Gods represented the Tao in the human world, such concepts and thoughts were virtually indistinguishable from those of Alien Gods from the Outer Realm.

"You’re the senior, you make the first move,"

Clutching the Origin Demon Sword, Pang Jian called forth the "Heart of Winter" to hover below him as he calmly awaited Li Chu’s offense.

There was no need for superfluous words; how Li Chu thought and viewed all beings was none of his concern.

He couldn’t change Li Chu’s mind, and he had no desire to; all he needed was to assert his own majesty against this God among men whom he disliked.

"Alright,"

Li Chu nodded with a smile.

The staff made from the essence of countless trees and the head of a nine-level "Jungle Spiritual Python" had not quite reached the rank of a Divine Artifact.

But it wasn’t far off.

The reason he coveted the Plant Cave Heaven of Panshi Fragment Land was his thirst for rarer treasures of wood to integrate into his staff, enabling it to undergo a transformation and become a universally renowned Divine Artifact.

Li Chu spoke softly, "My homeland is amidst a maple forest."

The power of a True God, like a divine decree, could use the Great Tao to evolve worlds.

A maple forest, resembling a rosy dawn, suddenly appeared surrounding Li Chu and Pang Jian.

Combining the Tao that Li Chu had comprehended with his scattered Plant Spirit Energy, he brought forth the maple forest of his homeland.

Nestled in his dreams, hidden deep within his memories, the maple forest that he had recalled countless times was his first Divine Skill.

Li Chu tapped his python-headed staff lightly.

The vibrant maple leaves, as though intoxicated, began to flutter through the air.

Under the sun’s brilliance, those leaves, like congealed twilight, resembled pieces of red jade, shining like stars in their unique way.

In Pang Jian’s perception, Li Chu had already completely vanished; however, his presence existed in every maple leaf.

The first maple leaf fell towards Pang Jian’s left shoulder.

Without intentionally defending himself, Pang Jian watched the peculiar maple leaf penetrate his flesh and float within his body, causing him to suffer bone-scraping agony.

He felt the pain, captured the trajectory of the maple leaf, and watched as it headed for his Dantian.

To the maple leaf, Pang Jian’s flesh and blood body seemed to not exist at all; it glided freely inside him, no different from the air outside.

Bone, organs, flesh—none posed an obstacle to it.

For it was sharpened to the extreme.

As it fell, it simply free-fell and sliced through every obstacle in its path.

The power of a True God is indeed profound. Just the fall of a single maple leaf revealed so many secrets that Pang Jian couldn’t help but see Li Chu in a new light.

Even a weaker True God is still a True God that should never be underestimated.

"Shatter."

Within Pang Jian’s body, a voice as natural as the heavens roared out from his organs.

A vast and mighty surge of Qi and Alien Power transformed into a churning crimson torrent, violently bursting from a vein, obliterating the first maple leaf.

Once the maple leaf shattered, it dissipated into strands of Spiritual Power and Plant Alien Power within his body.

At that moment, in the Dantian Fragment Land inside Pang Jian, the secluded valley that symbolized his Tao of Plant was suddenly stripped of its power by a will.

His Dantian Fragment Land, the Secluded Valley he forged, the trees and flowers that belonged to him, all seemed to change masters in the blink of an eye.

"It’s a type of Vegetation Law that is unfamiliar to me."

"Very curious, it doesn’t belong to Purgatory, at least I’ve never seen it before."

"No, that’s not right."

"I should have seen it somewhere. I have read about it, but the memory is too distant, so distant that I can’t recall it all at once."

"Pang Jian, you truly amaze me. The mysteries within you..."

Li Chu’s voice rose from the maple grove.

The maple trees, the maple leaves, the void obscured by the maple grove, all echoed with Li Chu’s voice.

He existed on the outside and also sunk into Pang Jian’s body, observing everything that interested him.

More maple leaves drifted down, yet the Spiritual Power Firm Cover that Pang Jian summoned was ineffective in stopping the leaves.

The leaves, as if not seeing any barrier at all, still landed on his body.

Then, more than a dozen bright red maple leaves descended like Divine Weapon Sharp Blades within his body.

Above, millions of maple leaves continued to fall, but the falling was gradually focused.

Concentrated on Pang Jian alone.

Feeling the pain scraping his bones and penetrating his heart, Pang Jian, whose face showed no sign of distress and whose body seemed unharmed, knew that his flesh had been broadly mangled within.

The wounds, all originated from the flesh and bones beneath his skin.

"You won’t fight back?"

The anxious voice from the Source Demon within the mini-world of his sword reached out, "You can feel his Divine Power, experience the Tao of a Human True God, but you can’t be so complacent, you can’t just endure passively."

If not for Pang Jian suppressing it, it would have erupted with force as soon as the maple grove emerged.

"My Immortal Primordial Spirit is undamaged, and Li Chu’s power has not touched my Spirit Sea of Consciousness. As long as my Immortal Primordial Spirit is intact, no matter how severely this body of flesh and blood is injured, it can all be repaired afterwards. Bones, organs, flesh – all can be remade."

Pang Jian narrowed his eyes as he replied.

The pain was real, and so was this maple grove; every single leaf... was alive.

Maple leaves carried Li Chu’s Spiritual Power, Plant Spirit Energy, the gist of the Great Tao, and his soul thoughts.

Li Chu seemed to disappear but was in fact everywhere.

He dispersed his power into anything that was visible and invisible.

Only he could not enter Pang Jian’s Spirit Sea of Consciousness.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t, but rather... he dared not.

With each leaf’s descent, following his true will, he could switch trajectory at will, naturally targeting Pang Jian’s skeleton, heading straight into his brain.

In fact, several leaves following his will were clearly destined for Pang Jian’s Spirit Sea of Consciousness.

But at the last moment, the trajectory was forcibly altered.

Simply because approaching the region above Pang Jian’s head and forehead, corresponding to his soul, this deity amongst men instinctively felt a heart-palpitating unease.

To penetrate the Spirit Sea of Consciousness and minutely scrutinize Pang Jian’s Immortal Primordial Spirit would be the quickest way for him to understand Pang Jian.

But he dared not do it.

So the maple leaves fluttered down within Pang Jian’s body, falling amidst his flesh, slicing through it, shaking the Plant Secluded Valley he had forged, observing his unique Dantian Fragment Land.

Li Chu chose to go from outside to inside, starting with the physical body and only at the end preparing to deal with Pang Jian’s Spirit Sea of Consciousness.

"Freeze."

Pang Jian’s body sunk, descending into the "Heart of Winter."

The Extreme Cold Ice Power from the Divine Artifact "Heart of Winter" combined with his Dantian Fragment Land and his Immortal Primordial Spirit’s Extreme Cold Tao.

And suddenly a special star shone brightly.

"Hiss!"

Pang Jian’s body of flesh became the coldest spot between heaven and earth.

His body turned into the frigid extreme of the Outer Domain Galaxy, becoming the secret realm of the Frozen Land’s ultimate cold.

All the drifting maple leaves were frozen in an instant.

Pang Jian’s whole being seemed to become a block of ancient ice, that kind of ultimate cold sealed everything except for the brain.

At that moment, he too saw within his own body some spots containing Li Chu’s soul thoughts.

Those spots landed in the Secluded Valley of his Dantian Fragment Land, on top of his bones, clinging to his organs, comprehensively studying the state of his body.

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