The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 626 - 593: The Resurrection of King Ape_1

Chapter 626: Chapter 593: The Resurrection of King Ape_1

The night was deep.

The mournful cries of the Nine-Headed Bird gradually faded away into the Lower Realm.

The oppressive feeling generated during the fall of the "Chaotic Sky Curtain," which contained supreme force, extinguished six of the Nine-Headed Bird’s heads.

The infamous demon bird of Purgatory’s history was summoned by Long Xiao to the Second Realm, attempting to strangle the rising star of Pang Jian’s Sword Dao and to disrupt the Divine Tao crafted by Pu Zhaotian.

Yet instead, Pang Jian dealt it a heavy blow, forcing it to escape in a wretched defeat.

"Swoosh! Hoo hoo!"

At the site where its six heads had shattered, wisps of soul breath and light appeared.

Those absorbed into its Demon Soul, wisps of soul light, were mostly the remnants of strong souls from the Human Race.

If it did not die, the remnants would never find release, unable to enter reincarnation again.

The Nine-Headed Bird, inherently sensitive to souls and whose bloodline secrets were also related to soul absorption, had hurried to this place, especially for the remnant soul of Mu Wentao.

With a branch of his soul ascending to True God status, Mu Wentao’s remnant soul still contained traces of the Great Tao, which could help affirm its own soul Divine Skills.

What it had previously captured were the exquisite soul insights Mu Wentao had comprehended in his early years. Memories of love and affection, however, it deliberately ignored.

When the six heads burst and the soul breath and light surged out, they were immediately drawn by the Divine Power of the Ghost Mother, dissipating in accordance with the laws of reincarnation.

The soul breath light disregarded spatial distance; as it faded here, it reappeared at the temple where the Ghost Mother’s true form resided.

The missing parts of Mu Wentao’s path to rebirth also flowed toward Qingming Cave Heaven along their original trajectory.

"I will fulfill my promise—the Demon Soul of King Ape will soon return to its body."

The Ghost Mother, borrowing the Flame Dragon’s Soul, escaped from the fiery "Demon Realm Cave Heaven" as a small crimson flame.

After the Nine-Headed Bird fled, she merged a fragment of divine consciousness with the Dragon Soul, no longer fearing being absorbed by the demon bird, and thus boldly made her presence known.

The flame that symbolized the Ghost Mother, like a burning eye, curiously looked up at the Sky Curtain above.

In the Sky Curtain, which resembled a real Star River, all of Pang Jian’s essences were present—blood fluctuations, God’s Thought, the profound intricacies of many laws he comprehended.

Pang Jian turned his Divine Body into a domain of the heavens, condensing into a brilliant Star River, a feat that even made the Ghost Mother marvel.

She was acquainted with Li Wang, who also used the Star River to prove his Dao and achieve Divine Enthronement in Purgatory.

But suddenly, she felt that Li Wang’s Star River Divine Tao seemed somewhat illusory and ethereal, not quite believable.

On the other hand, the Star River that Pang Jian had somehow condensed seemed to be the true vista of the Outer Star River.

"Please handle the Soul of King Ape as soon as possible."

The extraordinarily handsome Source Demon placed the six "Demon Realm Cave Heavens" beyond the "Well"-shaped Outer Realm, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at that point of Flame Dragon’s light that represented the Ghost Mother.

"I am working on it."

The Ghost Mother huffed lightly.

Because of the shattering of the Nine-Headed Bird’s six heads, some of the soul breath light that had escaped was already wandering within Yuan Qi’s demon body.

Within Yuan Qi’s body, those wisps of soul breath light formed a strange soul symbol that only the Ghost Mother could craft and understand.

This symbol constantly changed, sometimes like a pond, sometimes a millstone, and at times a deep abyss.

The Divine Power that connected to the lost souls was released through it.

The remnants of Yuan Qi’s Demon Soul, previously bound by the Ghost Mother and not dissipated in the world, became invisible streams of light, entering through Yuan Qi’s hollow eyeballs into his mind.

"You need to release a part of the vast blood energy hidden within the two dragons’ Dragon Hearts," the Ghost Mother stated her demand.

The Source Demon replied with a smile, "Of course."

A Demon God and a Human True God were working together to bring Yuan Qi back to life in Purgatory.

Pang Jian’s Immortal Primordial Spirit was still above in the "Chaotic Sky Curtain."

In the Second Realm, another dome had replaced the current "heaven," obscuring the natural light of stars and moon and shining over the void below.

This sky was magnificently colorful, seemingly taking the real Star River into Purgatory, making Purgatory embrace the Outer Star River.

Even Li Wang, who had mastered the Star River Dao and ascended to True God through it, was unable to manifest the Outer Realm with his divine power from within his body. He could not present the dark, cold Star River, where the sun, moon, and stars coexist with various Supernatural Abilities, in completion.

Simply because the Great Tao that Li Wang perceived and controlled was not enough to evolve the Boundless Starry Sky.

Li Wang had not stepped out of Purgatory, not traveled through the vast Mysterious Fog, not stood atop the stars beyond heaven.

Unable to go out and merely "gazing at the sky from the bottom of a well," he could not understand the reality within the Star River and reproduce the secrets of the starry sky.

What he could not achieve, the Outer Star River he could not outline or depict, Pang Jian had perfectly created during the battle with the Nine-Headed Bird using "himself."

The many Supernatural Abilities and Divine Powers of his Divine Body first created the dark foundations, then adorned the stars, moon, and sun. They emanated an extremely cold aura and dragged down thunderous lightning for annihilation.

Afterward, his Divine Body disintegrated, integrating entirely into the mysterious Sky Curtain.

This profound Secret Skill was inspired by the "Sky-covering Demon Array" that veiled the Demon Abyss Continent, condensing Demon Element Power into an enclosing barrier, enveloping the Continent tightly.

Engraved in the "Sky-covering Demon Array" were hundreds of different Demon Arrays, nested and interlocking, one array connected to another.

Upon the existing basis of the "Sky-covering Demon Array," Pang Jian imprinted various Divine Skills and Secret Skills he had comprehended onto the "Black Sky."

As his Divine Body fragmented, he transformed his Divine Bones into the Great Tao Truth and his organs into the isolated stars within the dark Star River, bestowing upon them the wonders of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

Thus the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" was formed.

This secret skill could only be created thanks to Pang Jian’s Immortal Primordial Spirit. It was also the first time he discovered that this peculiar Divine Body could be refined into countless parts.

The Immortal Primordial Spirit changed at will; it turned out it could not only increase or decrease in size but also split into whole parts.

This myriad transformation was very similar to that of "demons", with different Demon Souls, Demon Fire, and Demon Clouds all being parts of the Source Demon, yet able to reunite into one and merge into the true body.

As the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" formed and pressed down, Pang Jian’s soul, split into three thousand thoughts, also sensed the assistance of the Heaven Forbidden.

The eternally existing Dome of Purgatory, on one hand, oppressed the common beings of this place and, on the other, the Heaven Forbidden that didn’t allow deities to intervene, faintly exuded the aura of his shifu.

In the process of ascending to True Godhood, his shifu was even able to influence the most profound Heaven Forbidden of Purgatory!

In this moment, Pang Jian finally understood the unimaginable power of the Great Tao his shifu pursued!

The Great Elder Jiang Ran sought to use his sword to open the "Heaven Gate", hoping to break the Heaven Forbidden that covered Purgatory, allowing all beings of Purgatory to gain great freedom, great liberation.

From then on, not only True Gods, but even cultivators of low realms, or even mortals, could step out of their cages through the Heaven Gate.

Jiang Ran’s Sword Dao was grandiose in its ambition, yet it was obviously impractical.

He seemed not to understand that it was precisely the existence of the Heaven Forbidden, which trapped the souls of Purgatory, that allowed the prosperous era of Purgatory creatures and the growth of the strong ones unpersecuted by the deities.

Only when one truly possessed the power to soar through the Star River could the strong break through the Heaven Forbidden and step out.

The Great Tao of the "prison" world seemed to be restraining the beings of Purgatory, but was it not also a form of painstaking protection?

If Jiang Ran truly attains the Tao and uses the "Heaven Gate" to pierce through the Heaven Forbidden to form a door, would not this door attract the attention of the gods?

If gods in their true forms arrive, will the Purgatory Human Tribe have any chance of survival?

The path Jiang Ran pursues, and the Tao of his shifu, Pu Zhaotian, are in fact two entirely opposite directions.

The previous Sword God, who passed the position of Tower Master to his shifu rather than his own disciple Jiang Ran, clearly knew that the Tao his shifu sought was truly beneficial to Purgatory.

His shifu, who could slightly influence the Heaven Forbidden even at the Divine Enthronement stage, if he successfully becomes a True God with it...

The Heaven Forbidden, could it also be turned into a sword in shifu’s hand?

His Sword Dao relies on the Heaven Forbidden, his pursuit also most aptly fits the Way of Purgatory; wouldn’t it mean that he could gain the generous consent of the Heaven Forbidden in the moment of Divine Enthronement?

If shifu takes a step forward, could he then step out of the Heaven Forbidden and reach the Outer Star River?

Man in the Outer Realm, feet on Purgatory Heaven Forbidden, wielding a sword, facing the Alien Gods head-on.

Perhaps this is precisely the magnificent future that shifu is truly seeking.

"Howl!"

A roar filled with grief and pain emanated from the thousand-zhang Giant Ape’s body.

While still pondering the mysteries of the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" and intending to delve deeper into this form, Pang Jian’s thoughts moved.

"Gather!"

The "Chaotic Sky Curtain", which had obscured part of the Second Realm’s void, suddenly began to contract rapidly, with the five viscera, like islands in a Star River, being the first to return to their specific locations.

Afterward, the Divine Bones fell in succession, standing like mountains in the middle of the viscera.

When the stars, sun, moon, Thunder and Lightning, Cold Ice were wrapped in that darkness and "stuffed" into the chest, the flesh of the Immortal Primordial Spirit naturally condensed.

In an instant, the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" disappeared, and the towering Immortal Primordial Spirit reappeared.

Then, in a flash, he reduced the Immortal Primordial Spirit to the size of a normal person, arriving directly in front of the resurrected Yuan Qi.

"Pang Jian, I wasn’t able to persuade the leader. He is set on restoring the glory of the Demon Race, and has long since formed an alliance with the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm."

Yuan Qi, with his eye sockets crusted with dried blood, can only sense Pang Jian through his breath and Demon Soul.

His ice-blue eyes capable of unleashing Bloodline Divine Power were gouged out by the Nine-Headed Bird and placed in Fragment Land of Northern Qi in the Fourth Realm; the Nine-Headed Bird planned to use his unique eyes to craft a Demon Instrument.

At the moment, he looked at Pang Jian with his hollow eye sockets devoid of eyeballs.

His ape face, covered in thick fur, after the howl, no longer showed signs of grief, pain or anger; it seemed unusually calm.

From the Source Demon, he knew he was resurrected, and also knew that in "Thunder Cave Heavens", Pang Jian’s sister had already been successfully rescued by Pu Zhaotian.

With Pang Lin safe, he was able to let go of his worries.

Back when the remains of Heaven Phoenix fell in Northern Qi, and various forces of the Fourth Realm delved deep into it, he was rescued by Pang Jian when he had no other recourse.

Latter, he was accepted by the Ancient Demon Clan hidden within Mysterious Fog, becoming a member of that ancient lineage.

He felt he owed the Nine-Headed Bird leader, and now that he had died once and even had his eyes gouged out, he still did not regard the Nine-Headed Bird as an enemy.

He was of the Demon Race.

What the Nine-Headed Bird and Long Xiao sought was to reclaim everything the Demon Race deserved from the hands of the Human Race and Alien Tribes.

From the perspective of the greater good of the clan, the decisions of Long Xiao and the Nine-Headed Bird, originated from a desire for a prosperous era of the Demon Race; he couldn’t bring himself to condemn them.

He couldn’t discern right from wrong, nor did he know where the two leaders of the Demon Race would ultimately lead their people after making their choices.

Now, an inevitable war between the clans had begun, and he was uncertain where to go.

"Pang Jian, may I go to the void where Absolute Sky Forbidden Land is located?"

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