The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 633 - 600 Firewood Divine Skill_1

Chapter 633: Chapter 600 Firewood Divine Skill_1

The beam of light from the Cyclops Aman gradually disappeared.

In Pang Jian’s body, however, there was a huge commotion like mountains collapsing and tsunamis surging, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing.

Sounds of booming echoed, hiding the awakening sounds of the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains’ Great Tao, indescribably thick and majestic, the ancient aura coursing through Pang Jian’s Immortal Primordial Spirit’s body.

He felt as if he were being suppressed by myriad mountains.

Since the formation of the Purgatory World, from the existence of sentient beings, parts of the mountains spread across various continents, scattered in different worlds, had long ceased to exist.

Wars and changes in terrain could cause mountains to disappear.

But this Cyclops chieftain’s blood carried the original appearance of each mountain range, and even those extinguished by the sands of time left corresponding traces in his bloodline.

Understanding those mountain imprints was like comprehending the history of a mountain, from which he could derive the mighty power belonging to mountains.

He was honored as the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains because he was born with an exceptional gift.

The mountain imprints that shouldn’t have settled in the blood of ordinary Cyclops children nearly caused him to perish at a young age.

His father always knew that the imprints also possessed power.

When he was a child and his body wasn’t strong enough, those imprints were an extremely heavy burden.

Like other Cyclops children, he would be so oppressed while walking that he couldn’t catch his breath.

For a young child to carry the imprints of ten thousand mountains within his body and survive was no easy feat.

As he grew, advancing through the stages of his bloodline, the body of his Giant Spirit Race slowly became robust. The weakest "mountain" imprints were understood and unsealed by him one by one.

From then on, he soared to the skies, becoming powerful at a speed unreachable by ordinary people.

When the imprints of all ten thousand mountains unleashed their power, he became the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains of the Purgatory World, entrusted with the lofty aspirations of all the mountains throughout history.

One day, should the situation in Purgatory change again, he could even recreate those collapsed mountains.

"I am the chosen child of the heavens, the Mountain God of these lands."

Aman declared in the language of the Giant Spirit Race with a deep roar.

"Boom! Boom!"

The shattered Ice Rock Island, crushed by Pang Jian’s feet, began to restore itself in an instant, overwhelmed by his Bloodline Power, as grey-white waves of light engulfed the rocks.

Aman, one of the Alien Tribes from the Fifth Realm and a powerful being with the lineage of the Giant Spirits, leapt towards Pang Jian.

His rocky body grew taller, engaging Pang Jian in crude, close-quarters combat.

His punches, his thrashing embraces, his knees and headbutts made it seem as if towering mountains manifested in the void.

Near Aman’s towering form, ethereal mountain ranges solidified, stretching endlessly.

Amidst the endless mountains, stars and moons emerged, appearing much smaller in comparison to the mountains and rivers, as if their light and momentum were overshadowed and suppressed, their Great Tao Divine Skills subdued.

Pang Jian, expressionless, countered Aman’s brute force punches and kicks, deflecting each strike as it came.

"Boom!"

Aman’s fist, like a thunderous hammer, carried the force of a thousand mountains, while Pang Jian met it with a palm shaped like the heaven and earth.

Within the palm, a secluded valley teeming with lush vegetation appeared, with streams flowing, veins of metal, and flames drifting about.

The secluded valley represented earth, the plants wood, the streams water, and the mineral veins metal.

Add the drifting flames, and the foundational Five Elements naturally matched up, creating this corner of the world.

With a thought, the Five Elements Alien Power transformed into the Great Tao of heaven and earth, upholding the force of Aman’s assault.

As the mountains descended, Aman employed his Blood Power to forge a reality-like "Mountain", hoping to exploit the force of a thousand mountains to break the Great Tao of the Five Elements and cause the collapse of heaven and earth.

On one side appeared a seemingly vast but actually minuscule palm-sized world, while on the other side, the falling mountains were a fusion of bloodline and broken rocks, opposed by a world created by a halo of five-colored Divine Power.

Pang Jian’s Five Elements World, staunchly withstanding the fall of a thousand mountains, caused the ground to be pierced creating thousands of holes.

Aman, using a single Taoist Rule and Regulation, was dissolving his Great Tao foundation.

"After reaching the tenth level of my bloodline and meditating on the mountain for thousands of years, such accumulation and sediment of the heavenly way is enough to destroy your hundreds of Great Tao!"

"If my long years of devoted cultivation can’t surpass your mere decades of Tao understanding, I might as well be dead."

Aman’s offensive was wide and expansive, imbuing the deep and heavy forces of a thousand mountains, and ten thousand mountains into each attack wave.

His combat skills were crude and simple, but they belonged to an ancient fighting technique lost in the river of history, eschewing reliance on weapons and advocating for direct contact between flesh and muscles.

This primitive and bloody combat style, which the Ancient Demon Clan excelled in, was also something he had mastered deeply.

One of the strongest of the Alien Tribes and a Human True God infused their Divine Skills and the Tao into their limbs and extremities, fighting in a part of the void with earth-shaking intensity, yet without terrifying residual shockwaves.

As the newly established Sword God, Pang Jian now had neither the Origin Demon Sword in hand nor any Divine Artifacts on him.

Aman also had not grasped the Mountain Flipping Seal in his palm.

In their physical clash of fists and feet, both seemed evenly matched, making it difficult to determine the victor in a short span of time.

Pang Jian had intended to quickly dispose of Aman and join the battle of Demon Gods, True Gods, and Sword God, seeking a way to slay Long Xiao. He did not expect Aman to be able to stop him.

Li Chu, the Dark Bat from the Outer Realm, the Water God Naga—he had battled each one in turn.

He thought this Cyclops chieftain would at most be on par with those beings, but Aman, who specialized in the power of "Mountain," proved his real combat strength to be far beyond that of a low-rank god in the Outer Realm.

It was then, he suddenly felt an odd sensation in his heart.

He sensed a second stream of Fate suddenly appearing above the Heaven Forbidden.

Above the Dome of Purgatory that isolated the gods and restricted the people of Purgatory, the Heaven Forbidden seemed to form a connection with him.

Before, he could only enter his Spiritual Soul into the Observatory to perceive any anomalies with Heaven Forbidden.

At this moment, even though he wasn’t in the First Realm, he sensed that Heaven Forbidden was an invisible Boundary Wall, with endless mysteries within.

Deep within the second strand of fate, it also encompassed truths related to the Great Tao of the Five Elements’ Wood.

The fallen one was Li Chu!

Following Lin Qiyang, another Human True God had died.

Luo Hongyan had flown to the First Realm, heading beyond Eastland to intercept Zhu Ji, and the promise she made to Pang Ling had now been fulfilled!

The body of True God Li Chu, which had accumulated a millennium’s worth of Plant Divine Power, was about to be absorbed by Pang Ling in Cloud Marsh.

Pang Ling, originally an Exotic Spirit, was going to elevate his level to ten, becoming like the Dark Prison Star Devourer.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

A crimson and an emerald beam of light, only perceptible to Pang Jian, fell from the Dome of Purgatory above, instantly merging into his viscera.

The heart governs fire, and the crimson light descended into the heart.

The liver corresponds to wood, and the emerald light disappeared into it.

The moment the two beams of the Great Tao’s light fused into the heart and liver, Pang Jian instantly knew they were the Firewood Divine Skills thoroughly comprehended by True Gods Lin Qiyang and Li Chu.

Lin Qiyang had become a deity through fire, Li Chu through wood, and the firewood Taoist rules they used to forge their Divine Tao returned to Heaven Forbidden along with their fate after their souls perished.

Earlier on, at the moment they achieved Divine Enthronement, the firewood Divine Skills they depended on for enlightenment were already filling the deficiencies in Heaven Forbidden.

The more who ascended to True Gods, the more Great Tao Laws contained within Heaven Forbidden, and the more stable Heaven Forbidden would become.

However, as the number of those who broke through Heaven Forbidden increased, its might would also diminish.

The state of Heaven Forbidden being most indestructible was when generations of True Gods emerged and perished one after another within Purgatory.

The mysterious Heaven Forbidden contained the Taoist foundations of all True Gods since ancient times.

Yet, after the deaths of Lin Qiyang and Li Chu, their firewood Tao unexpectedly fell and helped him advance in the two Taos.

What will was driving this?

Even though he wasn’t in the Observatory, why did he feel familiar with Heaven Forbidden, and why was he so favored?

In the midst of battle, Pang Jian couldn’t help but glance over at the "well"-shaped sword light barrier.

Within the sword light barrier, he felt an intention of "imprisonment" and also detected a scent similar to Heaven Forbidden.

"Shifu!"

"During the process of ascending to True God, Shifu was already able to influence Heaven Forbidden on a small scale! Part of his will has entered Heaven Forbidden, he is essentially integrating with the Heaven Forbidden of Hell of Unity!"

"No wonder Mrs. Feng said that without external forces interfering, Shifu would surely be able to achieve Divine Enthronement a second time!"

Pang Jian suddenly came to realize.

He was certain that it was Pu Zhaotian, in ways he could not comprehend, who took advantage of the recent downfall of Lin Qiyang and Li Chu, imprinting the firewood Divine Skills of the two True Gods into beams of Great Tao Light, casting them into his Immortal Primordial Spirit.

In the heart, resembling a melting furnace, lay a tiny Flame Dragon, existing in a half-dead state.

The moment the crimson divine light fell, the fire formations Lin Qiyang had contemplated his whole life transformed into subterranean networks, lightning, fire lotuses, phoenixes, and various other forms of flame.

The Bloodline manifestation of an eighth-level Flame Dragon suddenly turned to light smoke and dissipated.

The heart, with its Qi and blood outer shell and melting furnace within, immediately merged with the fire truths realized by Lin Qiyang.

The "Original Demon Fusion Spell" also operated accordingly, absorbing the fire laws pondered by Lin Qiyang throughout his lifetime.

Inside the liver, towering trees reached to the sky, exuding eternal and unabated vigor; the moment Li Chu’s Tao of Wood descended, it combined with the myriad towering trees.

"Wood overcomes earth."

This thought naturally surfaced.

And this seemed like the crystallization of True God Li Chu’s wisdom, yet it was also plain common sense.

"There are divine trees that can penetrate the heavens and stars, their branches capable of shattering any foundation."

Pang Jian contemplated within his heart the mysterious entity known as the "World Tree," rooted in the Outer Star River, extending its branches into the Boundless Star River and piercing through numerous stars.

The Divine Power in his liver externalized the Great Tao of Wood into the void.

The Seven-color God Light enveloping the towering Immortal Primordial Spirit took on a pure emerald hue, with sharp branches radiating from the circular emerald light.

The floating mountains outside were instantly penetrated by these branches.

The profound solidity of the mountains was pierced and dissolved in an instant.

At this moment, Pang Jian was still engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Aman.

Yet, he seemed to become that boundless and magnificent "World Tree," his limbs morphing into the strange branches breaking through the soil.

The mountains aspired by Aman, derived from the momentum of Ten Thousand Mountains, were a combination of Bloodline Power and Divine Skills.

Pang Jian, basing on his Immortal Primordial Spirit, imagined himself as the "World Tree," using the liver’s Divine Power to depict the scene of branches penetrating the celestials.

What the heart wishes, manifests as reality, such is the power of the gods.

The World Tree, a culmination of the Wood Tao in the Outer Domain Galaxy, through which he countered Aman’s power of Ten Thousand Mountains, aligned perfectly with the Tao of the Five Elements’ inter-restriction.

Thus, he broke it in one go.

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