The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 636 - 603: "Heaven" of Purgatory_1

Chapter 636: Chapter 603: "Heaven" of Purgatory_1

Long Xiao’s ambitions were immense.

"Within the Thunder Cave Heavens," had been nurtured the Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree, and he surmised that the Forbidden Land must originate from the supreme Thunder God of the universe who overlooked the Star River—Thunder God.

The name of Thunder God reverberated throughout the endless starry sky, thunderstruck in the ears of the gods from beyond the heavens.

Whenever Purgatory opened, Alien Gods from the Outer Realm could cast their gaze upon this world through divine artifacts like the Altar of Praying to Gods.

At that time, some Alien Gods would attach their consciousnesses to puppet bodies.

They would then discreetly maneuver with these puppet bodies within Purgatory.

And Long Xiao, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, had spanned nearly all the eras of Purgatory and had encountered more than one Alien God from the Outer Realm.

Many puppet bodies of Alien Gods had been annihilated by him with thunderbolts, while with others he had engaged in secret communications.

He had long heard of an extremely domineering and powerful Thunder God that had emerged beyond the starry sea of Purgatory.

That Thunder God, like him, originally hailed from the "prison" cosmos.

He held Thunder God in high respect.

He had tried to fathom the Great Tao pursued by Thunder God and thought that once he left Purgatory, he must find a way to witness the Thunder Divine Court created by Thunder God.

As a Thunder God himself, Thunder God had almost succeeded in ascending to Sovereignty.

The artifacts he left behind, even though they were incomplete, still made Long Xiao’s heart burn with fervor.

When he thought that Pang Jian might possess relics of Thunder God, how could Long Xiao not be excited?

"Are the relics on you? The Thunder Tao within you is strikingly similar to the one that nurtured the Thunder Cave Heavens," spoke Long Xiao, more and more agitated and nearly beside himself with excitement.

Pang Jian, holding his sword, spoke calmly, "What do you think?"

"Heh heh."

Long Xiao smacked his lips and said viciously, "Guess my ass! Once I’ve slaughtered Pu Zhaotian, shattered the Sword Tower, and captured your sister again, I’ll use your sister’s life to force you to hand over the Thunder Pond!"

"Whoosh!"

At the moment Long Xiao’s threatening words fell, a sword light as dazzling as a beam of light was unleashed by Pang Jian’s swing.

Following the first streak of sword light, eight more broad rivers of sword light cascaded down upon the body of Long Xiao, targeting the nine enormous Thunder Vortexes behind him.

"With nine thunders, the myriad things of heaven and earth proliferate!"

Long Xiao hummed lightly, tossing the "Dragon Bead" from his hand, transforming it into a giant column standing within the deep sea of the Thunder Vortex.

This column had nine facets, facing the nine great Thunder Vortexes, connecting nine great worlds.

Within the nine Thunder Vortexes, mountains and seas, skies, and thunder and lightning like a colorful aurora appeared, and there, the Thunder Beasts, Thunder Birds, Thunder Dragons, and the beings of the Thunder Clan thrived.

The nine rivers of sword light Pang Jian wielded were absorbed into the worlds of the great Thunder Vortexes, eroded by a unique and unparalleled Thunder Tao.

Each river of sword light, like straight crystalline columns, shattered inch by inch.

The solid fragments of the sword light, like stars of fine gold, seemed like meteorites of the moon or flowing fire from the sun.

The Divine Power of the sun, moon, and stars, transformed into nine rivers of sword light, was effortlessly broken by the Thunder Vortex.

What alarmed Pang Jian was that he couldn’t reclaim a single strand of the soul thoughts he had infused into the nine rivers of sword light.

The soul thoughts, all turned to nothingness in an instant.

"The most terrifying aspect of this Old Thunder Dragon is the ability to exterminate any attached Soul Skills and Soul Power. My reason for retreating was precisely because it has the ability to restrain an Outer World Demon like me."

"God Spirits of the Ghost Clan, as well as Demons like us, are naturally limited by Thunder Gods," the Source Demon in the mini cosmos within the sword reminded.

It had not released the six "Demon Realm Cave Heavens" when the sword’s intent and might expanded, nor had it launched the "Six Demons Heaven Declaring" Secret Skill, precisely because it knew these would be useless against Long Xiao.

"Boom!"

The nine great Thunder Vortexes vibrated incessantly.

After eroding the rivers of sword light one by one, the Thunder Vortexes seemed to become nine encroaching worlds, pressing down on Pang Jian in reversal.

"If that’s the case..."

Pang Jian’s Immortal Primordial Spirit suddenly swelled to a towering height and in a majestic moment, "burst forth" disintegrating into a starry sky that was pure Great Tao.

This starry river was dark and icy cold, full of dazzling stars, with both sun and moon present.

The quintessence of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—five elements foundational to nature—mingled in five directions within the starry river, evolving into five distinct Star Domains.

Within the Fire Star Domain, hundreds of stars existed, each a fiery star, burning endlessly.

In the Golden Star Field, there were many stars too, some gleaming with golden light, some of an iron form, some silver stars, or stars of Origin Copper.

The Wood Star Domain consisted of orb-like stars, all brimming with vitality.

In the depths of the Star Domain hung an ancient Divine Tree beyond the limits of imagination, supporting stars with its branches and leaves, nurturing them with supreme Divine Power.

On these stars were lush forests, pulsing with a wealth of plant vitality.

In the Water Star Domain, many stars were azure blue, their surfaces covered with seas, rivers, winding streams, with a mist surrounding them, exuding the essence that nourished all life.

The Earth Star River featured some spherical stars and others floating continents.

The structures of stars Pang Jian had seen outside of heaven, the landforms he had encountered in Purgatory and Dark Prison, were all distilled by his own Divine Power and understanding.

This was his previously contemplated "Chaotic Sky Curtain," which he had now come to understand anew.

The moment the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" came into being, it was blessed with the power of Purgatory Heaven Forbidden, imbued with immense and profound Alien Power.

At this moment, the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" Pang Jian formed appeared to have become heaven itself in Purgatory!

This heaven suddenly surged through the nine Thunder Vortexes!

The "Chaotic Sky Curtain," bolstered by Heaven Forbidden, touched upon the worlds formed by the Thunder Vortexes, as if disparate laws of different worlds came into contact.

In an instant, hundreds of streams of Pang Jian’s Divine Power clashed with the thunderous pathways of the Thunder Vortex worlds.

His comprehension of Taoist rules, Divine Power, Qi and Blood, Cold Ice, stars and sun and moon, Flame Force, Darkness, and various other miraculous Divine Skills turned into sword light in the heat of battle.

Each strand of sword light encompassed one or more forces within him and collided with the thunderous principles of the Thunder Vortex worlds.

Such a godly battle was also a first for Pang Jian.

Without flesh and limbs, he felt like he had become the world itself, an embodiment of pure energy.

All that constituted his Immortal Primordial Spirit—the Spiritual Soul, Divine Power, will, Taoist Rules and Regulations, Qi and Blood with Supernatural Ability, and even Fate—had turned into his means and sharp tools to shatter another world.

"Boom!"

Within the world-destroying thunderclaps, a Thunder Vortex collapsed and disappeared, with lightning scattering in all directions.

After Pang Jian’s disintegration, the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" he had become, bolstered by the Purgatory Heaven Forbidden’s blessing, often compensated for his shortcomings.

"Those powerful God Spirits from the Outer Realm form their own Divine Realms around themselves, and the Divine Platform is the foundation of a Divine Realm."

"The battles between God Spirits also result in collisions between Divine Realms. Unexpectedly... the two of you, within Purgatory itself, are capable of attacking each other with ’realms’ like formidable God Spirits."

"Your Immortal Primordial Spirit can even directly transform into a Divine Realm, tsk tsk!"

Source Demon exclaimed in admiration.

To Him, the six "Demon Realm Cave Heavens" are the realms He is currently constructing.

This "realm," still in the process of perfection, has yet to reach its full potential as envisioned by Him.

He knew very well that as an Outer World Demon God, He was building a "Demon Realm."

Therefore, even as a Middle-level God, He was not absolutely confident facing the Old Thunder Dragon before Him.

Meanwhile, the "realm" Pang Jian had become was filled with awe-inspiring and grandeur, encompassing the Star River and all things within, solidly founded on great Taoist principles.

With the echo and coordination of Purgatory’s "Heaven Forbidden," it matched the Old Thunder Dragon’s nine "Thunder Realms," capable of putting up an equal fight.

"Boom!"

As Source Demon marveled, another Thunder Vortex, through which Pang Jian had become the "heavens," was torn asunder, turning into chaotic lightning shooting across the sky.

"Long Xiao, could he also not be his match?"

"Has Pang Jian become so terrifyingly powerful?"

The Bone Saint, Lv Qinghe, and Zhou Yi of the Jiuli Clan, were deeply intimidated by the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" that seemed like the outer starry sky.

The two of them suddenly realized that they could no longer comprehend Pang Jian’s way of fighting.

"Ao!"

Suddenly, a sonorous dragon’s roar sounded from that "well"-shaped heaven and earth.

Deep within the sword light barrier, a cyan Giant Dragon twisted and coiled, entwining around an inverted nine-story tower!

The Sword Tower was actually wrapped by the cyan Giant Dragon!

"Heh heh!"

The proud laughter of Long Xiao came from the "well"-shaped sword light domain: "Pang Jian, Pu Zhaotian, even if you and your student work together, you might not prove to be my match!"

Outside, another surviving Thunder Vortex’s depths held Long Xiao’s humanoid form.

There was also the presence of flesh and blood, soul fluctuations, and the imprint of Thunder Tao within his body.

But when Long Xiao’s True Dragon Body emerged in the "well"-shaped sword light barrier, this previously all-too-real humanoid form began to seem somewhat illusory.

"It’s the power of the Dragon Bead!"

"It’s that Dragon Bead that allowed Long Xiao to leave a false human form. The real Overbearing Thunder Dragon had stealthily approached the Sword Tower while Pang Jian was striking at the Thunder Vortexes!"

Lv Qinghe clapped in amazement, saying, "Truly worthy of being the Demon Race’s helmsman."

Seeing this, Zhou Yi immediately relaxed and said, "It seems everything is already settled."

Long Xiao cunningly used the "Dragon Bead" to mix the real with the fake, focusing all of Pang Jian’s attention on the Thunder Vortexes above, on an illusory human form of Long Xiao.

Yet, Long Xiao’s true body had secretly crept into the location of the Sword Tower without being noticed by gods or ghosts.

With just a slight effort, Long Xiao broke through Pang Jian’s protective seal.

If Pu Zhaotian’s path to Divine Enthronement had not yet successfully congealed, how could there be the possibility to forge it anew?

"Shifu!"

From within the depths of the "Chaotic Sky Curtain," where he had no physical body, Pang Jian suddenly screamed in anguish.

"What are you screaming for?"

In this peculiar starry river, Pu Zhaotian’s languid scolding could be heard.

This voice was audible only to Pang Jian.

"That Old Dragon shows his true form and roars with self-satisfaction, specifically to attract everyone’s attention, because He hasn’t found me in the sword light barrier at all,"

"That Sword Tower isn’t something He can break so easily."

"Fight! Keep fighting, help me shatter His thunder domains one by one!"

"With the power of Purgatory Heaven Forbidden and our combined enhancement, are you afraid you can’t break the nine Thunder Vortexes, refined over tens of thousands of years?"

Pu Zhaotian slyly egged on.

Pang Jian could hear his voice, yet he had no idea where he was; however, the message revealed in his words greatly steadied Pang Jian’s resolve.

Thus, Pang Jian did not rush to refine his form and maintained the enigmatic state of "Chaotic Sky Curtain."

Using his Immortal Primordial Spirit as a "Divine Realm," he once again crushed down on another Thunder Vortex, shattering the Old Dragon’s painstakingly forged Thunder Divine Realm, decreasing His thunderous support.

Before long, a Thunder Vortex disintegrated, and Pang Jian set his sights on the next target.

"Pu Zhaotian!"

"You fatso, where are you hiding?!"

"There’s no sign of you in the Sword Tower, none in the sword light barrier; could you be hiding within the Heaven Forbidden?"

The cyan Giant Dragon entwining the Sword Tower bellowed while lashing its tail, shattering the "well"-shaped sword light barrier into pieces.

With the True Dragon Body, wrapped around that inverted nine-story tower, He suddenly flew towards the First Realm of Purgatory.

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