The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 659 - 623: The Master and Disciple Who Defy the Heavens_1

Chapter 659: Chapter 623: The Master and Disciple Who Defy the Heavens_1

Third Realm, Black Nether Continent.

"Your father has fallen in battle."

In the sacred land of a sect that once belonged to the Star River Alliance, Aman of the Heaven Clan sat quietly on a white jade platform, her pair of pure white wings spread out behind her, channeling the radiance of the stars and moon above.

She radiated an aura of sanctity.

Yet, her words were like a sharp sword, ruthlessly piercing into Dazzling Shadow’s heart.

Standing below the platform, Dazzling Shadow, her face and body covered with bright silver scale armor, trembled slightly.

Her eyes, usually sharp as the cold blade, showed profound pain as she gently covered her chest.

Her lips were pursed, wordless. After a long pause, she summoned the Demon Knife, which had shattered countless mortal kingdoms, using it and her Demon Thought to communicate with the Great Demon God from beyond the sky.

"My father has died in battle, he fought because of you, I..."

She was questioning Great Demon God Hemo Tian.

It was not the Sovereign who had sent her father to the Extreme North Mysterious Fog, but Great Demon God Hemo Tian.

Hemo Tian coveted the Origin Demon Sword in Pang Jian’s possession.

He had commanded Lord Li Bai to retrieve this sword and place it above the alien Demon Stone, to let the Original Demon Lord draw strength from it.

Now, with her father declared dead by Aman, Dazzling Shadow naturally sought an explanation from Hemo Tian.

"A worthless failure who has died, just let him die, what’s there to say? The Yao Clan’s Lie Yang, the Flame Clan’s Qi Xu, plus him and Jiu Luo, couldn’t even get me the Origin Demon Sword and instead lost two lives in the process."

"Dazzling Shadow, your father greatly disappointed me, he didn’t even deserve to step out of Purgatory!"

From within the Demon Knife, the vast demonic shadow of Hemo Tian with four heads, four faces, and four arms appeared.

He held a token, prayer beads, a water flask, and a lotus, speaking coldly and mercilessly from amidst the Outer Domain Galaxy, "I once had great expectations of your father. I was just waiting for him to fulfill my commission. Once he ventured deeper into the starry space, I was determined to help him become a leader of a Demon Realm."

"Low-Rank Demon God, Mid-Rank Demon God, I could have forged them all for him, and I would have refined a Demon Body for him."

"It was he who failed my expectations."

"Dazzling Shadow, among the new generation of demons in Purgatory, you possess the strongest talent and potential. You should quickly pull yourself together and assume the leadership in Purgatory in place of your father."

"I promise you..."

Hemo Tian’s beguiling Demon Sound came through the Demon Knife, echoing word by word.

But Dazzling Shadow was no longer listening.

In her mind were only her father’s voice and appearance, his years of patient instruction, and the meticulous care he had shown her.

This Demon Knife, her father hadn’t even taken it with him when he delved into the Extreme North Mysterious Fog.

Dazzling Shadow lowered her head, knelt in this area, immersed in a state of overwhelming grief.

...

"Clan leader, who exactly was it?"

Yu Xin, who had descended from the Upper Realm, could not help but ask, "I heard that in the Extreme North Mysterious Fog of the Fourth Realm, there lurks a reclusive Demon Race. That... Pang Jian seemed to have gone there. Could it be that he collaborated with the Demon Gods of the Demon Race to kill Lord Li Bai inside the fog?"

Jingsha from the Shadow Clan also looked at Aman upon hearing this.

After the Third Realm was conquered, the Yao Clan, Flame Clan, and Ghost Clan were active in the Qian Tian Continent, while the Heaven Clan, Devil Scale Tribe, Cyclops, and Shadow Clan were found in the Black Nether Continent.

Jingsha had not been down long when she saw Li Bai surreptitiously leave and thought he had gone to meet the Sovereign in the Fifth Realm.

She did not expect that Li Bai had actually received orders from Great Demon God Hemo Tian and had gone with Jiu Luo to the depths of the Extreme North Mysterious Fog, and both had fallen in battle.

As a powerful level-ten fighter of the Shadow Clan, she did not know Pang Jian well and suspected there was more to the deaths of Li Bai and Jiu Luo.

"He first killed the Nine-headed Bird Demon God, severing the last head of this Demon God. Long Xiao, along with Old Rock Bear, did not leave the Saint Spirit Continent, and no Human True God has fallen into the Lower Realm."

Aman stated the actual facts with a calm demeanor, "In the Extreme North Mysterious Fog, there was only one Human True God. And us, we mobilized four level-ten Bloodline warriors, but still lost two."

"Although I am reluctant to believe it, this is the truth."

With those words, she looked over at Aman, who was squatting in the distance and as tall as the mountain range of the Star River Alliance, and asked, "You have fought with him before, do you think it was his doing?"

"He wasn’t alone. In his hand, that sword harbors a real Demon God," Aman replied in a deep, resonant voice.

Having said this, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains closed his eyes.

"Is the Sword God from the Sword Tower truly so terrifying?" Jingsha exclaimed in shock, "After Pu Zhaotian’s Divine Enthronement, even the Heaven Forbidden of Purgatory underwent changes, and forced the Old Dragon to shrink back to the Saint Spirit Continent."

"His disciple, Pang Jian, wielding his sword, executed the Nine-Headed Bird, and then annihilated Jiu Luo and Li Bai."

"For both master and disciple, isn’t this hogging the spotlight a bit too much? For so many years, the Sword Tower hadn’t produced a new Sword God, so why have two suddenly emerged during our ascent to power?"

Jingsha felt a vague unease in her heart.

"In the past, several of our ascensions were quashed by the Sword God from the Sword Tower," Aman reassured her calmly, "The emergence of a new Sword God this time is not unexpected. For in every time of crisis for the human race, a formidable Sword God has appeared."

"We are winning this time because we have the Sovereign. He is the key to our victory!"

When speaking of the Sovereign, Aman’s face showed sincere respect.

She was well aware that the true form of the Sovereign in the Outer Domain Galaxy, who still bore a human form, was like her and Yu Xin, born of the Heaven Clan.

The Heaven Clan’s esteemed status in the Outer Domain Galaxy was due to the existence of the Sovereign.

...

Outside the heavens.

Upon a dim yellow star, the Great Demon God Hemo Tian stood with his true demon body, his presence as majestic as a mountain.

By His side, a group of demon gods with different forms yet all with awe-inspiring auras hovered.

The last ray of demon light released from the prayer beads in His hand... disappeared, like a snuffed candle.

His spiritual connection with Dazzling Shadow had relied on the Demon Knife passed down through generations by the Devil Scale Tribe, and at that moment, it was suddenly and forcibly severed.

Afterward, He attempted to communicate with a Demon Stone known as the demon nest and the Demonic Eye on Wu Yuan’s forehead.

There were also many altars of praying to the gods with which He had established a connection in His early years.

Yet, to His horror, He found that His demon thoughts were being hindered by the "Heaven Forbidden" of Purgatory, that His divine consciousness and His penetrating power were all being blocked by "Heaven Forbidden."

"Things have changed, Pu Zhaotian’s will has infiltrated the Heaven Forbidden, playing a role in closing the gate,"

the four faces of Hemo Tian expressed depth, harshness, impatience, and fury respectively.

...

Above the moon.

Ying Yue listened to a subordinate from the Clan of Bright Moon, who reported the latest news, "Things have changed, Pang Jian’s Shifu, Pu Zhaotian, has merged with the Purgatory Heaven Forbidden."

"From now on, the Heaven Forbidden is blocking all communication inside and out."

"The many god spirits from beyond can no longer pass their will to those people through believers and sacred objects. The powerful beings from the Fifth Realm of the Alien Tribes also can’t communicate with the gods of faith from beyond."

"From now on, without entering the inner realms of Purgatory, no one will know what’s happening inside."

She turned to Han Yi, whose expression had subtly changed, "One of Pang Jian’s bodies should be left in the Dark Prison, you’d best find him. From now on, if we want to understand what’s happening inside Purgatory, we can only rely on that Pang Jian in Dark Prison."

Han Yi nodded: "He’s there."

...

Within Purgatory.

The Third Realm, the Fourth Realm, the Fifth Realm.

Many strong beings from the Alien Tribes also sensed that something was amiss.

At a certain moment, their connection with the gods of the outer realms was suddenly severed.

Not a single god spirit could descend their divine consciousness, nor could they communicate with those guiding god spirits through special praying altars and special objects.

Only then did they realize how defying it was to have Pu Zhaotian achieve Divine Enthronement, to have Him integrate with the "Heaven Forbidden."

From then on, they could no longer pin their hopes on the Alien God Spirits, but had to seek help from the Sovereign, hoping the Sovereign would lead them to ultimate victory.

...

"Huff!"

A dazzling meteor of flames, trailing a long tail of fire, fell from the Qian Tian Continent to the extreme northern part of the Fourth Realm.

After the demise of Li Bai, the Fire God Yan Lie finally could not restrain himself, He was heading toward the Extreme North Mysterious Fog of the Fourth Realm.

The parcel of Flame Fragment Land, which He had pushed out from the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land and sunk in the Fifth Realm, was also summoned by His divine power.

From the Fifth Realm, that piece of Flame Fragment Land thundered as it flew toward the sky.

Yan Lie and the piece of Flame Fragment Land, due to Jiu Luo’s death and Li Bai’s demise, were both heading for the Extreme North Mysterious Fog.

...

"I didn’t expect them to be so evenly matched."

"This old man from the Yao Clan, turned out to be surprisingly strong. I wonder if the Sun God above ever thought that in the Purgatory World, there would be such a formidable opponent."

The Source Demon commented casually on the battle between the two from the sidelines.

He did not strike at Qi Xu because there was nothing of value on Qi Xu worth His intervention.

Qi Xu remained silent, the scenes of Li Bai’s death playing in his mind, still pondering when the battle between Pang Jian and Lie Yang would finally end.

"Qi Xu, I am on my way,"

the divine voice of Yan Lie suddenly emerged from Qi Xu’s heart.

It was also at this moment, the Source Demon, who had been leisurely watching the battle, quietly merged into the black-gold Divine Sword.

The sword pierced the high skies, towards the Yao Clan chieftain wrapped in the "Hunyuan Big Sun Chart," and with the power of six "Demon Realm Cave Heavens," pinned down Lie Yang for a moment.

"Boom!"

The six Demon Realms reappeared, and Lie Yang’s form was momentarily staggered, his spiritual soul briefly suspended.

It was in this momentary pause that the Thunder Pond and the Five Thunders Bombardment forcefully smashed down, leaving the Golden Toad and the four golden crows on Lie Yang half dead.

As Lie Yang’s body swayed, the Divine Sword passed through his waist and abdomen, piercing his body through.

"Pang Jian, the Fire God is coming! Stop dawdling with this guy, let’s go! The Fire God has regained much of his strength, we probably can’t handle Him!"

"Look, I am part of the Origin Demon Sword, one of your artifacts, this isn’t against the rules!"

"Let’s go!"

He had always been keeping an eye on Qi Xu, eavesdropping on Qi Xu’s inner voice, just worried that after Li Bai’s death, a new supreme being from the Alien Tribes would arrive.

He had contemplated the possibility of the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains coming, thought of the Heaven Clan’s Shajia returning, but never expected the arrival of the Fire God Yan Lie.

...