The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 694 - 656 Exorcism_1

Chapter 694: Chapter 656 Exorcism_1

In his own Sea of Consciousness, Pang Jian felt that indeed, there was only himself in the entire heaven and earth.

The outside world, all living beings, the sun, the moon, and the stars seemed to have no connection to him anymore.

Loneliness, desolation, and emptiness suddenly surged into his heart.

At this moment, his thoughts began to flood like a tide.

The soul breath Alien Power hidden in his Sea of Consciousness, while he was pondering how to deal with the Original Demon, disappeared without a sound.

And that beautiful, effeminate youth grew ever more real and clear.

The Original Demon was actually devouring all of his random thoughts!

His thoughts and ideas, no matter the purpose, whether good or evil, whether fear or relief, despair or exhilaration.

All thoughts related to emotions could become a source of strength for the Original Demon to grow stronger!

Unless he was an inanimate object, unless he had no consciousness, completely ceasing to think.

Otherwise, the Original Demon would always be able to obtain strength through him.

What kind of terrifying power was this?

The Source Demon, and beings like He Motian from the Outer World Demon Gods, grew stronger by feeding on the evil side of the human heart, fortifying their Demon God power.

Demon feasts on evil.

And the Original Demon, the way He obtains power is obviously beyond any conventional realm!

Place Him in any realm with living beings, even if that realm is peaceful and harmonious everywhere, He could still extract strength through the distractions of the heart!

Distractions, not evil thoughts, this method of obtaining power is revolutionary for the Heaven Demon!

The opponents of the Original Demon, the moment their thoughts arise, the Original Demon could decipher the deeper meaning, distill the power He needs, and even twist and change the opponent’s ideas.

He could even induce the opponent to have thoughts of self-destruction.

The might displayed by the ruler of all demons, the Beginning, shook Pang Jian greatly.

"Through your thoughts, I can give birth to the Ten Thousand Demon Realms in your Sea of Consciousness,"

the Original Demon’s mouth quirked slightly.

In Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness, next to his increasingly solidifying God Status crystal, hundreds of Demon Realm Kingdoms slowly revealed themselves like scrolls being unrolled.

Those Demon Realm Kingdoms floated in the void of the Sea of Consciousness, some in peace and revelry, some in battle and strife, some in apocalyptic silence, and some just birthing new Demon Clans.

The Boundless Star River, with numerous Star Domains under the control of the Demon Clan, seemed to have all been visited by the Original Demon.

His experiences melded into His Tao and became part of His own Demon Realms.

"These Demon Realm Kingdoms lack a Sovereign. Demon Gods like He Motian, Ti Wei, and Qing Ji lack a true leader,"

the smile on the Original Demon’s face subsided, his eyes filled with indifference.

Rings of Demon Light rippled with waves from the void under His feet.

The knowledge of known and unknown Demon Tao Spells that Pang Jian had turned into exotic flowers, strange lotus platforms, ferocious birds and beasts, and ancient demon shadows fading in the river of time.

In the old days and worlds of the past, ancient demons roared, and magnificent Demon Gods cheered.

"Beginning!"

"The Beginning of all things!"

"The King of all demons!"

"Demons descend upon all realms!"

Loud, profound, the magnificent Demon Sounds resonated, echoing across countless heavens and realms.

At this moment, the past ancient demons and the currently existing Demon Gods seemed to be praising the true name of the Beginning in different spatiotemporal Kingdoms, looking forward to Him stepping onto the path of Sovereignty.

"You should feel lucky, lucky that I consider you a key step,"

His voice no longer carried any emotion.

His narrative seemed to be "the sound of Tao," representing the will of "heaven," a part of some rule.

In the world, wherever there are demons, He seemed to have a rightful place.

He should be omnipresent, and He is also eternal.

Unless all demons in the world are exterminated, with no more Demon Clan, no more Demon Gods, no more Demon Element Power.

But as long as they exist, He must exist as well.

Feeling the "Demon Tao" He spread out and comprehending His ideological essence, Pang Jian finally understood why the ambition of Thunder God was so extremely fanatical.

It turned out Thunder God had long known that only by eradicating all Demon Clans, Demon Gods, and destroying all Demon Realms was there a possibility to eliminate demons.

"It can’t be done."

"Since the birth of my will, I have been eternally indestructible."

"The true demon doesn’t need to rely on the Demon Clan, doesn’t need to be nourished by faith. Even if the Demon Clan is extinct and the Demon Realms are destroyed, if there is no more Demon Element Power or Demon Gods in the world, does that mean there are no more demons?"

"Do you know where the foundation of demons truly comes from?"

"It’s the human heart."

"As long as the Wisdom Race survives, as long as there are wicked and evil thoughts within them, demons will be born. Thunder God is truly laughable, choosing a dead-end path that is destined to be impossible."

"From the moment I emerged, I am immortal, unless there are no more living beings in the universe!"

The Original Demon stepped towards Pang Jian’s solidified God Status Physique.

The multitude of Demon Realm Kingdoms turned into His boundless Demon Might and Divine Skills; He grew larger and larger in Pang Jian’s eyes, gradually overshadowing the sky and earth.

Soon, His demonic shadow filled the entire Sea of Consciousness, swallowing all the Demon Realm Kingdoms.

The God Status Physique representing Pang Jian, under the strongest Demonic Eye in heaven and earth, became as small as dust.

He opened His mouth and gently inhaled.

The emerald-like crystalline God Status Physique fell into the body of the Original Demon.

That moment, Pang Jian realized that his Sea of Consciousness had been entirely swallowed into the belly of the Original Demon.

Or rather, the Original Demon had infected and poisoned his entire Sea of Consciousness.

His God Status Physique entered the belly of the Original Demon, which was entering a mysterious domain crafted by the Original Demon himself.

The Original Demon was that powerful, that vast and enigmatic, and this was before he ascended to become the Sovereign.

His true strength, his true Godhood, might have been that of just a Demon God.

Yet the Supreme Demon Tao he contemplated, along with his special origins, enabled him to possess despair-inducing Divine Skills even in his currently weaker stage.

Within the belly of the Original Demon, within that dark green Demon Realm, Pang Jian’s God Status Physique, including the Origin of Gods within, began to undergo a silent transformation.

The green crystalline God Status began to change color towards a dark green hue.

The thoughts and ideas rising from the Origin of Gods inside were suddenly... If I were to become a demon, the origin of all demons in the world; that doesn’t seem too bad.

With this thought, it meant that the Original Demon’s possession was underway.

He only needed to pull Pang Jian into the Demon Realm he had constructed and gradually poison Pang Jian’s origin.

The fall of Pang Jian, the disappearance of self, to be perfectly replaced by His will, seemed to be just a matter of time.

If there was no intervention from external forces, if no external forces interceded.

But, from where would such external forces come?

Pang Ling, the Bee King, the Old Black Turtle – all who had a spiritual connection with Pang Jian were also being subtly influenced by Him, corrupting their thoughts; how could they possibly help Pang Jian?

Or another Primordial Spirit, somewhere far beyond Purgatory, whose whereabouts were unknown?

After He had sealed Pang Jian’s five senses and confined him within His own Sea of Consciousness, and finally swallowed him into the belly of the Demon Realm, how could the Realm God Pang Jian, cut off from his flesh and blood, still pull that Primordial Spirit over?

"Thunder and Lightning, I just need Thunder and Lightning."

"Everything I think and wish, everything I consider, should be imbued with Thunderbolt."

"If His infective power can exist within the Primordial Spirit Body, then the Thunderous Lightning of the Primordial Spirit should also be able to enter the true body."

"Thunder and Lightning."

"Thunder and Lightning."

"Thunder and Lightning!"

At this moment, the only thoughts and ideas rising from Pang Jian’s God Status Physique, from the Origin of Gods, were just two words.

Thunder and Lightning!

He focused single-mindedly, muttering them over and over, establishing a connection time and time again.

Hei, Pang Ling, the Bee King, the Old Black Turtle – the connection with his soul had been severed, and he could not sense the "Purgatory Gate" or his own flesh and blood.

Only his Primordial Spirit, soaring within the Thunder Prison and an integral part of himself, kept the connection unbroken!

"Hiss!"

A sliver of silver-white lightning, as thin as a hair, was the first to appear in the Demon Realm within the belly of the Original Demon.

A glimmer of light penetrated through all seals and tore apart the Sky Curtain!

The miscellaneous, evil, and demonic thoughts in his mind surged violently and were naturally swallowed and absorbed by the Original Demon.

Yet within those thoughts, there were Thunderous Lightning from that Silver-white Temple!

The legacy of the Thunder God, the path pursued by the Thunder God, was rooted in each strand of silver-white lightning.

The lightning filled the body of the Original Demon and shimmered in the Demon Realm He had created, spreading through Pang Jian’s Sea of Consciousness.

Outside, lightning surged from Pang Jian’s eyes, nostrils, ears, and mouth, shooting out of his seven orifices.

Inside, the ancient and vast demonic shadow of the Original Demon, that obscured heaven and earth, dissipated like smoke in the silver-white lightning.

Demon Realm Kingdoms, the beings within them, the ancient demons He had conjured, every Demon God one after another, all returned to nothingness amidst the blazing Thunder and Lightning.

And at that moment, Pang Jian’s five senses were unsealed.

He saw that extreme darkness, Hei’s worried gaze, felt his own dantian, and became aware of his condition.

Thereupon, his thoughts surged, and his mind summoned the thoughts of Thunderbolt once more!

Above the darkness, lightning soared directly from seven fragmented lands condensed from Filth Alien Power.

Silver-white, azure, golden, crimson, pitch-black, deep blue, purple—all the countless lightning rose from his dantian to his Sea of Consciousness.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, the reviving Original Demon was annihilated amidst the thunder and light.

His presence, his traces of existence, his corruption of Pang Jian’s thoughts and consciousness all dissipated in the endless lightning.

As He had said, He might truly be eternal, but for the possession of Pang Jian, He had mustered most of his strength.

The demonic energy and Demon Thoughts He had saved up and recently nurtured could only help Him possess either Pang Jian or Wu Yuan.

He chose Pang Jian, making a selection that seemed better for Him, but met with utter failure.

Moments later.

Pang Jian’s seven orifices no longer spewed lightning, nor did the lightning from his dantian gather in the Fragmented Lands.

He was certain that the Original Demon, who had quietly slipped into his Sea of Consciousness with the Filthy Essence, had been thoroughly cleansed by him.

The Original Demon might not be dead but was surely severely wounded.

And he, had found the method to counter the Original Demon’s possessive invasion; henceforth, this tactic of the Original Demon’s would be ineffective against him!

In the next battle, the Original Demon must fight genuinely, without being able to easily resolve the issue through possession.

Shifu had faced the Original Demon’s possession in the past, confronted such a powerful Original Demon, and ultimately abandoned the forging of True Godhood, escaping disaster by abandoning a stream of fate.

Today, he had severely injured the Original Demon, foiling his plans.

His path to ascension, the integration with the Filthy Essence, did not stall despite the Original Demon’s interference.

He continued, his God Status Physique was nearing completion, and he was about to achieve perfection.

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