The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 720 - 682 Annihilating the Demon God’s Image_1

Chapter 720: Chapter 682 Annihilating the Demon God’s Image_1

Having ascended to the ranks of the True Gods and forging an Immortal Primordial Spirit, Pang Jian had become somewhat uncertain of his true combat strength.

He didn’t even know how to proceed on the path ahead.

In the Mysterious Fog, he was able to kill the Dark Bat and the Water God Naga, and within those unknown stars, he also managed to bombard the Youkui to death.

The Naga was a Low-rank God, while the Youkui was a Middle-level God; thus, his Immortal Primordial Spirit possessed at least the strength of a Middle-level God.

The Unicorn, Mengnawa, and the Divine Bird Vermilion Bird, these three Great Demon Gods, had not left the Thunder Prison World. It was naturally not a challenge to kill the Demon Souls before they had solidified their God Status.

And when he truly took action, he realized that killing these three Demon Gods was even simpler than he had imagined.

For those three Demon Gods were weaker than he thought.

Now Mengnawa was dead, the Vermilion Bird too, and only the Unicorn remained; what tricks could it still have up its sleeve?

Pang Jian, tasked with holding the rear, thought this and observed the situation nonchalantly, waiting for Li Yuqing to wield the magical "Blade of Destiny" once again and have the most cunning Unicorn die by the sword.

"I underestimated you."

The Unicorn suddenly sighed and then spat out a vicious-looking lotus throne bristling with bone spurs.

The image of the Demon God, with four heads, four faces, and four arms, materialized in the center of the lotus throne.

"Lord He Motian, forgive my incompetence; I failed to lure Pang Jian out of the Thunder Prison."

The Unicorn lowered its proud head, its immense demon body sinking voluntarily, humbly and helplessly speaking, "The other two have already fallen. I fear I will soon follow in their footsteps, so I humbly implore you..."

"Pang Jian!"

Before He could finish speaking, the loud and authoritative voice of He Motian resounded from the demon shadow within the lotus throne.

The Unicorn, who had spat out the lotus throne, tactfully shut its mouth.

Li Yuqing, who was about to deliver the sword to the Unicorn, became defensive when she saw He Motian’s appearance, adopting a defensive stance.

She directed the "Pearl of Destiny" in her palm towards He Motian along with the Sky-splitting Sword, surrounding her body with countless dazzling sword glows to guard against the Demon Might of He Motian.

He Motian was a High God with a legendary fame in Purgatory, the supreme belief of the Demon Clan today.

Even though He could not descend in his true form to the Thunder Prison and was only a Demon God image, a conglomerate of a minor fraction of His Divine Consciousness, Li Yuqing had to treat Him with caution.

Switching from offense to defense was the basic respect for a High God.

"He Motian!"

When Lei Ying saw that weird demon shadow emerge, she decisively retreated into Thunder God Mountain.

Although she was full of curiosity about what was going to happen, she dared not stay to continue watching.

With the Divine Power left by the Thunder God within Thunder God Mountain and the power that made all gods wary, it was nearly impossible for He Motian to break through the seal of Thunder God Mountain with just a Demon God image.

Lei Ying was very calm; she knew that hiding in Thunder God Mountain and not coming out was the only way to avoid the Great Demon God He Motian.

At least, He Motian would find it difficult to forcibly possess her.

"Here I am, Lord; what instructions do You have for me?"

Pang Jian summoned the Thunder Pond with his Divine Power.

In the increasingly vast Thunder Pond, several magnificent temples stood tall, and the Thunder Divine Court, which used to convene the Heaven Thunder Gods of the past, revived with an overwhelmingly potent aura.

Standing above the Silver-white Temple, Pang Jian looked coldly towards the figure of He Motian in the center of the lotus throne without fear.

"In our Purgatory World, Your refined Demon Body was shattered, Your Divine Consciousness was blasted away. Now, my Shifu and the Heaven Forbidden of Purgatory have merged; You cannot even peer into Purgatory."

"He Motian, your and that highest Ghost Clan’s schemes for Purgatory have already failed miserably."

"What, now You can only try to flex Your power in a place like the Thunder Prison?"

Pang Jian’s words were filled with mockery.

It was He Motian and Zimo in charge of the major situation outside of the sky, facing one of the actual leaders of the Outer Realm God Spirits, he certainly didn’t mince words.

"Failed miserably?"

Each of He Motian’s faces suddenly began to solidify and undergo changes.

His four faces encompassed all life, containing male and female, old and young.

The faces of elderly people from various tribes, women, young men, young ladies, and teenagers alternately appeared on His four faces.

His will had once tainted all beings, had possessed and seized different creatures.

He had divided into countless forms, had taken on different life forms and appearances, active in different Star Rivers.

He had a long history of ages; His legends were widely spread across the Star Rivers.

"The Original Demon is eternal and undying, the very origin of demons lies in Purgatory, He is the wisdom crystallized of our Demon Gods, our future leader. He will become the Fifth Sovereign in Purgatory, and His appearance in Purgatory signifies our immense success."

"How could we have failed miserably?"

He Motian showed a majestic male demon face, authoritatively saying, "And again, you don’t understand the meaning of a Sovereign. The Sovereign born of the Heaven Clan is still in Purgatory, and no one of the Human Race can truly threaten Him."

"Pang Jian, the Human Race is destined to perish; you will not survive this."

As He spoke, He turned a different face towards Li Yuqing.

"Daddy!"

Li Yuqing exclaimed softly.

That face was indeed Li Yuanli, the current head of the Heaven Treasure Li Family, and one of the True Gods.

"I’m dead; I died in the Purgatory World, child..."

"Li Yuanli" smiled bitterly, his eyes filled with regret, saying, "I had hoped to see you ascend to True Godhood, to see you and your brother become the pride of our Li Family. Alas, I couldn’t make it; things changed too quickly."

Pang Jian’s expression subtly changed.

The death of Li Yuanli had occurred after his master underwent the "Heaven Forbidden" ritual in the Hell of Unity, so how did He Motian learn about it?

Was his master—still in the Fifth Realm and being eroded by Luo Hongyan’s Death Force—somehow losing control over the restraints of "Heaven Forbidden"?

Or had the Original Demon grown so powerful that it could breach the checks and balances of "Heaven Forbidden" and communicate with He Motian beyond the heavens?

"My dad, such a cautious man, would not die." Li Yuqing sneered coldly, having regained her composure, and retorted, "Are you trying to disturb my state of mind to attack me on a spiritual level? Senior Demon God from beyond the skies, you should come up with a different line, one sufficiently crushing to make me mentally collapse, shouldn’t you?"

"You may not know, but Pang Jian does," He Motian said indifferently.

"I will know whether he is dead or not by myself; I don’t need anyone to tell me!" Li Yuqing didn’t fall for it and used the power of destiny to probe for her closest kin.

In her hand, the "Pearl of Destiny" took on a drop of her blood, which she used to try and resonate with Li Yuanli.

What the "Pearl of Destiny" sensed was... nothingness.

Between heaven and earth, there was no trace of her father’s existence left; she instantly understood that her father’s soul had perished.

"Dad!"

Li Yuqing’s dao heart shattered with a boom.

Quietly, the visage of He Motian in the lotus pedestal vanished as a part of His will stretched across the void of space, heading straight for Li Yuqing.

"Boom!"

The thunderous sound of lightning, which annihilated all ghosts and demons in the heavens, erupted, and numerous intense flashes of lightning surrounded Li Yuqing, thwarting the infiltration of He Motian’s soul.

At the critical moment, Pang Jian summoned the vast heavenly might of the Thunder Divine Court.

Deep within grandiose temples, the Thunder Principles densely manifested, enhancing the lightning and imbuing the thunderous roars with the extreme and biased Dao imprints of Thunder God.

Areas of Thunder Vortexes, Thunder Seas, and Thunder Ponds were present all around Li Yuqing.

The Divine Consciousness of He Motian, trying to corrupt her, was annihilated in the invisible space by such a wild and explosive thunder attack.

"Go!"

With a single thought, the Thunder Ponds, lifting clusters of Thunder Temples, flew towards Li Yuqing.

Bare-handed Pang Jian, with his Immortal Primordial Spirit like a colorful glaze Divine Body, surrounded by starlight, electric light, frost, and star brilliance, suddenly appeared in front of that menacing lotus pedestal.

"Just a mere Altar of Praying to God, and an image of a Demon God at that, you really thought you were invincible?" he said.

"Huff! Huff!"

Pang Jian transformed; his Primordial Spirit became the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" and then specifically gathered several powers capable of annihilation.

A vast vortex storm appeared out of nowhere.

Within the storm wandered numerous bolts of lightning, mixed with the Fierce Sun God’s Brilliance, fleeting Flaming Meteors, blinding golden light, and hidden Divine Skills of Soul Capture.

The most effective powers against the demons of the Outer Realm were all integrated into the storm.

"Crack!"

The blinding golden light fractured the menacing lotus pedestal.

Thunder and sunlight, fire and star streams bombarded the Demon God image of He Motian incessantly, obliterating every wisp of His divine intentions.

Outside the storm vortex, Pang Jian used the Divine Skills of Youkui to create a barrier and prevent He Motian’s demon thoughts from escaping.

Thus, the menacing lotus pedestal that could communicate with He Motian, along with an image of the Demon God, was ground into nothingness by Pang Jian in less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

"If your true body can’t come here, relying on these trifles is even feebler than Youkui," Pang Jian’s voice emanated from within the storm.

Seeing the grim situation, the unicorn that wanted to flee was instead locked by the ferocious vortex of the "Chaotic Sky Curtain" Pang Jian transformed into, its demon soul momentarily stilled.

But for Pang Jian, this brief moment was enough.

...

Fifth Realm of Purgatory.

Facing Pu Zhaotian’s proposal to descend to the Sixth Realm in search of Yan Lie, Li Wang did not agree.

He still planned to stay in this realm, to watch and to think of other ways.

Li Wang harbored profound fear towards the Sixth and Seventh Realms.

The Ghost Mother and Zhu Ji, who always believed in his judgments and accompanied him, remained in the Fifth Realm as well.

Without those three with him, Pu Zhaotian also lacked the confidence to face powerful beings of the Alien Tribes, such as Yan Lie and Shajia, in the Sixth Realm and thus chose to stay with them.

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Following the demise of Li Yuanli and Tian Du San Ren, the two currents of fate that had been circling the dome of this realm suddenly felt the pull of a force and rushed towards the Fifth Continent.

"Bagua City!"

Li Wang’s expression changed slightly as he said, "Zhu Ji, your judgment may be correct! That Sovereign needs more fate to forge other divine statuses. Thus, even if His true body is not in Purgatory, He remains immensely powerful."

"We must break through His defenses, enter the interior of the Fifth Continent, and stop Him from successfully accomplishing this!" Li Wang felt pressured and understood that it was a matter of life and death as he said, "Let us join forces to attack the defensive screen of the Fifth Continent!"

"Doing so may cause the Fifth Continent to fracture," the Ghost Mother warned.

"We have no choice but to disregard that now!"

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