The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 728 - 690: Boundary Wall Law_1

Chapter 728: Chapter 690: Boundary Wall Law_1

"Boom!"

A girl in blue, with a ponytail, was forcibly bounced back by the power of the Boundary Wall.

Her "Blade of Destiny," slashed down with the Sky-splitting Sword, failed to break the Boundary Wall.

"Rustle! Rustle rustle!"

Stream after stream, carrying the power of destiny, returned to her body along with the Sword Intent.

She bit her lip, gazing at the invisible yet real Boundary Wall, said, "With a single strike of this sword, even a Demon God would die."

Pang Jian had no doubts about the truth of her words.

Having encountered an amazing adventure, Li Yuqing’s understanding of fate deepened with each day, as did the strengthening of herself; her realm also advanced by leaps and bounds.

She was anxious to leave, eager to return to the Purgatory World, for she had a premonition that she could ascend to True God status in a short period.

She feared that if she returned too late, she would inexplicably become a God Spirit and thus lose the chance to merge with a strand of fate.

The fate of Purgatory was one of the rarest treasures between heaven and earth, coveted by gods and sought after by beings like He Motian, Zimo, and Luo Hongyan, all of whom racked their brains to scheme for it.

She certainly didn’t want to give up a strand of fate.

"Each ’prison’ world has its own inherent laws that have been operating for tens of millions of years; breaking through them forcibly is extremely difficult," Pang Jian explained.

"Alas," Li Yuqing sighed softly, her delicate and fair face showing frustration as she said, "Isn’t the Boundary Wall of Thunder Prison different from that of our Purgatory?"

"Purgatory, even the Immortal Realm can traverse, why not here?"

"Pang Jian, you... "

"Bang!"

As Li Yuqing spoke, lightning splattered all around the Boundary Wall not far away.

Lei Ying, with a level ten bloodline, also moved away from the Boundary Wall with a look of defeat, rubbing her swollen forehead and said in distress, "It seems that a person like me can only leave through the Heaven Forbidden."

The Boundary Wall and Heaven Forbidden each had their own set of operational laws.

Heaven Forbidden resided at the zenith of the ’prison’ worlds, where one could either forcefully break through with sufficient strength or unlock the mysteries of Heaven Forbidden.

The ones who left could soar through the Star River and become true God Spirits, create divine palaces, develop their followers, and control some Star River realms.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Pang Jian, surrounded by the Seven-color God Light, casually entered and exited a part of the Boundary Wall right before their eyes.

The Boundary Wall, which seemed insurmountable to them, was as if non-existent for Pang Jian, which made their expressions turn sour.

"Why?" Lei Ying couldn’t help but ask.

"My situation is special," Pang Jian said with a slight frown.

Suddenly he thought of the Moon Goddess and what she had said about the Netherworld Gods of the Netherworld Prison. He reached out to Li Yuqing and asked, "Give me the Sky-splitting Sword to try."

"Here!"

The girl tossed it, and the Divine Sword, with its piercing Sword Intent, landed in Pang Jian’s palm.

The Divine Sword had a Sword Spirit within, a real existence of a Soul Spirit without flesh and blood.

This situation was similar to that of the Netherworld Gods in the Netherworld Prison, who were only separated from their Spiritual Souls, wasn’t it?

"Pang Jian, I am the Soul of Sky-splitting, what are you trying to do?"

The Sword Spirit wailed.

Its master was Li Yuqing, and even though Pang Jian was a disciple of Pu Zhaotian and might become the new Tower Master of the Sword Tower, it did not want Pang Jian to mess around with it.

"Don’t be nervous, I’m just trying it out," he said.

Wielding the Sky-splitting Divine Sword, Pang Jian once again shot towards the Boundary Wall, effortlessly passing through it and instantly returning.

The Sky-splitting Sword, and the soul within the sword, wasn’t restricted by the laws of the Boundary Wall.

He casually threw the Sky-splitting Sword back to Li Yuqing and remarked, "It seems that artifacts and Soul Spirits are not restricted."

He pondered silently.

Could it be that after separating the soul and the body, one could leave Thunder Prison as a Spiritual Soul, just as the Netherworld Gods left the Netherworld Prison as Spiritual Souls?

His Immortal Primordial Spirit, while having a substantial body, was essentially not of flesh and blood.

Did the Primordial Spirit also happen to conform to this rule?

Was his Primordial Spirit similar to the recently used Sky-splitting Sword, and the Origin Demon Sword before it, with a Sword Spirit inside yet treated as... artifacts?

The Exotic Spirit Star Devourer also had an intelligent soul without ordinary life’s flesh and blood; was it in the same form?

Is that why the Star Devourer could easily leave the Dark Prison initially?

As he pondered, he suddenly saw Li Yuqing’s Divine Soul flying out, and Lei Ying’s soul also flew towards the Boundary Wall.

"Bang! Bang!"

The souls of the two women were also repelled by the Boundary Wall of the Thunder Prison, just like their flesh and blood, and bounced back.

Li Yuqing and Lei Ying, who had seen that the Sky-splitting Sword could pass through and wanted to try with their Divine Souls, thinking that if they really could get out, they could always return, were suddenly confused.

Pang Jian was also stunned.

Artifacts without souls, artifacts with souls, both could leave through the Boundary Wall. So why couldn’t the Spiritual Souls, once they shed their fleshly bodies?

Could it be that the Boundary Wall of the ’prison’ worlds could distinguish whether there was still a connection between the Spiritual Soul and the fleshly body, and whether it was truly a cold artifact?

If that was indeed the case, then why could he do it?

Why can the Netherworld Gods of Netherworld Prison assume the form of spiritual souls and spiritual bodies to leave the Netherworld Prison and still be able to return?

If one were to say that the Netherworld Gods are special, then how does one explain the Immortal Primordial Spirit?

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared.

Before he had forged his own spiritual soul, weren’t his strands of divine sense closely related to the Ming Prison Soul Bees?

His divine sense all carried the characteristics of the Ming Prison Soul Bees!

Weren’t those strands of golden divine sense the golden honey secreted by the Bee Insects after devouring the divine consciousness of Exotic Gods?

Every strand of his initial divine sense contained the characteristics of the Ming Prison Soul Bees, so the golden spiritual soul that he ultimately forged also encompassed the marvelousness of the Ming Prison Soul Bees!

This marvel, when his spiritual soul combined with his fate to become a materialized Immortal Primordial Spirit, was also inherited.

After the innate laws of Purgatory were broken and outsiders from Alien Tribes still needed to enter through special Boundary Wall points, the primordial spirit he possessed was already capable of departing through any Boundary Wall.

His primordial spirit was extraordinary, due to the benefits from the Ming Prison Soul Bees, sharing a miraculous similarity with those Netherworld Gods of the Netherworld Prison!

Upon this realization, he suddenly asked, "Lei Ying, do you understand anything about Netherworld Prison and its Netherworld Gods?"

"Netherworld Prison..."

Lei Ying, who had failed to leave with her physical body and also with her soul, actually showed a hint of pride in her eyes.

After carefully considering, she gradually answered, "Those guys from Netherworld Prison have never conquered Thunder Prison! From ancient records, I learned that before your Purgatory rose to power, Netherworld Prison was the strongest among the ’prison’ worlds."

"To put it precisely, before your Human Race came into prominence, Netherworld Prison was the most terrifying among those ’prison’ worlds."

"In the depths of Mysterious Fog, among all the ’prison’ worlds, there are only two special races that do not exist in the Outer Realm Star River."

"One is your Human Race; the other is the Nether Tribe."

"Apart from these two races, the Thunder Clan, Shadow Clan, Ancient Demons, Heaven Clan, Ghost Clan, and Demon Clan—all these races found in the ’prison’ worlds also exist outside the Mysterious Fog in the Star River."

"Once a Human True God breaks through Heaven Forbidden and leaves the Mysterious Fog, they will roam the starry sky and forge a formidable reputation in the Outer Realm."

"After leaving the Netherworld Prison, the Netherworld Gods choose to appear in the Mysterious Fog Sea and generally do not prefer to be active in the wider starry sky."

"It seems the Nether Tribe has always wanted to conquer all of the ’prison’ worlds within the Mysterious Fog."

"It is said that during the prime of the Nether Tribe, out of all the ’prison’ worlds within the Mysterious Fog, only two were never conquered. One is your Purgatory; the other is our Thunder Prison!"

Having said this, Lei Ying continued, "I’ve heard that within the Mysterious Fog, the Nether Tribe is actually more proficient in soul secret arts than the Ghost Clan. In fact, for a long time, the Ghost Clan within the Mysterious Fog was a vassal race to the Nether Tribe!"

"The Demon Prison and the Demon Clan within the Mysterious Fog are also no match for the Nether Tribe and have been conquered by them before."

"Only within Thunder Prison do the powerful members of the Nether Tribe find themselves restrained, as the ubiquitous Thunderous Lightning in our world can scatter their souls and shatter their spirits."

"The Nether Tribe is an exceptional race with extremely fragile bodies but extraordinarily powerful spiritual souls."

"Our Thunder Clan is naturally the bane of the Nether Tribe!"

"For the Nether Tribe, our Thunder Prison is the most dreadful place in the world. Fighting in Thunder Prison against our Thunder Clan is tantamount to suicide for any visitor from Netherworld Prison!"

Pang Jian’s face was filled with astonishment.

He hadn’t expected that Lei Ying’s knowledge of Netherworld Prison far exceeded that of the Moon Goddess.

Had he known earlier, all he needed to do was to humbly seek guidance from Lei Ying, rather than searching for answers from Ying Yue.

Human True Gods explore the Outer Star River, while the Netherworld Gods of the Nether Tribe root themselves in the Mysterious Fog, waging conquests against various ’prison’ worlds.

This also explains that the Netherworld Gods of the Netherworld Prison were able to move between the different ’prison’ worlds in the form of Soul Bodies, just as he could.

Demon Prison, Ghost Prison, Dark Prison, Fire prison, Sky Prison—so many ’prison’ worlds have once been attacked by the Nether Tribe, and even today, quite a few ’prison’ worlds are presumably under the control of the Nether Tribe.

The influence of this tribe within the Mysterious Fog was greater than he had imagined, and the authority of that Alien God from Netherworld Prison was immense.

Ying Yue clearly lacked understanding regarding Netherworld Prison and the Nether Tribe.

"If not through the Boundary Wall, let me try to leave via Lei Ying’s Heaven Forbidden!"

The Li Family young lady, with no current interest in Netherworld Prison and its Netherworld Gods, was solely focused on returning to Purgatory as quickly as possible,

and upon seeing that the Boundary Wall could not be traversed, immediately directed her sword towards the void.

"The Heaven Forbidden is even harder to break!"

Lei Ying’s expression suddenly changed, and she hastily followed.

Shaking his head, Pang Jian had no choice but to follow reluctantly, and suddenly he recalled his own experiences in Dark Prison.

Back then, the Star Devourer, seeing the situation turning grim, chose to slip away through the ceiling of Dark Prison and indeed managed to escape successfully.

Yet he, despite trying various methods, could not leave through the Heaven Forbidden of Dark Prison like the Star Devourer did.

"Huh!"

He emerged from the Misty Sea, bathing in the moonlight.

The divine voice of Ying Yue also came from the full moon within him at this moment, "I’ve made contact with the Bronze-faced God."

Pang Jian’s spirit was lifted, and without hurrying to follow Lei Ying and Li Yuqing, he stopped to ask, "What did He say?"

"The Bronze-faced God did indeed arrange for a Netherworld God to try to enter Thunder Prison, to notify you that there is a God Spirit like Zimo lurking outside, waiting to capture you alive," she said.

"But that Netherworld God who had dealings with the Bronze-faced God has been unreachable recently. The Bronze-faced God confirmed that the Netherworld God is dead."

"The possessive Demon Bone you encountered beneath Thunder Prison is definitely not the Netherworld God familiar with the Bronze-faced God."

"Finally, the Bronze-faced God mentioned that only a part of the Nether Tribe are allies of the Human Race, while the other part are enemies."

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