The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 782 - 744

Chapter 782: 744

Above the Netherworld Prison, a void area.

The elder ape above the Realm God Card furrowed its brow as it scrutinized the surrounding area, its calm and wise Demon Pupils flickering with Ice Blue divine light.

Its Divine Consciousness, like a ghostly lightning bolt tinged with icy coldness, attempted to decipher the suddenly emerged spatial rifts.

Suddenly, it felt the constraining power of the Supreme Great Tao!

Within the Netherworld Realm, there seemed to be a vague and enormous Ancient Will that had been disturbed due to the repeated tearing of spatial rifts and freezing of time and space by It.

In the land of void where not even dust remained, the fundamental laws of the Netherworld Realm formed patterns that only the elder ape could perceive.

This caused the elder ape’s brow to tighten even more, and it couldn’t help but snort coldly, "That boy’s soul might be related to this world, but he was not born here originally."

Whom he was speaking to with these words, however, was unknown.

"The scattered remnants of the Undying Soul Fire, even if they return to that Sea of Souls, what waves can they stir up?" scoffed the elder ape, deciding not to pursue the matter further, "Once I have annihilated Long Di and ascended to Sovereign with the mysteries of the Netherworld Prison, I will dig out his Undying Soul Fire from within the Sea of Souls and ensure he is thoroughly dead."

"Hu!"

The Realm God Card thus set off towards the land below.

Gathering the remnants of Pang Jian’s Undying Soul after the destructive aftermath and sending those Undying Souls back to the spatial rifts of the Netherworld Prison, they also vanished into the land of void.

...

"Told you to leave earlier, but you just wouldn’t listen."

Bai Zi, who was wielding the "Soul-Burying Staff" to beat the Great Demon God Fa Jie violently, suddenly moved closer to that Giant Spirit Race God Spirit. A giant golden "Ming Prison Soul Bee" also flew out from A Ta’s skull.

This insect, which had felt a sense of home on Pang Jian’s body, searched around with its bright compound eyes.

It was searching for traces of Pang Jian, but saw nothing.

"What are you still looking for? He’s already perished," frowned Bai Zi, her gaze falling on it, and said displeased, "I’ve raised you for so many years and never saw you show such closeness and concern for me."

"Buzz! Buzz!"

The insect vigorously flapped its wings, responding to Her with its buzzing, essentially saying Its relationship with Pang Jian was different.

"Could that guy take you to Purgatory, let you see ten thousand of your kind? A fresh bee nest and a mature Bee King?" Bai Zi was somewhat surprised.

After devouring A Ta’s Spiritual Soul, the "Ming Prison Soul Bee" had increased its intelligence enormously and undergone a startling transformation.

"It’s just a pity he’s dead, otherwise I’d want to go to Purgatory through him to take a look," Bai Zi murmured.

After communicating with the insect for a few more moments, Bai Zi discreetly distanced herself from the Great Demon God Fa Jie, feeling a sense of disappointment.

At this time, the giant Realm God Card that had fallen from the sky, now carrying the elder ape, charged towards the land outside of Long Di’s Ghoul Hole.

Fa Jie, screaming all the while the name "Elder Yuan," actively moved closer.

"Elder Yuan, A Ta has perished here! When the war is over, please be sure to resurrect A Ta!" begged the Great Demon God Fa Jie.

A drop of A Ta’s essence blood had long been preserved by It through a Secret Skill, and with Yuan Yi’s profound understanding of life forces, resurrecting A Ta from a drop of essence blood would be easy.

——As long as Yuan Yi was willing.

"I promise you, A Ta will be resurrected by me," assured the elder ape at once.

"Thank you, Elder Yuan!"

"Thank you, Elder Yuan!"

"Elder Yuan, we will follow you to the death!"

"In this Misty Sea World, if you are to become the Sovereign, everyone here will be fortunate because of you!"

"..."

The surviving Low-rank Gods, the Realm Gods from other worlds and lands, were all singing the elder ape’s praises.

The exploded Primordial Spirit of Pang Jian had become a mere speck in the memories of the gods, hardly worth mentioning.

...

Purgatory.

Pang Jian stood within the essence of the Demonic Energy sky, feeling a hollow sensation in his heart, as if the most important thing in life had already left him.

As the Primordial Spirit shattered, parts of his original body’s Divine Consciousness and Soul Power also suffered significant damage.

He had deeply experienced the ferocious power of the elder ape.

A single "rip" had destroyed everything.

The lands, Fragment Land, and the myriad of creatures were all annihilated in the blink of an eye, not even dust remained.

This Ancient Demon God born of the Misty Sea World was by far the strongest entity he had ever encountered, without a rival.

The yet-to-arrive Luo Hongyan, the Black Phoenix that had not returned from its Nirvana Rebirth, were no match for the terror of the elder ape.

Under the methods of the elder ape, he felt true desperation, despite his myriad spells and attempts to escape, he still could not avoid death.

Below the Sovereign, this most powerful force had left him utterly shocked.

Looking at the churning Demonic Energy "sky" before him, feeling the endless malicious and evil thoughts, Pang Jian gradually cut off many whimsical thoughts in his heart and continued to decode and control this "sky".

As long as the original body was indestructible, there was still a chance, he hadn’t lost everything.

He must hold true to his own heart, with his primitive body as the core, to pursue higher realms, stronger powers, and more divine artifacts.

He still had time to turn the tide of defeat.

...

First Realm, Heaven Treasure Sect.

Because there was no extra fate energy available in the "Heaven Forbidden," after returning from Panshi Fragment Land, Li Yuqing, who had been deeply pondering the Skill of Destiny, suddenly felt the convergence of a brand new destiny!

"Hu!"

She rode her sword into the sky.

Before long, she arrived at the location of "Heaven Forbidden," where she carefully perceived and scrutinized.

She also employed the Force of Destiny she controlled.

Soon, she sensed strands of fate converging in a mysterious corner within "Heaven Forbidden."

With the "Pearl of Destiny" in her hand and the Force of Destiny she’d awakened, she traced back to the past, digging into the origins and history of those fates.

Tracing the past was much more accurate than foreseeing the future, and it required less of her mental strength.

Thus, she saw countless fragments of rainbow light escaping in all directions, covered by an invisible force before being annihilated one by one.

Within each strand of rainbow light, there was the essence of Pang Jian’s soul, and there were shadows as tiny as mustard seeds.

The light and shadows perished with the extinction of fate.

Li Yuqing’s heart ached, and with a trembling voice, she softly exclaimed, "Pang Jian!"

She knew why fate had converged again.

Pang Jian, who had forged an Immortal Primordial Spirit with a strand of fate, was still considered one of the fifteen strands of fate as he hadn’t departed Purgatory by breaking through "Heaven Forbidden."

The inherent Great Tao Law deemed Pang Jian to still be in Purgatory, believing he had not left, so no new fate would emerge.

Only if he died would a new fate arise.

The current convergence of new fate, with traces and shadows of Pang Jian when traced to the past, indicated that another Pang Jian, who had soared through the Misty Sea, had fallen in the outer world.

"I didn’t want this outcome. The fate I long for could come from anyone, it should not have been you..."

The girl muttered desolately beneath "Heaven Forbidden."

With a Pang Jian fallen beyond the heavens, she didn’t know what impact or consequences this would bring to the Pang Jian of the Fifth Realm.

She knew another Pang Jian still existed, knew that Pang Jian wasn’t completely dead, but she still felt sorrow.

This slowly condensing fate could have helped her break through her current realm, transforming her into a Human True God.

But suddenly, she didn’t crave it so much anymore.

"It shouldn’t have been you who died."

Alone, she talked to herself, heart in chaos, not knowing where to turn.

Then, the "Pearl of Destiny" in her palm began to glow bit by bit, with power from the depths of the starry Outer Realm piercing through Purgatory’s "Heaven Forbidden" and infusing into the Stone Bead.

Due to Pu Zhaotian being trapped for so long, the diminishing power of the seclusion that kept out Alien God’s inspection, the "Heaven Forbidden," was finally breached.

"Ascend to godhood quickly and in the future, kill Yuan Yi for him."

A warm and loving divine voice rose in the Sea of Souls of Li Yuqing, telling her what she should do.

The young girl pursed her lips and nodded slightly, descending on her sword to Heaven Treasure Sect to begin preparations for the breakthrough to the True God Realm.

...

Outside the heavens.

"The seals are broken!"

"A force has shattered the restrictions of Purgatory’s Heaven Forbidden, and we can see the inside of Purgatory again!"

"Eh! Why can I only spy on the world above the fifth layer? What sort of anomaly is occurring in the Fifth Realm of Purgatory right now?"

Many Demon Gods, and god spirits of the Ghost Clan like Zimo, suddenly felt the presence of their followers again and could imprint their Divine Consciousness onto special Altars of Praying to God and puppets.

However, this was only possible for the four realms above.

"Demon nest!"

"The demon nest has changed!"

Great Demon God Hemo Tian, peering into the Demon Stone from beyond through the Demon Knife of Dazzling Shadow and some treasures of Demon Tao, was shocked to discover that he could see nothing.

"Dazzling Shadow, who is in the Demon Stone?"

Hemo Tian roared from beyond the heavens.

"It’s Wu Yuan." The girl from the Devil Scale Tribe, a thousand feet from the mysterious Demon Stone and holding the Demon Knife, responded softly, "Wu Yuan has successfully ascended to True God in Purgatory; none of us could stop him."

"He has entered that Demon Stone for quite a while now, and no one knows what he has become."

"This world has undergone earth-shattering changes; it is no longer as you perceive it."

Dazzling Shadow sighed.

Hemo Tian did not respond, his Divine Consciousness wandering like a storm through different followers and objects.

He was quickly gathering information and integrating the messages from different places to assess the current situation of Purgatory.

Eventually, He asked Dazzling Shadow again, "What happened in the Fifth Realm?"

"After the arrival of the Human True God, trapped in the Fifth Realm, no one can escape." Dazzling Shadow reported the critical information they received through special channels, "What isolates those True Gods is the canopy of our Fifth Realm; we do not know the specific reasons."

"Mo Tian, to think that..." Great Demon God Hemo Tian cried out in astonishment.

Suddenly, He stopped yelling, pondered for a moment, and then issued a decisive command, "Begin the ritual at once; I aim to descend again!"

...

Elsewhere, several elders of the Ghost Clan, surrounding an Altar of Praying to God, were also heeding the command of Zimo.

"I will descend!"

Like Hemo Tian, Zimo was determined to descend a strong Divine Consciousness at all costs.

In the Netherworld Realm, Hemo Tian and Zimo suffered repeated setbacks, and the demi-god forms they created were all destroyed.

Yet they refused to give up, still wanting to be a part of it, looking for a chance to turn the tables.

...