The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 784 - 746: Changes in the World

Chapter 784: Chapter 746: Changes in the World

After failing in their racial strife, the Alien Tribes people, exiled from the Upper Realm, found themselves without light.

Eventually, they adapted to the darkness and grew accustomed to it.

Their bloodline changed, evolving their pupils to see in the darkness of the Fifth Realm, where they could still perceive objects around them.

Yet they longed for the outer light, dreaming about the prosperous world above, imagining looking up to see a radiant Star River.

Precious scriptures and scrolls inherited within the tribe, symbols carved on various altars, spoke of the beauty beyond the heavens.

Ancient traces told them of a celestial realm where stars shone brightly, the moon was clear and pristine, and the sun blazed warmly, all permanently existing in the Upper Realm’s skies.

Therefore, rushing into the realm closest to the heavens, to experience that magnificent starry sky, became the Fifth Realm beings’ extravagant hope and ultimate pursuit.

For this, they had strived for tens of thousands of years.

The arrival of Sovereign Luo Hongyan, the appearance of Fire God Yan Lie, the present-world guidance of He Motian, and the multiple manifestations of Zimo reinforced their belief that they could realize their dream in this era.

They remained in the Fifth Realm, waiting for news of victory from their tribes’ champions, waiting for the descending ships that would take them into the Upper Realm.

However, recently no ships belonging to them had appeared, nor had any ascendants returned.

Instead, outside the Seven Continents, the Human True Gods appeared frequently, constantly threatening their homeland, vainly attempting to break into the remaining Seven Continents.

The vulnerable members of the Alien Tribes lived in constant fear, dreading the breakthrough of the protective barriers of the continents.

They knew that with their power and bloodline status, they were no match for the strength of the Human True Gods.

Therefore,

whenever True Gods like Li Wang and Zhu Ji appeared in their view, emerging in the void outside the continent, they were extremely anxious.

They were truly afraid.

They could not contact those from the Fifth Realm on the tenth level of strength, unaware of where Yan Lie and Shajia had gone, nor did they know of the upheavals in the Upper Realm.

Only occasionally could they see the soul shadow of Luo Hongyan at the Summit of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar in the Fifth Continent.

Yet this mysteriously originated being did not communicate with them, did not soothe them, nor did she tell them what exactly was happening.

In their anxious waiting, amid constant unease and oppression, the Sky Curtain of the Fifth Realm was suddenly torn down.

Alien Tribes people from different regions, no matter what they had been doing, all looked up at the sky.

They watched as the giant, dark-blue "curtain" that had enshrouded the world below gathered towards a tiny point of light.

As the Sky Curtain closed, light finally reached the Fifth Realm.

It was a very dim light, filtering through from that world suspended with numerous fragment lands, to the Fifth Realm.

Many people in this world were crying with joy.

They felt the war had ended, believed they had won the victory, which was why the faint light was seeping through.

The beings of the Seven Continents of the Alien Tribes, drowned in a sea of joy, sent up cheers from every territory.

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On the Nameless Fragment Land,

Li Wang, Pu Zhaotian, Jiang Fan, Ghost Mother, Su Wenrou, Yin Ji, were also looking up at the heavens.

They were astonished to see the curtain of Demonic Energy, which had formed the deep sea, disappear and noticed the dim lights filtering down.

The barrier that had prevented their return to the Upper Realm, that had immersed them in the Sea of Spiritual Power, had vanished like this.

"It’s Pang Jian!"

Pure Land’s Su Wenrou, staring at the point where the vast ’curtain’ was gathering, her voice trembling, said, "He has pulled down the sky of the Fifth Realm!"

This True God, distinguished by her impressive Divine Skills, was shocked by the scene above; she could hardly imagine that the ’curtain’ separating the Fourth Realm and the Fifth Realm could be altered by human hands.

Revered as a God Spirit, she had also encountered other God Spirits, contemplating powers like those of He Motian and Zimo, Alien God Spirits.

Yet, she did not believe that a God Spirit like her or even those stronger, like He Motian, could dismantle the barriers dividing the two realms completely.

If Pang Jian had simply breached the barrier, opening a passage back to the Fourth Realm, she wouldn’t have been so surprised.

But Pang Jian had taken down the entire sky!

The sky that had balanced them, that had kept them confined in the boundless darkness of the Fifth Realm, forcing them to endure the erosion of Alien Power, had suddenly been drawn together by Pang Jian!

This was fundamentally different from merely breaking the barrier to escape!

"How did he do it?"

Yin Ji tightly grasped Pu Zhaotian’s arm, involuntarily exerting strength, her nails almost piercing the Tower Master’s flesh.

"I don’t understand, I really don’t understand."

Pu Zhaotian seemed not to feel the pain, his eyes narrowed into small slits as he stared at the void, his mouth wide open.

He seemed to be smiling, yet it appeared to be a natural reaction to the shock.

"Regardless, now everyone has an additional choice. Besides delving into the Seventh Realm, we can now return to the Upper Realm, trying to advance as Zhu Ji did," Pu Zhaotian said.

"Whew!"

"Whoosh!"

Two beams of light shot directly towards the sky; one was Jiang Fan, the other was Ghost Mother.

— They no longer sought Li Wang’s opinion.

When Luo Hongyan made an offer, asking them for three strands of fate, and Li Wang decided to sacrifice himself, including both of them, Li Wang had forever lost them.

Li Wang’s gaze became somewhat vacant as he said, "I can no longer see through it."

He suddenly felt that this Purgatory World he had once been so familiar with was now so alien, feeling that all his previous efforts had become a joke.

The Sixth Realm, which no one had ever entered, they were deceived into by Luo Hongyin, and then saved by Pang Jian.

The Seventh Realm, hid a dead Black Phoenix.

Zhu Ji was breaking through to the next realm in Purgatory.

The Overbearing Thunder Dragon, badly injured by Pang Jian, was captured and imprisoned in Panshi Fragment Land, nourishing a "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree".

Space fractures ripped open, and an exotic spirit of the twelfth grade, attempting to dislodge seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars.

Now, Pang Jian had torn off the "curtain" of the Fifth Realm of Purgatory.

He was witnessing a mass of events he couldn’t understand.

And he could only watch from the sidelines, lacking the power to influence the course of events or control others.

Ghost Mother, Jiang Fan, both departed from him one by one.

Pu Zhaotian did not respect him, and now Zhu Ji had other plans, making him feel that everything he had done was meaningless.

"I feel old."

Li Wang was infinitely emotional, glanced at Pu Zhaotian, then looked up at Pang Jian in the sky, and sighed, "Is my existence, perhaps, blocking the way for the younger generation?"

Pu Zhaotian blinked, speaking solemnly, "Elder Li, you are our guiding light, never entertain such thoughts!"

When Luo Hongyan made an offer, and Li Wang, in order to gather three strands of fate, decided to sacrifice himself first, Pu Zhaotian’s many bad impressions of him were diluted.

Li Wang might have done many things contrary to his values, but this old man was never selfish for himself.

He toiled for the entire Human Race, and every action he took was aimed at the future of the Human Race.

He did not hesitate to betray and disappoint the Demon Gods of the Demon Race multiple times, secretly suppressing the Demon Race’s bloodline, leading to the insanity and eventual downfall of the Heaven Phoenix.

But looking back, the Human Race was able to remain firmly atop the worlds, controlling the Purgatory World, and his misdeeds also played a significant role.

Carrying sins and infamy, he enabled the golden age of the Human Race to perpetuate, which is why Zhu Ji respected him.

"I am thinking, if there are more like you, more newcomers like Pang Jian in the future, I can yield the way for the later ones." Li Wang said with a smile, "I should lead by example."

So-called yielding the way meant either breaking through "Heaven Forbidden" to step into the starry sky or dying in Purgatory.

Considering Li Wang’s realm, both paths were paths to death.

"Elder Li, there must be other ways out, there must be!" Pu Zhaotian said heavily, a sadness rising in his heart, "The light of the Human Race will not extinguish! With us here, even if alien sovereigns rule this world, and more divine spirits step in, we can still turn the tide!"

"Indeed," Zhu Ji interjected.

This True God, who had been silent for a very long time, suddenly stood up on the Fragment Land, looked upward with an expressionless face and coldly said, "Pu Zhaotian, the Heaven Forbidden has begun to change anew, with alien divine spirits descending through secret skills. I am going up to erase any foreign god daring to descend at this stage."

No sooner had he spoken than Zhu Ji soared into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, he had overtaken Ghost Mother and Jiang Fan, reaching the forefront of these two True Gods.

Passing by where Pang Jian was, he suddenly stopped, curiously looking at the "curtain" that had shielded the Fifth Realm’s sky, which in Pang Jian’s hands was constantly consolidating and shrinking, transforming into a pitch-black and mysterious robe.

Around Pang Jian, there were still seven terrifying powers present.

It was as if, from the dawn of the Purgatory World, seven ancient godly spirits were bestowing their powers onto Pang Jian.

Having just achieved a breakthrough in his realm, Zhu Ji, who had attained transcendence following Pang Jian and Black Dragon King, felt a heaviness in his heart at this moment with Pang Jian.

The heaviness was not due to a bad mood but the pressure from the terrifying powers.

"There are alien god spirits descending through secret skills, I will go up to handle it first, then explore the Seventh Realm." Zhu Ji said impassively.

He didn’t really need to explain, nor did he need to tell anyone his plans, but facing this moment’s Pang Jian, he still spoke out to explain.

Pang Jian nodded lightly and said, "I’ll watch over the lower world."

Zhu Ji then continued his ascent.

He did not ask what those seven terrifying powers were, nor did he ask what that "curtain" Pang Jian was consolidating was, and he didn’t even ask what Pang Jian was looking after in the lower world.

He only needed to know that like him, Pang Jian also cared about the survival of the Human Race. That was enough.

Following him, Ghost Mother and Jiang Fan also soared to Pang Jian’s height, both silently looking at Pang Jian and watching the continually shrinking "curtain."

After a brief pause, Ghost Mother left, and Jiang Fan asked, "What is this Demonic Energy condensed Sky Curtain?"

"A robe," Pang Jian replied.

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