The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 817 - 777: The Power of the Sovereign

Chapter 817: Chapter 777: The Power of the Sovereign

In the old temple.

The Demon God Hei Lian looked at the man who entered holding a Demon Sword with a peculiar gaze, and wondered, "Bi Lin, you two..."

"Do we look alike?" Bi Lin said with a bright smile.

"You’re practically carved from the same mold!" Hei Lian exclaimed.

He had known Bi Lin for many years but had never imagined that another Demon from the Ghost Demon Clan could be so strikingly similar to Bi Lin in appearance, temperament, and aura!

Equally handsome, similarly arrogant and extraordinary, even the Demonic Path Sorcery they cultivated felt largely alike to him.

Observing the Demon Clan man who had barged in, he felt as if he were looking at Bi Lin, which he found unbelievable.

"Bi Lin, who is he, exactly?"

In the center of Hei Lian’s brow, a black crescent-shaped Divine Talisman emerged.

A dark crescent moon suddenly appeared in the half-sky of the temple and emitted a faint Demon Light, conveying an ancient interrogative Demon Sound.

He, using an unusual technique to scrutinize the foundation of a Demon Soul, sensed the newcomer’s origin and discovered a deep connection between the newcomer and Bi Lin’s origins!

How could this be possible?!

In this universe, how could there be two so similar Demon Gods of the Ghost Demon Clan, and both of them Mid-Rank Demon Gods at that!

It was clear that Bi Lin knew the other party!

However, before this moment, Bi Lin had never mentioned to him that such a person existed.

"He is another me."

The Demon God Bi Lin chuckled, patting Hei Lian’s shoulder amiably as a sign not to make a fuss.

"Hei Lian, you continue focusing on your battle. I’ve waited so long for him to come."

"Hey! He just had to choose the worst possible moment, I truly feel sorry for him."

Under Hei Lian’s puzzled gaze, Bi Lin floated away from the temple.

The next moment, he found himself outside in the pouring rain, calling forth a massive Demonic Bone Umbrella.

Beneath the umbrella, he stood aloof and solitary, his black eyes brimming with battle intent, and he sneered, "The one who obtained Mo Tian’s Garb and helped you in battle several times is currently clashing with Yan Lie under God Luo’s command. I just happened to witness everything alongside Hei Lian, and you’ve come seeking at this timing, I fear you will not be able to get that person’s help."

The Source Demon, rendered speechless, laughed and said, "Now I understand why you’re so overconfident."

"Of course, even with his help, I’m not necessarily afraid of you. However, the Yuan Hui you’ve awakened has indeed created more trouble for me out of thin air. Before you showed yourself, I always considered Yuan Hui my biggest opponent."

"It’s fortunate that she’s trapped by love and has put it all aside early, making me feel it’s not hard to deal with. As for you..."

Bi Lin’s tone held a hint of reproach.

In his eyes, the Source Demon was another him.

The Source Demon knew who he was just like him, also planned to rebel against the Original Demon, and intended to merge with the other selves to ultimately rise against the Original Demon from below.

Towards another self, he couldn’t possibly harbor too much resentment and behaved quite graciously.

"Right now, I can refine you without Pang Jian’s intervention."

The Source Demon’s expression turned cold, opening six illusory Demon Realms behind him, forming a suppression targeting both Bi Lin and the world, and declared, "After you, I’ll go seek Yuan Hui!"

"I was thinking the same," Bi Lin said with a smile.

The two most mature and spiritually intelligent souls, separated by the Original Demon, commenced their slaughter in this universe.

...

Purgatory, the Fifth Realm, the fifth Continent.

At the summit of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Seven brilliantly starry Star Rivers appeared behind Pang Jian in the void.

Within the depths of these Star Rivers, the stars emitted the essences of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, Cold Ice, and lightning, vaguely corresponding to the seven continents of the Fifth Realm.

The shining protective barrier that enveloped the seven continents suddenly vanished without a trace.

"Boom! Thunderous boom!"

The seven continents trembled slightly.

A power capable of shaking heaven and earth erupted from within Pang Jian’s body, moving the seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars as well as the seven continents!

"Suppress!"

Pang Jian bellowed at the lofty Fire God Divine Body of Yan Lie!

The fire chains that stood out on Yan Lie’s surface were the True Essence of Laws.

The patterns inscribed on his naturally armored body were the Divine Talismans of fire.

And the essence of fire gathered from various worlds by Yan Lie, all felt an infinite and boundless colossal force supressing them at Pang Jian’s command!

An ancient and profound power erupted from the heart of the seven continents, exerting force across the distance upon Yan Lie.

In the depths of the void behind Pang Jian, where the seven Star Rivers corresponding to the seven continents lay, a myriad of stars suddenly brightened!

The towering Divine Body of Shen Yalie, over ten thousand feet tall, found it difficult to move under such levels of confinement, despite the profound and unfathomable Secret Skills he possessed.

Simultaneously, the immense Demonic Soul Will of eighteen Demon Gods surged through his mind and heart.

Yan Lie struggled to fully wield his might.

Just as a sense of struggle emerged in his heart, it was replaced by thoughts of enjoying comfort and avoiding exertion.

"Boom!"

Black, green, and purple Demon Souls tormented and poisoned his Spiritual Intelligence, making it increasingly difficult for Yan Lie to focus.

"My lord..."

Yan Lie cried out inwardly for help.

Yet he suddenly saw the radiant aura of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar enveloping the perfect form of Luo Hongyan.

And Pang Jian, who had displayed astonishing combat prowess, actually stepped over him crossing the Thunder Pond with a huge white Divine Pillar, slamming it down heavily towards the head of Luo Hongyan.

"My Lord!"

Yan Lie cried out with all his might once again.

His calls, his struggling consciousness, were once again shattered by the combined forces of the eighteen Demon Gods.

He felt slightly uneasy.

He knew better than anyone that for the sake of raising Shajia, Lie Yang, and Aman to the rank of Mid-level Gods, the Sovereign had exerted an exceptional amount of power.

Severing the head of that terrifying Black Dragon also cost the Sovereign a great deal.

The one who was commanding everyone in Purgatory at the moment wasn’t the Sovereign’s True Body, but merely a freshly forged physique.

In such a state, the Sovereign was still in a phase of weakness and powerlessness, facing Pang Jian whose actions were becoming less and less comprehensible. Could He really handle this with composure?

Yan Lie quietly blamed himself for not being able to return to peak combat strength in Purgatory, causing the Sovereign to withstand attacks from someone like Pang Jian.

...

"You actually dare to attack me."

In Luo Hongyan’s indifferent eyes that lacked a hint of emotion, surprise rarely showed.

As if Pang Jian could never, should never, swing a weapon to attack Him.

"Frost."

He uttered the Divine Sound lightly.

The Star River created by Pang Jian, dotted with Ice-cold Stars, seemed like a gauzy veil being tugged by Him.

The Rules of Extreme Cold deep within the Star River changed hands in an instant!

His ethereal and lofty Divine Aura filled the Star River brimming with Cold Ice, twisted the internal Law of Frost, turning it into a blade in His hand!

A stretch of Star River, in the blink of an eye, turned into a gleaming ice blade of shimmering cold light!

This ice blade extended for millions of miles, one end connected to the dome of the Fifth Realm, the other tethered to the God Status deep within His Spirit.

"Crack! Booming! Booming booming!"

The violent and continuous onslaught of the Five Thunders Bombardment, the myriad of Five-Colored Divine Lightning it condensed, all fell upon the ice blade that reached to the heavens above and the Divine Soul of Luo Hongyan below.

The ice blade, wide like a rock ice wall, stopped that wave of Five Thunders Bombardment’s impact and also halted all of the Five-Colored Divine Lightning.

He narrowed His eyes slightly, a hint of coldness shining through them, and spoke again, "Freeze."

His voice contained the Law of Frost that far surpassed Pang Jian’s understanding and cognition.

A white fog emanated from the ice blade, engulfing Pang Jian’s body, the Thunder Pond, and the lightning bolts splintering outward.

Pang Jian suddenly felt as though he was confined within his own crafted God’s Domain, lost in a world of ice and snow.

In the world of pervasive white fog and falling snow, an extreme cold storm raged.

The bone-chilling wind, like the ghastly howls of Ferocious Beasts, assaulted his Spirit Sea of Consciousness and cut through his flesh like blades.

His arms, his blood, his bones.

His Divine Sense, his thoughts, his will.

They all gradually became dull, gradually numb, gradually lost sensation.

"Sovereign!"

A chill rose from deep within Pang Jian’s soul.

This was truly his first engagement with Luo Hongyan.

He finally grasped how fearsome, how perverse the master deep within the Boundless Star River really was.

The mystery of frost was but one of Luo Hongyan’s six True Essences of Laws, not even the core mystery that aided His rise to Sovereignty.

Yet, relying solely on the mystery of frost, He could effortlessly strip away the bitter Cold Galaxy from his own God’s Domain!

Furthermore, He could turn decay into a miracle, solidifying an entire bitter Cold Galaxy into a blade.

That was the Bitter Cold Galaxy that belonged to him, Pang Jian!

The Law of Frost within it, the cold energy, and all the magnificence he forged, had all completely turned into Luo Hongyan’s power and were further sublimated.

"You should always look at me like a frog at the bottom of a well attempting to see the vast Star River."

"Any thought of being an enemy to me that arises in your heart is blasphemy."

"It’s a grave disrespect."

Amidst the endless fog of cold, Luo Hongyan, holding an extreme cold blade, stepped closer step by step.

Within the blade, stars glittered brilliantly, each cold to the bone.

The ice blade, extending for millions of miles, had been transformed into a handy weapon, which He casually thrust forward.

There was no mercy in His eyes, no emotion on His face, not a trace of old sentiment.

"Bang!"

When Pang Jian intercepted it with the Divine Artifact Five Thunders Bombardment in hand, the Five Thunders Bombardment was pierced by the ice-cold blade He created at will, exploding into billions of tiny bright iron fragments and streaks of lightning.

The Five Thunders Bombardment instantly turned into scrap metal, irreparable.

"Cold Stream."

He commanded softly.

The cold power that had already infiltrated Pang Jian’s flesh, bones, soul, and God Status became ten times colder at His word.

Pang Jian instantaneously turned into an Ice Roc, from the inside out.

"Your comprehension of the Law of Frost pales in comparison to mine by who knows how many levels, and yet you dared to display your laughable mystery of frost before me."

He spoke with a disdainful curl of His lip.

Although He and Pang Jian were peers, He seemed to exist in another dimension, standing tall within a distant and mysterious space-time.

He looked Pang Jian in the eye as if He were a supreme God Spirit, gazing down upon an ant from above.

...