Trials of the Abyss
Chapter 745: Tearing Down the "Sky"

Chapter 745: Tearing Down the "Sky"

In the Fifth World, Pang Jian was still racking his brain over how to claim the demonic artifact shrouding the sky when he sensed a sudden warmth rising from the depths of his soul.

A deep sea in a distant world seemed to have accepted him.

The blue sea shimmered with dreamlike hues, vast and mysterious, like the final resting place for all souls. It contained all the profound truths related to the soul. Simply sensing its presence was enough to glimpse the mysteries of life and death, the karmic cycles, and the reincarnation of the soul.

Pang Jian's heart trembled.

His sister's divine soul form had also taken the shape of a blue sea with crystalline lights drifting within, twinkling like stars.

According to Pang Lin, those crystalline lights floating within the blue sea represented the many insights that the Celestial Phoenix left behind. They embodied light, darkness, destruction, ruin, toxin, and the cycle of nirvanic rebirth.

However, what Pang Jian sensed now was different. He was certain this blue sea he sensed belonged to the Nether Abyss.

After a long while, he became convinced that this mysterious sea lay hidden somewhere at the bottom of the Nether Abyss.

It's the Soulstream!

The deep sea he sensed with his physical body was none other than the birthplace of the Nether Race! NovelFire

The Soulstream was the greatest wonder of the Nether Abyss.

Pang Jian had lost all awareness of everything after the ancient ape destroyed his Immortal Divine Soul with a single word.

Thus, he was unaware that his Undying Soul Flames had been swept through spatial rifts before being returned to the Nether Abyss, nor did he know about his Undying Soul Flames abruptly vanishing as they sank downward.

It was only after he sensed the Soulstream that he gradually became aware of his Undying Soul Flames, having discovered traces of golden flames slowly gathering within the dark blue depths of the Soulstream.

Those golden flames were the fire of his essence that continued to burn even after his Immortal Divine Soul had been annihilated.

The cluster of Fortune he had fused with his divine soul had been destroyed, his five viscera were crushed, and his bones bearing his insights into the Heavenly Daos were reduced to nothingness.

Despite this, the fire of his essence he had gained through the formation of his Immortal Divine Soul had been preserved within the mysterious Soulstream. As long as the Soulstream existed, the fire of his essence would endure.

Even that savage ancient ape could not extinguish the fire of his essence that had fallen into the Soulstream.

Pang Jian watched with growing joy as he saw the golden flames scattered throughout the blue sea slowly converge.

He soon discovered that his insight into the Heavenly Daos had advanced by leaps and bounds while in this state, with his intellect and rate of comprehension also reaching new heights.

Each of the seven fragmented lands of murky energy within his dantian contained insights into the Heavenly Daos from Fey Gods and low-ranking Gods from the various continents in the Fifth World. As he reflected upon these, he found that they were far easier to comprehend than before.

It was like his soul was elevated as long as he remained connected to the Soulstream. This allowed him to master divine techniques with remarkable ease.

This newfound clarity allowed him to let go of his obsession with the demonic sky, and with the mysterious blessing of heightened comprehension, he focused instead on understanding the seven fragmented lands within his dantian and uncovering the secrets of their seven Heavenly Daos.

Some time later, he realized he could use the seven fragmented lands within his dantian to leverage the power of the seven continents of the Fifth World.

The seven fragmented lands in his dantian were condensed from the murky energy permeating said continents, drawing from the underlying laws of the continents themselves.

His understanding had been too shallow in the past, but now, everything became clear.

The seven continents and the seven Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars form a complete array. By harnessing the power of the seven pillars, I can draw on the strength of the continents to suppress the Black Empyrean Phoenix sealed below.

I can also use the power of the seven continents to hinder the ascension of foreign race powerhouses and even suppress the surge of murky energy.

The seven continents of the Fifth World can be regarded as seven colossal artifacts, each containing vast power. f.(r)eew ebnov\ll.com

It was as if something had opened within him. Pang Jian's understanding of the Heavenly Dao advanced rapidly. At the same time, he also started attuning the demonic energy above the seven fragmented lands in his dantian with the sea of demonic energy around him.

His consciousness, scattered within the sea of demonic energy inside his body, adopted a completely new method of attunement and soon discovered an unfamiliar Dao of Demon.

It was Sovereign Demonheaven's Dao of Demon.

Sovereign Demonheaven pursued absolute freedom and hedonism, a life of unrestrained indulgence in one's truest desires, free from any constraint.

This meant killing as one wished; indulging in food, wine, or beauty as one pleased; and falling into depravity and laziness if the idea so much as beckoned. It did not matter whether the thoughts were good or evil, beneficial or detrimental. One was to act on them without restraint.

As long as the desire was true to oneself, Sovereign Demonheaven believed in pursuing it no matter what. There was no regard for morality, no concern for judgment, no compromise to anyone else's standards, and no thought for the consequences.

Sovereign Demonheaven's Dao of Demon was about remaining true to one's inner desires, fulfilling every emotional urge without restraint. Such a Dao of Demon could manifest as wanton slaughter and plunder, but it could just as easily lead to acts of kindness.

All that mattered was that it brought personal joy. That alone was enough to justify any action.

Having grasped Sovereign Demonheaven's Heavenly Dao, Pang Jian could easily imagine the brilliant but wildly unorthodox life this Sovereign likely lived.

Demonheaven was undoubtedly a being of extreme obsession with a self-serving nature. The Heavenly Dao he pursued was even stranger than that of the Duke of Thunder's, and it undoubtedly brought him endless calamities and enemies.

It seemed inevitable that his downfall would be tied to the Heavenly Dao he pursued.

Pang Jian felt no desire to follow in his footsteps.

I can only hope that the cloak he left behind doesn't come with such constraints, and that I won't have to follow his Dao of Demon to claim it.

After a long while, Pang Jian reached out to the demonic sky and tried pulling it downward once more.

Having grasped the true nature of Demonheaven's Dao, Pang Jian simultaneously channeled the seven Heavenly Daos within the fragmented lands of his dantian. Seven immense forces from the continents of the Fifth World instantly surged into his body.

Pang Jian had stirred the terrifying array formed from the seven continents and the seven Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars, using it to wield power that was never meant to be his.

This allowed him to slowly tear down the demonic sky shrouding the Fifth World in eternal darkness.

Dim light from the world above filtered through. For the first time, the inhabitants of the Fifth World no longer saw a dark canopy when they looked up, but rather the fragmented lands suspended above.

It was the Fourth World!