The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 1002 - 961: The Massacre

Above the Misty Sea, all the deities except Li Yuqing suffered petrification under the silvery radiance scattering from the Stone Bead.

Including Long Di, who had escaped from the Netherworld Prison.

The Power of Destiny, thin as gauze, spread above the Misty Sea, extending billions of miles in the blink of an eye with a posture that defied all logic.

Aloft, Pang Jian’s complexion was ashen.

"Father..."

After so many years apart, he had just caught a glimpse of his father through the "Illusory Void Realm," only for him to disintegrate into dust along with the Void Temple.

Heart-wrenching pain surged from both his bodies, making him wish for death.

"He should be able to be resurrected, he must be! If Dong Tianze can come back to life, the Mysterious Turtle, the Black Dragon King, they can all be revived one by one, he too must certainly be possible to resurrect!"

Suppressing the sorrow and anger in his heart, Pang Jian adjusted his emotions, forcing himself not to lose his reason at this time.

He must first survive, get through this suddenly difficult divine battle, only then could he find a chance to revive his father and prevent those close to him from succumbing one after another.

"God of Destiny, Yi Hao!"

Pang Jian cried out in his heart.

Yi Hao’s favor towards Li Yuqing, his impartiality towards the Human Race, and his equitable treatment of the Netherworld God and various Evil Gods—all earlier impressions and goodwill vanished in an instant.

Whether Yi Hao truly acted out of helplessness or had no choice, Pang Jian regarded him as an enemy!

"Destiny, mysterious and fearsome Power of Destiny, Yi Hao!"

He released his Divine Consciousness, seeking to locate Yi Hao, preparing himself for a life-and-death struggle with this God of Destiny.

He carefully sensed.

He quickly discovered that the divine power from the "Pearl of Destiny" was not continually surging; it had not reached his two Divine Bodies.

However, his True Body, where his God Status lay hidden, was experiencing abnormal fluctuations due to the gleam of the "Pearl of Destiny."

It was as if a power superior to God Status could control it, alter the nature of God Status at will.

Even causing the God Status to directly shatter and explode!

"The path of God Status is controlled by the highest will above the Misty Sea, by the silvery radiance."

Ideas multiplied in Pang Jian’s mind as he anxiously parsed them, trying to find a strategy to cope.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, the "Pearl of Destiny" flew out from Li Yuqing’s hand and hovered over the gray, murky Mysterious Fog Sea.

The Stone Bead, like a silver eye, watched over deities cloaked in the Power of Destiny, its radiance sank into the Misty Sea, effortlessly penetrated the Boundary Wall, directly reaching each "Prison" Realm.

Many strong beings who had ascended through the path of God Status and transcended into deities in those "Prison" Realms saw that Stone Bead.

The next moment.

"Swish! Swish, swish, swish!"

They, as if by some prearranged signal, took the initiative to leave their respective "Prison" Realms, entering the shattered starry sky above the Misty Sea.

They also positioned themselves under that Stone Bead’s light.

"Hisss!"

Under the influence of the Power of Destiny, the deities of the Misty Sea, with God Status hidden in their minds, saw their God Status and Divine Bodies suddenly turn into streamers of light, each merging into the Stone Bead.

"Howl!"

Beings like the Golden Elephant and the Vermilion Bird and strong deities like Long Di also couldn’t withstand the infiltration of the Power of Destiny.

The Great Tao Laws intertwined within their God Status, the Bloodline Crystal Chains branded within the hearts of Demon Gods, all were seized by an invisible hand and pulled toward that Stone Bead.

Being dragged along with them were their Divine Bodies and Demon Bodies.

"Boom!"

The Golden Elephant, large as a Fragment Land, burst into a sky full of golden fragments, which then exploded again and were reduced to tiny golden particles.

All the particles fell into the Stone Bead.

The Vermilion Bird danced gracefully, creating overwhelming flames in an attempt to resist the erosion of the Power of Destiny, but to no avail.

It too burst abruptly, turning into wisps of Demon Fire mixed with essence blood, fading into the Stone Bead.

Long Di was no exception.

Its God Status likewise exploded in an instant, its body and God Status turned into azure streamers of light, consumed by the "Pearl of Destiny."

After being infiltrated by the Force of Destiny, those who had left their respective "Prison" Realms couldn’t resist this onslaught any more effectively.

One after another, Misty Sea deities disintegrated instantly, becoming different particles of light, flying into the "Pearl of Destiny."

The Misty Sea Deities who had perished were mostly Netherworld Gods from the Netherworld Prison, who, unlike Long Di, had not rashly detached themselves from it.

Yet under the influence of the Power of Destiny, they also uncontrollably flew out of the Netherworld Prison and perished just as disastrously as Long Di.

Before long, beneath the "Chaos Star River" and above the Mysterious Fog Sea, apart from those True Gods of the Human Race who had been petrified and not dissolved by the Power of Destiny, all other existences had been wiped out.

The strongest of each "Prison" Continent, God Spirits with God Status, had also perished this way.

This campaign against the Mysterious Fog Sea was driven by the combined efforts of the two Sovereigns, Fu Ya, and Hongyan, with many under their command aiding, having once launched a suppressive bombardment on Purgatory from the Hall of Gods.

The other Prison Continent’s strongest and God Spirits all shrank back into their realms, looking up at the dome of the sky and watching the battle as bystanders.

They were originally unharmed.

Fu Ya and Hongyan felt helpless against them because they could not personally enter the Prison Continent to cleanse it.

Yet the God Power of the "Pearl of Destiny" burst forth, forcibly bringing them out of the Prison Continent and slaughtering them one by one above the Misty Sea.

What Fu Ya and Hongyan, the two Sovereigns, couldn’t achieve, Yi Hao had not needed to arrive in person to accomplish but rather effortlessly realized it, solely with the help of the "Pearl of Destiny" in Li Yuqing’s hands.

"I!"

"I!"

In the land of Purgatory.

The Old Black Turtle, Yuan Qi, the Black Dragon King, and the Ice Armor Eel Dragon, who had already congregated from various lands beneath the sky, were also contaminated by the Power of Destiny.

With their High God-level Demon Bodies, they felt the shackles of the Destiny Cage and involuntarily wanted to ascend.

They sought to break through Purgatory’s "Heaven Forbidden Layer" just as Long Di and those Misty Sea Deities had, entering the region covered by the Power of Destiny.

They knew, both for themselves and the mighty Human Race in Purgatory, that once they left the bounds of Purgatory, they would succumb just as readily as the Golden Elephant and Vermilion Bird, to a death as light as a cough.

If the Golden Elephant, the Vermilion Bird, and Long Di couldn’t resist the silver radiance of the "Pearl of Destiny," how could they be an exception?

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a tremendous will from Pang Jian surged into their Demon Bodies from across the distance, encircling their God Status like a stabilizing anchor, allowing them to have the energy to break free from the shackles of Destiny.

Thus, these Demon Gods, resurrected by the Realm God Card and deeply connected to Pang Jian, rooted their Demon Bodies firmly in Purgatory.

"Ptui!"

The Old Rock Bear, not resurrected from the Realm God Card, suddenly flew out from the Saint Spirit Continent like a meteor striking towards Purgatory’s Heaven Forbidden, instantly breaking through and out.

The moment the Heaven Forbidden was breached, the Old Rock Bear’s Demon Body disintegrated, meeting a tragic fate where both form and spirit perished, much like Long Di, the Golden Elephant, and the Vermilion Bird.

"Bai Zi!"

Xinghuan screamed in disbelief.

Following the Old Rock Bear, Bai Zi, a Realm God from the Netherworld Prison, lost control over his own body and similarly flew towards the "Heaven Forbidden Layer" of Purgatory.

"Swoosh!"

A boundless golden radiance suddenly emerged within the "Heaven Forbidden Layer."

The deeply buried "Source of Metal Essence" at Purgatory’s lowest level exerted its strength once again, filling the "Heaven Forbidden Layer" with the sharpest metallic forces of the world, blocking the contamination of the Power of Destiny.

"Bang!"

Bai Zi’s tall body collided with the golden "Heaven Forbidden Layer" as if crashing into the Golden Iron Great Wall; she finally came to her senses, dizzy and disoriented.

"How terrifying, such a dreadful Destiny Cage!"

Below the golden "Heaven Forbidden Layer," Bai Zi gasped for air, her beautiful face pale with fear.

"The Fifth Realm, those mighty of the Alien Tribes!"

The Old Black Turtle, having just recovered from its shock, looked down at the land below and noticed strong figures like Yu Xin and Dazzling Shadow from the Alien Tribes seemingly also contaminated by the Power of Destiny, also flying towards the sky.

However, as the golden glow filled the Heaven Forbidden Layer of Purgatory, cutting off the continuous infusion of the Power of Destiny, they abruptly stabilized their movements.

"Crackle and snap!"

In the vast center of the Thunder Divine Court, a green dragon twisted and turned in the Thunder Pond, with patterns of Thunder Tao appearing and disintegrating steadily.

Resurrected into a High God of the Ancient Demon Clan and the Dragon Race, the Thunder God had also been contaminated by the infiltrating Force of Destiny.

Without the remote assistance of Pang Jian, he relied on the Thunder Divine Court and the Thunder Tao realized in this life to actually withstand the contamination of the Power of Destiny.

Apart from him, the Original Demon with a highly complex origin had also not been bound by the Power of Destiny to ascend.

"Not having advanced via the path of God Status, not being of a bloodline from beyond the heavens, one could avoid the binding of Yi Hao’s Power of Destiny."

The Original Demon, observing the strange changes in Purgatory, discovered that the Demon Gods of the Ancient Demon Clan, the strong of the Fifth Realm’s Alien Tribes, or figures like the Thunder God and Xinghuan, were the ones susceptible to the Force of Destiny.

The reason Xinghuan remained alive and exhibited no odd behavior was simply because she was of the Star Tribe.

Yi Hao’s Power of Destiny clearly spared her, unaffected.

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