The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 1009 - 967: The Source of the Path of Darkness!

The Black Phoenix’s demon body thus dissipated into the void.

From the moment He was born in the Outer Star River, becoming Sovereign that very day, He had been the strongest among the Sovereigns.

His rank in the Hall of Gods had always been above the other four, until He fell silent in the Mysterious Fog Sea.

He was the oldest and most mysterious of beings, having ascended to Sovereignty time and again on different paths of the Great Tao.

His traces pierced through the long river of years, surviving through the rise and fall of many Divine Kings, eternally indestructible.

Luo Hongyan, as the ultimate follower of the Path of Light, had exhausted every scheme and tactic to kill Him, wishing to plunder His Path of Extreme Darkness to transform into the strongest Divine King.

But even as Luo Hongyan became Divine King, He had not succeeded.

Yet now, in this moment, as Black Phoenix explained the details of His relationship with Luo Hongyan, He offered His Path of Extreme Darkness to Luo Hongyan without hesitation!

No one knew why He did this.

He could have avoided this situation, could have hidden in the "Illusory Void Realm" and waited for the supreme will to descend upon Luo Hongyan, watching as she lost her Spiritual Intelligence.

Had He not intervened, Luo Hongyan would have shattered at the apex, just like those Divine Kings of the past.

"Swoosh!"

Deep within the spatial rift, the "Illusory Void Realm" suddenly manifested in the real world, and Pang Lin, holding the "Destruction Eye" in one hand and raising the "Desolate God Spear" in the other, stepped out from the mirror world.

Compared to the massive beings around her, she was as tiny as a mustard seed, engulfed in layers of profound black halos.

Her demeanor was composed, her human body merging with the three mighty artifacts, and the aura she exuded was rather restrained, not stirring any earth-shattering fluctuations.

"Ha."

She looked calmly at Luo Hongyan, a slight smile tugging at the corners of her mouth, her eyes full of hope.

Everyone could feel it; she was looking forward to Luo Hongyan becoming stronger, breaking free from the shackles of the supreme will’s descent, existing as a free and self-sovereign being.

"You, I..."

Luo Hongyan, receiving the Path of Extreme Darkness, seemed slightly bewildered, unsure of why.

Deep inside her divine eyes, the figure of her in a bright red gown saw the dress gradually filling with black.

Clusters of flowers of darkness suddenly appeared on the edges of her gown, blooming seductively, their beauty startling.

"Swoosh! Swoosh, swoosh!"

The Divine Power from Black Phoenix, the ultimate in Dark Laws, like ink, filled His heart, permeating His God Status, and seeped into His crystal-like heart.

An immensely powerful and fierce Divine Aura burst forth in Luo Hongyan’s body.

Light and darkness collided, the laws roared, throwing the void into chaos.

Gradually, rings of dark light screens began to form around His Divine Body.

A denser Divine Aura began to overflow, helping Him resist the invasion of the supreme will, helping Him exist in a stronger form.

His God Status, divine heart, and Divine Body were continuously transforming.

A moment later.

"Huh!"

Pairs of bright wings and His divine eyes suddenly underwent fascinating changes.

One side of His wings unfolded a dazzling brilliance, clear as the brightest diamond, interwoven with the law of light.

The other wings, were as dark as the Hei Yao Divine Stone, interwoven with laws opposite to those of light.

One of His eyes was as fierce as the sun, the other as deep as a black hole, emanating endless profound mystery.

Light and darkness began to coexist in Him!

His crystalline heart suddenly had a surge of extreme dark lightning, a substance equivalent to the "Source of Light’s Path" explosively formed within Him.

A substance He had never seen before, yet felt incredibly familiar.

"Source of the Dark Path!"

His towering Divine Body trembled mightily.

Within the circulation of the Dark Supernatural Ability in His body, billions of pitch-black crystals appeared, which if magnified a million times, revealed the profound Dark Laws within.

"The Fundamental Laws of Darkness!"

Luo Hongyan suddenly realized that the "Source of the Dark Path," which had been nurtured earlier than the "Source of Light’s Path," had already been refined within the Black Phoenix!

—Even before He had collected the fragments of the "Source of Light’s Path!"

Unlike His situation, the "Source of the Dark Path" refined within the Black Phoenix’s demon body had originally been intact and flawless.

The Ancient Demon of the Black Phoenix had found the "Source of the Dark Path" long ago and had already refined it!

He could have ascended to Divine King even earlier!

—If He had wanted to!

In that instant, Luo Hongyan was overwhelmed with emotion, finding it both absurd and comical.

It turned out, the Black Phoenix He had desperately sought to destroy had always existed on a different plane.

Far beyond what He, Fu Ya, Tianyu, or Yi Hao could compare.

The title of the strongest Sovereign in the Galaxy World truly belonged to the Black Phoenix!

"I actually dared to plunder your Path of Extreme Darkness, how foolish and ridiculous of me. I, I am just a great joke! Black Phoenix, you could have avoided perishing in the Mysterious Fog Sea, you could have counter-killed us!"

The now harmoniously dark Luo Hongyan revealed a desolate smile, shaking her head continuously.

Her laughter was full of mockery, mocking both herself and the self-righteous Tianyu and Fu Ya.

In the world, only her desolate laughter echoed.

The convergence of light and darkness continued to ferment on His body, and those vast supernatural abilities from the Heavens Star River still surged toward Him fiercely.

Yet, He did not fall hastily.

Having received the full gift of the Black Phoenix, including the "Path of Dark Origin," He could now resist the invasion of that will, and His path to becoming a mighty Divine King was being forged.

However, these were not achieved by His own efforts.

He had thought that after the Black Phoenix had perished and after He had gathered the shards of the "Path of Light Origin," He had surpassed the Black Phoenix to become the first among the Sovereigns.

Now, He realized He was terribly wrong!

"Path of Dark Origin!"

"That Path of Dark Origin, it was, it was always within the Black Phoenix!"

"He..."

In the Ruin Domain, within the Purgatory World, a loud uproar erupted.

Yi Hao, the God of Destiny, with a deep expression, looked at Pang Lin, who had stepped out of the Illusory Void Realm, with an extremely complex and incomprehensible gaze, viewing him as the most terrifying anomaly in the world.

Why was it so?

When exactly had He obtained the "Path of Dark Origin"?

When He was ambushed by several Sovereigns and heavily struck down into the Mysterious Fog Sea, had He already acquired the complete "Path of Dark Origin" and successfully refined it over many years?

If so, He should not have fallen into the Mysterious Fog Sea!

If He wished, the moment He was jointly attacked and killed by Fu Ya, Tianyu, and Luo Hongyan, He could have transformed into the Dark God King!

Then, with a realm surpassing the three Sovereigns, He could have instantly reversed the situation and strangled the three Sovereigns on the spot!

Yet, He did not reveal the existence of the "Path of Dark Origin" and was willing to remain silent in the Mysterious Fog Sea for many years, allowing the three Sovereigns to dominate the Divine Temple and continue to lead the Heavens Star River.

What exactly was He plotting?

The more Yi Hao pondered, the more perplexed he became, realizing that this ancient Black Phoenix must have been devising some bizarre events beyond His comprehension.

"Hongyan, don’t think too much. Just keep what I gave you well," Pang Lin spoke deliberately.

Her gentle and tranquil eyes suddenly rested on Yi Hao, and she revealed a teasing smile, "A rebel shall not live? Is this what it told you? Not entirely wrong... Throughout the long history of time, it seems no one has survived against it."

"Even I, have died many times."

"My path of rebirth is also a path of resistance."

"Can such a life not be called living?"

Upon hearing these words, Yi Hao’s figure suddenly shook.

Positioned above his head, Pang Jian, as these words were uttered, felt the queer change in the Chaos Star River!

The supreme will’s blockade on this star river was shattered in an instant!

"Huff! Huff!"

The thick gray fog below, once again spread and permeated upwards!

The boundless mists, newly arisen, began repairing the fragmented void.

The starry sky, which had been heavily damaged due to the destruction of the Divine Temple and the fall of the gods, along with the deaths of Fu Ya and Tianyu, was being nourished by the power of the Mysterious Fog Sea, transforming back to its original state.

Stars released dazzling light, uncontrolled by Pang Jian, nor driven by the supreme will from beyond. They suddenly shifted toward their rightful places.

And so did the Bright Moon.

Even the sun, which had previously extinguished its light and flames, rekindled its light and flames at this moment and floated toward its rightful place.

Stars returned to their positions, the sun and moon returned to their positions, and the void rifts healed one by one.

This dark, cold, and desolate star river seemed as if it had never experienced the terrifying divine battles, had never been destroyed by the powers of the Sovereign.

"Whooosh!"

Thousands of peculiar fragments of light suddenly flew out from the Mysterious Fog Sea, converging towards one area like waterfalls flowing upstream.

Intense bright light, accompanied by boiling flames, burst from that cluster of light.

It was a brand-new sun!

In the starry sky above the Misty Sea, a second sun appeared, so large and so brilliant.

"Whooosh! Whooosh!"

Similarly, cold fragments of light flew out from the Mysterious Fog Sea, congealing in a manner beyond the gods’ reckoning and forming two new moons.

The rebirth of the sun, the forging of the moons, such miracles just happened.

In the world, mighty rulers like Luo Hongyan and Tianyu, who possessed the power to destroy the sun, moon, and stars, and could even demolish a Galaxy World.

But, creating the sun, moon, and stars was absolutely beyond their capabilities!

Even Divine Kings might not possess such divine skills!

Yet now, in this desolate void star river, some power surpassing the Sovereigns and Divine Kings, had condensed the sun and moon, returning each star to its place!

Two suns and three moons, this seemed to be the original state of the "Chaos Star River."

The numerous divine battles that erupted here, and the celestial gods’ crusade against the Mysterious Fog Sea, seemed to have caused one sun to shatter and two moons to explode.

One sun and one moon became the understanding of the Misty Sea Life about the upper sky, thinking this had been so since time immemorial.

But that was not the true reality.

Originally, this star river above the Mysterious Fog Sea once had two suns suspended and three moons coexisting!

The surging of the Mysterious Fog Sea and the intervention of the Misty Sea Will returned the "Chaos Star River" to its earliest form, repairing all the brokenness of this starry sky!

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