Chapter 398: The Prodigies of the Abyss

Near the boundary wall, Pang Jian had cultivated the Golden Body Realm of the Grand Providence Sacred Body to perfection with the help of the Rank Ten black turtle's gift.

A blackish-yellow fragmented land shaped like a turtle scute floated above his vast spiritual sea, pulsing with earth energy.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—these five elements form the foundation of the world. The fiery pool represents Fire, while the fragmented land represents Earth,

Pang Jian's eyes lit up.

Although his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea was unique and could accommodate different energies, acquiring each new type often required fortuitous encounters.

The black turtle's gift included not only dense blood essence but also a fragmented land within his spiritual sea.

It served as a foundation from which Pang Jian could gather earth energy, similar to how the fiery pool absorbed earthflame energy or the ice pool stored cold energy.

"Thank you for your generous gift." Pang Jian bowed respectfully to the black turtle.

Though the black turtle had long since perished, its lingering power continued to both push the Fey Spirit Continent out and pull the bizarre mist back.

"I will do everything I can to fulfill the promise of the past World Gods," he vowed.

With that, Pang Jian flew across the black turtle's sea of thoughts and headed back to the edge of the Fey Spirit Continent.

"The Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis!" he exclaimed when he saw the illusory grand city floating on the horizon.

Pang Jian's heart trembled as he stared at the strange lights streaming into the city from the ground.

"That's earth energy!"

A real continent contained earth energy, which could give rise to divine palaces and residences.

Ling Yimo of the Ghost Sacrifice Sect was extracting earth energy from the Fey Spirit Continent to manifest the illusory Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis into reality.

Although the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis created from earth energy was not the real thing, its manifestation would still dramatically increase Ling Yimo's power, allowing her to easily unleash havoc across the Fey Spirit Continent.

Whoosh!

Zhou Yi of the Nine Tribes Sect darted through the air like lightning, making a beeline toward the couple from the Ancient Law Sect.

The jade ruler in his hand enlarged into a jade bridge that fell between Dong Wenjian and Lin Manhe.

The jade bridge separated the couple as if severing the bond that intricately intertwined their hearts, divine souls, blood essence, and thoughts.

The conjured lightning, fire, stars, and moons from the couple's talismans instantly lost much of their destructive powers.

"The Heaven Bridge Ruler!" Liu Youyu whispered, pursing her lips. The Celestial Profound Mirror shifted its focus from Ling Yimo to Zhou Yi. "The Heaven Bridge Ruler was not meant for severing others' bonds."

The mirror could not lock onto Zhou Yi, so she focused it on the Heaven Bridge Ruler instead.

The divine power within the mirror transformed into a massive hand made of sword lights that smashed down on the bridge's reflection.

Zhou Yi chuckled. "Nine Heavens Mystic Escape."

Nine Zhou Yis wielding Heaven Bridge Rulers appeared in nine shards of the sky as if duplicating from alternate dimensions.

The nine shards looked like the sky had fractured into glass prisms. They folded in on themselves, creating layer upon layer of separation between him and the others, making him nearly impossible to track.

"Spatial Barrage!" The nine Zhou Yis merged and he thrust the jade ruler toward the Flying Fish Boat.

The nine prisms worked with the Heaven Bridge Ruler to lock onto the Celestial Profound Mirror above Liu Youyu.

Blinding sword lights and a massive hand struck the reflection of the nine radiant sky shards, but Zhou Yi remained completely unharmed.

"The Heaven Bridge Ruler is a sacred artifact and can't compete with the Celestial Profound Mirror, but my cultivation has reached the peak of the Soul Wandering Realm," Zhou Yi said with a confident smile. "I'm about to advance to the Nirvana Realm, and my understanding of the Dao I pursue is something you, Liu Youyu, cannot match."

Nine streaks of silver light flashed out from the Heaven Bridge Ruler.

Boom!

Liu Youyu's Flying Fish Boat was torn apart.

One of the radiant sky prisms appeared before Zhou Yi like a massive crystalline shield, blocking Hu Yuanfei's incoming attack and pulling her and her Rocfish Sword into it.

Hu Yuanfei flew on her sword within the illusory shard of the sky but could not find her way back.

True God Li Wang of the Nine Tribes Sect was well-versed in the Spatial Mirror Technique, which could fold space-time in on itself and fracture a realm into crystalline prisms.

The Spatial Mirror Technique was a divine-grade technique passed down through generations in the Nine Tribes Sect.

Its true potential could only be unleashed in the boundless starry skies beyond the Abyss.

Unfortunately, the bizarre mist and the barrier above the First World meant all the crystalline prisms the True God Li Wang refined would remain confined within the prison that was the Abyss.

In other words, the Abyss' imprisonment limited the Spatial Mirror Technique.

Even so, the Spatial Mirror Technique was still a divine-grade technique and could manifest its wonders even within the bizarre mist, especially in the hands of a talented cultivator such as Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi had used the Heaven Bridge Ruler to unleash the Spatial Mirror Technique, folding space and time in on itself and leaving Liu Youyu and Hu Yuanfei helpless against him.

Hu Yuanfei, caught off guard, became trapped in one of the crystalline prisms, unable to escape.

"I'll help you gather divine essence," Zhou Yi said softly. His gaze fell on Zhou Qingchen, the one he deemed easiest to handle. "Get ready to savor a fresh divine soul."

Ling Yimo nodded approvingly inside the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis.

Zhou Yi from the Nine Tribes Race was not only intelligent but also displayed a profound understanding of Li Wang's Spatial Mirror Technique. His potential was boundless, even without his bloodlines as a member of the Nine Tribes Race.

Ling Yimo was already contemplating whether she should bring the Nine Tribes Race under the banner of the Ghost Race.

If Zhou Yi's future performance continued to satisfy her, she would grant him both the Nine Tribes Race's territory and the continent where the Ghost Sacrifice Sect was located as well.

After all, talented individuals were far more valuable than land.

"A member of the Red Mountain Sect dared to join our expedition—how foolish." Zhou Yi swung the Heaven Bridge Ruler once again.

In response, one of the massive crystalline prisms, known as a Spatial Mirror, sliced through the air toward Zhou Qingchen.

The edge of the Spatial Mirror was as sharp as the sword light of a Sword God.

Zhou Qingchen grunted as the ground beneath him split open.

A small iron ball rapidly expanded to the size of a millstone, shattering the invisible spatial restriction surrounding Zhou Qingchen.

"Pang Jian!" Zhou Yi exclaimed in surprise.

Zhou Qingchen resisted Ling Yimo's mental influence and dodged aside just in time.

The only reason Zhou Qingchen escaped was because of the grayish-green iron ball.

Pang Jian!" Zhou Qingchen shouted.

The massive grayish-green iron ball smashed a deep pit into the ground, and stood atop it was Pang Jian.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"I'm fine," Zhou Qingchen replied, breaking out in a cold sweat from the ordeal.

"Pang Jian!" Dong Tianze called.

The Celestial Phoenix Imprint on his brow had transformed into a radiant Celestial Phoenix. It soared behind him, shielding him from Ling Yimo.

"I can't move freely myself—bring Zhou Qingchen over here!" Dong Tianze yelled. "I can ensure his divine soul won't leave his body with the protection of the Celestial Phoenix!"

"Bringing him to me works too," Wu Yuan chimed in.

The towering figure of the Great Demon God He Motian riding a peacock could be seen within the Purple Demon Eye floated above Wu Yuan.

He Motian—with his four heads, four faces, and four hands—slowly rotated atop the peacock, each face taking turns to gaze at the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis.

"He Motian!" Ling Yimo's eyes flickered with surprise at the image within the Purple Demon Eye. "You humans have been hiding away in the Abyss for tens of thousands of years, but you've still managed to capture quite a few rare artifacts!

"I never expected that you humans would even unearth, imprison, and refine a divine image of the Great Demon God He Motian into a divine artifact!" Ling Yimo snarled through gritted teeth.

The Great Demon God He Motian was renowned throughout the vast starry skies, especially with the many worlds the Demon Race had conquered and ruled over.

He Motian was a powerful Demon God!

No one could have expected that an ancient being like He Motian would have once suffered losses in the Abyss.

His divine image had been eternally trapped in the Abyss, and to make matters worse, had even been refined into an artifact.

"The human race is an aberration among all beings and deserves to go extinct!" Ling Yimo shrieked.

Gathering her accumulated power, she extracted more earth energy from the Fey Spirit Continent, attempting to quickly bring the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis into reality.

Zhou Yi, don't disappoint me,

she whispered in Zhou Yi's mind.

Zhou Yi multitasked, controlling the nine Spatial Mirrors as he launched attacks on Liu Youyu, Hu Yuanfei, the Ancient Law Sect couple, Wu Yuan, and Dong Tianze.

He swung the Heaven Bridge Ruler, aiming to strike Pang Jian.

At that moment, Fan Chen of the Supreme Monad Divine Kingdom abruptly said, "I'll leave Zhou Yi to you all—I'll go and deal with Ling Yimo."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two ancient characters emerged from Fan Chen's forehead, one reading "Supreme" and the other "Monad."

The characters "Supreme" and "Monad" lay parallel to the ground, becoming the foundation for two towering mountains, one gold and one silver.

Each mountain exuded a grandeur equivalent to the imperial seal of the Supreme Monad Divine Kingdom.

Imperial authority, divine stature, and supreme might radiated from the two characters.

Boom!

The "Supreme" and "Monad" characters shattered the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis.

Fan Chen could not attack the sanctum as long as it remained an illusion, but that no longer applied once Ling Yimo used earth energy to materialize it.

"You should've let it stay hidden as an illusion instead of trying to manifest into something tangible," Fan Chen sneered. Standing atop the "Supreme" character as if on the peak of a pyramid, he declared, "It doesn't matter what you are.

"Gui Mu dared to take you in and teach you the Netherworld Specter Karma Art for a reason. Don't think you can escape her grasp so easily.

"Even the Outer Gods are not necessarily stronger than Gui Mu within our Abyss."