Chapter 558: The Five Divine Viscera

He Motian stood as the most powerful of the high-ranking Gods, second only to the four Sovereigns in the hierarchy of the Hall of Gods.

Naturally, none of the True Gods within the Abyss were worthy of his notice.

The True Gods of the Abyss could not break through the barrier and escape to the starry skies without being hunted. This limited their growth. No matter how powerful they became, they would only ever be low-ranking Gods.

There was no reason for He Motian to pay low-ranking Gods any attention.

If he could breach the barrier and descend with his true body, He Motian would not have needed to manipulate events within the Abyss as he had. His true concern lay with the surviving True Gods in the starry skies.

These hidden True Gods of the human race had become formidable after years of accumulating power in the starry skies, to the point that even He Motian found them difficult to deal with.

In contrast, the True Gods and Fey Gods within the Abyss were of little consequence to him.

Pang Jian was an exception to this, having left a profound impression on He Motian due to his presence and wielding of the Abyssal Demon Sword on the Demon Abyss Continent and the Imperial Dominion.

Moreover, Pang Jian had thwarted He Motian's plans several times.

After a brief inquiry and comparison, He Motian confirmed that the sword-wielding figure in the bizarre mist was truly Pang Jian from the Abyss!

He Motian was deeply shocked.

During the collapse of his half-divine body in the Imperial Dominion, he had noticed that a strand of Fortune had been drawn toward Pang Jian.

Through intelligence gathered from the Demon Sect and other foreign races, he learned that Pang Jian had defied convention and ascended to godhood from the Nirvana Realm, becoming an Immortal Realm God.

Even so, that did not explain how Pang Jian had left the Abyss.

The Outer Gods stationed in the starry skies above the Abyss had detected no anomalies with the barrier, which meant no True God of the human race had broken through.

Pang Jian didn't leave through the barrier, so how did he escape?

The bizarre mist where the four fragmented lands once drifted!

He Motian realized.

He speculated that the once-in-a-hundred-millennia event had caused a hidden rift to appear within the bizarre mist, allowing Pang Jian to find an alternate route out of the Abyss without having to breach the barrier.

If he can escape, what about the other True Gods? If they enter the starry skies and learn how to draw power from the foreign energies here...

He Motian became increasingly unsettled at the idea. The True Gods of the human race were unlike any other divine being in the outer worlds. They had the unique ability to achieve explosive growth in strength within a short span of time.

That had been the hallmark of the True Gods of the past. If the True Gods of this era could enter the starry skies unchecked, they would quickly grow and unite into a formidable force within centuries or even decades!

"I need to consult Zi Mo of the Ghost Race!"

Great Demon God He Motian urgently launched himself from the star he resided on, racing toward the domain of the high-ranking God Zi Mo.

He Motian believed the Ghost Race was aware of secret pathways in and out of the Abyss and was convinced that You Kui's expedition into Absolute Heaven held the key.

He also planned to instruct the Demon Sect and the powerhouses of the Fifth World in the Abyss to monitor the movements of the True Gods.

This was to prevent the True Gods of the human race from exploiting gaps or weaknesses to step out of the Abyss en masse. If such an event were to transpire, the strict defenses maintained in the starry skies above the Abyss would become meaningless.

***

In the bizarre mist, the colossal body of the Naga had been refined in its entirety.

Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul radiated multicolored light, each hue embodying a distinct Heavenly Dao.

After refining the Water God Naga with the Primeval Demon Fusion Art, a monumental transformation unfolded within his Immortal Divine Soul.

This extraordinary divine body, formed from the fusion of his divine soul and a divine seat, was neither crystalline and jade-like nor made of flesh and blood. Nevertheless, it bore immense differences from his true body.

His Immortal Divine Soul was endowed with infinite malleability and could constantly reshape itself to match the strength and intensity of its power.

Previously, the Heavenly Daos encompassing the elements of Metal, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Water—supplemented by the sea of demonic energy—resided within the bones of his divine body, with their profound insights embodied in the form of Dao Seals.

The sun, moon, and stars, on the other hand, functioned as meridians that were intricately woven throughout his Immortal Divine Soul.

After refining the Water God into his Immortal Divine Soul, the foundational elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth finally reached their ultimate state of perfection.

The completion of the five elements triggered a miraculous transformation akin to rebirth.

The Heavenly Daos of Metal, Wood, Fire, and Earth each condensed into cohesive forms. The blood essence extracted from the Dark Bat and Naga then enveloped these fused Heavenly Daos, reshaping them into something resembling internal organs.

The Naga's Dao of Water was also encased within dense blood essence as it underwent a profound transformation.

At that moment, a significant portion of the information he received while fusing with the divine seat using the Dao of Chaos abruptly became clear, as if this change had unlocked something within Pang Jian.

The five elements were responsible for shaping the five divine viscera—the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

The heart corresponded to Fire, the liver to Wood, the spleen to Earth, the lungs to Metal, and the kidneys to Water.

The heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys formed the five divine viscera, forged and shaped through the power of the elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

Blood essence served as both the bridge between and the membranes of these viscera.

By the time Pang Jian digested this information, the changes in his body were already underway.

Four segments of bones symbolizing Metal, Wood, Fire, and Earth were fused and refined into organs, functioning in harmony with Water, representing the kidneys.

Five peculiar halos soon appeared within Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul.

Blood essence transformed into membranous flesh and enveloped the magma furnace, lush forest, fragmented land, golden mountain, and shimmering body of water that were his five viscera.

At a glance, these five halos simply represented the five viscera of his Immortal Divine Soul, but their forms were unmistakably indicative of the nature of their respective viscera.

Only through careful examination with his divine sense did Pang Jian discover that vast mysteries lay within his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, harboring his insights into the Heavenly Daos of the five elements.

Fine crimson lightning flickered chaotically within the magma-like furnace of his heart. These were the Dao Seals of the Dao of Fire and resembled the capillaries of the heart.

The towering trees in his liver stood tall, brimming with rich vitality.

Crystalline veins embodying the Dao of Verdure lay hidden beneath a fragmented land in his spleen.

The golden mountain of his lungs contained strands of peculiar lightning that harbored the sharp and unyielding essence of the Dao of Metal.

Finally, hidden veins representing the Naga's comprehended Dao of Water lay beneath the body of water of his kidneys.

Pang Jian's infinitely malleable Immortal Divine Soul had transformed after assimilating the Water God and his Dao of Water.

The Heavenly Daos housed within the bones of his Immortal Divine Soul had turned into visceral organs, elevating his already mysterious presence to a truly extraordinary level.

Even I can't fully comprehend the state of your body,

the Abyssal Demon remarked with a sigh.

There has never been an anomaly like you among the human race of the Abyss.

Pang Jian, although your physical body remains human, your Immortal Divine Soul has clearly transcended the boundaries of the human race.

Pang Jian's physical body was still seated atop the shoulder of his Immortal Divine Soul. After refining the Dark Bat and the Naga, his physical body also underwent corresponding transformations.

Dark clouds hovered above the fragmented land in his dantian, symbolizing darkness, while a new lake shrouded in a misty veil of water vapor emerged on the fragmented land.

The changes in his Immortal Divine Soul were mirrored in his physical body. However, his true body still seemed significantly weaker compared to his wondrous yet terrifying Immortal Divine Soul.

***

After Thunder God Pan Di successfully killed the Naji, he savagely tore the Water God of the Sea Race apart and devoured her flesh and blood.

Had Pang Jian been present, he would have understood why the Outer Gods could not tolerate the Fey Gods of the ancient Fey Race.

The Naji's serpentine body, stretching thousands of zhang, had its scales pulled apart, leaving it bloodied and adrift in the fading waters of her domain.

Pan Di gruesomely ripped limbs off, shredded flesh, and gnawed on viscera. His teeth caught bits of sinewy flesh, and his gaping maw sprayed blood with each bite.

In urgent need of replenishing his blood essence, Pan Di brutally devoured the Water God with unrestrained satisfaction. The blood became his water, and the flesh his sustenance.

The Thunder God finally started to return to his peak after years of being lost in the bizarre mist. This was not only thanks to the nourishing body of the Naji but also the pills and barrels of fresh blood that Pang Jian brought from the Abyss.

After some time, all that remained of the Naji was her bones, which floated in the colorless waters. Pan Di had thoroughly picked them clean of flesh and sinew.

Wiping the bloodstains from the corners of his mouth, Pan Di tilted his head back and let out a triumphant roar.

Then, holding the enchanted mirror that He Motian had bestowed upon the Naji, he analyzed it with his divine soul, learning how to use it to navigate through the bizarre mist and return to the starry skies.

If I had such an artifact back then, I could have safely escaped the bizarre mist, even if I couldn't find the Thunder Abyss.

Using the enchanted mirror, Pan Di quickly oriented himself within the bizarre mist.

In the bizarre mist, even up and down were indistinguishable.

There was neither sky nor gravity within the bizarre mist, and everything was an endless expanse of gray, leaving no reference points to discern up from down.

What Pan Di thought was "up" without the enchanted mirror in hand actually turned out to be "down."

Great Demon God He Motian, the high-ranking God of the Ghost Race, Zi Mo, and several other Outer Gods are in the starry skies above.

The enchanted mirror points toward a star that the Demon Races occupy.

If I try to make my way there...

After some consideration, Pan Di ultimately abandoned the idea of relying on the mirror to escape the bizarre mist, instead choosing to wait for Pang Jian.

Pang Jian appeared before Pan Di with his physical body some time later.

"I'll be heading to the Shadow Abyss. As for you...I don't think you can break through the boundary wall. So, what do you plan to do next?" Pang Jian asked.

"The Outer Gods above not only harbor malice toward the True Gods but also the Fey Gods of our ancient Fey Race," Pan Di said with a mournful expression. "They definitely won't let me off now that I've killed a Water God on their side."

"In that case, why not come with me? Wait for me outside the Shadow Abyss for a while longer. Once my trip to the Shadow Abyss is over, I'll see if there's a way to bring you into the Abyss," Pang Jian suggested.

"I have no idea where else to go, so I may as well accompany you for a while," Pan Di replied.