Chapter 665: Throwing Oneself into the Jaws of Danger

A Rank Ten powerhouse of the Flame Race had truly appeared in the Sixth World!

Pang Jian had not been speaking nonsense.

He actually captured Qi Xu alive and cast her into the depths of the Sixth World, using her to probe its mysteries.

This was an unprecedented level of audacity. The True Gods could not even fathom how he accomplished such a feat.

The assembled True Gods were thrown into turmoil.

Moreover, Pang Jian achieved this without his mighty Immortal Divine Soul.

Yin Ji, the rogue True God with close relations to Li Zhaotian, had long considered herself like a mentor's wife.

"This child..." she murmured, gazing at the silent golden bee. "Zhaotian, perhaps he really can bring Zhu Ji and the others back."

Li Zhaotian grinned widely. "Let's wait and see!"

The pride on his face could not be concealed.

He did not ask how Pang Jian managed such feats. Instead, he simply said, "The foreign races in the Fifth World aren't in a hurry to storm the upper worlds, and we have nothing urgent to attend to. There's no harm in waiting a little longer."

His words were clearly directed at Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan lifted the beaded curtain draping down from his imperial crown. His expression was grave as he stared at the scarlet streak of lightning that had just appeared.

"Pang Jian's actions will only hasten the deaths of Li Wang and the others," Jiang Fan remarked.

At that moment, Liu Fu and Wanderer Tian Du also noticed that something was amiss.

The slender scarlet lightning bolt rapidly expanded within that otherworldly domain.

It was turning into a crimson meteor!

True Gods like Jiang Fan, Liu Fu, and Wanderer Tian Du could faintly discern a striking figure within the crimson meteor.

A force they could not perceive poured madly into Qi Xu's body, allowing the Flame Race powerhouse to recover at an astonishing speed.

The dense murky energy was a deadly poison to Li Wang, Zhu Ji, and Gui Mu, constantly eroding their strength and forcing them to maintain their Dharma Idols for prolonged periods, leaving them physically and mentally exhausted.

Qi Xu was the opposite.

As a foreign race warrior of the Fifth World, Qi Xu had assimilated a cluster of Corruption with her heart to ascend to Rank Ten.

When she descended into the Sixth World, the dense murky energy below immediately poured into her long-parched body.

The grievous wounds on her body healed, and the depleted divine power of her bloodline was rapidly replenished.

She did not need to do anything to actively draw it in. The murky energy in the Sixth World was healing her on its own, setting her on the path to complete recovery.

For Jiang Fan and the others, this scene appeared as nothing more than a bolt of lightning transforming into a blazing meteor of fire.

The surging power brought color back to Qi Xu's pale complexion, and the weariness on her face quickly vanished.

So this is the Sixth World. This world is clearly far more suitable for us than the Fifth World, so why does no one dare to approach it?

Qi Xu wondered.

The fallen ones of the past would have gained immense benefits here, so why did they never reappear?

I can restore my peak battle strength in a short time here. Only my soul...

Qi Xu's thoughts churned.

Contrary to her prior beliefs, the Sixth World was better than being imprisoned in the Heaven-Earth Cosmos Chest.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Once my strength is restored and I get out of here, I will...

As she was considering her next steps, she was horrified to realize that she was once again being swept away without consent.

In the First World, the blazing meteor representing Qi Xu could be seen hurtling straight toward Gui Mu's Dharma Idol.

"Gui Mu will be the first to be hunted down and killed," Jiang Fan declared grimly.

The golden bee said indifferently, "Don't worry, Qi Xu is my puppet."

The gathered True Gods erupted in shock.

***

On the Fifth Continent, an unending torrent of murky energy continued to pour into Pang Jian's depleted dantian.

Unlike before, he no longer bothered to change his appearance to that of a Radiant Race warrior.

Pang Jian gazed down at the boundless darkness from the edge of the continent.

At that moment, an unprecedented sensation welled up within him.

The seven continents of the Fifth World and the seven fragmented lands within his dantian had finally aligned.

Pang Jian could summon murky energy from any continent at will after fusing his second soul with Corruption to forge his Divine Persona!

Though he stood on the Fifth Continent, the seven fragmented lands in his dantian were all being filled with murky energy from the other continents as well!

Pang Jian felt as though he had become the domineering force of the Fifth World, capable of seizing anything he desired!

When he attempted to extend his divine sense, his perception instantly leaped to the skies above the seven continents.

It was as if a divine eye was gazing down at all the living beings in the Fifth World.

He could perceive the foreign races still on the Fifth World, as well as the swarms of Vicious Beasts and insects roaming the seven continents.

This was the mystical sensation of becoming one with the seven continents.

As he immersed himself in the sensation, he soon realized that the authority he wielded in the Fifth World far surpassed that of the Resolute Expanse!

Pang Jian's eyes flickered with a strange light.

Is this the power of a mid-ranking God? Or is it unique to me alone?

Formidable Rank Ten powerhouses like Lie Yang and Li Bai would no longer be his match in the future.

Only Luo Hongyan and Fire God Yan Lie could threaten him now!

Even then, Pang Jian believed he had a fighting chance against Yan Lie.

Meanwhile, in the Sixth World, Qi Xu continued hurtling toward Gui Mu under Pang Jian's control.

Can my consciousness penetrate the Sixth World without relying on Qi Xu?

At that thought, his divine sense condensed into a flickering ghostly flame and plunged into the darkness below.

One spark soon became many!

Tiny embers of eerie green ghostly flames danced like fireflies in the Sixth World before soaring back up.

While Pang Jian could sense an invisible seal above, the ghostly flames formed from his divine sense passed through it unhindered, safely escaping the Sixth World and returning to his body!

Pang Jian's eyes lit up.

Qi Xu's presence in the Sixth World no longer mattered.

The brief experiment with his divine sense filled him with confidence.

Pang Jian's physical body rose from the edge of the Fifth Continent and plunged headfirst into the boundless darkness of the Sixth World!

The True Gods in the outer reaches of the Eastern Land were in shock.

Pang Jian had also appeared in the Sixth World!

Unlike Zhu Ji and the others, he did not summon a Dharma Idol, simply appearing before the True Gods with flickering ghostly flames drifting around his unshielded form.

The ghostly flames merged into Pang Jian.

"I don't know if I can bring the three of them out, but I can leave the Sixth World without difficulty," the golden bee suddenly said.

Even the pessimistic Jiang Fan was left dumbfounded.

"Li Zhaotian, your disciple—" Just as Jiang Fan was about to voice his admiration, he sensed something amiss. His expression darkened. "He's just like that powerhouse of the Flame Race!

"The force that erodes at Zhu Ji and the others isn't rejecting him—it's embracing him!

"Li Zhaotian, what kind of monster has Pang Jian become?" Jiang Fan condemned.

Liu Fu, Li Yuanli, Yin Ji, and Wanderer Tian Du also sensed that something was off. At Jiang Fan's words, their gazes snapped toward the golden bee.

"Monster?" The golden bee scoffed. "Ascending using Corruption makes me a monster?

"My physical body merely differs from my Immortal Divine Soul. Does that alone make me a monster?"

Realization dawned on the True Gods.

Pang Jian had successfully realized the audacious theory that once led many Immortal Realm cultivators astray.

But how?

they wondered.

He's already ascended as a True God using Fortune. How could he still change his path?

***

On the Dark Abyss Continent, Yan Lie trembled, having sensed when Pang Jian dragged Qi Xu out of the Heaven-Earth Cosmos Chest on the Fifth Continent.

The drop of blood he bestowed upon her had vanished, and she was in an extremely weakened state.

"Qi Xu is in trouble!" he shouted. "The plan to ascend to the upper worlds is temporarily on hold. Return to the Fifth World with me!"

The Fire God used the Forbidden Land of the Fire God, which he had since refined, to bring Lie Yang, Sha Jia, Ah Man, and Jing Sha with him.

The blazing fragmented land raced from the Third World to the Fifth World.

"Qi Xu has been thrown into the Sixth World!"

As the fragmented land reached the Fourth World, Yan Lie felt Qi Xu's presence vanish. He only managed to catch a faint trace of her using a secret technique of the Flame Race.

Qi Xu's body was descending into the Sixth World.

"Qi Xu was only supposed to investigate the person drawing in Corruption. How did she end up in trouble?" Sha Jia asked in confusion.

"Could it be that demon?" Jing Sha asked warily.

The existence of the Primordial Demon was no secret.

Even the Sovereign herself had plunged into the endless darkness in pursuit of the Primordial Demon.

The foreign race powerhouses were certain that something else was at play behind Qi Xu's predicament.

Sha Jia sneered. "The ambition of the Demon Gods is boundless!"

"Don't make baseless assumptions without evidence!" Yan Lie reprimanded firmly.

***

In the Sixth World, Gui Mu's Dharma Idol grew increasingly faint. Having lost a massive amount of divine power, she had long since abandoned her futile struggle and resigned herself to her fate.

The Sovereign from beyond the Abyss was indeed extraordinary. With a subtle trick, Luo Hongyan had ensnared Gui Mu, casting her into the depths of the Abyss where no one could escape.

Gui Mu lost the will to even attempt to escape after her repeated failures.

At that moment, she saw a blazing meteor streaking toward her, with Qi Xu within.