Chapter 888: The Power of the Hall of Gods

The gray bizarre mist continued its rise upward.

A faint but pervasive sense of oppression emanated from the boundless bizarre mist, stirring unease among the surviving Outer Gods.

The Outer Gods felt a lofty will as they gazed at the bizarre mist. This powerful will not only permeated the gray mist, but also covered the abysses and perhaps even hid within the souls of the beings residing in it.

At that moment, the barrier of light surrounding the star where the four Great Demon Gods took refuge slowly faded away.

Though Luan Ji and He Motian wore outward expressions of worry, in secret, they were communicating with Pang Jian, attuning themselves to that sea of demonic energy formed from the demonic cloak in the Ruin Realm.

Their projections, connected through their names on the cloak, appeared within the skull. Inside, they gathered vast waves of malevolent thoughts, tempered their souls, and comprehended the profound truths once grasped by Sovereign Demonheaven.

Pang Jian felt completely at ease with them now, fully opening the demonic cloak to their use. As a result, countless insights into the Dao of Demon ignited in their minds like demonic flames, refining and strengthening their power.

This was not limited to just Luan Ji and He Motian either. Several mid-ranking Demon Gods whose names were on the cloak also greatly benefited.

Fu Ya frowned.

The Demon Races and their Demon Gods...

In front of the solemn Hall of Gods, the God of Wisdom dragged the smaller Rock Devourer step by step toward the silver-white sanctuary.

The heavy doors of the Hall of Gods slowly swung open with a creak, and an ancient divine aura spilled out from within.

Lights wove together inside the palace, shining with an intense brilliance that forced the Outer Gods to avert their gazes.

Fu Ya hovered among those interwoven beams of light. The space quietly transformed into a dazzling starry expanse as she connected to the Outer Gods attuned to the Hall of Gods.

Reaching out, she tapped a corner of the wall, revealing a dark-green, pyramid-shaped recess.

The names of the Demon Gods shimmered on the ceiling of this pyramid-shaped recess like stars.

𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

At the top of the pyramid, just below the peak, were the imprints of the five Great Demon Gods—He Motian, Fa Ji, Luan Ji, Qi Ling, and Tian Wei—denoting their place among the highest ranks of Demon Gods.

Below them were the mid-ranking Demon Gods, and beneath that, the low-ranking Demon Gods.

Since the Demon Races entered the Hall of Gods and were recognized as Orthodox Gods...

Sigils appeared in Fu Ya's palm, resonating with the imprints left behind by the Demon Gods.

"Divine power, come forth," muttered the God of Wisdom.

The Demon Gods connected to the Hall of Gods felt their demonic souls and divine power slipping out of their control.

"The Hall of Gods!"

"The God of Wisdom, Fu Ya!"

"She's drawing on our divine power!"

The true bodies, manifestations, and even the statues of the Great Demon Gods and Demon Gods trembled.

Demonic energy converged like rivers upon the Hall of Gods, ignoring the vast distances of the starry skies.

The imprints of those Demon Gods in the greenish-black pyramid rapidly condensed into tangible bodies.

Some were covered in scales, others had spikes jutting from their shoulders, and many bore ferocious faces. These Demon Gods sat rigid on their respective thrones, under the suppression of the Hall of Gods.

The interwoven light in the hall transformed into shackles, chains, and strands of visible Heavenly Dao, latching onto the Demon Gods and turning them into prisoners of the hall.

"You all dared to ally with the human race from the Abyss and to consort with Heretical Gods. Such crimes deserve the harshest punishment." Fu Ya's dispassionate voice echoed through the starry skies via the vast silver-white Hall of Gods.

Restrictions on their Daos turned into unseen laws that spread outward into the starry region.

The four true bodies of the Great Demon Gods on the star started to fade, their towering bodies shifting from tangible into something ghostly and insubstantial. Conversely, their projection within the Hall of Gods solidified.

Transforming mirages into reality—using the real to anchor the illusory—was one of the many wonders of the Hall of Gods. Previously, with the Hall of Gods still damaged, this wonder had been impossible to activate.

"Fu Ya!"

"Are you planning to act against our Demon Races?"

The fading bodies of the four Great Demon Gods glared at the silver-white palace.

"With my Eye of Wisdom, I could clearly see that you were not forced. You willingly chose to serve Pang Jian. We have long categorized Pang Jian as an aberrant—a heretic. You betrayed us by choosing him," Fu Ya said coldly from within the radiant Hall of Gods.

No matter how the four Great Demon Gods tried to explain, she remained unmoved, simply using the Hall of Gods' powers to gather all of the Demon Gods spread across the Demon Realms.

"My Lord, this...?" Yan Lie's expression shifted and he lowered his voice. "She's rounding up all the Demon Gods. What will you do?"

Fu Ya's actions had left Sha Jia, Ah Man, Lie Yang, Ying Yue, and Han Yi similarly taken aback.

None of them had expected the God of Wisdom to move against the Demon Gods after restoring the Hall of Gods.

"Activating the Hall of Gods requires the support of the Sovereigns and boundless divine power," Sovereign Luo said, wings fluttering slightly.

The wings of her true body were as pure and white as snow, with each feather embodying a profound insight into her comprehended Heavenly Daos. Most embodied insights into the Dao of Light, while the rest encompassed the Daos of Darkness, Death, Life, Fire, and Cold.

"I willingly handed over the Rock Devourer, allowing Fu Ya to forcibly elevate it to a Rank Thirteen Aberrant Spirit, because I wanted to see the Hall of Gods restored," the God of Light explained calmly, "What she's doing now aligns with everyone's interests. Not only will I not interfere, I will fully support her.

"And it's not just me either."

Luo Hongyan's gaze seemed to pierce through the hundred-thousand-zhang-tall silver-white palace, seeing the spatial rifts that occasionally flickered behind it.

"The God of Space is also a firm supporter of her action."

Her brows knitted slightly as she thought of the inscrutable God of Fate, but left the rest unsaid.

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"Pang Jian!"

"That bitch Fu Ya is using the Hall of Gods to strip away our bodies and demonic energy from across the Demon Realms!"

"My manifestations, my years of accumulation, they're all being drawn into the Hall of Gods!"

"She's targeting all the Demon Gods!"

The projections of the four Great Demon Gods in the sea of demonic energy in the Ruin Realm were also growing faint.

Even the Ruin Realm, the skull of a God King, was not exempt from the Hall of Gods' otherworldly abilities.