Chapter 889: The Wails of the Demon Gods

"Fu Ya."

Pang Jian frowned within the ever-shifting Ruin Realm.

The four blazing suns continued to move across different stars and continents, searching for God King Yan Hao's lingering insights.

Profound insights related to the Dao of Sun and the Dao of Fire were being etched into Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul and Divine Persona, with divine power of the same nature flowing into his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea.

With the aid of the Soulstream in the Nether Abyss, his understanding of these two Heavenly Daos advanced at incredible speed.

Pang Jian's Divine Persona and Immortal Divine Soul shone brilliantly within his sea of consciousness, radiating auras that embodied the Dao of Sun and the Dao of Fire.

The demonic cloak no longer greedily devoured energies and converted them into demonic energy after Ling Yun's retreat. Even so, with the loosening of the Ruin Realm's restrictions, the sea of demonic energy and many Demon Realms remained in resonance.

Thus, both the Demon Gods and their worshipers across many Demon Realms in the starry skies were aware of what was happening.

Many mid-ranking Demon Gods let out strangled cries as their demonic energy was siphoned away.

"The God of Wisdom is suppressing all of our Demon Races! I know that Hall of Gods. It can restrain all divine beings!"

"It's been fully restored with the help of that Rank Thirteen Rock Devourer. This is the end for our Demon Races!"

"Damn it! Even the Duke of Thunder didn't manage to wipe us out back then! We've brought this disaster upon ourselves by obeying He Motian and Luan Ji's orders to side with Pang Jian from the Abyss!"

"Our leaders are to blame!"

The Demon Gods across the Demon Realms could do nothing but watch in horror as the Hall of Gods drained their divine power.

The fading projections of the Great Demon Gods in the Ruin Realm wore grim expressions at the accusations.

They had no way to refute it. They understood the terror of the Hall of Gods even better than the mid-ranking Demon Gods.

This unfathomable palace could draw power from all divine beings, especially during battle. A divine being's divine consciousness, divine power, and their insights into the Heavenly Dao would all be turned into lethal weapons for the Hall of Gods.

At critical moments, with the cooperation of the Sovereigns, the Hall of Gods could even forcibly merge Outer Gods with it.

"Fu Ya, Sovereign Luo, and the God of Space must have reached an understanding regarding the Hall of Gods," Luan Ji's faint projection muttered. He could feel the version of him in the Hall of Gods draining his manifestations and demonic souls. "Pang Jian, this God King's skull is extremely sturdy, but that doesn't mean it can withstand the Hall of Gods' assault.

"The Hall of Gods was created to break through the boundary walls of the abysses.

"There are rumors that the Spirit Abyss, Fey Abyss, Wood Abyss, and Star Abyss within the bizarre mist were destroyed after the Hall of Gods breached their boundary walls.

"The few of us will be imprisoned in the Hall of Gods, our divine power constantly being siphoned and turned into part of its force for waging war on the bizarre mist.

"I—"

Luan Ji's projection vanished before he could finish.

"Pang Jian, if possible, please help bring the Abyssal Demon and the Primordial Demon together!" He Motian shouted urgently. "Let them merge into one. Maybe they can—"

Like Luan Ji, He Motian's projection also disappeared.

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The two bright red names representing Luan Ji and He Motian were erased from the demonic cloak, overwritten by the Hall of Gods.

"I—"

"We—"

The mid-ranking Demon Gods did not even manage to voice their pleas before their names disappeared.

Soon, only Great Demon God Fa Ji remained within that churning sea of demonic energy, untouched by the Hall of Gods. The World God Pendant in his hand emanated a black light that enveloped his body.

"I'm the only one not bound by the Hall of Gods!" Fa Ji's body shook violently, his eyes blazing with boundless hatred as he roared, "That bitch Fu Ya also deceived Lord Demonheaven back then. That's how he ended up charging straight into the Black Empyrean Phoenix's Ancient Fey World!

"Fu Ya was undoubtedly the one behind Lord Demonheaven's death! When I investigated in secret, I discovered that she was also the one behind the death of that Black Empyrean Phoenix!

"Pang Jian, she's always coveted the Soulstream of the Nether Abyss. She'll never leave it alone!"

Fa Ji was in a foul mood. Of the World Gods who entered the Ruin Realm, Yuan Yi had been killed to fuel Ling Yun's resurrection, Yu Hang of the Celestial Abyss died in battle, and Mu Duo retreated after Ling Yun's defeat. This left the group of World Gods severely weakened.

Just as this leader of the Demon Races in the bizarre mist had changed his thinking to see Pang Jian as one of their own, Fu Ya decided to hold the Demon Races hostage through the Hall of Gods!

It made him long for the days of glory the Demon Races had enjoyed when Sovereign Demonheaven was alive. However, remembering those days brought to mind the God of Wisdom's treachery, fueling Fa Ji's hatred for Fu Ya further.

Despite that, he and the other Demon Gods could do nothing against her.

The Duke of Thunder's draconic form thrashed wildly in a lightning vortex, claws and fangs bared as it repeatedly devoured and spat out bolts of lightning.

The calamity that had struck the Great Demon Gods had not affected him in the slightest, and he emerged from the terrifying lightning vortex after the names of the other Demon Gods vanished.

As he emerged, he transformed into a silver-bearded elder of the Thunder Race. Though short and stocky in stature, his body radiated a vast power.

The massive Nine Heavens Thunder Divine Tree stood in the heart of the lightning vortex, with him balanced atop its crown, slowly descending toward the Divine Court of Thunder below.

"Pang Jian, the Hall of the Gods is still missing something. It's because that Rock Devourer wasn't truly whole," the Duke of Thunder said solemnly.

Lightning arrays streamed into his body from within the grand and imposing palaces of the divine court. The Divine Persona in his sea of consciousness absorbed divine techniques he once scorned, systematically integrating the lifelong insights into the Dao of Lightning from mid-ranking and low-ranking Thunder Gods into itself.

The fervent will he exuded—his ambition to exterminate the Ghost and Demon Races—gradually waned over the course of this process. Despite this, his overall aura did not fade, even showing potential to rise further.

As the Duke of Thunder returned to his peak state, deeply buried memories flashed through his mind, helping him recall crucial information.

"The Rock Devourer is missing the seven Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars of the Abyss!" the Duke of Thunder exclaimed. "Those seven Heaven Ascension Tribulation Pillars are partly made from the Rock Devourer's Rock Marrow, meaning they likely also contain fragments of the Hall of Gods!

"Without them, the Hall of Gods will never be truly complete. We absolutely have to hold on to those seven pillars!"