Chapter 897: A God Revered by All

The six blazing suns, refined from the God King's lingering divine power, radiated boundless might. Just one of them was enough to crush Can Ye's illusory Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis.

Even Can Ye's projection was reduced to nothing within that all-annihilating blaze, and this was only the battlefield inside Pang Jian's sea of consciousness.

"God Refining."

Pang Jian hovered over the massive skull in the bizarre mist, linking his divine sense to the laws of the Ruin Realm and triggering the wonders he had comprehended from the skull.

A suction capable of devouring stars and continents erupted from the eye sockets and open mouth of the skull, as if blazing black holes had appeared within.

The stitched-together monstrosity that was Fragmented Divinity Mountain and the many grotesque creatures around it could all feel the crushing pressure emanating from the skull. They trembled violently, limbs quivering as they sent desperate mental cries for help to Can Ye.

Although they did not possess intelligence, only an instinct for slaughter and devouring, they still had a primal drive to survive. In their eyes, that massive skull seemed like the most terrifying thing in the entire bizarre mist.

Their instincts were quickly proven correct.

Clusters of filthy, corrupted flesh and unrecognizable abominations were ripped from Fragmented Divinity Mountain and sucked into the skull's eye sockets and mouth.

Those monstrous killers of the fleeing Gods were refined into pure energies, becoming part of the Ruin Realm itself.

Vast energies surged within the Ruin Realm like a rising tide. Stars and continents alike gave birth to new phenomena thanks to this influx of energies.

"That skull..." Can Ye murmured in horror from the mountain peak.

His reflection in the pool writhed wildly, trying to regain the upper hand through its connection to Fragmented Divinity Mountain and the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis within.

The twisted, chaotic forces surging from the cracked mountain turned into tides, storms, lakes, rivers, and seas, churning up a magnetic field strong enough to sweep high-ranking Gods and even the bizarre mist itself into it.

"Your mountain is unusual, but that's all it is," Pang Jian said, eyes flashing with dazzling golden light.

The same golden light erupted within the skull's eye sockets, transforming into a radiance that pierced straight into the heart of the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis, laying bare the twisted Dao of Life within.

Yan Hao's skull was an artifact on par with the Hall of Gods. Naturally, Can Ye's Fragmented Divinity Mountain could not compare.

Pang Jian, having comprehended part of the skull's mysteries and with the supreme will backing him, could easily dominate any area within the bizarre mist.

"Burn," Pang Jian commanded.

Golden-red flames flowed outward from the skull, engulfing Fragmented Divinity Mountain and seeping deep into its depths. Even the twisted reflections in the pool beneath Can Ye were set ablaze.

An all-annihilating will spread over Fragmented Divinity Mountain, engulfing all its strange wonders and creatures, enforcing Pang Jian's intent to reduce everything to nothingness.

The laws of Fragmented Divinity Mountain were ignited, and its unnatural forces were crushed to pieces. Already battered and fractured, the mountain fractured further as the reflected images in the pool were obliterated.

At that moment, Can Ye suddenly recalled Ling Yun's parting words when they met.

Whoever refines the Ruin Realm has the potential to rule over the bizarre mist and become a God revered by all who dwell in the abysses.

With a thunderous boom, Fragmented Divinity Mountain collapsed, exposing the teleportation array and the cyan city hidden within.

Can Ye rushed into the still-intact teleportation array and hastily activated it, vanishing a split second before the skull's blazing light destroyed it.

Only the cyan city remained in the surging flames, releasing its uncanny aura toward Pang Jian.

Fragmented Divinity Mountain, the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis, and the ones favored by the bizarre mist...

In the distance, Mu Duo drifted closer atop his World God Pendant.

He had intended to use Fragmented Divinity Mountain to travel from the bizarre mist to the starry skies, and had arrived just in time to see Can Ye flee.

Pang Jian took control of the Ruin Realm and fully comprehended the mysteries of this God King's skull in such a short time?

Mu Duo thought in shock.

Mu Duo knew of Fragmented Divinity Mountain's existence in the bizarre mist and had heard of Can Ye's reputation. The overseer of the mountain had lived even longer than Yuan Yi and was renowned in the previous era.

According to the information Mu Duo had gathered, Can Ye was even more troublesome than the Rock Devourer and held the respect of many Gods.

However, even Can Ye had been helpless to do anything when Pang Jian destroyed Fragmented Divinity Mountain, fleeing in panic through the teleportation array, not even managing to take the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis with him.

"What? Were you also planning to use Fragmented Divinity Mountain to return to the starry skies?" Pang Jian asked, glancing at Mu Duo. "As long as you hold onto that pendant, I'll be able to find you, no matter where you run."

"I—" Mu Duo's face fell as he sighed. "Ling Yun is a Sovereign specializing in the Dao of Life. I told him there's a young World Tree in the Darkcloud Realm."

Pang Jian's expression darkened. "What do you mean?"

"Ling Yun is planning to refine that World Tree to return to Sovereignhood." Mu Duo dared not meet Pang Jian's eyes. "There are two Sovereigns stationed in the starry skies above the bizarre mist. He wouldn't dare emerge openly. But Can Ye is his subordinate and, with Fragmented Divinity Mountain, has ways to help him avoid those watching from the starry skies above."

"Are you saying Ling Yun went to the Darkcloud Realm?" Pang Jian asked coldly.

"That's my guess," Mu Duo said miserably. "I wanted to travel to the territory of our Wood Race and head to the Darkcloud Realm, so I could warn that World Tree."

Pang Jian frowned deeply.

The Darkcloud Realm.

The waves of his sea of consciousness surged as he extended his divine sense outward.

His will penetrated the Soulstream in the Nether Abyss, entered the Dao Source of Metal in the Seventh World of the Abyss, and even reached out to his sister, Pang Lin.

Descending into the Ruin Realm, he draped the Demonheaven's cloak over himself, using it to contact the Abyssal Demon.

As he was running out of ideas, the Abyssal Demon responded,

The Wood Race? The Darkcloud Realm?

The denizens of that empty starry region migrated away long ago, but I can get there quickly.

The Abyssal Demon hesitated only briefly when Pang Jian told him about Ling Yun's intent to hunt the World Tree.

Don't worry, Pang Jian, I'll make the trip to the Darkcloud Realm for you.