Chapter 958: Vengeance for My Mother!

A mysterious force struck down the majestic Temples of Wisdom one after another.

They were reduced to ruin, with every statue of their honored Sovereign crumbling into dust. This earth-shaking calamity stirred fear among many Outer Gods.

"The Sovereign of Wisdom has fallen!"

"The only way all her statues and Temples of Wisdom would collapse is if she were dead."

"I didn't realize the Sovereigns' campaign against the bizarre mist was this perilous!"

"Who could have killed her?"

Discussions spread widely throughout the starry skies.

The fall of a Sovereign brought an indescribable pressure upon the Outer Gods not summoned to the starry region above the Abyss.

With Fu Ya dead, there was no guarantee that Sovereign Luo and Tian Yu could continue their campaign against the bizarre mist. If this battle were to end in their defeat, the path of those from the starry skies would be uncertain.

The Outer Gods gathered and held meetings, but deep divisions arose.

Some proposed entering that starry region to join Tian Yu and Sovereign Luo in the fight. Others insisted on holding their positions, believing that their appearance would make no difference.

***

After Fu Ya's body disintegrated, the Illusory Void Realm suspended above the Black Empyrean Phoenix revealed even more wondrous phenomena.

The severed limbs of ancient Gods flew forth.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

A God of the Spirit Race, body covered in mottled scars and aura steeped in destruction, sank into the darkness, seizing the Eye of Destruction with a thunderous roar.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

A storm of annihilation rose within the darkness, with twisted, eerie beams interlacing within the Eye of Destruction.

This fallen Sovereign hailed from the same race as Fu Ya—the Spirit Race. Had he appeared before her fall, she would have most likely corrupted him with secret techniques of the Spirit Race, weakening his fearsome might.

Only after Fu Ya had fallen did Pang Lin dare to summon him forth.

Luo Hongyan's delicate brows knitted as she cast a cold glance toward where Fu Ya had perished. The Sovereign of Space still hovered there, shaken and somewhat at a loss.

"Fu Ya?" she called softly.

Her voice threaded through the spatial rifts, probing one devastated Temple of Wisdom after another, seeking a reply, but none ever came.

There was only the stillness of death.

Luo Hongyan's solemn gaze shifted to the two Pang Jians.

"I didn't expect her to fall so quickly." Slowly closing her eyes with a faint sigh, she muttered, "You've truly surprised me."

***

The Fey Gods and True Gods hovering just above the bizarre mist could hardly believe their eyes.

"Pang Jian struck down Fu Ya?"

They had all clearly seen the Temples of Wisdom devastated and the statues of Fu Ya crumbling to dust through the spatial rifts. They had even heard Fu Ya's final wail.

A thunderous uproar erupted from the Fey Gods and True Gods like a tidal wave.

"Pang Jian has slain the Sovereign of Wisdom!"

"Incredible! Simply incredible!"

Even high-ranking Fey Gods like the golden elephant and the Vermilion Bird were shaken to their core.

In the brief span of his life, this human youth had ascended to Sovereignhood, slaughtered an entire starry region of Outer Gods, toppled the Hall of Gods, and even struck down Fu Ya.

This was an unprecedented feat! Even the Fey Gods' Divine Saint had not been able to achieve such things when she first ascended as a Sovereign!

"He's the Divine Saint's brother! These monstrous siblings will surely rule over both the bizarre mist and the starry skies one day!"

"The golden age of the Fey Race is about to start!"

The gathered Fey Gods were ablaze with excitement.

***

Long Di had similarly seen everything from beneath the barrier of the Nether Abyss.

"He-He actually..." Tears welled at the corners of his eyes as he mumbled, "Your son has avenged you! He did what Pang Qi failed to do back then and killed Fu Ya! And we've even safeguarded the Soulstream!"

Fu Ya's death filled Long Di with immense relief.

For years, he had sought to become a Sovereign, all for the sake of one day striking Fu Ya down.

Yuan Yi's invasion of the Nether Abyss had forced him to confront the vast gulf between himself and that ancient ape, let alone Fu Ya.

He had despaired at the thought that he would never get to witness Fu Ya's death.

But Pang Jian had done it!

Long Di burst into wild laughter. "A death well deserved! Truly, well deserved!"

This leader of the Nether Gods, unwilling to leave the Nether Abyss for years, finally broke through the barrier and stepped into the starry skies.

***

The inhabitants of the abyss trembled with giddy disbelief.

"Did Pang Jian truly strike down the Sovereign of Wisdom?"

A wave of relief washed over the Fey Race and the human race alike, their eyes shining with unrestrained excitement.

"Am I seeing things?"

The Immortal Realm elders of the Sword Pavilion, the elites of the Pure Land Sect and the Divine Treasure Sect, and others such as Li Jie, Qi Qingsong, and Zhou Qingchen all looked skyward in astonishment.

Shock rippled from the First World to the Fifth World.

No one in the Abyss could have ever imagined that Pang Jian would rise as a Sovereign in such a short time, let alone slay another Sovereign so soon after ascending.

"Pang Jian!"

Cheers erupted across the Abyss.

Pang Jian's name spread like wildfire. His past exploits were on everyone's tongues, discussed with fervor and awe.

***

Tian Yu's Void Temple drifted between the cracks of space.

Within it, countless prismatic crystals shimmered with reflections of the myriad starry regions.

One such crystal, the one sealing Pang Qi, flared with a blinding radiance.

Pang Qi's eyes snapped open, mist swirling within them as he murmured, "Fu Ya is dead. I never thought she would fall so soon. Everything I've done...it meant something after all.

"Pang Jian, you've surpassed my expectations. The wish I could not fulfill, you've accomplished."

Pang Qi's heart brimmed with comfort and pride.

***

"Mother," Pang Jian's physical body whispered.

He had never met his mother. Nevertheless, when he first learned that Fu Ya, the Sovereign of Wisdom, had slain her in pursuit of the Soulstream, he had vowed to one day avenge her death.

And he had done it.

Fu Ya, formidable even among Sovereigns, had fallen by his hand. Every wisp of her scattered divine consciousness was annihilated, cutting off any hope she had of seizing another body and returning.

Both his bodies locked their gazes on Tian Yu.

"You contributed to my mother's death and my father's suffering, didn't you?"

The colossal God King's skull quaked violently. The stars around it blazed with awe-inspiring light, while the twelve divine artifacts and nine blazing suns roared to life. All their edges and flames were aimed squarely at Tian Yu.

With Fu Ya gone, this Sovereign of Space had become Pang Jian's next target.

"I..." Tian Yu started, a sting of panic piercing his heart.

Moments of fear were rare for a Sovereign as long-lived as him, but this was undeniably one of them.

Tian Yu knew that he was weaker than Fu Ya.

If even she could be killed, then so could he.