"That terrifying skull has returned into the bizarre mist!" The surviving Outer Gods in the starry region wore expressions of relief, having narrowly escaped disaster. The Ruin Realm disappeared from sight as soon as it entered the bizarre mist. "My Lord?" Yan Lie's expression was grave. "Shall we go down to see what's happening?" Sovereign Luo glanced at him from where she had been helping Fu Ya repair the Hall of Gods. "No need. We can only dive into the bizarre mist and proceed with our next plan once the Hall of Gods has been restored." Taken aback, Yan Lie fell silent. Ying Yue, Han Yi, Cang Feng, Mu Ya, and the Great Demon Gods all turned their attention toward the Hall of Gods when they heard this. In the bizarre mist, a sound akin to shattering glass echoed in Pang Jian's mind as his connection with the Soulstream in the Nether Abyss and the Dao Source of Metal in the Abyss was reestablished. Many Demon Gods sent out probing thoughts, wanting to know what had transpired. The "sky" that was surging with demonic energy, etched with the names of numerous Demon Gods, blazed to life as the Demon Gods reestablished their connections to Pang Jian. Even the Abyssal Demon in a distant Demon Realm sent an inquiry his way. The Ruin Realm had previously been cut off from the outside world, making it impossible for anyone inside to communicate with those beyond. However, that barrier of isolation had broken with the skull's return to the bizarre mist! Pang Jian raised his head and let out a sudden shout. The approval of the bizarre mist's will, combined with the Ruin Realm's own transformation, allowed him to communicate freely with those beyond, causing his power to surge dramatically as a result. Brother! Pang Lin asked through the Soulstream, What happened to you? You clearly entered that skull. So why...? The laws have changed! This realm will no longer place any restrictions on me! Pang Jian replied. Then, turning to Ling Yun with a grin, he asked, "Did you feel it?" "It has no right to decide my fate!" Ling Yun hurled the Celestial Fey Warhammer at the twelve World God Pendants that were flying toward Pang Jian. Pang Jian scoffed. "Your life as a failure is nothing to brag about. Your era is over. The bizarre mist and its supreme will have cast its lot with me." Reaching out to the Divine Court of Thunder, he seized a mass of lightning and casually flung it at the meteor-like giant warhammer. A massive lightning vortex formed. Fine arcs of lightning, each containing the profound truths of the Dao of Lightning, evolved into countless new and wondrous variations. Torrents of lightning surged upward from the Divine Court of Thunder below like reversed waterfalls, pouring into the swirling vortex and causing it to swell a thousandfold. 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Luan Ji and He Motian channeled their divine power through their names, and their towering forms appeared in the sky of demonic energy formed from the demonic cloak. The moment they appeared, they could feel boundless demonic energy seeping into every corner of the realm. The Ruin Realm was transforming, shedding its old form to become a Demon Realm! Many mid-ranking Demon Gods sensed the disturbance in the strange realm and sent their demonic energy into their names on the cloak as well. They were soon astonished to discover many ancient Demon Gods being refined from dense blood and soul essence in this turbulent, demonic-energy-filled space. They cried, seeking guidance from the Great Demon Gods. "Assist Pang Jian in battle!" He Motian ordered, his figure growing to tower high above the surging sea of demonic energy. The other Demon Gods from the starry skies immediately gathered around him. "My name shall merge with my body!" Fa Ji chanted ancient demonic incantations, vanishing from before the eyes of Xing Huan and Bai Zi. A new Fa Ji soon emerged from his name in that churning sea of demonic energy, his aura vast and overwhelming. The brilliance of the three blazing suns behind Pang Jian shot out like divine blades, stabbing at Ling Yun and his embedded will within the stars and continents. Wisps of pale smoke rose from the many stars and continents. "Pang Jian, I once gave everything for it! Look how it repaid me! That thing is intelligent but has no emotions. One day, it'll treat you the same way it treated me!" Ling Yun shouted, calm leaving him with his loss of control. "I refuse to accept this!" This ancient God of life, once the leader of the denizens in the bizarre mist, recalled the Celestial Fey Warhammer and lunged toward the boundary wall behind him. "Break for me!" Ling Yun shouted, swinging the Celestial Fey Warhammer. Ripples spread across the boundary wall, each one a layer of laws and constraints. Ling Yun's boundless life energy broke through them one by one, forcefully shattering the laws of the Ruin Realm. With only the crimson warhammer in hand, he escaped the Ruin Realm, vanishing from Pang Jian's sight the instant he entered the bizarre mist. "I will become a Sovereign again. Not even it can stop me." Ling Yun's resentful voice echoed through the Ruin Realm, even after his person disappeared without a trace. Favored by the bizarre mist in the previous era, he was deeply unwilling to let it simply cast him aside. Unfortunately, although he did not want to abandon the Ruin Realm, he was powerless to change the situation before him.