Chapter 105: The Polluted World! Divine Fragments Work Wonders, Boosting Comprehension!

With the defeat of the White Bone Sect followers, the altar piled high with white bones also collapsed; the crystal forest, deprived of energy support, began to dim and grow fragile at a visible pace.

Crack!

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the first crystal prison shattered open.

Soon after, crackling cracks rose and fell, like a movement of liberation being played.

Tens of millions of imprisoned humans surged out from the shattered crystals like a tide.

They looked around in a daze; many, having been imprisoned too long, could not even stand, collapsing limply to the ground.

"We're saved… are we really saved?"

"It's the gods, the gods have manifested and saved us!"

After a brief daze, the crowd burst into wild joy and tears of having survived the calamity.

Gu Lin Jiang ignored the survivors below; he flashed forward to the spot where the White Bone Sect branch leader had stood, reached out, and grasped at the void.

A few strands of fragments emitting a faint gray light.

He drew them from the void, and they hovered in his palm.

"This is…"

Gu Lin Jiang frowned slightly, carefully sensing these fragments.

The fragments contained a strange energy.

They carried the flavor of law, yet were filled with chaotic, evil will, like the residue left after the fall of some higher lifeform.

"Good stuff."

He sent a strand of the fragment into his brow, refined it slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes,

"This thing surprisingly works wonders for tempering the soul's will; it lets my Dao heart feel a slight improvement, even boosting comprehension! Though minuscule, if the quantity is enough, the effect will certainly be extraordinary."

This thing has no obvious effect on the 19th level.

But for those heavenly prodigies… it is an excellent foundation stone!

Know that anything that can boost comprehension is none other than various rare heavenly treasures.

Even the Gu Family cannot supply it without limit!

"Grand Elder, have you noticed anything amiss?"

Gu Yuan flew over and asked curiously.

"Young Master, please look."

Gu Lin Jiang handed the fragments in his hand to Gu Yuan, his expression turning somewhat solemn,

"These so-called White Bone Sect followers practice an extremely bizarre method; they are not cultivating, but transforming themselves into another lifeform."

He paused, then said in a deep voice:

"Their souls and bodies have been completely eroded and assimilated by these divinity‑tainted fragments; they go mad, feel no pain or fear, and take pleasure in slaughter while cultivating."

"In a sense, they can no longer be considered human; they are a kind of… aberrant creature that feeds on humans, their core polluted, their reason twisted, leaving only fanaticism toward the gods and a craving for flesh and blood."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan looked again at the rescued crowd below, and his gaze changed as well.

This world is more dangerous than he imagined.

The line between human and nonhuman is actually so blurry.

"Then what should we do with these people?"

Gu Zhan pointed at the dark mass of people below and scratched his head,

"We can't just leave them here; this creepy place will likely see them eaten by other monsters in a few days."

"Let's gather them up first."

Gu Lin Tian spoke lightly, waving his hand as a spatial artifact flew out, transforming into a small world that took in all the surviving humans below,

"After we settle matters here, we'll find them a peaceful place to live and let them develop freely."

Originally he also wanted to take this world away like his father did.

But first, he had only just entered the True Immortal realm and lacked such great power.

Second, the world's laws are too turbid; it's really unsuitable to take away, lest it spread like a plague to the Gu Family.

He also witnessed the Grand Elder absorbing those so‑called Divine Fragments just now.

Like the Grand Elder, the first thing he thought of was the clan's heavenly prodigies.

So the best plan is to set this place up as a training ground for the family.

Send clan disciples here to temper themselves, absorbing a suitable amount of the Divine Fragments to boost their comprehension!

"That's what Father said."

Gu Yuan nodded, his eyes flickering with a hint of distaste as he surveyed this land reeking of decay and evil.

"This place just feels uncomfortable; Uncle Xuan Ce, with this spot as the center, please clear a radius of 100,000 li first."

He said it lightly, as if ordering someone to trim the grass.

"As the Young Master commands!"

Gu Xuan Ce accepted the order, waved his hand at the hundred 17th‑level Elders behind him, and said, "Set up the formation, purify!"

"Yes!"

A hundred Supreme Sage powerhouses answered in unison, their voices shaking the clouds.

They quickly dispersed, taking their positions according to the mysterious pattern, each holding a formation banner.

As they poured their power into the banners, the hundred flags blazed, and radiant pillars shot up into the sky; beneath the scarlet moonlight they wove into a massive light net covering a radius of 100,000 li.

"Heaven and Earth are boundless; the righteous law sweeps away demons!"

With Gu Xuan Ce's command, the huge light net suddenly sank downward and merged into the earth.

Sizzle—

In an instant, the entire ground seemed to turn into a scorching hot iron.

Countless bizarre creatures, hidden deep beneath the earth, of various shapes.

Under the sweep of the light net, they let out mournful screams and were swiftly purified.

Black smoke rose up from the earth's depths.

That was the evil aura being purified.

This land, polluted for countless ten-thousands of years, was regaining vitality at a visibly rapid pace.

Yet such massive purification had thoroughly enraged the ruler of this region.

"Roar—!!!"

A roar laden with endless anger and brutality.

It came from the deep earth, shaking the whole land violently.

Then the ground exploded, and a terrifying monster ten thousand zhang long, its body covered in black scales, bearing eight arms and a goat's head, crawled out from the earth.

Every inch of its flesh emitted an evil divine might that could make a Realm 17 strongman tremble; that aura was already infinitely close to the Realm 18 Supreme.

"Insignificant insects... dare... purify my hunting ground!"

The voice of that half‑evil god sounded as harsh as metal grinding.

Its six crimson eyes locked onto Gu Linjiang and the others, filled with brutal murderous intent.

"Oh? Finally someone decent appears."

Gu Linjiang looked at the half‑evil god; his face showed not fear but a hint of interest.

Divine avatar fragments refined by the humanoid monster of Realm 15 have a weak effect even on Realm 19.

What about Realm 17 then?

Could it give him a huge boost?

He stepped forward, the authority of the Heavenly Emperor fully displayed.

"Too weak."

He shook his head, seeming a bit disappointed.

Before the words fell, he casually swung a punch at the overbearing half‑evil god.

This punch was merely the pure force of his flesh.

It could kill a Realm 19, but not a Realm 18 half‑evil god.

Still too easy.

But when the punch was launched,

The massive body of the half‑evil god suddenly stiffened; it instinctively tried to flee.

That prideful flesh, once capable of tearing space,

Now seemed as if pressed down by billions of divine mountains, unable to move an iota.

It could only watch helplessly as the seemingly ordinary fist grew larger and larger in its sight.

Boom!!!

The fist and the half‑evil god's chest collided solidly.

There was no earth‑shaking energy explosion, only a muffled roar that made hearts race.

That half‑evil god, comparable to the pinnacle of Realm 17,

Its supposedly indestructible scale armor, under this punch, shattered like paper!

Black divine blood and shattered entrails, mixed with bone fragments, sprayed everywhere.

One punch, just one punch.

A half‑evil god that could make countless beings in this world despair was annihilated in body and spirit!

With the half‑evil god's fall,

It seemed as if an invisible shackles between heaven and earth had been broken.

The dim yellow sky that had shrouded this region for billions of years was ripped open.

A thin, long‑missed but pure ray of sunlight, though weak, poured through the crack, illuminating the freshly purified earth.

To the few survivors of this world, this scene was nothing less than a divine miracle.

They saw the demonic half‑evil god, and also the divine man who smashed it with a single punch.

After a brief deathly silence,

"Divine miracle! This is a true divine miracle!"

"It is the savior! The savior saint has arrived!"

It was unclear who first led the chant.

All survivors knelt devoutly toward the direction where Gu Linjiang stood.

Unlike the faith that was induced and offered,

This was a spontaneous, pure, heartfelt faith, now crossing spatial barriers, surging toward the Gu Family.