Trials of the Abyss-Chapter 999: The Ranks of the Creators

The stars sparkled while the suns and moons shone in splendor. The recreation of the Primordial Chaos Starry Region, rooted in the sea of argent light, exuded mystery and dreamlike wonder, with myriad energies flowing within.

Five massive continents gleamed with different hues, each bearing the profound truths of different Dao Sources. It was as though Pang Jian had transplanted his Primordial Chaos Spiritual Sea from the dantian of his shattered physical body into the starry skies, thereby creating a replica of the Primordial Chaos Starry Region.

This starry region was like an extension of him—its every energy his to command. Within it, he was akin to a supreme existence, the incarnation of the Heavenly Daos and the sole will of this starry region. He stood above all laws and orders, for this was a domain born from him!

Creating a material world truly allowed one to seize the mysteries of the universe. It was an act exclusive to the Creator Realm!

Pang Jian stood tall in the replica Primordial Chaos Starry Region. The dazed look on his face had long since vanished.

"A Creator," he muttered, clear eyes flickering with arcs of Dao-infused lightning.

Even his breath seemed to resonate in perfect harmony with the boundless energies in the starry region.

Surging energies coursed through the recreated starry region. Invisible laws and orders were etched into the suns, moons, stars, and the vast vacuum between. Fragments of Pang Jian's soul presided over continents and celestial bodies alike, casting forth their resplendent essence and drawing in the energies from the starry skies.

The radiance of Pang Jian's starry region spread outward from its borders, expanding its influence into the sea of argent light.

One first ascends to the True God Realm, followed by the Ascendant God Realm, the Transcendent God Realm, and then the Exalted God Realm. Could the Creator Realm be the next step beyond that?

Pang Jian's divine sense stretched outward as a hazy gray mist, pressing against and colliding with the sea of argent light in the upper reaches of the true Primordial Chaos Starry Region.

Under the guidance of his will, the gray mist gradually separated the laws and orders from the energies within the sea of argent light.

This was an unprecedented height of cultivation, a brand-new realm that lay beyond the Exalted God Realm!

Pang Jian had assumed that this realm would correspond to the lofty God Kings in the starry skies, but after stepping into it, he realized the two were vastly different. For one, advancing into the Creator Realm granted him the power to create worlds!

The boundless energies surging within the sea of argent light streamed toward Pang Jian's recreation of the Primordial Chaos Starry Region. His divine sense actively dissected the energies of the Sea of Creation, devouring and assimilating it into his replica.

"You actually touched a realm that once belonged only to the two of us," the supreme will of the starry skies said through God King Yi Hao.

A flicker of unease surfaced in its silver eyes as it gazed down at Pang Jian's reproduction of the starry region.

The pang of dread that washed over it was unfamiliar.

Its established cultivation was one of immense power that annihilated emotions and culminated in a God King. Still, even a God King only wielded the might to destroy worlds, not create them.

The battles between Gods, Sovereigns, or God Kings often brought destruction to entire worlds or starry regions. Fortunately, these were well within its capacity to endure. After all, endless contention and slaughter were the only ways those Gods could advance, awakening to higher realms and deeper truths of the Heavenly Daos.

Only Sovereigns and God Kings could refine Dao Sources.

If the supreme will wished to claim more Dao Sources for itself, it had no choice but to rely on the ascension of Sovereigns and God Kings. This was the reason it permitted some starry regions to be destroyed in Sovereign or God King-level battles.

Even the annihilation of myriad starry regions and life across the starry skies meant little when it could simply recreate them once this grand event had passed.

Moreover, this ability of creation previously belonged solely to it and its counterpart.

It had laid out the starry regions above the bizarre mist and fashioned life with the help of the Dao Sources of Life and Soul.

Meanwhile, its counterpart within the bizarre mist merely imitated its every act, creating one abyss after another and even modeling the life below after the creations in the starry skies.

It had always believed that this ability to create worlds was exclusive to the two of them.

Then, Pang Jian, using its Sea of Creation as fuel, had forged suns, moons, stars, continents, lightning vortexes, and glaciers. That act had shaken it to its core.

Pang Jian was now an existence equivalent to it and its counterpart!

"You made him a Creator? You bestowed upon him the domain that only ever belonged to the two of us?" The supreme will of the starry skies fixed its piercing silver eyes upon the ever-surging bizarre mist. At a glance, it saw the four new abysses and the continents, fragmented lands, and the multitude of new life within.

"Pang Jian is a mere ant of your own creation. How could you give him everything? Utter folly!" The supreme will of the starry skies seethed with fury.

Suddenly, a force pulled Luo Hongyan's broken body down into Pang Jian's recreated Primordial Chaos Starry Region.

Luo Hongyan was no longer under the control of the supreme will!

The radiance of the stars, moons, and suns in Pang Jian's starry region gathered and converged upon her injured body.

"Life. Awaken," Pang Lin commanded.

A powerful heartbeat thumped from Luo Hongyan's chest!

In the Ruin Realm, Pang Ling, her Rank Thirteen World Tree body, and the Sanctum of Godly and Demonic Genesis trembled as life energy uncontrollably drained out of them.

This pure life energy was imbued with the profound truths of the Dao Source of Life and had the miraculous ability to raise the dead. Pang Lin's utterance had stirred this life energy into motion and directed it into Luo Hongyan's body with a casual gesture.

Luo Hongyan had actually already perished, leaving only a remnant soul behind. Unexpectedly, this infusion of energies sparked that lingering hint of life within her!

Blood flowed, organs pulsed with vigorous vitality, and featherless wings twitched. Then, new feathers sprouted, each suffused with the aura of light and darkness.

With Pang Lin's aid, Luo Hongyan was successfully resurrected and slowly awoke.

Pang Jian was left in awe. Even the supreme will of the starry skies inhabiting Yi Hao faltered briefly in astonishment.

"Is the Creator Realm the next step after the Exalted God Realm? Does ascending grant one the power of creation, just like you two supreme wills?" Pang Lin asked in a light, almost playful tone.

Flying away from Pang Jian's shoulder, she triggered a metamorphosis in her own Immortal Divine Soul, drawing in rich vitality from living beings across the starry skies.

Mighty members of the Fey Race, along with insects, birds, and beasts, all had their energies siphoned away. Even the inhabitants in the abysses were not spared from this drainage.

Pang Lin ascended to the Exalted God Realm in the blink of an eye, causing her Immortal Divine Soul to undergo a fundamental transformation.

Still, despite just ascending into the Exalted God Realm, she longed to follow Pang Jian into the ranks of the Creators.

"Exalted God." She frowned. "Creator..."

As she was on the verge of crossing this threshold, her skyrocketing cultivation realm suddenly stagnated, leaving her unable to step into the Creator Realm as Pang Jian had done.