Trials of the Abyss

Chapter 463: Blaspheming Against a God

Grand palaces of unmatched majesty stood on the full moon in the starry skies of the Abyss.

Members of the Bright Moon Race moved about in an orderly fashion.

Starry River Warships were docked on the cold, barren ground beyond the palaces.

Ying Yue, the Moon God, sat serenely atop a platform within one of the palaces, draped in resplendent silver robes. A visiting Outer God sat opposite her as they engaged in conversation.

The stars shone brilliantly above the openwork palace.

The two female Outer Gods' attributes were naturally aligned. Their domains bordered each other and the two could be considered close friends.

They often discussed matters ranging from the state of their territories to strategies for gaining more followers and conquering additional lands.

"Ying Yue, do you have any worshipers in the Abyss below?" asked the Frost Crystal God, crystalline body shimmering with icy divine brilliance.

Her cheeks were slightly angular and her gaze sharp as she exuded a frosty air.

She had come to this moon in person after sensing a peculiar occurrence. Not long ago, she had detected a powerful Rank Ten individual in the Abyss attempting to connect with her via a sacrificial altar.

As she had been about to respond, the connection was abruptly severed, and the ritual was terminated.

The Frost Crystal God had no followers in the Abyss and had no means of investigating the matter.

Like other Outer Gods, she relied on sacrificial altars and vessels to project her influence into the Abyss. Her will simply could not penetrate its boundaries without these conduits.

She then thought of the Moon God.

The Moon God was clearly positioning herself to claim a share of the Abyss as she had started constructing palaces on this forgotten moon. Thus, the Frost Crystal God decided to travel a great distance to the moon above the Abyss to inquire about the matter.

"I do, so long as you count humans as worshipers," Ying Yue replied, resting her chin on her hand, expression distant. She looked like a living masterpiece. "A divine being like me—ascended through the power of the moon—once stayed on this desolate moon.

"A long, long time ago, when the foreign races still ruled the Abyss, some of the races there worshiped that God.

"Unfortunately, when the human race rose up, all the foreign races worshiping that God were wiped out.

"A supreme Sword God slew that God residing on this desolate moon. That God and several others attempted to intercept the Sword God when he broke through the barrier, only to be cut down.

"The full moon endures eternally, but all that once belonged to that God has been buried by time, and no followers of theirs remain in the Abyss.

"Some human cultivators unexpectedly obtained cultivation methods for absorbing lunar energy through the bloodlines and hearts of extinct foreign races that worshiped that God.

"They even used the secret methods those foreign races left behind to construct sacrificial altars."

Ying Yue's lips curled into a mocking smile, her face brimming with derisive amusement.

"After I came here and took over everything that God left behind, the human cultivators in the Abyss used the altars to establish contact with me.

"I even influenced a woman and took possession of her body," the Moon God bragged arrogantly.

As she spoke, she also multitasked, refining her new vessel's body and divine soul. She was preparing to roam the Abyss in the guise of Ling Yue'e and experience the cultures and practices there.

Ideally, she would also locate the youth who killed her followers and disrupted her plans in Absolute Heaven.

The Moon God made to continue in her boasting.

"I—"

Suddenly, her body trembled slightly.

An inexplicable blush bloomed on the face that had captivated countless male Outer Gods. It was as though she had consumed strong wine.

Waves of divine sense, perceptible to the Frost Crystal God, transformed into lunar phenomena—full moons, rivers of radiance, and ethereal moonlit silhouettes, —manifesting wondrous scenes within her domain.

Pleasant emotions stirred in Ying Yue's heart, and her divine sense naturally transformed to reflect them

Shockingly, some of her divine sense materialized into scenes of intimacy and passion.

The Frost Crystal God's expression froze in astonishment. Though she had no idea what was happening, she could tell these images reflected the state of Ying Yue's heart.

She quickly lowered her head and pretended to notice nothing.

Internally, however, she could not help but grumble, Ying Yue's always been cold and dismissive of male Gods. Could it be that even she is beginning to desire such things?

After a long while, the Moon God reined in her tumultuous emotions and regained her composure.

"Several Great Demon Gods are stationed on the surrounding stars," Ying Yue said indifferently, acting as though nothing had happened. "They likely activated some mind-twisting, seductive arrays, which caused my divine soul to manifest illusory visions in response."

The Frost Crystal God gently nodded in agreement. "The Abyss houses their followers, so they're likely responding to their prayers. It's just..."

"Just, what?" Ying Yue asked coldly.

"Nothing," the Frost Crystal God said with a quick shake of her head. "There are still remnants of the Ice Race and a branch of the Giants—the one-eyed giants in the Abyss.

"Ying Yue, could you use your human followers to locate them for me? Then allow me to descend upon one of your followers to converse with them directly?"

"You want to recruit them?" Ying Yue asked, intrigued.

"I have no one to rely on, and I cannot descend into the Abyss myself, so I have no choice but to find another way.

"The Ice Demon has been dead for many years, and the surviving Ice Race is no longer a threat to me.

"I can offer the Ice Race the right to survive, as long as they change their faith to me," the Frost Crystal God said coldly.

"I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you. Please let me know as soon as you have news."

A platform then descended from the starry skies.

The Frost Crystal God stood up, preparing to step onto the platform and leave the moon.

"Ahem." Ying Yue lightly cleared her throat, "Did you ever experience intimacy with a man before ascending to godhood? What was it like?"

The Frost Crystal God froze, lowering her head as she awkwardly muttered, "Like you, I was of pure body before becoming a God. I've never indulged in such shallow and baseless experiences, nor do I wish to."

With that, she hastily stepped onto the platform and departed.

The Moon God took a moment to process her words. Then, her face turned cold as she snorted, "Hypocrite."

***

The Demon Sect squad, tasked with eliminating heretical cultivators to prevent them from reporting the human race's movements to Outer Gods, had arrived at the outskirts of Star Moon Valley in the Second World,

"Remnants of the Star Moon Sect are worshiping an Outer God!" said a Soul Wandering Realm elder of the Demon Sect, pointing at the heretical cultivators anxiously waiting outside the valley. "They've even built an altar to communicate with it!

"Junior Brother Wu, we have solid evidence that a beam of moonlight infused with divine consciousness descended here half a month ago!"

"The remnants of the Star Moon Sect likely obtained some terrifying divine arts from an Outer God!"

Wu Yuan, recently advanced to the late stage of the Soul Wandering Realm, coldly ordered, "Kill them all."

Dozens of Demon Sect disciples, all in the Spirit Condensation and Soul Wandering Realms, attacked the heretical cultivators at his command.

The loosely organized band of heretical cultivators crumbled entirely in the face of the true overlords of the Demon Abyss Continent, the Demon Sect. Some were slain, while others fled in panic.

An hour later, the Demon Sect had taken over Star Moon Valley, destroying the altar and leveling every structure the heretical cultivators had built.

With their mission completed, the Demon Sect squad dispersed.

***

The Moon God had descended to the limits of her abilities two hundred zhang underground to avoid the Demon Sect's attack raging above.

Although she successfully escaped, the heretical cultivators worshiping her and following her commands were completely wiped out.

Without her subordinates, she was temporarily forced to rely on the Moonstones nurtured within the Stellar-Lunar Vein, extracting what little lunar energy she could to refine her vessel's bones and blood.

This lunar energy was far from enough. However, she feared that Demon Sect powerhouses still lingered above, so she remained hidden underground.

"It's all the fault of that guy below.

"I could've completed my vessel's transformation and ascended to the Nirvana Realm had he not drained all the lunar energy at the lower depths of the Stellar-Lunar Veins.

"If I had Nirvana Realm cultivation, I would have no reason to fear the Demon Sect and could've easily escaped from this place long ago."

The Moon God wore a cold expression as her divine sense probed the veins harboring the stellar energy. Strands of golden divine sense could be seen guiding the stellar energy within each vein downward.

The golden divine sense served as a conduit for the stellar energy, directing it into the body of the guy below.

"You ruined my plans, so I'll make sure things don't go smoothly for you either.

"Every human Godslayer seizing divine consciousness deserves to die a thousand deaths.

"To blaspheme against a God like me is the ultimate original sin."

Seven strands of moonlit divine sense shot into the depths of the ground.

This divine sense was beyond the perception of ordinary beings, only perceptible to those with divine consciousness in their divine sense.

The seven strands of moonlit divine sense entered seven crystalline veins, attempting to disrupt the golden divine sense and interfere with the flow of stellar energy.

When the Moon God's moonlit divine sense touched Pang Jian's golden divine sense, the electrifying, blissful sensation she had felt before sparked once more, this time, sevenfold in intensity.

Within a palace in the starry skies, Ying Yue's body trembled as a flushed moan escaped her lips.

Far from the Abyss, within grand palaces in a divine domain under her rule, her dedicated statues seemed to collectively shudder.

These majestic statues of worship, carved in her likeness and imbued with fragments of her divine consciousness, visibly trembled.

Within the Abyss, a peculiar spiritual assault struck her vessel deep underground. This shock reverberated to her true body and every divine statue within her domains.

Many devout worshippers noticed the anomaly while kneeling in prayer before her statues. @@novelbin@@

Priests loyal to her, clad in robes adorned with lunar symbols, stared blankly at the trembling statues.

"What's going on?"

"Your Grace, what's wrong?"

"What has disturbed you?"

Aware of the divine consciousness within the statues, the priests hastily prostrated themselves and inquired using sacred artifacts that the Moon God had bestowed upon them.

Nothing of concern. I am recruiting a rogue believer, a human in the Abyss. Once I subdue him, my teachings will spread in that wicked World.

Her calm divine voice resonated in the minds of the priests, quelling their worries.