Bizarre Realm

"It’s that the deceased souls are directly transformed into lower-position devils."

"Some suspect that a Purgatory Path’s Rebirth Blood Pool has emerged in that area, which is why souls are directly reshaping their bodies into devils."

What?!

Upon hearing this, Brand’s expression was extremely shocked.

He himself had ascended through the Devil’s Relics, so he naturally understood the implication. If what the other person said was true, it meant that souls were initiating the devil sequence’s ascension system without any Extraordinary Relics.

The blood-eyed wizard said meaningfully, "Quite a few powerful figures of the Devil Path have already rushed over."

"It’s said."

"If someone seizes that Rebirth Blood Pool, they might ascend to become a demigod-level great devil!"

Brand was instantly tempted.

But considering his own strength, he immediately hesitated.

If he were a deep infernal refiner (challenge level 20+), he might have gone himself, but he was only a middle-tier bone demon, going there might just mean courting death.

Brand decided to prepare two options.

First, immediately report the news to the Mechanical Heart, and second, he would also join the commotion to see if he could gain any benefits.

In the past three months, quite a few have encountered great opportunities, some even accidentally acquired Divine Relics, and there are rumors of a lucky fellow who, through contact with a suspected Otherworld God, became a fated legendary-level powerhouse.

Of course, many believe he actually became a divine spirit’s chosen one and didn’t ascend by his own strength.

Half an hour later.

After sending the news back to Abyss City via the Secret Technique Seal, Brand immediately headed towards the Land of Shattered Souls.

The bone demon could casually use a superior teleportation skill, challenge level 10, not too high nor too low in the Bizarre Realm, considered slightly above trash, barely able to try his luck, even picking up a small leftover could significantly speed up his ascension.

The Land of Shattered Souls is an ancient battlefield of the Dark Era.

Brand felt a dense aura of death even before he got close. Dozens of legendary-level powerhouses had fallen here. Some souls became black giants, while others turned into wandering ancient battlefield earthbound spirits. The ancient taint transformed the earth into a land of corruption, as too many Extraordinary Relics were buried there, giving birth to many indescribable bizarre mutational evil objects.

"Soul Worm?!"

Brand landed and pinched a fat worm, about twenty centimeters long, with a hideous human face on its head, with his sharp-clawed hand.

"The news is true?!"

He began to search the nearby traces, which appeared like a mass grave with a city buried underground. After nearly a millennium of weathering, no intact building could be seen, only ruins emerging from the ground in the core areas of the battlefield.

"Inferior Demon!"

Brand saw the figure of a lower-position devil.

Inferior demons don’t have a brain and can’t communicate, but they can sense the mind sensing information transmitted by other devils and will obey their orders.

In the Bizarre Realm, transcendents of the Devil Path usually skip this form and ascend directly to minor devils.

"Come here!"

With Brand’s command, an inferior demon obediently approached. Devils belong to the Order Faction, and higher-position devils are naturally dominant over lower-position ones. This inferior demon wasn’t a human ascendant; it was a soul wandering the Material Plane, which transformed into a worm upon entering the Land of Shattered Souls, then ascended to become an inferior demon.

In this process, it forgets its past life’s memories, regaining complete mind only upon ascending to a minor devil form.

"What happened?"

"Has the world amended the laws of the Devil Path, or has someone completed the power of rebirth for the Devil Path?"

The rumors of the Purgatory Rebirth Blood Pool cannot be wrong.

In the entire Bizarre Realm, all souls—be they human, monster, mutant, or evil object—are now within the laws of the Devil’s Rebirth Path.

Someone has snatched a portion of souls from the old ones!

"If I could seize a bit of this gathered demon domain!"

"I might directly ascend to a great devil!"

Brand’s eyes were filled with fervor. After hesitating for a moment, he resolutely stepped into the depths of the Land of Shattered Souls. Amidst the riddled earth, he saw a foul blood river, with countless tributaries, some several kilometers wide, others a mere ten meters, endlessly gushing blood-like streams from below, converging towards the area with the densest soul aura.

"Purgatory Blood Pool!"

The Three Paths of Purgatory—demon, devil, and evil demon—all reincarnate from the Purgatory Blood Pool. Their evolutionary gene trees differ, but their fundamental form is a soul worm genetically modified by the Insect Race.

He walked for an unknown amount of time.

A thick mist began to appear ahead, and Brand noticed signs of a battle. He discovered a spine demon with its heart removed; other transcendents of the Devil Path had already been here.

Finally.

Brand heard the sound of flowing water. He sensed the law of the Devil Path becoming agitated. Nearing the blood pool, he saw fierce figures frozen in the mist, but he couldn’t discern them anymore, for his mind was filled with the intense yearning to ascend.

"Another lost child returns."