The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 145 - 130: The Might of the Sun and Moon!_1

Chapter 145: Chapter 130: The Might of the Sun and Moon!_1

Under the night sky.

As Pang Jian walked onward, he looked curiously at Luo Hongyan who, shrouded in a hazy blood mist, was moving forward without touching the ground and asked, "What realm are you in?"

Luo Hongyan used to be able to levitate because she was in the form of a Soul Spirit, lacking a true body of flesh and blood.

Now that she possessed a body of flesh and blood, yet still able to drift through the air, Pang Jian found it quite astonishing.

"My situation is a bit special and cannot be defined by a specific realm,"

Luo Hongyan said with pursed lips and a smile blooming like flowers, "All I can tell you is that with this body, I can now stand my ground in the Third Realm. Apart from the old fellows in the Spirit Condensation Realm, I’m not afraid of anyone from the Blood Moon, Raging Sun Sect, Yin Spirit Temple, or Red Mountain."

Pang Jian expressed his respect in earnest, "Does a body improve your strength that much?"

"Of course it does,"

Luo Hongyan’s beautiful eyes gazed into the sky, speaking leisurely, "With a body of flesh and blood, I can truly use those secret skills I practiced before."

Pang Jian nodded and asked no more.

Along the way, he silently sensed the influence of the Filth Alien Power that entered his body, noticing it was only contaminating his Spiritual Sea.

Above the Spiritual Sea, the sun, moon, and stars he had been condensing inside the box were not affected by the filthy influence at all.

"You’re also a monster,"

Luo Hongyan, floating above, looked down at him and said, "Other cultivators at the Marrow Cleansing Realm couldn’t survive in Cloud Marsh."

"Compared to the Filth Alien Power in Bagua City, this place’s is much weaker," Pang Jian said coolly.

"That’s why I say you’re a monster. Even my Soul Body couldn’t withstand the horrifying Filth Alien Power in Bagua City," Luo Hongyan said with astonishment in her bright eyes, "but you managed to break through to the Marrow Cleansing Realm there."

Pang Jian offered no explanation.

With a thought, he summoned the Astonishing Spear and when he gathered the Flame Force, he also tried to draw together the scorching Power of the Sun within it.

"Whoosh!"

The spear tip suddenly blazed with dazzling light.

Feeling exhilarated, he immediately executed "Explosive Dance," conjuring several enormous flaming orbs with the spear technique inherent in the Astonishing Spear.

The Flame Force within the "Ground Flame Spell" erupted, along with the ferocious power of the Fierce Sun, all bursting forth within the orbs of light.

"Boom! Boom, boom!"

Below the night sky, Cloud Marsh seemed to have several fierce suns exploding one after the other, the violent Spiritual Power mixed with two types of searing Alien Power, instantly clearing the nearby Power of Filth.

"Your spear technique has become increasingly terrifying. Even those in the Innate Realm might not be able to withstand it!"

Luo Hongyan exclaimed in surprise, "Why do I feel like your spear technique also contains the Power of the Sun from the Raging Sun Sect?"

Pang Jian didn’t respond.

He rotated his wrist, tracing a circle in mid-air with the spear tip to perform the second technique of the Astonishing Spear, "Silver Moon Ring."

Then, he tried to harness the power of the silvery full moon above his Spiritual Sea.

Suddenly, the cold Moon Energy mingled with his Spiritual Power to form a circle through the Astonishing Spear.

In the night sky, as the circle took shape, it was as if a radiant silver full moon quietly hung there.

The "Silver Moon" hovered above Pang Jian’s head, resembling a strange lunar shield releasing a serene and cool radiance.

Luo Hongyan grew even more amazed and eagerly said, "How did you manage to do that?"

Pang Jian still didn’t speak, but charged at the "Silver Moon" in mid-air with his body. With a "puff" sound, it was like he had struck a silver shield.

The Silver Moon didn’t shatter!

"Hey!"

A rare smile slipped across Pang Jian’s lips.

He was pleasantly surprised by the resilience and icy hardness of the Silver Moon crafted from the fusion of Spiritual Power and Moon Energy.

"I’ve never seen you smile before, and you look quite good when you do..."

As if discovering a new continent, Luo Hongyan’s eyes shined brightly as she watched him, encouraging him, "You should smile more often, instead of always keeping a cold face and looking unapproachable."

"Bang!"

Pang Jian charged the Astonishing Spear with explosive force and shattered the Silver Moon.

Watching the silver light scatter around, he finally explained, "While cultivating in the box, gazing directly into the celestial Star River, I unintentionally gathered the Power of Stars, Sun, and Moon. Once I fused the powers of the sun and moon with my spear techniques respectively, it resulted in this."

"The Power of Stars, Sun, and Moon?"

Luo Hongyan was astounded.

After pondering for a moment, she took off a storage ring and threw it to Pang Jian, "Starting today, stop using your storage bag. Given the power you’ve shown, you should be able to protect this storage ring."

"Oh."

Pang Jian received it and started transferring the items from the storage bag one by one into the jade-like ring.

Compared to the storage bag, the space inside the ring was several times larger, and it was already filled with some Spirit Jade and Spirit Stones.

"The two trades have nearly exhausted all the artifacts and Spirit Stones we collected," Luo Hongyan sighed lightly, and somewhat embarrassedly said, "The rare Spiritual Materials you traded are almost all used up by me. I’ll compensate you for them later."

Pang Jian gave a noncommittal "oh" once more.

Within a quarter of an hour, the two reached the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

Upon arrival, Pang Jian noticed several Spirit Evils floating near the muddy marsh.

"Seems like you’ve gained quite a bit recently,"

Pang Jian remarked curiously.

"Just so-so,"

Luo Hongyan said, tugging at the corner of her mouth, her eyes filled with pride, "In the past, I had thousands of Spirit Evils like these. At my peak, even the weakest Spirit Evil in my possession was stronger than the strongest one here."

"Boom!"

Her body, veiled in the blood mist, suddenly burst through the mud and plunged straight to the very bottom of the pool.

"You stay up here, and I will open the Heavenly Spirit Tower,"

she said.

Her voice came from beneath the mud.

"Thousands of Spirit Evils!"

Pang Jian looked up in shock at the figures of Spirit Evils floating midair.

He could hardly imagine the grandeur of thousands of Spirit Evils being unleashed.

He suddenly felt that before her disaster, Luo Hongyan must have been a person of some renown in the Second Realm.

The path of cultivation is divided into ten realms:

Qi Refinement, Meridians Channeling, Marrow Cleaning, Innate Realm, Hollow Profound, Spirit Condensation, Soul Wandering, Extinction Realm, Immortal, and True God.

Luo Hongyan had told him that in the Second Realm, sects such as the Demon Sect, Sword Tower, Black Valley, Dragon Cave, and Sky Water Swamp all had Great Cultivators of the Extinction Realm stationed there.

He thought that Luo Hongyan at her peak might have reached Soul Wandering, or possibly the higher Extinction Realm.

If that were true, Luo Hongyan with a body of flesh and blood was equivalent to stepping on the cultivation path again.

Her starting point was untold times higher than that of ordinary people, no wonder she now dared say she could establish a foothold in the Third Realm.

"Her enemies must also be characters of the same level."

Pang Jian frowned inwardly.

"Boom! Boom!"

The Heavenly Spirit Tower burst from the earth, gently rotating in midair, shedding mud and dirty water to quickly become clean.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

The Spirit Evils refined by Luo Hongyan flew into the fifth floor through the window openings, one by one.

"You can come up now."

Standing in front of the first-floor gate, Luo Hongyan waved to Pang Jian, signaling for the White Tower to stop rotating.

Pang Jian leaped into the air and landed in the familiar White Tower, seeing that the bottom array was embedded with pieces of Spirit Jade.

"I deliberately left so much Spirit Jade just to make this Heavenly Spirit Tower capable of carrying us away from the Fourth Realm."

Luo Hongyan said with a smile, "Pang Jian, I can take you to the Third Realm now."

Pang Jian’s figure trembled slightly.

Having always harbored the desire to ascend, he had not expected to realize it so soon, and he felt somewhat excited.

Zhou Qingchen, Han Duping, Su Meng, and others were most likely in the Third Realm, Dong Tianze was in the Upper Realm’s Yin Spirit Temple, and Pang Lin... must be in an even higher world.

Now, he finally could take the crucial step and head to the Upper Realm, the land of dreams for all beings of the Lower Realm!

"Let’s go!"

As he was filled with countless emotions, the White Tower roared upward, quickly reaching the low mountain.

"Boom!"

Luo Hongyan pointed her finger casually, and the rubble blocking the cave burst open, revealing Zhao Ling and others who were surrounding the Copper Box.

"The Heavenly Spirit Tower of the Yin Spirit Temple!"

Meng Qiulan finally realized that the White Tower the siblings had mentioned was actually a Heavenly Spirit Tower!

The Heavenly Spirit Tower, like the Raging Sun Sect’s Fire Cloud Ship and the Star River Alliance’s Golden Coach, was a flying artifact capable of traveling between two realms, countless times superior to the Cloud Sail.

With this Heavenly Spirit Tower, escaping from the Sky Fortune Fragment Land would be as easy as flipping a hand!

"Come in."

Luo Hongyan moved the entrance of the Heavenly Spirit Tower to the cave, gesturing for them to come aboard.

Pang Jian took the opportunity to enter the cave, twisting the Copper Box with one hand, and said, "Just follow me."

Wherever the Copper Box was, light would follow, and the Power of Filth would be dispersed.

The crowd quickly followed suit.

"We’re planning to go to the Third Realm."

Luo Hongyan looked at the group, her expression indifferent as she spoke, "We can leave you on another Fragment Land that has not been contaminated by Filth, or we can take you straight to the Third Realm. But we don’t have the leisure to help you find your relatives to take with us; you decide whether or not to follow us."

"The Third Realm!"

Bai Wei and Bai Zhi, orphans, clenched their fists, their eyes filled with yearning and desire.

Meng Qiulan trembled with excitement and said, "I wish to go to the Third Realm with you!"

Wu Yi quickly said, "I’m also going to the Third Realm!"

They had long been yearning for this, and upon hearing Luo Hongyan was willing to take them along, they readily agreed.

Only Zhao Ling hesitated for a moment.

"Regarding your brother, once you have established yourself in the Third Realm and your cultivation has advanced further, you can find a way to bring him over," Wu Yi hurriedly persuaded, exclaiming, "If you miss this opportunity to go to the Third Realm, you might never get another chance!"

"I understand," Zhao Ling nodded lightly and added, "I’ll go with you."

Their stewards immediately boiled with excitement.

The future of the Fourth Realm was unpredictable, and the Power of Filth might still spread everywhere. They did not have attachments like Meng Qiulan and Zhao Ling, and seeing such a great opportunity before them, they did not hesitate at all.

"Once we reach the Third Realm, I’ll find a Fragment Land to stop at, and then we’ll go our separate ways," Luo Hongyan snorted softly, speaking indifferently, "We won’t carry burdens like you for long."

"Whoosh!"

The Heavenly Spirit Tower immediately soared into the sky.

While high in the air, Luo Hongyan asked Pang Jian to put away the box into his storage ring, telling him there was no longer any Filth Alien Power above.

"Mm."

Pang Jian complied, putting away the Copper Box. He touched the storage pouch hanging at his waist, tore it off, and threw it to Bai Wei, saying, "I don’t need this anymore, I’ll give it to you."

Bai Wei caught it with extreme joy, sniffed it eagerly to her nose, then shyly lowered her head with a blush.

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