The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 152 - 137: The Show Begins_1

Chapter 152: Chapter 137: The Show Begins_1

Fifth Realm.

"We should go now,"

the mysterious woman whispered softly.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, she vanished from Pang Jian’s sight.

Pang Jian, who had established a connection with the Dark Giant Python, sensed a slightly cold body as if... straddling his own.

After a moment of stupor, he immediately came to a realization.

That being, with six pairs of sacred wings, was now riding atop the Dark Giant Python!

Because he was linked to the Dark Giant Python by a bond, because he saw through the eyes of the Dark Giant Python, he had the illusion that he was the Dark Giant Python.

That’s why he felt as though someone was straddling him.

He suddenly became keenly aware that the Dark Giant Python, which he had nurtured with the Filth Alien Power in his Spiritual Sea, behaved reverently and... affectionately towards that mysterious female from the Fifth Realm.

The Dark Giant Python seemed to have become the female creature’s mount, having already accompanied her for a time, hinting at some sort of a spirit bond.

A complex feeling suddenly rose in Pang Jian’s heart.

He had been too busy lately and hadn’t paid attention to the Dark Giant Python that landed in the Fifth Realm, and it had found a new companion.

Back in Bagua City, he had nurtured it with much effort using the Filth Alien Power in his Spiritual Sea, and before he could even ride it, a female from a different kind had beaten him to it.

What’s worse, the Dark Giant Python seemed to relish it.

"Once your bloodline is enhanced to the sixth level, your spiritual intelligence will undergo a qualitative breakthrough. At that time, I hope you can tell me how you survived the encounter with the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar,"

the female from the Fifth Realm said amicably, patting the Dark Giant Python’s forehead and stroking its small horn.

Pang Jian experienced a strange sensation again.

He felt that the mysterious woman who had yet to reveal her true face and who was astride... his Dark Giant Python, seemed to have touched his forehead and was talking to him in an extremely gentle voice.

"Let’s go,"

she urged softly, and the Dark Giant Python suddenly started moving.

The spirit bond between Pang Jian and it abruptly severed.

Great Stone Hall.

Pang Jian opened his eyes with a bizarre expression and touched his forehead, feeling a small horn there.

Immediately after, he felt an overwhelming exhaustion of mind and spirit and quickly took a Calming Pill.

Being in the Third Realm and attempting to glimpse the Dark Giant Python in the Fifth Realm caused an even more exaggerated drain on his spirit.

"Such a rebellious creature..."

He was secretly annoyed with the Dark Giant Python he had raised.

He hadn’t expected that after leaving Bagua City, the Dark Giant Python would so quickly take a new master.

And the new master seemed to be pretty good to the Dark Giant Python, cherishing it greatly.

Moreover, the new master’s identity and status in the Fifth Realm seemed to be extremely high, revered by countless subjects of the Alien Tribes there.

Just like him, the Corrosion Boundary Vine that emerged from the bronze medal knew how to show gratitude and repay kindness, offering him two green leaves infused with Life Vitality, which helped him improve his cultivation level.

The Dark Giant Python, without offering any reciprocation, found a new master.

"This new master of hers even knows about its encounter with the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar and plans to enhance its bloodline..."

Pang Jian pondered with a somber face.

"What spirit spell are you practicing, causing such a huge loss of spiritual energy?"

Luo Hongyan clicked her tongue in admiration, observing that his complexion was not so good after closing his eyes to cultivate for a while, and asked, "Pang Jian, you’re not practicing some kind of evil forbidden technique, are you?"

"No."

Pang Jian was still quite tired. He took out the Copper Box and said, "Let me rest for a while. Wake me up in three days."

He planned to refine the Power of Stars in the box to prepare for the meeting that was set to happen in three days.

"Okay."

Luo Hongyan, harboring doubts, saw that he had no intention of explaining and didn’t ask further.

...

Gold and Stone Island.

In an underground cavern.

Dong Tianze, performing a Ghost Howling with a device, had just assassinated a "Divine Guard" hiding in the cave.

"Swoosh!"

A blood-colored phoenix bird was locked onto by the brilliant Heaven Phoenix Mark between Dong Tianze’s brows, being gradually absorbed by the radiant seal.

Half an hour later, Dong Tianze’s body suddenly shook and he exclaimed, "Innate Realm!"

He had managed to break through the shackles of his cultivation level and ascended from the Great Perfection of the Marrow Cleaning Realm to the Innate Realm by hunting down a "Divine Guard"!

He had come from the Yin Spirit Temple to Three Immortal Islands to find out who was impersonating him.

Upon entering the territory of Three Immortal Islands, he sensed another "Divine Guard" through the Heaven Phoenix Mark within his body.

He thought that "Divine Guard" was the culprit.

He stumbled upon this underground cavern alone and found this "Divine Guard," whose organs and flesh had been devoured by Phoenix Marrow, looking much like Ouyang Duanhai, a different kind of creature at the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

After assimilating a drop of Phoenix Marrow in the form of a blood-colored phoenix bird, Dong Tianze obtained some of the man’s memories and confirmed that the man had always been in the cave and had never controlled a Heavenly Spirit Tower.

"If it wasn’t him, then who could it be?"

Dong Tianze walked out of the cavern, puzzled.

A gleaming white Heavenly Spirit Tower came floating by unnoticed.

In the bald mountains of Gold and Stone Island, many Individual Cultivators watched the Heavenly Spirit Tower floating in midair with anger they dared not voice.

"Brother Wang, I have already killed the person suspected of impersonating me; it wasn’t him."

Upon entering, Dong Tianze spoke to Wang Yisen, who was piloting the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

Wang Yisen, who had been arranged by Han Zhiyuan to escort him and possessed the cultivation of the Hollow Profound Realm, raised the elevation of the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

Pointing towards a fragment land not far away lush with vegetation, he suddenly said, "I just received a message that Zhu Yuanxi of Blood Moon is currently on Cloud Island. Blood Moon plans to seize Cloud Island to relocate the people of the Shangguan Family and the Ouyang Family."

Dong Tianze knew what had happened in the Lower Realm.

It was reasonable for Blood Moon to prepare a fragment land in advance for the two families they were attached to, but he didn’t understand the deeper implication of why Wang Yisen brought it up specifically.

"Brother Dong, sometimes... I also occasionally preside over the Ghost Altar."

Wang Yisen cleared his throat and seeing Dong Tianze frown, he didn’t beat around the bush and said, "The Hall Masters Meng Qiulan and Zhao Ling of Dark Ghosts, I recognize them too."

"And then?"

Dong Tianze said impatiently.

"A few days ago, Meng Qiulan, Zhao Ling, and some other Dark Ghosts members were found and killed by Zhu Yuanxi in the Great Stone Hall. Their bodies, are now laid out outside the Great Stone Hall."

Wang Yisen said.

"Impossible!"

Dong Tianze exclaimed.

"Hmm, I also find it impossible."

Wang Yisen nodded and added with a serious expression, "Without assistance, with their level of cultivation, it’s absolutely impossible for them to leave the Sky Fortune fragment land, much less arrive at the Third Realm! Therefore, Blood Moon suspects that we are helping in secret. I think, the one causing trouble in your name could possibly be someone from Blood Moon!"

Dong Tianze’s eyebrows were tightly knit and a cold light shone in his eyes as he declared, "The Sky Fortune fragment land was covered by Filth Alien Power, and the Star River Alliance has confirmed that not a single survivor remains. We clearly did not offer any help, so how did those two Hall Masters get up here?"

Wang Yisen shook his head, "That is what confuses me as well."

Dong Tianze pondered for a moment and then said, "It’s said that Individual Cultivator Cloud Ascetics have good private relations with Elder Jiuyuan of Blood Moon. Let’s go and ask him directly! If Blood Moon is secretly pulling strings, Individual Cultivator Cloud Ascetics must be in the know! I want to see, who exactly is trying to frame me!"

Having just achieved a breakthrough in his realm by slaughtering his fellow Divine Guards of the same kind, he was in a state of extreme confidence.

With the Yin Spirit Temple behind him and Wang Yisen being a Great Cultivator of the Hollow Profound Realm, he didn’t believe Individual Cultivator Cloud Ascetics would dare cross him.

...

Great Stone Hall.

A Blood Moon’s "Unstable Ferry" flew from Cloud Island and slowly halted above the pile of bodies.

After expelling the individual cultivators of Cloud Island and arranging for his own people to take over, Zhu Yuanxi was now returning to Ice Rock Island.

"Huff!"

He drifted down from the ferry.

"Recently, has anyone asked after these Dark Ghosts’ whereabouts? Has anyone given these underling Dark Ghosts of the Lower Realm more than a glance?"

Zhu Yuanxi stood with his hands behind him, his expression cold as he looked toward Yuan Fei of Cloud Sail.

Already wary of him, Yuan Fei’s first thought was of the Pang Jian siblings. However, considering the implications of revealing information to Pang Jian, who came from the Upper Realm, he feared what consequences might arise.

With these considerations, he calmly shook his head and said, "I have not seen anyone take particular notice of these Low Realm underlings."

Gao Yuan, who also poked his head out from Cloud Sail, looked at Yuan Fei without saying a word, his expression unchanged.

"Don’t let me find out you’re lying to me."

Zhu Yuanxi gave him a cold glance and then shouted to the "Unstable Ferry" suspended in the air, "You go back to Cloud Island first. After the ascetics’ gathering is over, come to take me away."

The ferry drifted off immediately.

Zhu Yuanxi looked once more at the Dark Ghosts mixed among the pile of bodies, snorted to himself, and headed towards the Great Stone Hall.

Fei Zheng and the others had died in Sky Fortune City and Cloud Marsh, but there were still survivors.

Through the survivors, Zhu Yuanxi found out that among the Dark Ghosts who had died, there was a new Hall Master missing named Hong Jian.

He also learned from the captured Dark Ghost members that Hong Jian... was the nephew of Hong Tai.

Zhu Yuanxi, who had once worked with Hong Tai, took a discreet interest in this nephew and specifically placed the Dark Ghosts members’ bodies outside the city on the pile of stones to see if he could catch this fish, Hong Jian.

He had a lingering feeling that the secret that Zhao Ling, Meng Qiulan, and others died to keep hidden was related to the whereabouts of Hong Jian!

He believed that once he found Hong Jian, he would learn who was helping the Dark Ghosts leave the Sky Fortune fragment land and who brought them to the Third Realm.

...

"Clack!"

Luo Hongyan opened the copper box.

Pang Jian opened his eyes and sat up, confused, "Is it time already?"

"It’s not time yet."

Luo Hongyan tugged the corner of her mouth, her beautiful eyes gleaming with an unusual light, and with a smile, she said, "A Heavenly Spirit Tower from the Yin Spirit Temple has drifted over the Great Stone Hall. Someone is not giving Individual Cultivator Cloud Ascetics any face and not following his so-called... rules."

"Dong Tianze?"

Pang Jian said in a deep voice.

"Yes, and Zhu Yuanxi of Blood Moon has also come. We are in for a good show."

Luo Hongyan floated to the entrance of the cave and gazed at the sky with great enthusiasm, smilingly saying, "In the Third Realm, among all the sects and factions, Blood Moon has the worst relationship with the Yin Spirit Temple."

"Heh, two sects that were once united, now that they’ve split, engage in the most intense overt and covert struggles."

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