The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 236 - 221: Renowned Throughout the Third Realm_1

Chapter 236: Chapter 221: Renowned Throughout the Third Realm_1

The stars and moon were hazy, and the night was enchanting.

In the unknown Panshi Fragment Lands, quietly floating above the clouds, it absorbed the ethereal nature’s spiritual energy.

Deep underground, the Mysterious Turtle grew progressively stronger, its body size continuously expanding.

With a focused mind, Pang Jian saw the slightly raised black and yellow carapace of the Mysterious Turtle, with three distinct ridges exuding a sharpness.

The plastron of the Mysterious Turtle was thick, showcasing a brownish-yellow luster and emitting a strange glow.

Its four limbs, thick as pillars, were pitch black, as if they could support the heavens and earth.

Behind its olive-colored head and neck, there were fine scales that seemed capable of slicing through flesh and blood.

At this time, the Mysterious Turtle revealed many magical traits, making Pang Jian feel, every time he gazed upon it, that its future potential was boundless.

Underground.

The magical and crystalline Spirit Vein, nourished by more than one hundred thousand Spirit Jade, had recovered some strength from the overextension caused by the "Heavenly Killing Spirit Array."

Everything was developing in a positive direction.

Looking up at the brilliant night sky, Pang Jian quietly said, "It won’t be long before Luo Hongyan, who went to the Xuan You Continent, will know that Jiuyuan, Lou Yunming, and Cao Mang perished because of me."

With a slight twist of his lips, Pang Jian, alone in the Panshi Fragmented Lands, suddenly spoke with a wild expression, "One day, my name will also reach the Upper Realm, and Pang Lin... will certainly hear my name, knowing that I have always been living well."

"No matter where she is, in the not-too-distant future, I hope I have the power to protect her."

As a brother, Pang Jian had always shielded Pang Lin from the time they were young; he never thought to bask in his sister’s glory or rely on his sister’s status to ascend to the Upper Realm.

What he wanted was to protect his sister, to have enough formidable power in his hands to stand up for her when she was bullied.

The Upper Realm is vast and boundless; he didn’t know how to find Pang Lin, didn’t know where his sister was now.

Rather than searching the world for a needle in a haystack, he would rather spread the name of Pang Jian to every world.

By then, no matter where his sister Pang Lin was, she would hear of his name through the cultivators around her.

She would know that there was a person named Pang Jian, who emerged from the Solitude Mountain Range of the Fourth Realm, shining like a comet rising in the sky and earth.

Pang Lin would know that person was her brother, know that her brother had successfully ascended and possessed the strength to continue protecting her.

This was also the significance of Pang Jian’s striking emergence in the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands.

In the days that followed.

He took out the Copper Box in the Panshi Fragment Lands and lay down in a wooden house, drawing from the light of the sun, moon, and stars within the box.

Since his Divine Sense could not control, and he didn’t find the opportunity to break through the mid-stage of the Hollow Profound Realm, he decided to refine his Spiritual Sea.

With each fragment of star suspended in his Spiritual Sea, and a round of Bright Moon along with the blazing Great Sun alternating day and night, he absorbed the glory of the sun, moon, and stars daily to grow stronger.

One day.

Pang Jian suddenly remembered the body enhancement effect of the Great Creation Sacred Body, so he took out this incomplete technique and began to study the essence of this Body Refining secret skill seriously.

"After the Creation Divine Pool is carved open and formed, there are three subsequent realms, divided into Jade Body Realm, Phantom Bone Realm, and Refined Blood Realm."

"The Jade Body Realm, particularly emphasizes the deep refinement of the skin, making it as tough as jade and invulnerable to fire and water, shining like jade stone and silver armor."

"The Phantom Bone Realm, re-refines all the bones in the body, and after refinement, one can adjust the length of the bones, freely changing one’s appearance."

"With the Phantom Bone Realm, the whole body’s joints are sharp enough to compare with Divine Weapon Sharp Blades, and it’s easy to pierce gold and iron with a finger or knife-hand."

"The Refined Blood Realm, refines drop by drop of fresh blood, bestowing unlimited mystery to each drop."

"..."

Pang Jian read and contemplated seriously.

With his Divine Sense temporarily unable to move and no earth-shattering changes in his dantian’s Spiritual Sea, he resolved to focus on the refinement of his body.

Barrels of level five and six Ferocious Beast Blood and chunks of meat were immediately brought out by him, and he drank the vigorous lifeblood day and night, and roasted the meat of high-level ferocious beasts when hungry.

Barrels of beast blood, large chunks of ferocious beast meat, he rapidly consumed them all.

A surge of rich and boundless essence from blood and flesh was gathered by him and dispersed within his skin, repeatedly refining the surface of his body according to the methods recorded by the Great Creation Sacred Body.

With an abundance of beast blood and flesh available, plus his inherently sturdy and magical body, his progress in the Jade Body Realm was swift.

It was only half a month.

"Whoosh!"

After another period of hard cultivation, Pang Jian, sitting dry in the wooden house in the Cloud Wilderness, suddenly emitted a silver luminescence from his body.

He immediately stepped out of the wooden house and stood in the depths of the Cloud Wilderness, looking at the Fragment Land within the thick lead clouds.

"Rise!"

He stimulated the Jade Body Realm by channeling his Blood and Flesh Essence Energy, feeling that his pores were completely sealed, his body emitting a silver radiance.

At a glance, his skin looked like it was covered with a layer of silver armor.

After pondering a moment, he summoned the Astonishing Spear, not channeling various Alien Powers into the shaft, but simply jabbing the tip toward the back of his own hand.

"Sss!"

A stream of silver sparks unexpectedly splashed from the tip of the spear upon contact with his hand.

The toughness of the Jade Body Realm’s flesh was like being plated with a layer of flexible silver; it seemed nothing could penetrate this layer except for particularly sharp and fierce weapons, or specialized flames or thunder and lightning.

"Let’s try again."

He immediately infused Spiritual Power into it, and as the spear tip gleamed, he jabbed it at the back of his hand again.

"Shh!"

The silver-like skin on the back of his hand was pierced, creating a wound.

The next moment, his potent self-healing ability kicked in; a wisp of Life Vitality was injected, and the pierced wound instantly healed as before.

Squinting once more, not even a tiny slit remained; it looked as smooth as if nothing had ever happened.

"Again!"

Aside from Spiritual Power, he now gathered Starlight, Moon Energy and Extreme Cold Alien Power, making the spear tip extremely dazzling.

He jabbed the spear tip at his hand once more.

"Pfft!"

It wasn’t until then that the spear tip pierced through the shiny silver layer of the Jade Body Realm and stopped upon a bone in the hand.

"If I had first used the Firm Cover to protect myself, then cast the Jade Body Realm within the Firm Cover, and shielded myself with the Star-shattering Umbrella on top of that..."

The light emanating from Pang Jian’s eyes gradually became as dazzling as the spear tip of the Astonishing Spear.

Under this triple defense, he felt that his counterparts of the same realm wouldn’t be able to shake his flesh and blood, unless they relied on Strange Treasures akin to the Nine Suns Tripod.

Once they let him get close, it would be difficult for his peers to endure his fierce onslaught, and in an instant, they would be pulverized by him.

"If the Jade Body Realm were used for cultivation..."

He dissipated the Blood and Flesh Essence Energy filling his skin, and in a flash, changed the closed pores to an open state. Taking a deep breath, he gathered nature’s spiritual energy with his entire body.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The Spiritual Energy present everywhere in the Cloud Wilderness flew towards him in streams, turning into thousands of filaments and weaving into his pores.

The moment the Spiritual Energy entered his body, it quickly dispersed to his limbs and throughout his physique; then, following the control of his mind and will, it converged into his Spiritual Sea or every part of his body.

The cultivation of the Jade Body Realm of the Great Creation Sacred Body also improved the efficiency of his Spiritual Energy gathering, allowing him to recover his combat strength more quickly.

"Next is the Phantom Bone Realm!"

Ignoring the outside situation, he nestled in the Panshi Fragment Land, which was hidden deep within the Lead Cloud during the day and only revealed sporadically at night, and cultivated the Great Creation Sacred Body without sleep or rest, using a tremendous amount of high-quality Ferocious Beast flesh and blood.

Days and nights passed, time hurried by.

During Pang Jian’s cultivation period, countless Cloud Sails had passed back and forth over Panshi Fragment Land.

The Mysterious Turtle, tucked deep beneath the earth, would always sense the approaching Cloud Sails well in advance and dive deeper into the Lead Cloud, disappearing from the senses and sight of the cultivators.

Thus, Panshi Fragment Land remained invisibly existent in the Third Realm.

However, the name Pang Jian gradually became known throughout the Third Realm.

Whether it was the Universe Heaven and Black Nether continents, or the fragmented lands floating above the clouds, they were all spreading the tales of Pang Jian’s deeds in Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands.

Pang Jian, a disciple of Sword Tower, became the hero who vanquished the evil Cao Mang, the righteous figure who saved many from danger.

As for his vengeance-seeking madness against Jiuyuan and Lou Yunming before the end of the racial war, it was deliberately overlooked by everyone because he brought Cao Mang to justice.

...

On the Xuan You Continent, resembling two camel humps, was Camel Ridge Mountain.

Luo Hongyan and Han Ting, with their changed appearances, stood at one corner of Camel Ridge Mountain, gazing down at the crowd gathering at the foot of the mountain.

Qi Qingsong, a disciple of Sword Tower, upon arriving at Camel Ridge Mountain, parted ways with them.

According to Qi Qingsong, with his status as an Inner Sect Disciple of Sword Tower, he intended to use his connections to gather information from Blood Moon and Star River Alliance, which would be inconvenient with others in tow.

Qi Qingsong also said that as long as Pang Jian contacted him via Sword Command, he would inform Pang Jian of their whereabouts.

"I hope Pang is safe."

Han Ting murmured softly.

"He will be fine."

Luo Hongyan, having already regained her strength, cast her captivating eyes upon the Cloud Sails below Camel Ridge Mountain.

She planned to wait for Gao Yuan’s return and then, using his Cloud Sail, push deeper into the Xuan You Continent.

Now, if she were to confront early Spirit Condensation Realm cultivators like Jiuyuan and Lou Yunming again, she had the confidence she could prevail.

"Huff! Huff huff!"

One Cloud Sail after another drifted from the distant sea of clouds, coming to a halt around the barren expanse near Camel Ridge Mountain.

The Cloud Sails that had arrived recently were not carrying Individual Cultivators but... people from the four major families of the Fourth Realm.

The Ning Family and He Family were affiliated with Star River Alliance, while the Ouyang Family and Shangguan Family were vassals of Blood Moon. These four major families were first taken to the Third Realm by the Golden Coach and Unstable Ferry, then brought near Camel Ridge Mountain by Cloud Sails.

This was because the Star River Alliance and Blood Moon didn’t find enough fragmented lands for the four great families, unable to accommodate so many people from the Lower Realm.

Camel Ridge Mountain thus became a temporary settlement area for people from all directions.

"Huff!"

Gao Yuan’s Cloud Sail finally sped through the skies from afar, crowded with people.

Gao Yuan, as the ferryman, had recently been earning Spirit Stones this way.

He charged Spirit Stones per person, and with the large number of arrivals from the Ning Family and He Family of the Fourth Realm, he made two to three thousand Spirit Stones per trip, working tirelessly on his boat.

"Gao Yuan, have you heard any news about Pang Jian?"

Having unloaded the people, as the Cloud Sail descended in front of Luo Hongyan and Han Ting, Han Ting was the first to inquire.

Luo Hongyan’s eyes sparkled eagerly.

"There really is news about Pang this time!"

Gao Yuan’s face flushed with excitement. Not waiting for the Cloud Sail to come to a complete stop, he declared in the gaze of the anticipating women, "Pang’s mighty name has started to spread rapidly from Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, soon to become known to all!"

"Ah?!"

Luo Hongyan and Han Ting exclaimed in surprise.

"He... he’s alright, isn’t he?"

Luo Hongyan asked, biting her lower lip.

"He’s fine."

Gao Yuan took a deep breath and immediately dropped the bombshell, "You might not believe this, but Pang in Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands killed Star River Alliance’s Liang Ying, Blood Moon’s Jiuyuan, and Yin Spirit Temple’s Lou Yunming."

"And, he also killed the master of Yuan Mang — Cao Mang!"

While saying this, even Gao Yuan himself looked incredulous.

After hearing this, Luo Hongyan and Han Ting’s faces turned to expressions of shock and disbelief, as if frozen in time, too stunned to even let out a cry of surprise.

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