The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 286 - 271: Call Me Master_1

Chapter 286: Chapter 271: Call Me Master_1

Fourth Realm.

The Sky Rampart City, permeated with filth alien power.

"Twelve pairs of wings, surpassing the True God..."

Gazing at the lotus leaves in the pond, Pang Jian was lost in a daze.

The information revealed by Yu Xin deeply moved him, and he realized that beyond the Purgatory World, there was beauty... and peril far beyond what he had imagined.

The True Gods above the sun, the men of the Heaven Clan who died on the moon, each with twelve pairs of wings, were probably just the tip of the iceberg.

Like The Observer, like that alien god who possessed a woodman, it must be that they are spying on Purgatory from some domain in the Outer Realm in an unfathomable way.

The Sun God, The Observer, the alien god who possessed the wooden sculpture, he had not managed to see their true faces.

However, the man of the Heaven Clan with twelve pairs of wings was clearly identical to those of the Purgatory World’s Heaven Clan.

Then, where was the man of the Heaven Clan with twelve pairs of wings born?

Purgatory? Or another world?

The majestic man who crossed realms and arrived with his back to him sitting on the golden Divine Seat, from which world of sanctity does he hail?

Since there is such splendor outside of Purgatory, with many alien gods in the Outer Realm, why have those who ascended to True Gods and successfully left Purgatory never returned?

Endless questions arose in succession.

The worries of the Sapling, the oddities of the outside world, gave Pang Jian a great sense of pressure.

He had an intuition that this calamity sweeping through the entire Purgatory World was just... beginning.

The continuously rising filth alien power, and the Alien Tribes attempting to escape the Fifth Realm, were definitely not the real troubles of this world.

"I hope there’s still time, that I will have the power to protect myself before the true terror descends."

Pang Jian murmured.

Afterward, he stayed for a while in the residence arranged by the Sapling, along with the now spiritual-bodied Sapling.

During that time, he continuously observed the movements within his Sea of Consciousness.

The strands of golden Divine Sense, which shrank due to the exploration of the external world, did not grow by themselves anymore.

Although he controlled all of his Divine Sense and was supposed to break through smoothly, he was hindered by the languishing golden Divine Sense that could not return to its original condition, preventing his advancement to the late stage of the Hollow Profound Realm.

Later on, he tried various methods, nourishing with the essence of Life Vitality and cleansing with the quintessence of Qi and Blood.

All to no avail.

The strain on his golden Divine Sense left it weak and thread-like, unable to return to its original state.

"Perhaps, only by means of those alien gods from the Outer Realm can my golden Divine Sense become strong again."

Pang Jian sighed resignedly.

He had been looking forward to lying in the box again to spy upon the sun, moon, and stars once his golden Divine Sense had recondensed.

Now, he could only abandon that thought.

Two more days went by.

"I’m going back to the Upper Realm."

He communicated this to the Sapling.

Under the reluctant gaze of the Sapling, he first dispersed the filth alien power within him before triggering the teleportation of the bronze medal.

In an instant, he appeared on Panshi Fragment Land.

After half a day, with the help of the Spirit Jade and the Mysterious Turtle, his drained Spiritual Sea was once again brimming with Spiritual Power.

Then, enveloped in a black and yellow blood glow, he activated his innate divine skill "Gravity Control", and in secret cooperation with the Mysterious Turtle, he flew towards a piece of Fragment Land above the clouds along with the risen land.

"This place will do."

Pang Jian stopped and had the Mysterious Turtle manipulate Panshi Fragment Land to descend toward the sea of clouds below.

"Meteorite Sea..."

He looked around and saw variously sized fragments of stone.

Some covered several acres, others nearly a thousand acres, and there were also sharp bones embedded in the cracked stone.

Once, the remains of the Heavenly Phoenix had disintegrated here, causing the Forbidden Land to explode into this sea of rocks.

"If the one called The Observer dares to appear, I will guide Him into the Panshi Fragment Land."

Maintaining perception with the Mysterious Turtle, Pang Jian let go of his breath and life fluctuations, almost looking forward to the appearance of that dark yellow banner.

Unfortunately, his wishes were not fulfilled.

After waiting for half a day, he didn’t encounter The Observer, nor did he see anyone else.

The stone sea left behind by Dong Tianze’s departure, now devoid of any Divine Guards, was also overlooked by the Cultivators of the Third Realm.

In the deserted and desolate stone sea where no one remained, Pang Jian glanced at the sky above and took out the Sword Command.

With a concentrated mind, he instantly saw thousands of chubby men in blue robes, their fingers joined as they demonstrated various changes in the Tao of Chaos.

He was instantly engrossed.

Time was unknown.

Standing on a meteorite, with the Astonishing Spear in hand as a sword, Pang Jian, while pondering over the sword technique and wielding the spear, heard the voice of his unreliable master.

"Pang Jian!"

One of the blue-robed chubby men suddenly stopped sword dancing.

Pu Zhaotian injected a consciousness into it, shouting inside the small world of the Sword Command, "You lad, why have you put away the Sword Command? I’ve been looking for you for a long time, where did you run off to?"

"The Meteorite Sea where the remnants of the Heavenly Phoenix shattered."

Pang Jian honestly replied.

"Stay there and don’t move; the girl from Red Mountain will come to fetch you in a new Red Rosy Clouds Boat. In the Second Realm, an unusual situation arose in a strange Forbidden Land, and this time Qi Qingsong is leading the Sword Tower’s team. He has specifically requested that you join them."

Pu Zhaotian explained the situation.

"Alright."

Pang Jian, already forewarned by Dong Tianze about what had happened, initially responded.

Then he gripped the Sword Command, looked at Pu Zhaotian inside it, and asked, "Can the alien gods of the Outer Realm descend to Purgatory in their true form?"

Pu Zhaotian grinned and chuckled, "Call me master; I won’t tell you unless you call me master."

"Master..."

Pang Jian grudgingly called.

"Hmm, good disciple."

Pu Zhaotian nodded in satisfaction and said earnestly, "Now I’ll answer your question. As far as I know, even when Purgatory is in an open state, the divine spirits of the Outer Realm cannot descend in their true forms."

"At most, they descend into the bodies of the Alien Tribes that worship Them."

Pang Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sitting on the golden Divine Seat, above the sun itself, were the god spirits, as well as the Alien God who had set its sights on the Corrosion Boundary Vine, which had caused him great psychological pressure.

Upon hearing that those terrifying entities could not descend in their true forms, he immediately felt much more at ease.

"The Alien God from the Outer Realm is not something you should worry about,"

Pu Zhaotian appeared unconcerned as he said, "All you need to do is diligently cultivate. Once you ascend to divinity through the Tao of Chaos, you’ll find that the Alien Gods beyond the skies aren’t so frightening."

"As far as I’m concerned, so-called god spirits are nothing but the mightiest who have broken free from other worlds."

"In our Purgatory World, there have also been many True Gods who left and never returned, but I feel that they too have become Alien Gods in the eyes of some other world."

"Take me, for instance; after my Divine Enthronement, should I successfully escape Purgatory, I should also be regarded as one of the god spirits in the outside world."

Pu Zhaotian was quite optimistic about it all.

"All right, you focus on comprehending the Chaotic Sword Skill. Once you come out from the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, I will take you to the Sword Tower to pick a good sword."

"The Sky-splitting Sword belonging to Miss Li comes from our Sword Tower. I hope that with some good luck, you will also earn the favor of a Divine Artifact and thus possess an exceptional sword."

After offering a few words of encouragement, Pu Zhaotian withdrew his Divine Sense.

The blue-clothed fat man continued to practice the sword techniques inside the Sword Command, but the animated intelligence was gone.

"Sky-splitting Sword, Divine Artifact..."

Pang Jian took a deep breath.

In the following days,

he waited on this meteorite for the arrival of the Red Rosy Clouds Boat, while continuing to understand the "Chaotic Sword Skill" within the Sword Command, thanks to the Soul Nourishing Pill.

The Star-shattering Umbrella, tainted by the Filth Divine Power of an Outer Realm Alien God, he took out for inspection and found that it was still usable.

As time passed gradually,

Pang Jian, on the Fragment Land of meteorites, still secretly hoped that the Alien God known as The Observer would set its sights on pursuing and killing him.

But The Observer never showed up.

One day, a Red Rosy Clouds Boat suddenly appeared over this Meteorite Sea.

"Zhou, Fang Boxuan, and even Tianze..."

Pang Jian was startled.

Apart from Zhao Yuanqi, Zhou Qingchen, Fang Boxuan, and Dong Tianze were also on this Red Rosy Clouds Boat.

"Pang Jian!"

Zhou Qingchen waved with a smile.

Fang Boxuan of Blood Moon awkwardly grinned and squeezed out a smile from a distance toward Pang Jian.

"Pang Jian!"

The mass of Black Iron Mountain suddenly flew out from the Red Rosy Clouds Boat, heading straight for Pang Jian. Dong Tianze spoke with a cold face, "I need to have a word with him alone!"

Zhao Yuanqi spoke indifferently, "Don’t take too long; I don’t want to wait for your chit-chat."

With that said, the Red Rosy Clouds Boat halted in place.

Before long, the Black Iron Mountain steered by Dong Tianze descended toward the meteorite Pang Jian was on.

"Boom!"

Dark Demon Fire roared and burned, the demon flames forming a ring that enshrouded and concealed the meteorite.

This was to prevent the others on the Red Rosy Clouds Boat from overhearing their conversation.

"Despicable!"

After doing this, Dong Tianze immediately cursed furiously, "I told you this huge secret, planning to explore it together, yet you took the Black Iron Mountain, pretended to go to the Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land, and then sneaked here on your own!"

"Pang Jian, I didn’t expect you to be this kind of person; seems I was blind!"

A belly full of anger, Dong Tianze coldly accused him.

Knowing that Pang Jian was in this Meteorite Sea had frustrated him up till now.

—He thought Pang Jian wanted to uncover the wonders of that hidden Fragment Land by himself.

"It’s not what you think..."

Pang Jian felt incredibly wronged but couldn’t say that the Panshi Fragment Land was originally his, so indeed he was at a loss for words.

Dong Tianze asked with a cold face, "Did you find it? Did you discover anything?"

"No, I wasn’t looking for it."

Pang Jian shook his head and said, "An Outer Realm Alien God who escaped from the Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land appeared in this region, and I came for the Alien God."

"Stop with the act! Pang Jian, today I’ve seen through your deceitful façade. You did it and still don’t have the courage to admit it!"

Dong Tianze sneered.

Pang Jian couldn’t be bothered to argue and let him think whatever he wanted.

"Are you done talking?"

Zhao Yuanqi on the Red Rosy Clouds Boat grew impatient and called out from afar, "The Elder Qingsong from the Sword Tower is waiting for us on the Saint Spirit Continent; don’t waste everyone’s time!"

"We’re done talking."

Pang Jian didn’t want to say anything more to Dong Tianze, so he formed his fingers into a sword, lightning swirling at his fingertips, and with a single strike, he extinguished the demon flames that carried the Beast Soul’s presence.

He looked at Zhou Qingchen and wondered, "Zhou, are you also going to the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land?"

"Yes, the Tower Master has permitted it."

Zhou Qingchen flashed a wide grin and said, "The Tower Master said that as long as one has the cultivation of the Hollow Profound Realm, one may go to the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land. Our Sect Master pleaded a bit, and he allowed Zhao and me to go together. As for..."

He looked toward Fang Boxuan and Dong Tianze, Zhou Qingchen continued, "Because you killed the elders of Blood Moon and Yin Spirit Temple, the Sword Tower said it would compensate both parties, also allowing them to go along."

"Oh."

Pang Jian nodded, then activated the power of the Mysterious Turtle Shell, his body wreathed with dark yellow bloodlight as he took off.

Shortly thereafter, he appeared within the Red Rosy Clouds Boat.

"Pang Jian, we meet again."

Fang Boxuan greeted him warmly.

He behaved as though he was one of Pang Jian’s closest friends, appearing even more enthusiastic than Zhou Qingchen.

He said cheerfully, "I thought you and Dong would spar a bit below. Hehe, though Blood Moon and Yin Spirit Temple don’t get along, if you were to have a life-and-death battle with Dong Tianze, I’d firmly be on your side!"

Zhou Qingchen frowned, "With me and Zhao here, do you really need to stand beside Pang Jian?"

"Exactly because there are more of you, I should stand on your side. If Dong Tianze had more people, and if he were a bit more formidable, I actually wouldn’t mind the conflict between Blood Moon and Yin Spirit Temple that much."

Fang Boxuan shamelessly declared.

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