The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 364 - 343

Chapter 364: 343

The Ice-thunder Fragment Land slowly stopped its fleeting momentum.

"My Lord!"

After the departure of the Ice Mirror, the remaining five members of the Ice Tribe rushed over from the Altar of Praying to God.

They had eyebrows brimming with unease and felt lost about the upcoming journey, uncertain if they could adapt to the environment of Purgatory.

"Purgatory will definitely not welcome us. The Human Race, they look down on all those like us, who advance their power through their bloodline..."

Coming over, Bingyuan voiced his worry.

Qi Qingsong and the others had come from below, from the ruins of the Thunder Clan’s city, and gathered together at the top of this glacier.

"Pang Jian, once this Fragment Land appears in Purgatory, it’s likely to attract attention from various forces. His concerns are valid, and you and the Ice Tribe would do well to disassociate yourselves."

"Otherwise, you may be in big trouble."

Qi Qingsong spoke solemnly.

"I have plans for them."

Pang Jian nodded slightly and said, "Wait a moment. It is daytime in Purgatory now. We’ll break out of the Mysterious Fog when it’s dark. Qi Qingsong, you and Zhuang take the Sword Boat later and send the others to Yuan Ji Fragment Land first."

"As for me, I will go to the Sword Tower later to meet up with you."

"As for the two of you..."

He turned to look at Zhou Qingchen and Zhao Yuanqi.

"My Zhou Family members have been taken care of by Red Mountain; of course, I am going back to Red Mountain."

With their departure imminent, Zhou Qingchen felt somewhat sentimental and sighed, "The situation in Purgatory, who knows what the future holds. I always feel that before long, we will be in full-scale war with the Alien Tribes."

"I will also go back to Red Mountain. Once we’re back, both of us will be Elders," Zhao Yuanqi said.

She pursed her lips lightly, thinking of the ferocious methods of those around her, she knew she still lacked the tempering by bloodshed.

She made a secret resolution to pay special attention to the treacherousness of human hearts while advancing her realm in the future.

Otherwise, she feared she wouldn’t be able to adapt to the increasingly harsh environment.

"When I entered the Mysterious Fog, I had only recently ascended to the Hollow Profound Realm. I didn’t expect that upon leaving, I would have forged my Spiritual Soul," Zhou Qingchen said with a spirit-lifting confidence, "At Red Mountain, I now have a place of my own."

"Your future should not be confined to Red Mountain," said Zhuang Yuyan with a faint smile. "This time, you and Dong Xiaozi have gained the most. You have a hidden talent in the soul aspect, and you have absorbed the most divinity. I feel that you are about to ascend to the mid-Spirit Condensation Realm, is that so?"

The crowd showed surprise in their eyes.

"Hmm, more or less," Zhou Qingchen scratched his head and laughed embarrassingly, "I didn’t know it would be like this, but after I began to condense my Divine Sense in the Hollow Profound Realm, I realized that my Divine Sense could be condensed so much."

"Your talent is higher than mine," Zhao Yuanqi said, feeling somewhat frustrated.

"Alright, let’s wait for nightfall; after it gets dark, we’ll return to Purgatory," said Pang Jian.

With a thought, he realized that upon reaching this place, he could still sense the Bee King and the beehive.

And many Bee Insects scattered within the Mysterious Fog.

"I just don’t know, once I leave this Mysterious Fog, whether I will still be able to maintain communication with the Bee King."

Gradually, the sky curtain of Purgatory turned pitch black.

In a night without starlight or moonlight, a huge Fragment Land floated out of the Mysterious Fog like a ghost and swiftly descended toward the Third Realm.

"Swoosh!"

The Sword Boat, carrying Qi Qingsong and the others, headed for the Yuan Ji Fragment Land where the Red Rosy Clouds Boat was anchored; Wu Yuan of the Demon Sect would also return to his sect using the Space Teleportation Array from Yuan Ji Fragment Land.

In the Fragment Land shrouded by a thin cold fog, Pang Jian lost his sensing with the Bee Insects inside the Mysterious Fog.

The strange spiritual creatures known as Ming Prison Soul Bees would be arranged when the Bee King emerged from its cocoon.

One type of sensing had been lost to him, while various other sensings were emerging one by one.

Mysterious Turtle, Corrosion Boundary Vine, Dark Giant Python!

The three exotic beings, rooted in different parts of the world and in different regions, had been out of touch with him for a long time.

Feeling Pang Jian’s initiative to establish sensing, they suddenly became agitated.

"Where did you run off to?"

"Father, you’ve been gone for a very long time."

"Your soul’s aura... it makes me feel ancient and majestic."

The Mysterious Turtle, Corrosion Boundary Vine, and Dark Giant Python sent thoughts in succession.

Their consciousness, like three invisible ties, connected to Pang Jian’s Spiritual Soul, allowing him to multitask and communicate with them simultaneously with different aspects of his mind.

There wasn’t a single feeling of mental disarray.

Having forged the Spiritual Soul and ascended to the Spirit Condensation Realm revealed the many mysteries of the Spiritual Soul, one after another.

He began to gather information about the various realms of Purgatory World through these three strange items, understanding the situational changes through them.

Since he had entered the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land’s Mysterious Fog and lost contact with the three, more than two years had passed!

Half a year ago, a bizarre meteor ablaze with flames appeared, roaring from where he vanished in the Mysterious Fog, and it fell all the way into the eternally dark Fifth Realm.

The Dark Giant Python, its bloodline having ascended to the sixth level, found out through Yu Xin of the Heaven Clan... that a God Spirit had descended!

This God Spirit was named Yan Lie.

He first consolidated all members of the Flame Clan and Yao Clan in the Fifth Realm, then summoned the alien race councils from all continental lands through the Flame and Yao Clans.

Before long, an alien alliance with a strong leader was thus formed.

Because of the descent of the God Spirit, and because there was another towering mysterious existence assisting, all the Heavenly Tribulation Pillars that had been suppressing the lives of the Fifth Realm lost their deterrent power.

The Alien Tribes, regardless of their bloodline level, could ascend to the heavens freely!

Many alien races swiftly moved to the Fourth Realm, constructing homelands and cities on the various Fragment Lands, and completely took control of the Fourth Realm.

The Filth Alien Power began to rise slowly from the Fourth Realm, heading toward the Third Realm.

The Alien Tribes were poised and ready, just waiting for the Filth Alien Power to reach the Third Realm, intending to strike down the Third Realm that had two complete continents and numerous Fragment Lands!

"Huff! Huff!"

A Landscape Spiritual Boat from Sky Water Swamp ascended from the Third Realm toward the void of the Second Realm.

Encased in a thin layer of cold fog, the Ice-thunder Fragment Land remained at a considerable distance from the Landscape Spiritual Boat, appearing merely as a cluster of misty clouds inconspicuous against the darkness.

Pang Jian gathered his strength and, using the power of his Spiritual Soul, saw that the Landscape Spiritual Boat was filled with people.

Mortals and those of lower cultivation realms were all on top of that Landscape Spiritual Boat.

"Has the migration of the people from the Third Realm already begun?"

Pang Jian was astonished.

"Father, she, or rather, He, has been to Cloud Marsh."

The Corrosion Boundary Vine—Pang Ling, located in the Sky Fortune Fragment Land of the Fourth Realm, materialized within the colossal tree trunk as a vibrant youthful girl’s Spiritual Body, under the perception of Pang Jian’s Divine Sense.

"Who?"

Pang Jian was taken aback.

"I’ll show you..."

Pang Ling presented a scene imprinted upon her soul.

Luo Hongyan, in a long black dress trailing through the air and skin whiter than snow, drifted indifferently through Cloud Marsh, staring at the World Tree silently for a moment.

The Spiritual Body form of Pang Ling, quivering, took the initiative to show herself, gazing reverently at Him.

He looked at Pang Ling as well.

Without uttering a word, all memories related to Pang Jian within Pang Ling’s soul began to surface suddenly.

Then He gracefully departed.

Afterward, He arrived at the elegant residence specially crafted by Pang Ling for Pang Jian, located in Sky Rampart City.

There, in a courtyard with artificial mountains and flowing water, He sat on a recliner, silently contemplating the Qing He blossoming in the pond.

He stayed for a while before vanishing.

"Father, He has become very terrifying."

Knowing of Luo Hongyan’s existence, Pang Ling cautiously said, "Compared to that guy who resided in the wooden statue, He is several levels higher."

"I know."

Pang Jian responded with mixed feelings.

Then, he inquired about matters related to the Wood Tribe, discovering that including the Elders of the Mu Yuan, the entire Wood Tribe had gone to visit Pang Ling in Thousand Miles of Cloud Land, treating her as a pillar of faith.

Sky Fortune and Sky Rampart, the two merging Fragment Lands, had also become holy lands to the Wood Tribe.

Several hours later.

"Huff!"

The Ice-thunder Fragment Land, which had descended from the Second Realm, landed beneath the Meteorite Sea in the Third Realm and began to slowly merge with the Panshi Fragment Land hidden beneath the vast sea of mist and clouds.

Concealed below the cloud sea, the Panshi Fragment Land was slightly smaller than the merged Ice-thunder Fragment Land; it pushed its periphery beyond the edges of the two Fragment Lands.

"Boom! Thunderous boom! Crack!"

In the moment of the Fragment Lands’ merging, the Mysterious Turtle, known as the "Spirit of the Earth," instantly penetrated the mysteries of the Ice-thunder Fragment Land.

"Fragment Lands containing separate veins of thunderbolt and cold ice! How wonderful!" the Mysterious Turtle roared excitedly, "With these two Fragment Lands, I should be able to advance smoothly to a level eight Bloodline!"

Pang Jian was shaken, "Once you reach level eight, will you be able to take human form?"

"Mhm."

The Mysterious Turtle responded languidly from underground.

"First, I must merge."

It continued to exert its power.

A gold vein buried deep within the Panshi Fragment Land, along with the Spirit Vein Pang Jian had filled with countless Spirit Jades, suddenly shone with a peculiar brilliance.

"Whoosh!"

The Spirit Vein, which had been coiled like a snake, suddenly unraveled.

One end of this Spirit Vein first headed toward the former Forbidden Land of Thunder God.

Pang Jian watched in astonishment as the Spirit Vein stretched like an elastic band, pulled on by the Mysterious Turtle’s strength.

The Spirit Vein also became increasingly thin.

It didn’t last for too long before the pulled and elongated Spirit Vein naturally entered the original Forbidden Land of Thunder God.

Pang Jian also suddenly saw that beneath the Forbidden Land of Thunder God, there lay a luminous vein that straddled between illusion and reality.

This vein had been drained of all its Thunderbolt Alien Power, its wonder having disappeared long ago, with only a faint scent of thunderbolt lingering.

It lay shriveled, deep in the heart of the earth, conveying a sense of listlessness.

"No! It’s not a vein! No, this thunder vein contains the Great Tao!"

"It has only become desolate, merely stripped of all its thunder power!"

"There’s no corresponding mark of this in my bloodline!"

"What exactly is this thing?"

The Mysterious Turtle suddenly cried out.

It reacted as if it had discovered a new continent, the previously lethargic Mysterious Turtle becoming keenly alert; it merged with the Spirit Vein, using its connection to deeply sense the thunder vein’s anomaly.

"Within, there is an inscrutable and complex thunderbolt profound argumentation, comparable to a God-Spirit that reigns over a Divine Realm."

It blurted out.

"Divine Realm? God-Spirit?"

"In the imprints of my bloodline, it seems there are related memories, but they are too ancient and too vague."

It moved beneath the earth; in the depths, it was as if navigating through the deep ocean, submerging towards the location of the thunder vein.

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