The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 382 - 361: The Roll of Honor, Contribution Value_1

Chapter 382: Chapter 361: The Roll of Honor, Contribution Value_1

Wang Ce said, "Chen, who do you think did this?"

Chen Weihuang shook his head, his expression indifferent, "I need time to figure it out."

Shortly after, a small sword boat whizzed in.

"Master!"

Zeng YuLan and Song ZiHe rushed over to Xu Yu, recounting their harrowing experiences.

As soon as Pang Jian arrived, Chen Weihuang said, "Give me your Sword Command."

Pang Jian, not understanding the reason, pulled off his Sword Command and handed it over.

Chen Weihuang touched it, brought his Sword Command in contact with Pang Jian’s, and then handed the Sword Command back.

Using his Divine Sense, Pang Jian checked and saw that within the sword light symbol used for messaging, there was an additional light dot.

Above it was written Chen Weihuang.

The voice of Chen Weihuang came from the light dot, "In three days, I will find out who did this and give you an explanation."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Pang Jian replied with his Sword Command.

The two faced each other, each holding a Sword Command for stealthy communication, without feeling embarrassed.

"Pang Jian, this kid will be taken by me back to Bright Peak for training; from now on, he’ll be a junior disciple to Qi Qingsong."

Yao Junhong, who hadn’t spoken much until now, casually grabbed Lei Qie to his side and said, "As for what level he can cultivate to, I can’t guarantee."

Pang Jian hurriedly expressed his thanks.

"Three Individual Cultivators, all in the early stage of the Soul Wandering Realm, and you faced them alone and emerged entirely victorious." Yao Junhong grinned and nodded emphatically, "That kid, Qi Qingsong, has made great contributions to our Sword Tower!"

Xu Yu and Wang Ce had a strange look on their faces.

"What’s with those expressions? If it weren’t for my discerning eye, how could the Tower Master have received such a good disciple?" Yao Junhong shamelessly praised his disciple before himself, saying, "I saw the extraordinary aspects of that kid, Qi Qingsong, a long time ago! That’s why I didn’t give up on him when he fell to being an outer disciple, and why I continued to look after him in secret!"

"Ultimately, it’s my ability to judge people that is good!"

He laughed heartily as he left, grabbing Lei Qie with him.

...

Litian Peak.

Inside Pang Jian’s exclusive cave dwelling.

"Huff!"

A golden spiritual soul slowly escaped from his glabella, silently standing in front of his true body.

"In the Soul Wandering Realm, in the early stage, the spiritual soul must be exposed under the blazing sun, must stand firm in the harsh cold winds without drifting, and must be able to stay away from the body by ten miles."

"In the middle stage, the spiritual soul must endure the burning of fierce flames, dare to stand under the Firm Wind, and be able to soar a hundred miles away from the body."

"In the later stage, the spiritual soul can submerge in magma, stay for a moment within the Mysterious Fog, and be away from the true body by a thousand miles."

"..."

The Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell’s discourse on the Soul Wandering Realm and detailed soul refining methods passed through Pang Jian’s mind once again.

The latter part of the spell recorded what materials were needed at specific stages to deal with the blazing sun, fierce flames, and magma pool heat, as well as how to use Soul Skills to resist.

However...

Pang Jian always felt that the specific levels of the Soul Wandering Realm were still somewhat vague.

The three attackers who were in the early stage of the Soul Wandering Realm were indeed countered with the help of the Divine Object, "Heart of Winter," and the exquisite and fierce Sword technique taught by Pu Zhaotian.

But when he released his spiritual soul to tear and penetrate the two spiritual souls, he always felt their spiritual souls were extremely fragile.

As if they were made of paper.

"It seems I need to verify step by step to know the exact level of Soul Wandering."

After pushing open the stone door of the cave dwelling and hanging a ’Do Not Disturb’ sign, he first took out the Mysterious Turtle shell and placed it atop the Copper Box, then stuffed the Sword Command into a bracelet.

Immediately after, he established a connection with the Mysterious Turtle using "Gate of Purgatory."

"Swoosh!"

The next moment, he appeared instantaneously in the Panshi Fragment Land of the Cloud Wilderness.

The Mysterious Turtle, huddled beneath the Frozen Land, was intently exploring the peculiar ice pathways under the ground.

"In a few days, I will take advantage of the night to relocate Fragment Land near the vicinity of the Saint Spirit Continent," communicated the Mysterious Turtle from underground. "Filth Alien Power has already surged into the cloud sea below and is about to spread throughout the Third Realm. Don’t worry, my bloodline memory contains a suitable place where I can continue to lie low."

"Good," Pang Jian spread his will.

The Ice Tribe members in the Frozen Land were still engrossed in cultivation, while a few of the tribe elders’ souls drifted to the Meteorite Sea above, trying to understand Purgatory through Individual Cultivators.

For now, they remained patient and were not eager to go out and about.

"In the initial stage, to be exposed under the blazing sun," Pang Jian invoked his golden spiritual soul.

Leaving his true body behind, the spiritual soul crossed the surrounding cold mist of the Fragment Land and came to a solitary meteorite, facing the sun that was emitting radiant light.

The sunlight that fell made Pang Jian’s spiritual soul feel warm and comfortable, without any sense of discomfort.

Suddenly his spiritual soul howled, moving further and further away from his body, but the connection between them always existed, with no feeling of interruption whatsoever.

After a moment.

"Huff!"

The golden spiritual soul flew into the heart of Panshi Fragment Land, where a landscape with volcanoes sat.

At the vent of an erupting volcano, he tried to bear it with his own spiritual soul, discovering that the spiritual soul also showed no anomalies in the flames.

"I won’t try the Firm Wind of the Second Realm just yet; instead, I’ll test myself in the magma pool next."

The golden spiritual soul suddenly plummeted.

"Sss!"

As this divine soul abruptly entered the magma and fiery water, he immediately felt a stabbing pain in his soul. The golden spiritual soul, like an illusory statue forged of gold, gradually began melting away.

Quickly, his divine soul eroded and shrunk slowly, and his mental strength crazily drained away.

The agony bearing down on his soul continued to intensify.

"It’s only mid-stage Soul Wandering Realm, not yet reaching the latter stages."

Pang Jian finally understood and hastily lifted his divine soul out of the magma pool to warm and nourish it in his Sea of Consciousness.

"From now on, my cultivation direction will be to continuously refine my spiritual soul and concurrently cultivate the Golden Body Realm of the Great Creation Sacred Body. The golden spiritual soul and the Golden Body Realm complement each other quite well."

"Phew!"

With the aid of the Mysterious Turtle’s shell, he returned from the Panshi Fragment Land of the Third Realm to his cave dwelling on Litian Peak.

The Sword Command was also taken out by him.

"Pang Jian, I heard you were ambushed outside? Three Soul Wandering individual cultivators, you took them all down? Kid, how did you cultivate to the Soul Wandering Realm?"

Qi Qingsong’s voice of disbelief came from the Sword Command.

"Junior Sister, I have come out of seclusion. Let’s meet up when you have time."

This was a message left by Zhuang Yuyan.

What surprised Pang Jian was that the usually talkative and verbose Pu Zhaotian had not sent over a single word.

The light dot representing Pu Zhaotian was eerily silent.

He frowned, probing another Sword Light Symbol that connected to all core members of the Sword Tower with a wisp of his heart and divine consciousness.

A flurry of messages rushed at him all at once.

"Achievement List!"

Pang Jian’s eyes shone with astonishment.

Headed by the three Divine Countries, West Soil, South Abyss, North Ruins, and those supremely powerful forces in the First Realm with True Gods presiding over them, had responded and created a list targeting all Human Race cultivators.

This list clearly ranked individuals according to the levels and numbers of Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts they killed.

The list also had Contribution Points.

With accumulated Contribution Points, disciples from sects, noble families, or even individual cultivators, could exchange them for various cultivation resources.

It also included special statuses.

Individual cultivators, if they slew enough Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts and had ample Contribution Points, could hold important positions in the three Divine Countries.

Or, they could become Guest Elders at the Sword Tower, Demon Sect, or even in the First Realm’s Jiuli Sect or Gui Sacrificial Sect.

Moreover, the major sects were not allowed to refuse!

Noble family members and sect disciples could also exchange Contribution Points for high-level, holy-level, and even divine-level resources!

This Achievement List currently opened only three realm rankings, namely Hollow Profound Realm, Spirit Condensation Realm, and Soul Wandering Realm, ranking them according to the number of Contribution Points.

Within the Hollow Profound Realm ranking, Pang Jian glanced over and did not see a single familiar name.

And in the Spirit Condensation Realm...

Wu Yuan from Demon Sect, Dong Tianze from Yin Spirit Temple, Zhou Qingchen, and Zhao Yuanqi from Red Mountain, all appeared within the top hundred.

Wu Yuan ranked nineteenth, Dong Tianze twenty-first, Zhou Qingchen thirtieth, and Zhao Yuanqi thirty-fifth.

Those ranked ahead of Wu Yuan, were mostly unfamiliar names to him. They seemed to be from the Purgatory of the First Realm, either young talents from the three Divine Countries or the finest of the supreme sects.

Within the Soul Wandering Realm ranks, there were two names Pang Jian recognized.

Li Yuqing from Heaven Treasure Sect stood unrivaled at the top of this realm, the only one with Contribution Points exceeding ten thousand.

And that second Senior Sister he had yet to meet, Hu Yuanfei, was ranked fifth, with three thousand seven hundred Contribution Points.

The rest were all strangers to him.

"Achievement List, Contribution Points..."

Interest piqued, Pang Jian actively communicated with Qi Qingsong to find out what was going on.

"About time you responded to me!" Qi Qingsong yelled excitedly, demanding, "Drunk Cloud Tower, the usual place, we’re all here! Hurry up!"

"Alright."

Soon afterwards.

The same place, the same people, gathered together once more.

"Junior Brother Pang."

"Junior Brother Pang is mighty. I thought you were in the Spirit Condensation Realm, but to think... you’ve actually reached the Soul Wandering Realm!"

"The incident with you securing the Origin Demon Sword wasn’t as resounding as your name became after you killed three Soul Wandering Realm individual cultivators."

In the eyes of Jiang Yang, Duan Jing, and Tang Can, a look of admiration surfaced.

Qi Qingsong also demanded, "How did you reach the Soul Wandering Realm?"

"In Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, I acquired the most divinity. At the moment my spiritual soul condensed, I must have become Soul Wandering Realm," Pang Jian answered truthfully.

Zhuang Yuyan nodded slightly: "Just as I guessed."

She exchanged a glance with Qi Qingsong and did not delve into the specifics, but both of their breakthroughs in the Spirit Condensation Realm were as fast as lightning, far surpassing peers in the same realm.

This fully demonstrated how much refining divinity into the spiritual soul could enhance the spiritual soul.

"Now I believe it." Xu Xuanlun from Fish Leap Peak shook his head and said, "Qi Senior Brother, when Zhuang Senior Sister came back, she said you saved them in Absolute Sky Forbidden Land. I couldn’t believe it at all before and thought they were exaggerating your deed. Ah, I underestimated you."

Zeng YuLan and Song ZiHe, also part of the small group, were smiling quietly with a glow in their eyes.

"Why has the Achievement List revealed so many Contribution Values when the Filth Alien Power has only penetrated the Lead Cloud beneath the Third Realm and not yet fully covered the Fragment Land and the mainlands?" Pang Jian inquired.

"I knew it! You’re troubled by this matter, heh heh," Qi Qingsong began to laugh, rubbing his hands and said, "The Achievement List concocted by the three Divine Countries and the major forces has got me itching to join the fray too."

"Divine Artifacts, divine-level life-extending pills, they’ve all produced some."

"I too must pick the right moment to descend to the Third Realm and join the battle alongside Senior Sister Hu!"

Jiang Yang and the others were also eager to engage.

...