The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 385 - 364 Old Friends Appear_1

Chapter 385: Chapter 364 Old Friends Appear_1

Pang Jian looked at Sun Bin, astonished by his apology.

His surprise stemmed from the fact that he had never thought Sun Bin had ever treated him wrongly. So why the apology?

Suddenly mentioning that Sun Bin had taken a liking to his sister and brought her to the Upper Realm was a kindness!

Moreover, the Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell that had set him on his cultivation journey was a gift from the man before him.

What wrong had he done?

"You..."

Pang Jian’s expression was peculiar, as he shook his head softly, saying, "How is Pang Lin?"

"The young master is undergoing trials outside and has not yet returned to the Pure Land."

Sun Bin bowed his head, recounting everything he knew about Pang Lin in detail.

"It was through that Divine Crane that I knew you had long been aware of the young master’s origins. There is no need to worry about her; the Pure Land is pouring all resources into nurturing her."

"When she returns, the Divine Crane will inform her at the earliest opportunity that you are still alive and have become the direct disciple of Pu Zhaotian."

Sun Bin’s face broke into a pleased smile, saying, "The young master has always been thinking of you and has been inquiring about your whereabouts. Unfortunately, Northern Qi is shrouded in the Mysterious Fog, and we did not dare to enter rashly, so..."

He bowed apologetically again, saying, "It’s my fault, my fault for not taking you with us back then."

"Sun Predecessor, you have done nothing wrong, and I have never blamed you."

Pang Jian shook his head, speaking earnestly, "You don’t owe me anything. On the contrary, because of the Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell and you taking Pang Lin to the Upper Realm, it is us, the siblings, who owe you."

Sun Bin was taken aback, "Do you really think so?"

"Had you not appeared, the fate of us siblings would only have been worse." Pang Jian pondered for a moment and said sincerely, "You are the one who changed our fates, and you never thought to harm us. Moreover, without the Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell you left behind, I, Pang Jian, would not be where I am today."

Upon learning that Pang Jian had become a disciple of Pu Zhaotian, Sun Bin, who had been afraid that Pang Jian would harbor ill feelings about the past, was instead stunned for a moment.

He scrutinized carefully, gradually realizing that what Pang Jian said was not just polite words, but true and sincere feelings.

Sun Bin’s burden lightened, and he opened up his heart.

He chatted with Pang Jian about Pang Lin’s recent situation and told him that the Pure Land had arranged for several Guest Elders, including himself, to collect intelligence in the Third Realm.

The Pure Land was intending to send some people to the Lower Realm to battle against Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts soon.

Pang Lin might also be assigned by the Pure Land to go to the Third Realm after her return, depending on the situation.

After discussing his sister’s situation and feeling reassured, Pang Jian frowned suddenly and said, "Predecessor, having come from the First Realm, do you know where my master has gone?"

"The assembly of the True Gods has ended, and he hasn’t returned to the Sword Tower?" Sun Bin wondered.

"No."

"Forgive me, but my abilities are limited, and I am not privileged enough to know the whereabouts of someone of his stature. I am truly unaware of your master’s current location."

"All right, then."

Afterward, the two chatted idly for a while before Sun Bin left, feeling at ease.

...

That day.

"Humming!"

The Sword Command hummed softly.

From the light representing Chen Weihuang, a message came through, "Master, a True God is entangling him, and that person does not allow him to communicate with the outside world."

Pang Jian, who was refining his Spiritual Soul in his cave, looked surprised and sent a message back, "Why isn’t communication allowed?"

"Matters of men and women, I don’t quite understand," replied Chen Weihuang.

"The True God is female? She doesn’t let the master communicate with the outside world to have him fully concentrate on her company?"

"It seems so."

"Which True God?"

"An Individual Cultivator, Yin Ji."

"Oh, I see."

"The Source Demon, have you interrogated it?"

"I have, and it has admitted that it was its doing."

"Hmm."

Without saying more, Chen Weihuang immediately cut off the communication.

Pang Jian, relieved, immersed himself in cultivation once again.

A few days later, the Mysterious Turtle initiated communication.

After establishing a connection, Pang Jian saw the Fragment Land shrouded in freezing mist, propelled by the Mysterious Turtle’s power, silently flying towards the Second Realm beneath the deep night.

Deep beneath the earth.

The Spirit Vein, the geothermal heat beneath volcanoes, the thunder veins, and the icy blue cold veins seemed to become temporarily connected to the Mysterious Turtle’s body like tendons, controlled by its power, all exerting their force together.

The Fragment Land was like an immensely huge ship, silently levitating.

Watching this scene, Pang Jian knew that the Third Realm below was about to be tainted by the Filth Alien Power.

His mind stirred slightly, and as he communicated with Rebel Kid, he found out that it had vanished from his perception.

"The Mysterious Fog, Northern Qi!"

Almost instantly, he understood that Rebel Kid and Heaven Clan’s Yu Xin had likely entered his homeland, and because they were inside the Mysterious Fog, they were untraceable.

He then tried to contact the Corrosion Boundary Vine and noticed the World Tree, which had deliberately shrunk a hundredfold, blending in among the numerous fierce trees of Cloud Marsh.

It appeared, not at all conspicuous.

After observing and communicating, he learned that powerful individuals from the Wood Tribe had been reassigned away recently and were about to enter the Third Realm above, preparing to collaborate with the Devil Scale Tribe, Ghost Clan, and Human Race in battle.

The Corrosion Boundary Vine, which had taken the name Pang Ling, sensed that the situation was off and thus concealed its presence and shrunk its tree body.

"When the Filth Alien Power begins to spread in the Third Realm, only then will the real first battle between the two sides occur."

Pang Jian had a premonition.

A sense of urgency took hold of him, and he sequestered himself in his cave domain, cultivating day and night, tempering the "Great Creation Sacred Body" and refining his Spiritual Soul in the manner recorded by the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell."

"Pang Lin, if she gets the signs from the Pure Land and decides to participate in the slaughter on the battlefield of the Third Realm..."

"Then, I too shall join the battle,"

Pang Jian made up his mind in the darkness.

...

One day.

In the dead of night, with the moon hidden and the stars sparse.

A fragment of land enshrouded by a faint cold fog quietly crossed over the area where strong winds were howling and settled within a cluster of massive white clouds.

In the distance, a super-large landmass was surrounded by numerous white clouds and various other fragments of land.

"The Saint Spirit Continent,"

Pang Jian gazed longingly at the huge continent that he had passed by before but had never set foot on, surrounded by white clouds.

Behind him,

The Mysterious Turtle, which rarely emerged from the fragment land and was revealing its massive form within the thick white mist, was also fixated on that sacred land revered by all spirit beasts of Purgatory.

"In a while, my bloodline will advance to the eighth level, thus granting me the ability of transformation into human form."

The Mysterious Turtle, with its aquamarine eyes filled with a longing for ascension, bore carapace of black and yellow on its back, seemingly capable of carrying all things, exuding a strange and profound heaviness.

"I can feel that the origin of my bloodline was born on that piece of land."

"There must be something left on this continent that I need. After reaching the eighth level, I will transform into a human and go search there."

After making its intentions clear, the Mysterious Turtle retracted once more into the depths of the earth, comprehending the intricate patterns beneath the Forbidden Land of Thunder God and The Frozen Land.

"Your ancestors had a rank ten being among them. It existed alongside the Thunder Dragon, Primordial Serpent, and Heaven Phoenix, as one of the giants of the same era. It is said that it carried a piece of fragment land, wandering throughout the vast worlds of Purgatory," said Pang Jian.

The Mysterious Turtle responded sadly, "I cannot sense it, perhaps... it has already passed away."

Pang Jian was taken aback.

"I’ve heard of this legend. I’ve tried to sense it with secret skills; when I was in the Third Realm, I couldn’t detect its presence. Now that I have come to the Second Realm, if I still cannot sense it after my bloodline reaches level eight..."

The Mysterious Turtle said solemnly, "Then, perhaps, it truly has died."

"There’s something!"

The Mysterious Turtle suddenly exclaimed.

Pang Jian, who had been staring at the Saint Spirit Continent from the depths of the white clouds, immediately used his spiritual soul to sense the environment.

A hundred miles away, within another cluster of white clouds, something suddenly appeared.

It was a massive grey Giant Ape.

It had sensed the existence of Panshi Fragment Land and now emerged from another cluster of white clouds, heading straight for this cluster under the night sky.

"Strange! In the records of my bloodline, there is mention of the nearby white clouds, fragment land upon entering could become invisible!"

"It shouldn’t be! No creature should be able to know!"

The Mysterious Turtle was shocked and dismayed.

As the grey Giant Ape grew closer, it smelled something unsettling and said, "It sensed the cold, the fog, the icy land below, the glaciers, and those stone pillars standing next to the altar!"

"It is very powerful! The aura on its body is also very strange. This is going to be a fierce battle!"

"It’s level eight!"

The Mysterious Turtle kept transmitting messages.

Pang Jian, however, did not respond; he was intently observing the grey Giant Ape as it drew nearer.

His golden God’s Thought spread out, and when the Giant Ape flew close enough through the void, he finally saw its true appearance.

A pair of rare, huge ice-blue pupils shocked Pang Jian.

The same grey fur, the same ice-blue pupils, this suddenly-emerged grey Giant Ape, who was now over a hundred times larger and towering like a small mountain, was unmistakably the friend he knew so well!

"Whoosh!"

Pang Jian’s body, hidden within the white clouds, suddenly ascended and landed above the clouds.

The grey Giant Ape with the ice-blue eyes stopped in mid-air as it was about to reach this huge cluster of clouds when it suddenly saw Pang Jian appear.

Its advancing form came to a halt in the air.

Surprise and... excitement showed in its ice-blue eyes, and the violent and wild aura on its body was almost immediately quelled.

"You? Is it you?"

Pang Jian asked incredulously.

Its odd behavior and the excitement in its beastly eyes made Pang Jian, who had previously been unsure, immediately believe that this grey Giant Ape, now a hundred times bigger and as tall as a small mountain, was indeed the friend he knew.

Indeed, the grey Giant Ape gently nodded its head.

Its ice-blue eyes flickered with a strange light, and it extended its fluffy arms to point at the fragment land within the white clouds.

"Mine,"

Pang Jian said with a smile, "The entire fragment land is mine. Would you... like to go down and have a look?"

"Don’t let it come down!"

"It possesses the combat power of level eight. I’m not entirely sure I can defeat it! If you know it and can, please make it stay away from this fragment of land,"

The Mysterious Turtle growled with less confidence.

The grey Giant Ape licked its lips.

After pondering, it shook its head and said, "If it’s yours, that’s fine. Our meeting is ill-timed. I need to go to the Saint Spirit Continent. If I survive, I will come to find you again."

Then it howled again and left.

Pang Jian was momentarily dazed, only then realizing that it, which could now speak human language, must also possess the ability to transform into a human form.

Back in the Solitude Mountain Range, it had only recently acquired a sentient spirit when Shangguan Qin had locked it in an iron cage.

Who could have imagined, in such a short span of time, it would not only have advanced its bloodline to level eight but also stepped out of Northern Qi shrouded in Mysterious Fog?

In a moment of distraction, it disappeared from Pang Jian’s field of vision. By the time Pang Jian thought to inquire further, it had vanished from his perception as well.

...

ps: I’m back from climbing the mountain, dammit, it was so crowded, the experience was terrible. If you go traveling, make sure to avoid peak times~