The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 386 - 365: The Return of the Great Elder_1

Chapter 386: Chapter 365: The Return of the Great Elder_1

"Like me, its ancestors also gave birth to tenth-level beings."

After the grey ape vanished, Mysterious Turtle sent another message, "If a spirit beast clan has ever had a tenth-level supreme being, even if that supreme perishes, the bloodline of the entire clan will be sublimated."

"There will be some descendants of the bloodline who can follow the imprint left by their ancestors, follow the path of success of their forebears, and ascend to the tenth level once again after enduring hardships."

"It, and I, are both such lucky ones."

With a solemn tone, Mysterious Turtle said, "And it has taken a step ahead of me."

Pang Jian was astonished.

The grey ape he remembered was very different from the previous giant grey ape.

"It is powerful, it has sensed the extreme cold ice veins buried beneath The Frozen Land," Mysterious Turtle said further.

Pang Jian’s mind moved, and he could not help but think of Wulan Lake, where, as Mysterious Fog spread, the waters of the lake turned into solid ice in an instant.

Bagua City was revealed beneath the sparkling ice surface.

"Are you saying its bloodline is similar to that of the Ice Tribe?" Pang Jian inquired.

"Yes."

Mysterious Turtle responded immediately: "My bloodline is close to the earth, the Thunder Dragon of the Saint Spirit Continent is naturally suited to devour Thunderous Lightning. The legendary Primordial Serpent seems to be naturally water-affine, and its grey ape ancestor must have comprehended the mysteries of cold ice to ascend as a tenth level supreme."

"What about the Heaven Phoenix?" Pang Jian asked again.

"In the memories of my bloodline, the Heaven Phoenix... is also called the Bright Phoenix."

"Bright!"

Pang Jian was astounded.

"Our history in Purgatory is more ancient than that of the Human Race, as well as the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm. My forefathers, through the memories imprinted in my bloodline, tell me we were once the true masters of Purgatory."

"Alien Tribes and Human Race are clans that rose after us," Mysterious Turtle stated proudly.

Hearing this, Pang Jian was yet again shocked.

"I can feel that something has happened in the Saint Spirit Continent, which has attracted it to go there," said Mysterious Turtle with slight urgency, "I must elevate my bloodline to the eighth level as soon as possible. Only then will I dare to go have a look."

After that, Mysterious Turtle no longer responded to Pang Jian’s doubts.

Half an hour later.

Beneath the white clouds, Pang Jian released his golden Spiritual Soul to endure the buffeting of the Firm Wind.

The wind was like a blade’s edge, capable of tearing apart the Unstable Ferry of the Blood Moon and the Heavenly Spirit Tower of the Yin Spirit Temple.

His Spiritual Soul floated in the Firm Wind, feeling as though it was also being sliced by blades.

Soon, his Spiritual Soul became like a golden statue full of cracks.

He let his Spiritual Soul sink into the Sea of Consciousness, and with a shake, it transformed into a large golden pot in his Spirit Sea of Consciousness.

Spiritual Power, Qi and Blood, the power of life converged, refining the golden pot with a Secret Skill.

The pot, as if baked by the flames formed by Spiritual Power, Qi and Blood, life power, seemed to be recast, not only disappearing the cracks but also becoming more brilliant and resplendent.

Then, the restored Spiritual Soul once again left the original body and continued to descend into the depths of the wind below.

Again and again.

His golden Spiritual Soul was first torn by the Firm Wind, then re-refined with the secret techniques recorded in the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell," becoming increasingly resilient.

Eventually, Pang Jian had a strange sensation that his Spiritual Soul was transforming from ethereal to solid, just like flesh and blood.

"In the Extinction Realm, the Spiritual Soul becomes a physical entity, just like a flesh and blood body."

As he said this, he had already appeared in the cave dwelling on Litian Peak with the turtle shell of Mysterious Turtle.

He took out the Sword Command, let his consciousness fall into the communication contained within the Sword Light Symbol, and received news from Qi Qingsong and Zhuang Yuyan that they, along with a small group, had entered the Third Realm.

After entering the Third Realm, Qi Qingsong and Zhuang Yuyan had no further communication.

From another Sword Light Symbol, messages about the grand situation of the world poured down like rainfall.

In the Third Realm, Filth Alien Power began to spread!

As he refined his Spiritual Soul with Firm Wind, the war between the Human Race and the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm had officially begun!

The Human Race, in the first encounter with the Alien Tribes, could be said to have won a complete victory!

The armies composed of Cultivators from the three major Divine Countries across the Qian Tian Continent, Xuan You Continent, and various Fragment Lands of the Third Realm, along with teams big and small formed by various major forces, taking advantage of excellent vessels and ships, slaughtered the Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts that dared to show themselves everywhere.

The first batch of Alien Tribes that was contaminated by the Filth Alien Power rushing towards the Third Realm was met with a severe blow by the humans.

The killing Arrays set up on Fragment Lands, Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder, Ground Splitting Thunder, Meteor Fire Stone, Heavenly Poisonous Miasma embedded in dangerous places...

The dreadful weaponry from the Divine Countries and Sects of the First Realm, each exploding with formidable power, led to the Alien Tribes’ warriors bleeding rivers, the corpses of the Alien Tribes and Ferocious Beasts piling up like mountains.

The Human Race seemed unstoppable!

Some Divine Country warships even boldly crossed the dense Lead Cloud and sank toward the Fragment Lands of the Fourth Realm.

Qi Qingsong, Zhuang Yuyan, and others, with the thought of gaining a share, along with other members of that small group, entered the Third Realm in search of Hu.

"Alien Tribes are definitely not that weak; something is not quite right," Pang Jian frowned as he kept an eye on the meritorious list.

In the list for the Hollow Profound Realm, there was still not a single person he recognized.

On the list for the Spirit Condensation Realm, Wu Yuan had already broken into the top ten, ranked at number nine with a Contribution Value of two thousand five.

Zhou Qingchen actually surpassed Dong Tianze and rose to seventeenth place.

Dong Tianze was now at twenty-five, while Zhao Yuanqi had fallen to just outside the top fifty.

In the Soul Wandering Realm list, Li Yuqing was now third, and her Contribution Value remained unchanged.

His second senior sister, Hu, had moved from fifth to sixth, slipping one place.

"The first in Soul Wandering Realm, Jiuli Sect, Zhou Yi."

"Soul Wandering Realm second place, Taiyi Divine Kingdom, Fan Chen."

"Soul Wandering Realm fourth place, Yuan Qing Divine Nation, Liou Youyu."

"Soul Wandering Realm fifth place, Demon Sect, Hong Qiming."

Pang Jian silently said to himself.

Despite being of the same Soul Wandering Realm in cultivation, he committed these few unfamiliar names to memory.

The fact that Li Yuqing, who possessed such terrifying combat power, had not changed his contribution value recently, overtaken by Zhou Yi and Fan Chen, made Pang Jian feel that something was amiss.

Having witnessed Li Yuqing’s strength, he didn’t believe that in the Soul Wandering Realm, Zhou Yi and Fan Chen could truly be more formidable than Li Yuqing.

"Could something have happened?"

Some concern arose in Pang Jian’s heart.

Just then, a message from Chen Weihuang came: "Jiang Ran has returned."

"The Great Elder?"

"Since you’re here, come to the peak."

"Right!"

Pushing open the stone door of his cave dwelling, Pang Jian arrived at the summit of Litian Peak.

Chen Weihuang, with a grim expression, had his back to Pang Jian as he looked toward Heaven Gate Peak, saying, "He has even brought outsiders here."

Pang Jian looked in the same direction and immediately saw a ship, similar in design to the Busted Armour and adorned with the characters "Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom," quietly docked at Heaven Gate Peak.

Zhou Wenhao and Su Yue, their expressions filled with excitement, greeted a tall, white-haired but youthful-faced old man.

The man’s face looked younger than Zhou Wenhao’s, but his eyes conveyed a sense of vicissitudes of life, as he was speaking warmly to his two disciples with a gentle smile.

Also on Heaven Gate Peak.

Lu Xiaolin, Shi Bingyun, and Cai Xin, three Elders standing at a slightly further distance, inclined their bodies in greeting, planning to approach and reminisce after he had exchanged pleasantries with his two disciples.

But he, with a voice as resounding as a large bell, laughed and called out, "Are you all doing well?"

"Well! Everything is fine!"

"Just often missing Big Brother!"

"It’s good that you’ve come back."

The three Elders quickly responded.

"Hahaha!"

Jiang Ran laughed heartily.

He then looked toward the other peaks, where Yao Junhong, Xu Yu, Guanghe, and Wang Ce stood, saying, "What’s the matter? Seeing me return, do you not welcome me?"

"You are an Elder of the Sword Tower, whenever you come back, we welcome you," replied Yao Junhong with a sour expression. "But you shouldn’t allow outside ships to enter the inner parts of the Sword Tower!"

"Brother Jiang, one of the rules of the Sword Tower is that we never allow external ships to dock within the Sword Tower!" Wang Ce also spoke, "Especially the several peaks that represent the majesty of the Sword Tower, they cannot be allowed to host other Sects’ ships!"

Xu Yu and Guanghe also glared angrily.

"On my Heaven Gate Peak, whatever ship I want to dock, I will allow to dock."

Jiang Ran smiled slightly, ignoring the obstacle presented by the four Great Elders, and said, "Astonish Rainbow Marquis, Swallowing Cloud Marquis, please!"

"Astonish Rainbow Marquis! Swallowing Cloud Marquis!"

More disciples of the Sword Tower watching from other peaks suddenly exclaimed.

In the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom, the Astonish Rainbow Marquis and Swallowing Cloud Marquis, who were as renowned as Break Armor Marquis Li Wei, were powerful figures in the Bright Heaven Divine Kingdom.

"Brother Jiang is too polite."

A man in a purple-gold dragon robe, dignified, stepped out first from the warship.

He stood beside Jiang Ran, looking coldly at Elder Wang Ce, saying, "I am Zhu Jinghong."

He did not offer much in way of introduction, only stating his name.

Another, dressed in golden armor, also landed heavily from the ship, smiling at Wang Ce, "Huang Swallow Cloud!"

He was somewhat shorter in stature, but the golden armor he wore exuded a thick scent of blood, and his pair of pale golden eyes, when looking at someone, resembled a ferocious beast eyeing its prey.

"So this is the Sword Tower?"

"See that? The tower floating in the air is the most famous Sword Tower of the Purgatory World!"

"In legend, the Sword Tower was once the strongest Sect of Purgatory, dominating over all Divine Countries of the Eastland during its heyday."

"Hmm, at the strongest period of the Sword Tower, there were five Sword Gods. During that era in the Eastland, all the Divine Kings combined couldn’t stand against the Sword Tower."

"It’s a pity, such a powerful Sword Tower has fallen to such a state."

"..."

The young nobles behind the Astonish Rainbow Marquis and Swallowing Cloud Marquis, priceless in their demeanor, peeked out one after another, leaning over the rail and looking up at the Sword Tower, pointing and making remarks.

Zhu Jinghong and Huang Swallow Cloud turned their heads to glance at them, shaking their heads with a wry smile.

"Brother Jiang!"

Wang Ce, unable to contain his anger, reproachfully said, "The Sword Tower is not a tourist attraction for people to visit! Everyone, every Sect or power entering and leaving the Sword Tower, must abide by our rules! And you!"

"In the absence of Pu Zhaotian, all major matters of the Sword Tower should naturally be decided by me," said Jiang Ran with a casual smile.

He paid no heed to Wang Ce’s scolding, pondering for a moment before saying, "Elders, go the Great Hall for a discussion immediately! Since Pu Zhaotian isn’t here, let me preside over it!"

Without waiting for a reply, he took out a broken sword tip and gently raised it.

Bright sword light suddenly burst forth from the sword tip.

Upon seeing that sword tip, Wang Ce and the others’ expressions slightly changed.

Those who were aligned with him, like Shi Bingyun, had their eyes light up.

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