The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 409 - 388 Weird Land, Strange Objects._1

Chapter 409: Chapter 388 Weird Land, Strange Objects._1

Mysterious Fog.

Pang Jian looked at the giant grey ape stone statue with a hint of surprise, as it reminded him of the grey ape from the Solitude Mountain Range.

The two shared the same form and likely belonged to the same clan, with the only difference being their pupils.

The ice blue, rare, heterochromatic eyes of his old friend and companion stood in contrast to the consistent grey pupils that matched its skin color.

"Unusual phenomena have arisen in the Sacred Spirit Continent. Li Yuqing’s journey, the emergence of the giant grey ape, and the Mysterious Turtle’s words..."

Pang Jian contemplated in silence, feeling that there was something peculiar about this world, which might be related to the Sacred Spirit Continent.

With a thought, he landed behind the giant ape statue and grasped the banner adorned with a Tai Chi diagram.

Within the banner, tainted alien forces and pure spiritual power filled it, distinctly separate from each other.

Unexpectedly, they did not erode or neutralize one another, which greatly surprised him.

This land shrouded in Mysterious Fog was different from Northern Qi.

In Northern Qi, the Mysterious Fog only enveloped the sky, similar to the area where the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land was located, and space existed above the earth.

However, in the land where he was now, Mysterious Fog was omnipresent, covering everything.

For this reason, no power existed here, neither tainted alien power nor spiritual power.

So from where did the two types of power within the Tai Chi diagram originate?

Could they be remnants from a previous era?

Pang Jian, filled with confusion, held the flagpole with his divine sense and his body’s alien power.

The next moment, the flagpole and the banner in his hand suddenly turned to ash.

The tainted alien power within the Tai Chi diagram and the pure spiritual power also became nothing within the Mysterious Fog.

"Pang Jian, don’t touch anything recklessly!"

Fan Chen from the Taiyi Divine Kingdom spoke discontentedly, "There are not many things left here. I need to determine what happened through the objects we can find!"

Pang Jian frowned slightly but did not respond.

The banner was destroyed, but the scene of the tainted alien power coexisting with the spiritual power within the Tai Chi diagram left a deep impression in his heart.

He remembered the words of the Hunyuan Master, who said tainted alien power and spiritual power were two poles of the world, like yin and yang, sun and moon, water, and fire.

His Chaos Sea could be filled with spiritual power or saturated with tainted alien power, but the two could not coexist.

Just as the clans that relied on tainted alien power to grow stronger and the human race that now dominated in Purgatory were like water and fire to each other.

"If my Chaos Sea could coexist with two kinds of power, just like within the Tai Chi diagram..."

Pang Jian pondered deeply.

Fan Chen sighed again, "Time has eroded everything."

He held paper and pen in his hands and, looking at the giant grey ape statue and the ruins behind it, he began to sketch and record something.

"From what I see, this continent, like the Sacred Spirit Continent, was once the territory of an ancient demon clan."

"The demon race was eventually exterminated by the mighty alien warrior tribes, and this continent was hidden within the Mysterious Fog."

"The Fourth Realm must have once floated with several intact lands, but the battles between the races shattered them into fragments by those supremely powerful beings."

Fan Chen shared his insight.

Those who came from the First Realm and had no prior interest in the ancient history that had disappeared in the long river of time all maintained silence.

They were all contemplating the astonishing news that Fan Chen had revealed.

A moment later.

Fan Chen, using his divine sense, inspected the vicinity of the city ruins and said helplessly, "Only skeletons remain; there’s nothing else valuable. Pang Jian, continue to lead the way, and let’s look around more."

"All right."

Pang Jian nodded.

Several days later.

Under Pang Jian’s guidance, the group wandered across the land shrouded in the Mysterious Fog and saw many more city ruins.

They also saw more grand stone statues of different shapes, like Kylin, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and so on.

The situation was largely the same.

Majestic stone statues, resembling guardian deities, stood around the dilapidated cities, most of which were destroyed just like the cities themselves, not a single one intact.

The first stone statue they saw, the grey giant ape that remained seated, was actually the most well-preserved.

The shattered stone statues, the crude and dilapidated city ruins, and the bones of ferocious and spirit beasts.

There was no need for Fan Chen to speculate, as everyone could visualize in their minds and knew that another force must have entered this land and exterminated the ancient demon race.

The valuable beast hearts and horns, sinew and flesh, of the demon race had mostly been taken away by the butchers or corrupted by the Mysterious Fog.

"To think back then, there must have been many lands like this one filled with ferocious and spirit beasts, like the Sacred Spirit Continent," Lv Yan Shu from Pure Land said with a shake of his head, "and now, the only land belonging to the demon race is the Sacred Spirit Continent."

He followed Fan Chen’s terminology, unifying the terms ferocious beasts and spirit beasts.

"The land is not jutting outwards; it’s the Mysterious Fog that’s receding,"

suddenly came the voice of Liou Youyu from the Flying Fish Ship. Without showing herself, she continued, "I’ve sensed it, the presence of Ling Yimo from the Gui Sacrificial Sect."

Pang Jian was taken aback.

His divine sense had the widest range of coverage, yet he had not detected Ling Yimo’s presence. To his surprise, Liou Youyu had.

"Follow me."

The Flying Fish Ship roared through the Mysterious Fog.

Several hours later.

An illusory city seemingly built of greenstone quietly floated in the depths of the Mysterious Fog, like the manor castle of an Alien God from the Outer Realm.

In Pang Jian’s perception, this city was fundamentally non-existent.

It resembled bubbles in water, a mirage, as if it were the empty projection of another city in a different world.

However, right in front of the city gate of this illusory city, there was a row of characters left behind, written in those so-called ancient demonic scripts.

"God and Demon Origin Academy!"

Fan Chen was startled and dismayed.

He pointed at the unreal city in the void, saying to the others, "Ling Yimo might not have lied! Hong Qiming didn’t deceive us either!"

Pang Jian’s heart jolted, and he instantly imprinted those five characters into his mind to compare them with the Source Demon.

It was indeed the God and Demon Origin Academy!

Hu cried out, "Ling Yimo!"

Only to see a shadowy figure wafting about inside the illusory greenstone city, she darted through the desolate streets, flitting by some of the open windows.

It was the very Ling Yimo who had first ventured deeper inside, whom everyone thought was missing.

"Ling Younger Sister! Shouldn’t you come over and explain to everyone why the text you saw in the Dragon Heart is different from what Fan Chen said?" Shen Yanxi called out loudly.

However, Ling Yimo seemed as if she didn’t hear at all, continuing to drift within the city like a lonely ghost.

"That’s not her body, it’s her Spiritual Soul." Liou Youyu spoke softly, "I don’t know where her body is, all I can sense is her Spiritual Soul."

The introverted girl from the Yuan Qing Divine Nation emerged from the Flying Fish Ship, holding the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror in her hand.

She aimed the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror towards the illusory greenstone city.

Pang Jian glanced over and saw only the fleeting figure of Ling Yimo within the Divine Mirror, with no greenstone city or God and Demon Origin Academy to be found.

"Perhaps only the Spiritual Soul can freely explore this mysterious God and Demon Origin Academy."

Liou Youyu bit her lower lip, put away the Mysterious Heavenly Divine Mirror, and looked at the others, saying, "Ling Yimo let her Spiritual Soul leave her body to move about inside. If she can do it, we should be able to as well."

Hu’s face changed, "Is that God and Demon Origin Academy real or illusory? Ling Yimo can’t hear us, could it be that her Spiritual Soul is in another world?"

"It’s also possible that the God and Demon Origin Academy seems illusory to us now, but will become real once the Spiritual Soul enters," said Fan Chen.

"Those in the Soul Wandering Realm can try it," said Lv Yan Shu with a wry smile and a shake of his head, "I’m only in the Spirit Condensation Realm and don’t possess the capability of Soul Out Of Body, so I won’t meddle further."

Zhou Qingchen, Wu Yuan, and the couple from the Ancient Law Sect, who were also in the Spirit Condensation Realm, nodded gently in agreement.

"The Spiritual Soul and the True Body have a sense of each other," Fan Chen pondered and said, "I suggest we don’t rashly send out our Spiritual Souls to enter, but instead find Ling Yimo’s True Body first."

Hu agreed, "That’s right, it’s more appropriate to find Ling Yimo’s True Body and ask her directly what’s going on!"

"Isn’t she in Spirit Condensation Realm? How could her Spiritual Soul leave her body?" interjected Zhou Qingchen.

Then he realized that, apart from Pang Jian, the others were looking at him as if he were a fool.

"Alright, I got it, her soul is different from normal people!" Zhou Qingchen grumbled angrily.

"Let’s split up and look for Ling Yimo’s True Body."

Some used their Divine Sense to scan the area while others formed teams to search around.

Pang Jian didn’t move.

His Divine Sense covered an extensive range; he could see everyone’s movements, and he saw the Flying Fish Ship circle around and suddenly stop.

Liou Youyu flew out of it and landed next to a petite skeleton in a white dress, exclaiming, "Ling Yimo is dead."

Everyone immediately converged upon hearing the news.

They quickly recognized Ling Yimo’s familiar white dress, the blue and purple talisman scripts along its hem, and the Storage Ring.

These were all Ling Yimo’s distinctive clothes.

Ling Yimo’s body was reduced to gleaming white bones, devoid of flesh and organs, but with a faint spiritual energy inside, indicating she hadn’t been dead for long.

"God and Demon Origin Academy!"

From a great distance, at the edge of Pang Jian’s Divine Sense detection, Hong Qiming’s exclamation was heard.

Zhou Yi, the trapped Hong Qiming, and his familiar Su Yue...

A series of figures appeared within his sensory field of vision.

"Zhou Yi, Hong Qiming, they’ve gathered another group and are coming over," Pang Jian warned.

The people, who were still shocked by Ling Yimo’s skeletal remains, jumped again at this news.

"They also saw the God and Demon Origin Academy and are cautiously drawing nearer," remarked Pang Jian as he watched the approaching group. After hesitating for a moment, he added, "Perhaps, we should leave this place for now."

"Pang Jian, you can see them?" Hu asked in surprise.

"Yes."

"They can’t see you?"

"It seems so."

Hu suggested, "Then let’s quickly leave this place and not touch anything on Ling Yimo’s body! Let Zhou Yi and the others have this place, Pang Jian will keep an eye on their every move!"

Everyone agreed in unison.

So, half an hour later, it was Zhou Yi, Hong Qiming, and their group that arrived and successfully discovered Ling Yimo’s corpse.

"Is Ling Yimo dead? Or has she abandoned her body and sent her Spiritual Soul to the God and Demon Origin Academy?" Hong Qiming said with a grim face, looking at Su Yue and Cao Jingbai, "Given the current situation, we must have another person go into the academy with the Spiritual Soul Out Of Body to investigate thoroughly."

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