The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 478 - 454: Extracting the Power of Gold_1

Chapter 478: Chapter 454: Extracting the Power of Gold_1

"Gold Friday Stone."

Amidst the many Gold Friday Stone veins, Pang Jian suddenly felt a wave of emotion.

Once upon a time, the Goddess named Yu Xin worried over a few Gold Friday Stones, pleading desperately for his gifts.

Time flashed by, and warriors from the alien tribes of the Fifth Realm invaded, overtaking the Raging Sun Sect that could nurture Gold Friday Stones, causing most of the sect’s cultivators to perish here.

Those with extraordinary talents like Su Meng, whose souls and flesh contained the essence of the sun, were also sacrificed to the God Spirit that resided in the sun.

"My initial help to Yu Xin also played a certain role. But ultimately, it was because the seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars encountered issues one after another, coupled with the fall of the Heaven Phoenix bones, and..."

In his mind, the image of the Universe Box arose.

Shaking his head, he focused his attention on the present, ceasing his aimless thoughts.

Passing over the golden lightning-like veins, he observed the thick and broad Spirit Vein resembling an underground crystal dragon up close, and according to the Mysterious Turtle’s instructions, he tried to draw pure Spiritual Power from nearby the Spirit Vein through the black and yellow mountain in his dantian.

With a ripple of thought, he habitually used the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell," envisioning his dantian as a luminous green Spirit Pot.

"Whoosh!"

From within the crystal dragon-like underground Spirit Vein, specks of light flared out like shooting stars, pouring into his dantian like moths to a flame.

These specks weren’t fog-like Spiritual Energy, nor were they liquid Spiritual Power; they were solid crystals, just like the pieces of luminous green land within his dantian.

With his Spiritual Soul penetrating in insight, Pang Jian saw these tiny crystal pieces directly connect with his own piece of luminous green land.

At the same time,

from the special vein nurturing Gold Friday Stones, also flew out golden-red specks of light, which were also solid substances.

"Crack!"

The fragments resembling Gold Friday Stones were pulled into the Chaos Sea by the massive Spirit Pot and instantly split into two types of energy. One rose up into the air, flying into the sun that hung high in the sky,

while the other energy slowly accumulated on top of his piece of luminous green land, forming a miniature mountain.

The mountain was pure gold, containing refined sharp power of gold, and it kept on growing.

"A brand new power, the Power of Gold in the Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!"

Pang Jian’s eyes shone with excitement as he looked at the rare veins beside him, all being pried open by his Chaos Sea, continuously infusing bits of sharp gold and the fierce sun power into his body.

"The dantian Spiritual Sea was initially shaped like the sea, later becoming the dantian. This piece of luminous green land seems to be the dantian!"

With a stirring in his mind, he suddenly realized that the cultivation system built by the Human Race painstakingly named the mysteries of the human body. It wasn’t a matter of random, careless naming.

The vast Spiritual Sea of before was formed by the convergence of vast Spiritual Power, hence called the Spiritual Sea.

Now, this piece of luminous green land was created by even more pure and condensed Spiritual Power solidifying from liquid into solid, thus the so-called "dantian."

This dantian, like a real piece of land in Purgatory, could create many mysteries.

Like now,

within his body, this dantian was directly drawing solid crystal blocks from a Spirit Vein beneath the Raging Sun Sect, integrating them as part of his own dantian land.

Even the sharp power of gold and sun’s Alien Power within the Gold Friday Stone veins were being absorbed in the process.

The continuously converging Power of Gold in the Five Elements soon turned into a fist-sized lump, forming a miniature gold mountain peak.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth — he managed to find the gold component within the Power of the Five Elements.

Looking at the sun suspended above the fragmented dantian land, as it continuously drew power from the veins inside the earth, it too gradually began to materialize.

Inside the heart of the sun, there clearly began to form some sort of precipitated crystals, making this sun no longer illusory.

"Relying solely on the illumination of the sun from the outer world to draw in, the fierce sun manifested in the Chaos Sea always seems somewhat elusive. The eternal sun beyond Purgatory is not an illusion but has an actual core."

"The Raging Sun Sect, with the aid of numerous arrays, absorbs the sunlight year-round, thus forming special veins. Veins within the earth are tangible objects and contain the power to make the sun within me become real."

"Just like the sun, those two moons, and those stars..."

Silently observing the starry sky above the fragmented dantian land, he noticed that while the sun became real with tangible clusters forming inside, the star and moons remained elusive.

He suddenly knew that he might use the same method to make those stars and moons turn from illusion into reality.

When stars, moons, and the sun are no longer ethereal entities but as real as the Outer Star River, the refined powers of the sun, moon, and stars he draws from them would naturally be stronger.

With this, he might truly comprehend the Great Tao Truths concerning the sun, moon, and stars.

HIs realm, combat power, and understanding of both the Purgatory World and the Outer Domain Galaxy might all attain breakthrough progress with this.

"This might also be a direction for my cultivation in the Extinction Realm."

Pang Jian calmed his heart.

Right beneath the Raging Sun Sect in the Qian Tian Continent, he added marvels to his fragmented dantian land with the Spirit Vein and various rare veins so close at hand.

...

Externally,

At the place where Pang Jian first descended, the small, ugly members of the Earth Spirit Clan, relying on their unique bloodline, one by one stealthily sneaked underground.

Those from the Earth Spirit Clan who entered the underground were like a group of wandering ghosts and spirits, drifting and searching everywhere, hoping to find Pang Jian.

Holding shovels, spades, and various digging tools, the warriors of the Earth Spirit Clan moved through the underground as fish glide through water, their divine thoughts rippling outwards in waves.

Three hundred zhang, five hundred zhang below the surface, they rose and dove without impediment.

Yet despite their searching, scouring nearly a hundred li in range, they still could not find any trace of Pang Jian.

After a very long time, the leading level-eight Earth Spirit Clan warrior arrived before that level-nine bloodline Yao Clan powerhouse who had not truly joined the fight.

"Lord Guang Xu, either he can move throughout the depths of the earth as freely as we do and has long since left this area, or he has submerged even deeper beneath the ground." The Earth Spirit Clan warrior hung his head in dejection, saying, "I’m sorry, we are powerless to help."

The Qian Tian Continent’s terrain is vast; if Pang Jian went to another land, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack for these members of the Earth Spirit Clan to search for him.

Guang Xu, the powerful member of the Yao Clan, also knew that finding someone was not easy, and said, "He moves through the ground, and as long as he reaches the edge of the Qian Tian Continent, he can easily escape. Even our level-nine warriors, including the strong ones from the Ghost Clan, face many restrictions in their divine thoughts while traversing underground."

"Forget it, I will talk to Lie Yi."

Guang Xu realized it was impractical to spend too much effort searching for Pang Jian in the underground world.

...

At the other end.

Atop the mountain that once belonged to Red Mountain, Dazzling Shadow of the Devil Scale Tribe was throwing a tantrum on the peak.

After Lie Yi’s request, apart from Dazzling Shadow’s father Li Bai, several level-ten warriors from the Fifth Realm had agreed to Lie Yi’s effort to eradicate Pang Jian from the Qian Tian Continent.

The rash promises she had offered were thus rendered null and void.

"A group from the Earth Spirit Clan has mobilized, delving deep into the ground in search for a long time to no avail."

The Devil Scale Tribe warrior closest to her flew from afar, bringing the latest news, and added, "Don’t be angry, Lie Yi is determined to eradicate Pang Jian from this continent. Unfortunately, he has the will but not the means to accomplish it."

"Heh, that’s for the best." Dazzling Shadow took pleasure in the misfortune with a smirk.

Now not in battle form and not veiling her face with bright silver scale armor, she possessed an exceptionally beautiful face. Her tall and well-proportioned figure was currently wrapped in a silver-white gown.

The long and massive serrated blade was placed on the stone table behind her, with its terrifying qi and blood fluctuations never subsiding.

Looking at the blood-nourishing pills presented by her comrade and the buckets of high-level ferocious beasts’ fresh blood contained in iron buckets, she raised her long eyebrows and said, "I still prefer consuming beast blood directly."

With that, she picked up the buckets of beast blood and drank heartily, with a kind of boldness.

As for those blood-nourishing pills that she had tried and that could provide her with abundant qi and blood—despite their smaller size and ease of consumption—she casually set them aside.

"The chief said that in the future, when consuming fresh blood of ferocious beasts, it’s best not to do so in front of those beasts—no, I mean, in front of the members of the Demon Race," her fellow tribesman reminded her.

Speaking, the Devil Scale Tribe warrior, who was older than Dazzling Shadow and had accompanied her as both teacher and friend since childhood, showed a hint of infatuation in his profound eyes.

He was "Big Brother," the person Dazzling Shadow trusted most. Having watched her grow up since she was a child, he was willing to die for Dazzling Shadow.

Between Dazzling Shadow and the chief Li Bai, he would staunchly stand on Dazzling Shadow’s side—this was not because Dazzling Shadow was likely to ascend as a god worshiped by the legions of the Demon Race in the future.

It was simply because he had long been deeply in love with her.

"The ferocious beasts are just that, beasts. How did they transform into the Demon Race just by visiting Northern Qi? Our ancestors slaughtered their demon gods one by one and only then did we seize the Purgatory World. Since ancient times, we’ve used their flesh and blood for nourishment and their bones and sinews to forge our tools," Dazzling Shadow said disdainfully, pouting and chuckling arrogantly, "I’m not like Yu Xin; in my eyes, all ferocious beasts are either food or mounts. Friends? Consider the Dark Giant Python as a friend? That’s a joke!"

"Keep your voice down. That’s a decision from above. We have no say in it," warned the man, hurriedly.

"Like the Human Race, the ferocious beasts have held enmity against us for years, helping the Human Race obstruct our ascension time and again. Cooperation? Alliance? Do they not find it laughable?" Dazzling Shadow snorted dismissively.

Just as she was about to speak further, she suddenly saw clusters of black and purple demonic patterns flashing on the blade of the serrated long blade.

The demonic patterns, blooming like flowers, were like the endless abyss of darkness, exuding an air of both mystery and magnificence.

Dazzling Shadow put down the iron bucket filled with the ferocious beast’s fresh blood and approached the blade, placing her delicate white hands over the elaborately patterned demonic markings.

Through it, she communicated with the demon gods from the Outer Domain Galaxy.

The level-eight Devil Scale Tribe warrior beside her knelt on one knee and lowered his head in reverence.

He, too, didn’t dare take even an extra glance at the demonic patterns on the blade that corresponded to the many demon gods of the Outer World.

"You want me to go and kill Pang Jian, seize the Origin Demon Sword, and extinguish the demon soul within?"

"You’ll provide the exact location?"

"I’ve clearly said that Pang Jian helps with my bloodline breakthrough, that I’ve allowed him to leave alive!"

Without releasing her hand from the demonic pattern, Dazzling Shadow seethed with anger and defiance, "The words I, Dazzling Shadow, say will never be taken back! On this Qian Tian Continent beneath my feet, I will not strike at him a second time, absolutely not!"

"And neither will you lot make me retract my words!"

Only after giving a clear response did she retract her hand, extremely annoyed.

The level-eight Devil Scale Tribe warrior beside her turned pale with fear, his shoulders involuntarily trembling.

Even their chief Li Bai didn’t dare speak to their revered demon gods in such a manner or defy the will of the Outer World Demon Gods.

Yet Dazzling Shadow dared to do so.

Moreover, the special patterns on the blade that represented each of the demon gods began to slowly fade away until they disappeared as if, begrudgingly, even the demon gods of the Outer World had given up on their idea.

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