The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 521 - 496 Development of Power_1

Chapter 521: Chapter 496 Development of Power_1

"This place of yours is really nice."

Yuan Qi, clad in grey, stood tall with a pair of ice-blue pupils, gazing from midair towards the position of The Frozen Land.

He looked at the glaciers one by one, as well as the lake surfaces covered with rock ice, including the snowflakes drifting from the sky.

That world of ice and snow hid a rare and distinct network of extreme cold underground, unlike that of Purgatory World.

"That was originally the territory of an Outer-space Ice Demon," Pang Jian casually explained as he led Yuan Qi to land on a lush green mountain peak in the Panshi Fragment Land, pointing to the verdant region and saying, "Most of the time, I’m over there."

With the return of the Mysterious Turtle, bringing back the Mysterious Turtle Shield he had refined during his level ten period, subtle changes were constantly happening to this Fragment Land.

Firstly, the efficiency with which the Fragment Land absorbed nature’s spiritual energy greatly increased.

Having been to Qitian, the Demon Abyss Continent, and also to Yuan Ji Fragment Land in the Second Realm, he was certain that the concentration of spiritual energy in the Panshi Fragment Land was second only to a few places like the Sword Tower and the Demon Abyss where major sects were established.

In Qitian, the Demon Abyss Continent, and the cities where many cultivator families lived, the spiritual energy was not as dense as in the Panshi Fragment Land.

It could be said that with the Mysterious Turtle bringing that shield into the ground, the Panshi Fragment Land had become an extremely suitable place for establishing a sect or school.

Secondly, he didn’t know if it was because of the Mysterious Turtle entering the Turtle Breathing State, but the white fog and clouds surrounding the Fragment Land and the smoke inside them also harbored hidden forces.

Just now, when he left to welcome Yuan Qi, he felt that the Fragment Land within the cloud cluster had acquired the capability of active concealment.

Even Great Cultivators with profound realms passing by wouldn’t be able to detect the existence of the Fragment Land if they didn’t know it was there.

Lastly, in some special areas, as the spiritual energy gathered and condensed together with the advantageous network of veins beneath, astonishing spatial fluctuations started to emerge.

There was a hint that tiny spaces might form anytime soon.

He knew what that meant—Blessed Land Cave Heavens.

A small world that existed within Purgatory World but was independent of it, this was referred to as Blessed Land Cave Heavens.

Blessed Land Cave Heavens, relying on Purgatory to exist, were akin to a World within World.

Many Blessed Land Cave Heavens could nurture rare veins, spiritual plants, and contained mysteries different from the real world.

And a high-level Mysterious Turtle had the power to form a Blessed Land Cave Heaven in the Fragment Land where he resides.

"The Fragment Land hidden in the Mysterious Fog in the far north of the Fourth Realm, pales in comparison to this one in resources," Yuan Qi said as he stood on the mountaintop sensing the wonder of the Fragment Land, looking towards the adjacent Frozen Land and the bizarre Forbidden Land of the Thunder God.

"Does this place belong to you?" His ice-blue eyes were full of amazement.

Pang Jian nodded lightly.

"There!" He stretched out a hand towards the area where the Ice Tribe lived, and asked eagerly, "May I stay for a while on some of the mountainsides over there, or by the ice lakes?"

"Aren’t you in a hurry to return to Northern Qi to report back?" Pang Jian asked curiously.

"To go to the Saint Spirit Continent, help the Old Rock Bear Bloodline become complete, and aid them in striving for the title of Demon God. Then to go to the Dragon Cave, to invite one of the dragons to Northern Qi to discuss the future path of the Demon Race," Yuan Qi scratched his head and said, "I’ve finished all the tasks they gave me on that side. They didn’t tell me when I should return or even if I need to go back at all."

"You can stay here as long as you like," Pang Jian thought for a moment before adding, "Just don’t attack the people of the Ice Tribe living there; other than that, you don’t need to worry about anything else."

Yuan Qi hummed in assent, then suddenly fell silent.

A faint wave of sadness emanated from him as he spoke softly, "After those loyal little grey apes died in the Solitude Mountain Range, I was left to wander alone. I only know that your father, as well as you, once saved my life. Later on, the Great Demons living in the Mysterious Fog Fragment Land took me in."

"But those Great Demons and the Demon King only wanted me to work for them."

"After leaving Northern Qi, I did what they asked me to do and kept the secrecy they demanded as agreed upon. I have repaid the care they provided over the years, and I don’t owe them anything anymore."

"Boom!"

He summoned his Demon Race true form, transforming into a grey Giant Ape hundreds of feet tall, like an ice peak moving through the void, and flew over the skies of The Frozen Land.

Under the terrified gaze of the Ice Tribe, he plunged down violently, smashing through the rock ice covering the ice lake, and sank towards the bottom of the lake.

The moment he entered the bottom of the lake, Pang Jian sensed that the ice veins beneath The Frozen Land resonated with his own Bloodline Crystal Chain.

Clearly, he was at the lake’s bottom to comprehend the Rules of Extreme Cold that were hidden within The Frozen Land.

"If he too was revived by my father, a Demon God without perishing, and originally a bloodline of level ten, then... he should possess the ability to return to his peak in a relatively short period of time," Pang Jian mused, and suddenly a vision emerged in his mind.

If Yuan Qi, the Rebel Kid, and that Ice Armor Eel Dragon that had reached the pinnacle of level nine each advanced to become level ten Demon Gods and all maintained a close relationship with him,

Could he possibly turn Purgatory upside down?

With the formidable battle power of a Demon God, a single one could match several level ten Alien Tribes and even True Gods of the same level.

If he could influence a sufficient number of Demon Gods, and in the future ascend to become a True God, coupled with his sister Pang Lin and his Shifu Pu Zhaotian’s divine enthronement.

Could he lead the future situation of Purgatory as he wished?

While pondering this, he found the Sword Light Symbol corresponding to Pu Zhaotian in the Sword Command and sent a message through.

"Shifu, I want to take in some of the Demon Race, right here in the Fragment Land where I am. This Fragment Land will be exposed sooner or later. Won’t those True Gods like Li Wang use this to target me?"

This time, Pu Zhaotian’s reply was extremely swift: "Just do it."

"There are no problems?"

"What problems could there be? You are the Realm God of this era! In the eyes of Li Wang and the rest, a Realm God is indeed a link between the Purgatory Human Tribe and the Ancient Demon Clan."

"Shifu, I’m unsure of my responsibilities. I don’t know what I should do in the future."

"You don’t need to know so much. Just act according to your heart. Oh, by the way, since you are confident you have sealed that so-called Original Demon, I will heal my injuries at the fastest speed possible and recover my lost realm. True God Realm, I will launch a second assault. Without external forces meddling, I will definitely achieve godhood!"

"When I achieve divine status, I will be the strongest support you have!"

...

Pang Jian began to brazenly develop and forge Panshi Fragment Land.

While it will take some time before the Filth Alien Power can brew and it is absolutely impossible for it to surge into the Second Realm in the short term, he planned to make this cluster of hidden Fragment Land a heavy fortress to counter the Alien Tribes’ invasion in the future.

Several days later.

During a night illuminated by the stars and moon, an Ice Armor Eel Dragon transformed into a human, along with the White Fox Demon King and several Golden Bee Insects, landed in the Panshi Fragment Land.

"Damn, Purgatory World is really the best!"

"This Fragment Land is so much richer in nature’s spiritual energy than the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land!"

"Alas, it’s a pity I returned one step too late. Otherwise, the one who ascended to Demon God wouldn’t be that Rock Bear but me!"

The Ice Armor Eel Dragon, naturally proficient in the powers of water, cold ice, and thunder and lightning, landed in the Forbidden Land of Thunder God created by the Thunder God and stood in that city turned to ruins.

"I like places with water and forests."

The Ice Armor Eel Dragon looked at Pang Jian and said with slight dissatisfaction, "The spiritual energy is rich enough, but there’s no lakes, no aquatic plants or trees."

Having successfully absorbed the ninth level Long Zhan’s Dragon Heart and Body, he might be the strongest ninth level Demon King of this era. If a position for a new Demon God emerges and if the Dragon Cave allows it.

His ascension to Demon God would be a certainty.

His arrival, White Fox’s presence, and the fact that the host Mysterious Turtle and Pang Jian could still integrate with the Fragment Land made this place become one of the strongest factions in the Second Realm overnight.

Dragon Cave, outside of Sword Tower, Panshi Fragment Land became the third powerful force.

"Creating a world you are familiar with is not that difficult," said Pang Jian, glancing at several areas that had naturally become pits, thinking that it would only require directing water to them.

As for plants and trees that the Ice Armor Eel Dragon found pleasing to the eye, creating them would be as easy as flipping one’s hand with the presence of Corrosion Boundary Vine.

"It’s just, when I need your support, can you offer me your full assistance?" added Pang Jian.

"Without you, I couldn’t have obtained that Dragon Heart, so naturally, you have done me a favor. Also..."

The Ice Armor Eel Dragon, who had ascended to a ninth level Demon King, had its eyes flashing with strange lights, intertwining like threads of memory, "I vaguely remember now, before that person took me away from the Fifth Realm and brought me to the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, my situation was even worse."

"That person didn’t intend to harm me but to help me."

He said somewhat sincerely, "I am a demon, not one of your Human Race, and I know how to be grateful!"

Pang Jian was silent for a moment before saying suddenly, "In no more than half a month, this area will turn into something you’ll be satisfied with."

...

In the Second Realm, Yin Que Fragment Land.

In this Fragment Land with scarce spiritual energy, where too many people from the Lower Realm gathered, a state of anxiety prevailed day and night.

News flew like snowflake papers, and those living on Yin Que Fragment Land heard that Demon Sect, the strongest in this realm, had turned traitorous. Its upper echelons, including Xiang Shengwei, had fallen into the Third Realm with the Alien Tribes.

Soon after, they heard that the Filth Alien Power would continue to rise.

If the Second Realm was overwhelmed by the Filth Alien Power, where would they go?

In a damp secluded valley, Yin Spirit Temple disciples of lower realms, who were not strong enough to fight in the Third Realm, looked eagerly at Dong Tianze.

Individual Cultivators like Lei Kun, Han Ting, and a few others who had been rescued by Dong Tianze, were also present in this valley.

"Dong, is there a way for us to go to the Upper Realm?"

A long-faced woman who had recently broken through to the Hollow Profound Realm said dejectedly, "We are too weak. Once the Filth Alien Power floods in, when the Alien Tribes from the Lower Realm come killing, we will all die here."

Dong Tianze, having left Pure Land and now among the congregation of Yin Spirit Temple devotees, was also at his wit’s end.

Individual Cultivator Lei Kun suddenly asked, "Do you know where Pang Jian is?"

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