The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 528 - 502 Goddess of Cold Crystal_1

Chapter 528: Chapter 502 Goddess of Cold Crystal_1

The changes in Panshi Fragment Land were dramatic and ever-evolving.

With the massive migration of people and the construction of towns and villages, the Source Demon also gained the power it needed.

The arrival of life and vitality turned this land rich in Spiritual Energy into a place simultaneously nurturing three Blessed Land Cave Heavens.

Everything that the Fragment Land lacked was being transported in coordination with the Sword Tower.

Guanghe, Wang Ce, Xu Yu, and Chen Weihuang had all secretly visited once to witness the three condensing Blessed Land Cave Heavens.

After the secret ceremony, Yao Junhong decided to close off the Panshi Fragment Land, allowing entrance but no exit.

The secrets of this Fragment Land were not permitted to be leaked by anyone.

As the owner of the Fragment Land, Pang Jian didn’t need to worry about any of this.

He was wholly focused on understanding the "Original Demon Fusion Spell" and concentrated on the marvels within his own Dantian Fragment Land.

His Spiritual Soul sometimes sank into the "Heart of Winter," sometimes hid near that Thunder Pond, pondering over various profound Great Tao with a new perspective.

Qi Qingsong and Zhuang Yuyan had also recently broken through to the Soul Wandering Realm and began to quench their Spiritual Souls with Earth Fire in that hidden area with a heart lake within the land.

Zhou Qingchen, who had advanced to the Soul Wandering Realm before them, was already condensing his Spiritual Soul with Firm Wind and Mysterious Fog.

"My lord."

The Ice Tribe’s Second Elder, suppressing the fluctuations of his bloodline, came to the wooden hut where Pang Jian was in quiet cultivation, led by Yao Junhong.

"First and foremost, we must thank you, my lord, for your care and for providing us with a secluded space, ensuring that The Frozen Land is undisturbed," said Bingyuan, whose bloodline had advanced to level eight. After sincerely expressing gratitude, he made a request, "We would like to engage in trade with the Human Race. I’ve recently noticed a trading area of your Human Race in the Forbidden Land of Thunder God area."

"Exchange, the swapping of rare materials, could promote our Ice Tribe’s development."

"My lord, we can’t always stay secluded in The Frozen Land, never to leave, can we?"

Ever since entering Purgatory, they had been restricted to The Frozen Land, yet to leave and experience the local customs of Purgatory, nor allowed to roam the Purgatory World.

Only Pang Jian, the Mysterious Turtle, and Dong Tianze, Zhou Qingchen had often come and gone from Panshi Fragment Land.

Pang Jian finally opened up the Fragment Land and welcomed tens of thousands of Human Race Cultivators, yet he did not allow the Human Race to step into The Frozen Land, leaving the Ice Tribe still isolated.

The Ice Tribe, wishing to truly integrate into Panshi Fragment Land, wanted to meaningfully engage and interact with the Human Race.

Pang Jian thought for a moment and glanced at Yao Junhong.

Yao Junhong, who was in a good mood recently, smiled faintly and said, "As long as those who enter Panshi Fragment Land cannot leave, the existence of the Ice Tribe will remain unknown to others. Until..."

"Until the Tower Master ascends to be a True God, until you have the power to protect yourselves, who can control whether you accept tribes from beyond Purgatory?"

"The Dragon Cave acts brazenly, and the True Gods remain silent, don’t they?"

The collective silence of the remaining fourteen True Gods after the fall of Fan Ao clearly displeased him.

"I understand,"

Pang Jian nodded, and immediately made a decision, "That settles it, the Ice Tribe is free to move around Panshi Fragment Land. I will send out the word, informing those living in various towns and regions, to allow you to participate in all sorts of trading and exchanges."

"After a little while longer, even if you wish to leave this place, as long as you feel you have the power to protect yourselves, I will also agree to it."

Bingyuan was ecstatic and thanked him profusely.

"I haven’t visited the Ice Tribe’s territory in a long time; I’ll go have a look."

Pang Jian rose to his feet.

Before long, he appeared at the altar where the Ice Tribe communicated with the God Spirit and casually sat down.

"Whoosh!"

He summoned the "Heart of Winter," which hovered above his head, and with familiarity, released the Extreme Cold Alien Power from within his body into the six colossal ice pillars beside him.

"My lord!"

The Ice River, the Sixth Elder, cried out in shock.

"My lord!"

The Ice Halberd and Ice Cloud, two level seven Ice Tribe warriors, were also shocked by Pang Jian’s actions.

Up to this point, Pang Jian had not allowed them to activate the altar, to prevent communication with the Goddess of Cold Crystal from the Outer Star River and potential divine punishment.

They had also strictly followed Pang Jian’s orders, never daring to be negligent with the altar.

Today, Pang Jian, who had been absent for a while, landed on the altar and immediately began to activate it without hesitation, alarming the Ice Tribe members.

"Don’t worry."

Pang Jian, sitting confidently, said with composure, "Times have changed. Today, I have enough confidence to handle the will of an Alien God Spirit descending."

"Swoosh!"

The Origin Demon Sword, kept in the wooden hut in Cloud Wilderness, came whistling over, with its sheath and all, landing beside the altar.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Six successive cold and ghostly beams of ice light streamed from the ice pillars into the altar, which immediately turned it into a clear and distinct coordinate for external God Spirits.

...

Outside Purgatory, deep in the cold and dark starry sky.

Atop a star, distant and isolated from its neighboring celestial bodies, stood a majestic palace atop the glacial summit.

This world, cold to the bone, seemed like The Frozen Land magnified a million times over.

Life had ceased to exist here, and within the grand palace atop the glacier, there were no servants or worshipers of any God Spirit.

The whole world was home to just one foreign deity—the Goddess of Cold Crystal.

The Goddess, much like the star she resided on, reclined in the empty and desolate Divine Temple, immersed in contemplating the mysteries of extreme cold.

In the absence of disturbances, Her meditations would last for years, decades, and even a century without seeming unusual.

To Her, time held little significance.

With Her long and endless life, She could afford to squander time to Her heart’s content.

Her dominion of stars was not here, and Her believers were in the starry skies billions of miles away. She wished to travel to this legendary Star River solely because She coveted the "Heart of Winter" left behind by an Ice Demon.

Moreover, She sought to take advantage of the great calamity in Purgatory to spread Her teachings and gather some followers who would worship Her.

She had an intuition that, if Her luck were good enough, She might ascend to High God status amidst this grand confluence of deities.

"Woosh!"

From a multi-faceted crystal shard, a conspicuous beam of cold light suddenly shone forth.

The Goddess of Cold Crystal, with a longish face and a body like ice, abruptly opened Her divine eyes, casting a piercingly cold gaze that made hearts tremble.

"Could it be Purgatory again? Could it be that level-ten Cyclops?"

The lonely Goddess of Cold Crystal, with a mouth curving into an interested smile, made sure to conceal all traces of Her cold power to prevent the Cyclops from hastily severing the connection.

Her Divine Sense was gentle and serene, like the water in a mountain brook, not exuding a hint of chilling malevolence.

With such a benign Divine Sense, She established a connection with the altar that initiated the call, allowing Her Divine Sense to traverse the void and invisibly stream into the world of Purgatory.

...

Atop the altar in The Frozen Land.

Pang Jian, who had been prepared to receive the frigid will of the Goddess of Cold Crystal, at first thought he’d summoned the wrong deity when he sensed the descending will.

Back in the Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land, at that fractured altar, he was nearly shattered by the Extreme Cold Divine Power!

The Goddess of Cold Crystal, who had taken the Ice Demon’s place and ruled that star domain, how could Her descending Divine Consciousness be so amicable?

"Perhaps I was mistaken."

Pang Jian’s Spiritual Soul, which should have been highly aggressive, found itself disarmed by the lack of any malicious intent, leading him to assume that a different deity had arrived and prompted him to reach out harmlessly in return.

As he resolved not to attack, the mark of the "Sword of Joy" within his Divine Sense suddenly took effect.

Thus, the Goddess of Cold Crystal, intending to have a sincere communication with the Cyclops Aman and develop the Cyclops Clan into devoted followers, connected with Pang Jian through the altar.

The Goddess of Cold Crystal in the outer starry sky trembled suddenly.

The Goddess of Cold Crystal, who had known no romance before Her ascension and was unacquainted with the pleasures of men and women, now experienced what the Moon Goddess had.

For the first time, She savored the joy of love between man and woman.

This Goddess, who had always been solitary and even extreme in Her actions, fell into rapture in an instant.

...

Above the altar in The Frozen Land.

Pang Jian, standing proudly, with the "Heart of Winter" above him and the Origin Demon Sword in hand, remained stiff and motionless.

Around him, a group of Ice Tribe warriors stood as if facing a formidable enemy.

In the air, Yao Junhong of the Immortal Realm churned with Sword Intent in his sleeves, and Yuan Qi, submerged in the Ice Lake, also emerged.

They all detected the arrival of an unfamiliar Divine Consciousness.

A deity from the Outer Starry Sky had sent a part of Her Divine Consciousness through the altar capable of connecting to Her, directly into Pang Jian’s body.

Could She be attempting Possession?

They watched Pang Jian closely, observing his subtle expressions, and felt... it didn’t quite seem right.

In time, Pang Jian, beads of sweat forming on his face and neck, began to feel a deep sense of fatigue.

The ultimate pleasure, while not everlasting, could become exhausting.

"Uh... I’m a bit tired," Pang Jian conveyed with his Divine Sense.

His spirit, in an instant, crossed the vast emptiness and reached the desolate palace where the Goddess of Cold Crystal resided.

In that moment, he was like an Alien God Spirit, projecting his Divine Consciousness onto the Goddess of Cold Crystal in response to the connection.

The Goddess, with an icy and slender oval face, as if she were a finely sculpted ice statue, licked her lips, still wanting more, and said, "Because of you, I am willing to bestow Divine Grace and spare those Ice Tribe people struggling to survive in Purgatory."

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