The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 565 - 535 Realizing Oneself_1

Chapter 565: Chapter 535 Realizing Oneself_1

In the endless Mysterious Fog, Pang Jian pondered the marvels of the Immortal Primordial Spirit.

Unlike a flesh and blood body, existing in the Mysterious Fog as the Immortal Primordial Spirit didn’t cause any corrosion or contamination to his specially constructed form.

He recalled initially, when they rode the Sword Boat to the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, everyone had to manifest a Spiritual Power Strong Shield.

Only by doing so could they resist the terrifying corrosive force of the Mysterious Fog.

In the distance, he sensed a being like a lion or tiger, in the form of a colossal mountain range of bones, stretching tens of thousands of feet.

This godly creature of a different kind, having lost its way in the Mysterious Fog, couldn’t find an exit.

Its flesh and entrails had long been eroded away, leaving only its skeleton behind.

It had been wandering and suffocating for years, its power continuously depleting, reaching a state where it could barely hang on.

By contrast, having discarded his physical body and entering the Mysterious Fog as the Immortal Primordial Spirit, that fog... felt like ordinary grey smoke to him.

It was merely boundless and vast.

In the Mysterious Fog, no Alien Power contaminated his Immortal Primordial Spirit, nor did it corrode his Soul Power.

That is to say, if he didn’t engage in battle or wildly consume his own strength, he could maintain his current state for a very long time within the Mysterious Fog.

And that was crucial.

It meant that even if he lost connection with his True Body, even if he got lost in the Mysterious Fog, he could still survive independently for a long time.

Furthermore, if he could enter a world with "prison" in its name, akin to Purgatory, he could replenish his strength with the power of those worlds.

"A Thunder God’s perceptive power in the Mysterious Fog seems to be inferior to mine."

Pang Jian could see that lion-or-tiger-like existence, seeing it crash against the Boundary Wall of a realm, yet it was completely unaware of Pang Jian’s presence, hiding and spying on it in the Mysterious Fog.

"I’m also not sure how much combat power it still retains, or whether my current Immortal Primordial Spirit form could withstand one or two of its attacks."

Pang Jian hovered in the Mysterious Fog in his original human form, meticulously inspecting himself.

He felt the power he possessed.

In the form identical to his physical body, the Immortal Primordial Spirit had bones, and within each segment of bone, the Great Tao mysteries he had comprehended were branded.

A segment of pure white bone radiated coldness, with cold flows rippling around it.

Within the bone, fine electric lights and mysterious icy patterns intertwined.

With a thought, he knew those fine electric lights and patterns corresponded to the "Ice Soul Demon Sutra," "Cold Ice Tao Skill," "Extreme Cold Sword Dao," and many other profound ice doctrines.

A segment of bright green bone, surrounded by Thunder and Lightning, had patterns of lightning printed on it.

Thunderbolt Spell, Mysterious Heavenly Divine Thunder Skill, Exterminate Thunder Method, Heaven Thunder Chant, and many of the Thunderbolt Sword Dao techniques passed down by Pu Zhaotian, as perceived through the Thunder Pond, also existed in the bones in the form of lightning imprints.

A segment of black bone, with clear and mysterious demon patterns.

Original Demon Fusion Spell, Demon Sky Spell, Demon Tao Turth, Tao of Demonic God’s Transformation—all similar Demonic Skills were also hidden within.

Looking further through the segments of bone, he was astonished to find that the subtle skills he had understood over the years were all imprinted within the bones, becoming part of his Immortal Primordial Spirit.

Within the Immortal Primordial Spirit Body, surprisingly, suns, moons, and stars were scattered like orifices in all directions, filling every part of his chest cavity.

Each contained immense Alien Power, whether it be the essence of the sun, moonlight, or Star Power.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that if his Immortal Primordial Spirit were not in the Mysterious Fog, but above it in the real starry sky,

the suns, moons, and stars existing within his Immortal Primordial Spirit Body could refine power from the actual celestial bodies and merge it into himself!

The bones were a vessel for the Tao, and the celestial bodies were like orifices or organs.

Beyond this, there was a chaotic mixed energy that filled everywhere within the Immortal Primordial Spirit.

Thunderbolt, Cold Ice, flames, earth, golden radiance, plants—all sorts of powers once refined in his Dantian Fragment Land coexisted within the Immortal Primordial Spirit Body.

It felt like a complex and variable collection of Starry Space Supernatural Abilities from beyond the heavens.

And it seemed like the Filth Alien Power spoken of in the Fifth Realm.

Bones of the Great Tao, Chaotic Alien Power, celestial bodies as orifices and organs, and the brain region as pure and vast Soul Power.

The more Pang Jian deeply contemplated this strange Immortal Primordial Spirit, the more he felt it contained endless profound mysteries.

He, himself, seemed like a great treasure trove among heaven and earth.

He gradually realized that his Immortal Primordial Spirit and those True Gods must have substantial differences.

He could step out of Purgatory with his Immortal Primordial Spirit, it could genuinely free itself from the physical shackles, and live independently between heaven and earth.

Moreover, it still possessed the potential to continue breaking through and advancing.

"It’s a pity I don’t have my sword in hand. Various profound Secret Skills, Chaotic Sword Skill, I wonder if they can be executed with the Immortal Primordial Spirit."

After mulling it over, he attempted to use his finger bones as a sword, or as long spears.

He tried to execute the simplest "Moon Blade."

The moon within him shone faintly, with corresponding Moon Blade patterns and secret currents activating. Instantly, Moon Energy flowed like rainbow light towards his palm, arm, back, chest, and abdomen.

The Moon Blade could form instantly from anywhere within his Immortal Primordial Spirit!

In just a moment, his Immortal Primordial Spirit, hovering in the Mysterious Fog, filled with dozens of Moon Blades.

These Moon Blades contained all the moon mysteries he had comprehended and exuded a mysterious and slightly cold aura, as sharp as real blades.

And every Moon Blade was inextricably linked with the Immortal Primordial Spirit.

He could enhance any Moon Blade once again with moonlight, allowing that one Moon Blade’s lethality to surge.

"How marvelous!"

After a minor demonstration of his skill, Pang Jian was in no hurry to meet that lion-or-tiger-like Thunder God, no hurry to explore that world similar to Purgatory.

From Silver Moon Ring, to Astonishing Edge, to Origin Sun Spell, Star Flow Skill, and then to Milky Way Fission.

Through the many spells and secret skills he could now wield with his Immortal Primordial Spirit, all the Daoist methods seemed to suddenly possess a soul and were imbued with deeper, more profound intricacies.

The simplest Moon Blade could turn decay into miracles, transforming into a vast sea of countless Moon Blades.

Stars Bursting Skill, Ground Flame Spell, Illusion Skill.

All sorts of mixed techniques, when activated by the Immortal Primordial Spirit, harmonized with a natural rhythm, like an antelope hanging its horns, as boundless as a celestial steed soaring through the skies, leaving no trace.

Gradually, he began to integrate and merge them, leveraging the true advantage of his "Chaos Divine Path."

Chaos, after all, was always ordered.

The many mysteries of the techniques he had awakened and the ultimate truths of the sword technique could be orderly arranged by him.

And powers of similar nature, once fused through the "Great Tao of Chaos," saw their might multiply dramatically, stacking upon each other.

The True Essence of Sword Tao, which Shifu Pu Zhaotian had imparted to him wholeheartedly, became clear and distinct after the formation of the Immortal Primordial Spirit. He assimilated and rejuvenated, he replaced the old with the new.

Once the Immortal Primordial Spirit solidified, and he ventured into Mysterious Fog, he stabilized his realm and searched for a new path suited to him.

He was utterly unaware of the passage of time.

...

Who knows how much time had passed.

That entity, as formidable as a lion or tiger, ultimately failed to tear apart the Boundary Wall of another world. It once again drifted disappointedly through Mysterious Fog, continuing its arduous search for an escape.

Its power was nearly depleted, and it knew its end was near.

Especially since it faintly sensed that some beings, as mighty as itself or even stronger than it at its peak, were now casting their attention toward the Mysterious Fog where it resided.

Its Divine Power was less than one-tenth of what it had been at its peak.

It knew that if it carelessly encountered those transcendent beings like itself, it would face certain death.

Unable to return home and unable to break through those world’s Boundary Walls, it felt increasingly desperate and powerless.

It wandered aimlessly, unwilling to succumb to fate, still refusing to accept its plight.

Then, it happened upon Pang Jian by chance.

It stopped abruptly, watching a golden colossal shadow akin to itself, dancing alone in the depths of the desolate Mysterious Fog.

Lightning flashed, yielding a blinding sea of deep Thunderbolt, within which lay the core truths of Thunder, profound enough to move even itself.

Extreme Cold Ice Power congealed into a crystal-clear ice sphere, hanging like a star beneath this person’s feet.

Then, in an instant, it was drawn back into his body.

There were stars, suns, and moons, refined from power, surrounding this person, as if by pure imagination, he had manifested a splendid Star River, making it appear magnificently real.

Instantly, that too was drawn back into his body.

To retract them into his body was clearly to avoid wasting power.

It watched from the shadows for a long time, dazzled and incredulous.

This was a peculiar new divine being, performing a void evolution of God Tao for the first time, fine-tuning the Great Tao he had comprehended.

However, the Divine Paths this god was involved in were far too diverse.

Could such a being also ascend to divinity?

Where did his followers come from, from where did his native land lie, in what kind of world could such a bizarre god be born?

Thunder God Fan Di had too many questions.

When Pang Jian finally stopped, he spoke somewhat uneasily, "Your Excellency... "

This being, shaped like a lion or tiger, with a body spanning thousands of feet from the Outer Realm, Thunder God, Pang Jian had seen more than once.

During his time in the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, it abruptly emerged from the fissures of space, and during the "Purgatory Gate" absorption of void Alien Power, it even provided precise coordinates.

At that time, the "Purgatory Gate" even possessed the strength to allow it to reach Purgatory World.

—— Had it not been forcibly halted by Pang Jian.

In the depths of the Mysterious Fog outside the Absolute Sky Forbidden Land, a Golden Bee Insect noticed it, saw it furiously striking the Boundary Wall of Purgatory, like an insignificant fly repeatedly slamming into a lofty iceberg.

Ultimately, it returned disappointed without success and continued to drift through Mysterious Fog.

Years later, Pang Jian finally met it in the flesh, with his Immortal Primordial Spirit form, in the Mysterious Fog outside Purgatory.

It was evident that it... was somewhat uneasy, with a mix of anticipation and wariness.

Pang Jian, who still harbored some doubts about his own strength and combat power, felt emboldened by its caution and unease, and thus said, "We have come into contact several times before."

Fan Di was startled, and within his eyeless sockets, twin vortices of faint electricity crackled and hissed.

Behind him, wide giant bone wings were filled with golden Thunder and Lightning.

"Contacted before?" It asked carefully.

"There was a spatial rift that burst open, with precise coordinates emanating from it. You tried to enter. Also, at a Boundary Wall, you furiously tried to breach it while I was on the other side. Presumably, you must have actually felt the presence of a Strange Treasure containing the highest Thunder Principal, and for that, you were once agitated."

"To get to the point, I come from Purgatory. Where do you hail from?" Pang Jian asked, unfathomably.

Thunder God Fan Di, deeply shocked by his words, suddenly remembered those past events.

"Purgatory, Human Race, God of the Human Race!"

Moments later, the Thunderous Lightning on Fan Di’s golden skeletal frame began to withdraw, one strand at a time.

The sea of electricity within its eye sockets also quieted down.

"To think that a god of the Human Race who emerged from Purgatory could still be alive after leaving that world," Fan Di remarked in surprise, scrutinizing Pang Jian. "It turns out that what I had come in contact with was actually the Boundary Wall of Purgatory."

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