The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 570 - 539 Touring the World_1

Chapter 570: Chapter 539 Touring the World_1

The Dark Spirit Clan and the alien tribes of the Fifth Realm of Purgatory actually aren’t much different.

They too have a power system based on Bloodline advancement, and among them, there are strong individuals who can transform into God Spirits.

Within the Dark Prison, they also have Altars of Praying to God that work in a similar way, facilitating communication with the God Spirits related to them.

Pang Jian had long been familiar with the function of the Altar of Praying to God.

The true purpose of the altar was to serve as a location coordinate that could be sensed by Alien God Spirits from Outer Space, inviting the descent of a God Spirit’s consciousness through certain special objects and certain special people.

As for whether the descending Divine Consciousness would possess someone or attach itself to a special artifact depended on the preferences of the Alien God Spirits.

This Altar of Praying to God built by the Dark Spirit Clan was originally only able to communicate and respond to the God of Shadow, a deity originating from the Dark Spirit Clan itself.

But after Pang Jian entered, a star created inside him with the Divine Power of the Goddess of Cold Crystal suddenly became turbulent.

Then, he was astonishingly noticed by the Goddess of Cold Crystal herself.

The call from the Goddess of Cold Crystal, filled with surprise and unexpected delight, carried no hostility.

With a probe of his Divine Sense, Pang Jian noticed the star responding to the Goddess of Cold Crystal within his Immortal Primordial Spirit Body indeed radiated a cold and bright light.

Through the Altar of Praying to God, through the star in his chest, he could achieve a response with the Goddess of Cold Crystal.

"It’s actually not Purgatory! Pang Jian, where are you?!"

An ethereal will descended from the heavens, landing on the Dark Spirit Clan’s Altar of Praying to God, on Pang Jian himself.

A group of members of the Dark Spirit Clan became instantly agitated!

The Altar of Praying to God, which had shown no response to countless attempts to communicate with the God of Shadow, gave them a major surprise today.

Not only had a vaguely shaped God Spirit descended, but another stream of Divine Consciousness also came down upon the Altar of Praying to God!

"Where I am, what does that have to do with you?"

When Pang Jian harbored no ill will and the Divine Consciousness of the Goddess of Cold Crystal descended, that strange feeling of joy surged immediately.

He uttered a light cry, intending to sever the perception with the Goddess of Cold Crystal.

He had serious matters to attend to, many questions to ask, and naturally, he couldn’t get too entangled with the Goddess of Cold Crystal.

"Could you be lost in Outer Space? Where are you? I can come find you! No, you’re still within Mysterious Fog, just not in Purgatory! Pang Jian, tell me exactly where you are? With your mere level of cultivation, wandering aimlessly through Mysterious Fog, you’ll die!"

The Goddess of Cold Crystal cried out eagerly.

"Mind your own business."

Stepping away from the Altar of Praying to God and severing the response with the Goddess of Cold Crystal, he looked again at the members of the Dark Spirit Clan before him.

The members of the Dark Spirit Clan were thin but tall and statuesque, with both males and females being quite attractive.

The so-called Saintess kneeling at the Altar of Praying to God was a typical example.

Her eyebrows were like paintings, her form graceful, her eyes like pale green lakes amidst deep mountains—clear and serene.

With a thought to his Divine Sense, Pang Jian could clearly see the Bloodline Levels of these Dark Spirit Clan members, the richness of life within their bodies, the toughness of their bones, and the strength contained within their blood and organs.

Seven elders of the Dark Spirit Clan, including the High Priest, had Bloodline Levels of eight.

A few youngsters, along with that Saintess, varied between Bloodline Levels of seven and six.

The breath of flesh from the High Priest bore a distinct scent of plants, evidently, his Bloodline Secret Skill was related to that aspect.

Other elders embodied different auras; some chilly, some with lingering mists, some brimming with the robust Power of Earth, and some faint with Starlight.

Within the Dark Prison, the energy present between heaven and earth was complex, and so their Bloodlines were also quite diverse.

"They possess not just single-attribute Bloodlines, which is quite similar to the Dragon Race, indeed quite extraordinary," he murmured to himself. Gazing at the group of Dark Spirit Clan members who were both excited and apprehensive, he inquired, "What exactly does the Star Devourer look like? Is it possible for a Dark Spirit Clan warrior with a tenth-level Bloodline to defeat Him?"

Upon hearing this, the Dark Spirit Clan members became even more excited.

This visitor from beyond the stars had asked about the Star Devourer straight away—could it be he heard the soul sounds released by Cui Ling into the Outer Starry Sky?

"Cui Ling, bring out the painting of the Star Devourer," the High Priest hurriedly commanded, then turned to Pang Jian and bowed in the ways of the Dark Spirit Clan, crying, "I don’t know how to address you, great one, but please save the creatures of our Dark Prison. Since the emergence of the Star Devourer, He has been preying on the pieces of the Dark Prison, and then three continents."

"The mightiest Dark Spirit Clan warriors, as soon as they emerge in this world, are eaten by Him—soul and all."

The High Priest bowed, and with him, the rest of the Dark Spirit Clan members followed suit.

Saintess Cui Ling too didn’t dare to stand, and maintaining her kneeling posture, she presented a painting to Pang Jian.

His Immortal Primordial Spirit unadorned, surrounded only by a misty Starlight, Pang Jian extended his hand and drew the painting closer.

Examining it, he saw the so-called Star Devourer’s form was actually like a vast net.

At the intersections of the net, there were eye-like organs emitting a cold luster.

Even just looking at the painting, the pupils within the netting made Pang Jian feel uncomfortable.

The lines composing the net, apparently the Star Devourer’s limbs, were clearly not flesh and blood but resembled a kind of flexible material like fine iron.

Within those lines, there was also a faint light moving, akin to the thoughts of the Star Devourer.

Indeed, this was a type of creature Pang Jian had never heard of; no wonder Fan Di called them Exotic Spirits.

If it were not for knowing of these Exotic Spirits’ uniqueness as mysterious life forms within the Star River, Pang Jian might have thought it was a Spiritual Treasure that had developed an Artifact Soul.

In the Purgatory World, the net-like Spiritual Treasures forged by the Heaven Treasure Sect, if enlarged by a billion times and concealing an Artifact Soul within,

Would indeed look quite similar to this Star Devourer.

"Is this thing really born naturally? Not made artificially?" Pang Jian wondered.

A group of people from the Dark Spirit Clan shook their heads one after another.

Avoiding this question, Pang Jian then asked about more details of the Star Devourer, learning that it suddenly appeared in the Dark Prison and was not initially as powerful.

The size of the Star Devourer grew as it devoured Fragment Land, continents, and stars.

Its movements were not fast, even somewhat sluggish.

But every line that made up its body could be used to kill, and it was impervious to both cutting and corrosion by water and fire.

It possessed astonishing intelligence, and knew how to attack with soul secret skills.

It absorbed all forms of energy from the Fragment Land, continents, and stars it devoured, and those lands would turn to dust and dissipate in the Dark Prison.

As to whether the tenth level warriors of the Dark Spirit Clan could possibly defeat it, they currently had no answer.

Because since it appeared in the Dark Prison, the Dark Spirit Clan had not produced any tenth-level warriors, so there was no chance for an attempt.

But judging from the fear on their faces, Pang Jian felt that even if a tenth-level warrior of the Dark Spirit Clan emerged, they wouldn’t have much confidence.

After asking some more about the situation of the Dark Prison, Pang Jian said, "I will wander around in your world first."

And with that, he left.

Once away from the Mysterious Fog, the Immortal Primordial Spirit in the Dark Prison World could absorb various alien powers corresponding to him.

Plants, Cold Power, starlight, the Power of Earth, etc., he could absorb them all with his Immortal Primordial Spirit, and even faster than in his True Body.

That is to say, living in the Dark Prison with his Immortal Primordial Spirit, he was able to be self-sufficient.

The flight speed of the Immortal Primordial Spirit was also much faster than in his true body state; he whizzed through the Dark Prison World like a divine rainbow and spectral lightning, faster than the Dark Spirit Clan’s flying shuttles.

Not in a hurry to approach that yellowish-gray star, he concealed his aura, drifting in the Dark Prison with his Immortal Primordial Spirit.

No matter how much the Dark Spirit Clan people said or how detailed their descriptions, it was not as effective as seeing the world for himself.

This was his first time entering another world with "Prison" as its suffix, and he was full of curiosity and wanted to explore it carefully.

The Star Devourer was put on hold for the moment.

Through his own observations and perceptions, he found out that the Dark Prison was not only stationary but also had no multiple layers.

At the very bottom of the Dark Prison, there was also Mysterious Fog and Boundary Wall, the same as those encircling the sides.

It seemed that only in the sky above there was no cover of Mysterious Fog, enabling them to see the starry sky of the Outer Realm.

Though there was no Mysterious Fog, there were still invisible Heaven Forbiddens in place, controlling the entry and exit of all beings in this world.

Before the Star Devourer came, the Dark Prison had a total of nine continents and some scattered Fragment Lands floating in the inner void.

That, in turn, was somewhat similar to the environment of a layer in Purgatory.

Besides the people of the Dark Spirit Clan, the second largest group on the remaining six continents was the Shadow Clan.

And this clan also had a presence in the Fifth Realm of Purgatory.

The Dark Spirit Clan and the Shadow Clan looked similar, one naturally thin and the other naturally robust.

The warriors of the Dark Spirit Clan were the physically weaker ones, but their souls held more potential.

The Shadow Clan, on the other hand, was the opposite.

Their people were born stronger than those of the Dark Spirit Clan, but their soul potential was much weaker.

All along, the Dark Spirit Clan had been the strongest clan in the Dark Prison, and their ruling status had never changed.

The Shadow Clan in this world is merely a vassal to the Dark Spirit Clan, and if put bluntly, they are... servants.

Dark Spirit and Shadow are the most populous and influential clans, followed by the sparsely populated Sea Clan, Earth Spirit Clan, and Mountain Goblin Clan.

Furthermore, the Dark Prison also had its own beast groups, referred to as Monsters.

The Monsters of the Dark Prison, like the Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts of Purgatory, differed only in name. There were overlaps in species with Purgatory, as well as some species that Purgatory did not have, but overall there was no fundamental difference.

However, the bloodline levels of these monsters here were very low, with even seventh-level ones being rare.

Eighth-level, even more so, he felt none.

All the monsters of the Dark Prison had not yet awakened their intelligence and could not be classified as the Demon Race but only as beast groups.

After wandering around for a while, getting to know the six continents, the clans, the level of warrior strength, and the composition of the world’s energy, Pang Jian had a clear understanding.

The Dark Prison World also gradually became more tangible in his mind.

In terms of civilizational development, the Dark Prison was clearly far behind Purgatory. Perhaps due to its stationary nature, the energies of this world were not entirely complete.

In Purgatory, there are over a dozen Human True Gods, nearly a hundred in the Immortal Realm, and many tenth-level warriors of Alien Tribes, with even more at the ninth level.

Among the Demon Race, at its strongest, there were four Demon Gods alive at the same time, and currently, there are still three.

A group of Alien Gods from Outer Space gathered, watching hungrily over the Outer Starry Sky, focusing intently on Purgatory for a reason.

With the Dark Prison being so frail, not even boasting a tenth-level Bloodline Fighter, it naturally wouldn’t draw the attention of external God Spirits.

"Exotic Spirits are actually key elements for many God Spirits when they craft Divine Artifacts. With the slow speed of the Star Devourer, it might be worth testing its power, and if things go south, I can just withdraw."

Having acquired a fair understanding of the Dark Prison, Pang Jian finally decided to give it a try.

He flew towards that star in the sky.

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