The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 666 - 629: Returning to Bagua City_1

Chapter 666: Chapter 629: Returning to Bagua City_1

Beneath the Demon Sea, above the Darkness, thin grayish-black clouds of smoke slowly rose.

These smoky clouds, comprised of various Alien Powers, contained the arid scent of sulfuric magma, toxins that could corrode flesh, and powers of destruction and devastation.

This was what they called Filth Alien Power.

Pang Jian had drawn it into his dantian; after it emerged from the Darkness, it began to ascend, being refined and concentrated by his will, eventually solidifying into a crystal the size of a fingernail.

If nature’s spiritual energy could crystallize, so could it.

However, unlike the luminous clarity of the Spiritual Power crystals from Fragment Land, its refined crystal was filled with spotty impurities.

The various Alien Powers it contained existed within the crystal in the form of these spotty impurities.

Its interior was muddled and full of foreign substances, yet it was also a crystallized energy that could be utilized.

This time, since Pang Jian’s dantian was no longer in chaos but split into distinct areas, it and the Spiritual Power crystal formed from Fragment Land were no longer easily mixed.

This time, Pang Jian felt no clash of the Great Tao and no painful discomfort in his dantian.

His eyes brightened, and he immediately extracted more Filth Alien Power from the ice lake below.

He watched as the Filth Alien Power was drawn into his dantian and floated up from that spot of Darkness, seeping into the grayish-black crystal and causing it to grow continuously.

It seemed that as the Filth Alien Power was continuously refined and infused, that small grayish-black crystal could potentially become as large as the Spiritual Power crystal above from Fragment Land.

"There’s great potential!"

He was immediately excited.

In Purgatory, nature’s spiritual energy and the Filth Alien Power were the two most abundant forces; if he could gather and store both in his dantian, his combat strength would surely increase significantly!

Moreover, he vaguely felt that his dantian was only complete with the incorporation of the Filth Alien Power.

How could Purgatory have only a single type of Spiritual Power?

This vibrant world—if it lacked the Filth Alien Power, without the powerful Alien Tribes yearning for ascension, leaving only the Human Race to fight among themselves—it would be quite dull, wouldn’t it?

The covetous eyes of the Alien Tribes and their repeated battles for ascension also spurred the strengthening of the Human Race!

His dantian, his magical "Chaos Sea," should encompass everything; how could it lack such a vital source of power?

Having long harbored the ambition and idea to collect both spiritual energy and Filth Alien Power into his dantian, today he had finally achieved his wish!

He subconsciously began to amass Filth Alien Power with greater vigor!

The tiny grayish-black crystal, slowly enlarging above the Darkness, transformed into a larger stone.

At this moment, the Black Dragon King, also advancing through the Filth Alien Power’s influence, sensed that the power he relied upon in the ice lake was rapidly depleting.

Therefore, the Black Dragon King angrily expressed his discontent.

Pang Jian, who had been somewhat inattentive, suddenly became fully alert.

Hei, needing the Filth Alien Power and the robust blood energy most, found the innate energy of the ice lake insufficient, and here Pang Jian was competing for resources at such a critical moment.

He truly should not have done that!

"Don’t worry, leave it to me, I’ll find the Filth Alien Power," he said.

He promptly ceased his actions and immediately established a connection with Pang Ling in the Fourth Realm.

He noticed that a ninth-level Elder of the Wood Tribe was surrounded by dense Filth Alien Power.

In the Filth Alien Power of Cloud Marsh, the largest portion was Plant Spirit Energy.

"Not quite suitable, among the Filth Alien Power needed by Hei, it is best to have a richer dark energy. Although the sky of Purgatory Fourth Realm is covered by thick Lead Clouds, there are still dim light sources, and the dark energy within the Filth Alien Power is weaker."

"Only in the Fifth Realm is the dark energy within the Filth Alien Power heavier."

"The Fifth Realm!"

Pang Jian’s heart skipped a beat.

Now, those whose bloodlines had elevated to level ten were partly in the Extreme North Mysterious Fog of the Fourth Realm and partly in the two complete lands of the Third Realm.

The Fifth Realm, on the other hand, was the emptiest stage.

Secretly infiltrating the Fifth Realm to collect dense Filth Alien Power should be feasible.

"Heavenly Tribulation Pillar!"

With this thought, he used the "Purgatory Gate" to perceive.

Within the copper plaque, amidst the hazy Misty Sea, where the beehive once stood, the "seven needles" still existed.

If magnified a billion times, the seven needles would be seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars!

If he wished, he could utilize the "seven needles" corresponding to the Heavenly Tribulation Pillars within the "Purgatory Gate" to reach any pillar in the Fifth Realm.

"Bagua City."

With this thought, teleportation could happen in an instant!

The next moment, he went directly from the Panshi Fragment Land of the Second Realm to the familiar Bagua City.

The endless darkness of Bagua City, exuding rich Filth Alien Power, was all familiar to him.

The city remained desolate, without the presence of Alien Tribes or living creatures.

Perhaps Luo Hongyan had some influence over the seven Heavenly Tribulation Pillars and could sense his arrival, but she should still be exploring deeper parts of the Darkness.

Thinking this way, Pang Jian naturally began to absorb the Filth Alien Power and felt the changes in his dantian.

The crystal, which was the size of a stone, indeed grew at a rate visible to the naked eye.

He remained vigilant and kept a connection with the Mysterious Turtle and Hei.

The Mysterious Turtle, in a state of deep torpidity, did not respond to him but could still serve as his teleportation coordinate.

Hei, who was assaulting the ranks of demon gods, was also his target direction, which would allow him to leave instantly.

He sensed his surroundings, thinking that once Luo Hongyan’s aura suddenly appeared, he would evacuate from Bagua City at the first opportunity, or go to Cloud Marsh to collect the Filth Alien Power.

Thus, he waited cautiously for a moment.

Luo Hongyan, who had erased her humanity, leaving only a cold and indifferent divinity, did not suddenly flash into appearance.

He secretly sighed in relief and grew bolder in absorbing the Filth Alien Power from Bagua City, directly transferring it to Hei through the "Purgatory Gate."

That rich Filth Alien Power, filled with the scent of destruction, magma, and prominently dark energy, he poured into the mouth of the Dark Giant Python.

Hei contentedly groaned in its demon soul, evidently enjoying it immensely.

Lying at the cold, dark bottom of the lake, it opened its mouth wide. The Filth Alien Power streaming out quickly filled the liquid at the lake’s bottom and rose upward through the rock ice.

Fortunately, that area had already been sealed off by the Mysterious Turtle using the power of the Panshi Fragment Land owner, obscured by a cold fog that hid everything.

The Filth Alien Power flowing upward did not spread out and did not create an unfavorable impression.

One man, one Black Dragon, who were obviously in different layers of Purgatory, were both swallowing the dense Filth Alien Power, incorporating it into themselves.

Gradually, Pang Jian noticed that the dark area within his dantian was also expanding outward.

By killing the low-rank dark bat god, this darkness captured the dark energy from the Filth Alien Power, causing the dark range to become even more extensive.

And more profoundly dark!

...

Meanwhile, at the very moment when Pang Jian ventured alone into the Fifth Realm, in the void outside the Eastern Lands.

A group of True Gods, with furrowed brows, gathered beside those six objects, looking at Zhu Ji, Li Wang, and Ghost Mother.

Ghost Mother was still speeding around aimlessly like a headless fly.

Zhu Ji and Li Wang had already stopped, like two tiny stars.

They had manifested their "Divine Dharma Aspects," expected to be immense, but to the outside world, they appeared so tiny.

"There’s a force continuously depleting their strength,"

Li Yuanli observed carefully and said, "Sparks of even tinier light occasionally burst from the border of Li Wang’s Divine Dharma Aspect. Something we cannot detect is constantly attacking them, continuously consuming their power."

Liu Fu nodded, "That must be the case. Otherwise, they wouldn’t need to maintain their Divine Dharma Aspects all the time."

"Does anyone else have any good ideas?" Dong Shangqing asked.

Yin Ji, Tian Du San Ren, Jiang Fan, and even Su Wenrou remained silent.

Pu Zhaotian also wore a wry smile.

Lately, they had tried various methods without destroying the six objects.

Qi and Blood sensing, Divine Sense Inspection, sending in artifacts, Spirit Swords, talismans, pills.

All items cast towards that hazy space and their senders had a connection, but upon entering that bizarre realm, the connection with the various items was quickly severed.

Their Qi and Blood dissipated, Divine Sense extinguished, and the artifacts soon vanished into nothingness.

After trying too many possible methods, they still could not extricate Zhu Ji and the others.

"Pu Pangzi, where’s that kid Pang Jian?"

Tian Du San Ren slapped his leg and shouted, "He’s the Realm God of Purgatory; he can leave Purgatory and return again! In my opinion, only if he goes in, will he be able to bring out Zhu Ji and the others!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt like they had seen the clear sky through the clouds.

They had heard plenty of legends about the Realm God. The miracles Pang Jian performed before and after becoming a True God amazed them.

Thinking it over carefully, they indeed felt that only with Pang Jian stepping in could Zhu Ji and the others be brought out safely.

"Fire God Yan Lie also went to Northern Qi Fragment Land," Liu Fu suddenly said.

"No need to worry, his unique Primordial Spirit has already successfully escaped from Purgatory," Pu Zhaotian responded, "His True Body has been outside all this time and hasn’t returned to Purgatory yet. Even if we want to ask for his help, all we can do right now is wait."

—He did not know that Pang Jian had already secretly returned.

"Ghost Mother has stopped."

Jiang Fan approached and squinted for a better look, saying, "She’s finally stopped darting around senselessly. Eh! Something’s not right; there seems to be a situation!"

A divine light flared in everyone’s eyes.

In that hazy, strange realm, Ghost Mother, still as inconsequential as before despite manifesting her "Divine Dharma Aspect," had already lost connection with the "Qingming Cave Heaven" and could not sense the Reincarnation Pool either.

But suddenly, in that bizarre territory, she sensed something else.

She dashed toward a particular spot at breakneck speed!

That spot was the heart of the void created by the six objects, which was originally empty.

At that moment, a faint, shadowy image slowly began to emerge, extremely thin and minuscule.

Ghost Mother, in her "Divine Dharma Aspect," was looking at what was only the size of a grain of rice, and the shadowy figure was a million times smaller, like a speck of dust.

Even the many True Gods outside had to gather the Divine Power in their eyes to vaguely make him out.

"It’s Pang Jian!"

"That’s Pang Jian’s figure!"

"How did he get in there?"

"When? When did he go inside?"

The True Gods were astounded.

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