The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 672 - 634: Breathing of the Stars_1

Chapter 672: Chapter 634: Breathing of the Stars_1

The completion of Fragment Land created a mysterious connection between him and the Fifth Continent, almost instantly.

That sensation was eerily similar to the convergence of elements within nature’s spiritual energy.

Through the crystal shard in his dantian, formed from the refinement of Filth Alien Power, he felt as though he was the half-owner of the Fifth Continent.

When his mind stirred, he sensed a power solidifying the earth diffusing from the base of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar into the world below.

That same miraculous pillar, which no longer showed its divine might and was buried deep underground, had always been releasing its power.

It shared the same lustrous divine brilliance, centered on the pillar’s underground core, spreading towards the ends of the land and fortifying the broken subterranean area, ensuring the land would never fracture.

No matter how severely the powerfully bloodlined Alien Tribes struck the continent in battle, as long as the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar stood erect, it could slowly be restored.

"The Heavenly Tribulation Pillar actually has such an ability?"

"Has its standing and protection of this continent always been there, or is it something recent?"

Pang Jian was secretly astonished.

He had thought Luo Hongyan had deciphered part of the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar’s mystery, thereby transforming the sealing power of the mightiest forces of the Fifth Realm into the power that fortified the Seven Continents, keeping the continent intact and unbroken.

"Whoosh!"

The Gold Mountain in the gray-black Fragment Land, immersed in Darkness, suddenly shone with a blinding golden light.

Golden feathers transformed into streams of golden lightning within the mountain’s interior, deeply engraving the mountain’s surface.

The golden sharp way, understood throughout the life of the Demon Emperor Jin Yu, suddenly became simple and easy to comprehend at this moment.

When Pang Jian sought to comprehend it again, the efficiency of his understanding increased by an unknown amount.

"How marvelous!"

Feeling pleased, he wandered around the Fifth Continent again, continuing to collect Filth Alien Power.

Likewise, he discovered that the Filth Alien Power he absorbed anew could not flow into the shard, nor could it contribute to the shard’s growth.

It seemed to have reached its limit.

"Then let’s try another continent."

With this thought, he established a connection with another Heavenly Tribulation Pillar and instantaneously arrived through the power of "Purgatory Gate."

The Seventh Continent, atop the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar, Blood Prison Village.

After Pang Jian appeared, he began to absorb the pervading Filth Alien Power within the village using his own body.

The village was deserted, filled with thick filth and alien power, carrying a faint killing intent and the smell of blood, as if blood had just dried.

A wisp of dark red Filth Alien Power was the first to emerge in the darkness of his dantian, then curled upward.

It did not escape into the gray-black shard corresponding to the Fifth Continent but existed independently.

Pang Jian continued to refine it with his will.

Gradually, it was refined into a dark red crystal the size of a rice grain.

The crystal was full of impurities, with visible spots, not crystal clear, but it was a power that could be utilized.

"The second shard is about to form!"

Pang Jian’s eyes brightened, instantly knowing his conjecture was correct.

In different terrains of the Fifth Realm, by extracting Filth Alien Power through the dantian, one could create shards corresponding to the Seven Continents within oneself.

The Fifth Continent was so, and so was the Seventh Continent!

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

More dark red Filth Alien Power emerged from the Darkness and floated up immediately, causing the shard the size of a rice grain to quickly expand to the size of a fist.

Thus, the embryonic form of the second shard was born.

Next, all he needed was to continuously devour Filth Alien Power, traverse the famous mountains and great rivers of the Seventh Continent, and by measuring the world with his body, the second shard could be created in his dantian.

Then, he and the land beneath his feet could also establish a mysterious connection.

...

Outside the Eastern Lands in the void.

"Huh!"

Li Yuanli, who had been paying attention to the obscure alien land, had a gleam in his eye and said, "A Yao Clan warrior!"

All six bizarre objects, Li Wang, Zhu Ji, and Ghost Mother, ceased moving, adopting the Divine Dharma Aspect form to resist some invasive force and stopped wasting energy flying aimlessly.

The Ghost Mother, who had been quickly approaching a revealed Heavenly Tribulation Pillar, had her eyes closed for a long while.

At that moment, her eyes suddenly opened!

Just as Li Yuanli noticed a small speck of light indicating a Yao Clan warrior, she moved again.

She rushed towards the light far smaller than her "Divine Dharma Aspect" form with even greater urgency, seeming extremely eager.

"It’s still Pang Jian!"

Pu Zhaotian took only one glance and said, "This kid has cultivated the Great Creation Sacred Body of the Creation Sect to a very high level. He can adjust his appearance, bones, and fleshly aura, making himself seem like an Alien Tribe warrior."

Although his eyebrows, hair, and skin color had changed, the spirit in Pang Jian’s eyes, his sharply defined face, still bore a high similarity to his original image.

Soon, starting with Pang Jian, more images slowly emerged.

A village, along with another Heavenly Tribulation Pillar, appeared as before.

"He’s arrived at the Seventh Continent!" Liu Fu exclaimed softly.

"Yes, that is Blood Prison Village," Dong Shangqing said, standing next to the hammer among the six objects. "There is still a great distance from the Fifth Continent to the Seventh Continent. When Pang Jian appears in different realms, the first thing he reaches is the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar."

"On his person, there must be an artifact capable of instantaneous movement; the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar is the clear coordinate,"

"Moreover, he has become more confident, clearly having obtained some kind of advantage."

Dong Shangqing observed Pang Jian’s expression, noticing that not long after he appeared, Pang Jian had revealed a complacent smile as if he had ascertained something.

The thing he ascertained was evidently favorable to him.

While many True Gods were discussing fervently, the Ghost Mother sped through the obscure alien terrain, trying to reach the reference point she sensed before Pang Jian disappeared.

But Pang Jian didn’t linger for long.

Once he realized that staying in Blood Prison Village to absorb power, while the second Fragment Land wasn’t continuing to grow, he decisively left the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar.

As soon as he was separated from the pillar, his image in the alien terrain vanished along with the village and the pillar.

The Ghost Mother stopped, dispirited, for the second time.

...

Beyond the sky.

A dark yellow star materialized right beneath Pang Jian.

The spherical star’s surface had many massive holes as if they led to the deep core, crisscrossing ravines that were equally deep, and collapsed mountains, stones, and decrepit simple cities, with remnants of starships above the star.

"This star is Nameless; perhaps it was once famous, but we are not aware of it,"

"It must be a star filled with metal mines. Those remnants of starships and giant holes leading to the depths indicate that it was once exploited."

"Its valuable minerals must have been nearly depleted, hence it has been left untouched."

"Exotic Spirit Star Devourers and Youkui are in there. Those deep ravines are traces left by the Star Devourers when they descend; be careful not to let the Youkui discover you too soon."

"..."

Han Yi’s admonishing voice continuously leaked into Pang Jian’s heart through the crystal token.

"A dying star, no longer vigorous, it can’t collect much Starry Space Supernatural Ability from the Outer Realm anymore," the Source Demon sensed the state of the star from the tiny world within the sword, saying, "Of course, only such a star, inconspicuous to others, can serve as a hiding place for the Star Devourer."

"To the Star Devourer, it might still hold some value, allowing it to strip away a bit more."

"Be cautious, conceal your aura, and do not release any Divine Consciousness."

Under the reminders from Han Yi and the Source Demon, Pang Jian slowly drifted down, casually selecting a deep hole and descending towards the core of the planet.

This was his first time exploring a celestial body beyond the sky in his physical form; he found everything new and fascinating.

His skin, neither crystal nor jade, felt a kind of metallic "rust" from the air as he sank toward the core, flowing with the outward breeze.

The Nameless Star was dying, but it still had a faint "breath."

Its inhalation involved drawing in the various kinds of Starry Space Supernatural Ability from the Outer Realm vacuum into the star.

The exhalation meant expelling gases through the caverns and ravines from deep within the core.

This valueless star, laboriously pulling at the Starry Space Supernatural Ability, exuded a breath laden with a strong scent of metal rust as it slowly exhaled.

It was absorbing power, and it was also dissipating power.

Pang Jian suddenly thought of Purgatory.

A long, long time ago in Purgatory, the Demon Emperor Jin Yu spread his wings and soared over the First Realm, only seeing a small amount of nature’s spiritual energy beneath the "Heaven Forbidden" at the dome.

Was it "Heaven Forbidden" in Purgatory that absorbed Starry Space Supernatural Ability from outside and transformed it into spiritual energy after purification?

At the lowest level of Purgatory, from the endless Darkness below, there was also Filth Alien Power rising up.

His True Body, while constructing that piece of grey-black Fragment Land in his dantian, could it be the way those pieces of land in the Fifth Layer of Purgatory were formed?

The Seven Continents of the Fifth Realm, were they also originally formed in this manner?

However, the Darkness where his "Universe Box" was located contained no energy.

That void, desolate, frigid, the ultimate Darkness, could it be even deeper beneath the Darkness?

Filth Alien Power shouldn’t have appeared out of nowhere; naturally, it also had a source. So, what was the endless Darkness at the bottom of Purgatory drawing from?

Could it be the Mysterious Fog?

But the Mysterious Fog contained no energy; otherwise, Fan Di wouldn’t have ended up in such a state.

Above the Mysterious Fog was the Boundless Star River, through the "Heaven Forbidden" on the dome one could observe the sun, moon, and stars; then what lies below the Mysterious Fog?

"Bang!"

While pondering, Pang Jian, deep beneath the surface of the star, collided with an invisible barrier.

At that moment, he heard the Exotic Spirit Star Devourer’s mournful soul sound first, "It’s you! Have you come here for me? Or for Him?"

The Youkui had not yet appeared, but the Star Devourer had already noticed Pang Jian.

"Kill Him first, then I’ll deal with you," Pang Jian responded with a soul sound.

"Good! Then you kill Him first, I can guide you, help you find Him!" The Star Devourer’s soul sound was faint and subtle, excitedly saying, "I loathe that God Spirit of the Ghost Clan!"

The soul sound of the Star Devourer carried a sense of clearing the clouds to see the blue sky.

He was dragged here by the Youkui, suppressed and confined, forced to devour the energy of this special star.

The Youkui did so, wishing to have him transform in the way it envisioned.

The Youkui, clearly, had already found a suitable successor, one that required Him to be filled with the power of metal and iron.

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