The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 686 - 648: Pang Jian’s Realization_1

Chapter 686: Chapter 648: Pang Jian’s Realization_1

Fifth Realm, amidst the grey and enveloping Mysterious Fog that bordered the Boundary Wall.

Pang Jian stood in silence.

At this moment, pure and robust Filth Alien Power was flowing into his Spirit Sea of Consciousness above his dantian from the seven pieces of Fragment Land, strand by strand.

A filthy essence from the Darkness, entwined with his Second Soul, gradually solidified those strands of Filth Alien Power.

During this process, he maintained a close connection with the seven continents of the Fifth Realm at all times.

As the Filth Alien Power from the seven pieces of Fragment Land above his dantian rapidly diminished and flew away, the Fragment Land also swiftly shrank in size.

Yet, in his Sea of Consciousness, pieces of the Bronze-faced God’s God Status shards mixed with Filthy Essence and his Second Soul were being forcefully merged and filled by the Alien Power from the Dantian Fragment Land.

Though the reason was unknown, he knew he had once again broken convention, incorporating Filthy Essence into his body as a member of the Human Race, starting a new round of transformation for his realm.

He did not know how long this would last, nor did he have any clue how much Filth Alien Power would be needed to sustain this transformation.

All he felt was that it would be unwise to leave the Fifth Realm for now.

If the Filth Alien Power within him was insufficient, he would need to find a way to break into those seven continents and snatch power to sustain the forging of his Spiritual Soul.

As his thoughts flowed, he felt his Immortal Primordial Spirit drifting further from his true body, a decision he had made earlier.

This was done to avoid the deities of the Outer Realm sinking into the Mysterious Fog Sea and setting numerous traps near Purgatory.

Since his true body couldn’t return immediately, when his Second Soul sank into the Spirit Sea of Consciousness and began merging with the Filthy Essence, he was powerless to open the "Purgatory Gate" again.

But, through the brief stay of his true body, he had communicated with the Bronze-faced God.

Having learned of the Bronze-faced God’s identity and background, once his Primordial Spirit could safely depart and re-enter the Outer Star River, he would attempt to contact the Bronze-faced God.

The current predicament of the Human Race in the outer Star River, everything, he could understand through the Bronze-faced God.

The Bronze-faced God was a bridge connecting him with the Human True Gods of the outside world, which was vital for him.

However...

Since his Primordial Spirit did not return, his safety in the Mysterious Fog of the Fifth Realm of Purgatory was actually not guaranteed.

Suddenly!

Qi Xu of the Flame Clan materialized as a Flaming Meteor, whistling towards him.

Many flame crystals mingled with sparks, darting around chaotically like birds in the Misty Sea.

Her power spread everywhere in the Mysterious Fog through those crystals and sparks.

She swiftly pinpointed the location, finding the strange powerful being who had attracted a stream of Filthy Essence and was rushing toward the peak of level ten strength.

In the Misty Sea, that tall and handsome man, with hair and eyebrows both red, had prominent sun patterns on his forehead and parts of his body.

His body surged with an incredibly rich Filth Energy, his eyes slightly narrowed, his face filled with confusion as if pondering some difficult problem.

As Qi Xu suddenly arrived, his calm and resolute gaze shifted over immediately.

And in that instant, Qi Xu’s mind exploded.

"Pang Jian!"

At the moment of eye contact, Qi Xu instantly recognized that the man in front of her, posing as a Yao Clan warrior, was the Pang Jian who had recently escaped the Mysterious Fog!

The two Pang Jians gave her the same impression, yet they were not the same body.

"It’s you again."

Pang Jian frowned.

His hair and brow color swiftly returned to black, and the sun patterns on his forehead and neck also abruptly disappeared.

His eyes flickered for a moment, as Pang Jian thought to himself that if things went south, he would cross the Boundary Wall and escape back into the external Misty Sea.

"Was it you who drew upon a stream of Filthy Essence?"

As Pang Jian pondered, Qi Xu suddenly came to her senses and screamed, "Human Race, how can a true God achieve this, how can you draw upon our Filthy Essence?"

Wasn’t that supremely dense Filthy Essence, detectable only by those at the peak of level ten strength, present within Pang Jian’s body?

If not Pang Jian pulling on the Filthy Essence, then who?

Qi Xu’s eyes were filled with bizarre intensity.

"The fate of the upper layer of Purgatory, and the filthy essence of power from the lower layer, seem not to be strict in choosing their bearers," Pang Jian said calmly.

As he spoke, he secretly tried to establish a connection with the "World Tree" Pang Ling and the Black Dragon King, who was also striving to break through to the Demon God level, including the Bee King in the Misty Sea of the Second Realm.

The connection still existed!

Not only that, but when an anomaly occurred in his Spirit Sea of Consciousness, it seemed that with just a slight distraction, he could instantly teleport.

Opening a spatial rift with the "Purgatory Gate" to guide back his Primordial Spirit from outside of Purgatory seemed not so easy for him at the moment.

However, inside Purgatory itself, teleportation was not affected.

This discovery gave him a quiet sigh of relief.

"Do you mean that beings from the Fifth Realm like me can also influence fate and achieve level ten?"

Qi Xu didn’t rush to act.

Her eyes, which seemed to have flames burning within them, locked onto the Boundary Wall behind Pang Jian, worried that he might once again vanish silently.

"Three thousand years ago, it was your Fifth Realm clans that lived in the upper reaches of Purgatory."

"What do you think?"

Pang Jian retorted.

Qi Xu paused for a moment and said, "Are you suggesting that, before your Human Race became dominant, clans like ours also relied on nature’s spiritual energy to temper their bodies, and on spiritual power and fate to advance to level ten?"

"Don’t you have any records of that?" Pang Jian asked in surprise.

"No, I’m unaware of that."

Qi Xu considered for a moment and realized that what Pang Jian said must be true.

However, the attribute-less and overwhelmingly gentle nature’s spiritual energy of the Upper Realm was not the best route for powerful bloodline clans like hers.

Filth Alien Power, with its complex characteristic that combines various alien forces, including powers that destroy, corrode, and wreak havoc internally, helped in shattering and then reconstituting their flesh and blood.

"Fate, for the vast majority of people, has a uniqueness. And clans like yours, with predetermined bloodlines, are in fact more suited to achieving the strongest status through fate."

"The Human Race doesn’t possess what is called a bloodline; they are born as blanks. If the Human Race lived in the Fifth Realm and could survive, then perhaps they would be more suited to the characteristics of the filthy essence."

Pang Jian felt his own changes and elucidated the characteristics of Filth Alien Power and Spiritual Power, based on his recent insights.

He too had felt confused and lost before.

But when that Filth Essence fused with his Spirit Sea of Consciousness and his Second Soul and drew Filth Alien Power, he suddenly understood many things.

He shared these insights with Qi Xu, but he also wanted to clarify them for himself.

"Let’s not discuss my special case due to the Chaos Sea."

"Before me, those Human True Gods all ascended to True God status using some special power."

"Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Thunder and Lightning, Cold Ice, Sun, Moon, and Stars—each True God could only choose one power and, after mastering it to the utmost, would attempt to draw on fate to achieve Divine Enthronement."

"You, Qi Xu, ascended to level ten using the flames in your bloodline, Lie Yang is the great sun, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains is the mountain, and the two fallen powers of the Ghost Clan, both used some kind of profound truth related to the soul."

"However, this doesn’t mean you can only do so because of your innate bloodlines."

"The characteristic of Filth Alien Power is to allow multiple forces to coexist, allowing the attainment of the strongest status through various powers."

"If your bloodline, Qi Xu, contained multiple attributes of power, when you ascended to level ten, all the powers of those various attributes would transform together."

"The singularity of your bloodlines seems more suited to nature’s spiritual energy, more conducive to drawing on a single fate."

"We are born without bloodlines, with blank insides. If the Human Race could survive under the influence of Filth Alien Power and collected it through the human cultivation system..."

"Then the Immortal Realm warriors of the Human Race, when becoming gods and drawing upon the Filthy Essence, could possibly advance multiple attribute-spell techniques simultaneously."

"Perhaps, a change of environment for the two clans would benefit the growth of each in the latter stages."

Pang Jian threw out his earth-shattering theory.

Qi Xu was taken aback, daunted by his terrifying thoughts, and for a moment, she dared not act rashly.

Pang Jian might be the only one throughout the ancient and modern times of Purgatory who could influence fate and the pure Filth Essence.

His words and theories were something Qi Xu could not ignore.

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