The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 702 - 664 Using Qi Xu as a Puppet_1

Chapter 702: Chapter 664 Using Qi Xu as a Puppet_1

Every Bee Insect was Pang Jian’s eye.

When needed, he could also inject a thread of consciousness into it, using the Bee Insect to replace himself.

Such as this moment.

"Shifu."

The Golden Bee Insect that fluttered its wings in front of Pu Zhaotian suddenly spoke human language, saying, "Li Yuqing has found me."

In Hongdu City, after Pang Jian had forged his Primordial Spirit, he had opened his heart and revealed many of his secrets to Pu Zhaotian.

These included the Mysterious Turtle, Hei, Pang Ling, the Bee King, and each and every Bee Insect.

Pu Zhaotian was not surprised, his plump face filled with a smile, "Are you alright?"

"I’m very well."

Due to the presence of numerous True Gods, Pang Jian did not say that he had relied on a stream of Filthy Essence to forge his God Status by another path, merely stating, "I am aware of the situation, let me try."

The Bee Insect, as if clad in a golden shell, suddenly shot towards the location of Li Wang and the others.

The Bee Insect successfully entered another secret realm.

Several True Gods converged their gazes, following the Golden Bee Insect as it vanished in a flash.

In that hazy, distant alien land, a speck of light suddenly appeared, then abruptly went out.

It was like an insignificant tiny flame, bursting forth with light only for an instant.

The Bee Insect died instantly.

The Bee Insect, along with Zhu Ji, the Ghost Mother, and Li Wang’s majestic and colossal "Divine Dharma Aspects," were not products of creatures from the same level.

In the Sixth Realm, Zhu Ji and the others had managed to hold on until now, keeping the flame of life from being extinguished because they were all strong True Gods of the Human Race.

The Bee Insect was too weak; it was treated by Pang Jian as a sort of spiritual coordinates, his eye for exploring the Sixth Realm.

Pang Jian wanted to see through it whether the strange artifact he had released could still maintain contact with him in the Sixth Realm.

He found out clear enough, it could!

At the very moment the Bee Insect entered the Sixth Realm, the connection of souls between Pang Jian and the Bee Insect still existed, and he could clearly feel the even denser Filth Alien Power!

Had the Bee Insect not been too feeble to survive for long in the Sixth Realm, he could have discerned much more of the mystery.

If the Bee Insect could have persisted, he hoped to use a single Bee Insect to fly to the sides of the Ghost Mother, Li Wang, and Zhu Ji, to communicate and exchange with these three True Gods.

"It’s no use, such a frail little thing, perishes as soon as it enters."

Although surprised by Pang Jian’s method, Jiang Fan still expressed a disheartened comment, "The strongest among the Alien Tribes of the Fifth Realm, those previous Demon Gods, none have figured it out. Those who entered, none have managed to leave alive, none have reappeared in the world, we shouldn’t waste our energy there."

"There are things that can reappear in the world." Another Bee Insect arrived.

Once again speaking with Pang Jian’s voice, it said, "The Original Demon, whom I exiled to the even lower Seventh Realm through the Universe Box, did come out and is now lurking in various parts of Purgatory, intending to continue its malevolence."

"That Sovereign has also sunk down, whether in the Sixth Realm or the Seventh Realm, I’m not sure."

"What I do know is, He should also be able to reappear in the Purgatory World."

"Those inherent, eternal rules that cannot be changed, they can be broken. Just like the Purgatory now, where Alien Power from the Outer Realm can infiltrate, has reached the ninth level."

"In the future, Purgatory might even permit tenth-level Alien Tribe powerhouses to delve deep from the Mysterious Fog into Purgatory."

Pang Jian explained his latest discoveries, telling these True Gods what they might face in the future.

"Wait a moment, I’ll think of another method."

This Bee Insect, which had become the carrier of Pang Jian’s consciousness, stopped besides Pu Zhaotian, discussing with him his recent insights and understandings of certain concepts and perceptions.

...

Meanwhile.

In the Mysterious Fog, Pang Jian reopened the Universe Box and saw Qi Xu of the Flame Clan curled up, his expression wooden, lost in thought.

Qi Xu had not simply disappeared.

This box, which seemed to be able to send beings to the ultimate Darkness, apparently had not encountered a serious problem.

It’s possible that the Original Demon was vastly stronger than Qi Xu, which is why it could break through the balance of this box and manage to slip away quietly.

"I’ve also been inside," the Black Dragon King recalled, saying, "Long ago, I attempted to comprehend the ultimate Darkness of the Seventh Realm within that box."

"But, that wasn’t the real Seventh Realm; it was just an environment fabricated to mimic the Seventh Realm."

"I have truly experienced the Seventh Realm, having been inside the box as well. There are many similarities between the two environments, but they hold fundamental differences."

Gazing at the Copper Box, the Black Dragon King thought of another Realm God and continued, "In the box, the Darkness I felt was false. My Bloodline, my Spiritual Soul, the many marks of Darkness inside me did not react significantly."

"When I felt the Seventh Realm in another way, my Bloodline, Spiritual Soul, and the marks of Darkness all resonated."

"True and false, I can still distinguish."

His words, his discourse on truth and fallacy, instantly demolished Pang Jian’s previous judgment.

The Original Demon wasn’t exiled by him to the Seventh Realm, and then escaped from the Seventh Realm.

The escape of the Original Demon was from the Universe Box!

The Original Demon had always stayed inside the box, just using the box to grasp the Seventh Realm, feeling the nearly identical Dark environment, without truly escaping into the Seventh Realm.

"Understood."

Pang Jian nodded lightly, suddenly saying, "Stay right here, don’t move in the Mysterious Fog, I will leave for a bit!"

As his words fell, the box "clacked" shut again.

Pang Jian activated teleportation, traveling directly from the depths of the Mysterious Fog to the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar on the Fifth Continent, reappearing in the City Lord Mansion of Bagua City.

He glanced at the pool that was used to place the Universe Box, and Pang Jian left the Heavenly Tribulation Pillar without any hesitation.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

In his dantian, above that layer of darkness, the seven pieces of land solidified by the Filthy Alien Power were being rapidly filled with strength.

During the forging of his God Status, he had expended too much of the Filthy Alien Power inside of him, but now he was naturally drawing power into his body as he returned to the lands of the Fifth Realm from the Mysterious Fog.

After a short while, he stopped at the edge of the Fifth Realm, below him was an endless void of darkness.

The box was opened again, and his eyes emitted a pale green ghostly light that made Qi Xu’s heart chill as he stared intently at Qi Xu.

"Pang Jian, now that I’ve fallen into your hands, you can kill me or do as you please." For some reason, a strong sense of unease suddenly surged in Qi Xu’s heart, and she said, "But what exactly do you want to do?"

The injuries she suffered were not something that could be recovered in just a short time.

Her body, soul, and bloodline had all been severely hit by the power of Li Yuqing and the Black Dragon King, and then Pang Jian had tortured her in that extreme darkness, nearly breaking her spirit.

Her strength wasn’t even a tenth of what it was at her peak, and she knew that she was no match for Pang Jian.

She also knew that Pang Jian had successfully stepped into the ranks of the powerhouse with the essence of Filthy Power, and she found that she could no longer see through Pang Jian, not knowing what he really wanted in his heart.

"I want to use you for an experiment."

A narrow slit opened between Pang Jian’s eyebrows, and a string of soul symbols branded with his will flew out from within.

They then drilled into Qi Xu’s mind.

The ethereal soul of Qi Xu, in her own brain domain, was surrounded by that string of soul symbols.

Like a green, ghostly stream, it flowed around Qi Xu’s ethereal soul, carrying the marks of the soul symbols.

Qi Xu had no God Status, her soul wasn’t substantiated, the only thing that had transformed through her tenth level bloodline advancement was her heart.

Judging by the standards of the God Spirits of the Alien Tribes, she barely qualified as a low-rank God.

The reason why it was barely is she didn’t possess the authority of a God Spirit, nor her own Divine Temple, Divine Platform, or Divine Realm, lacking the vast believers who saw her as a God Spirit.

She was missing a lot of things a God Spirit should have.

Pang Jian also lacked these things, but with his God Status, he was a middle-level God, a cut above her.

As Youkui, a God Spirit of the Ghost Clan, his knowledge of the soul and many of its mysteries had become the core foundation for Pang Jian’s forging of God Status.

His understanding of the soul and the height of his God Spirit made it very easy for him to manipulate Qi Xu’s soul.

"I want to use your body to explore the Sixth Realm."

"Perhaps, you’ll never come back out and will sink into the Sixth Realm. And I, through you, will be able to have an intuitive understanding of the Sixth Realm."

"Go then."

Pang Jian waved his hand dismissively.

"I won’t go! I will not go to the Sixth Realm, even if you kill me..."

Qi Xu screamed.

Amidst her screaming, she uncontrollably flew out of the box.

Her face was filled with terror as she started to scream again, "Pang Jian, what have you done to me? My body, I..."

In her brain domain, the stream that flowed around Qi Xu’s soul twinkled like stars with the soul symbol imprints.

Qi Xu’s thoughts and intentions were twisted by this stream, directing her limbs.

This powerhouse of the Flame Clan quickly felt as if her thoughts were corrupted and manipulated by the consciousness of a God Spirit of the Ghost Clan from beyond this world, turning her into a puppet in Purgatory.

Soon after, she could no longer scream, and she watched helplessly as she sank into the darkness.

...

Eastland, outside the void.

A Golden Bee Insect stopped next to Pu Zhaotian and suddenly drew everyone’s attention.

"Next, an Alien Tribe powerhouse will be tossed by me into the Sixth Realm."

"Pay attention and see if this Alien Tribe powerhouse, when she appears, exhibits the same condition as Li Wang and the others."

"The thing that infects Li Wang and the others stems from a denser form of Filthy Alien Power from the Sixth Realm, this power clashes with the power inside Li Wang and the others. The bloodline inside the Bee Insect’s body is also purified with Spiritual Power, similarly to Li Wang and their condition."

"However, this Alien Tribe powerhouse carries within herself the essence of Filthy Power, so she should not succumb to death from infection."

"..."

The Bee Insect continued to explain.

A few True Gods looked stunned, their eyes shifting between the Bee Insect and the misty and elusive Outer Realm.

An Alien Tribe powerhouse, tossed into the Sixth Realm by him?

What exactly was Pang Jian doing at the bottom layer of Purgatory, to have suddenly gained such terrifying control?

Without his mighty Primordial Spirit present, was it possible that just with his true body he could do whatever he wanted in the depths of Purgatory?

Even Jiang Fan, who had shown the least enthusiasm for saving the Ghost Mother and others and had already lost much patience, was bewildered by the Bee Insect’s words.

"Crackle!"

Suddenly a flash of crimson ghostly lightning appeared.

"It’s Qi Xu from the Flame Clan!"

"She, she really appeared in the Sixth Realm!"

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