The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 146 - 131: The First Step to Ascension!_1

The Heavenly Spirit Tower slowly ascended into the sky.

Pang Jian stood at the entrance of the tower, looking down at Cloud Marsh, his deep gaze falling on the area where the sapling had taken root.

Around the center where the extraordinary sapling was, plants thrived within a range of several miles, spreading wildly in all directions.

At the current rate, Cloud Marsh would be filled with fierce and bloodthirsty vegetation in a year or half.

The sapling would also grow to an astonishing height!

Pang Jian suddenly realized that Cloud Marsh, tainted by the Filth Alien Power, was the most suitable soil for the sapling’s growth.

He could choose to leave and maybe one day bring the sapling here, but for now, the sapling couldn’t leave Cloud Marsh.

As the view of Cloud Marsh grew smaller, Pang Jian and the sapling quietly formed a connection, releasing his inner voice.

He grew up in the Solitude Mountain Range, did not interact with the people of Lingshan Town, and had no attachment to the entirety of the Fourth Realm.

He had connections with a few people like Zhou Qingchen, who entered the Third Realm from Bagua City, but there was no one below who he would miss.

—Only this extraordinary sapling created by the copper badge.

"I will keep in contact with you often."

He silently said.

...

The Third Realm.

Nameless Fragmented Land.

Under the night sky, a Heavenly Spirit Tower slowly descended.

"We’ve arrived."

Luo Hongyan opened her eyes and coldly commanded the others to leave, "It’s time for you to get off."

The Dark Ghosts who were cultivating obediently stood up one by one and looked toward the tower gate of the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

Zhao Ling was the most decisive as she moved her long legs and stepped out of the Heavenly Spirit Tower first, standing under the night sky of the Third Realm.

"I can see the stars and the moon!"

Zhao Ling exclaimed softly, gazing at the sky.

Her face, full of wild charm, was illuminated by the soft star and moonlight, releasing a crystal luster.

"The nights of the Third Realm are much brighter than those of the Fourth Realm! A night sky with the moon and twinkling stars truly touches the heart."

Zhao Ling opened her arms, as though welcoming the star and moon radiance, and joyfully expressed her feelings.

Bai Wei and Bai Zhi, the sisters, had sparkling eyes as they hurriedly stepped out of the Heavenly Spirit Tower and also looked up at the sky.

They too saw the crescent moon high in the sky and tiny stars peppering the profound and mysterious night sky.

The cold clear Bright Moon was in the sky, and the stars shone softly and warmly - a scene they had never seen before.

"How beautiful!"

"In this lifetime, I finally get to see the stars and the moon!"

The two sisters happily spun in circles on the spot, exclaiming with joy.

Meng Qiulan, Wu Yi, and several stewards from among the Dark Ghosts also left the Heavenly Spirit Tower one after another.

They too looked up curiously at the night sky, observing the surroundings.

"The nature’s spiritual energy is pure, yet... it’s extremely scarce."

Wu Yi tried to move his power and absorbed a few strands of spiritual energy, sighing, "There’s no need for refinement, no need to remove impurities, but isn’t the spiritual energy too little?"

The stewards tried for themselves and quickly showed disheartened expressions.

"A Nameless Fragmented Land naturally wouldn’t have rich nature’s spiritual energy."

Luo Hongyan curled her lips and said lightly, "Universe Heaven and Black Nether Continents have ten times the spiritual energy of this place. The closest place from here is the Three Immortal Islands, a gathering place for Individual Cultivators, where the spiritual energy is denser and more suitable for your cultivation."

"A Cloud Sail will come by after a while, you need only pay out fifty Spirit Stones to go from here to the Three Immortal Islands."

After she finished speaking, the Heavenly Spirit Tower that had stopped flying ascended once again.

Inside the tower.

Alone with Pang Jian, she rubbed her cheeks, complaining, "Maintaining such a sour expression every day has made my face almost stiff."

She turned her bright, smiling face toward Pang Jian, her beautiful eyes brimming with laughter, "I don’t want to get involved with those people. To prevent them from harboring hope and illusions, I had to treat them coldly."

Pang Jian nodded slightly.

"This fragmented land isn’t even as big as Sky Fortune, but we have a Cloud Sail coming here occasionally because there are a few volcanoes."

The Heavenly Spirit Tower stopped once again.

Pang Jian looked down and saw several volcanoes of modest size scattered across the sturdy rock land.

There were streams of scorching magma flowing out from one of the volcanoes, meandering through the crevices in various directions.

Pang Jian’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.

"Of course, I found this place specially for you!"

Luo Hongyan smiled sweetly, saying, "I left those few at the edge, so for now we two will stay in this volcanic area for a while. After some days, we will take a Cloud Sail to the Three Immortal Islands too. Since that place is under management, it’s inconvenient to go there with the Heavenly Spirit Tower."

She explained further, and the Heavenly Spirit Tower descended quite a bit more.

Suddenly, she chuckled from behind and pushed Pang Jian with a light shove.

Pang Jian was taken aback and hurriedly invoked his power, protecting his body with Spiritual Power.

"Boom!"

After falling from tens of meters in the air, his entire soles were numb, yet the rocky ground beneath his feet didn’t crack.

Luo Hongyan’s playful chuckle then came from the Heavenly Spirit Tower, "You stay here for a bit on your own; I’m going to find a place to hide the Heavenly Spirit Tower and will come back to see you later."

"Mhm."

Pang Jian squinted and watched as the Heavenly Spirit Tower flew away into the night, leaving the Nameless Fragmented Land.

...

On the other side.

"The Heavenly Spirit Tower has left."

"They’re gone."

Zhao Ling and the others, at the edge of the Nameless Fragmented Land, also saw the departure of the Heavenly Spirit Tower, thinking that Pang Jian and his companion had both left.

"Everyone, pay attention, regarding this Heavenly Spirit Tower and that pair of siblings, we must strictly keep it a secret!"

The experienced and composed Meng Qiulan said seriously, "We owe them a favor!"

Wu Yi nodded, "That’s right, if it hadn’t been for the help of those siblings, we would have died in the Sky Fortune Fragmented Land long ago. They saved our lives and even took us to the Third Realm, we must not carelessly bring harm upon them."

Zhao Ling also said, "Mm, let’s take this opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the environment, and when Cloud Sail descends in a while, we’ll head to the Three Immortal Islands."

The group immediately began surveying the situation in the fragmented land.

"Master, the two of us... have reached the late stage of the Meridians Channeling Realm."

Bai Zhi said softly.

Meng Qiulan was taken aback for a moment and then with a touch of emotion, she said, "You two have finally shown some ambition."

"Zhao Hall Master, we have also reached the late stage of the Meridians Channeling Realm. To advance to the Marrow Cleaning Realm, we only lack... materials for the Bone Severing Marrow Washing."

A steward loyal to Zhao Ling spoke softly.

Zhao Ling was stunned, having not expected that during the two months they spent hiding in the Cloud Marsh cave, everyone had made rapid progress in their cultivation.

She, along with Meng Qiulan and Wu Yi, had all broken through to the late phase of the Marrow Cleaning Realm, and recently had been refining their blood.

From the Beast-Catching Ship of the Blood Moon, they had reaped a large amount of beast blood and meat, including some Spirit Jade and Spirit Stones, which they previously sent to the Ghost Leader Han Zhiyuan through the Ghost Altar in exchange for his protection of those they cared about.

Thinking they were doomed to die, they hadn’t kept too many Spiritual Materials, only to unexpectedly end up in the Third Realm.

"I know, you all need materials for Marrow Cleaning."

Zhao Ling’s face was full of bitterness as she said awkwardly, "I’m not afraid of your ridicule, but after handing over what I had to the Ghost Leader, I am also financially embarrassed, I don’t even have enough beast blood for my own cultivation."

Wu Yi shook his head with a sigh, "Who would have thought that we would all survive!"

"Let’s head to the Three Immortal Islands first, once we get there, we can plan for the long term and look for ways to get Spirit Stones," Meng Qiulan sighed.

...

Days passed in the blink of an eye.

In this Nameless Fragmented Land, Pang Jian chose a cave located inside the crater of a volcano and silently cultivated the Ground Flame Spell.

The spire-like crater, below which was boiling magma, did not erupt wildly.

At the mouth, there were caves carved out by people, indicating that many had been here before.

From the words of Luo Hongyan, Pang Jian learned that in this Nameless Fragmented Land, because of several volcanoes and ores like Earth Flame Stone, it often attracted Individual Cultivators.

Some Individual Cultivators came to excavate ores, hoping to sell them at the Three Immortal Islands.

Others, like Pang Jian who had cultivated special offensive Secret Skills, needed to make use of this unique environment.

Once their Magic Spells were complete and their bodies were filled with Flame Force, these people would take the Earth Flame Stone and leave.

"Swoosh!"

Luo Hongyan floated over gracefully.

"The Dark Ghosts, riding a Cloud Sail, have gone to the Three Immortal Islands."

She, who had not appeared for a long time, came to explain the situation, saying, "The Three Immortal Islands, supposedly comprised of three immortal islands, are actually three larger fragmented lands connected to each other by stone bridges. The Three Immortal Islands gather many Individual Cultivators, hosting a decent market that sells all kinds of Spiritual Materials."

Pang Jian pondered and then said, "I should be able to attempt to break through to the Innate Realm soon."

Luo Hongyan’s beautiful eyes gleamed, a smile playing on her lips as she said, "Once we’re in the Third Realm, many of the materials for cultivation can be bought by ourselves, we won’t need to open the Ghost Altar anymore. You just focus on your cultivation, I will find the right Spiritual Materials and Spirit Spells for you."

She took out three Spirit Spells and tossed them down.

"These three cultivation spells, I’ve found them for you these past few days, they relate to the Raging Sun Sect and the Star River Alliance, all associated with the sun, moon, and stars, you should spend some time pondering over them."

"As for me... I’ve been wandering around at night with the Heavenly Spirit Tower, robbing quite a few people."

"Whoosh!"

She was once again surrounded by a hazy blood fog, and after a shake, she transformed into a person with a cold complexion and fierce eyes.

She had actually pretended to be Dong Tianze!

"Giggle."

In the midst of delightful giggles, she quickly returned to her original form and explained, "This is a simple Mirage Art. Recently, I have been controlling the Heavenly Spirit Tower, moving about as Dong Tianze, and everyone will only think it’s the work of the Yin Spirit Temple."

"I just want to set up the Yin Spirit Temple, to leave them in a state of utter confusion!"

Luo Hongyan laughed and floated away.

Pang Jian was astonished.

It turned out that while Luo Hongyan had settled him here, she herself had been controlling the Heavenly Spirit Tower, using the Mirage Secret Skill to disguise herself as Dong Tianze, robbing nearby Cultivators.

With Dong Tianze’s appearance, coupled with the Heavenly Spirit Tower, the Yin Spirit Temple would definitely be misunderstood by all sides.

"Never mind her," he muttered to himself, picking up the Spirit Spells and glanced at the titles—Origin Sun Spell, Star Flow Skill, Moon Blade.

Sure enough, they were carefully selected by Luo Hongyan, spells that could help him utilize the power of the stars, sun, and moon inside his body.

He curiously flipped through them.

...

On the Xuan You Continent.

"You go to the Three Immortal Islands and find out who has been robbing nearby Individual Cultivators under your identity," Han Zhiyuan told Dong Tianze, frowning, "The Individual Cultivators controlling the Three Immortal Islands have been seething with resentment lately, and it’s nearly reached the Sect Master."

Dong Tianze looked completely baffled.

...