The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 56 - 45 Soul Departure_1

Chapter 56: Chapter 45 Soul Departure_1

Chapter 56 -45 Soul Departure_1

Everyone heard it, the “ding-dang” piercing sound that came from the fifth floor of the White Tower.

The crowd did not know whether he had succeeded, nor did they understand why he suddenly leapt from the White Tower and swiftly returned to Luo Hongyan’s side.

“Did you fail to succeed?”

Seeing his discontent, Luo Hongyan blinked in surprise and said, “With your innate divine power, you couldn’t destroy the array on the fifth floor?”

“The stones used to construct the skull array are harder than metal; I couldn’t crack them with the Dragon Pattern Spear.”

Although discontent, Pang Jian was not discouraged. He candidly said, “I may have used the wrong method, does moving that thing require some special knack?”

He described the skull’s shape in detail, the numerous Soul Spirits and Ghost Objects inside, and the Spirit Turtle that was encircled by them.

He also talked about what he saw on the first floor, the swastika shapes paved with Crystal Stones, saying that the Spirit Arrays arranged in swastika patterns produced exceptionally intense Spiritual Energy.

After listening to him attentively, Luo Hongyan frowned and thought for a moment before finally saying, “The array on the bottom floor of the White Tower, constructed from numerous Crystal Stones, is the power source that operates the Heavenly Spirit Tower.”

“The swastika patterns you saw are called the Primitive Cloud Thunder Pattern, and those Crystal Stones filled with Spiritual Energy are… Spirit Jade.”

Pang Jian was taken aback: “Spirit Jade?”

Su Yuntian and He Rong’s eyes suddenly revealed a glint of greed.

“Spirit Jade, that is, Spirit Stones of higher quality and purity. Above Spirit Jade, there is an even higher grade of wondrous stone, known as Spirit Crystal,” Luo Hongyan explained casually and added, “As for the hollowed-out skull, it should be a Soul Array for locking and absorbing souls. In addition to the incorrect method, you couldn’t break it because your realm is too low.”

“The method to break a Soul Array involves Spiritual Sense and Spiritual Soul, domains which are completely foreign to you, and you wouldn’t understand even if I explained.”

She explained for a while, especially pointing out that Pang Jian’s level of cultivation was not sufficient to destroy the Soul Array.

Pang Jian understood that he had just begun his cultivation journey and had not yet achieved the transformation that Zhou Qingchen spoke of by breaking through the Qi Refining Realm.

Without advancing to the Meridians Channeling Realm, one’s Spiritual Power cannot flow through the meridians in the entire body, and naturally, it cannot be released externally, no different from an ordinary person.

Only after reaching the Meridians Channeling Realm, and being able to utilize the accumulated Spiritual Power, will one encounter a qualitative leap.

As Pang Jian felt troubled, Luo Hongyan’s gaze fell upon his dantian area and suddenly asked, “How long until your breakthrough?”

Pang Jian squinted attentively, responding with some uncertainty, “It shouldn’t be far off. My cultivation speed on that array filled with Spirit Jade exceeds that of any realm.”

“That guy by Shangguan Qin’s pit has not come out yet, you still have time for now,” she said.

Looking in the direction of the foothill, then glancing at the sky, Luo Hongyan looked at him again and instructed, “Go to the bottom floor of the Heavenly Spirit Tower and gather Spiritual Power with those Spirit Jade to attempt striking through to the Meridians Channeling Realm.”

“As long as you complete the first level of the Meridians Channeling Realm and allow Spiritual Power to flow to the Dragon Pattern Spear, there is hope to destroy the Soul Array.”

She offered a possible solution to the dilemma.

Su Yuntian and He Rong, seeing that she wanted Pang Jian to achieve a breakthrough amidst battle to resolve the situation, thought her proposal was child’s play.

With their limited understanding, no newly promoted Meridians Channeling Cultivator could open the arm meridians in such a short time and release Spiritual Power from their palms.

“Good!”

Pang Jian turned and left.

“Is he really just at the Qi Refinement Realm?”

Su Yuntian’s expression was strange.

“Ning, is he really an outsider Hunter?”

Su Meng couldn’t help but ask as well.

Glancing at her, Luo Hongyan maintained her usual cold demeanor but still nodded her head.

Previously, when she pretended to be unable to hold on and urgently sought Pang Jian’s rescue, only Su Meng showed an intention to help.

—Although she was restrained by Su Yuntian and did nothing.

“He’s just at the Qi Refinement Realm?”

Su Meng asked again.

This time, Luo Hongyan no longer paid her any attention as Pang Jian had once again disappeared into the Heavenly Spirit Tower in her sight.

Su Yuntian and He Rong, watching Luo Hongyan from a distance, kept their own counsel for fear of revealing their thoughts; they conversed in whispers instead.

“Ning Missy is very knowledgeable about the Heavenly Spirit Tower and even knows about Primitive Cloud Thunder Pattern, which I’ve never heard of,” He Rong said quietly.

Su Yuntian also muttered softly, “That kid is really just in the Qi Refinement Realm! With such cultivation level, he can resist the psychic malevolence released by the Heavenly Spirit Tower, it’s simply inconceivable.”

“Those Spirit Jade…” He Rong exclaimed softly.

Just then, Luo Hongyan’s meaningful gaze shifted away from the White Tower and rested briefly on his face, her lips curling with cold intent.

He Rong, who coveted the Spirit Jade, suddenly felt uncomfortable all over and snorted with a dark face.

He knew that the Ning Family girl was also only at the first level of the Meridians Channeling Realm; he naturally was not afraid of her.

He Rong, who was originally betrothed to her nephew, found her more repulsive with every glance and thus chose to step back the moment she was in danger.

In the depths of his heart, he actually hoped to see Luo Hongyan’s soul extracted by the Heavenly Spirit Tower, to witness her demise before him.

It seemed that way, he could wash away the humiliation she and the Ning Family had brought to him and the He family.

…

On the bottom floor of the White Tower.

Pang Jian, who had returned, sat cross-legged above the Primitive Cloud Thunder Pattern, casting aside all distractions from his mind and instantly entering into the state of cultivation with the “Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell.”

With his refined level of cultivation, every time he condensed his spirit, he could enter the state in an instant.

With his spiritual sense condensed, the “Spirit Pot” he had in mind appeared, and strands of spiritual power from the Spirit Jade below were attracted into it.

The spiritual power flying within the Primitive Cloud Thunder Pattern Array was like streams rushing toward the same vast ocean.

In Pang Jian’s perception, his Spiritual Sea was that vast ocean, incorporating thousands of streams of spiritual power with the “Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell”!

Such an efficiency in cultivation was something he had never experienced before, so swift that it moved him deeply.

The streams of spiritual power turned into streaks of light that, upon entering the dantian above, would follow the heart of a funnel-shaped vortex straight to the Sea of Spiritual Power below.

He could clearly feel that the spiritual power within his Spiritual Sea was being filled bit by bit.

Initially, the finely refined and gathering spiritual power was just like a small pond, which gradually became a pool, and then expanded to resemble a lake or sea!

Spiritual Sea, Spiritual Sea—only when the spiritual power gathers into an ocean can one be considered to have fully achieved the Qi Refining Realm.

It was also the vastness that the Refining Qi Nine Heavens should have!

As he felt the wondrous changes within his Spiritual Sea, Pang Jian knew that the breakthrough to the next realm, to the Meridians Channeling Realm, wasn’t too distant.

Time flew by, and Pang Jian, immersed in cultivation, was unaware that night had once again descended.

That night, under the cover of darkness, the people from both the Su and He families did not light a fire, gathering together anxiously to wait.

They were unclear when the person Shangguan Qin feared would suddenly appear, and they didn’t believe that Pang Jian could advance to the Meridians Channeling Realm in a short time and thus shatter the Soul Array in the highest level of the White Tower.

“By tomorrow, once it’s fully light, we’ll start collecting the exotic flowers and herbs on the island,” He Rong planned in his mind. He immediately discussed with Su Yuntian, saying, “Regardless of whether Ning and that kid can break the Soul Array in the White Tower, we have to go about our business first.”

The exotic flowers and herbs on the island were invaluable. As long as one knew how to harvest them, bringing some spiritual herbs out could definitely be exchanged for a lot of Spiritual Materials.

“The gestures Shangguan Qin made were telling us to leave this island as soon as possible and inform the strong members of our clans about its existence,” Su Yuntian said with a frown, feeling irritated: “She thinks we can’t save her, which means the danger surrounding her could easily kill all of us.”

Su Yuntian continued, “Brother He, you’re right, we absolutely can’t pin our hopes on Ning and Pang Jian. The idea of them making a breakthrough at the last moment to turn the situation around is simply unrealistic!”

“Mm-hmm, even if we include Ning, we’re probably no match for that person at the bottom of the well,” said He Rong timidly.

The two quickly came to an agreement, only waiting for dawn to collect the exotic flowers and herbs before leaving on a bamboo raft.

They also planned to take a different route, not the one Pang Jian had guided them to, hoping to avoid the “Spirit Evils” they had encountered and were willing to spend extra time to safely make their way out of the Solitude Mountain Range.

…

In the pitch-black night, the “Spirit Evils” lurking in the grass around the perimeter of the island were stealthily moving in the darkness.

Except for the “Spirit Evil” at the White Tower, all other regions of the island had been searched by them.

The “Spirit Evil” found a pile of bones on the grassland behind Shangguan Qin. The four missing servants from the Su and He families and some bodies of cultivators from the Star River Alliance and Blood Moon were all piled up there.

One of the “Spirit Evils,” floating in the night sky, looked down at Shangguan Qin and the well caused by the Phoenix Bone’s puncture.

It was refined from the soul of Roman,

The “Spirit Evil” Roman didn’t dare to probe into the well during the critical moment when Pang Jian was assaulting the Meridians Channeling Realm—

——for fear of disturbing the unclear presence within.

It quietly observed for a while and saw a thin white rope entwined around Shangguan Qin’s ankle.

The other end of the white rope fell into the well, seemingly connected to the person within that she feared.

As long as Shangguan Qin strayed too far from the well, it seemed to move the white rope, thereby alarming the person below.

And she, seemingly unable to untie the white rope, was thus trapped next to the well.

At the summit, Luo Hongyan, hidden in the darkness, looked down at Shangguan Qin at the foot of the mountain.

In the deep night of the Fourth Realm and from such a distance, Shangguan Qin had long lost sight of her.

But she, through the “Spirit Evil,” could see every move of Shangguan Qin, including that thin white rope.

Suddenly, an idea struck her.

The “Spirit Evil” Roman, under her control, slowly descended from mid-air, landing in front of the distraught Shangguan Qin.

Having already given up struggling, Shangguan Qin, upon seeing Roman suddenly appear, first rubbed her eyes. When she realized Roman was still there, she could hardly believe what she was seeing.

She laughed silently in a neurotic manner, waved at Roman, then shivered slightly as she sobbed quietly.

Her crying was silent.

With tears all over her face, she looked at Roman, now a “Spirit Evil,” thinking it was just her own delusions.

She recalled the many experiences she had with Roman. Despite knowing her venomous nature that caused the death of her previous two husbands, and despite knowing her heart was set on Ouyang Duanhai, Roman had always been silently by her side.

In the end, it was this man who had resolutely gone to his death to save her.

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She shook her head in misery, not knowing how to face Roman after death, her heart filled with guilt.

Gradually, she didn’t dare to look up, afraid to see Roman whom she thought was an illusion.

The controlled “Roman” had long lost its own spiritual consciousness, just looking at her with an empty expression.

The “Spirit Evil” Roman didn’t know who she was, nor understood why she was crying.

“A woman so faithless and heartless. Now you know regret, but it’s too late,” Luo Hongyan snorted softly from the distant hilltop. Seeing that Shangguan Qin had revealed no useful information, she signaled the “Spirit Evil” to leave.

The “Spirit Evil” Roman disappeared in an instant.

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