The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 97 - 84 Body Refining!_1

In a dark alley corner, heart-wrenching screams rose and fell.

Only the girl standing at the mouth of the alley, equally concealed by darkness, could hear them.

Curled up, Pang Jian lay on the cold, hard stone ground, completely submerged by the dense darkness of alien power.

Power of Filth from the Fifth Realm surged into him wildly.

"Pfft! Pfft pfft!"

Strange sounds of bursting came from his chest.

Twelve torrents filled with the aura of destruction rampaged through the twelve meridians inside his body, demolishing anything "extraneous" within.

This was a completely different sensation from the opening of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Back at the Heavenly Spirit Tower, his meridians were opened with spiritual power, which, although painful enough to make him grimace, didn’t elicit screams of unbearable agony.

—That pain was within his tolerance.

This time was different.

The Power of Filth filling his black Spiritual Sea carried an inexplicable sense of annihilation and destruction, violent beyond imagination!

Twelve strands of Filth Power, like twelve cruel and bloodthirsty black dragons, roared and twisted within his meridians.

The tiny blood vessels throughout his body couldn’t bear such terrifying alien power and burst open in many places instantly.

Gradually, he developed an extremely terrifying feeling.

He felt that the twelve meridians spreading through his organs would soon be blown apart by the Filth Power!

In the darkness, he couldn’t see his own condition, but he knew that the meridians in his chest kept swelling.

Unable to pass out from pain that made life unbearable, he could only relieve his suffering through incessant screams and strange cries.

Just as he felt close to death, as the twelve essential meridians covering his chest were about to burst from the strain, the pendant shaped like a bronze door suddenly became scalding hot!

The next moment, an overwhelmingly vibrant force surged from the side of the pendant touching his skin!

"Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood!"

Pang Jian felt the immense vitality from the bronze token precisely locate his damaged meridians and immediately begin to repair them!

His meridians, which should have exploded, withstood the brutal assault of the Filth Power thanks to this vast infusion of vitality.

While the excruciating pain persisted, Pang Jian no longer felt the despair of being on death’s doorstep.

He continued to roar, but the profound vitality from the bronze token also continuously repaired his meridians, ravaged by the Filth Power.

The twelve originally fine meridians, through the cycle of being damaged and repaired, gradually became tougher and significantly thicker.

Pang Jian was invigorated, his hoarse roars now resounding with strength.

Following that.

The Spiritual Sea brimming with darkness and alien power even found another eight meridians connected to his limbs and poured the Filth Power of the Fifth Realm into them.

The eight Extraordinary Meridians, previously opened by spiritual power, withstood the impact of the Filth Power without inflicting such agony that he questioned life.

But those eight meridians, under the violent infusion of the Filth Power, also swelled and burst.

They, too, were repaired by the vast vitality emerging from the bronze token.

All eight Extraordinary Meridians and twelve regular meridians endured the erosion of the Filth Power from the Fifth Realm!

His Spiritual Sea, now black, contained an apparently inexhaustible supply of Power of Filth.

No matter how much he consumed or lost, new Filth Power quickly replenished it!

The Filth Power from other streets was quietly attracted over, converging around him.

Time passed in this way, unbeknownst how long.

Pang Jian, his spirit nearly shattered several times, could no longer feel the pain, nor the "Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood" repairing the damaged meridians.

The Filth Power from the "Black Sea" flowed freely through all the meridians in his body, spreading across his chest, limbs, and even the finer meridians.

After enduring such inhuman torment, every single meridian in Pang Jian’s body had adapted to the Filth Power in the darkness.

Not a trace of spiritual power remained within him, his Spiritual Sea filled with thick Filth Power, but he felt a resurgence of... strength.

A new, unfamiliar, wild force carrying the scent of destruction, chaos, and annihilation!

It was at that moment, Pang Jian, hidden in the darkness for so long, his eyes suddenly flashed with light.

He could clearly see his surroundings!

He saw he was on that familiar street, his hands and feet, and his sweat-drenched self.

He also saw beyond the mouth of the street, the square where many had fought before, and the City Lord Mansion standing tall in the center of the square.

After surviving the ordeal, he rubbed his eyes, thinking it was a hallucination caused by a blurry consciousness.

Squinting, he carefully observed his surroundings again.

Finally, he was certain he had fully adapted to the darkness of the Fifth Realm, truly able to see in absolute darkness!

Then, he found the wounds on his body had healed at some unknown time.

His chest, back, and arms, all the wounds slit open and pierced by the Black Gold blade, had scabbed over, peeling off easily with a light tug.

Pang Jian, sitting in a corner with his back against the cold wall, stared blankly.

"The Meridians Channeling Realm is divided into two layers, one for the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and the second for the twelve regular meridians."

He pondered on his current situation.

According to the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell," once the twelve regular meridians spread throughout the chest and organs were opened, it would also mean reaching the second layer of the Meridians Channeling Realm.

The first layer of the Meridians Channeling Realm allows spiritual power to burst forth from the limbs.

On the second layer of the Meridians Channeling Realm, spiritual power can protect the chest cavity and organs through the twelve primary meridians.

Practitioners at the second-layer realm, although unable to withstand stabbing by sharp objects, are protected by spiritual power during normal combat, preventing their organs from being shattered by punches and kicks.

Moreover, it’s of utmost importance that only when the twelve primary meridians are unobstructed, can one proceed to Bone Severing Marrow Washing.

The so-called Bone Severing Marrow Washing first requires the cleansing of impurities deposited within the body, completely clearing any filth that remains.

Then, in combination with blood and medicinal juices rich in vitality, the bones, tendons, organs, and blood are repeatedly tempered and polished.

If the twelve primary meridians are not clear, the medicinal juices and spiritual blood cannot be infused throughout the limbs and torso, thus Bone Severing Marrow Washing cannot be performed.

Pang Jian, who had been sitting still for a while, thought about how his entire skeleton had already been tempered by Phoenix Marrow.

The Filth Alien Power from the Fifth Realm not only opened his meridians, but the process of constant destruction and the subsequent repairs by the "Mysterious Turtle Essence Blood" are also a form of tempering of the meridians.

First to break, then to repair—that is what forges and refines!

He could distinctly feel that the meridians through which the Filth Alien Power flowed were now much thicker and more resilient than before.

"Bone Severing Marrow Washing, first cleanse the deposited filth and impurities within the body, then temper the bones, followed by the tendons, then the organs and fresh blood..."

After much deliberation, Pang Jian began to doubt whether he had successfully reached the Marrow Cleansing Realm.

"If it truly is a breakthrough in the realm, then am I relying on, besides the abundant vitality within the bronze medal, also the Filth Alien Power of the Fifth Realm?"

Pang Jian didn’t snap back to reality for a long time.

He had never been in contact with the Fifth Realm, but the black Spiritual Sea within him and the Alien Power flowing in his meridians clearly belonged to what the Fifth Realm termed Filth Alien Power!

This is a power different from spiritual power.

This Alien Power is not as balanced and harmonious as spiritual power; it’s filled with a sense of destruction, chaos, and other turbulent energies, yet it can still be utilized.

Pang Jian felt that if there were powerful beings in the Fifth Realm, they would certainly strengthen themselves through the Filth Alien Power.

"What have I become?"

Pang Jian, who had been seated in the darkness for a long time, gradually felt lost, believing he had become a monster of the Fifth Realm.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians, the twelve primary meridians, and the Spiritual Sea of his dantian were all flowing with the Filth Alien Power of the Fifth Realm.

He conceived a mind-boggling thought.

Perhaps his dantian Spiritual Sea, filled with "cotton-like" filth, was inherently suited for this place!

He had been deemed by Sun Bin as having poor cultivation talent, and Ning Yao said his achievements would be limited, all because his Spiritual Sea contained "cotton-like" filth and impurities.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that his true talent did not lie in the realms above his head but in the eternally dark Fifth Realm!

After a long bout of wild thoughts, Pang Jian stood up from his seated position and tried to move his limbs.

"Hu! Huff, huff!"

The wild Alien Power from the Fifth Realm coursed ceaselessly through the meridians in his arms and legs, filling him with strength.

In the darkness, the moment a bit of the Filth Power from the Black Sea was consumed, it was immediately replenished with new Alien Power.

—He could draw upon the dark Alien Power endlessly for his use.

No longer concerned with being treated as a Different Kind or as an Evil Demon, he continually tried to use the new power flowing through his body.

Once he felt the power was readily at his command, able to be summoned with ease, he decided to return to the City Lord Mansion.

...

At the entrance of the alleyway.

A girl was reclining in the darkness, leisurely drinking fruit wine, leisurely watching Yuan Lengshan narrate stories on the high platform.

She turned her head back in a panic.

She thought Pang Jian, whom she believed to be long gone, suddenly appeared at the other end of the alley.

The girl subconsciously covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming.

She quickly realized that her voice would only spread through the darkness in this dark alleyway entrance.

Therefore, she asked in shock, "How are you not dead yet?"

Pang Jian was taken aback.

Only now could he see that a girl with an indistinct figure was sprawled on a lounger with her legs ungracefully cocked up, one hand holding a liuli bottle similar to Li Jie’s and the other grasping a marinated chicken claw.

There were still traces of grease at the corners of her mouth.

The wide table was filled with all kinds of food and drink, marinated meats, wings, and an assortment of cooked dishes.

Pang Jian immediately thought about what the clattering plates and bowls that he had knocked over previously contained.

Without a doubt, the girl hidden in the darkness knew how to enjoy life.

"I..."

Looking at the mysterious girl in the darkness, Pang Jian’s expression turned slightly weird as he hesitated on how to explain.

"Ah! You can see me?"

The girl suddenly exclaimed.

She quickly adjusted her posture, no longer displaying her frivolous demeanor and sitting up properly like a dignified lady.

"They’ve been babbling inside, talking forever without coming to a fight,"

The girl scowled, pointing towards the light of the mansion, and explained, "I was so bored watching them that I got hungry and took some food to eat."

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