Chapter 271: Call Me Master

Chapter 271: Call Me Master

Pang Jian was lost in thought as he gazed blankly at the lotuses in the pond of the mansion in Divine Fortress City in the Fourth World.

Twelve pairs of wings, beyond a True God...

Something stirred deep within him. The world beyond the Abyss was far more wondrous and dangerous than he had imagined.

The Sun God in the golden palace above the sun and the dead Celestial Race man with twelve pairs of wings on the moon were probably just the tip of the iceberg.

Beings like the Observer and the Outer God possessing the wooden carving were surely also observing the Abyss using means beyond Pang Jian's comprehension.

The Sun God, the Observer, and the wooden Outer God—he had not been able to see any of their true bodies.

But the Celestial Race man with twelve pairs of wings looked exactly like the Celestial Race of the Abyss.

Where was this Celestial Race man with twelve pairs of wings born? The Abyss? Or some other world?

What kind of divine being from another world is that majestic figure on the golden throne?

If the world beyond the Abyss is so vibrant and filled with many Outer Gods, why have those who ascended to True God and left the Abyss never returned?

An endless stream of questions flashed through Pang Jian's mind.

The concerns of the little tree and the issue of the mysterious beings of the outer world weighed heavily on Pang Jian.

He had a feeling that the calamity sweeping through the Abyss had only just begun.

The contamination of the murky energy and the attempts of the Fifth World’s foreign races to escape were not the real troubles of the Abyss.

"I hope there's still time. I hope I'll have the strength to protect myself when the true horror arrives," Pang Jian muttered.

In the following days, he continued to stay in the residence the little tree had prepared for him, keeping a close eye on his sea of consciousness.

The thin strands of golden divine sense did not naturally recover.

His cultivation remained stagnant despite his mastery over his divine sense. The weakened state of his golden divine sense prevented him from advancing to the late stage of the Profound Abode Realm.

He tried various methods like nourishing them with life energy or cleansing them with blood essence, but nothing worked.

The weakened strands of golden divine sense remained as thin as a wisp.

Perhaps golden divine sense can only be rejuvenated by killing Outer Gods. Pang Jian sighed helplessly.

Although he had initially planned to wait for his golden divine sense to recover before lying in the copper chest again to peek at the sun, moon, and stars, he had no choice but to abandon that idea.

Two more days later, Pang Jian told the little tree, "I'm heading back to the upper world."

Pang Ling watched reluctantly as Pang Jian dissipated the murky energy within his body before activating the teleportation function of his bronze pendant.

In an instant, Pang Jian appeared in the Resolute Expanse.

Half a day later, with the help of spirit jades and the black turtle, Pang Jian's depleted spiritual sea was once again brimming with spiritual power.

Activating Gravity Manipulation, Pang Jian ascended to the floating sea of massive boulders in the clouds above the Resolute Expanse.

Here will do.

Pang Jian then instructed the black turtle to guide the Resolute Expanse back below the clouds.

The sea of massive boulders...

Boulders of varying sizes surround him.

Some boulders covered several mu, while others were nearly a thousand mu large. Sharp bones jutted out from the cracks of the boulders.

The remains of the Celestial Phoenix had shattered here, causing the restricted area to explode and turning it into a sea of massive boulders.

As time stretched on, Pang Jian secretly hoped the Observer would come after him.

It never did.

One day, a Scarlet Dawn Boat appeared above the sea of massive boulders.

Pang Jian was surprised when he saw the people on board.

Zhou Qingchen, Fang Boxuan, and even Dong Tianze were on Zhao Yuanqi's Scarlet Dawn Boat.

"Pang Jian!" Zhou Qingchen waved excitedly.

Fang Boxuan from the Blood Moon Sect forced an awkward attempt at a friendly smile.

The Black Iron Mountain suddenly flew out of the Scarlet Dawn Boat and headed straight for Pang Jian.

"Pang Jian!" Dong Tianze said sternly, "I need to talk to him alone!"

Zhao Yuanqi called back coolly, "Don't take too long. I don't want to wait for you two to chat."

With that, the Scarlet Dawn Boat came to a stop.

In no time, the Black Iron Mountain landed on the boulder where Pang Jian stood.

Whoosh!

Black demonic flames surged, transforming into a ring of fire that obscured the boulder, preventing those on the Scarlet Dawn Boat from overhearing their conversation.

"Despicable! I shared this enormous secret with you, planning to explore it together, but you took back the Black Iron Mountain, pretended to go to Spirit Offering, and then sneaked over here alone!" Dong Tianze coldly accused. "Pang Jian, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. I really misjudged you!"

He had been fuming since he learned Pang Jian was in the sea of massive boulders and assumed Pang Jian wanted to secretly explore the wonders of that hidden fragmented land alone.

"It's not what you think..." Pang Jian felt immensely wronged, but he did not want to reveal that the Resolute Expanse was actually his, so he truly could not explain.

Dong Tianze's face remained cold as he asked, "Did you find it? Any discoveries?"

"No, I'm not looking for that." Pang Jian shook his head. "An Outer God that escaped from Spirit Offering appeared here. I came for that Outer God."

"Spare me that nonsense!" Dong Tianze sneered. "Pang Jian, I've seen your true colors today. You did it but don't dare to admit it!"

Pang Jian did not bother to argue further and simply resigned himself to allowing Dong Tianze to think whatever he wanted.

"Are you done talking?" Zhao Yuanqi shouted impatiently from the Scarlet Dawn Boat. "Qi Qingsong from the Sword Pavilion is already waiting for us on the Sacred Soul Continent. Don't waste everyone's time!"

"We're done talking," Pang Jian said decisively, having nothing more to say to Dong Tianze.

Forming a sword with his finger, he summoned dazzling lightning to coil around his fingertips and slashed through the demonic flames filled with beast souls.

Glancing at Zhou Qingchen, he asked, "Big Brother Zhou, are you all going to Absolute Heaven as well?"

"Yes, the Pavilion Master has permitted it." Zhou Qingchen said with a smile. "The Pavilion Master mentioned that anyone with Profound Abode Realm cultivation can enter Absolute Heaven. He permitted Sister Zhao and I to join after our Sect Master asked.

"As for those two"—he glanced at Fang Boxuan and Dong Tianze—"the Sword Pavilion said they had to compensate the Blood Moon Sect and the Sinister Soul Temple because you killed elders from those two sects, so they allowed them to come along as well."

"Oh." Pang Jian nodded, then activated the Gravity Manipulation ability of the black turtle scute.

A blackish-yellow glow surrounded him and he flew up to board the Scarlet Dawn Boat.

"Pang Jian, we meet again," Fang Boxuan greeted warmly. Grinning, he said, "I thought you and Dong Tianze would have a little spar down there. Haha, the Blood Moon Sect and the Sinister Soul Temple don't get along. If you two had a life-or-death battle, I'd firmly stand by your side!"

He acted like a close friend of Pang Jian and displayed more enthusiasm than even Zhou Qingchen.

Zhou Qingchen frowned. "Does Pang Jian still need you by his side when Sister Zhao and I are here?"

"It's precisely because you have the numbers that I want to side with you. If Dong Tianze had more people on his side or had stronger cultivation, I wouldn't even care about the feud between the Blood Moon Sect and the Sinister Soul Temple," Fang Boxuan shamelessly replied.