The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 193 Snow Beast
In just a moment, the chaotic vortex dissipated, everything returned to calm, and the cave became quiet once again.

A soft creak echoed through the cave.

The two dilapidated wooden doors of the thatched hut were pushed open from the inside, and a tall man dressed in a Taoist robe walked out. The man had a faint smile on his face, but his aura was completely concealed, making him seem like an ordinary person.

"Fuxi," Buddha looked at him, a hint of anticipation in his eyes, "have you broken through to the level of Ancestral God?"

Lei Zhan also looked at Fuxi and congratulated him, "Congratulations, Fuxi. Your cultivation has made further progress."

Fuxi looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "This time, I have indeed broken through to the level of the Ancestral God."

"Hmm? Excellent!" Upon receiving confirmation, the Buddha immediately clasped his hands together. "After countless years, you have finally taken that step!"

"This time, we must thank Lei Zhan for bringing us this method," Fuxi said with a smile.

"Thank me?" Lei Zhan was taken aback. Looking at Fuxi's appearance, he vaguely understood: "After cultivating the Ice and Fire Tempering Golden Core Technique, Fuxi upgraded his third-grade Ancestral Immortal Golden Core to a second-grade Ancestral Immortal Golden Core. At the same time, he probably also received unimaginable benefits!"

"Yes. If it weren't for the Ice and Fire Tempering Golden Core Technique you provided, which allowed me to enhance my Golden Core and further strengthen my soul and true spirit," Fuxi explained.
"At the moment I was enhancing my Golden Core, I felt as if my soul and true spirit had broken free from some unseen shackles and were no longer bound by invisible chains. My soul and true spirit felt a clarity I had never experienced before."

"A sudden inspiration struck me; the Way of Life, which I had been pondering but had always been stuck in, suddenly became clear to me in that instant..."

"Hmm? Break through the shackles? Comprehend the Dao of Life?" Lei Zhan was taken aback, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It's important to know that Fuxi's previous incarnation was Fuxi, one of the ten ancient ancestral gods, born with the power to control the Heavenly Dao of Destruction. Later, in order to become stronger, he willingly entered the cycle of reincarnation again. He even established a restriction in his soul that prevented him from comprehending the opposite Heavenly Dao of Life and from awakening his past memories.

Reincarnated as the human Fuxi, he directly mastered the two great Heavenly Daos of Yin and Yang, but he never comprehended the Heavenly Dao of Life even after countless years.

Even after countless ages, Fuxi's memories did not awaken. Instead, because of this flaw in his mind, he was enslaved by the chaotic alien race...

“Fuxi has now comprehended the Dao of Life, directly awakened his past life memories, and even broken through to the level of Ancestral God…” Lei Zhan thought to himself, “It seems that Fuxi is not yet completely enslaved by the Mind General as he was in later generations. Now that he has broken through directly… the Mind General’s half-baked mental enslavement will never be able to enslave Fuxi again.”

It should be understood that although the Mind God is known as a cultivator of mental power, it would take endless years to enslave a weak ancestral god like Gonggong, who was born in the chaotic world, and he would have to rely on the flaws in his mind to succeed.

Even beings with strong Daoist resolve, such as the Three Pure Ones, Tathagata, and Bodhi, whose mental strength is at the fourth level, failed to be enslaved directly...

Lei Zhan felt a surge of joy upon thinking of this.

Otherwise, it would be terrifying to think that Fuxi, the ancestral god who had comprehended the Heavenly Dao of Destruction, the Heavenly Dao of Life, the Heavenly Dao of Yin, and the Heavenly Dao of Yang, and was also the number one in the Three Realms of Array Dao, would be reduced to a puppet of a foreign race.

Even without the powerful techniques and secret arts of the endless chaos, a Fuxi of this level could directly possess the strength of a peak ancestral god after accumulating some time!
“Yes. After comprehending the Dao of Life, my memories as the Ancestral God Fuxi in my previous life were fully awakened, and I directly broke through to the level of Ancestral God.” Although Fuxi has now broken through to the level of Ancestral God, he still patiently explained as before.

"Good! Fuxi, your memories are fully awakened. It will be easier for us to search for the Ice Heart Marrow now." Rulai looked over and said in a deep voice:
"The winds on this endless icy sea have become extremely terrifying. Even a top-grade innate spiritual treasure caught in these gales can only barely last a breath. Therefore, once we find the Ice Heart Marrow, we should leave as soon as possible."

"Even a top-grade innate spiritual treasure can only last for a single breath?" Fuxi was taken aback. He had been in seclusion for over twenty years and was unaware of this. He nodded in agreement.
"it is good!"

……

A streak of rainbow light swept across the endless ice plains, followed by thousands of snowflakes being swirled up.

"No."

"no!"

"No... Hmm? Another Ice Flame Flower? And a mature Ice Flame Flower at that?" Lei Zhan suddenly stopped at the foot of the cliff, where a flower bloomed brilliantly, resembling a burning blue ice flame.

Wow.

With a flick of his wrist, Lei produced a jade box and carefully put away the Ice Flame Flower.

"Although we haven't found the Ice Heart Essence yet after scavenging in this frozen sea, the precious treasures we've obtained are probably comparable to all the treasures of several True Gods and Dao Ancestors." Lei Zhan said with a smile. Most importantly, these treasures are different from magic treasures.

You can also exchange magical treasures with powerful beings in the Three Realms, and even plunder them from the world's prisons.

However, some rare treasures can only grow in such special environments, and they are extremely precious, surpassing even ordinary magical treasures.

Whoosh!
With a flash of golden light, Lei Zhan's figure disappeared again.

……

"Hmm? This Cold Moon Spirit Mist Fruit is not yet ripe, but if we harvest the whole plant and preserve it properly, Shennong can cultivate it well..."

A tall man dressed in a Taoist robe roamed freely across the icy plain. This man was none other than Fuxi, who had just broken through to the level of an Ancestral God.

Although he wasn't as fast as Lei Zhan, he had the advantage of stronger cultivation, which allowed him to easily overcome many dangers and find treasures quite quickly.

……

"Snow Flower Fruit?" Buddha Tathagata has two incarnations who came to this endless frozen sea.

Although he was not as powerful as Fuxi, nor did he expand his territory at an extremely fast pace, he made steady progress and slowly collected treasures along the way.

But it seemed their luck had run out in that first canyon; ever since, they had never seen such a chaotic treasure as the Ice Heart Marrow again. One year, two years, three years…

Lei Zhan, Rulai, and Fuxi continued forward, searching along the way, and they would also take away some precious and rare treasures along the way.

However, many of them were immature, and taking some would directly damage the growth environment of the rare animals, so they only selectively took them away.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Amidst the endless icy plains, a fierce wind swept across the land. The wind, as violent as a knife, howled and whistled wildly.

On the leeward side of a massive ice peak, a large ship, several meters in size, was moored.

On the large ship, three figures—Lu Zhan, Fuxi, and Tathagata—sat casually. Each had a table in front of them, upon which sat a cup of slightly cloudy tea, emitting a unique and comforting aroma.

"Lei Zhan," Fuxi asked, looking at Lei Zhan, "how much Ice Heart Essence have you obtained?"

"I have discovered two treasure troves for growing Ice Heart Essence. One has about 4.5 million catties, and the other has just over 2 million catties."

Lei Zhan picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip. Outside, the wind howled, but inside the Chaos Treasure Dragon River Void-Escape Boat, it was incredibly warm.

"Six million five hundred thousand catties." Fuxi nodded slowly. "I have obtained nearly ten million catties of this as well, which is enough for many powerful beings to use."

"Buddha, what about you?"

Fuxi turned to look at Tathagata. Based on past experience, this terrible wind would continue to blow for another day or two, giving them a good opportunity to check their respective gains.

“I have also acquired about five million catties,” Buddha said.

"Twenty million catties..." Fuxi glanced at the two of them and asked, "We have reaped a great harvest and have achieved our expectations! Now, shall we head back?"

“Go back…” Tathagata turned his head and glanced at Lei Zhan. “After this storm passes, there should be at least eight months of peace. We should be able to reap quite a harvest in eight months.”

This endless icy sea is vast and contains countless treasures. In the past ten years, they have only explored the outer perimeter, yet each of them has already amassed a considerable amount of treasures.

Even Lei Zhan, who possessed the world's prison, and Fuxi, who had broken through to the level of an ancestral god, couldn't help but marvel at the abundance of treasures in such a wondrous and dangerous place.

"Eight months..." Fuxi was also somewhat tempted. The treasures he had acquired in these ten years were two or three times more than all the treasures he had ever collected in the past.

"Lei Zhan, what about you?"

“Me? I’ll stay for another eight months!” Lei Zhan laughed. “I’ve obtained the least amount of Ice Heart Marrow. After returning to the Three Realms and distributing some more, there won’t be much left. Obtaining more Ice Heart Marrow will allow me to use it for a longer period of time.”

“Alright.” Fuxi nodded. Since the three of them had all agreed to stay for a while, the matter was settled.

Time passed slowly as the three sat on the large ship, chatting casually and waiting for the storm to subside. The days flew by.

Rumble~~~
Rumble~~~
Just then, in the distance, besides the howling of the hurricane, a series of enormous rumbling sounds suddenly came. It was like a raging celestial river, or like ten thousand horses galloping.

“This is…” Fuxi was taken aback.

"Hmm? What's that sound?" Lei Zhan frowned. The booming sound completely drowned out the terrifying howling sound, and its momentum was immense.

"It seems... to be the sound of living beings running!" Buddha frowned as well.

call.

They all stood up, standing inside the large black ship, gazing into the distance.

“That is…” A faint flame flickered in Lei Zhan’s eyes. Under the terrifying vision of the Candle Dragon’s Eye, Lei Zhan could see a mosquito’s leg thousands of miles away.

Through the raging winds and countless frozen snowflakes, a snow-white figure flashed past in his pupils! Then came a massive, snow-white figure hurtling through the air at incredible speed.

"It's a strange beast! It seems to be a creature that lives in this frozen sea!"

"Hmm?" Fuxi and Tathagata followed Lei Zhan's gaze and saw hundreds of snow-white behemoths running wildly against the howling wind across the endless ice plain.

This enormous horde of snow-white beasts traversed the endless ice plains, leaving snowflakes fluttering wherever they went.

The raging wind, which could shatter even a top-grade innate spiritual treasure in an instant, was like a gentle breeze in front of these snow-white behemoths, making it impossible for them to slow down even for a moment.

“These strange beasts… even the weakest of them must be at least True God level!” Lei Zhan looked on from afar, sensing the fluctuations in aura emanating from the group of snow-white giant beasts, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

These snow beasts possess powerful auras and are terrifying beings capable of surviving such terrifying gales; their physical strength must be incredibly formidable.

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(End of this chapter)