The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 195 Nine Hundred Top True Gods?
The terrifying gales that had swept through the outside world had completely stopped, as if they had never happened.

“Everything in this space, except for the area near the ice cave, feels no different from some other great worlds. However, this space is much larger, and there seems to be an invisible restriction in the air.”

Lei Zhan looked around and saw that in addition to the huge area they were in, there was also ice-blue ice.

But around the vast city in the distance, mountains, rivers, canyons, and plains were all present. And that vast city was situated on an endless plain.

"It seems that even ordinary cultivators can't fly in this underground world." Lei Zhan carefully sensed his surroundings: "Moreover, in those huge cities, almost all the carriages are pulled by strange beasts..."

Fuxi was most skilled in formations. After sensing for a moment, he frowned and said, "There should be a huge anti-flight formation in this underground space. Generally speaking, only cultivators at the True God or Dao Ancestor level and above can fly."

"Only cultivators at the level of True Gods and Dao Ancestors can fly?" Tathagata was startled.

He had no doubt about Fuxi's conclusion. But if that were truly the case, then they would have to consider it very carefully.

This alone is enough to explain a lot.

"Hmm." Fuxi nodded gently, his face extremely solemn.

"Even now that I've broken through to the Ancestral God level, I can't set up such a formation! A formation that can restrict the flight of True Gods and Dao Ancestors is already powerful enough. Most importantly, this restriction seems to cover the entire underground world!"

This discovery is astonishing, considering that no one in the entire Three Realms could possibly set up such a terrifying anti-air formation!

They only saw the tip of the iceberg; the horrors of this underground world are unimaginable.

"The one who could set up this formation... could it be someone at the level of Pangu or Nuwa?" Tathagata said in a deep voice. In his view, only a terrifyingly powerful being of that level could possibly set up such a grand formation.

If there are truly powerful beings of this level in this underground world, they can only find an opportunity to leave as soon as possible.

Upon returning to the Three Realms, quickly inform all the powerful beings within them.

After all, such a discovery is far too astonishing. Far too terrifying.

“This underground world…” Lei Zhan hesitated for a moment before speaking, “It doesn’t seem to be an illusion. I can sense that comprehending the origins of time and space in this endless chaos seems to be a little easier than outside.”

"Hmm?" Fuxi was taken aback, and silently began to sense it as well. Then he nodded slightly: "Indeed, it is easier than the Three Realms and the endless chaos outside."

Then came a long silence.

"Next, we must continue to investigate," Buddha broke the silence, saying, "The existence of this inhabitant in the chaos beyond the Three Realms means we will inevitably encounter it sooner or later. Nuwa has already departed from the Three Realms..."

“Let’s go investigate. Knowing ourselves and our enemy is the only way we can be prepared.” Lei Zhan pondered, “Moreover, the one who could set up this array of restrictions must be an extremely powerful expert. Of course, it could also have been left behind by some ancient great being. So we all have to go and find out.”

Both Fuxi and Tathagata felt somewhat heavy-hearted, but Lei Zhan was the calmer one among them.

Lei Zhan knew that, apart from the Boundless Chaos World, which had been completely merged with the ancient Pangu World, there was no other Chaos World in the vicinity of the Three Realms.

Aside from the hundreds of dangerous and deadly places surrounding the Three Realms, there has been no news of any living World Realm experts, or even more powerful Dao Lords of Life and Death.

Therefore, the Three Realms need not worry at all about the emergence of powerful beings who surpass the level of Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals.

But Lei Zhan also understood that now that this situation had been discovered, it was natural to investigate it thoroughly.

The Three Realms are far too weak now. In the depths of this endless icy sea, even without World Realm experts, the presence of many Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals would still pose a great threat to the Three Realms.

“Lei Zhan is right!” Fuxi nodded slightly. “When we encounter such a situation, we do need to investigate it thoroughly. Perhaps, in the end, we are the ones who are scaring ourselves.”

"Alright." Buddha nodded in agreement.

“Lei Zhan, you are the fastest of the three of us, so the two of us will go and take a look.” Fuxi looked at Lei Zhan and said, “As for Tathagata…”

“Let’s go together. It’s not a good time to separate now. If we encounter danger, we can take care of each other.” Lei Zhan shook his head and said, “Leaving Master here would make it difficult to deal with any unexpected events.”

"Hmm?" Fuxi was taken aback, then nodded in agreement, "Then let's go together."

……

In the distance, a massive city could be seen, with countless terrifying formations faintly visible on its walls.

At the city gate, many beings were entering and leaving. Most of these beings were at the level of Earth Immortals, Loose Immortals, or Primordial Spirit Daoists, while those with higher cultivation levels were very few.

Lei Zhan shifted his form and carefully used the Golden Rainbow of the Sun to reach a valley near the city.

As for Fuxi and Tathagata, they were hiding in the magical treasures in the caves he carried with him.

Lei Zhan gazed at the massive city in the distance, his aura concealed to its fullest extent, making him appear even more inconspicuous.

Wow~~~
His mental energy spread out like a tide, carefully probing as he gathered his strength.

In this unfamiliar place, Lei Zhan naturally couldn't openly use his divine sense to explore. But using his mental power was much more discreet.

Furthermore, their expeditions are all small-scale explorations. At most, they can only cover a radius of 100,000 li, which is a tiny, insignificant corner compared to the entire massive city.

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan was taken aback, his gaze immediately falling on the magnificent carriage speeding out of the city, his eyes lighting up instantly.

"Four strange beasts with auras comparable to celestial beings pulling a chariot?"

It is known that when using mental power to investigate, it is common to find strange beasts pulling carts in large cities, but usually there is only one or two.

There were very few carriages pulled by four strange beasts. And none of them were seen leaving the city.

“There are only three cultivators inside, all at the level of Heavenly Gods and Heavenly Immortals…” Lei Zhan pondered for a moment, then instantly disappeared from the spot.

……

In a vast city.

On the wide road, which is thousands of feet long, magnificent carriages shuttle back and forth.

One of the creatures, a strange beast with four snow-like heads, was pulling a magnificent carriage at high speed. Its speed was comparable to that of the gods and immortals of the Three Realms.

At the same time, array formations and restrictions faintly appeared on the carriage, so even though it was traveling fast on the road, it did not feel bumpy at all.

The entire carriage is ten zhang long and eight zhang wide, inside the carriage.

A stunningly beautiful woman sat cross-legged on an unidentified animal skin cushion with her eyes closed. Her exceptionally gorgeous light blue dress indicated that she was no ordinary person.

Beside the woman knelt two alluring women, one dressed in a pale yellow dress and the other in a lake-green dress, clearly maids. "Miss, are we really leaving Cloud Valley City?" The woman in the pale yellow dress remained silent for a long time, a hint of worry on her face. "If...if the City Lord finds out, he will surely be furious..."

"So what if you're running away from an arranged marriage? If you're scared, you can just stay." The alluring woman raised her eyes. "The son of the city lord of Tianyu City is just a third-grade Celestial Immortal, a piece of trash who can't even pass the second-grade Golden Core Tribulation. What qualifications does he have to marry me?"

"It won't be long before I'm confident that I can break through to the True Immortal level directly. At that time, I will be one of the top experts in the entire Cloud Valley City."

“Miss is right!” another maid in a lake-green dress chimed in, “I heard that the son of the city lord of Tianyu City, Hei Yu Tianxian, is a womanizer. He has already married over a hundred concubines in his mansion, but he’s still not satisfied and has set his sights on you, Miss…”

"Alright, why keep bringing up that good-for-nothing?" The alluring woman glanced at the two maids who had followed her since childhood, her gaze softening slightly.

She looked at the maid in the pale yellow dress and said, "Qiuyue, don't worry. Father is the lord of the city and the strongest person in the entire Yun Gu City. How could he not have discovered that we left the city lord's mansion directly? The fact that we were able to leave the city lord's mansion successfully means that Father secretly approved of all of this."

"Once we leave the city, we'll head straight to the Holy City. Once there, we'll choose a sect to join. Even if the Heavenly Feather City Lord himself comes, it'll probably be difficult for him to influence me."

"This..." The two maids looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief.

"We're about to leave the city, so be careful," the alluring woman instructed.

"Yes!" the two maids nodded in agreement.

The woman sat in the carriage, her gaze distant: "The Holy City... the Holy City has the largest sects and forces. There are even terrifying beings like Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals. I think it will be easier for me to break through to True Immortal."

call.

Suddenly, two figures appeared out of thin air: a young man in a golden robe and a tall man in a Taoist robe.

"A celestial being who has condensed a second-grade golden core?" Lei Zhan's gaze fell on the enchanting and beautiful woman.

"There are actually celestial beings in this endless icy sea who have cultivated the second-grade Golden Core Qi Refining Method?" Fuxi glanced at the alluring woman, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Having cultivated the Ice and Fire Tempering Golden Core Technique, he naturally experienced firsthand the power of a second-grade Golden Core. However, in this world, even Celestial Immortals directly cultivate second-grade Golden Cores...

"Hmm? Seniors..." The alluring woman turned her head immediately upon hearing the voice, and the two maids beside her also looked over.

Instantly, the three of them, mistress and servant, all saw a pair of deep, abyss-like eyes. Those bright eyes seemed to possess endless attraction, directly drawing them in.

"Come forward, don't resist," Lei Zhan said softly to the three women in front of him.

Although his voice was calm, it seemed to possess an irresistible, bewitching power in the hearts of the three alluring women and their servants.

"Yes." They immediately and obediently came to Lei Zhan's side.

"Let me search your soul." Lei Zhan smiled slightly, raised his hand, and placed his palm directly on the most powerful and alluring woman.

His mental strength had reached the fourth level, and he had once used the mental power bewitching technique on a first-class True Immortal in the World Prison, able to directly control those with weak Dao hearts within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Now, controlling a Celestial Immortal who had cultivated a second-class Golden Core was naturally extremely easy. If he wanted to know anything, he could slowly ask him.

However, asking questions one by one is too slow and easy to miss something, so it is not as convenient as searching the soul to explore memories.

With Lei Zhan's current level of cultivation, even if he were to use Soul Search to probe his memories, he would not be able to cause any harm to the three people in front of him if he was careful.

Under the control of his mind-controlling powers, the alluring woman offered no resistance and carefully perused the pages.

The memories of a celestial being are of little noteworthy value; compared to the true gods and immortals whose souls Lei Zhan once searched, they are utterly insignificant.

In the memories of this Celestial Immortal Qingyun, there are countless bubbles, each bubble representing a vast amount of memories.

Some of the memory bubbles also contained intricate secret patterns, formed after a life vow was made. Even if Lei Zhan wanted to explore them, he couldn't discover a single detail. On the contrary, it would cause the celestial being before him to break his life vow and die instantly. Therefore, Lei Zhan simply skipped over these memories.

Lei Zhan quickly finished reading it and memorized everything.

His gaze then fell on two other maids who also had blank stares, and he placed his hand on their heads again, performing the same soul-searching.

a long time.

Lei Zhan frowned, his heart feeling even heavier.

"How is it?" Fuxi asked, looking over.

“This underground world has nine hundred cities. Each one is as vast as this Cloud Valley City,” Lei Zhan said in a deep voice. “Moreover, the city lord of each city is a top-tier True God or First-Class True Immortal.”

"Nine hundred cities?" Fuxi frowned. "Each city lord is a top-tier True God, corresponding to the most powerful True God Ancestors in our Three Realms. Moreover, it's impossible for a city to have only one True God or True Immortal..."

Lei Zhan continued, "Not only that, but at the very center of these nine hundred cities, there is a sacred city that serves as the royal capital. Within it reside numerous powerful forces, and even ancestral gods and immortals..."

"This……"

Fuxi's heart grew heavier. After a moment of thought, he looked up at Lei Zhan:

"We need to find a chance to go back quickly. This unexpected discovery of a powerful world also contains powerful beings at the level of Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals. Now that we've arrived, those powerful beings have most likely discovered our presence!"

“Yes.” Lei Zhan nodded solemnly.

Wow~~~
Lei Zhan and Fu Xi disappeared from this place in an instant.

moment.

Qingyun Tianxian's eyes also recovered, "Just now, the two seniors..."

She tried to recall carefully, but couldn't remember anything that had just happened.

"To render me utterly powerless in an instant... that senior must at least be on my father's level. But..."

She looked at the two equally confused maids beside her with a heart full of doubt, shook her head, and then stopped thinking about it.

“Miss…” the maid named Qiuyue began, “Was that senior just now a true god or immortal? I didn’t even see him clearly before I lost consciousness…”

"Miss," another maid in a lake-green dress said, "Let's go back! It's too dangerous outside! We've encountered such a powerful expert as soon as we left the city..."

"Hmm?" Celestial Immortal Qingyun frowned. "What's the point of going back? As long as we are strong enough, even if True Gods and True Immortals are here, we will have more power to resist. Going back is certainly safe, but we can see the end of our lives at a glance."

"Go to the Holy City! Only by going to the Holy City can I change my destiny!"

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(End of this chapter)