The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 204 Exchanging Supernatural Powers

"Fellow Daoist Jiu Yan".

Fuxi glanced at the engrossed Lei Zhan but didn't disturb him. He turned to look at the Nine Flames Ancestor Immortal.

"Hmm? Fellow Daoist Fuxi." Ancestral Immortal Jiuyan looked over.

"I wonder how much merit one can usually gain by venturing into this Demon Subduing Palace?" Fuxi asked curiously.

“Generally speaking…” Nine Flames Ancestral Immortal pondered for a moment, then explained, “Merits are hard to come by. Generally speaking, those who come to this Demon Subduing Palace to venture out actually gain far less merit than those who defend against the Ice Demon Valley and kill the Ice Demon. However, the advantage of this Demon Subduing Palace is that it is safe and without danger.”

"Hmm? Resisting and killing the Ice Demon can also earn merit?" Fuxi and Tathagata seemed to be deep in thought.

"Of course. Besides the Demon-Subduing Palace, actually resisting and slaying the Ice Demon can also yield considerable merit," said Nine Flames Ancestor Immortal.

"Generally, within the Demon Subduing Palace, True Gods and True Immortals can gain one merit point for killing one hundred Ice Demons of the same level. However, at the Ancestral God and Ancestral Immortal level, one can also gain one merit point for killing ten Ice Demons of the same level."

"But if it is a true Ice Demon from Ice Demon Valley, the strength of such an Ice Demon will be slightly stronger than that of the Ice Demon evolved in the Demon Subduing Palace, but you can usually get a little by killing three or four of them."

"Hmm." Fuxi and Tathagata listened silently. These were things they had never heard of since they had just come into contact with the Demon Subduing Palace.

"As for what Fellow Daoist Fuxi asked earlier..." Ancestral Immortal Jiuyan continued, "In this Demon Subduing Palace, cultivators at the True God and True Immortal levels can usually gain one or two thousand merits on their first attempt. However, Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals should be able to gain ten or twenty thousand merits per attempt."

"Of course, it all depends on one's own strength. Those like Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan, who made it onto the list on their first attempt at entering the Demon Subduing Palace, probably have gains comparable to those of some Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals."

Keep in mind that within the Demon Subduing Palace, although the difference between the two is tenfold, the difficulty of the opponents encountered is more than tenfold!
When true gods and immortals enter the Demon Subduing Palace, they generally face ice demons who are barely comparable to true gods and immortals.

If one has enough strength and kills enough Ice Demons, an Ice Demon Lord will appear. Although the Ice Demon Lord only has the cultivation of a True God or True Immortal, he can actually unleash the strength of an Ancestral God or Ancestral Immortal.

It's important to understand that cultivators at the Ancestral God/Ancestral Immortal level who attempt this challenge are generally only roughly comparable to Ice Demons at the Ancestral God/Ancestral Immortal level. As for the Ice Demon Lord, although he is also at the Ancestral God/Ancestral Immortal level, his strength is far more terrifying.

Furthermore, breaking into the Demon-Subduing Palace doesn't mean you can keep doing it indefinitely and continuously accumulate merits to exchange for treasures.

In fact, the more times you break in, the stronger the ice demon inside becomes, and the more difficult it is to gain merits.

"Hmm." Fuxi nodded slowly. Although he had entered the Demon Subduing Palace, he had benefited from breaking through to the levels of Ancestral God and Ancestral Immortal, and was able to gain some merit without having to venture out. He had also been given a lot of information when exchanging treasures.

However, the information revealed by the Nine Flames Ancestor Immortal is unknown to others. It is also difficult to make a direct comparison.

"Hmm? A harvest comparable to that of some ancestral gods and immortals?" Tathagata nodded, a faint smile appearing in his eyes.

When they first entered the Demon-Subduing Palace, Fuxi and Tathagata had seen the vast array of magical treasures, techniques, and secret arts within. It possessed almost everything imaginable.

Naturally, they also realized the value of their achievements.

suddenly.

"Hmm? It seems Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan has changed." Ancestral Immortal Jiu Yan turned to look at Lei Zhan and said with a smile.

“I don’t need many magical artifacts right now, but I did manage to exchange them for some magical techniques and secret arts,” Lei Zhan said.

"Fellow Daoists have all gained something, so let's go. The Ice Demon is probably coming soon." The Nine Flames Ancestral Immortal's expression also became serious.

"Let's go. We've spent a whole day here at the Demon-Subduing Palace, and the harvest has indeed been quite plentiful." Tathagata had a faint smile on his face.

They are all exceptionally talented individuals in the Three Realms. Arriving in this Earth's core world, whose foundation far surpasses that of the Three Realms, is like a dragon entering the sea. Before long, they will all soar to great heights.

"Let's go. The Ice Demon's attack will allow us to accumulate more merits." Fuxi chuckled softly, knowing the wonderful uses of merits and naturally wanting as many as possible. The fact that slaying the Ice Demon would also grant merits made Fuxi even more eager to go.

"Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan, would you like to watch the battle from the sidelines?" Ancestral Immortal Jiu Yan turned to Lei Zhan and invited, "With Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan's talent, it won't be long before you break through to the level of Ancestral God or Ancestral Immortal. I imagine..."

"Me?" Lei Zhan's eyes showed interest, but he still shook his head and said, "I won't go to resist the Ice Demon. I gained some insights from my adventure in the Demon Subduing Palace, and I need to cultivate properly."

"Hmm." Nine Flames Ancestral Immortal merely mentioned it. With the bondage of his natal oath, resisting the Ice Demon was only a matter of time. Lei Zhan was unwilling, so he did not force the issue.

"Let's go." Fuxi and Tathagata both nodded slightly to Lei Zhan and then followed the Nine Flames Ancestor Immortal away.

"They've all left, so I need to focus on my cultivation now." Lei Zhan's lips curled up slightly, clearly in a very good mood.

Of course, nearly 18,000 merit points could be exchanged for a good Chaos Treasure or nine bottles of Chaos Elixir. They could also be used to acquire the first half of a powerful divine ability.

Lei Zhan, on the other hand, had long been eager to begin his training.

……

The Three Realms.

The world's prison.

A beautiful little world in the canyon.

Wearing a golden robe, Lei Zhan transformed into golden light and instantly appeared in the sky.

"Wow."

The woman sitting cross-legged below, so thin she was practically skin and bones, twitched her eyelids and then opened her eyes.

The woman was extremely thin, and her robes, which were originally light blue, were now tattered and torn, making her look like a beggar.

"A Watcher? It's been a long time since I've seen a Watcher..." The thin woman looked up at the golden-robed youth above her. "A Watcher at the True God level?"

“Shui Jin, the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom has been destroyed. Are you willing to submit to me?” Lei Zhan asked the woman below calmly.

"Huh? The Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom has been destroyed?" Immortal Shui Jin was taken aback, and a sense of relief, as if a great enemy had been avenged, suddenly welled up in her eyes.

"The Nine Chaos Kingdom... is destroyed?"

"Yes. I now control the world's prison. Submit to me, or die." Lei Zhan nodded. "Are you willing to submit?" Whoosh...
The woman who had been sitting cross-legged, thin as a skeleton, suddenly stood up. As she stood up, she quickly became fuller and her skin became delicate. In just a short time, she transformed from a woman who looked like a beggar into an incomparably alluring beauty.

"You want me to submit..." A tremendous aura erupted from Immortal Shui Jin, as if she had transformed back into the 'Emperor Jin' who once dominated the Nine Directions Chaos Kingdom.

"If you defeat me, I will submit."

"Better than you?" Lei Zhan smiled, then nodded and said, "Alright. But I need to examine your memories, all your treasures and artifacts, even your magical weapons! Of course, you won't need them in this prison. But I will leave you enough elixirs."

"Hmph!" Immortal Shui Jin sneered, "If you can defeat me first, then you can do whatever you want with me. But if you can't even defeat me, then there's no point in talking about anything else."

"You've got quite a temper!" Lei Zhan didn't care. With a thought, the Heavenly Star Golden Pearl instantly formed the Thirty-Six Heavens, and beautiful flame lotuses appeared in this space.

Rumble~~~
The mighty water and fire descended, becoming even more magnificent amidst the thirty-six beautifully blooming flame lotuses.

"Hmm? This is... Ancestral Water? Ancestral Fire?" Immortal Shui Jin's expression changed, and suddenly nearly ten thousand beads of light blue and fiery red appeared around her.

Each of the light blue beads seemed to have flowing water, and each of the fiery red beads seemed to have surging magma.

Each of these beads, suspended high in the air, emitted a terrifying aura, sweeping towards Lei Zhan like a celestial river pouring down from above.

"The Way of Water? The Way of Fire?" Lei Zhan raised an eyebrow, glancing at the nearly ten thousand innate spiritual treasure-level beads that covered the sky, but his eyes were filled with fierce fighting spirit.

He also had profound insights into the Dao of Water and Fire. Among the avatars of his main body who were comprehending the Dao of Heaven on Fangcun Mountain, there were those who had comprehended the Dao of Water and Fire.

"Hahaha!" Lei Zhan laughed loudly, "The memories of True Immortal Dong Qun and the others were indeed correct! You, a top True Immortal who has mastered Qi cultivation, truly possess such means to control water and fire! No wonder you are called the Violet Emperor!"

Lei Zhan was overjoyed. He had truly swept away the true gods and immortals one by one. Under his powerful sweeping force, except for those who directly exposed themselves in the most extreme cases, he had explored all their memories.

Among them was a True God who knew the Water Violet Immortal very well. Only then did he learn that this top True Immortal who directly self-destructed in the original work was actually skilled in manipulating water and fire.

His top-notch Qi cultivation techniques were almost comparable to those of a first-class Ancestral Immortal! Upon hearing this, Lei Zhan was naturally overjoyed.

If Lei Zhan were to obtain the Qi cultivation techniques that control water and fire, extract their essence, and integrate them into his secret technique "Yin Yang Life and Death Wheel," their power would be even greater.

It's important to understand that, in the past, and even now, Lei Zhan's own "Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel" secret technique is somewhat lagging behind his current level. If it weren't for the inherent power of the Solar Golden Flame and the Taiyin Profound Water, this secret technique would be far inferior to supernatural abilities like the Star-Picking Hand and the Palm Buddha Kingdom.

"Water and Fire Domain! Go! Go! Go!" Immortal Shui Jin pointed into the distance, and nearly ten thousand water and fire beads in the sky transformed into countless forms, instantly turning into streams of water and flames radiating a terrifying aura.

They began to surround Immortal Shui Jin, like a giant whirlpool. But upon closer inspection, one would find that this giant whirlpool had concentric circles, some rotating clockwise and some counterclockwise, intersecting and tangling, causing the water and fire, which were originally only at the True Water and True Fire level, to move in opposite directions, creating an incredibly terrifying tearing force!

Sometimes it goes against the grain, sometimes it goes with the grain.

Sometimes gentle, sometimes violent.

The Water and Fire Domain formed by True Water and True Fire in the hands of True Immortal Shui Jin, even though it cannot compare to the Golden Flame of the Sun and the Profound Water of the Moon, is almost equal in power!

"Good! Good! Good!" Lei Zhan's eyes lit up as he looked at the vast water and fire domain. This kind of advanced secret technique was like timely rain, perfectly complementing his Qi cultivation methods.

……

Rumble~~~
The real water collided with the ancestral water.

The true fire clashed with the ancestral fire.

The entire beautiful canyon world seemed to have become a world of water and fire.

“Guardian, if this is all you have, you cannot make me submit!” Immortal Shui Jin shook her head and said, “You have used the ancestral water and ancestral fire so crudely… If I had the ability to control the ancestral water and ancestral fire, I would probably be able to truly rival the strength of ancestral gods and ancestral immortals.”

“Water and fire…” Lei Zhan laughed, “I’m not really good at water and fire. But what I’m best at… is time and space!”

"Space-Time - Shattered Star Style!"

“Hua La La~~~~”

As soon as Lei Zhan had a thought, the spacetime within a radius of tens of thousands of miles instantly distorted, as if a mirror had been shattered into countless fragments, with endless spatial turbulence overflowing from it...

“This is…” Immortal Shui Jin’s heart trembled, and her entire enchanting face turned several shades pale. “This is, this is the Dao of Time and Space!”

“Shatter!” Lei Zhan uttered a single word softly.

"Click~~~"

"Click~~~"

It was as if a mirror had shattered completely, even pulverized. Nearly ten thousand innate spiritual treasure beads in the sky, along with the vast domain of water and fire, all began to crumble completely in that instant…

suddenly.

"Huh? This, this is..." Lei Zhan was taken aback and stopped his attack.

In an instant, the surrounding water and fire ceased. The space and time within a radius of tens of thousands of miles also seemed to have remained unchanged, returning to normal in that instant.

"boom!!!"

Lei Zhan's body trembled, and a surge of massive information came from the distant chaos beyond the Three Realms.

"The first part of the 'Golden Statue' of Divine Power?"

"The Time-Space Secret Technique 'Time-Space Annihilation'? Volume One?"

……

(End of this chapter)