The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 213 The Legacy of the Earth Demon Lord

In the blink of an eye, five hundred years have passed.

The underworld, on the banks of the River of Oblivion.

The sky was perpetually shrouded in an endless gray mist, and the spider lilies along the River of Oblivion bloomed ever more intensely. Their crimson petals spread out in layers, like a giant red carpet.

Amidst this crimson expanse, there lies a colossal rock. Lei Zhan sits cross-legged atop this boulder, with the power of spacetime flowing around him. If a cultivator were to observe closely, they would discover that the flow of time around Lei Zhan is drastically different from anywhere else.

Wow.

Suddenly, Lei Zhan opened his eyes. He looked ahead and saw the surging waters of the River of Oblivion flowing endlessly, yet they were incredibly murky.

"Annihilation? This is annihilation?" Lei Zhan smiled. "Five hundred years. Even with my full strength and twenty times the speed of time, ten thousand years have passed before I finally comprehended the first volume of this 'Time-Space Annihilation' secret technique!"

"It's time to leave the underworld!"

Lei Zhan stood up and took a step forward. The surrounding space and time were layered and overlapping. In the distance, there were countless ghosts slowly advancing in a line, as well as many ox-headed and horse-faced ghost soldiers, but none of them noticed this scene.

"Let's go!" Lei Zhan arrived high in the sky, where Wang Shu and Ku Cao were already waiting. Their understanding of time and space was limited; after three hundred years, they hadn't grasped anything further. Nevertheless, they patiently waited for Lei Zhan.

"Lei Zhan, where do we go next?" Wang Shu turned to look at Lei Zhan and asked with a smile.

The withered grass looked over when it heard the sound.

"Next..." Lei Zhan pondered, then suddenly his expression changed. "Hmm?"

call.

With a flick of his wrist, a black talisman the size of a palm, resembling an axe, appeared in Lei Zhan's hand. "This is... part of the Black Axe?"

Lei Zhan frowned as he looked at the cracked talisman in his hand.

After conquering the three great worlds—the Purple Cloud Great World, the Heavenly Chen Great World, and the Black Jade Great World—he took the opportunity to break through to the True God level and stopped participating in the struggle for the great worlds.

Instead, he appointed four top-tier gods—Red Snow, Silver Moon, Snow Scorpion, and Black Axe—as commanders of the four directions, to fight for him in all four directions.

But now...

"Wait a minute." Lei Zhan turned to look at the two women and said, "The Black Axe God under my command of Zhaixing Mansion has encountered a mishap, and I need to deal with it first."

"Black Axe?" Wang Shu frowned.

"Black Axe God?" The withered grass looked puzzled.

"Hmm. I'll take you into my personal immortal abode first." Lei Zhan said, and with a wave of his hand, he put away the Wangshu and withered grass in front of him.

With a thought, Lei Zhan's consciousness surged like a tidal wave, completely enveloping the entire Three Realms in a short time.

First-class Golden Elixir has an extremely strong effect on nurturing the soul and true spirit. The consciousness of a first-class True Immortal can easily cover an entire chaotic world.

For Lei Zhan, exploring the three realms with a single thought is now an incredibly easy task.

"Huh? Here?" Lei Zhan muttered, then vanished from the spot with a whoosh.

……

Thousand Islands World.

This is a vast world with an endless ocean, and thousands of enormous islands are scattered throughout it.

High in the sky, a disheveled young man carrying a black axe stood atop a cloud, directing a group of immortals and demons below to carefully investigate. Among them were many powerful figures radiating the aura of celestial gods and true immortals.

"Everyone be careful. We finally managed to wrest control of this great world from the hands of the Enraged God and his people. Probe carefully," the Black Axe God's voice boomed.

The Great World of a Thousand Islands that they currently occupy is one of the fragments from the destruction of the once chaotic world.

When they were fighting with the Heavenly Gods and True Immortals of the Boundless Sect for this great world, those Heavenly Gods and True Immortals of the Boundless Sect were extremely frenzied, causing their team to suffer heavy losses and even nearly lose.

suddenly.

"Hmm?" The Black Axe God's gaze fell on an island below, a look of doubt on his face. "That is..."

On that island, hundreds of Void Returning Gods and Demons, along with hundreds of Celestial Immortals, were searching meticulously. However, some cultivator had inadvertently triggered some kind of array or restriction. Instantly, the entire Thousand Islands Great World was illuminated by a dazzling glow.

call.

The Black Axe God instantly transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the island with a whooshing sound.

Rumble~~~
The instant the Black Axe God landed on the island, layers upon layers of arrays and restrictions appeared in the void.

……

In a small world.

A white-bearded Taoist priest, dressed in a Taoist robe and looking like a hermit, was sitting cross-legged on a mountain peak. He seemed to sense something and opened his eyes, revealing a look of doubt.

"This fluctuation... how can such a powerful fluctuation still emanate from my Great World of the Three Realms?" The white-bearded Taoist sensed it briefly and his eyes lit up immediately. "A treasure! A great treasure!"

Wow!
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge spatial rift appeared directly in front of the white-bearded old Taoist, and then the Taoist walked into the spatial rift.

……

A world of endless, vast darkness.

On the suspended throne, the God-King Bu Xiu sat high above, looking down at a burly figure below.

“God King,” the burly figure said.

"Yan Zhu." Bu Xiu lightly tapped the armrest of the throne, his misty eyes fixed on the scene below. "You even failed in the struggle for the Thousand Islands Great World. What face do you have to come before me?"

"God King! Please forgive me, God King!" The burly figure knelt down in fear, repeatedly saying, "That Black Axe God of the Star-Picking Palace, and his subordinate True Immortals, are too many. I... I led my True Immortals with all my might, but..."

"Hmm?" Bu Xiu paused in his tapping of the armrest, his voice suddenly turning low: "A defeat is a defeat! No amount of excuses will help!"

"Think of a solution! If they discover the secret of the Thousand Islands Great World, even a hundred deaths wouldn't atone for your sins!" "This..." Yan Zhu Tianshen gritted his teeth, "My ancestor, the Lord of the Earth Demons, has been dead for countless years. The former Earth Demon Mountain was shattered beyond recognition, eventually transforming into the thousand enormous islands of this Thousand Islands Great World. But if I don't have ten thousand years to slowly explore, unless the array and restrictions completely dissipate, it will be very difficult to find that treasure..."

"Hmm? What did I just say?" Bu Xiu sneered. "I don't want explanations! I want results!"

"Ten thousand years to explore... You conquered that Thousand Islands World, so naturally you had plenty of time to explore it slowly! But you actually failed! You led many gods and true immortals of my Wujian Sect, yet you couldn't even defeat a Black Axe God... If that treasure eventually falls into Lei Zhan's hands."

"I will extract your soul and spirit and cast it into the Avici Hell for countless eons of torment!"

"God King," Yan Zhu Tianshen's expression changed, "Please give me a chance! I... I'm willing to secretly infiltrate the Thousand Islands Great World..."

"Hmph!" Bu Xiu's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly. He stared at the void with a deep gaze and gritted his teeth, saying, "No need! The array and restrictions protecting that treasure have begun to collapse. And that treasure has also appeared in the world."

"Huh?" Yan Zhu Tianshen's face turned pale, then became extremely ugly. "What? The Nine Abyss Cold Shadow Thorn has appeared in the world?"

"Hmph! I'll settle the score with you when I get back!" Bu Xiu glanced coldly at the slumbering Zhu Tianshen below, who seemed to have had his bones removed, and with a wave of his hand, he made him disappear into this vast dark world.

"It seems we have no choice but to take action this time!" Bu Xiu's icy voice echoed across this vast world. "That Lei Zhan killed my second primordial spirit back then, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, allowing my strength to advance even further. But this enmity is an irreconcilable blood feud!"

"Now that you're facing my true form, let's see how you can defeat me!"

Although he was somewhat unwilling, and even though he had to suppress his hatred for Lei Zhan for the time being, this time, he had no choice but to take action.

After all, that Yan Zhu Tian Shen had once been a disciple of the Earth Demon Lord's personal disciple and was one of the five Ancestral Demons of the Boundless Chaos World. He was also a relic left behind by the Earth Demon Lord!

That was one of the most precious treasures of the Lord of the Earth Demons.

Most importantly, it was a precious Chaos Treasure! If it hadn't been for the incredibly mysterious layers of restrictions placed upon it, it would probably have been obtained directly by the powerful figures of Nuwa's camp after the ancient war of destruction.

“Yan Zhu Tian Shen. You’re more trouble than you’re worth! You deserve to die!” Bu Xiu said coldly. “If I could successfully take over the Thousand Islands Great World, I wouldn’t have had to go through all this trouble.”

……

Wow~~~
In a void, a disheveled man carrying a black axe appeared. It was none other than the Black Axe God.

"Huh? This is..."

The Black Axe God looked around; the entire void space was hazy and empty.

Only at the very center of the space was a black stone the size of a millstone. Countless thin black chains were wrapped around that stone, and because everything was black, the palm-sized silver spear-shaped treasure stood out conspicuously.

Whoosh.

Black Axe God's eyes lit up, and he took a step and appeared in front of the black stone.

"This treasure..." The Black Axe God's mind stirred, and his consciousness immediately enveloped the large rock in front of him, along with the thin black chains and the silver miniature spear that looked somewhat extraordinary.

suddenly.

"This?" The Black Axe God stared in astonishment at the spear and chains before him. "How is this possible? Impossible! How come when I probe with my mental sense, all I see is emptiness, nothing at all?"

"Could it be that this treasure has a special restriction that can shield one's consciousness? Or... is it because of these chains and this stone?"

Black Axe God pondered for a moment. The treasure was rare, and there was no time for him to slowly try it out.

"My darling, it's best to secure it first!" With that thought, he waved his hand and was about to collect all the treasures in front of him.

Wow~~~
The immense divine power surged like churning ocean waves, enveloping the thin black chains and silver spear. But in an instant, the Black Axe God's expression changed drastically.

"Huh? I can't even put it away? Damn it! This treasure is no ordinary thing!"

The Black Axe God immediately understood that something capable of displaying such miraculous power must be an extremely precious item.

"Baby! Good baby!" A voice echoed in the void. Immediately afterwards, a powerful wave descended.

"Hmm? Someone's here! This...this fluctuation of aura..."

The terrifying fluctuations that descended upon this void immediately filled the Black Axe God with immense dread. He was very familiar with these fluctuations; they were the terrifying aura possessed only by powerful beings at the True God or Dao Ancestor level.

Even more than five hundred years ago, the Black Axe God personally witnessed the birth of a powerful being at the level of a true god. Naturally, the memory remains vivid!

"Young friend, there's no need to be nervous." The owner of the voice seemed to have noticed the Black Axe God's nervousness, and his voice became extremely gentle.

Wow~~~
Boundless power of heaven and earth gathered, and a human figure rapidly materialized in the void.

The Black Axe God looked directly over. In the void, a white-bearded Taoist priest, dressed in a Taoist robe and exuding an air of otherworldly elegance, slowly emerged.

"This... is Daoist Yuqiu!" The Black Axe God immediately recognized him, and his heart sank to the bottom.

"What to do! What to do!" Black Axe God was extremely anxious.

The treasure before them was incredibly precious. If it were any other powerful being at the level of a True God or Dao Ancestor, they might not have been able to bring themselves to accept it, and even if they did, they would still share some of the benefits with them.

But if it were this Daoist Yuqiu… you must know that among the true gods and Dao ancestors, there are also evil demons and treacherous villains. And this Daoist Yuqiu is that kind of treacherous old demon!

"I'm so unwilling!" A thousand thoughts flashed through the Black Axe God's mind. But this Daoist Yuqiu attained enlightenment in ancient times, and was already a powerful being at the level of a True God Dao Ancestor in ancient times. This made him feel even more powerless.

"Not reconciled!"

"I'm so unwilling to accept this!"

"This Taoist Yuqiu was known as 'desireless and without wants' in ancient times, and he was the most shameless of all."

"It seems I won't be able to get my hands on this treasure! No! No! Such a precious treasure, even if it's given to someone else, I can't let it fall into the hands of this Taoist Yuqiu! At least, if the Lord of the Manor gets this treasure, I can at least have a bowl of hot soup!"

It sounds slow, but it all happens in an instant.

The Black Axe God made a decision in an instant.

Within his personal immortal abode, a wisp of divine power materialized, and a small black axe-shaped talisman appeared in his hand. With a 'crack,' the palm-sized black talisman was crushed to dust!
……

(End of this chapter)