The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 222 Days of Traveling Through the Three Realms

Just as one of the clones of the main body was taking stock of his spoils in the world's prison.

Inside a wooden house in Nuwa's Wonderland.

"This is my star map beyond the Three Realms." Patriarch Bodhi smiled and waved his hand.

"Wow~~~"

Suddenly, a metal scroll on the wooden table floated in the air, unfurling automatically and rapidly growing larger, as if a giant membrane were suspended in mid-air.

The entire scroll was a hundred feet long, covered with countless stars, and in the center of those stars was a huge, sun-like radiance.

Bodhi Patriarch looked at Lei Zhan and said, "From ancient times to the present, we have collected many star maps and gathered them together to create this great star map."

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded, his gaze following the direction Bodhi Patriarch pointed to the metal scroll, and he was immediately stunned.

Vast! Incomparably vast!

The first time I saw a star map, it was so vast and starry that it gave me the feeling of looking at the cosmos in a past life.

"Just how vast is the outside world? The Great Mo Domain alone is so vast. There are countless chaotic worlds, even larger eternal worlds, and even countless territories, alien universes, and the entire Desolate Universe..." Simply looking at this star map had a tremendous impact on Lei Zhan.

Although he had always known the vastness of the endless chaos outside, when he actually looked at the star map, he was shocked to discover how narrow his imagination and understanding were.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled slightly, “In the endless chaos beyond my Three Realms, it is called the Great Mo Domain by those chaotic alien races. This star map almost encompasses the Great Mo Domain, recording the locations of twenty-one spacetime teleportation arrays. It also records eighty-six thousand one hundred and twelve chaotic worlds.”

“Hmm.” Lei Zhan looked on, his eyes filled with shock.

"When we first learned of this fact, we felt the same way you do. Each point of light on this star map represents a chaotic world, much like the Three Realms." The Bodhi Patriarch's gaze was distant, a sigh lingering on his face. "Look over there!"

As Bodhi Patriarch spoke, he pointed to an inconspicuous corner at the northernmost edge of the enormous star map, where a dim point of light appeared. “This point of light represents our Three Realms.”

"This star map... is the Three Realms right here?" Lei Zhan looked over.

"From ancient times to the present, no other races have ever invaded from any other direction. All other races have come to our Three Realms through this 'vortex space,'" Patriarch Bodhi continued.
"The environment around our Three Realms is extremely harsh, with many unknown dangers. The only way to reach the Three Realms is through this vortex space."

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded, observing carefully in his mind and quickly making notes.

Having a safe route to navigate through chaos is crucial. And since he will eventually leave the Three Realms, memorizing it in advance is a form of preparation.

……

Amidst the white clouds, a spatial vortex appeared out of thin air, from which emerged an old man in a Taoist robe and a young man in a black robe. They were none other than Patriarch Bodhi and Lei Zhan, who had returned from the Nuwa Immortal Realm.

“Lei Zhan.” Patriarch Bodhi looked at Lei Zhan with a solemn expression: “Now you have obtained the method to break through to the Ancestral God level. If you really break through to the Ancestral God level, Fuxi and Tathagata will probably be able to return to the Three Realms from that Earth’s core world. I estimate that… that’s when we will make our move.”

"Make a move?" Lei Zhan's heart skipped a beat. In the Nuwa Wonderland, Bodhi had also told him about the Mind General.

"Hmm." Patriarch Bodhi's eyes turned cold. "Some powerful beings in my Three Realms have long been secretly controlled by him, and the entire Three Realms have become like a sieve. This Chaos Alien race is skilled in mind control and enslavement. If it weren't for the lack of absolute certainty..."

"Therefore, if you can comprehend a Heavenly Dao before then, whether you become an Ancestor Immortal or an Ancestor God, it will greatly enhance our strength. In our Three Realms... far too many powerful beings have died. If we can avoid losses, we should try our best to kill those Chaos Alien Races at the lowest possible cost."

It should be noted that since the ancient world of Pangu, starting with the chaotic alien race Rahu, many intruders have entered one after another.

Those as high-profile as Rahu and the Lord of All Things are merely the two most prominent and powerful.

In reality, many others of average strength were killed by the powerful beings of the Three Realms before they could even make a ripple.

Although they ultimately won the battle of the ancient destruction, they also suffered heavy casualties among their powerful beings. Those controlled by the Old Man of Origin were essentially dead as well. Therefore, it was best to avoid losses whenever possible.

“Alright.” Lei Zhan nodded. “My original intention in creating this clone was to travel more and see more of the Three Realms. This would also help me to comprehend the Dao more quickly.”

"Go ahead." Patriarch Bodhi smiled.

……

Among the three realms.

As Lei Zhan's original form began to travel through the Three Realms, he was naturally accompanied by Wang Shu and Ku Cao.

They might take a small boat on a surging river and go fishing.

Or, like ordinary people, walk step by step, measuring mountains and rivers.

Or perhaps one can venture into towns and villages, experiencing the natural world as a web, and witnessing the myriad aspects of life.

Time flies, and year after year passes in the blink of an eye.

This is a peaceful and tranquil mountain village. The entire village is nestled against the mountains and beside the water, and the villagers living here live a very peaceful life.

In this mountain village, there is a simple courtyard with a bamboo fence, where a young man in black and two beautiful women live year-round.

At the entrance of the bamboo-fenced courtyard, Lei Zhan picked up a fishing rod and prepared to go fishing. "Shi Tou, going fishing again today?" a man passing by asked casually. He was wearing patched cloth clothes, carrying timber, and glanced inside the bamboo fence, his gaze lingering for a moment on the fishing rod in Lei Zhan's hand.

"Yes, I was just about to go out." Lei Zhan smiled, picked up his fishing rod, and walked towards the river in the distance.

Lei Zhan and his companions traveled through the three realms, experiencing the mortal world. When they grew weary, they would seek out a scenic spot to stay for a while. In this mountain village, they had been living for nearly ten years and were extremely familiar with the villagers.

Here, he, Wangshu, and Kucao were young men and women from the city who had run away from their arranged marriages and eloped to this mountain village. They lived like ordinary people, spending their days fishing and catching fish.

"Fishing is great! I don't know where you learned your fishing skills, but you always manage to catch several big fish." The man in plain clothes laughed, "Are you out of firewood at home? Should I set some aside for you this time?"

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan smiled. "Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Erbao. Once I have a catch today, I'll bring the fish to exchange for firewood."

The small mountain village was originally built by ordinary people who fled to the deep mountains to escape war, so many of them were strangers. Lei Zhan and his group had also come to this village together and lived there. Therefore, bartering was a very common practice here.

"Alright!" The plain-clothed man named Erbao nodded and smiled, "Then I'll be waiting for your big fish to go into the pot today!"

Lei Zhan casually responded and walked towards the river in the distance.

The river flowed gently, but the water was very clear, and you could vaguely see small fish swimming around, with almost every scale of the fish clearly visible.

"Hmm, this is it!" Lei Zhan looked around, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

……

Day after day, year after year.

In the blink of an eye, Lei Zhan has lived in this mountain village for another thirty or forty years.

On the riverbank, Lei Zhan sat casually on a large rock, holding a fishing rod in his hand, his eyes fixed on the middle of the river.

"Hmm?" Leizhan's heart moved.

"Wow."

With a pull of the fishing rod, a large fish flew out of the water and fell to the ground beside it, still thrashing about.

"Haha, we get fish soup!" Lei Zhan smiled, his genuine emotions flowing freely from his heart.

Holding the fishing rod, he cast the hook into the water again.

Having lived in this mountain village for over thirty or forty years and fished for thirty-four years, I have gradually adapted to this mundane life, even becoming more and more like an ordinary mortal, without feeling bored at all.

During these days, I felt like an insignificant speck of dust, getting closer and closer to nature. My mental strength rose with it, and I naturally broke through to the 'perfection of the mortal world'.

"Ok?"

suddenly.

Lei Zhan was taken aback, a smile appearing in his eyes, "The power of time, the fifth level has finally been comprehended."

Wow~~~
With a thought, Lei Zhan sent a wisp of divine power to replace him, who was still sitting on the rock fishing. No one noticed that his true form had actually disappeared in that instant.

……

In the portable immortal palace.

Lei Zhan sat cross-legged here, surrounded by an intangible atmosphere.

The very essence of time, originating from the depths of distant chaos, descended and enveloped the area. The surrounding power of time, imbued with spirituality, seemed to possess a soul, displaying a divine intent, unlike the power of time at the fourth level.

“Hua La La~~~~”

Within, an invisible seed began to rapidly condense. This was the culmination of a wealth of insights gained after reaching a certain level of understanding of the origin of time.

"Hoo." Lei Zhan gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Having walked through the mortal world of the Three Realms for nearly five hundred years, my original avatar was also cultivating in the Sky-Gazing Taihao Tower, comprehending for more than 150,000 years at a time speed of three hundred times. Finally, my power of the origin of time has also reached this level."

With a thought, Lei Zhan extended his index and middle fingers, joined them together to form a sword finger, and made a light stroke.

“Buzz~~~”

A streak of seven-colored light appeared, and wherever it passed, time flowed rapidly, and illusory figures appeared, vaguely revealing the cycle of the four seasons and the changing of spring and autumn...

“The power of time has been formed, and the power of the origin of space has long since reached the fifth level. It is only waiting for the two to combine to form the most perfect power of time and space…” Lei Zhan pondered in his heart.

"And I need to speed up my understanding of the Heavenly Dao! These years of traveling through the Three Realms have given me a deep understanding of the Heavenly Dao of Water. It seems that if I want to break through to become an Ancestral Immortal, I will probably have to focus on the Dao of Water."

……

(End of this chapter)