The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 229 My name is Bei Xiu!
The wooden boat, shimmering with a bluish-green light, pierced through the chaos time and time again, moving ever forward.

"The place where Suirenshi found the Nine Flames Elixir in the chaos... Later, after they went to the Endless Ice Sea to find the Ice Heart Essence, they went there again, but found nothing. So I don't need to go there again."

Lei Zhan pondered, "And the strange lands and treasure lands around that can give birth to such chaotic wonders as the Nine Flames Essence... I didn't see any suitable ones in the map my master left me, which recorded the chaos around the Three Realms."

Of course, treasures like the Nine Flames Elixir are only considered average among the rare items of chaos. But if a powerful being were lucky enough to encounter it while wandering through the endless chaos, they would probably just take it away the moment they saw it, and naturally wouldn't leave it behind.

“It seems that the only chance is to go further afield, to those unexplored places.” Lei Zhan shook his head helplessly. “However… the area around the Three Realms is full of dangerous and deadly places, so it’s not so easy to try your luck.”

Danger lurks everywhere around the Three Realms.

In many places, even the Dao Lord of Life and Death would perish if he encountered him.

Even the only chaotic vortex that currently leads to the outside world is not safe.

Within that vortex passage, there are numerous unstable spatial rifts. If you're unlucky, you might fall into one and be transported to some distant, unknown place.

However, the endless chaos is full of wonders, and these dangerous places are deadly and desolate, but they can also give birth to incomparably precious treasures.

Unfortunately, these are far beyond what Lei Zhan can covet. At present, Lei Zhan only hopes to try his luck and obtain some Nine-Flame Elixir from the surrounding Three Realms.

"It seems I still have to search slowly and be careful. Although these dangerous and deadly places are extremely dangerous, as long as I am careful and stay far away, I shouldn't die so easily..." Lei Zhan thought to himself, "Moreover, the endless chaos surrounding the Three Realms is full of secrets. If I'm lucky, I might be able to get some benefits like the Three Pure Ones."

Thinking of this, Lei Zhan's brows relaxed considerably.

Anyway, even if his clone dies after leaving the Three Realms, he can slowly recover by cultivating the "Eighteen Gods and Demons of Tao Wu" at some cost. But if he accidentally finds some treasures in the endless chaos outside the Three Realms, that would be truly great luck.

It's worth noting that the Three Pure Ones roamed the endless chaos in ancient times, acquiring numerous treasures along the way. These included the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Ninefold Chaos Restriction, all obtained during their travels in the endless chaos.

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan was pondering when suddenly his expression changed, followed by a strange look.

“This is…” Lei Zhan turned his head to look in a distant direction.

After leaving the Three Realms, Lei Zhan roughly chose a direction and then traveled in that direction on his magical artifact.

But in reality, Lei Zhan had been traveling through the chaos for five or six days, and was already very far from the Three Realms. Yet, upon arriving here, his perception of the guiding force of fate and cause and effect became increasingly clear.

"It seems that something is guiding me from somewhere nearby?" Lei Zhan was both surprised and nervous.

Based on his understanding of cause and effect, he could only sense that the source originated from the endless chaos, but once he entered the endless chaos, he was completely blind.

But the feeling is so clear now...

"I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but it's already here, so I guess there's no way to avoid it," Lei Zhan said softly.

"Then let's go over there and take a good look!"

……

"Has this day finally come?"

"it's all over."

"It's a pity... I didn't get to see a successor born before I died."

In the depths of endless chaos, an old man dressed in a Taoist robe sat cross-legged on a desolate star. His eyes held a mixture of resentment, hatred, relief, and liberation, all of which eventually turned into a long sigh.

"Ugh..."

He, the World God of the North, roamed the endless chaos throughout his life and was a top-tier World God with extremely strong power, but in the end he fell to this state.

From the initial desperate escape and struggle, never giving up, until finally powerless, they left themselves a contingency plan and calmly awaited death.

During this long period, he had come to terms with it. But when that day finally arrives, who could willingly and calmly face death?

Even among those Dao Lords who reached the level of Life and Death Dao Lord in the endless chaos, and ultimately failed on the verge of Dao Integration, countless people went mad with despair at the last moment!
"Death...is this what it feels like when the true spirit begins to completely disintegrate?"

The old man in the Taoist robe suddenly curled up at the corner of his mouth, "I heard Brother Tianyi mention that those powerful beings who painstakingly walked their own path, only to fail after reaching the fourth step of the Dao Lord realm and then failing to merge with the Dao, also had their souls and true spirits disintegrate just like mine..."

"The Three Divine Beasts of the Black Dragon... My treasures are not so easy to obtain. It's a pity that I didn't get to see your despair in the end."

The old man in the Taoist robe thought about many things at that moment, but as his voice fell, he closed his eyes.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, the old man in the Taoist robe opened his eyes abruptly. He looked into the endless chaos with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Is someone coming?"

A faint smile suddenly appeared in the eyes of the old man in the Taoist robe.

"This person's aura... it was him!"

……

Lei Zhan steered the wooden boat through the chaos for another two days. "It's getting closer and closer." Lei Zhan's expression was solemn; the closer they got, the stronger the feeling became.

Passing through the chaos, Lei Zhan soon saw a desolate star.

“That is…” Lei Zhan stood on the wooden boat, gazing at the huge, desolate star in the distance, candlelight flickering in his eyes.

An old man dressed in a Taoist robe stood up and stood on the desolate star, looking in his direction as well.

"Huh?" Lei Zhan was taken aback, and his heart trembled. "Fu Ju Dao Ancestor... Bei Xiu World God! It really is him!"

"Young friend Lei Zhan!" the old man in the Taoist robe said calmly, his voice also ringing in Lei Zhan's ears, "Since you're here, come and meet me."

"Hmm? Let me go?" Lei Zhan hesitated for a moment, looking at the Taoist elder with a rather calm expression. He gritted his teeth and steered the wooden boat directly towards that desolate star.

Since we've already come all this way, if we let Lei Zhan leave like this, he'll definitely be unwilling!
After all, this is the only powerful being at the level of a world god that Lei Zhan has ever seen!
“Support the Dao Ancestor.” Lei Zhan stepped out of the wooden boat and appeared on this desolate star.

"Fuju?" The old man in the Taoist robe shook his head and smiled. "I suppose so! Before I die, I still hope someone will call me by my real name!"

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan looked at the smiling old man.

"Fuju actually died back in the ancient Pangu world," World God Beixiu laughed. "My name is Beixiu, World God Beixiu!"

"Bei Xiu? Bei Xiu, the world god?" Lei Zhan was taken aback, and his heart immediately jumped.

This Northern World God not only recognized him, but also revealed his identity immediately upon meeting him.

Lei Zhan knew the World God of Bei Xiu because the Fu Ju Dao Ancestor, whom he had possessed, was extremely famous in the Three Realms. His swordsmanship was undisputed as the best in the Three Realms, so even though the Fu Ju Dao Ancestor kept a low profile, no one could ignore such a powerful being.

Lei Zhan had seen the watermark portrait of Fuju Daozu from his master, Bodhi Patriarch. Upon meeting him this time, Lei Zhan recognized him immediately.

Conversely, how could such a powerful being at the level of a world god recognize him at a glance?

"It seems that my killing of Buxiu in the Three Realms has also drawn the attention of the Northern Xiu World God," Lei Zhan muttered to himself. "Being noticed by a World God-level being, I wonder if it's a good thing or a bad thing. I suspect that unseen guidance is also related to this Northern Xiu World God!"

“Lei Zhan,” the World God of the North Shore explained to Lei Zhan.

"World gods, that is, the level of Pangu and Nuwa that you talk about. But judging from your expression, you should know about these things as well."

The God of the North World glanced at Lei Zhan again and again, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

"I never expected this! In just ten thousand years, you've reached the True God level. And that half-finished second-grade Qi Refining method that I found somewhat interesting back then has been transformed into a completely new path by you. A first-grade Golden Core... truly a prodigy. That original method was only second-grade, yet you directly cultivated a first-grade Golden Core." World God Bei Xiu exclaimed in admiration.
"It seems that this chaotic world does indeed hold secrets I am unaware of."

In a chaotic world that doesn't even have a complete cultivation method, the emergence of one monstrous genius after another is something even a fool could see is wrong.

Moreover, Bei Xiu, a world god from the Heavenly Cang Palace with several Dao Lords of Life and Death, could naturally see the extraordinary nature of the Three Realms.

"Huh? A half-finished second-grade Golden Core cultivation method that was casually tossed aside?" Lei Zhan's heart trembled. This time, he was truly shocked.

Second-level Qi cultivation method?

The only method he practiced for cultivating Qi was a single book, a fragment of a Qi cultivation manual called "Nine Directions".

As for why the World God Bei Xiu could see through his true nature at a glance, Lei Zhan wasn't surprised at all. After all, even though the World God Bei Xiu in front of him was a wisp of remnant soul about to completely dissipate, his insight was still at the level of a peak World God.

"This is a Qi cultivation method called 'Nine Directions.' It is a fragment of a text that I obtained after I killed a true god under the command of the ancestral god called the Lord of All Things during the ancient war of destruction. Later, the Three Realms were born, and the Three Thousand Great Worlds and the Hundreds of Millions of Small Worlds were completely stable. This method was obtained by chance by your master, Ju Hua."

"This..." Lei Zhan's previous doubts were completely resolved with the explanation of the World God of the North Xiu.

Neither the Nine Fragments of the Manual, nor the Qi Refining Method, nor the World Prison that was ultimately obtained by Shao Yanchou, could have appeared out of thin air.

The most likely scenario is that the chaotic alien race that accidentally stumbled into the Three Realms died, and the treasures were completely lost in the Three Realms.

But the source of this method actually comes from the Northern Xiu World God?

"Stop guessing." The World God Bei Xiu seemed to know everything. He said leisurely, "That true god was probably a slave who eventually followed the Lord of All Things to your Three Realms. I believe you have also sensed that my soul and true spirit have been disintegrating. In that great battle, I was unwilling to fight the Lord of All Things, the Wind Demon, and the Heart Demon, so I simply found a true god of similar strength. Unexpectedly, due to a series of coincidences, it inadvertently led to your rise."

Lei Zhan fell silent, staring at the Northern World God before him.

With a clear mind, one could see with the naked eye that the last remaining remnant soul was rapidly dissipating. If this rate continued, it would completely dissipate in no more than half an hour.

"Alright! My current state is beyond saving. I can only maintain it for another hour at most before it completely collapses." The World God of Beixiu smiled, and his expression towards Lei Zhan suddenly became solemn.

"Building Exhibition."

"Hmm? Please speak, senior." Lei Zhan was taken aback, looking at the World God of Bei Xiu, and had a vague premonition in his heart.

"Since you have come to this chaos at this time, it gives me something to look forward to before I die."

"I'm Bei Xiu, and I'd like to ask you for a favor!"

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(End of this chapter)