The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

"BOOM!"

The world changed color, countless surging waves erupted, countless raging flames burned, and even the void was distorted, as if it were a scene of world destruction.

In this space, the shattered spacetime seemed to bloom like flowers, and for a moment, thousands of 'flowers' bloomed in competition.

"Damn it! This method of manipulating time and space..."

In the midst of the struggle between water, fire, and time, the Ice Demon Lord's expression changed; he now felt an immense threat. With a thought, his ice armor, which emanated a faint, eerie light, blazed brightly, desperately resisting the attack.

Ke Lei Zhan's mastery of the Thousand Realms of Time and Space is extremely powerful, and with the Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel to further annihilate it...

It was visibly that the Ice Demon Lord's aura had become somewhat unstable, and his speed, which was originally comparable to the limit of the Heavenly Dao, had dropped significantly.

"Die!" Lei Zhan's gaze was icy. The nine Azure Cloud Star Pearls in the Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel, as well as the nine Nine Realms Azure Black Shuttles, instantly transformed into two giant dragons, one a water dragon and the other a fire dragon, frantically coiling around the Ice Demon Lord.

While the 'Thousand Realms' of time and space are currently used to deal with the Ice Demon Lord, the power of this Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel is equally formidable.

Under the control of the demonic power that rivals that of a half-step Chaos Immortal, even a peak Ancestral God has to be extremely careful, or he will lose a layer of skin if he is not careful.

It's unknown what methods the Ice Demon Lord used to withstand these two deadly attacks.

"Hmm? Give it to me, shatter!" The Ice Demon Lord's killing intent erupted, and with a whoosh, the two ice crystal scimitars in his hands were swung out with a bang.

Space seemed to be wailing. Under the terrifying struggle between water and fire, this ice crystal scimitar appeared and disappeared, as if it could traverse space. First, it directly blasted away the water dragon and the fire dragon, and then the blade light formed by the two scimitars disappeared into thin air.

As if without a sound, from an extremely distant distance, two curved swords suddenly appeared in front of Lei Zhan.

too fast!
Everything happened in a very short time!
"Huh? Spatial teleportation!"

The blade's light sliced ​​through the void, and the powerful and terrifying blade intent made Lei Zhan's heart tighten. Without thinking, he twirled his silver-white spear and immediately tried his best to defend.

Boom~~~
The scimitar slammed into the silver-white spear, the terrifying impact transmitted from the scimitar to the entire spear, and two astonishing blade lights faintly appeared on the icy scimitar.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

"Time and space annihilation!" Lei Zhan thought to himself.

In an instant, a colossal black hole, seemingly capable of devouring and annihilating everything, suddenly appeared, as if it could destroy everything.

Then, around Lei Zhan, layers of space and time overlapped, as if a thought of Lei Zhan could instantly form an 'egg' constructed from layers of space and time, completely enveloping him.

boom! boom!
The ice crystal scimitar, its power undiminished, slammed into the 'egg' constructed from layers of spacetime. Instantly, spacetime shattered, forming a terrifying black hole once more.

Just as the ice crystal scimitar was blocked by these layers of spacetime, Lei Zhan transformed into a golden rainbow and vanished from the spot.

call.

Spacetime transformation.

"Hmm? This feeling..." Lei Zhan retreated to a distance, his mind still seemingly savoring the technique he had subconsciously unleashed, which had flashed by like a shooting star.

"The shield I subconsciously activated when I cast Time Annihilation..." Countless thoughts flashed through Lei Zhan's mind.

"Die!" Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted Lei Zhan's thoughts. A stream of icy blue light, resisting the entanglement of water and fire, crashed towards him!
"Hmm? This speed, even when you're entangled by the Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel, you can still be this fast?" Lei Zhan's eyes showed a hint of surprise. "However, right now your speed is nowhere near mys!"

call out.

A golden light flashed, and in an instant, Lei Zhan vanished from his spot, appearing a million miles away in the sky before the Ice Demon Lord could even reach him.

He gazed at the Ice Demon Lord, who was completely surrounded and annihilated by the vast water and fire, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "You, Demon Lord, are actually skilled in the art of space? You almost succeeded!"

"Space? What a pity." The Ice Demon Lord's heart grew colder.

This challenger is quite powerful; the ancestral water and ancestral fire he controls are more than ten times more powerful than ordinary ancestral water and ancestral fire! He is also skilled in the art of spacetime…

The Ice Demon Lord stood in the air, resisting both water and fire, his expression icy: "The influence of the Path of Time and Space on the Path of Space is too great, making it even easier for you to perceive. If you hadn't followed the Path of Time and Space, that one strike just now would have killed you directly."

Spacetime is a complex system that combines the principles of time and space.

Lei Zhan's understanding of time and space reached the fifth level very early on.

It is precisely because of this that time and space are perfectly combined. In terms of spatial techniques, Lei Zhan is extremely familiar with time and space techniques.

"Kill me? That would be a real shame." Lei Zhan smiled slightly, a thought flashing through his mind.

"The birth and death of Yin and Yang!"

"Water and fire will destroy the world!"

Rumble~~~
The mighty water and fire dragons intertwined and collided, like a giant water and fire millstone, strangling each other, and at the center of this millstone was the Ice Demon Lord.

Compared to the Divine Demon Body Refinement, which is still at the True God level, the Qi Refining Technique is completely at the level of a First-Class Ancestral Immortal. Moreover, with the eighteen clones combined into one, whether it is magic power, divine soul, or anything else, it is vastly different from ordinary First-Class Ancestral Immortals.

"These are the same old tricks again... Your Ancestral Water and Ancestral Fire are powerful because of the secret techniques you use, but if you think you can defeat me with just this one secret technique, you're far from enough."

The azure light emanating from the Ice Demon Lord grew even more dazzling, and the terrifying water and towering flames that could annihilate everything around him seemed to have no effect at this moment.

He advanced toward Lei Zhan, his speed suppressed to an extremely slow level, yet he covered millions of miles in almost ten breaths before arriving at Lei Zhan's side.

"The Yin-Yang Wheel of Life and Death... can only serve to entangle."

Lei Zhan frowned. "This Ice Demon Lord's method should be an extremely sophisticated protective secret technique, but once it's used, even the Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel, which can now annihilate some weak peak Ancestral Gods, has become only effective in binding them..."

You should know that when I killed the Mind God General in the Chaos, even the peak Ancestral Gods at the Mind God General's level did not dare to treat him so lightly, nor did they allow me to suppress him like this.

Now, with the eighteen clones united, if they were to face the Mind General again, the Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel Secret Technique alone would be enough to slowly annihilate and destroy the Mind General's Black Lotus Secret Technique.

As for the mind-body general hiding inside the black lotus, he would be reduced to ashes in just a few breaths.

But now, facing this Ice Demon Lord...

"Impossible! It's absolutely impossible to reach the threshold of a world god!"

A thought flashed through Lei Zhan's mind, but he immediately dismissed it.

"When I encountered the Ice Demon Lord at the True God and True Immortal level, he was essentially still at the True God level, but his understanding of the Dao and his secret techniques gave him an aura and strength comparable to an Ancestral God."

"But this Ice Demon Lord, who is at the Ancestral God level, doesn't seem to be insurmountable to me at all!"

If the level of the Ancestral God were to leapfrog another major level, even if it were barely comparable, it would still reach the threshold of the World God.

But the pressure from the Ice Demon Lord in front of him was far from that level.

"Practicing Qi... Your Ancestral Immortal power is indeed formidable, far surpassing that of ordinary Ancestral Immortals. But if you have no other means, then let's stop here!" The Ice Demon Lord's eyes suddenly erupted with killing intent, and his two ice crystal scimitars moved simultaneously.

Whoosh whoosh~~~

The two curved swords followed a specific trajectory, slashing down one after another, containing a unique charm that was both beautiful and deadly. As the two curved swords slashed down, it was as if round and round bright moons were howling.

That was too fast! This attack was too fast!
Almost all of them left the base too late to defend.

"Block it!" Lei Zhan gritted his teeth. "Block it for me!"

The Ice Demon Lord had been fighting him in close combat, but his Divine Demon Body Refining Style was still only at the True God level.

Even with the eighteen parts of his spirit combined, he was only comparable to a half-step Ancestral God, far inferior to the Ice Demon Lord!

Lei Zhan flashed a silver-white spear in his hand, the power of spacetime swirling around it, and hurriedly met the killing move.

Boom~~~
In the instant of the clash, the fortified defenses shattered, and a terrifying force swept through, sending the defenders flying backward.

It carved a deep ravine through the icy canyon, stretching for tens of thousands of miles and dozens of feet deep, until it crashed into a cliff with a loud thud before coming to a stop.

"Hoo." Lei Zhan took a deep breath and stood up unsteadily.

The Ice Demon Lord's killing move caused even his divine body, which was barely comparable to a Chaos Treasure, to tremble slightly.

"We need to think of a way to keep him close and fight me head-on, using my weaknesses to exploit the Ice Demon Lord's strengths." Lei Zhan's expression was solemn.

The power displayed by this Ice Demon Lord is simply too heaven-defying.

The combination of terrifying attacks and terrifying speed, coupled with an equally profound understanding of the Dao, made it extremely difficult for Lei Zhan to fight. "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Just then, the Ice Demon Lord moved, and while resisting the Yin-Yang Life and Death Wheel, his two curved blades suddenly lit up with an ice-blue blade light.

"It's that blade of light again!" Lei Zhan's gaze sharpened, and an invisible mental force spread out, ethereal and boundless, directly enveloping the Demon Lord of the Heart Demon.

"Mind Power - Bewitching!"

Wow~~~
With a single thought, all the cycles of reincarnation can be contained in an instant!
"Hmm? Mental power!" The Ice Demon Lord's expression froze, and then a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes, which were full of killing intent.

Having already reached the fifth level of mental strength, now that all the clones of the second primordial spirit have merged into one, even if the mental strength realm cannot be improved, the 'quality' and 'quantity' of this are far superior to a single clone.

"Die!" With a thought, Lei Zhan's silver spear suddenly grew to a size of ten thousand feet, and it thrust out like a dragon.

Wow~~~

A massive black hole appeared out of nowhere and swallowed the Ice Demon Lord; this was the 'Annihilation Style' created by Lei Zhan.

At the same time, endless Yin Xuan Water and Sun Golden Flame were frantically ravaging the area.

……

"Hmm? The way of defense? And this... mental power technique?"

The white-clad girl, who was watching the battle between Lei Zhan and the Ice Demon Lord in a void space, suddenly brightened up.

"The fifth level of mental power is just one step away from constructing one's own mental world, and it also excels in space-time..."

The fifth level of mental power, 'Returning to Truth,' is indeed extremely close to the sixth level of mental power, 'World Realm,' and it can be said that it is only one step away from constructing a world of the mind.

However, the girl in white also knew that this single step had stumped countless people. In the endless chaotic world, cultivators of mental power were extremely rare.

Of course, a cultivator who is not skilled in mental cultivation is not worthy of receiving the opportunity from her master.

After all, being bad at mental strength is a weakness. Even if you reach the edge of the Dao Integration stage, no matter how strong you are, you will still have a great weakness.

It's like a wooden bucket with uneven sides; how much water it can hold depends entirely on the shortest plank.

The girl in white gazed leisurely: "Traveling through time and space... your mental strength at this level is not weak... truly, it's becoming more and more like it. It wasn't in vain that I added some difficulty."

She had already adjusted the difficulty of the Demon-Subduing Palace once before, and the increased difficulty for Lei Zhan now is also her doing.

"With such potential, one naturally needs an equally matched opponent to fully unleash even greater potential." The girl in white said softly, "However, it's time to end this. This level of difficulty is sufficient for the first time."

The girl in white had a very calm expression. Over the countless years, there had been very few things that had caught her attention, and even fewer that had made her actively increase the difficulty.

Although the difficulty has increased, the benefits gained after passing the test will naturally be just as great.

For geniuses and prodigies, this is actually a rare opportunity.

……

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~"

The golden flames of the sun and the mysterious water of the moon fought fiercely. In the instant the Ice Demon Lord was bewitched, the power of the protective secret technique around him visibly weakened.

Time and space are annihilated, and the cycles of yin and yang, life and death collide and annihilate each other...

"They're really tenacious!" Lei Zhan looked at the Ice Demon Lord, who had already awakened and was struggling desperately in the distance, and sensed the gradually weakening aura in the center of the water and fire millstone. He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, the Ice Demon Lord, who was already at his last gasp, was directly annihilated.

"Phew! That feeling just now..."

Lei Zhan stood high in the sky, gazing into the distance, his heart searching for the feeling he had when the Ice Demon Lord interrupted his battle just moments before.

"That method I used just now, subconsciously..."

Lei Zhan pondered, and that spark of inspiration seemed like a 'fish' constantly swimming in his sea of ​​consciousness. He had now seen the fish's shadow.

At worst, all that's left is to catch the fish.

“Time and space…” Lei Zhan murmured softly.

“Hua La La~~~~”

A refreshing sensation appeared out of nowhere, and the moment it appeared, it acted on the soul and the spirit.

That was when I, in the distant Three Realms, decisively and swiftly used a sudden enlightenment.

The epiphany that only takes five years to accumulate enough energy is no longer a big deal for Rui Zhan.

He just wanted to grasp that sudden flash of inspiration.

In some mysterious way, he could sense that feeling was extremely important to him.

……

I don’t know how much time passed.

Lei Zhan remained in the Demon Subduing Palace, still in this icy world, and no one teleported him out of the main hall.

suddenly.

Lei Zhan stretched out his finger and pointed at it from afar.

"Wow~~~"

In the distance, countless forces of spacetime could be seen emerging from the void.

In an instant, countless forces of spacetime surged, instantly transforming into countless layers of spacetime.

A vast amount of spacetime, like a mille-feuille, is stacked up layer by layer to form a huge sphere of light, within which countless spacestimes intersect.

Integration, separation...

It looked like a flickering candle flame.

Initially, it was extremely unstable. Layers of spacetime collided, directly triggering a small-scale collapse.

Gradually.

The numerous separate spaces and times began to slowly merge, then slowly separate again, transforming into layers of independent spaces and times.

During this process, a wealth of insights welled up within me, and these insights all came together...

"So that's how it is!" Lei Zhan suddenly realized.

He pointed into the distance and said, "Freeze!"

Wow~~~
The fluctuations in spacetime were completely calm, completely integrated, forming a world of its own.

"It seems that this style is more suitable for the name Thousand Realms."

Lei Zhan looked on with a smile, "This should be the first time I've figured out a method of defense."

"With a single thought, layers of spacetime enveloped me, allowing me to directly enter a relatively stable spacetime."

"If anyone wants to fight me or attack me, they must first break the space-time around me."

"This protective spacetime world can be one layer, or ten, a hundred, or even a thousand or ten thousand layers."

"As long as my realm is high enough, I can form a thick barrier constructed from countless spaces and times, and at the same time, I can continuously build defenses inside it. It will be very difficult for others to break through this defense!"

Lei Zhan thought to himself, "This move shall be called the 'Reincarnation Move,' a cycle of time and space!"

……

(End of this chapter)