The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

The Three Realms, the Great World of Purple Clouds.

The Zhaixing Mansion was bustling with activity.

One powerful figure after another gathered here, including powerful figures from the Taoist, Buddhist, and Wujian sects, such as Feng Mo, Huanmu Master, and Mo Shou Dao Zu.

"Congratulations!"

"Hongxue, congratulations! After countless years, you have finally taken this step!"

"Hahaha. I've finally broken through! My Three Realms have gained another powerful being!"

The entire Star-Picking Palace was incredibly lively. Apart from Hou Yi and Fu Xi, who were heading to the Earth's core, as well as those powerful beings with eccentric personalities who preferred seclusion, most of them had also come.

Because today's protagonist is Hong Xue, the top general under the command of Zhaixing Mansion.

Hongxue cultivated for countless years and received various opportunities from Leizhan. After re-emerging from the Three Realms at Zhaixing Mansion, her strength increased dramatically.

A few days ago, this top-tier celestial being, who had accumulated countless years of experience, finally took the last step, comprehended the Dao of Heaven in one fell swoop, and broke through to become an Ancestral Immortal!
Of course, breakthroughs like Hongxue's are not isolated cases.

Five hundred years ago, when Lei Zhan used many secret techniques to establish the Guiyi Dao Palace, this act undoubtedly provided tremendous help to the beings in the Three Realms.

Examples include Yin Yue and Jiang Jun from the Bodhi School, Lü Dongbin from the Daoist School, and Sumeru Arhat from the Buddhist School, etc.

During this period, it became increasingly common in the Three Realms for people to make great progress in strength after viewing the teachings, or even to break through directly.

suddenly.

Then, Lei Zhan, dressed in a black robe, appeared in the Zhaixing Mansion.

"Hmm? Fellow Daoist Lei Zhan has arrived!"

"The Lord of Zhaixing Palace, the Lord of Guiyi Sect? He's here too?"

"Hahaha! Fellow Daoist Gui, it's been over three thousand years since we last met!"

"This person's strength is becoming increasingly unfathomable and elusive!"

A group of powerful beings gathered together, chatting in twos and threes. Some had come in person, while others had sent an avatar.

Upon his appearance, Rei immediately became the focus of the entire audience, and even the protagonist, Kurenai, felt somewhat overshadowed.

After all, the reputation of this Daoist Master Guiyi, who is famous throughout the Three Realms, is indeed too great!
First, he took out the "Ice and Fire Tempering Golden Elixir Technique" to greatly increase the strength of some Dao Ancestors in the Three Realms, giving each of them a chance to become a Second-Class Ancestral Immortal, comparable to the threshold of Ancestral God.

Later, the Guiyi Dao Palace was established, and a large number of secret techniques and methods were introduced, greatly increasing the chances of breakthroughs for many beings in the Three Realms.

He is also the lord of the entire Star-Picking Palace, and commands the Star-Picking Realm, which consists of hundreds of great worlds.

In the Three Realms, the Star-Picking Palace was already extremely famous, and now it is even somewhat comparable to the Buddhist and Taoist sects.

While the number of true gods and Dao Ancestors following him is temporarily inferior, he surpasses them in other aspects.

"Hahaha!"

The Silver Moon Ancestor Immortal standing to the side revealed a hint of mockery, "Hongxue, look, as soon as Junior Brother arrives, he completely steals your thunder!"

"Don't try to sow discord between me and the Lord of the Manor."

Hongxue smiled gently, "When you broke through to become an Ancestral Immortal, the Palace Master also sent an avatar over."

"And in the end, the result was the same as mine. Most of the powerful figures who came were there for the Lord of the City. I didn't make fun of you like this back then."

Currently, the two of them are the only two second-class Ancestral Immortals in the entire Star-Picking Palace, and both of them have cultivated the "Eighteen Divine Demons of Tao Wu". Their strength is so great that they can rank among the top one hundred in the current Three Realms.

"master."

"The Suiren clan."

"Samcheong."

"Wind Demon".

……

Lei Zhan encountered Bodhi, Suirenshi, and others who had appeared in disguise, and walked directly over to them.

One by one, powerful figures gathered together, in twos and threes, but the group of Suirenshi, the Three Pure Ones, and Bodhi who gathered together was undoubtedly the most valuable.

"They've arrived." Bodhi turned to look at Lei Zhan and smiled slightly.

“Master,” Lei Zhan said.

The group of powerful figures watched Lei Zhan approach without any objection, and continued discussing the unfinished topic of their journey.

"Sanqing, do you really want to leave the Three Realms?" Fengmo looked at Sanqing Daoist, a glint in his eyes.

He was also somewhat tempted.

During the ancient war of destruction, if he had known that there was a relatively safe path to leave the Three Realms amidst the chaos surrounding them, he would have been able to escape.

If he could travel through that chaotic vortex space to the Great Mo Domain, he probably took Master Huanmu, Dao Ancestor Demon Hand, and the others directly away from the Three Realms and headed into the endless chaos.

Now that things have stabilized between the two sides and the Three Realms are growing stronger, they have no more worries in their hearts. In particular, the Three Pure Ones have even considered leaving the Three Realms.

After all, the Three Realms are now bound by the oath of destiny, and they are completely united as one, an unbreakable bond.

“Hmm.” A hint of longing appeared in the eyes of the Three Pure Ones. He smiled and said, “When Nuwa hurriedly left the Three Realms to go to the more expansive endless chaos, I had the idea of ​​going out.”

"Now, having practiced all the techniques that Lei Zhan has taught me, my strength has increased greatly... I also want to see the wider world outside."

"What a wider view is out there?" Suirenshi, Bodhi, and others all longed for it.

They now stand at the pinnacle of the Three Realms; if they can't see the road ahead, so be it.

But now we can clearly see the path to the future; it's all right before our eyes.

Naturally, they began to have the idea of ​​venturing out into the world.

"What? Would you be willing to go with me?" The Three Pure Ones smiled. "If we leave the Three Realms together, we can also explore together."

They were born together from chaos, and their friendship, forged over countless years, had become one of life-and-death bonds. If they were to leave the Three Realms together and journey through chaos together...

"Lei Zhan?" Feng Mo, San Qing, and the others all looked at Lei Zhan in perfect unison.

Among them, Lei Zhan was the one with the most secrets. And now, in terms of strength alone, he was the one they couldn't see through. "I won't go for now," Lei Zhan said with a shake of his head and a smile.

Although Lei Zhan possesses both his original body and a second primordial spirit, which can be considered as having two lives, one of them must always be relatively safe.

The second primordial spirit is currently in the inner world of the earth, where opportunities and trials are plentiful. There is no need for it to leave the Three Realms immediately.

Next, the second primordial spirit will also venture into the Ice Demon Valley, a place fraught with danger.

"Where is Bodhi?" The Three Pure Ones turned to look at Patriarch Bodhi and said, "You and Fengmo, one is skilled in the Dao of Time and Space, and the other can combine the Dao of Wind with Space..."

"I've also considered leaving, but I'll at least wait until I break through to become an Ancestral God before leaving the Three Realms," Bodhi said, shaking his head.

"After all, there are countless powerful beings in the Chaos, and the Three Realms are just a small place."

"Oh? Ancestral God?" The powerful beings present all lit up. "Bodhi, have you found that glimmer of light in the desolation? Are you about to break through?"

"It'll be soon," said Patriarch Bodhi with a slight smile.

The method of desolation was extremely suitable for him.

With the accumulation of countless years, his understanding of the Dao and his foundation were quite good. The only thing limiting him from breaking through to the Ancestral God level was the lack of a good method.

Although the "Inner Observation of the Ancestral God" was created by the Goddess Nuwa to allow beings in the Three Realms to break through to the level of Ancestral God, the probability of doing so is extremely low.

If the chance of successfully breaking through with the "Inner Observation of the Ancestral God" scroll is one percent, then the chance of success with the "Desolate World God" scroll left by Lei Zhan is ten percent. That's a tenfold difference!

“Then let’s wait until Bodhi breaks through to become an Ancestral God before we set off for the Endless Chaos,” the Three Pure Ones said with a smile. “We’ve waited for so many years, what’s a thousand or ten thousand more?”

"You two go out?" Feng Mo glanced at the powerful figures around him. "Take me with you. If the few of us join forces, even if we encounter a powerful figure at the World Realm level, we should have a chance to escape."

Lei Zhan watched silently, muttering to himself, "The Three Pure Ones are so confident, it feels like they have already broken through to the level of Ancestral God. Add to that their master who is good at time and space and the Wind Demon whose speed surpasses the limit of the Heavenly Dao... they can probably make a great name for themselves outside."

Lei Zhan's approach is understandable; the opportunities in the inner world are considerable, but the difficulty of getting out is a significant problem.

Perhaps the Three Pure Ones and the others had considered entering the Earth's core first, but they had no other choice at the time.

As long as there is hope of becoming stronger, they are unwilling to give up.

But times have changed. With the "Desolate World God" left by Lei Zhan, even if they don't go out to explore, they can safely break through to become ancestral gods or even world gods by relying on their profound accumulation.

The beings in the Three Realms are truly too extraordinary. If they could go to a wider platform, their growth rate would naturally be much faster.

As Master Bodhi said, the Three Realms are, after all, just a small place.

……

time flies.

Ten years have passed since Hongxue held a celebration at Zhaixing Mansion to mark her breakthrough and become an Ancestral Immortal.

Inside the Taihao Pagoda, Lei Zhan sat cross-legged on a bright yellow futon, continuously operating the magic of the "Desolate World God".

silence.

The entire space of the Sky-Gazing Taihao Tower was completely silent.

Lei Zhan's heartbeat was extremely slow, almost stopping, and his blood flow had ceased, as if he were sitting there like a withered piece of wood, but Lei Zhan's own senses became increasingly acute.

"A glimmer of light in the midst of desolation..."

"That's it."

Lei Zhan sensed that extremely clear spiritual light and could clearly perceive a faint hunger emanating from every part of his divine body, even every cell.

"My divine body..."

"Just get started."

Without hesitation, Lei Zhan immediately used the breakthrough method recorded in "The God of the Desolate World".

With a thought, Lei Zhan immediately began to construct the Ancestral God's Divine Body, using the Heavenly Dao of Fire as its core.

After all, the Three Realms are different from the Earth's core world. There are only ten Heavenly Paths, and among them, there is no Heavenly Path of Time or Heavenly Path of Space to allow Lei Zhan to build the Ancestral God's body around the core.

However, the Heavenly Dao of Fire, which was the first Heavenly Dao that Lei Zhan comprehended, had no impact whatsoever on his breakthrough with the Heavenly Dao of Fire as the core.

“Buzz buzz~~~”

The moment the thought arises, both the main body and its avatars begin to change simultaneously.

The divine power contained deep within every cell of Lei Zhan's body rapidly transformed, turning into flames.

Each divine power is a flame, and the ancestral god's body, which is stacked up, is like being composed of countless flames. Within these numerous flames lies the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao of Fire.

……

In the endless void, chaos had long been torn apart.

Eight incredibly bright stars radiated rings of light, surrounding the central star.

Eight stars serve as secondary stars, while one star serves as the primary star.

These nine stars formed a massive 'space-time array,' whose brilliance far surpassed that of the sun in the Three Realms.

Nine stars radiated rings of light, their spatial and temporal fluctuations clear and intense.

“Buzz~~~”

A majestic and expansive warship was crushing through the chaos, sailing mightily towards this spacetime teleportation array.

On the warships were rows of imposing armored warriors, each with a piercing gaze and an extraordinary aura.

Surrounded by this group of armored soldiers was a burly, bald man with a fierce face, whose body radiated a terrifying blood-red aura.

The burly, bald man stood on the deck of the warship, gazing at the nine enormous stars that circled the distant horizon, a hint of longing in his eyes.

"Seven Mercury, we've arrived."

...(End of chapter)