The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

"Once you understand one path, you understand all paths. And comprehending the Dao of Arrays can also help me improve my own deduction skills. I also know quite a bit about this Heavenly Splendor Five Elements Flag."

While leisurely sipping his fine wine, Daoist Da Mo spoke eloquently.

He was originally a Dao Lord who combined multiple strongest paths to achieve a heaven-defying Dao. Although he is only at the third step level now, most fourth-step Dao Lords on the verge of merging with the Dao are far inferior to him in their understanding of the Dao.

"Back then, in order to comprehend the Dao of Deduction, I naturally gained some understanding of the Dao of Arrays. I also spent a lot of effort collecting information about the Heavenly Splendor Five Elements Array Flag." Daoist Da Mo smiled, and with a flick of his hand, a jade slip appeared in his hand.

"Take a look, and have your servant write down the information inside. This is all the information I've collected about the Tianhua Five Elements Flag."

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan took the jade slip, and his magic power immediately began to permeate it as he began to examine it.

a long time.

"No wonder the Dragon God Dao Lord and the Heavenly Dragon Dao Lord destroyed the entire sect for the treasure in my servant's possession."

Lei Zhan shook his head and sighed, "Treasures are indeed tempting. This Tianhua Wood Banner is related to the inheritance of a Array Dao Emperor, and is of great value. It has been passed down for nearly ten thousand Chaos Eras, but I never expected that there would be no owner, and I can't even gather two or three sets."

"Nearly ten thousand Chaos Eras is a very long time even for those old fellows at the Life and Death Dao Lord level who have lived for a very long time. Let alone cultivators at the World Realm level." Dao Lord Da Mo looked at Lei Zhan:
"As the long years have passed, some of the banners have been lost in the river of time, while others have been silently acquired by some old guys."

Naturally, very few of these have survived to this day. And since the Heavenly Splendor Five Elements Banner itself is equivalent to a powerful array-based magical artifact, each one is extremely precious.

Lei Zhan nodded, and handed the jade slip in his hand to the Winged Wind World God behind him.

"Wing Wind, why don't you thank Daoist Da Mo? Just these pieces of information alone, the whereabouts of each of the Five Elements Flags are top secret, and the value of this information is estimated to be worth tens of thousands of cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid."

Winged Wind World God accepted the jade slip with both hands and bowed respectfully, saying, "Winged Wind thanks Daoist Da Mo and thanks the master for bestowing this opportunity upon us."

"Make your life vow and remember it." Daoist Da Mo nodded lightly. This was a favor for Lei Zhan, so there was no need for the World God of Yi Feng to thank him.

……

Time flies, and three hundred and twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Fei Liu Domain is a territory that is much larger than Da Mo Domain.

The entire Fei Liu Domain contains nearly 100,000 chaotic worlds alone. At the center of these countless chaotic worlds lies an eternal world, resembling a nebula: the Fei Liu Eternal World.

"Wow~~~"

Within the Fei Liu Domain, a dazzling light shot into the sky from a spacetime teleportation array, followed by the emergence of three cultivators.

Leading the group was a young man dressed in black robes, followed by a tall, burly man in dark blue armor and a somewhat immature-looking boy in white.

The three people in this group were Lei Zhan and his servants, who had bid farewell to Daoist Da Mo and left Yunlou Domain to explore and hone their skills in the endless chaos.

"When Emperor Tianhua created the Eternal Realm, he really went quite far. This Fei Liu Domain is already far from the core of the Dao Alliance, and can be considered the outermost area."

Looking around, Lei Zhan could see a chaotic world, like a celestial body, nestled in the gray chaos in the far distance.

The place they were about to go to was the Eternal Realm of Fei Liu within the Fei Liu Domain.

The current Fei Liu Eternal Realm was called the Tianhua Eternal Realm nearly ten thousand Chaos Eras ago, but that Tianhua Emperor has been missing for far too long.

Such a vast territory, over time, was naturally occupied by other powerful Dao Lords, and was eventually renamed Fei Liu Domain.

"We've finally arrived at the Fei Liu Domain." World God Su Qi exclaimed in his heart, "If it weren't for Master occasionally controlling the flying boat to travel through time and space, at our current speed, it would conservatively take at least several thousand years."

"Master." The Winged Wind World God looked at Lei Zhan with utmost respect mixed with a hint of fanaticism, "Are we now going directly into the Fei Liu Eternal Realm?"

“Go directly there.” Lei Zhan smiled and said, “The cave ruins left by Emperor Tianhua are located in this Fei Liu Eternal Realm. According to Fellow Daoist Da Mo, there are quite a few World Realm and Life and Death Dao Lords who have gone there to explore and hone their skills. If you are lucky, you can probably collect the three array flags of wood, fire and water.”

After obtaining some information about the Tianhua Five Elements Flag from Daoist Damo, Lei Zhan, who had been thinking of wandering and honing his skills, readily agreed and traveled through various territories with his three servants, while also venturing into some Daoist ruins to explore and hone his abilities.

The intelligence reports from Daoist Da Mo detailed the known locations of the Five Elements Banner of Tianhua, and the Eternal Realm of Fei Liu, which they were about to visit, was the fourth ruin.

Of course, not every time you enter a ruin, you will get the treasure you want.

However, with Lei Zhan's own strength, he had indeed acquired quite a few treasures during these three hundred years of trials and tribulations. In total, they were worth at least two to three million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid.

"I've been wandering the endless territories with Su Qi, Yi Feng, and the others for over three hundred years, constantly moving from the Da Mo Domain and Yun Lou Domain, which are considered core areas of the Dao Alliance, towards the very edge," Lei Zhan muttered to himself.

"Now, the Fei Liu Domain, where Daoist Fei Liu is located, is almost outside the Dao Alliance's sphere of influence, yet we still haven't encountered that person..."

"If it were later in the night, I would probably be close to reaching the strongest level of the last of the Five Styles of Time and Space, the 'Shattering Star Style'."

Over the past three hundred years, continuous trials and tribulations have naturally allowed Lei Zhan's already somewhat lacking 'Annihilation Style' to break through to the strongest level. Of the original Five Styles of Time and Space, only the Shattering Star Style remains to reach the strongest level. As Lei Zhan's own strength continues to improve, although the relics left by some Dao Lords of Life and Death are dangerous, the pressure they bring to Lei Zhan is not as great anymore.

As one progresses further, enlightenment becomes increasingly difficult, requiring stronger external stimuli and tempering to eventually lead to qualitative change from quantitative change.

This also allowed Lei Zhan to comprehend the five strongest paths of spacetime, and even to perfectly integrate them, ultimately leading to the final, ultimate path.

"Let's go." Lei Zhan shook his head and instructed his two servants, Su Qi and Yi Feng, "Go directly to the Eternal Realm of Fei Liu."

……

In an endless dark storm, infinitely far from the Fei Liu Domain.

This dark storm area is a very dangerous and perilous place between several territories.

However, in this dark storm, almost no cultivator can achieve time travel.

To get through, a large number of cultivators must gather, forming a certain scale, and work together to resist the terrible crisis that exists in this dangerous place. Only then will there be a great chance of successfully passing through this dangerous place.

Rumble~~~
A terrifying storm, filled with a dark aura, is raging, surging like the most dreadful waves.

At the heart of the storm, a majestic warship struggles to move forward, braving the almost omnipresent tempest.

"We've almost covered two-thirds of the distance through this dark storm."

"Fellow Daoists, let's hold on a little longer. There is Fellow Daoist Qian Xingzi on this flying ship. We will surely be able to safely pass through this storm."

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Qian Xingzi has cultivated the top-tier technique, the Thousand Body Sacred Scripture, in the Endless Territory. I've heard of his illustrious reputation even in the Fucun Domain!"

"Hold on a little longer! If we get caught in this dark storm, it will be very difficult for us World Realm cultivators to survive!"

"Whoosh!"

Above this dark storm, a pitch-black hole, millions of miles wide, silently opened up, and a gigantic head slowly emerged from it, with two fiery stars on its head looking down at the warship struggling to move forward below.

"That is……"

"This……"

The cultivators, who were doing their best to resist the dark storm, were still gritting their teeth and persevering, but when they sensed the terrifying, huge head above their heads, their true spirits trembled with fear.

For a moment, everyone was stunned, even forgetting that they were in danger.

"The little guy who has cultivated the Thousand Bodies Holy Scripture?" the giant head murmured softly, then opened its mouth.

"call."

With a gentle inhale, the enormous head created a dark spatial tunnel, and the numerous World Realm beings on the warship were all thrown into the air without any resistance.

They were all sucked into the time tunnel, and even the warships in the dark storm and the nearby storm were swallowed up.

“Pfft.”

The gaping maw closed, the enormous head retracted, and the dark opening shut again, all in complete silence.

……

"We've been wandering for almost half a chaotic era; it's time for it to end," a tall, bald man murmured softly.

"The Daoist Master of Life and Death, every step is a matter of life and death. And I, too, should go and find the path that belongs to me."

He walks through endless chaos, traversing millions of miles in a single step.

"Whoosh!"

suddenly--

A massive crack, spanning millions of miles, silently appeared above his head.

A huge head emerged from the crack, swallowing the tall, bald man whole in one gulp.

...(End of chapter)