The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

At the mountaintop, two silver-armored Dao Lords, exuding overwhelming power, looked down indifferently at the World Gods below.

"Five ways."

"Five paths to join the Mangya Kingdom, five paths to survival!"

The majestic voice of the Silver-Armored Daoist echoed throughout the entire mountaintop.

"These five paths will determine your future. Choose carefully. I will give you the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Make your decision within that time." The silver-armored woman's voice was icy, like an ancient, unyielding glacier.

"To make a decision in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea?"

"Which path should we choose? Of these five paths, only the first three seem to be safe from death. But whether it's the first path of becoming a Dao Lord of Life and Death, or the second path of receiving the protection of a Dao Lord, both are very difficult to achieve."

"As for the third option, mining... that Nine-Headed Dragon Mountain would require nearly a thousand Chaos Eras, which means there is absolutely no hope of achieving the Great Dao."

"Articles 4, 5..."

One by one, the world gods and chaotic immortals made difficult choices.

It can be said that the 'Great Ruler' spent a lot of energy to capture them from the endless chaos. Naturally, he would not accept the good and the bad indiscriminately, nor would he cultivate any 'waste'. Among them, he would naturally 'select' them carefully.

“Master,” World God Su Qi looked at Lei Zhan, “of these five paths, only the fourth and fifth seem reliable. But the fourth path involves going to that so-called Third Insect Nest, surviving for a thousand years among a bunch of powerful insect beasts…”

"If only back then..." World God Wingwind scratched his head.

If the Dragon God Dao Lord or the Heavenly Dragon Dao Lord had been spared, they probably wouldn't have needed to become citizens of Mangya Kingdom directly based on the first or second method.

but……

The Winged Wind World God glanced at his master, whose face remained calm, but annihilated the thought the moment it arose.

With the master's strength, even a Dao Lord could be easily killed, so there was no need for a servant to worry too much.

Meanwhile, the other servant, the World God of Mist, stood calmly beside Rei, waiting for his master to make a decision.

"No need to think about it."

Lei Zhan took in everyone's expressions and said calmly, "We all chose the fifth option, to go to Star Island. Those two Dao Lords also hoped that we would choose the fifth option. And the opportunity I mentioned earlier is also on Star Island!"

"Choose Star Island?"

"Star Island?"

Su Qi, Yi Feng, and Wu Ming, the three World Gods, nodded and said, "Yes."

……

Those who chose the fifth path and entered Star Island to survive numbered over 30,000 cultivators and special beings.

The two silver-armored Dao Lords, along with the four black-armored Dao Lords who followed them, escorted these World Realm cultivators away from this mountain peak and towards the distant Star Island.

Because time travel is forbidden in the entire Mangya Kingdom, these Dao Lords could only choose to travel slowly by flying.

……

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

"Star Island, I really miss it."

"Nostalgia? Nostalgia for what?"

Two silver-armored Dao Lords were talking in the sky, which was tens of thousands of floating islands below them.

Beneath the countless islands lies a vast, dark abyss that devours all light, as if concealing a great secret.

"When you were brought to Star Island by the Overlord, you must have offended that senior quite badly!" The silver-armored woman glanced at her companion.

"Hahaha." The silver-armored man chuckled and said, "Let's get to work! After this, I have other tasks to complete! As for dealing with that old guy... I'll have to trouble Junior Sister Qianxian for help!"

"Hmm." The woman in silver armor nodded faintly.

……

Wow~~~
Above Star Island, two silver-armored Dao Lords waved their hands, and the more than 30,000 cultivators and strange beings they were escorting appeared in the sky.

"This is……"

"This is Star Island?"

The group of world-realm beings looked around curiously.

Above the dark abyss, islands float in mid-air.

Each island is about a hundred feet in size, densely packed and suspended high in the sky, constantly and slowly rotating.

Moreover, these hundreds of thousands of floating islands vary in height.

There are more than 300,000 islands at the bottom, while there is only one at the top, just like a pyramid made up of countless islands, suspended in mid-air.

"There are so many islands?!" one cultivator exclaimed in amazement.

"It seems that there are cultivators on every island." There were also cultivators who practiced eye techniques, their gazes sweeping over all the islands below.

"This is Star Island."

The silver-armored man's gaze swept over the group of cultivators who were sizing up their surroundings, and he pointed to the floating islands:
"Star Island now comprises hundreds of thousands of islands, and on each of these islands resides a World Realm expert!"

"really!"

"There are so many World Realm experts!"

The onlookers were in an uproar. Nearly 400,000 floating islands meant that Star Island had nearly 400,000 World Realm cultivators.

If we include them, the total would be over 400,000!
"On Star Island, each World Realm expert on the island can only challenge World Realm experts of the same or lower level." "By winning ten consecutive matches against different World Realm experts of the same level, one can advance to the next higher level."

"Win ten more games in a row and you'll be promoted to the next level. If you lose even one game, even if you survive by sheer luck, you'll be demoted to the next level."

"Huh? That difficult?" The expressions of the world realm beings changed, becoming extremely ugly.

That's incredibly difficult!

After ten hard-fought wins to advance to the next level, losing just one game would render all the effort put into those ten games futile!

"No wonder! No wonder that Dao Lord Xiangqian said that Star Island is the most dangerous! In such fierce competition, only one out of a hundred World Realm cultivators can survive..."

All the world's realm beings immediately understood. With such fierce competition, the casualties were naturally terrifying.

Lei Zhan, surrounded by Su Qi and the others, quietly watched below without any change in expression.

Leaving aside the fact that Lei Zhan himself was already aware of these circumstances, he hadn't even taken these rules to heart.

"The Lord of Mangya once said that I needed to obtain the second-ranked inheritance. If I could comprehend it within a thousand years, I could become the Lord's personal disciple."

"But does this mean starting from when I entered Star Island, or... after I received that inheritance?" Lei Zhan's gaze was leisurely, but his mind was no longer on the two silver-armored Dao Lords.

……

"Anyway..."

The silver-armored woman's cold voice drew Lei Zhan's gaze back.

"Once you have collected a complete set of inheritances, you can request to leave and become a citizen of Mangya Kingdom."

"Once you have collected two complete sets of inheritance, you must leave."

“Of course.” The silver-armored woman suddenly smiled, as if spring had suddenly arrived on an ancient, unyielding glacier. “If you have the strength, you can also learn from the one on the sixth floor.”

She pointed to the very top of the pyramid-shaped floating island, where a solitary island hovered, looking down like a king.

"He has been on Star Island for almost half a Chaos Era, but he has always stayed here and never left."

The silver-armored woman said, "He obtained a complete inheritance, then deliberately lost several treasures, and then won another inheritance. After losing a few more... in total, he has obtained five inheritances."

"This……"

"Can this still happen?"

"what?"

The cultivators were speechless for a moment, but then their hearts began to burn with passion.

The two powerful Dao Lords of Life and Death had previously described the preciousness of the various inheritances of Star Island.

To obtain such a legacy from outsiders would require paying a huge price.

As for the number one ranked inheritance of mental power, it is extremely difficult to obtain even if you want to.

"Alright." The silver-armored man looked at the more than 38,000 World Realm cultivators in front of him and said calmly, "We have already made everything very clear."

"But you need to remember!"

"On Star Island, you can fight at most once a day."

"If someone has no inherited treasures within a month, they will be executed."

"Therefore, it is impossible to avoid war and live a peaceful life."

As soon as he finished speaking, the silver-armored man looked at his companion beside him, "Shall we do it, or shall we?"

"I'll do it." The silver-armored woman nodded calmly. She looked down into the endless abyss and said loudly, "Qian Hei, please make another 38,709 Star Islands."

"Ah."

Suddenly, a deep voice came from the depths of the dark abyss.

Boom boom boom boom ~~~~~
Suddenly, islands of stars emerged from the dark abyss.

One after another, star islands appeared in mid-air and then approached Lei Zhan and his group.

"Go!" The silver-armored woman waved her hand, and a mighty force acted on all the World Realm experts, who then landed on their respective islands.

"Master." Su Qi, the World God, looked at Lei Zhan, who clearly had the ability but landed on one of the islands by chance, and couldn't help but transmit his voice.

"You guys..." Lei Zhan looked at the three servants from afar and also instructed them telepathically: "Try to obtain as many necessary inheritances as possible on Star Island, and try to make yourselves as dazzling as possible."

Star Island is merely the starting point for entering the Mangya Kingdom; your ultimate goal is to join the Twelve Palaces of Mangya!

"Yes!"

"The Twelve Palaces of Mangya? Yes!"

"it is good!"

One voice after another echoed in Lei Zhan's heart. Lei Zhan glanced at the three of them and then ignored them.

Before being forced to submit by Lei Zhan, his three servants were not naive children, but top-tier experts who had traveled to many territories and were renowned!
They don't need the host to personally help them; offering a few words of advice at this crucial moment is enough.

The time that follows will be for them to grow and rise on their own. Of course, if they fail to rise or perish on this Star Island, then it can only be said that their fate was not right.

"Those who cannot follow in my footsteps, then be ordinary cultivators," Lei Zhan thought to himself.

...(End of chapter)