The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

On a star island on the fifth floor.

A woman dressed in a snow-white Taoist robe, with a graceful figure and a slightly petite build, sat cross-legged with her eyes closed. The space around her was distorted, and her whole body was faintly surrounded by a sense of spacetime.

Suddenly, the woman in the snow-white Taoist robe opened her eyes.

call.

With a wave of her hand, a golden light shot out from a room in the distance and flew directly to the woman.

"Hmm?" The woman in white reached out and grabbed the golden light. The light dissipated, revealing a golden book.

"Huh? A challenge? You're challenging me to a duel?" The woman in white was taken aback and carefully examined the challenge message.

"Forty-five days? He only took forty-five days to reach the fifth level?" The woman in white stared wide-eyed as she read the information about the 'God of the Returning One World' word by word.

"Suspected of being skilled in time travel? He just reached the fifth level and can't wait to challenge me to a duel?"

This achievement truly surprised her.

You should know that she has been staying on the fifth floor for a long time, and cultivators who can stay on the fifth floor for a long time are all extraordinary.

Even so, when she first came to Star Island, it took her more than a year to finally reach the fifth level.

"Forty-five days... that's almost no time for cultivation and growth. So he already possesses strength comparable to a First-Step Dao Lord... or even greater?"

The woman in white pondered silently, the ripples in her heart lingering for a long time.

To be able to break through to the fifth level with such overwhelming force, it's probably not enough to only have the strength to rival a Dao Lord at the first step.

"Could it be... another Betalieu?"

The woman in white couldn't help but think in this direction. After all, it only took her forty-five days to break through to the fifth level; even Betalieu would have found it difficult to do so back then.

Most cultivators grow slowly after cultivating on Star Island for a period of time, and their strength undergoes a qualitative transformation as they fight against many geniuses and prodigies.

And that prodigy who always occupied the sixth level grew to this level step by step in this way.

“However…” Thinking back to the scene when she was crushed by that freak when she tried to break through to the sixth level, the woman in white shook her head, “We’ll only know how strong she is after we fight her once.”

"If this God of the Unified World also follows the path of time and space, I might gain some benefits from fighting him."

With a thought, the woman in white crushed the message directly through the golden scroll.

Crushing the opponent's challenge message means—accepting the challenge!
……

It's still an island, but this time it's covered in ice and snow, with everything in sight a silver-white wonderland, incredibly beautiful.

Lei Zhan appears on a frozen lake, offering a panoramic view of the island's beauty.

"I've challenged you to so many matches, and the scenery on each island has never been very good. This match is quite nice, though." Lei Zhan looked around, a smile appearing on his face thanks to the beautiful scenery.

"Om."

Just then, on the same frozen lake, a figure appeared out of thin air, only a hundred feet away from the pile.

She was a stunningly beautiful woman, dressed in a snow-white Taoist robe, who was slightly petite but had an incredibly graceful figure.

"The God of the Flying Dust World?" Lei Zhan looked at the woman. Her snow-white Taoist robe complemented the icy landscape perfectly, creating a harmonious and serene atmosphere.

However, there seemed to be a flame burning in the other person's bright eyes, adding a different flavor to this tranquility.

Lei Zhan clearly understood that the flames in those eyes were the opponent's burning fighting spirit!
"To be able to directly ascend to the fifth level upon arriving at Star Island, you must be very strong!" World God Feichen looked at Lei Zhan. "And after seeing you, I can sense that the threat you pose to me is also very strong, even comparable to the threat posed to me by some powerful second-step Dao Lords, or even third-step Dao Lords."

Of course, what the God of the Flying Dust World didn't say was that her perception was also very vague.

The perceived threat is just that—a threat. The opponent may have some powerful magical artifact or some trump card to save their life. These are all threats, but they do not necessarily represent the opponent's true strength.

"Oh?" Lei Zhan looked at the God of Flying Dust World and frowned.

Since embarking on the path of the strongest, he has used a secret technique to completely conceal his aura fluctuations.

This secret technique is a profound and mysterious art recorded in the legacy left by Daoist Ruosang.

Once this secret technique is used, even those Dao Lords of Life and Death would find it difficult to perceive Lei Zhan's true strength.

And the God of the Flying Dust World before them seemed to have some kind of perception?

"Interesting. Since you've vaguely sensed my strength, then I'll have to get serious!" Lei Zhan said with a smile.

"Seriously? Then let's fight!" World Goddess Feichen laughed, looking at Lei Zhan and saying, "Although I don't know the specific level of your strength, since you have already collected more than 1,200 treasures that record the inheritance of the Sovereign, you must also be skilled in the way of time and space."

"Therefore, I hope you can unleash your full strength, at least let me see that we both cultivate the Dao of Time and Space, and how your Dao of Time and Space differs from the Dao that I have comprehended over countless years."

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan looked at the woman in front of him, paused for a moment, and then slowly nodded. "Then... as you wish!"

"Good!" The God of the Flying Dust World's eyes lit up, and he gripped a snow-white heavy sword in each of his arms.

Huh, huh.

Instantly, the snow-white heavy sword shone brightly, followed by two magnificent snow-white sword lights that carried boundless power as they attacked.

“Playing with time and space in front of me…” Lei Zhan looked at the two whistling sword lights from afar and immediately felt the distortion of the surrounding time and space. He shook his head and chuckled: “It’s just showing off your skills in front of an expert.”

Wow~~~
With a flick of his wrist, Lei Zhan produced a black spear. This spear was none other than the Meteor Shower, an Eternal Top-Grade Magic Treasure he had obtained from the Pantheon.

boom!
The spear, like a dragon, was suddenly drawn out.

Annihilation of the Five Elements of Time and Space!
……

Boom! ! !

The black spear unleashed an incomparably terrifying destructive power. The entire black spear was like a dragon, and wherever it passed, space and time were instantly annihilated, turning into nothingness.

As the 'black dragon' approached the two snow-white sword lights, the two magnificent sword lights trembled and flickered like candles in the wind, and even the distorted spacetime on the sword lights vanished in an instant.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

"What?" The World God of Dust sensed the immense threat emanating from the spear and his expression immediately changed.

That was a shot filled with destructive power, a shot that could annihilate everything, a shot that was incredibly powerful!
This sent a chill down her spine from the depths of her soul; the terrifying sense of threat even made her feel suffocated.

at last.

The 'black dragon' appeared to be moving very slowly, gliding across the sky, but in reality, it was extremely fast, reaching ten times the speed of light, and quickly collided with the two magnificent sword lights.

Bang!Bang!
The black spear possessed overwhelming power, sweeping across the heavens and earth. Before it, the two magnificent sword lights were like roadside weeds, which the spear casually brushed aside before crushing them down with a deafening roar.

The two sword lights easily dissipated, transforming back into two snow-white heavy swords that tumbled and flew backward with a bang.

The spear whistled through the air, and after deflecting two snow-white heavy swords, its power remained undiminished, suddenly transforming into a furious thrust.

"This...how could this be—too strong! Too powerful!" World God of the Flying Dust World was terrified. "Go! We have no choice but to risk entering the void! We can't block this attack! We can't block it!" *Sizzle sizzle sizzle*
The black spear, like a dragon, pierced through space, shattered time, and even enveloped another dimension.

The surrounding space-time became incredibly solid, with everything around it imprisoned, as if there were an invisible cage that completely confined the God of the Flying Dust World within this small area of ​​about ten feet.

"I...I surrender!" World God of Dust cried out in terror, "I surrender! I surrender!"

call!
The black spear stopped, its chilling tip hovering between the eyebrows of the Goddess of the Flying Dust World, its invisible sharpness causing her excruciating pain.

"Hand over the inherited treasure." Lei Zhan looked at the God of Flying Dust World and casually put away the Meteorite in his hand.

"Phew," the World God of Flying Dust breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the black spear move away.

Although it is on Star Island, every cultivator who reaches the fifth level will be protected by Star Island.

But the intuition of the God of the Flying Dust World is always very accurate. If she had been slower to utter that word of surrender, even with the protection of Star Island, she would have really died completely!
"Here you go! I'll give it to you right now!" The God of the Flying Dust World gave it away very readily, waving his hand and throwing out a large pile of inherited treasures. "These are all the treasures I have obtained."

"Hmm? Hmm!" Lei Zhan waved his sleeve and immediately collected the large number of inherited treasures in front of him. Then, his figure twisted and disappeared from the spot.

"Phew." The World God of Dust watched the departing figure and muttered to himself:
"Where did this freak come from? At least he has walked the legendary strongest path!"

However, according to the information provided by Daoist Changli of the Time-Space Palace, many of the World Realm beings that came this time were personally plundered by the Great Sovereigns..."

Shaking her head, having just faced death, she had no mind to think about anything else, and then her figure disappeared from the island.

……

Below the more than 400,000 floating star islands lies the Dark Abyss.

The bottom of the dark abyss.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Strange nine-colored flames were burning.

Above the flames lay a spear hundreds of feet long, with huge chunks of meat, each a hundred feet long, stuck in it.

The beast's flesh and blood only began to turn red under the scorching of the nine-colored flames; it would probably take a long time to cook it thoroughly.

"good to eat."

"That's awesome." A burly man with messy black hair, dressed in a simple battle skirt but otherwise naked, was sitting there with a huge basin in front of him, filled with roasted meat, which he was eating heartily.

Opposite him sat a blue-eyed man with messy beard and hair, and in front of him was a huge basin, also filled with roasted meat.

"King Wu, this place is so comfortable. It's secluded and no one dares to disturb you, and you have delicious food and fine wine to drink. This 'Blood Flame Dragon Beast' is comparable to a beast on the verge of Dao Integration, and its meat is so flavorful. It's rare even in the Endless Territory."

The disheveled, blue-eyed man was munching away. The meat was incredibly tough, even comparable to a powerful magical artifact, but it felt like eating ice under his teeth.

"Among the twelve palaces, you, Daoist Lanzhou, still have the best eye for quality."

The disheveled man in the battle skirt chewed on a piece of meat and said, "It's a pity that all the Bloodflame Dragon Beasts have already been captured! You know, that bastard Overlord captured the most. He can just casually traverse one territory after another while I have to run around for ages..."

The Bloodflame Dragon Beast is an extremely terrifying beast, and its cultivation path differs from that of cultivators and the Eternal Race.

It doesn't cultivate divine power or magical power. Simply put, it's quite similar to insect beasts, but much more powerful.

Therefore, it tasted very delicious and was a favorite of the royal family of Mangya Kingdom. Over countless years, it was captured and eventually became extinct.

"Hahaha!" The blue-eyed man laughed heartily. "Then I'll eat more today. If you keep eating like this, I might not be able to get any next time I come here!"

"Next time?" The black-haired, disheveled man glanced at him. "I know you too well. You're here for that little guy, aren't you!"
"You're skilled in time and space, and you were even kidnapped by that bastard, the Overlord. If it weren't for him, would you, the Palace Master of the Time and Space Palace, have condescended to come here?"

"Hehe!" The blue-eyed man scratched his messy beard and hair. "I still can't hide it from you, Prince Wu... Huh?"

The blue-eyed man looked up.

Through the darkness and the obstruction of Star Island, his gaze fell upon the black-robed youth thrusting out his spear.

"Finally, you're not hiding anything anymore? This move has really surprised me!"

"The strongest path? Or the path of the strongest attack?"

The black-haired, disheveled man looked at the blue-eyed man and said, "This little guy is quite good at hiding his true abilities. It seems that your Time and Space Palace is about to have another Heaven-Defying Dao Lord whose name will be known throughout the endless territories."

"Hahaha! The Overlord has such good taste, actually bringing such a monstrous treasure to our Time and Space Palace!"

The blue-eyed man laughed loudly and took a big gulp of wine. "The strongest path, or the strongest offensive path, I wonder which one is more monstrous between him and Qing Huan!"

"Qing Huan? Isn't that the one from your Time and Space Palace who was taken in as a disciple by the Overlord?" The black-haired, disheveled man shook his head. "Hard to say! Hard to say! It's obvious that your new darling is still hiding his strength!"

"Yes." The blue-eyed man nodded.

What the black-haired, disheveled man could see, he could naturally see as well, and because they both traveled the path of time and space, he could see even more.

"Let's see how this little guy performs! I'm really looking forward to it."

"My Time-Space Palace has already produced an Eternal Emperor, I wonder when it will produce another Ruler..."

"Dominator? You're dreaming! I wouldn't even dare say I can successfully merge with the Dao!" the black-haired, disheveled man laughed and cursed.

"It is already difficult enough for ordinary Dao Lords to merge with the Dao and achieve eternity. Even though we, as heaven-defying Dao Lords, are strong enough to chase and kill Eternal Emperors on the verge of merging with the Dao, it is very rare for us to finally succeed in merging with the Dao!"
In fact, throughout these millions of chaotic eras, there has never been anyone in the entire endless realm who has achieved eternal unity with the Dao!

"Yes, yes, yes!" the blue-eyed man said with a forced smile. "Let's not talk about that anymore, let's drink! Let's drink!"

They naturally understood the difficulty involved, but at their level, even knowing it was hard, they would fight and strive for that slim chance, no matter how difficult it was!
……

One of the star islands on the fifth floor.

Lei Zhan returned to the courtyard and sat cross-legged on the roof, gazing into the distance.

One after another, floating fairy islands floated in the sky, each only a hundred feet in diameter.

However, there are only fifteen structures that can currently hover at this height above this dark abyss.

“Now, only fourteen remain,” Lei Zhan said softly.

The words fell.

Rumble~~~
In the distance, one of the fifteen floating islands seemed to lose its balance and suddenly plummeted, falling all the way to the fourth level before coming to a stop.

"It takes ten wins to advance to the sixth level. Now that you have won one against the God of the Flying Dust World, you still need nine more wins." Lei Zhan waved his hand, and a golden scroll flew out of the house and landed in Lei Zhan's palm.

"Then... let's call out names one by one!"

Lei Zhan spoke softly, his voice echoing over the Star Island.

...(End of chapter)