The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

"Huff, huff, huff, huff!"

High in the sky, four cultivators, one in front and three behind, emerged from the massive spacetime teleportation array and gazed into the distance.

"This is the Twelve Palaces? How terrifying!"

The Winged Wind World God looked at the distant horizon with a solemn expression. "I can feel countless terrifying arrays layered upon each other, completely enveloping the entire Twelve Palaces."

He was most skilled in formations, so naturally his perception of formations was also the most acute.

“This method…” Lei Zhan also looked at the distant horizon, a hint of amazement in his eyes.

At the edge of the sky, twelve enormous palace complexes floated in the air. In the center of these palace complexes was a black hole, the edges of which emitted endless golden light.

Those twelve palace complexes... are the Twelve Palaces. They appear to be close together, but in reality, the twelve palaces are separated by layers of space, trillions of miles apart.

The reason they appear to be in this state is simply because the Mangya Overlord used incredibly powerful methods to make them seem to gather together, forming what can be considered the most powerful formation in the Mangya Kingdom.

Under such a grand formation, even if the Eternal Emperor came, he would not be able to enter the gates of the Twelve Palaces without permission.

"Let's go, split up."

Lei Zhan turned to look at his two servants, Su Qi and Wu Ming, and said, "Yi Feng, let's go directly to the Time and Space Palace."

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The Time and Space Palace is magnificent and enormous, like a huge floating island high in the sky, with buildings stretching out on it.

Above this majestic palace complex, the soaring aura of time and space was so powerful that even Lei Zhan was secretly amazed upon seeing it.

Outside the Time and Space Palace, several black-armored Dao Lords were patrolling.

"Fellow Daoists." One of the black-armored Dao Lords flew forward, very polite and humble. "I sensed the fluctuations of the Time-Space Palace tokens on you two. Are you from Star Island?"

"Hmm." Lei Zhan sensed the fluctuations of the token on the other party and nodded slightly.

When Lei Zhan was eating, drinking and chatting with Daoist Lan Zhou and the other palace masters, he had already obtained a Time and Space Palace token from Daoist Lan Zhou.

When Wingwind World God decided to join the Time-Space Palace, he also received one.

"I am Qi Fang. Since this is your first time here, I will show you the way." The black-armored Daoist was very polite to Lei Zhan and his companion, who were both from Star Island.

Although he was a Dao Lord of Life and Death, he broke through to the next level by stealing the Heaven-Stealing Life and Death Pill.

Compared to these prodigies who fought their way out of Star Island and could break through to become Dao Lords of Life and Death at any moment, their status within the Twelve Palaces is utterly insignificant.

“My name is Guiyi,” Lei Zhan said with a smile. “The one behind me is named Yifeng.”

"Huh? Gui, Guiyi?" The black-armored Daoist was taken aback, but then his eyes widened. "Guiyi? You're Senior Brother Guiyi? The one from Star Island?"

Although this person has not yet entered the Twelve Palaces, the entire Twelve Palaces are filled with legends about the God of the Unified World!

Although these black-armored Dao Lords were weak in strength, they were the most numerous in the Twelve Palaces and were very good at transmitting information.

The name of this unified world god is widely known.

"Hmm? Senior Brother?" Lei Zhan asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist knows me?"

"This..." The black-armored Daoist said with a wry smile, "A genius who can walk on multiple strongest paths, as long as he doesn't perish along the way, will at least become the deputy palace master of the Twelve Palaces in the future. We are naturally very concerned about him."

"That 'Senior Brother'?" World God Yifeng asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Qifang, why do you address my master as Senior Brother?"

"Master?" Seven Directions Dao Lord was taken aback. The one who also possessed the Time and Space Palace Token was actually a follower of Senior Brother Guiyi.
However, in just a moment, Dao Lord Qifang calmed his mind: "My Time and Space Palace now has nearly 150 Dao Lords of Life and Death, and more than 260 World Realm cultivators."

"Those who can gain the recognition of the Time-Space Tower or walk the strongest path, even if they are at the World Realm, will be regarded as Dao Lords."

"Someone like Senior Brother Guiyi can usually kill a Dao Lord at the World Realm, which is no less than that of a Dao Lord."

Lei Zhan's exploits on Star Island had already spread throughout the Twelve Palaces. They knew that even the protection of Star Island could be broken, so it was not difficult for him to kill a First-Step Dao Lord.

"A Dao Lord at the Step-by-Step? My master can kill a Dao Lord at the Step-by-Step..." The World God of Winged Wind was about to speak.

"Fellow Daoist Qifang, let's go."

Lei Zhan glanced at the Winged Wind World God, shook his head and smiled, "This is our first time visiting the Time and Space Palace. Please show us around the palace so we can get familiar with it."

"This...is it." The Seven Directions Dao Lord became even more respectful, nodding repeatedly.

"I have been a member of the Time and Space Palace for hundreds of Chaos Eras and am quite familiar with it. Please follow me, Senior Brother Guiyi."

"Okay." Leizhan nodded.

As they spoke, led by the Seven Directions Dao Lord, Lei Zhan and the others had already embarked on a stone-paved road that was a thousand feet wide.

This road leads directly ahead into the distance, where the main gate of the Time and Space Palace is located.

Above the main gate of this enormous palace complex are three bold characters: Time and Space Palace!

Those three words, imbued with the meaning of eternity, and their vast and boundless sense of time and space soaring straight to the heavens.

Even the layers upon layers of array formations and restrictions surrounding the palace complex could not hinder this sense of space and time.

"The three large characters in front of the main gate of the Time and Space Palace are the calligraphy left by the Great Ruler after the first Palace Master of the Time and Space Palace achieved eternal Dao." Seven Directions Dao Lord said, "That first Palace Master was said to be incredibly dazzling when he was in the World Realm, and later he directly became a disciple of the Great Ruler."

"Oh?" Lei Zhan's heart skipped a beat.

He looked at the three large characters on the main gate and indeed felt a strong sense of familiarity.

This sense of spacetime is vast and powerful, yet it is very similar to the spacetime inheritance he received on Star Island.

"The first Palace Master of the Time and Space Palace was the first Eternal Emperor in the entire Mangya Kingdom."

There was longing in the eyes of the Seven Directions Dao Lord. "Back then, after the Emperor asked the Great Ruler to leave behind this calligraphy, the Emperor said that this calligraphy contained the Great Ruler's Dao."

"And over the endless years, there have been many talented cultivators who have gleaned some secret techniques from these three words."

"The Way of the Sovereign?" Lei Zhan looked up at those three words.

A mysterious and profound energy emanated from those three words.

"Can one comprehend the secret techniques from this?" The World God of Winged Wind looked at the three words and muttered to himself, "I don't understand. How can something left behind by such a powerful being be so easily discerned?"

After watching for a while, Lei Zhan shook his head and said, "Let's go. The things contained in these three words are indeed very profound, but to comprehend the secret techniques... it will probably take a long time, and it cannot be understood in a short time."

"Hmm?" Seven Directions Dao Lord was taken aback. He glanced at Lei Zhan and obediently led Lei Zhan and the others forward.

After passing through the main gate of the Time and Space Palace, the stone-paved road beneath your feet is thousands of miles long and thousands of feet wide. Along the way, you can see many world realms that want to join the Time and Space Palace.

"Senior Brother Guiyi, our next destination is the Ancient Library, which is just ahead," Seven Directions Daoist Lord pointed ahead.

In the distance, there was a large, yellowish wooden ancient building. The entire building probably covered several miles, and even with the naked eye, one could feel the ancient aura emanating from it.

"This ancient library was built when the Time and Space Palace was established! It contains a vast amount of time and space secret techniques."

"Some of these were left here by the great rulers of the endless ancient past, while others have been accumulated over countless years since the creation of the Time Palace."

“Even the other eleven palaces would send some spacetime secrets they obtained to our Spacetime Palace. So, over countless years, there are tens of millions of scrolls of spacetime methods and secrets here, and those that can be displayed here are at least at the Dao Lord level!”

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded slightly. Tens of millions of volumes—that's a number he could hardly collect all by himself!
Having access to a vast array of magical techniques and secret arts was one of the key reasons why Lei Zhan initially decided to join the Mangya Kingdom.

"If Senior Brother Guiyi is interested, let's go in and take a look."

Daoist Qifang laughed and said, "Although this ancient library contains tens of millions of scrolls of magic techniques, ninety-nine percent of them are actually incomplete. Even so, the number of those that remain intact is still astonishing."

“Alright, let’s go take a look then,” Lei Zhan said with a smile.

suddenly.

"Huh?" Lei Zhan was taken aback and immediately looked up into the distance.

"Huh? This is... Palace Master Lanzhou?" Daojun Qifang was also taken aback. Following Lei Zhan's gaze into the distance, he immediately recognized the blue-eyed man with messy hair.

call.

Lan Zhou Daojun walked slowly through the void, but although he seemed to be walking slowly, he arrived in front of Lei Zhan from the distant horizon in the blink of an eye.

“Junior Brother Guiyi, Junior Brother Yifeng,” Daoist Lanzhou said with a smile as he looked at Lei Zhan and the other two.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lanzhou," Lei Zhan said respectfully.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Lanzhou," World God Yifeng said respectfully.

"Greetings, Palace Master Lanzhou." Daoist Qifang was also very respectful.

"Hmm." Daoist Lanzhou glanced at Daoist Qifang and instructed, "Qifang, you take good care of Junior Brother Yifeng as he tours my Time-Space Palace. As for Junior Brother Guiyi, I have important matters to discuss with him."

"Hmm? Something important to discuss?" Lei Zhan's heart stirred, and he vaguely understood.

He then instructed the Winged Wind World God, "Go. Follow Fellow Daoist Qifang to familiarize yourself with the Time-Space Palace."

"Yes, Master." Wingwind World God nodded.

"Yes." Daoist Qifang looked up at Daoist Lanzhou and nodded respectfully.

Soon, the Seven Directions Dao Lord led the Winged Wind World God toward the enormous pavilion in the distance.

"Let's go, Junior Brother Guiyi." Now only Daoist Lanzhou and Leizhan remained in the vast space, and Daoist Lanzhou spoke more casually.

"Hmm? Senior Brother Lanzhou, where are you going?" Lei Zhan asked curiously. "Didn't you want to discuss something important with me?"

"Where to?" Daoist Lanzhou's face showed a hint of a smile. "Come with me to pay homage to the Great Ruler!"

Lan Zhou Daojun's voice echoed in this space, yet it carried a hint of inexplicable emotion.

"My Lord, I want to see you!"

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(End of this chapter)