The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

After becoming a disciple of the Mangya Overlord, Lei Zhan settled down in the Time and Space Palace.

The Twelve Palaces and the royal family are the core of the entire Mangya Kingdom.

Mangya Kingdom is one of the six top powers in the entire Endless Territory, and its resources and foundation are far beyond what ordinary powers can match.

It should be noted that within the Palace of Time and Space, there is a library called the Drum Tower, which contains tens of millions of time and space techniques.

The Valley of Divine Weapons is a treasure trove containing countless divine weapons, magical artifacts, and all sorts of rare items.

The Dao Palace Cloud Realm also has a large number of puppet opponents who are skilled in the Dao of Time and Space.

There are also even more precious Time-Space Tower Forests, and secret pavilions that store a large number of supernatural powers and secret techniques.

Every treasure land contains extremely valuable resources.

Most importantly, places like the Ancient Library and the Time-Space Tower Forest contain the vast majority of traditions, and practitioners within the Twelve Palaces can enter and comprehend them without paying any price.

Possessing such a vast amount of resources and profound foundation is one of the reasons why countless cultivators in Mangya Kingdom dream of joining the Twelve Palaces.

But all of this is within reach for Lei Zhan.

Therefore, the days that Lei Zhan spent at the Time and Space Palace were quite leisurely and fulfilling.

Lei Zhan spends his days studying in the ancient library or the Time-Space Tower Forest, comprehending the time-space techniques collected by the Mangya Kingdom over countless years, and comprehending the Dao left behind by cultivators at least at the Dao Lord level within the Time-Space Palace.

This also made Lei Zhan's understanding of the concept of time and space more and more thorough.

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The twelfth house, the house of mental strength.

"Have you heard? The Great Ruler has taken on a disciple! He's the one from the World Realm called Guiyi in the Time and Space Palace who has become the Ruler's disciple!"

"The Overlord has taken on a disciple?"

"The Time-Space Palace again? Didn't the Overlord just take on a disciple half a Chaos Era ago?"

"He seems to be from the Time-Space Palace, the one named Prince Qinghuan!"

Some of the black-armored Daoist lords chatted with each other while on patrol.

Within the Twelve Palaces, news travels incredibly fast. It's worth noting that a World Realm cultivator who has just joined the Twelve Palaces can immediately become a disciple of the Sovereign…

Of the thousands of Dao Lords of Life and Death in the Twelve Palaces and thousands of World Realm cultivators, not even counting the numerous Black Armor Dao Lords, only a handful could receive this honor.

In the past ten chaotic eras, there has only been one Prince Qinghuan!
And now, there's one more!
“Different! Completely different!” A black-armored Dao Lord shook his head and sighed. “This time, the Great Ruler is completely different from the one who took in Prince Qinghuan half a Chaos Era ago. Because this time, he has taken in that World God of Unity as his personal disciple!”

"What? A personal disciple?"

"This is a personal disciple! A personal disciple of a great ruler is extremely rare!"

"Even Prince Qinghuan, who was so powerful, was only a nominal disciple back then. What merit does this World God of Guiyi possess to become a personal disciple so quickly upon entering?"

The twelve palace practitioners, some knowing and some not, all began to whisper among themselves.

The news that the Great Ruler has accepted a personal disciple is truly astonishing.

Of course, while the transmission of this message was not prohibited, it was only circulated within a small circle of the twelve houses.

After all, those who can become disciples of the Great Ruler will soon become great figures who traverse endless territories.

If this news is spread recklessly and ends up in the knowledge of Mangya Kingdom's hostile forces, leading to the premature demise of the prodigy, none of them will be able to bear the consequences.

"The God of the Unified World?" Inside the Heart Power Palace, a thin, bald young man, dressed in a loose red robe, with strange red divine markings on his face, had a complex look in his eyes.

"The disciple of the Sovereign... seems to be the cultivator that Brother Xingyun and Brother Fuyi highly regarded a hundred years ago? But to be able to become a disciple of the great Sovereign is truly astonishing."

"However, I wonder who would be stronger if I fought him?"

"I'm really looking forward to it! We're all at the World Realm level, but it'll be even more interesting if we encounter cultivators who are even more monstrous and heaven-defying!"

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Thunder Palace.

"What? The Great Ruler personally accepted a disciple?"

"From the Time-Space Palace? Another Sovereign disciple has emerged from the Time-Space Palace?"

"Guiyi...is that the Guiyi from Star Island?"

"Upon entering Star Island, he possessed overwhelming power, even defeating Betalieu several times at the hands of the God of Unity!"

"Now, in just over a century, he has swept across Star Island on his own and directly become a disciple of the Great Ruler..."

"Guiyi? The Guiyi World God from Star Island?" A tall, burly man wearing dark blue armor and covered in scales was also very excited upon hearing this news.

"Master actually became a disciple of the legendary Great Ruler? And a highly prestigious personal disciple at that?"

"This... the Great Ruler is the supreme being of the entire Mangya Kingdom, yet, yet..."

Even World God Su Qi was speechless with excitement upon hearing this news. After all, this news was simply too astonishing!

It's not unusual for practitioners to become disciples of the Daoist masters of the Twelve Palaces.

Generally, only those who become disciples of a few of the twelve palace masters can cause a sensation.

However, it is very difficult for a powerful being of the level of a Great Ruler to accept a personal disciple!

"Hahaha! I've hit the jackpot! I've hit the jackpot!" World God Suqu laughed wildly, "I, Su Qi, didn't follow the wrong person! I didn't follow the wrong person!"

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Palace of Ruin.

Upon hearing this news, the World God of Mist was also extremely excited, but being a very reserved person, he did not lose his composure like the World God of Su Qi.

"Master..." the World God of Mist thought to himself, "Now that Master has become the disciple of the Ruler, with Master's monstrous talent, his growth rate must be even faster!"

"As for us, we are just a few servants under our master. As long as we can simply follow in his footsteps, it will probably be my greatest opportunity in the future."

"Cultivation! Enlightenment!"

"If I, Wuming, want to reach the pinnacle of the endless territory, I can only seize this opportunity, which will make my journey much easier in the future."

One man's path leads even his chickens and dogs to heaven.

As one of the few servants under Lei Zhan, the ambition of the Mist World God seemed to take root and sprout as soon as he learned of this news, and began to grow vigorously!
...Inside the Time-Space Palace, within the Dao Lord Cloud Realm, a World Realm cultivator was engaged in a fierce battle with a large number of puppets.

Boom boom boom! ! !
The cultivator was faintly glowing with golden light. He manifested six arms and frantically attacked the puppet in front of him.

His six arms were like spinning wheels, and his fist, palm, and finger techniques were all mysterious and unpredictable, with ridiculously great power.

Sometimes extremely fast, sometimes extremely slow, the flow of time and the dimensions of space around us are constantly changing.

The puppets that surrounded them were unable to unleash their full power, while every move of this cultivator was incredibly effective.

Bang bang bang～～～～

With a powerful sweep, the surrounding puppets were also blasted away in an instant.

Suddenly, he stopped.

In that moment of stillness, the true appearance of the practitioner was revealed.

This is a young man dressed in a strange black royal robe and wearing a tall crown. He is the strongest in the Time and Space Palace world and calls himself 'Prince Qinghuan'.

"What? The Overlord has taken in a personal disciple? And one of my Time and Space Palace's disciples?" Prince Qinghuan glanced at the numerous puppets that had not yet gathered around, but his mind was no longer on his surroundings.

"This... I'm already the strongest in the World Realm within the Time and Space Palace, yet there's someone even more powerful and monstrous than me?"

"Coming from Star Island... to gain the favor of the Great Ruler and be accepted as his personal disciple..." Prince Qingheng's expression was very calm, but his eyes were full of madness.

"Although I have received guidance from the Great Ruler, I am merely a disciple in name only."

The achievements of the Mangya Overlord in the realm of time and space are unparalleled in the endless territory. Among the twelve palaces, he has the closest relationship with the Time and Space Palace.

In the Palace of Time and Space, occasionally some exceptionally talented individuals have the opportunity to receive his inheritance and become his disciple!

Prince Qinghuan, for example, was one of the disciples of the Mangya Overlord.

However, a disciple who is only registered in name is still very different from a disciple who is personally taught.

"Hmph! The God of the Unified World..." Prince Qinghuan glanced around, then turned and flew towards the outside of the Dao Lord Cloud Realm.

Prince Qinghuan was an extremely crazy person at heart. Now that he had entered the Time and Space Palace and become a disciple of the Great Ruler, he was only a nominal disciple.

This seemingly unknown World God of Unity, who suddenly appeared, is now a direct disciple.

Prince Qinghuan naturally harbored much resentment.

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Not to mention the fact that things have become somewhat turbulent within the Twelve Palaces because the Lord of Mangya has taken on a personal disciple.

However, the 'God of the Unified World' who was at the center of the discussion had just finished touring the Divine Weapon Valley in the Time and Space Palace with a smile on his face.

"Guiyi, you've come out?" One of the two puppets guarding outside the Divine Weapon Valley, emanating a terrifying aura, asked, "What treasure do you want?"

"I need a dose of Yang deficiency Qi and a dose of Yin deficiency Qi."

Lei Zhan looked at the puppet and smiled, "I've already seen the Qu Yang Void Qi in the Divine Weapon Valley, but it seems there's another kind that's not there?"

Since obtaining the Nine Origins of Void secret technique from the Pantheon, Lei Zhan has been worried that drawing Dao Qi from the Qianyi Void Realm would affect the power of the magic weapon itself, so he has not cultivated the second part of the Nine Origins of Void.

The purpose of coming to Divine Weapon Valley this time is naturally to gather the other two types of Daoist Qi.

Before arriving in Mangya Kingdom, Lei Zhan and his three servants visited several Dao Lord ruins and obtained magical treasures worth two to three million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid.

Adding to the treasures obtained from killing the Dragon God Dao Lord and the Heavenly Dragon Dao Lord before this, the total value is nearly six million cubic units of Chaos Spirit Liquid.

Such a vast number of magical treasures are useless if kept in hand; naturally, these resources must be transformed into one's own strength.

"Qu Yang's Deficient Qi? Yin Wu's Deficient Qi? Both of these are Dao-related deficient Qi!" the puppet said with a laugh.
"Qu Yang Void Qi is indeed readily available in my Divine Weapon Valley, but it costs 1.5 million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid."

"As for the other Yin Wu Void Qi, if you need it urgently, you can pay a price to ask the Twelve Palaces to help you collect it. But this will take time and you will probably have to pay more Chaos Spirit Liquid to get it."

"That's fine." Lei smiled. "As long as it's within three million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid, I can handle it."

"Three million cubic meters?" The puppet nodded and said, "The Yin-Yang Qi is usually only between 1.8 million and 2 million cubic meters. It's enough that you can give us three million cubic meters."

“Alright.” Lei Zhan looked at the puppet in front of him and said, “I wonder if my Divine Weapon Valley can accept some magical treasures? Most of what I have are magical treasures, and I only have about 10,000 cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid.”

“Take it! We’ll take as much as you have!” said another puppet standing at the entrance of Divine Weapon Valley. “Just hand it over.”

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a huge mountain formed by a pile of magical artifacts instantly appeared in the air.

……

"It's so comfortable to have a powerful backer!" Lei Zhan walked out of the Divine Weapon Valley and headed towards the Secret Pavilion, which was not far from the outside of the valley.

A hint of amazement lingered in Lei Zhan's eyes. "Just by taking a stroll around the Divine Weapon Valley, the two Daoist Qi needed to cultivate the Nine Origins Void Secret Technique were all resolved."

When Lei Zhan sold all the unused magical treasures to the Divine Weapon Valley and bought that 'Qu Yang Void Qi', he still had more than four million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid left.

"I have no shortage of magical treasures, and I'll soon have all the treasures needed to cultivate the Nine Origins Void Secret Technique. I'll go check out the Secret Pavilion next," Lei Zhan thought to himself.

"Brother Lanzhou also mentioned during our last drinking session that new cultivators who join the Time-Space Palace can freely choose one of the supernatural powers, secret techniques, or inheritances from the 'Secret Pavilion'."

"Although the Nine Origin Void is powerful, it is still somewhat limited. The Mangya Kingdom also has a collection of the nine secret techniques created by the Myriad Gods Dao Lord. If there is an opportunity, we can exchange them for a new Nine Origin secret technique."

The Nine Origin Secret Techniques created by the God of Ten Thousand Gods are all of the same origin. If the Nine Origin Secret Techniques are perfected, they can even affect and weaken the Eternal Emperor. For Lei Zhan now, they are naturally quite powerful.

Most importantly, Lei Zhan's understanding of the concept of time and space has actually reached a bottleneck.

To embark on the ultimate path, one must rely on one's own enlightenment. Once one has fully comprehended it, the Great Dao is within reach.

If you can't understand it, you'll be stuck at this bottleneck forever.

However, when practitioners reach a bottleneck, they usually choose to explore other paths, other methods and secret techniques. By drawing inferences from one instance to another, it is also easier to break through.

"There should only be a few ordinary Nine Source Secret Techniques of the Myriad Gods Dao Lord in the entire Mangya Kingdom," Lei Zhan pondered, recalling the information he knew.

The nine secret arts existing in Mangya are the nine-source divine water, the nine-source divine fire, the nine-source thick earth, the nine-source divine wood, and the nine-source mysterious metal.

"Besides the path of time and space, I am also skilled in water, fire, and lightning. And with my experience in controlling ancestral water and ancestral fire, it should be easier for me to cultivate the Nine Source Divine Fire, Nine Source Divine Water, and Nine Source Divine Lightning."

"However, the only way to obtain the Nine Source Divine Thunder Secret Technique is to wait until we travel to the eight holy cities of the Dao Alliance in the future."

"I'll go take a look first! See which ones are more suitable for me," Lei Zhan thought to himself.

...(End of chapter)