The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Although the battle between Lei Zhan and Prince Qing Huan was earth-shattering, it was only circulated in a small circle.

Even among the twelve palaces, only Daoist Lanzhou of the Time and Space Palace and the two palace masters Xingyun and Fuyi of the Heart and Power Palace knew about this battle.

However, even so, the fact that Prince Qinghuan came to "visit" in such a powerful manner and directly intercepted the World God of Guiyi in front of the Secret Pavilion was witnessed by many World Realm and Black Armor Dao Lords.

They were also very curious about the final outcome.

However, after that battle, Prince Qinghuan, who had initiated the conflict, went into seclusion to cultivate.

The other person at the center of the discussion was someone who leisurely appeared in some key locations within the Time Palace.

Gradually, all the world realms and black-armored Dao Lords who knew about this also understood.

"It seems that the number one World Realm expert in my Time and Space Palace has changed!"

"As expected of the Great Ruler's personal disciple, it probably won't be long before he breaks through to become a Dao Lord of Life and Death, right?"

"Even a monstrous talent like Prince Qinghuan was defeated. I really don't know what level that World God of Unity has truly reached."

"What level have they reached? They could probably kill us Dao Lords who broke through using the Heaven-Stealing Life-and-Death Pill as easily as crushing an ant!"

However, Lei Zhan paid no attention to any of this, traveling back and forth between the Time-Space Tower Forest, the Ancient Library, and the Daoist Cloud Realm, these three important locations of the Time-Space Palace.

The Time-Space Towers standing tall within the Time-Space Tower Forest were all left behind by extraordinary geniuses who embarked on the path of time and space.

Throughout countless ages, every Dao Lord of Life and Death, and even an Eternal Emperor, has left their own Time Tower here.

Each Time Tower contains the Time-Space Techniques left behind by the cultivators during their practice. These techniques were all left by the cultivators themselves and naturally contain their insights into the Way of Time and Space.

The Ancient Library is a repository of spacetime techniques from the entire Flame Dragon Realm. Although most of them are incomplete, with so many techniques collected, there are bound to be some that catch Lei Zhan's eye.

Within these two treasure troves of numerous magical techniques and secret arts, Lei Zhan continued to accumulate knowledge and skills.

In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed.

……

This is a vast black land, upon which stand towering towers, like a forest, or an ocean.

Each tower exudes an astonishing sense of time and space, with countless senses of time and space crisscrossing within it.

Even after tens of thousands of Chaos Eras, millions of Chaos Eras, or even longer... the sense of time and space here still exists.

"That final push was really tough."

As Lei Zhan walked among the towering buildings, the 'Dao' meaning that had been preserved for countless years surrounded him, as if ancient and powerful beings from the past were standing before him.

“Cultivation is like rowing against the current; you either take the strongest path, even if it will be more difficult to achieve Dao in the future.”

"Otherwise, although taking a weak path is much simpler, even if one achieves eternal enlightenment, one is still nothing more than an ant that can be easily killed."

As I walk through this forest of time-space towers, spanning a thousand years, it feels as if I have witnessed the lives of the cultivators who left these towers behind.

Just like himself, he has also undergone the baptism of time, and his own Dao heart has become more and more firm.

"Over the course of a thousand years, the nine kinds of divine waters and nine kinds of divine fires of the Dao that I entrusted to Shenbing Valley to collect for me, as well as the last bit of illusory energy of the Dao, have all been delivered to me."

Lei Zhan's gaze was leisurely. "It's time to cultivate the Nine Origin Secret Techniques left behind by the Dao Lord of Ten Thousand Gods."

Wow.

Lei Zhan walked to an open space, then waved his hand, and a magnificent palace appeared beside him.

With a flicker of his body, Lei Zhan stepped into the palace.

Within the Universal Cloud Palace, Lei Zhan's current understanding of the Dao of Time and Space is sufficient for him to easily maintain a time acceleration of ten thousand times, making it much easier for him to cultivate the Nine Origin Secret Technique.

Inside the palace, Lei Zhan sat cross-legged. With a wave of his hand, a row of black gourds appeared before him. Each gourd contained various rare items, such as the divine fire and divine water of the Dao, all necessary for cultivating the Nine Sources Secret Technique.

Bang!Bang!
The stoppers of two black gourds flew out, and immediately two streams of ethereal energy flew towards Lei Zhan.

One was a gray aura filled with endless destructive intent, and the other was a golden aura that seemed to be filled with endless hope. The two streams of ethereal energy shot into Lei Zhan's body and were easily drawn into their respective sources of void.

Lei Zhan was already very familiar with the Nine Origins Void technique. With the blessing of the Azure Flower Mist and Lei Zhan's understanding of the Dao, it was not too difficult for him to cultivate the Void Chapter of the Dao, which could only be cultivated by the Dao Lord of Life and Death.

"Based on my own deductions, with the help of the power of the Azure Mist, as well as my own understanding of the Dao of Time and Space and my comprehension of the 'Azure Wood Fragment,' I should be able to cultivate this Nine Origin Secret Technique to the fifth level."

Over the past thousand years, in addition to comprehending the principles of time and space, Lei Zhan has also made many preparations while waiting for the treasure to arrive.

One of these methods is to purchase a profound alchemy technique from the secret pavilion.

Although it is only a fragment, it is suspected to have been left by a powerful being comparable to the level of a ruler.

This incomplete method alone cost Lei Zhan a great deal.

With a thought, the two streams of ethereal energy that surged into Lei Zhan's body immediately began to merge.

Rumble~~~
Crackle!

Sometimes it was chaotic, sometimes it was filled with explosions.

One way, two ways, three ways...

Under Lei Zhan's control, the ethereal energies gradually merged into their respective sources of void.

The 'Source of Void' created by cultivating the Nine Origins Void is very similar to the 'Egg of the Lightning Serpent' divine pattern space that Lei Zhan created when he refined the Nine-Horned Lightning Serpent. That is where lightning usually stays; it is their home!

The 'Source of Void' created by the Myriad Gods Dao Lord is a secret technique that is more than ten thousand times more advanced than the 'Egg of the Electric Serpent'. It has a great attraction to the void energy of the Dao, making them like to stay there.

There are nine sources of void energy, each containing one of the nine paths of void energy.

However, merely accommodating is not enough.

After all, these Daoist energies can be manipulated and used for attacks even when they are stored within a magical artifact!
Even if it's contained within the body, it's no different from being inside a magical artifact.

Most importantly, one must cultivate according to the Nine Origin Secret Techniques created by the Myriad Gods Dao Lord.

It's like refining an elixir, fusing all the ethereal energy of the Dao into one furnace, so that the power of this secret technique can undergo a transformative change.

time flies.

"The second layer of void is complete."

A smile appeared on Lei Zhan's face. With the help of the blue-and-white mist, it was still quite easy.

The Double Void is a secret technique that allows two streams of ethereal energy to truly and perfectly combine! Its power is greatly enhanced!
With each additional strand of ethereal energy incorporated into this secret technique, its power would increase dramatically.

Why is the power of Qianyi Void Realm in Ru Lei Zhan's hands so strong? The three-eyed puppet back then even said it could threaten some fourth-step Dao Lords.
It should be noted that magical treasures containing multiple layers of Dao energy do exist, but those that can generally threaten a Three-Step Dao Lord are at most.

The power of the Qianyi Void Realm is ridiculously large.

The biggest reason for this is that the Qianyi Void Realm, which was refined by the Myriad Gods Dao Lord using the Nine Source Secret Technique, allowed the seven Daoist Qi within the Qianyi Void Realm to combine with each other, thus greatly increasing its power.

"Huff...huff..."

It was as if a pair of invisible giant hands were moving within the expanded Golden Core space, performing the Nine Source Secret Techniques.

As they followed the intentions of the pile, they began to change and transform one another, with each other's ethereal energy quietly combining.

...(End of chapter)