The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Rumble~~~~~

The entire world collapsed completely, and the illusionary world disintegrated entirely.

Lei Zhan’s vision became clear. He was still sitting cross-legged in the center of the palace, surrounded by countless arrays and restrictions that were gradually disappearing into the void.

Although the array and restrictions within the Tower of Inquiry are extremely profound, they can no longer have any effect on Lei Zhan.

suddenly.

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan's gaze sharpened as he looked ahead.

Not far away, a red-haired man wearing a dark blue robe suddenly appeared. His aura was icy, as if he were a block of ice that had been frozen for millions of years.

"It seems that you have already gained a great deal from the test left by my master."

The red-haired man suddenly smiled, and it was as if the ice melted and spring flowers bloomed. Even Lei Zhan was involuntarily affected by this smile.

"Hmm? Mental power! Mental power secret technique!"

Lei Zhan felt a chill run down his spine and muttered to himself, "This red-haired man who suddenly appeared is probably a very skilled mental expert. Just his smile almost affected me."

Like Lei Zhan now, his mental strength is already extremely powerful. The mental world he has built with the ultimate spacetime Dao of the second level as its core is comparable to a powerful Dao Lord like Fu Yi Dao Jun.

Having created the 'Master of the Heart' technique, which rivals the eleventh form of the Heart Sword Art, Lei Zhan's Dao Heart is already quite remarkable. Yet, even so, he still felt threatened by this red-haired man.

"To be able to completely ignore the final test left by your master, your Dao heart and mental strength have probably reached a very formidable level," the red-haired man said, looking at Lei Zhan.

"I am a puppet left behind by my master, and I am ordered by my master to guard this place of origin, waiting for cultivators who meet the requirements... Unfortunately, there are as many cultivators as the sands of the Ganges, but very few who meet the requirements."

"Meets the requirements? Could it be that I have passed all 108 tests of the Tower of Inquiry?" Lei Zhan was taken aback, and he vaguely understood.

In fact, powerful beings like these, whether weak like the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods or strong like the Lord of Flowing Clouds, usually leave behind some spirits of their cave dwellings or puppets so that they can better carry out their orders.

"Hmm." The red-haired man nodded slightly. "My master is skilled in mental strength. The only test he left behind is also a test of mental strength and Dao heart."

“Strength can be gradually improved over endless years, but without a strong will and an unwavering heart toward the Dao, one can never reach the peak.”

Lei Zhan nodded slightly. Cultivators with strong Dao hearts are generally not weak in strength.

Even if the path one takes when one is a Dao Lord of Life and Death is somewhat ordinary, one can still achieve the same level as Venerable Dan after reaching the Eternal Dao.

Originally, he was just a powerful Eternal Emperor, but through his strong Dao heart and obsession, he eventually raised his strength to the level of a Dominator.

"Your Dao heart is strong, and your mental strength is not weak either. Although you have already broken through to the Dao Lord of Life and Death..."

The red-haired man looked at Lei Zhan and said, "According to the orders left by my master, if you are at the World Realm, you can choose to become my master's personal disciple or a nominal disciple and receive the treasures that a master's disciple should have."

"Unfortunately, you are already a Dao Lord of Life and Death. Moreover, you are the most powerful Dao Lord of the Heaven-Defying Path. Now, you can only receive some gifts left by my master."

"Only some gifts?" Lei Zhan was not disappointed.

When powerful figures take on disciples, they usually only accept cultivators at the World Realm level.

Because the path of this type of practitioner is not yet fully formed, there is still room for growth and progress.

Once one breaks through to the Dao Lord of Life and Death, there is no way to change it. Therefore, powerful beings rarely take Dao Lords of Life and Death as their disciples.

Although Lei Zhan passed the test left by the Cloud Lord, he never thought of becoming his disciple.

However, receiving some gifts left by the Cloud Lord was already an unexpected surprise for Lei Zhan.

“I have observed your Dao, and your Dao of Spacetime is extremely powerful. Your talent for mental power is also terrifying! At least at the Dao Lord level, my master is probably slightly weaker than you.”

The red-haired man looked at Lei Zhan and nodded slightly. "Although you cannot inherit the treasures left by your master to his disciples, even some of these gifts are quite precious to the Dao Lord of Life and Death."

Wow~~~
With a wave of his hand, the red-haired man conjured up several afterimages in the air, each one a phantom of a treasure, and each one of them looked quite extraordinary.

"According to the master's orders, some of his important treasures are to be left to his disciples. And the treasures you can obtain are among these."

The red-haired man pointed at the phantoms in front of him and said, "You may choose one: a treasure or a record of my master's most powerful techniques and secret arts."

"You can only choose one?" Lei Zhan's gaze swept over the illusory figures in front of him.

Some of these treasures are displayed outside and can be seen; they are among the dozen or so treasures placed in front of the Flowing Cloud Ruler.

Some are treasures that cannot be seen, or that the Cloud Lord has not shown to them.

"Senior, could you please introduce them to me?" Lei Zhan looked at the red-haired man and smiled, "What are the wonderful uses of these treasures, techniques, and secret arts? That way, I can make a better choice."

"Very well." The red-haired man nodded slightly and casually pointed to the nearest phantom of a treasure. "This banner is a great sinful magic treasure that its owner obtained in his lifetime. It contains nine evil demons comparable to the Eternal Emperor... and this suit of armor... are treasures that even some Eternal Emperors would covet."

"There are also these methods and secret techniques, such as the most advanced mental power techniques created by my master, such as 'One Thought Desire Realm' and 'Great Destruction Technique'. Each of these, when mastered, is a top-level secret technique that can influence powerful beings at the Dominator level."

Lei Zhan was very envious of a small portion of a sovereign's treasure.

After all, the Cloud Sovereign was a dead sovereign.

Unlike some other living rulers, he left all his treasures in this Land of Origin, and even a small portion of them is astonishing.

"Have you made a decision yet?" the red-haired man asked. "Even if you don't need this great sinful magic weapon or this armor, you can still sell them for a large amount of Chaos Spirit Liquid."

"However, compared to these treasures, I would recommend that you choose my master's secret techniques. The powerful secret techniques left behind by the Master of Mind Power are rare even in this alien universe, and there are very few of them."

"If you miss this opportunity, it will be very difficult to obtain such a powerful mental technique once you reach the fourth level."

“Hmm.” Lei Zhan nodded slightly. “The top secret technique of the Mind Power Flow Master is indeed more precious to me than these treasures.”

For Lei Zhan, who possesses a cosmic treasure and is about to obtain three natal divine weapons, treasures are nothing.

After all, when it comes to magical treasures, apart from those powerful Sith war weapons, there are very few treasures that can compare to the treasures of the universe.

However, the secret techniques and methods, especially the mental power techniques, can greatly enhance one's strength.

a long time.

"I choose this mental power secret technique, 'One Thought Desire Realm'!" Lei Zhan pointed to a jade slip phantom floating in the hall.

This mental power technique is incredibly powerful, and the Tower of Inquiry is a simplified grand formation created using this technique as its core. A grand formation capable of fully unleashing the 'One Thought Desire Realm' can influence even the rulers, making it a nightmare for cultivators at the World Realm or Life and Death Dao Lord levels.

A test that has absolutely no chance of being passed is not a test.

"The Realm of Desire in a Single Thought?" The red-haired man nodded slightly, and with a wave of his hand, the numerous illusory figures around him vanished, leaving only the illusory jade slip containing the inscription "The Realm of Desire in a Single Thought."

Whoosh! The illusory image of the jade slip solidified instantly and then floated to Lei Zhan's front.

Lei Zhan looked at the jade slip floating in front of him, reached out and touched it. Instantly, a rainbow light flew out of the jade slip and entered Lei Zhan's body.

As Lei Zhan stood there, a flood of information rushed into his mind, forming a series of images.

The scene showed the Cloud Sovereign cultivating his mental strength when he was weak, as well as scenes of his mental strength improving after experiencing trials and tribulations.

There are also many other scenarios where one becomes an Ancestral God, a World Realm expert, a Dao Lord, or an Emperor...

"Such powerful mental strength! Such a powerful Dao heart!"

Lei Zhan was so engrossed in it that he was momentarily mesmerized.

He felt as if he were there, experiencing firsthand how this powerful master of mental energy created this secret technique from nothing.

This is not the method that Lei Zhan obtained before, but rather something more like the legacy left by a powerful being.

However, the legacy left by the Cloud Sovereign was quite singular, and the only thing in the inherited memories was "One Thought of Desire Realm".

……

The outside world, the inner realm.

The two figures stood side by side, each radiating a powerful aura that caused even some World Realm experts who had entered the inner domain to retreat far away.

"Two Dao Lords are standing here? That's rather strange!"

"These two Dao Lords are clearly only at the first step of Dao Lord level, yet they pose a far greater threat to me than those first step Dao Lords within the sect! They've actually been staying here all this time?"

"Ten thousand years ago I saw that white-robed Daoist sitting here, and now there is another powerful Daoist who has died, yet he doesn't even try to enter the trials left behind by the great power..."

Cultivators who enter the inner domain usually choose to explore the entire inner domain.

A range of one billion miles is not large for those at the World Realm or the Dao Lord of Life and Death; they can tour the entire area in no time.

They, of course, also noticed the two strange figures.

These two figures were naturally the Winged Wind Dao Lord who was waiting for his master to arrive, and the Mist Cry World God who had just broken through to become a Dao Lord.

"Hasn't the master come out yet?"

The Mist Daoist Lord, shrouded in black mist, said in a deep voice, "I wonder what my master encountered in the test left by this great being. The tens of thousands of years that he made with Emperor Qi Huo... have all passed far too long."

"More than 200,000 years is probably just the time it takes to doze off for powerful beings like the Eternal Emperor and the Great Ruler."

Winged Wind Daoist laughed and said, "However, this time it has indeed taken a long time. I'm afraid that after more than 200,000 years, Master's strength has made another huge leap."

"If our master could kill a second-level Heaven-Defying Dao Lord while he was still a second-step Dao Lord, then a third-step Dao Lord would probably be comparable to the most powerful peak Dao Lords in the endless territories," Wuming Dao Lord remarked.

"Even though I have obtained a great opportunity in the inner domain this time, which allows me to perfectly combine the strongest offensive path with the strongest defensive path, it will probably be very difficult to achieve what my master has accomplished."

"You want to achieve something comparable to your master?" Daoist Yifeng glanced at him. "If you can gain the approval of a cosmic treasure, perhaps that's possible."

“A treasure of the universe…” Daoist Wuming shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"The powerful being who left me this opportunity did leave behind a cosmic treasure, but he doesn't even look at me. Gaining the approval of a cosmic treasure... is too difficult!"

As the two newly promoted Dao Lords were chatting, Dao Lord Wuming suddenly seemed to sense something, and his eyes lit up.

"Hmm? That's..." Daoist Yifeng also looked up at the distance.

Suddenly, a young man dressed in a black robe appeared out of thin air.

The young man's eyes shone like a starry river, yet possessed a strange charm that made people feel an involuntary sense of closeness from the bottom of their hearts.

"Master! It's Master!" Daojun Yifeng smiled immediately. The extremely familiar figure was none other than Lei Zhan, who had just left the trial world of the Flowing Cloud Ruler.

“Master’s strength has become even more terrifying.” Wuming Daojun said to Lei Zhan, “The mere unintentional fluctuations of mental energy he emitted were enough to affect me.”

"Your master is, after all, a mental energy cultivator. If a mental energy cultivator doesn't have any mental energy fluctuations, can he still be called a mental energy cultivator?"

Lei Zhan smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's not just me, haven't you two also broken through to become Dao Lords of Life and Death?"

"As expected of my master, after obtaining the opportunity left behind by that powerful being, I have once again comprehended the strongest path." Daoist Yifeng also revealed a smile.

"Comprehending and combining the three strongest paths is the limit of what I can currently achieve. It was within the trial world that I directly broke through to the first step of Dao Lord."

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded slightly, quite satisfied. "Wu Ming, you've entered the inner domain too. What about you?"

"I'm a bit slower than the Wind Wing, but I've still managed to comprehend two of the strongest paths." Daoist Wuming still had that somewhat cold appearance hidden beneath the gray mist. "My two paths have been perfectly combined, and I've successfully broken through to become a First-Step Daoist."

"Not bad, not bad!" Lei Zhan nodded slightly. "We've gained a lot from the Origin Land this time. Two hundred thousand years has probably made Master wait a long time. It's time to go back!"

“Yes.” Daoist Yifeng and Daoist Wuming exchanged glances, also looking on with anticipation.

Breaking through to become a Dao Lord of the First Step will completely change one's status within the Twelve Palaces.

And they are all the most extraordinary Dao Lords. Such powerful Dao Lords are rare even in the endless territories.

A Dao Lord at this level can rival an ordinary three- or even four-step Dao Lord in a single step. Once they reach the three-step Dao Lord level, they can even try to compete for the position of Palace Master of the Twelve Palaces.

Of course, if it weren't for the fact that this place, the origin of this alien universe, is a treasure land where the legacies of dozens of powerful beings have been preserved, it would be an incredible opportunity.

They may spend countless years trying to embark on this extraordinary path, yet still fail to even cross the threshold.

...(End of chapter)