The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Five thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Master, Houwu City is just ahead," said Emperor Dingyuan, who was piloting the flying boat.

“Hou Wucheng…” Lei Zhan looked into the distance.

The city, suspended in the void, was covered with countless secret patterns and exuded an aura of array formations. Around it, pieces of land floated.

"Master," Emperor Lieyang said, looking at Lei Zhan, "After countless years, in the entire Blazing Sun Domain, we cultivators only have this one city!"

"Because of his special status, the Fifth City Lord Hou was also willing to allow other emperors and rulers to enter the city. Therefore, the Fifth City Hou is also a place where we cultivators can hide and rest when we are adventuring in the Blazing Sun Domain."

“Yes. The master also knows that the entire city is a powerful Sith war fortress, and it is quite safe and reliable in this Blazing Sun Domain,” Emperor Dingyuan said with a smile.

“Generally speaking, as long as the Lord of the Blazing Sun Domain doesn’t come to kill us, Hou Wucheng can easily handle all kinds of dangers. Even the five of us, after adventuring for a while, will choose to return to Hou Wucheng to rest.”

"Yeah." Leizhan nodded slightly.

Lei Zhan had several followers of the Emperor under his command, and he had learned quite a bit about Houwu City.

Upon entering Houwu City, every cultivator is required to swear a life oath.

Fighting is forbidden within cities and towns, but if there is great danger, everyone must unite to resist it.

Bound by their life oath and restrained by Lord Hou Wu, who is far stronger than any other lord of another universe, the city is relatively safe and secure.

It is a haven for many cultivators throughout the Blazing Sun Domain.

After all, the dangers of the Blazing Sun Domain are not limited to those terrifying perilous places, but also include the presence of many powerful Origin Walkers.

It should be noted that the masters of the eight Origin Domains are not cultivators, but rather more powerful beings born from the chaotic universe, the Origin Walkers.

The weakest of the Source Walkers are all comparable to the Overlords, and the strongest among them is the master of the entire Blazing Sun Domain.

But over the endless years, Houwu City remains the only city for cultivators in this dangerous Blazing Sun Domain.

“With the six of us together in the Blazing Sun Domain, we’d be too conspicuous,” Lei Zhan instructed, looking at the massive city in the distance.

"Dingyuan, Beihe, you have all undergone the self-sacrifice ritual. The body of the Black-Clad Emperor is too conspicuous, so it will remain in my magical treasure cave. As for Wuchen, he will come with me into the city."

"Yes." Emperor Dingyuan and the others all nodded in agreement.

This was originally arranged during the journey to Houwu City.

In order to keep a low profile and avoid causing any ripples, even the interdimensional flying boat used for travel was replaced by a magical flying boat crafted by Emperor Wuchen himself.

As they spoke, the magical flying boat rapidly approached the floating city.

"Stop!" a voice suddenly rang out.

At the city gate, two puppet guards, comparable to the Eternal Emperor, stood on either side.

The puppet on the left spoke:

"Is the Emperor Wuchen aboard the flying boat? Please stop, Your Majesty. Before entering the city, you must pay a price and swear an oath of destiny."

“Hmm.” Emperor Wuchen stood on the flying boat. “One Emperor and one Dao Lord, we are both going to Houwu City.”

"One Emperor and one Dao Lord, each must pay 150 million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid to enter the city," the puppet guard said.

"The treasure is here." Emperor Wuchen was prepared and casually tossed out a storage magic treasure with a wave of his hand.

Houwu City, with its uniquely advantageous fortress and the only city inhabited by cultivators, naturally requires a price to pay for entering it to rest and recuperate.

For example, rulers and emperors generally need to pay a treasure worth about 100 million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid, while those who are Dao Lords of Life and Death, although cheaper, still need to pay about 50 million cubic meters.

This treasure is only the fee for entering Houwu City once. If you leave and come back again, you will need to pay for the treasure again.

Of course, these treasures are nothing to the cultivators who dare to come to Houwu City. After all, almost all those who dare to come here are Eternal Emperors.

"This magic weapon contains a treasure worth 150 million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid."

"Hmm." The puppet accepted the treasure and had Lei Zhan and Emperor Wuchen make a life oath, thus successfully entering Houwu City.

……

"Owner."

Inside Houwu City, Emperor Wuchen and Lei Zhan were flying in mid-air on clouds. She looked at Lei Zhan and transmitted her voice: "Inside Houwu City, there is the Tianhou Hall, where cultivators can buy and sell magical treasures and rare items, and there is also the Tianyuan Pavilion, where information can be bought and sold."

"However, most of the treasures that the master uses to cultivate secret techniques and supernatural powers are rare and precious. We can spread the word and exchange or buy them in Houwu City."

"Hmm." Lei Zhan nodded slightly. "Let's find a cave to stay in first. As for exchanging and acquiring treasures, you can do that."

"Yes," Emperor Wuchen smiled. "There are quite a few emperors and rulers remaining in Houwu City, most of whom come from different realms. It won't be difficult to get all the treasures that Master needs. It's just that this will take a lot of time."

"It's alright." Lei Zhan smiled and instructed, "If the Heavenly Marquis Palace has it, then buy it there first. If not, then go and exchange it with those Emperors and Sovereigns."

Generally, the requirements for treasures are too high if you want to cultivate powerful protective supernatural powers or secret techniques.

The treasures needed to cultivate powerful protective abilities are so numerous that even a single domain cannot gather them all.

However, within the Blazing Sun Domain, one of the eight core domains of the universe, and within Houwu City, it is entirely possible.

It should be known that those who can come to the Blazing Sun Domain and to the Five Marquis Cities are at least the most powerful Dao Lords and Emperors.

Emperors and rulers mostly lived for countless years, possessing countless treasures.
Collecting them all is not difficult at all, as long as you are willing to pay the price.

They happened to plunder a Sith treasure trove, and what they had in abundance was treasure.

……

A realm that is extremely far away from the Blazing Sun Domain.

Rumble~~~
Countless howling winds swept across the sky, enveloping a towering mountain that seemed to float in the void.

The mountains were entirely gray, stretching endlessly, their vastness unknown. They were covered with countless dense, intricate patterns.

At the very top of this majestic mountain, a hazy silver light emanates, beneath which lies a beautiful palace complex.

This high mountain is the stronghold of a small squad of the Frozen Legion.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

A huge crack appeared in the sharp and cold gale, and three towering figures emerged from it.

They were all black humanoid beings with cold, indifferent faces.

Unlike ordinary black humanoid creatures, they had strange silver-white patterns on their bodies. Standing atop the towering mountains, they exuded endless chill, so intense that it even froze the howling winds below. "Finally back," the three black humanoid creatures smiled.

“This time the general summoned us, and he needs us to return to our lair together…” one of the black humanoid creatures laughed, “I’m afraid there will be another great battle! Like last time when we attacked that alien universe lord ‘Yuanshan,’ we ended up getting a considerable share of the benefits.”

"Probably. I heard that the other black-clad overlords in the team were also recalled. If they weren't dealing with the Lord of the Other Universe, they probably wouldn't have made such a commotion," another black humanoid creature laughed.

"Let's go. Now that we're back in our stronghold, we should pay our respects to the general as soon as possible."

suddenly--

"No need." A cold voice rang out.

A golden figure emerged from the mountaintop. He seemed to be cast from gold, his entire body covered in gold, with silver patterns also on his body.

The aura he exuded was far greater than that of the black-clad emperors under his command. This was the golden-clad emperor who was the most powerful in the legendary Sith race's self-sacrifice ritual.

Behind this golden-robed emperor were several black-robed emperors following him.

General.

"General."

"General."

The three black-clad emperors immediately bowed respectfully.

"Including you three, we're almost all here." The golden-robed emperor's eyes were icy as he swept over the group of black-robed emperors and said calmly, "We brought you back this time because we're about to make a big move."

"A big move?" The group of black-clad emperors were all taken aback.

"Yes. A powerful Sith war machine has appeared in the Blazing Sun Domain. It's a treasure trove, and even our small team will soon have a domain-bound flying boat."

"Sis war weapons? Realm flying boats?" Most of the black-clad emperors were shocked, clearly many of them were hearing this news for the first time.

"Biming, this is information you gathered during your patrols, so you will be the one to explain it," the golden-robed emperor said, glancing at a black-robed emperor behind him.

"Yes." Among the many black-clad emperors, one of them stepped forward, his face showing obvious joy.

"This time, I was ordered to patrol outside when I suddenly heard a piece of news: there is a fourth-step Dao Lord in the Blazing Sun Domain. This little Dao Lord has actually taken control of the war weapons left over from the war of the Sith Clan, and has made several emperors who are willing to follow him sacrifice themselves to become black-clothed emperors."

"A Daoist Lord controls weapons of war? And can even command his followers to perform self-sacrifice rituals?"

"A treasure! This mere Dao Lord has probably stumbled upon a Sith treasure!"

"His Majesty the Lonely Emperor was inspired to form our Frozen Legion after he stumbled upon a Sith treasure! If General Wolf Lord could obtain this treasure..."

The black-clad emperors surrounding them were all very surprised.

Although they have been on patrol in the universe, the Blazing Sun Domain is too far away from here, and this news is currently only spreading within the Blazing Sun Domain and the surrounding areas.

Even so, they immediately realized that the other party had probably stumbled upon a Sith treasure.

"Yes! Most importantly, this Sith war weapon is likely a powerful weapon capable of influencing an entire region!"

Emperor Biming said, "We rushed back immediately upon hearing this news. After all, there are several black-clad emperors accompanying that Dao Lord. To avoid alerting him, we had no choice but to ask the general to personally take action."

"Hmph, even with a few black-clad emperors accompanying them, they are still insignificant before our Frozen Legion," the Wolf Lord sneered. "As long as we can get our hands on that weapon of war, hmph..."

Factional struggles also exist within the Frozen Legion.

Although the Wolf Lord had fought in all directions and killed countless people, his entire squad not only lacked Sith weapons, but also didn't receive a single interdimensional flying boat.

Therefore, they naturally became increasingly eager for these Sith war weapons to enhance their own strength and status.

The Wolf Lord glanced at the group of black-clad emperors around him and immediately gave the order, "All black-clad emperors, follow me. We are heading to the Blazing Sun Domain to seize weapons of war!"

"Yes."

"Seize the weapons of war! Dimensional Flying Ship!"

Twelve black humanoid figures flew out from the surrounding area.

The Ice Peak Legion, apart from the lofty and solitary Emperor, has only three generals!

These three generals each directly commanded twelve black-clad emperors.

Normally, there are six black-clad emperors who always follow him, and another six black-clad emperors are divided into two teams to patrol the vast chaotic universe.

Report back immediately if you receive any important news!
Whether it was the three generals or His Majesty the Lonely, they all led some of their direct subordinates and some black-clad emperors who were constantly wandering and patrolling outside.

This ensured that the 'Ice Peak Legion' was always well-informed and could intervene in major events in the chaotic universe at any time.

And this time, all six black-clad emperors under the Wolf Lord's command, who were on patrol, have returned.

Including the six who had been following along, the entire team of twelve followed the Wolf Lord towards the Blazing Sun Domain.

……

Compared to the entire Frozen Legion squad that had been mobilized, Hou Wucheng, where Lei Zhan was located, remained completely calm.

Inside a rather secluded cave.

"Master, these are all the treasures you need." Emperor Wuchen respectfully handed over a storage magic treasure.

"After tens of thousands of years, we have finally gathered all these treasures together." Lei Zhan casually took the treasures, a smile appearing on his face.

The secret techniques he intends to practice this time consist of two parts.

This is an incredibly powerful protective divine ability that is considered one of the strongest in the entire cultivation civilization.

It was a powerful secret technique similar to the Nine Sources Secret Technique, but its actual power far surpassed that of the Nine Sources Secret Technique created by the Myriad Gods Dao Lord. Even if a Dao Lord of Life and Death were to cultivate it, its final power would reach the level of a Dominator.

These two manuals alone are among the top ten most powerful methods left behind by the Supreme Being. The treasures and rare items required to cultivate such methods are naturally extremely precious.

“That’s right, all the treasures I asked for are here.” Lei Zhan nodded slightly, then instructed, “Wu Chen, you may leave now. I will be in seclusion for some time. If anything unexpected happens, simply crush the talisman I gave you.”

"Yes." Emperor Wuchen nodded respectfully, then turned and left.

Watching Emperor Wuchen's departing figure, Lei Zhan felt extremely satisfied. "Everything is ready, except for the final push. Once I master this protective divine power and secret technique, even the last weakness of my second primordial spirit will be completely overcome."

"By then, even without relying on Canglan Star, I will be able to fight those rulers in close combat with ease."

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(End of this chapter)