The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 73: Breaking into the eighth floor of the Battle Temple?
Wow.

Lei Zhan waved his sleeves, and suddenly a figure appeared in the Water Palace Hall.

The figure was wearing a golden robe. Although he looked exactly like Leizhan himself, he had an air of arrogance that made him look like no one else could match him.

"This is……"

"This, this is the second soul?"

Immortal Ju Hua and the big yellow-haired bear were both surprised when they saw the golden-robed cultivator who appeared in the hall and looked exactly like Lei Zhan himself.

Lei Zhan said in person that he had gained a lot from his trip to the Jinwu Cave Mansion, so they thought that what they had learned before was all.

After all, there are more than ten immortal-level magic weapons and several magical skills that are considered precious in the entire Three Realms. Many cultivators will never encounter such an opportunity in their lifetime, but now they find that it is just the tip of the iceberg.

"This second soul has also been cultivated to the late stage of Earth Immortal..." The yellow-haired bear said, his voice suddenly paused, and then even his brows furrowed.

"Hmm?" Immortal Ju Hua also looked at the second soul, and then he discovered some clues.

"Your second soul... also has the cultivation of the Divine and Demonic Body?" The yellow-haired bear said solemnly, "Leizhan, tell me, did you acquire this second soul from another body?"

"Possessing someone else's body?" Immortal Ju Hua was stunned.

There are two ways for cultivators to cultivate a second soul. One is to look for those rare objects that can accommodate the soul. Those rare objects are like the cultivator's natural purple palace space.

But regardless of whether one has the aptitude for divine body refinement or not, one can only cultivate Qi flow. Like those Qi flow cultivators, they constantly absorb the essence of heaven and earth to improve their cultivation.

After passing the heavenly tribulation, even if the purple palace space is cultivated with the help of rare objects, it can eventually be transformed into a heavenly golden elixir under the tempering of the heavenly tribulation.

By then, no matter what treasures or rare objects are used to cultivate, the cultivation level will be the same as that of a real immortal cultivator.

The second method is to cultivate the second soul by taking over another's body like Leizhan.

The biggest advantage of possessing a living being's body is having a physical body. If the physical body is strong, one can completely refine the body like a god or demon, and practice qi cultivation at the same time.

But finding a good body to possess is so difficult! If you possess a poor body, it is meaningless.

But a good physical body is hard to come by, and may even be rarer than those treasures and rare objects that can accommodate the soul of a cultivator.

And even if he could take over the physical body, the degree of compatibility between the physical body and the soul would never be as good as those natural wonders that seemed to be in the purple palace space of the immortal cultivators.

The impact of physical compatibility on cultivators is lifelong. Poor physical compatibility may even prevent some from even reaching the level of the primordial spirit.

Even if the degree of compatibility between the physical body and the cultivator has reached the Return to Void level after going through countless hardships, the heavenly tribulation is still a life-and-death calamity for the cultivator.

It is a hundred times more difficult for a physical body that has taken over another's body to survive the heavenly tribulation than for an ordinary cultivator!
The Juhua Immortal and the Yellow-Haired Bear, one having lived for millions of years and the other having followed the Chaos True God, the Three Longevity Taoist, since ancient times, had both seen a great deal and naturally understood the various dangers of possessing another's body.

"My second soul was indeed cultivated by taking over the physical body." Lei Zhan nodded.

"Within the Golden Crow Cave lies a rare artifact of pure bloodline: the Golden Crow Egg. Although the Golden Crow Egg has been dead for countless years, life still lingers within it. I immediately possessed it and cultivated this second spirit."

"Seizing the body of the Golden Crow's egg? The Golden Crow?" The immortal Ju Hua was stunned, as if he was listening to a fairy tale.

You should know that it is rare for one out of a thousand ordinary cultivators to cultivate a second soul.

But his disciple not only practiced, but also took over the body of a golden crow egg that had the blood of a divine beast.

Moreover, being able to cultivate all the way to the late stage of Return to Void, the degree of compatibility is probably not low.

The yellow-haired bear looked at Lei Zhan and said, "If it's a Golden Crow egg, it's indeed an extremely rare and precious item. Even a dead egg can still maintain vitality for endless years. This is enough to show how deep your luck is."

"However... I see that your second soul has also cultivated to the late stage of Earthly Immortal, and you also possess the cultivation of the Divine Demon Body Refining. It seems that you have also reached the late stage of Return to Void?"

The yellow-haired bear was a little unsure and was sensing it carefully, but suddenly he was shocked, "Leizhan, how compatible are you with this second soul?"

"Your second soul has actually reached the late stage of Return to Void!"

Although the Yellow-haired Bear had a very high vision, this was the first time he had seen such a situation, and he was completely shocked.

Although it is rare for a cultivator's second soul to possess the cultivation level of a god or demon's body, it does exist. However, cultivating to the level of returning to the void... has never been heard of in the entire ancient times.

"Ten floors!" Lei Zhan looked at the big yellow-haired bear and immediately laughed.

The spirit of this top-notch innate spiritual treasure usually has a calm and confident look, but the look today is extremely rare.

"What? Tenth level?" The Yellow-haired Bear and Ju Hua Immortal exchanged a glance, their first reaction being that it was impossible! However... the two sensed the expanding Second Soul once more, and could only accept this absolutely impossible possibility with immense difficulty.

Several breaths passed.

The Yellow-haired Bear and the Immortal Juhua had just recovered from their shock.

"If you add your second soul, you can indeed pass the seventh floor of the Temple of War God." The big yellow-haired bear looked at Lei Zhan.

"The seventh level requires the strength to defeat a million-year-old immortal. If your Qigong training is at the late stage of Earthly Immortal, your technique alone can barely rival that of a million-year-old immortal. But your Second Soul Divine Demon Body Refining can reach the late stage of Return to Void, which means you can crush the average million-year-old immortal."

Leizhan nodded.

Indeed, the Qi training methods of the Three Realms are weak, and the general body-refining schools of gods and demons can rely on their powerful divine bodies and supernatural powers to fight across ranks. Returning to the Void Gods and Demons are comparable to Celestial Immortals, Celestial Gods are comparable to Pure Yang True Immortals, and even True Gods are comparable to Daozu, that is, the third-level Ancestral Immortals!

"Could it be that... there is no hope for me and my second soul to break into the eighth floor of the Battle Temple?" Lei Zhan asked tentatively.

"The eighth level?" The yellow-haired bear glanced at Lei Zhan. "If the seventh level only requires the strength to defeat a million-year-old immortal, the eighth level requires the strength to defeat a mid-level celestial immortal. That's a huge gap between you and an average celestial immortal."

"Unless... you have a profound understanding of the Dao, or your Second Soul has cultivated the Star-Picking Hand to the fourth level!"

"Ok?"

Lei Zhan suddenly laughed, "Senior Daxiong may not know my level of enlightenment. I have now completely comprehended the eight paths. One of the great paths, the Great Fire Path, has already reached the realm of the Great Dao. The Great Dao of the Spear and the Great Dao of the Kan Water are a little behind, but the Great Dao of the Spear is only a hair's breadth away from the realm of the Great Dao."

"This..." The Yellow-haired Bear and the Immortal Juhua were stunned again!
It was only ten years, just a blink of an eye for them, but Leizhan had grown to such a level after these ten years?
There was suspicion in the eyes of the yellow-haired bear, "Leizhan boy, tell me the truth!"

"Hmm?" Leizhan looked at the big yellow-haired bear.

"Are you really not the reincarnation of some top ancient powerful being? Actually...actually..." He was shocked by too many things at once and started stuttering.

"I'm not the reincarnation of some powerful being." Lei Zhan shook his head. He knew exactly what he did in his previous life. He was definitely not the reincarnation of some powerful being, and he wasn't even in the Wilderness Era world.

"The realm of enlightenment is deep. This is mainly related to the second soul. There is also a treasure in the cave."

Lei Zhan was also somewhat helpless. "Thanks to my second soul being a Golden Crow, five of the eight paths I've comprehended are of the fire element. My understanding of fire has long surpassed my understanding of the other paths."

"Well. In that case, you can try the eighth floor of the Temple of War God. You have more opportunities anyway!" The big yellow-haired bear nodded and teased.

On the eighth floor of the Temple of War God, he has decided to arrange an extremely difficult task for Lei Zhan.

You should know that the number of times you enter the War Temple is calculated according to Leizhan's own strength.

There are four chances to advance from the Yuanshen level to the Fanxu level! Adding the one remaining chance to reach the Wanxiang level, that's a total of five chances!
Five times, how many good things can he get in his treasure hall?
Even if his master, Taoist Sanshou, left behind a large number of treasures, how many of them could afford such exploitation?
Thinking about it, the big yellow-haired bear felt a little distressed!

However, he felt somewhat relieved. The more evil this kid Leizhan was, the more chance he had of surviving the divine tribulation! If he became a divine being in the future, the Zhaixing Mansion lineage would be able to return to the Three Realms, and his master... would also have the opportunity to search for him!

"So, this Leizhan kid is such a freak, and he can even practice the Star-Picking Hand. As long as one of my main body and my secondary soul survives the heavenly tribulation, we can both inherit the Star-Picking Mansion."

The big yellow-haired bear blinked his eyes. He had two chances to survive the heavenly tribulation, and both times he had the chance to become a god!

"We have to go find Hongxue again. The spearmanship he taught us has helped this evildoer grow to his current level, and he deserves all the credit."

"Only by letting him take action can we achieve the desired effect while not violating the rules set by the master. Only then can the difficulty be controlled just right!"

The big yellow-haired bear squinted his eyes and kept moving them around, obviously having a lot of thoughts in his mind.

"Senior Big Bear?" Lei Zhan looked at the yellow-haired Big Bear.

"Since you want to enter the eighth floor of the War Temple, then go ahead and give it a try. I can't say for sure if you can make it with your current strength."

"Huh?" Lei Zhan was stunned.

This, this big yellow-haired bear is hard to say?

Lei Zhan suddenly felt something was wrong.

However, Leizhan's Dao heart had been tempered so strongly that in just a moment, he crushed that trace of negative emotion.

"In that case." Lei Zhan looked at Huangmao Daxiong and his master, Juhua Xianren, "Master, Senior Daxiong. Then I will practice for a while."

"I have prepared a great many treasures containing the essence of the five elements. I think they can help me cultivate the Star-Picking Hand of the Second Spirit to the third level."

As Leizhan spoke, he deliberately glanced at the expression of the yellow-haired bear. Seeing that his face was visibly stiff, he immediately laughed in his heart.

If the number of rare objects containing the essence of the five elements required to practice the third level of Star-Picking Hand is already huge, then the rare objects required to practice the fourth level are not only precious, but also require a huge number.

It is impossible to put together a mere Tianbao Mountain Beihai branch, and even at the Tianbao Mountain Daxia headquarters it would take a lot of effort.

After all, the fourth transformation can cultivate a pair of hands to the level comparable to pure yang-grade magic weapons and innate mid-grade spiritual treasures! The energy required for this is terrifying!
It can only be built by piling up a large number of rare treasures containing the essence of the five elements!

Therefore, the list provided by Leizhan was just enough for the original body and the second soul to cultivate the magical power "Star Picking Hand" to the third level, which was just comparable to the level of the Pure Yang magic weapon.

"You've even collected all the rare items required to cultivate to the third level of the Star-Picking Hand? How many treasures did you get this time?" The big yellow-haired bear couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Haha! It's just good luck." Lei Zhan smiled slightly.

"Luck?" The big yellow-haired bear gave Lei Zhan a meaningful look.

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I've been unable to sleep since finishing chapter 3 yesterday. My thoughts keep popping up as soon as I close my eyes, so I woke up at 4am and wrote 80% of the chapter.

It’s smoother, but more tiring…

No wonder the protagonist attains enlightenment only once every five years. It is probably because he becomes weak easily due to too frequent enlightenment.

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(End of this chapter)