Groggy, Garon opened his eyes.
When he saw the surroundings, he instantly became alert, his blurry consciousness sharpening in vigilance.
What entered Garon's eyes was an endless gray sky, with no living beings around.
Looking down, he found himself standing on a black, scale-like, hard ground.
At the same time, a hissing sound entered Garon's ears. The sound, not particularly loud, felt deafening, filling Garon's head in an instant and causing him a splitting headache, making him frown deeply.
Rumbling... The ground began to tremble violently.
The land ahead slowly rose, revealing its true form amidst a world-shattering noise.
Garon was horrified to find that he was not standing on some kind of black land.
He was standing on the scales of a giant serpent, a single scale larger than his entire body by many times. On the other side, the giant serpent raised its head like a towering mountain, surrounded by thunder and flames, like a divine punishment, suffocating to behold.
The air almost froze.
In front of this terrifying serpent, possibly thousands or even tens of thousands of meters long, Garon felt exceptionally insignificant.
"What's happening?"
"Why did I suddenly appear here?"
Garon was shaken, unable to calm down.
He remembered discussing cross-dimensional teleportation with Yuna due to exhaustion and falling asleep, but he didn't know how he ended up here, nor why he was suddenly facing such a terrifying giant serpent.
"I am Dander, the Giant Serpent of the Dark Night, the source of endless nightmares, the Devourer of Worlds."
The hissing in his mind continued.
Yet, Garon understood its meaning and knew the identity of the other.
The ancient wild god, the Giant Serpent of the Dark Night, Dander.
He was slightly stunned, forcibly calming his spirit, and looked up at the heaven-reaching giant serpent.
The Dark Night Serpent's pupils were long and slit-like, the color a sickly yellow and black, its body covered in pitch-black scales without a hint of luster, deep as ink.
Its voice was unpleasant, malicious, noisy, and piercing, like the overlapping hisses of countless serpents, making it hard for Garon to calm his mind.
"Do I have a destiny with wild gods?"
"The primal sun god, the Dark Night Giant Serpent, what exactly do they want one after another?"
Garon shook his head, trying to dispel the chaotic hissing in his mind, but was unsuccessful.
"Honor me, believe in me, and I will grant you the primal power, bestow upon you an immortal and undying body, to live as long as the gods, as long as the world!"
Garon: After the initial panic, Garon gradually realized that he must still be dreaming, this being somehow conveyed its message through a dream.
It sought his belief.
Primal power, well, divine-like power. The Dark Night Giant Serpent probably possessed nightmare or nightmare power, these primal forces, unable to tempt Garon in any way.
As for the so-called immortal and undying body Garon already possessed it.
"I am the Eternal Dragon of Time and Space, the controller of time, the supreme sovereign of the river of time."
"Honor me, believe in me, and I will grant you the power of time, bestow upon you an immortal and undying body."
Garon manipulated the river of time, and the hissing in his mind grew weaker.
With his consciousness and thoughts, his body gradually began to expand, quickly turning into an immense dragon, his voice growing louder, like thunder rolling down from the sky.
The form of the Dark Night Giant Serpent began to shrink, quickly turning into the shape of a small serpent.
Polar reversal.
The small serpent opened its mouth, stunned in place.
Without waiting for the small serpent's response, a silver claw fell directly, like the sky pressing down, crushing the small serpent.
At the same time, the world in front of him began to blur, gradually becoming hazy and dreamlike.
Vaguely, a world of gold and silver gems gradually entered Garon's vision.
Platinum dragon eyes slowly opened.
Garon woke up, escaping from the bizarre dream.
The moment he woke up, Garon's gaze sharpened, a hint of confusion emerging in his mind.
"The Dark Night Giant Serpent Dander, could it be my contact with the serpent dragon species that indirectly caught its attention?"
It's said that the serpent dragon species carry a trace of the Dark Night Giant Serpent's bloodline, its beloved offspring and pets. Garon was not sure before, but now it seems to be the case.
As for why the Dark Night Giant Serpent suddenly came looking for him, Garon was not very clear.
The records about the Dark Night Giant Serpent are not positive anyway; it is an evil wild god, because it occasionally appears in many creatures' nightmares, considered an active wild god. Contacting it is not a good thing.
"Do I have some kind of trait that attracts wild gods?"
Garon shook his head helplessly.
He was not very afraid.
Separated by the crystal wall, separated by who knows how many planes, the Dark Night Giant Serpent couldn't exert its real strength.
Garon usually doesn't dream; at his level of mental power, he can subjectively control his dreams, choosing whether to dream or not.
It entering Garon's dreams was just initial scare tactics, causing him to be startled for a while when Garon hadn't reacted. Once Garon regained his senses, using legendary mental power to control the dream, he immediately expelled the Dark Night Giant Serpent's power.
His dreams were his home turf.
In fact, not just Garon, as long as one stays within the prime material plane, even ordinary legendary creatures' dreams are not so easily invaded.
" I wonder which is more powerful, the Dark Night Giant Serpent or the Primal Sun God."
Garon suddenly thought.
Wild gods don't have a level of divine power; their strength depends entirely on whether the primal forces they control are powerful. Without a real battle, it's impossible to determine the strength of a wild god.
Next, Garon focused his mind, carefully checking his body and mental consciousness for any marks left by the Dark Night Giant Serpent.
He had been asleep for a month.
This month of rest and recovery allowed the power of time within him to replenish, and his tired and depleted mental power also recovered. Now he is spirited and mentally refreshed.
However, after inspecting himself for a few minutes, Garon's expression darkened, anger appearing in his eyes.
He found that his mental power had decreased somewhat.
Not much, decreased by about one percent.
It's not that it hasn't recovered.
Garon has a precise control over his body and spirit; he knows his spirit is at its peak, but compared to before falling asleep, his mental strength has decreased by about one percent.
No need to say more, it was the Dark Night Giant Serpent's doing.
It's very good at cursing.
On the Noah continent, according to some who have seen the Dark Night Giant Serpent in their nightmares, they say they feel listless upon waking, as if they had been seriously ill, needing a long time to recover.
Garon's one percent mental power might not sound like much, but that's because his total mental power is enormous.
For ordinary spellcasters, it would be enough to make them idiots.
"Dark Night Giant Serpent Dander, I remember you."
Garon doesn't know when he offended it.
Being cursed for no reason made him very angry.
But the Dark Night Giant Serpent is a wild god, and moreover, a mysterious wild god with unpredictable movements and indistinct form. Garon is helpless against it, currently unable to think of any plan for revenge.
Lower plane, gray wilderness.
This is an endless gray.
Gray skies, gray land, gray air, and gray light.
Coldness and despair are rooted in every inch of space here.
In a certain part of the gray wilderness, a serpent hundreds of meters long slowly raised its head, its yellow-black eyes gazing towards the prime material world.
Beside it stood a majestic and huge city, inhabited by different species of creatures, all kneeling on the ground at the sight of the Dark Night Giant Serpent, singing praises of the glorious deeds of the World Devourer.
"Era Dragon. The power of time"
The serpent flicked its tongue. The headache-inducing hissing spread throughout the city, echoing in the sky of the gray wilderness.
After quietly gazing at the prime material world for a while, the serpent slid its body, like the darkest night, disappearing into the gray wasteland without a trace.
Inside the city, countless creatures still sang loudly, fervently and obsessively, as if they hadn't seen the serpent's departure.
Yuna is still sleeping.
She is sleeping soundly, with no sign of waking up.
Garon didn't disturb Yuna; after all, it was to cooperate with him that Yuna fell into such deep sleep.
Carrying some irritability caused by the Dark Night Giant Serpent, Garon left the dragon nest.
Polar night has arrived.
The dim environment similar to the dream made him subconsciously frown.
However, the brilliant starlight in the sky, the Milky Way stretching from north to south, beautiful and magnificent, gradually calmed Garon's heart.
Standing at the very top of the ice cliff fortress, Garon turned his gaze in all directions.
Everything in the territory remains as usual.
The northern ice spirits, the dragon vein ogres, the winter wolves, the ice sharks... Different vassal clans live in different areas, without offending each other.
When Garon saw the northern ice spirit tribe, his gaze paused for a moment.
He saw a few familiar figures.
A boy and a girl were playing with a few small dragons, Serene and Fred.
The dragon wings spread, and Garon flew over.
His huge body attracted everyone's gaze. Seeing Garon, the two human children trembled slightly, their faces pale as if recalling some not-so-pleasant memories. The few small dragons beside them gradually became less restrained.
"Respected Eternal Dragon, hello."
"Long time no see, your brilliance is still so dazzling."
The little boy swallowed hard, looking up at the silver dragon whose wings shielded the moonlight, his eyes filled with wonder.
The girl beside him, as always, hesitated to speak but was too scared to articulate.
Garon lowered his head and looked at them.
Three years later, these two children raised by the silver dragon have grown robustly in the northern ice plains, now about ten years old.
Both are healthy, taller than human children of the same age by a head, their faces and eyes more mature, even resembling fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers and girls at first glance.
"Greetings to you, powerful and majestic Eternal Dragon."
After hesitating for a while, Lilith, overcoming her psychological shadow of Garon, bowed slightly and spoke to Garon.
Compared to the first time she met Garon, Lilith had grown bolder.
This timid girl has indeed grown.
Garon smiled, then lowered his dragon head closer to the forcibly calm little girl, slowly opening his mouth.
The breath of hot air came over her face.
Lilith's face turned pale, quietly reciting a spell.
She wasn't planning to counterattack, but used a control spell to enhance her mental strength.
With the spell's support, she quickly calmed down.
Garon, finding no fun in scaring the little girl anymore, stopped.
"You didn't faint outright, good."
He complimented her.
"Luna brought them here while you were resting in the fortress."
"Since Fred and I were here, Luna didn't disturb you and left the two children with us."
Krechens explained to Garon.
Before this, Garon had already explained the matter of the two human children to him and Fred, saying that they were to teach them magical knowledge, so after Luna came, they confidently left Amos and Lilith behind.
"Hmm, I had an agreement with Luna, you teach them carefully."
Krechens and Fred nodded at the same time, smiling, "These two children both have great talent, natural spellcasters, we are happy to impart magical knowledge to them, leading them on the path of truth."
Garon turned his head to look at the three small dragons.
"Where's Salia?"
"I told her to bring you guys over."
The few small dragons looked at each other, then sheepishly said, "Garon, big brother, we haven't gone back yet"
It's much more comfortable here than in the white dragon mother's nest.
For the few young dragons, the irresponsible white dragon mother, without her supervision, made them feel more comfortable.
And the white dragon mother was happy to be quiet; she came once in the middle, saw that the few small dragons were fine, and returned to the dragon nest alone.
Garon shook his head, too lazy to care anymore.
With the care of the vassals here, these guys wouldn't bother him, no need for Garon to worry.
At this time, the chief of the northern ice spirit clan, Roy Ice River, came over with a round worm two meters long.
It showed a look of awe, looking up at the silver dragon, "Master, this is the new breed of ice crystal worm cultivated by the Ice River clan, do you want to try it?"
The northern ice spirits, the first intelligent creature clan Garon subdued, are elemental life.
Their strength is now negligible to Garon, and Garon rarely orders the northern ice spirits.
Garon looked at the ice crystal worm.
When he was still weak, sometimes when he couldn't find enough food in time, he would dig up ice crystal worms to stave off hunger, later often eating them as snacks.
The ice crystal worms are about half a meter in size, but the one brought by the northern ice spirits was a full two meters, white all over, crystal clear, like jade.
Garon picked it up, looked at it, and then threw it into his mouth.
The sweet, spring-like juice burst in his mouth, still the familiar taste, but clearer.
"The taste is good, send some to the fortress regularly."
Garon nodded, telling the northern ice spirits.
Roy Ice River showed a joyful expression, nodding vigorously.
After a brief interlude, Garon didn't stay long.
He returned to the top of the fortress, overlooking all directions from the most open position.
At this time, the two human children and the three small dragons started sparring, Amos and Lilith's magical talent indeed very high, using spells within the third circle quite skillfully. The white dragon younglings against the human mage cubs, three against two, were clearly at a disadvantage.
Garon shook his head slightly, no longer watching.
He then focused his gaze on the river of time, carefully observing its movement, its flow, memorizing all details, while recalling the scene of experimenting with Yuna.
Force can act like a catalyst, increasing the impact of his time power on the river of time.
Garon pondered how to combine the principles of planar teleportation, then achieve stable control over time vortexes.
Uncontrolled chaotic time, even if he successfully reaches the standard of cross-temporal travel, he wouldn't dare to enter recklessly.
The days that followed were very calm, without any ups and downs.
The white dragon mother and Luna would come from time to time, but they wouldn't stay long.
Without external disturbances, conflicts of interest, no enemies to oppress, Garon's own life gradually became regular.
Studying spells, observing the river of time, entering a state of unity of consciousness with Yuna, researching cross-temporal teleportation. Occasionally returning to the lava semi-plane, transferring some treasures accumulated there into the fortress.
During this period, Garon voluntarily entered sleep once, wanting to see if he would dream of the Dark Night Giant Serpent again.
That sleep was without nightmares, very peaceful, the Dark Night Giant Serpent did not affect him again.
But the matter of this guy cursing him, Garon kept firmly in mind.
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