Under the gracious insistence of the Mother of Dragons, Garon spent about a week in her divine realm.
He had initially planned to ask the Mother of Dragons some questions and then leave immediately, but her divine realm was truly fascinating, and so Garon stayed a while longer.
By now, he had returned to the Dragon Court sub-plane.
Inside the Eternal Hall, Garon returned to his dragon nest and looked at the still slumbering power dragon, Yuna.
After some time apart, Yuna's body had subtly grown longer, now approximately fifty-seven meters in length. When her size reached close to sixty meters, similar to Garon's initial size, it would roughly be the time for her to awaken as a demigod.
Garon looked at Yuna and, after a moment of contemplation, stretched out his dragon claw and began to write and draw in the air.
"The acceleration field I wanted to create in the past was always missing something."
"Now, it should be possible to complete."
Runes interwoven with the power of time flew out from between Garon's claws and, centering around Yuna's body, distributed themselves in the surrounding space, flashing a few times before disappearing into the air.
Due to his extensive research on acceleration fields in the past, Garon now found it easy to inscribe magical runes—almost second nature.
To Garon, everything seemed to fall into place naturally.
As time passed, within just a few minutes, a circular magic array capable of solidifying the power of time materialized in the colorful dragon nest.
Garon extended his dragon claw, continuously infusing the acceleration field with the power of time.
Only after a significant portion of his temporal power was depleted did he cease his actions.
Within this range, the flow speed of the river of time visibly increased.
"Ten times acceleration should last about a month."
"With this, Yuna's absorption rate of the demigod core should increase, and she should awaken soon."
Garon stroked his chin, observing the accelerated local flow of time.
After becoming a demigod, this acceleration field that had long troubled Garon was now effortlessly constructed as if it were as simple as eating or drinking.
Immediately after.
Garon then attempted to create an area where the passage of time slowed down.
He succeeded without any difficulty.
However, Garon had hoped that such a time field could autonomously draw energy from the river of time, operating without needing his power.
Unfortunately, the river of time was uncooperative.
Garon tried several times but could not get the river of time to channel its power into the acceleration field.
"It's a pity; if there were no consumption, creating a planet-scale acceleration field could quickly cultivate a large number of ancient dragons."
Garon thought regretfully.
But perhaps like his initial inability to successfully create the acceleration field, what was missing was just a higher level of his own power. Once he grew stronger, he might actually be able to implement it.
Although life in the acceleration field would rapidly deplete, the benefits it brought were worth it for most dragons.
As for the area where time passed more slowly, it could be used for research into magic and other time-consuming tasks.
Next, the silver giant dragon spread its wings and lay down on the layers of treasure in the dragon nest.
Garon propped his head with one dragon claw and took out the time anomaly with the other.
Through the semi-transparent amber surrounding the time anomaly, Garon could clearly see web-like cracks all over its surface, making its luster particularly dim.
At the same time, Garon extended his mental energy into the time anomaly.
Suddenly, it seemed he had two fields of vision.
Part of his consciousness was inside the small, mirror-like time anomaly, observing his massive body. Garon suddenly realized the pressure his enemies felt when facing him.
The time amber transformed into the power of time and entered Garon's body.
He looked at the mirror, saw the reflection of the dragon figure, and began to absorb the power of time while transforming it and his mental power into a brand, infusing it into the time anomaly.
Due to the compatibility of their power types.
The connection between this mindless shell and Garon deepened at a rapid pace.
On the time anomaly, the cracks also healed at a visible rate due to the replenishment of the power of time.
Since Garon had seized the time anomaly in time and expelled the first generation Aeternal Dragon King's spiritual imprint, the damage was not severe. It only needed some time nurtured by the power of time to fully recover.
Meanwhile, Garon's understanding of the time anomaly deepened.
This entity, as a time-related anomaly, possessed many abilities similar to Garon's.
For example, basic abilities like time acceleration and deceleration were within its capabilities. Moreover, the 'Time Stop' that Garon encountered initially was different from his own time stop.
This time anomaly's spell-like ability was called Time Nullity.
On the surface, Time Nullity seemed similar to Garon's time stop effect.
But in reality, the differences between the two were significant.
The time anomaly's Time Nullity released a stationary flow of time, engulfing the target within it. If the target's mental will was weak and unable to resist the erosion of the time flow, they would be stuck in it, falling into an eternal stasis where they were immune to all damage, unless time itself was also affected and began to flow again.
"The first generation Aeternal Dragon King probably used Time Nullity to lock itself in a near-death state."
Garon mused.
"It's a skill that could save lives at critical moments."
Garon's time stop did not have this feature.
In his time stop field, all intended damage and attacks were still effective, and Garon's own time did not stop; he could only freeze the time of his enemies.
In contrast, Time Nullity, compared to the time stop field, had the additional disadvantage of being ineffective against enemies with strong mental will.
Garon's time stop, unless the opponent had god-like powers to resist, was unavoidable. Even with such powers, they would be heavily restrained.
"Each has its strengths."
Beyond Time Nullity, as his connection deepened, Garon gradually figured out all of the time anomaly's abilities.
Time Detonation: Creates a temporal chaos area by causing an explosion on the temporal plane, similar to Garon's time slicing, but can be directly applied to enemies.
Epochal Mirror Image: Marks an enemy's past and summons a past mirror image whose strength depends on the difference between the enemy's and the summoner's power.
Temporal Transport: Uses the river of time as a medium for instantaneous spatial jumps.
Time Reversal: In a battle, when facing a lethal crisis, it can travel to the past of a parallel timeline to avoid the arrival of the crisis.
"I thought Time Reversal could reverse time, but it turns out it's similar to foresight."
Garon shook his head slightly.
The time anomaly possessed many abilities, most of which were similar to Garon's, but with different effects.
"These abilities are quite good, especially Epochal Mirror Image."
"But now, they are all mine."
Garon's face showed delight as he began to learn the time-related abilities possessed by the time anomaly.
For Garon, learning skills similar to his own was not difficult; he had acquired part of his
time-related abilities not by natural awakening but through his own research.
The time anomaly was highly valuable to Garon.
It could serve as Garon's divine avatar in the future while also providing a host of new time-related abilities, further enriching his repertoire.
The battle with the first generation Aeternal Dragon King now seemed well worth it.
In the following period, Garon stayed in the Dragon Court sub-plane.
He repaired the time anomaly while starting to absorb the skills it possessed.
He completely stopped his research on spells, focusing entirely on his new time-related abilities.
Thus, months passed in a flash.
In the main material world, the war between elves and dragons intensified.
In the main material world, not only elves and dragons existed as races, and although their battle did not intend to involve other races during this special period—no one wanted to attract hatred—some things could not be avoided just by wishing.
Due to some remnants of the battles, other races in the main material world began to harbor severe dissatisfaction with both elves and dragons.
In a few of the main material worlds, some national powers sided with dragons to attack elves, or joined elves against dragons.
The fires of war between elves and dragons had not yet been extinguished.
Moreover, there was a trend for the conflict to spread to other races.
Now, when Garon had mastered all the abilities of the time anomaly, he convened an ancient council.
Through the ancient dragons in the council, Garon learned of this situation.
He narrowed his eyes, deep in thought.
"If the conflict escalates again, the flames of war might sweep through all species."
The course of war was never easy to control, even for gods, who sometimes found themselves involuntarily dragged into conflict to protect their followers.
Garon had a premonition.
If the war between dragons and elves remained deadlocked and could not end, then sooner or later, the scale of this war might become even more terrifying, possibly even surpassing the Bloody War in a certain timeframe.
If that happened, it would be a disaster.
For now, the war was mostly beneficial for the dragon race.
But if the scale expanded and dragons could no longer control the situation, that would change.
Although dragons generally enjoyed combat, they could not fight endlessly.
Most dragons were inherently lazy by nature, and it was natural for them to develop war-weariness when their hatred for elves gradually subsided, but the war had not yet ended.
This was like during the Dragonfall War.
Through communication with the Mother of Dragons, Garon learned more about the Dragonfall War.
Among the details was one that now seemed incredible to Garon: the Mother of Dragons and the Metal Dragon God, not only were they near-powerful divine forces, but during the era when dragons were the supreme rulers of the multiverse, these two dragon deities were also powerful divine beings!
Back then, dragons' faith in the dragon gods was still strong.
However, due to the extreme discord between the Mother of Dragons and the Metal Dragon God, nearly the entire dragon race, mainly composed of chromatic and metal dragons, split into two factions and engaged in continuous internal strife.
The creatures most stained with dragon blood were dragons themselves.
Countless dragons died due to the disputes between the dragon gods.
Then, because the war lasted too long and was tainted with too much blood of their own kind, many true dragons developed war-weariness and also began to harbor irreverence towards the dragon gods.
Many true dragons at that time believed that dragon gods should have protected the dragon race, but instead, due to their mutual conflicts, forced the dragon race into endless bloodshed.
Such dragon gods were not worthy of the dragons' faith.
This sentiment spread rapidly, and the two war-starting dragon gods faced abandonment by countless followers, their extraordinary divine powers plummeting dramatically.
Afterward, the dragon civil war came to an end.
But due to the heavy casualties in the dragon civil war, the overall strength of the dragon race significantly weakened, and after the decline in the dragon gods' power levels, the Dragonfall War erupted, leading to several massive cross-dimensional, cross-world wars. Ultimately, the dragon race completely fell from its position of dominance.
The dragon gods, to prevent further loss of faith, erased the specifics of the dragon civil war and the Dragonfall War from the heritage of dragons.
But due to the long-standing internal conflicts and the blood debts incurred, the discord between different dragon types became deeply ingrained.
Similarly, even though the dragon heritage no longer contained information about the mistakes of the dragon gods, most of the true dragons born subsequently still instinctively did not worship the dragon gods.
This is the fundamental reason why the dragon race's faith in the dragon gods is notably weak today.
Because it was not a pleasant experience, the Mother of Dragons was initially reluctant to discuss this past, but she told Garon after his persistent curiosity.
"This war with the elves is starting to revive and increase the dragon race's faith in the dragon gods."
Moderate war can consolidate faith.
Even Garon had harvested many followers in the two main material worlds by now. At this time, the dragon gods protecting the dragon race and battling foreign gods echoed their names across countless main material worlds, surely gathering more power of faith.
"But if it continues for too long, it might end up like the dragon civil war."
Garon thought silently.
However, the Mother of Dragons had said that this war would end with the death of the Sunset Sage.
Garon believed the dragon gods likely planned to end the war.
The death of a medium divine power could serve as the victory of this war. However, if the elven pantheon was unwilling to cease hostilities, then the flames of war would still not be extinguished.
With the situation developed to this point, whether the wheels of war could stop was no longer something one side could decide alone.
"Therefore, it is necessary to make the elven pantheon realize that, whether in the main material world or on the divine plane, they cannot oppose the dragon race. Only by choosing to swallow the bitter pill can the war end."
Garon pondered this thought.
Then, in the ancient council, ancient dragons from different main material worlds shared the situations in their respective war zones and communicated about mutual support.
After some time.
The voice of the Dragon Court's lord, seated in the principal chair, was deep and resonant: "In the main material world, our race currently holds the advantage."
"But this is far from enough."
"I want to see elves in the main material world trembling and scattering at the mere mention of the dragon army, under the leadership of my Dragon Court."
"The advantage must be expanded into a posture of victory!"
After Garon spoke, a chorus of deep dragon roars rose.
Following this, many ancient dragons responded to Garon's call, beginning to lead dragon armies to accelerate attacks on elven settlements in various main material worlds.
And Garon himself was not idle.
This lord of the Dragon Court, who could only be described as invincible in the main material worlds, began to immerse himself in different main material worlds, destroying one elven power after another with an unstoppable, unblockable giant god-like demeanor.
As time passed and the war progressed.
The name of the Dragon Court's lord became increasingly prominent, becoming an unmatched figure in this war. Even dragons who had never seen him naturally showed a reverent demeanor at the mention of the Dragon Court's lord, much like the reverence for a dragon god.
The number of legendary
dragons joining the Dragon Court surged once again.
Moving through different main material worlds, displaying his formidable power, Garon's gathered faith also increased rapidly.
As for the elves in the main material worlds he visited, their armies, regardless of any advantage they previously held, would immediately prioritize full defense.
Afterward, the name of the Dragon Court's lord would surely be etched into elven history as a foremost antagonist dragon.
During this period, several demigod elves descended, attempting to stop Garon.
These demigod elves did not aim to kill or injure Garon but hoped to restrain him, allowing the main material world's elven armies to catch their breath. However, with the host of new abilities from the time anomaly, Garon found slaying ordinary demigods as easy as slicing through vegetables.
The number of demigod elves dying in the main material world grew.
Although Garon was in the main material world, he also helped alleviate the pressure on the outer planes' battlefields.
Due to one overwhelming victory after another.
Garon's deterrent power over the elven armies in the main material world reached an unprecedented level.
And as time went on, as the casualties among the elves in the main material world gradually increased, the divine power of the elven gods in the outer planes began to weaken.
In the divine-level outer plane battlefields, the dragon gods and god-like dragons began to gain a clear advantage.
Thus, two years passed in a flash.
By now, the war between elves and dragons had lasted for eight years.
With an unstoppable Dragon Court's lord continuously expanding the advantage for the dragons in the main material world, the decline of the elves was so obvious that even the most clueless observer could see it.
Without Garon, dragons in various worlds could still advance triumphantly.
Only the elves continued to resist, and more and more species were affected by the war, with a very apparent trend of escalation.
Then, having obliterated the elven settlements in over a hundred main material worlds, the lord of the Dragon Court quietly withdrew from the war.
"Biological level: 45."
"With my current level, I've improved this much in two years. Continuous warfare is indeed the best catalyst."
During these two years, Garon was either in battle or on his way to battle.
After being tempered by the fires of war, he had mastered the new abilities learned from the time anomaly and by now had naturally grown to nearly seventy meters in length, his form becoming even more majestic.
In the Dragon Court sub-plane, within the Eternal Hall, inside the dragon nest.
The majestic, vigorous silver dragon looked at another dragon slumbering beneath the treasures.
Originally, Garon, on the Valoran continent, had taken three years to become a demigod, thanks to Volibear's continuous feeding.
Yuna's growth was not as fast; she should have slumbered for a longer time, but with Garon occasionally setting up acceleration fields for her, she had already begun to emit the aura of a demigod in just over two years.
It wouldn't be long before Yuna would awaken.
"When I return from the continent of Faerûn, Yuna should have awakened."
After replenishing some energy into the acceleration field in the dragon nest, Garon's body began to be covered with a golden luster, soon donning the Imaskarcana Holy Garment, transforming into a majestic golden dragon.
Garon's right claw twisted, and the phantom of the Imaskarcana magic ring emerged, then solidified into a portal of space-time.
"Ascension Technique."
The giant dragon murmured softly, his eyes reflecting a curious light.
With this forbidden spell, he could go to the outer planes and fight alongside the dragon gods, participating in the plot to assassinate the god of fate and history.
For Garon at this time, being cautious around a medium divine power was unnecessary.
With the help of the dragon gods to seize his divinity, there was a high likelihood of success.
Moreover, the elven race, by now, had intentions of retreating from the main material world back to the elven realms to avoid the dragon's edge.
Even if the god of fate and history fell, the elves, already in absolute decline, would be unable to continue the war no matter their hatred for the dragons.
With the fall of the god of fate and history, the dragons would witness the rise of a new god of time.
Garon's true form, as the Eternal Dragon, would then possess a divine avatar of time.
Thus, he felt he would truly have the credentials to call himself the Eternal and Time Dragon, or perhaps the God of Eternity and Time.
Immediately, Garon stepped into the portal of space-time, his figure disappearing from this world.
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