The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan hadn't expected that the storm giant would perceive the thoughts hidden deepest in his heart, and ask about them just as he was trying to understand the storm giant's inner thoughts.

“If I said yes, would senior think I'm too arrogant?”

The storm giant smiled and waved his hand.

“Of course not. Young people should have the spirit of youth. Maintain your current drive, and I believe you have a promising future.”

“Unlike us old folks, who have lost the sharpness in our hearts. Even if we have some audacious ideas, I'm afraid we don't have the courage to realize them.”

Attilan smiled wryly.

“This dragon of mine happens to know how to concoct pills, and even knows a golden pill called Courage. How about I refine a batch for senior to embolden you?”

The storm giant shook his head and summoned dark clouds to obscure the sun in the sky.

“No need. It's better for courage to grow from within one's own heart. Courage given by external things dissipates… too quickly.”

Attilan's eyes flickered. As long as he could restore the storm giant's former sharpness,

He would dare to think about the Giant God-King.

“I'm curious where you got the courage to even think about such a bold thing.”

Back then, he was just a small divine general who had seen the Dragon God from afar at the banquet of the Giant God-King and the Elemental Dragon God. That kind of divine posture, radiant brilliance, and domineering aura.

He still hadn't forgotten it even now.

He also wanted to be as impressive as the Elemental Dragon God, but he was just a small illegitimate child, not even comparable to the eldest prince who poured wine for the Dragon God.

But Attilan, although he had only met him a few times, gave him a refreshing feeling every time he saw him.

In just less than ten years, Attilan's strength had doubled again and again.

This speed of progress was truly frightening.

Too fast, really too fast.

The storm giant knew better than the elemental dragons outside that Attilan was definitely not 88 years old.

He might not even have entered his youth yet.

He gradually understood in his heart that only Attilan's speed of progress could match the goal he wanted to pursue.

Even if the Natural Council and Sestius invested all their resources and energy in nurturing him, a normal Elemental Dragon King would not have such a growth rate.

It is said that in the final battle, the Elemental Dragon God uttered a vow of fate before falling.

On the day when the nine stars reunite in the Elemental Dragon Realm, he will return to this world and take back the position that belongs to him.

The will of the Great Universe, in order to expel the invaders and eliminate the gods who betrayed this universe, nurtured an existence favored by fate.

After all, if powerful divine forces don't conquer other universes, they have to find a way to conquer them.

The time it takes for a universe to give birth to resources that can support the birth of a second God Above Gods is too long, and may even experience several cycles of the universe's birth and death.

Even powerful divine forces dare not be sure that they can survive until that day comes.

Therefore, plundering the original divine power of other universes has gradually become the daily life of the gods of powerful divine forces in the universe.

Now, Attilan's speed of progress makes the storm giant suspect that he is a new guardian candidate chosen by the universe.

If Attilan knew that the storm giant didn't even doubt that he was the reincarnation of the Elemental Dragon God, but directly suspected that his talent came from a higher level.

I don't know if he would be surprised or frightened.

“Attilan, our current universe does not have a god who has shown the talent of a universe guardian.”

“Do you think you have this talent?”

Attilan was stunned and asked curiously:

“Senior, what is the relationship between the universe guardian and the will of the Great Universe you told me about before?”

The storm giant nodded.

“That's right, the universe guardian is the most powerful existence in a universe, an existence comparable to a God Above Gods, or even the God Above Gods.”

Attilan's eyes widened immediately.

“Senior, aren't you overestimating me too much?”

“There is not only one universe guardian candidate. The Elemental Dragon God back then also defeated powerful opponents step by step before finally giving birth to the idea of becoming the Heavenly Emperor.”

“The Heavenly Emperor is perhaps the existence in the Elemental Dragon God's heart equivalent to the universe guardian.”

The corners of Attilan's mouth twitched.

“Senior, you can't just assume that I'm that something, a universe guardian candidate like the Elemental Dragon God, just because I want to become the Heavenly Emperor, right?”

The storm giant looked at him with burning eyes.

“Then do you want to become a universe guardian?”

Attilan weakly asked:

“Senior, what are the benefits of becoming a universe guardian?”

The storm giant said with a smile:

“Just take the Elemental Dragon God you are most familiar with as an example. Look at how the Elemental Dragon God was favored by luck and gradually achieved his initial achievements, and you will understand how powerful the power of a candidate is.”

Attilan asked in surprise:

“Are you saying that the source of the Elemental Dragon God's rapid increase in power is this identity as a universe guardian candidate!?”

The storm giant looked at him as a matter of course.

“Otherwise?”

Because the Elemental Dragon God was a transmigrator senior, and he was doing much better than him, Attilan naturally thought that the Elemental Dragon God had a golden finger like a system.

As a result, the storm giant said it was because of his identity as a universe guardian candidate.

Which made him a little too surprised.

“Then how should I obtain this candidate identity?”

“I don't know.”

Don't know? What are you telling me for if you don't know.

Attilan勉强 squeezed out a smile.

“Senior, if there's nothing else, I'll go back and boil potions. The fire on the stove hasn't been turned off yet.”

The storm giant calmly pointed at him.

“Look, you're in a hurry again. Although I don't know how to obtain candidate status, I do know where you can find clues.”

Attilan asked excitedly:

“Where?”

“The Elemental Dragon God's treasure trove!”

Attilan looked at him suspiciously.

“I don't think the Dragon God would be generous enough to share this kind of identity as a universe guardian candidate with us, right?”

The storm giant shook his head and said:

“No, if you want to be a universe guardian, you can't fail! The Elemental Dragon God has already failed, and his failure has caused no small loss to the entire universe.”

Attilan nodded as if he understood.

“Because he caused significant losses, the Elemental Dragon God lost his candidate status, but he knows how to become a candidate. If he truly cares about the Elemental Dragon Clan.”

“Then the knowledge of how to become a universe guardian candidate must be left in the Dragon God's treasure trove.”

If he could get the help of a candidate, the Elemental Dragon God could use the candidate's favor of fate to make a comeback.

If the path of a Cosmic Guardian is unviable, there's still the path of plundering resources from other worlds to become a God of Gods.

It's better than being buried in the mud, without even a chance of resurrection.

"So, Senior, are you saying that the Elemental Dragon God would tell talented and capable descendants the method to become a candidate, while also requiring them to resurrect him after succeeding?"

The Storm Giant nodded.

"Sethis and I are considered friends. I heard he once found the Ocean Treasury, obtaining many resources and secret arts from it. He said that in the treasury, there seemed to be a pair of eyes watching him in the dark."

"But he didn't seem to pass the test, and could only leave with regret."

The Dragon God's Treasury won't open a second time in the same place.

Even if one could enter repeatedly, few Elemental Dragons would be so lucky.

Attilan stroked his chin.

"Senior, do you think the design of the Dragon God's Treasury randomly opening its doors is a way of filtering for luck? Only dragons with enough luck can enter the Dragon God's Treasury."

"And only lucky dragons can become candidates?"

The Storm Giant shrugged.

"I don't know, I'm just an ordinary Storm Giant demigod."

Attilan suspiciously sized him up.

Knowing so many secrets, you say you're an ordinary giant? Attilan doesn't believe a word of it.

"Senior, stop pretending, tell me your real identity."

The Storm Giant smacked the back of his head.

"Aren't you supposed to be brewing potions? Why are you wasting time talking to me? When your master returns with the Thunder God's Hammer, I'll upgrade the Sea Emperor's Tooth for you."

"Then go to the Water Elemental Realm and find the Dragon God's Treasury for me!"

If Attilan could find the Dragon God's Treasury, even if he didn't obtain the method to become a Cosmic Guardian candidate,

with Attilan and Sethis, these two Dragon God inheritors, as external support, the Storm Giant would have some confidence in replacing the current Giant God King.

Attilan shook his head, wanting to dispel the thoughts that shouldn't be in his mind.

But he couldn't help but think.

If, as they said before, the will of the universe is related to the beings within it,

then the more beings who love and admire him, the heavier his weight in the eyes of the universe's will would be.

He seemed to understand why the Elemental Dragon God initially created the Elemental Dragons and defined their duty as maintaining world order and making the world better.

The Elemental Dragons were the extension of the Dragon God's will. Everyone's love and admiration for the Elemental Dragons, making the world prosperous with good weather and abundant harvests, was an act of reverence for the Dragon God who created the Elemental Dragons.

In the end, it all seemed to be about competing for more of people's power of faith.

Attilan stroked his chin, feeling a sense of competing for company shares.

Some gods choose to plunder the faith of other gods, occupying more existing shares.

Some gods choose to cultivate more mortals, subtly diluting the shareholding ratio in the hands of other shareholders through issuing more shares.

Clearly, the Elemental Dragon God initially chose to grasp both, with both hands strong.

Attilan nodded knowingly. The reason for the Elemental Dragon God's initial failure couldn't have come from within, it could only have been the intervention of powerful divine power gods from the outside.

Before having absolute certainty, Attilan believed that he still couldn't touch the faith of other gods.

He could only silently adjust his share in the will of the great universe by cultivating more believers.

In fact, this continent under their feet could support hundreds of millions of intelligent beings to live and work in peace, but developing an ecological system capable of supporting hundreds of millions of people

would take a long time.

And there was still the risk of being robbed by other gods.

If your fruit is big, red, and bright, but you yourself appear weak, don't blame them for taking action to snatch it.

This damn world, can it still let a kind dragon like him live well?

Attilan felt that the Elemental Dragon God might not have actively wanted to grasp both, but was forced to do so.

In this universe with gods, wanting to accumulate grain widely and slowly claim kingship is indeed too difficult.

If you don't become a god, you won't be able to reassure your subordinates, nor will you be able to resist the impact of other gods.

Once you become a god, everyone will know.

Even before becoming a god, the gods have already noticed your plans.

Attilan felt that his kingdom being divided into the influence of the Natural Council and Sethis, being counted into the overall threat of this alliance, was why he hadn't been attacked for so long despite developing for so long.

In the Elemental Dragon Realm, his actions of occupying the western side of the continent might be considered big.

But looking at the entire Star Realm, he had only made some small movements.

It might not even be as worthy of attention from behind-the-scenes ambitious people as this banquet of a Storm Giant demigod and a group of promising young Elemental Dragons.

Attilan went back to brew potions, but after brewing only three bottles, he couldn't help but return to the forest to find the Vine Woman.

He wanted to ask her and Old Mischief about their views on the position of Cosmic Guardian.

After Attilan finished speaking, the Vine Woman asked with a serious face:

"Where did you learn about this thing from?"

Attilan asked in confusion:

"Is this some important secret that I can't know? Will I be cursed once I know it?"

The Vine Woman shook her head.

"I don't know who was the first to announce the knowledge of the Cosmic Guardian in the universe. This position should have appeared more than once in other universes."

"In order to pursue becoming a guardian, or even a candidate, I don't know how many talented and brilliant people have turned into piles of withered bones."

"Therefore, the Natural Council believes that the Cosmic Guardian is a trap spread by gods from other universes, just to use the guardians to eliminate the resistance of our universe."

Attilan asked in confusion:

"Is the Cosmic Guardian fake?"

Old Mischief looked at him with rare seriousness.

"No, it's real. It's precisely because it's real that it's a trap."

"You should have heard that guardian candidates will kill each other. The victor will seize the power of the loser. The candidates killing each other has caused our universe to lose countless powerful divine powers."

"Otherwise, our universe wouldn't be dominated by the weak faction."

The Vine Woman tapped Attilan's head.

"So, don't think about the Cosmic Guardian anymore. The reason why the Elemental Dragon God failed in the first place might be related to his identity as a guardian candidate."

That's right, the identity of a guardian candidate is too big, too loud.

Attilan suddenly scrutinized the Vine Woman and Old Mischief.

"Teacher Mother, Old Mischief, are there any secrets you haven't told me? And can't tell me?"

The Vine Woman smacked the back of his head.

"When your strength and state of mind are in place, your master will naturally tell you. If you want to know in advance, you can go ask your master."

Attilan shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Hmm, never mind."

Bear-people hate being overly ambitious the most. If he goes to ask, he'll inevitably get a beating.

With his speed of progress, he's afraid that the bear-person will worry about not being able to beat him in the future, so he'll just take advantage of the fact that he can still beat him now and beat him a few more times.