The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Arriving at the valley where Ophelia resided, Artie discovered that the Winged Dragon's condition had indeed undergone a significant change. The once-violent Winged Dragon, which had been thrashing about in its cage, was now quietly lying on the golden lines, fast asleep.

Its original two-meter-long body had directly expanded to ten meters.

This was even more exaggerated than Artie's growth rate back then.

Before Artie could call for anyone, Ophelia walked into the quiet room carrying a censer.

"Even if you entrust Sandrine to me for treatment, you can't completely ignore her! In these ten years, you've only had messengers deliver some nutritional supplements she uses."

"You haven't even come to see her once. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Artie waved his hand to unlock the cage and placed his hand on the Winged Dragon's head to examine it.

"Has her problem been resolved?"

Ophelia lit the incense and placed it in the censer, setting it before the Winged Dragon.

"Almost. Over the years, I've exhausted every means to calm her down. You know, the Panther Woman is indeed a lucky star. With her around, my progress as a Mind Mage has been much faster."

Artie looked at Ophelia and said with slight surprise:

"You're already level 20!"

Ophelia gently gestured. The pure white, flawless Celestial Serpent Staff appeared in her hand, and the Five Elements Spiritual Orbs rotated behind her head, emitting an unusual glow.

"Indeed, just as you said, cultivating the Celestial Serpent True Body is very helpful for enhancing my Mind Mage abilities. Otherwise, in just ten short years, without experiencing any life-or-death battles,"

"it would have been impossible for my Mind Mage level to increase so quickly. I used to think that my talent in mental power was rare in the world."

"But after activating the Celestial Serpent bloodline, I finally understood what you meant by being 'a frog in a well'."

Compared to the Celestial Serpent, her little Serpentfolk's mental talent was not worth mentioning.

Artie embraced Ophelia.

"This is all I should do."

Ophelia rubbed her small head against Artie's broad chest.

"Mm."

Artie frowned as he looked at the motionless Panther Woman and asked:

"When will she wake up? I have important matters that require the Panther Woman's help."

Ophelia shook her head and explained:

"I'm afraid that's not possible. Now is the process of the Panther Woman coordinating her mind and the dragon body through slumber, thereby mastering the Winged Dragon's violent power."

"Waking her up prematurely will affect the Panther Woman's condition. Are you sure you want to wake her up now?"

Artie waved his hand and took out a golden-red flame crystal, handing it to Ophelia.

"This is my Food God Flame Crystal, condensed from the fire seeds cultivated from the forest's discarded trees. Slowly feed it to the Panther Woman; it can help her coordinate her mind and the dragon body."

"Also, it's not that I don't come to see her, but because I can't have too much contact with the Panther Woman. I made a mistake when I merged with the Sun Dragon Egg, and I've been subject to some restrictions."

"You are all my wings. Without you, I cannot freely soar in the sky, so I will not abandon any of you."

Ophelia's heart and eyes were filled with Artie's sweet words, and she hugged him tightly.

"I believe you."

It might sound like a lot, but compared to other lecherous dragons, Artie only had four companions, which could be considered a pure-hearted young man.

Audrey, Ophelia, Panther Woman, Mermaid Lynn.

No, it was four and a half.

He also had a mental companion, Zhu Bei!

Artie treated Zhu Bei as a pet, but after this little one became psychic and gained the ability to communicate with the Emerald Dream through her illusion talent,

she transformed into a beautiful woman in a red dress in Artie's dream, dancing for him, singing for him, and relieving his fatigue from cultivation.

Clearly, she had thoughts about Artie.

Artie really didn't know whether to laugh or cry about this.

If judged by the aesthetic standards of dragons, Zhu Bei was indeed a very beautiful female clam spirit.

But Artie didn't have such a wide range of hobbies as traditional dragons.

Regarding Zhu Bei's passionate love, Artie could only be non-committal, neither proactive nor rejecting.

If Zhu Bei could transform into a beautiful fairy, he might consider it.

Although she had been slumbering for these ten years, the Winged Dragon was naturally the representative of the Sun Aspect Star. Even if Mount Tai basked in the sun on the golden summit every day, he was no match for the Panther Woman.

Arriving at Star Valley, Mount Tai was very excited to learn that he could participate in the Seven Stars Convergence experiment.

"Don't look at the Panther Woman now being the Sun Godhead Winged Dragon. If she really fought me, she wouldn't necessarily be my opponent!"

Mount Tai himself had a trace of Titan bloodline, which was activated into a Life Angel by Hana's Death Angel bloodline. He had also been tempering his physique to prepare for transforming into a giant.

Now, combined with the power of the Sun Aspect Star, Mount Tai, with the help of Old Rogue, the legendary druid who was best at mixing things up, sublimated into an ultimate form.

Sun Titan!

Of course, compared to a real Sun Titan, Mount Tai's form was definitely not even as good as a younger brother.

But with continued cultivation, this Titan form would inevitably break through the legendary life level.

Relying on this Sun Titan, Mount Tai even had the confidence to be the first among them to break through to become a legendary druid!

This was the confidence that the Sun Titan brought to Mount Tai.

A legendary creature level form gave him a very high degree of certainty in breaking through to become a legendary druid. It could even be said that cultivating a legendary life form would inevitably lead to breaking through to become a legendary druid.

Artie looked at him with a smile that was not a smile.

"Alright, when the Panther Woman wakes up, you two can spar. I also want to see how much you've improved over the years."

Mount Tai rubbed his hands and looked at Artie with a grin, saying:

"You also said that there can't be favoritism. You gave the Panther Woman such great benefits, directly allowing her to cultivate into a legendary life form. You can't not give your brother some help."

"I'm not asking you to give me a Sun Titan's divine corpse for me to merge with. Shouldn't you at least give your brother some sun crystals to help me increase the concentration of the Sun Titan bloodline in my body?"

The corners of Artie's mouth twitched.

So that was it. What sparring with the Panther Woman? This kid Mount Tai was also learning to be slippery, learning to directly ask for benefits.

"Alright, as long as you can eat it, I'll let you eat your fill when the time comes."

The Bear Man excitedly crowded over.

"You can't only care about Mount Tai. What about our benefits? Everyone agrees, right?!"

The Liquor Woman directly raised her hand and spoke:

"That's right, I don't want much either. Just give me some magic spring water and brewing materials, whether animal or plant materials, three tons, five tons, anything will do."

They were all coming to him to freeload, weren't they?

Three tons, five tons, the Liquor Woman really thought he was a sugar daddy.

"No! Do you want to hear what you're saying? Three tons, five tons, why don't you just go rob someone?"

The Liquor Woman shrugged and said indifferently:

"What I'm doing now is even faster than robbing. You now sit on an entire continent. Can't you even take out this little bit of magic materials?"

"Is this the Emperor of Atlantis?"

Attilan's lips twitched; he was left speechless by the wine woman's retort.

“Although I am the Emperor, I cannot do as I please. Unless you give me the materials and can return a batch of wine of even greater value, even the Emperor cannot do it.”

The wine woman rolled her eyes at him.

“Fine, I guarantee that His Majesty the Emperor will not suffer any losses, is that alright? If it weren't for the sake of cultivating my Wine Throne, I wouldn't hand over my brewed magic wine to a bunch of people who don't know how to appreciate it.”

For many nobles and officials, high-quality magic wine was merely a symbol of status.

What they cared about was the added prestige this high-quality wine brought them. Even if the taste was awful, their upbringing would compel them to drink it with a smile.

To cater to the entire empire, Attilan promoted the mass production of wine using assembly-line magic techniques.

To the wine woman, wine brewed in this manner had no soul.

The empire's bunch couldn't even distinguish the difference between assembly-line and meticulously crafted wine.

Therefore, the wine woman was unwilling to let that group of filthy people drink her fine brew.

Attilan smiled and comforted her.

“When your Wine Throne soars into the sky, all wine lovers will praise the Wine Throne as they drink, and toast to you.”

The wine woman sighed and took out a starlight-filled wine glass.

“More than ten years have passed, and my Wine Throne only has this much achievement. I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to raise the stars into the sky in this lifetime.”

To raise the stars, one needed at least to condense a constellation or possess natural divinity.

Otherwise, the light emitted by the stars would be too dim, and even if one could see it, mortals wouldn't be able to discern what kind of star it was.

Without power, it would be no different from an ordinary mortal star.

Attilan patted her shoulder.

“Don't worry, you are all my good friends, and I will definitely help you raise your constellations!”

Raising a constellation at least meant immortality, representing that this group of his good friends could eat, drink, and have fun with him forever.

The Eagle King frowned and said:

“Gods cannot arbitrarily interfere with the fate of mortals, even if you are a Wild God. Whether or not we can raise our constellations depends solely on our talent.”

“Don't sacrifice your own future for our sake.”

Big Horn also waved his hand with a smile.

“Even if we die, we will just enter the Emerald Dream. You can hold a banquet for us whenever you want, although it won't bring any benefits.”

“At least the food in the Emerald Dream is delicious enough.”

The Emerald Dream did have treasures that could be brought to the outside world, but it was mostly filled with dreamlike objects, at most bringing spiritual enhancement.

Big Horn actually liked the Emerald Dream very much. The illusion of the Emerald Dream allowed him to experience the reality of life even more. After returning to the forest, he could always usher in a period of rapid improvement.

Rather than his friends' souls going to the Emerald Dream to serve as fuel after death, Attilan hoped they could raise their constellations and become partners who fought alongside him.

“Don't worry, according to my calculations, you can actually raise your constellations first, and then condense constellation divinity. Although this will create a bottleneck period.”

“But after breaking through the bottleneck period, the improvement to you will be even greater.”

The Bear Man excitedly rushed in front of Attilan.

“Really!?”

“Of course, although the difficulty of raising a constellation at the Legendary realm is lower than condensing constellation divinity, it is not much lower, and it requires a very high level of comprehension.”

“Bear Man can try, you have always been relatively clever and cunning.”

The Bear Man stroked his chin in thought. He knew very well that with his talent, if the Star Seed hadn't suddenly appeared, there was little chance of him breaking through to Legendary.

Without Attilan's Azure Dragon Spirit guiding him, he wouldn't have been able to raise the Star Seed to its current level.

From the moment he met Attilan, he seemed to have gotten on the fast track.

He originally thought he would live a mediocre life, but he never expected that there would be a possibility of breaking through to Legendary, raising a constellation, and being worshiped as a demigod.

“When will we try?”

The wine woman gave the Bear Man a disgusted look and said:

“You should break through to Legendary first, and even then, raising a constellation is not something a level 21 Star Druid can do, let alone us amateurs.”

The Flower Woman's eyes darted around, and she clapped her hands excitedly and said:

“I do have a suitable candidate!”

“Old Prankster!”

That's right, it was the Old Prankster.

As a Legendary Druid, he was very suitable for trying to raise a constellation.

Attilan nodded and said:

“Old Prankster has agreed to pave the way for everyone, so you must be serious about this Seven Star Convergence Experiment. You are also Old Prankster's assistants in raising the constellation.”

The goal of the Seven Star Convergence Experiment was to select seven suitable assistants for the Old Prankster.

Because the Old Prankster had already condensed divinity, even if he raised a constellation, condensing constellation divinity again would not have much impact.

The Old Prankster also teleported to the Eagle King's side, holding a pot of wine in his hand.

The wine woman's nose twitched.

“Old Prankster, you sneaked into my wine cellar again to steal wine!”

The Old Prankster smiled and drank the wine in one gulp.

“Your wine is delicious, of course I want to drink the good wine you hide in the wine cellar. Who told you to not host banquets for so long.”

Attilan smiled and clapped his hands and said:

“After you raise your constellation, we will hold a grand celebration for you! You can't fail.”

The Old Prankster glanced at him disdainfully.

“Me? Fail?”

If the experiment didn't restrict him to only using the power of a Legendary Druid and not borrowing the power of divinity, he wouldn't even need seven assistants.

“How is the refining of your Light Wheel Constellation's Star Keystone going?”

The Old Prankster waved his hand with a smile:

“Thanks to your Life Furnace, it has been basically refined. It's just that the weight of the Star Keystone is a bit heavier than expected, so maybe the seven assistants will need to put in a little more effort.”

“Little ones, it depends on how well you have cultivated your astrology, whether you can help me lift the constellation into the sky of the Elemental Dragon Realm.”

“Do you have confidence?”

The Eagle King and the others all excitedly raised their hands.

“Of course!”

Once this experiment succeeded, they would be recorded in the secret scrolls of the Council of Nature, fulfilling the idea of leaving their names in history when they discussed secret art cultivation in Oak Hall back then.

Wind, thunder, water, fire, earth, sun, and moon, the seven elemental constellation druid assistants were all selected.

Everyone ate a little something and then excitedly headed to the highest peak of the Black Iron Mountains, preparing to perform the magic ritual of raising the constellation.

Looking at the huge, colorful divine stone at the top of the highest peak, Attilan's lips twitched.

“This is what you meant by a little bigger?”

It was clearly twice as big!

The Old Prankster chuckled.

“Otherwise, why would I tell you not to rush and wait two more years, giving everyone more time to grow? Didn't you also have things to do? Why did you suddenly want to hold the ceremony ahead of schedule?”

Attilan rolled his eyes at him.

“I didn't think everyone was ready, but I didn't expect you to prepare such a big surprise for me!”