Under the Red Dragon

Karon's active spirit gradually calmed down, his will sank into the sea of spirit, and he entered a deep sleep again, allowing his body to slowly grow under the nourishment of the gradually recovering ancestral dragon blood.

The magic-sealed Tree of Life fruit, swallowed by Karon and hidden in his stomach, also shattered the magical seal that sealed life energy and aura, along with the Tree of Life fruit itself, under the spontaneous traction and erosion of Karon's body.

The massive life energy diffused into the body of this ancestral red dragon, accelerating the recovery and vigorous growth of the ancestral red dragon's blood.

And the inheritance in the dragon bloodline also flowed out more knowledge and inheritance, which would be gradually digested by the sleeping Karon. This is a process that every dragon goes through during sleep.

According to the knowledge that Karon had learned in advance from Tiamat, the Dragon Queen of the Five Colors, the dragon's inheritance knowledge treasure house is also a very important part, belonging to an important means for dragons to fight against other legends.

After each dragon reaches adulthood, the inheritance treasure house flowing in the depths of the dragon's bloodline will be completely opened, forming a fixed spiritual cognitive domain system like the Dragon Treasure House, which is enough to resist and avoid the cognitive impact and rewriting of the world constructed by those orthodox legends.

This is also the reason why countless dragons appear paranoid and crazy due to the influence of inheritance. Their cognition has been completely covered and wrapped by the inheritance, that is, they are protected by the bloodline of the previous generation, and they will be affected by the bloodline of the previous generation.

Of course, some particularly powerful legends are always able to exceed the ordinary category. The specific collision still needs to look at the individual differences between the two sides.

However, this also reflects the unique advantages of the dragon race. They only need to lie down and sleep until adulthood to have the basic ability to fight against those who have climbed to the top through countless years of hard work.

However, Karon doesn't need to wait until adulthood. His Flame Domain - [Ashes to Ashes] has formed a substantial domain, enough to resist the spiritual impact of those legends.

This is also why Tiamat favors this red dragon who is still a chick in the eyes of the Mother of Evil Dragons. Even among the ancestral red dragons, very few red dragons would be like Karon, because this is the evolution and growth of the bloodline influenced by Karon's cognition and will.

To a certain extent, it is equivalent to an external manifestation of Karon's cognitive system of the world, just like a violent red dragon with a narrow materialistic domain. That red dragon's domain is produced by the influence of his cognition and will.

And Karon's domain is not simply evolved from his own bloodline. To develop to such an extent, a large part of the reason comes from Karon's knowledge gained from dissecting countless homotypic Pit Fiends in the laboratory and extracting countless magical creatures with the same attributes.

If Karon is willing, he can even leave these knowledge in his bloodline. If the descendants who inherit Karon's bloodline are good enough to digest these knowledge, they will also evolve and transform in Karon's direction.

Karon allowed his body to fully grow under the nourishment of countless abundant life energy and the replenishment of magic power, but his consciousness, which sank into the sea of spirit, touched the field of spirituality at the very bottom.

Karon's heart energy, this powerful ability, is the integration of spirituality and mind and flesh, and the heart energy power provided to Karon by all the races and subjects ruled by Karon comes from their spiritual worship.

This is also the knowledge that Karon can discover and understand when he goes deeper on this path.

Although Karon's ability is a bit special, it can still be attributed to the category of mind warriors, or it is more appropriate to call them mind casters.

Of course, some mages and scholars like to call mind casters psionic mages, because the source of these casters' power is always related to their own spirituality, and they all need to tap into the power of their own spirituality.

However, Karon's ability is somewhat different from these broadly generalized mind casters. Karon can do what mind mages can do, but what Karon can do is difficult for those mind casters to accomplish.

Just like directly facing and entering that layer hidden in the depths of the world, connecting the spirituality of all living beings, a spiritual field that is real but extremely illusory.

Karon faces that illusory spiritual realm, just like a dreamlike river running through countless living beings. Karon's own spiritual realm is like a bubble on this illusory river, independent but interconnected.

He did not rashly break into the world of the spiritual realm. Although the spiritual realm looks like a river, the inside is endless and vast. If you are not careful, you will get lost in it.

Moreover, once you step out of your spiritual realm and enter the world of spirituality, you will encounter many unpredictable dangers.

There are many evil spirits and evil things that even the gods cannot destroy trapped in it, and banished by the gods in the spiritual world, and the bodies of those evil things are sealed as if they were in permanent silence.

This is also a common method used by many gods when facing difficult enemies.

It is said that Kozuf, the Chaos Hound called the Heaven Raider, who specializes in devouring the souls of the gods' believers (petitioners), was sealed in the deepest part of the spiritual world by the gods of Mount Heaven.

This Chaos Hound has strange abilities. The souls devoured by it will be completely destroyed. Even the power of the gods cannot save these souls. Even the right hand of the God of Justice was once bitten off by this demon dog and it was difficult to recover.

The God of Conspiracy had the same tragic experience as the God of Justice. This god once sealed the Chaos Hound Kozuf, but this vengeful Chaos Hound chased and killed the God of Conspiracy everywhere after being released, and finally bit off one of the God of Conspiracy's legs.

So this Chaos Hound was jointly exiled by the gods countless times, and finally sealed in the spiritual world.

Karon stood in his spiritual realm, squatted on the edge of the world and looked into the distance. The bubbles attached to the river of spirituality were like being fixed on this river, seemingly flowing with the river but not fading.

But around these bubbles, various hazy smaller bubbles rise. These small bubbles are constantly changing. Some only last for a moment from birth to death, while others exist for longer.

Karon can even use his spiritual eyes to see countless fantasy pictures in these tiny bubbles, which are the dreams of the owners of these bubbles.

Although some creatures' dreams look very interesting, some pink spring dreams and some black nightmare dreams also aroused Karon's interest, but Karon did not step out of his realm to make contact.

He does not yet have the power to freely roam in the spiritual realm.

Dandell, the Nightmare Serpent in the legend, the terrifying monster born from the first nightmare of living beings, especially likes to devour the dreams of living beings before the dreams are about to dissipate.

Moreover, this Nightmare Serpent is particularly fond of terrifying and evil dreams. Many kings are regarded as nourishment by it, and even the dreams of the gods must be swallowed by this giant snake.

There are countless such terrifying monsters in the spiritual world, and Karon doesn't want to encounter these monsters.

Some spiritual monsters that are so powerful that they frighten the gods can even temporarily break the world's rules for the protection of the spiritual barriers of all living beings and wantonly absorb the spirituality of all living beings to grow.

Those creatures whose spirituality is not strong enough always die silently in their dreams at night. It is these terrifying monsters that have broken through the shackles in the spiritual world.

"Obi... after," a loud noise came from the depths of the spiritual world, and even Karon, who was on the periphery, could hear it clearly.

Karon's amplified spiritual perception could even hear the terrifying echoes and roars echoing over countless spiritual realms. Those are the remnants of monsters living in the spiritual world and some powerful beings left in the spiritual world.

And this vague roar is obviously also the unwilling remnant of a powerful being.

There are also some spiritual lights in the spiritual world, like illusory canvases, projecting their existence through some mysterious power.

Karon could see the picture flowing in the center of the river of spirituality not far away. Countless spiritualities, like tangled locks, blocked a bubble many times larger than Karon's own spiritual realm. Only the occasional stone tablet projection revealed outside could allow Karon to see clearly.

The rich spiritual light jumping on the stone tablet and became ancient words. Even if you don't know these ancient words, you can understand the meaning of these words through spiritual touch.

But Karon doesn't need to risk spiritual contact, because there are two kinds of words on this stone tablet, one of which is the dragon language that dragons are born with.

Karon quickly scanned the content above and realized that this was also the projection of a sealed place.

"Leviathan of Fear, it gives birth to monsters and snakes,"

"Sharp teeth and ruthless claws,"

"The body is full of venom, not blood,"

"The beasts of the continent and the deep sea, bathing in the glory of authority like gods,"

"Unspeakable fear, if you see Leviathan,"

"Giant snakes and venomous dragons were born from its terrifying body,"

"The wildest hurricane, the fear that shock the earth,"

"And a strong hatred that even the gods cannot understand."

"The world shook under the first light disturbance of Leviathan."

"And the gods and dragons placed it in the silence of the abyss, the land of spiritual slumber, sleeping forever."

After Karon finished reading the ancient dragon language inscriptions on the stone tablet, he suppressed his curiosity and did not take the initiative to explore, but stood in the spiritual realm to observe the situation near his lair.

The regained growth of mind and power, and the growing spirituality, issued a fatal warning to him. Karon could already detect that there was a fatal threat lurking around him.

This threat is hidden in the spiritual realm and cannot be discovered in the real world. Even the previous Karon could not use this method to find the hidden danger.

Even if Karon used the knowledge left by the kings of the ancient magic empire to create the alchemy secret treasure that peep the field of time with the spirituality of living beings as nourishment - those large clocks used as time experiments for amplification, he did not reach the standard of stepping into the spiritual realm.

These ancient magic kings once imprisoned a god for research. After a long period of experimentation, they discovered that the power of spirituality made it easier for them to touch the invisible rules hidden in the depths of the world.

This is also why many gods who believe in gods need a lot of power of faith to maintain their grip on the rules behind the throne. Once the power of faith, a power of the same kind as the spiritual rules of living beings, is exhausted, the gods who believe in gods will also fall into eternal silence above the astral world.

The unfortunate god imprisoned by the ancient magic kings was exactly the bitch goddess mentioned by the five-color dragon god Tiamat - the goddess of magic.

Karon once tried, but did not touch the existence of the magic net, because there is no such thing as a magic net in this world.

Or, relative to the base number of the infinite multiverse, most worlds do not have this deformed thing. Only a few special worlds have this thing.

No one knows the real purpose of the goddess of magic who created this thing, but the explanations circulating in many worlds vary. In Karon's view, it is just another manifestation of ambition.

And this goddess of magic descended into this universe from above the astral world, wanting to create and extend her own magic net here, but was captured and imprisoned by the well-prepared magic kings.

Unlike Graz'zt, the Dark Lord who was once imprisoned in the material world for a century, the goddess of magic was not only imprisoned by the magic kings, but also killed by the magic kings.

Although the goddess of magic who resides above the astral world is a powerful god, the goddess of magic who descended into this universe cannot possess the power to crush everything.

The ancient magic kings left behind information about the time machine experiment on the mysterious side, which was based on the information obtained from the research on the goddess of magic.

However, after growth and transformation, Karon now does not need the spiritual amplification of these time secret treasures to step into his spiritual realm.

Karon glanced around, he can now see the spiritual realms of nearby creatures, his spiritual eyes can even see the dreams of his subjects within a certain range. Countless warriors loyal to the giant dragon are fighting bloody battles on the battlefield.

Countless orcs and fishmen fell in front of the warriors, and countless warriors died under the swords of the enemies.

Karon couldn't help but frowned the fine scales formed by spirituality between his eyebrows. Obviously, a war was taking place in the territory, invaded by orcs and fishmen.

Strong anger rose from Karon's heart, but he did not intend to wake up. Although the territory was regarded by him as a garden of enjoyment and nourishment for growth, his current growth is more important.

Karon restrained his anger and continued to explore the hidden threat. As long as he can find the other party, he will be able to eliminate the other party from the material world after waking up.

Countless spiritual lights were scanned by him, and many mixed dreams were also peeped by him unintentionally. He saw the dream fragments of the young red dragon Cadiroth.

This young red dragon is having a sweet dream, dreaming of opening the dragon group's treasure house and letting him exclusively enjoy it. The young red dragon excitedly rolls on the endless gold coins in the treasure house. Piles and piles of gold coins are like wheat falling on Cadiroth's dragon claws.

"Chi, this red dragon is really used to being poor. Gold coins are the most worthless thing in the treasure house," Karon looked at the young red dragon's dream and couldn't help but make his sneer.

The dreams of a few white dragons flashed by. Countless frost giants roared and launched an attack on the white dragons, causing the white dragons to run away in all directions. Obviously, the shadows and lessons left by the frost giants to these white dragons were deep enough.

There is also the dream of the green dragon Ellie. This green dragon is having a sweet dream, dreaming that she occupy the towering dragon king's castle and become the supreme master of the dragon group. The female dragons become the green dragon's servants, and the male dragons become the green dragon's male favorite.

Just as Caron was finding it amusing, his gaze suddenly sharpened. A faint, almost imperceptible aura and fluctuation were spreading from the spiritual domain of the green dragon, Ellie.

This aura and fluctuation were so weak that, had they not been completely different from the green dragon Ellie's own, Caron might not have noticed them.

This green dragon was actually being parasitized in her spiritual domain by some entity.

"I've caught you," Caron's eyes flashed with a chilling light as he prepared to leave the spiritual realm and return to the sea of consciousness.

But at that moment, the fluctuation and aura seemed to have detected the red dragon's prying. The fluctuation rapidly expanded, and a mysterious, formless power passed through the green dragon Ellie's spiritual domain, connecting to Caron's spiritual realm, pulling Caron's spiritual consciousness into the interconnected domain.

"Heh heh, originally I planned to digest this Titan's spirit, turn the Titan's flesh into a real body for my re-emergence into the world, and then devour all of you dragons, making you my nourishment. But since you've discovered me, then you shall not leave!"

A ghostly, eerie laughter and overlapping voices echoed in Caron's ears. Through the illusory mist, Caron discovered that this was his own royal fortress.

And deep within the mist, a huge mass of minced meat exuded the odor of real flesh. This massive pile of minced meat was large enough to bury Caron's body. A large cocoon, several people tall, was buried within this pile of blood-soaked meat.

The cocoon was expanding and contracting as if it had its own life, like breathing. Each contraction absorbed a great deal of flesh, turning it into streams of flowing blood on the cocoon.

And within this cocoon, Caron saw a mysterious creature taking shape through constant fleshly nourishment. A pair of twisted, jet-black ram's horns had already transformed from a spiritual essence into a physical body.

"Nightmare, the first Nightmare," Caron uttered, his massive fangs striking sparks even in his spiritual form.

This strange creature was indeed a Nightmare, one of the first Nightmare species to be born in the world, not the demon nightmares, resembling horse-like demons, that frequently appeared in the Abyss or other evil planes.

These original Nightmares were likewise born from the primal dreams of living beings. They existed in extremely small numbers and were very mysterious. Had Caron not digested more knowledge from the dragon's heritage during his slumber, he wouldn't have recognized this exceedingly powerful yet exceedingly weak creature.

"Heh heh, as expected of a pure-blooded true dragon with a heritage. You even know of my existence," a demonic whisper echoed in Caron's ears.

The Nightmare, gestating within the cocoon, said with a mocking tone, "Those who know me must be killed by me. Even this Supreme Celestial Titan, a powerful celestial being, had his fears aroused by me and was killed by an enemy born of fear, his body and soul devoured by me."

"Let me, the great Nightmare King, see what this weak red dragon fears!"