Under the Red Dragon.

"Different universes in different times and spaces may seem bounded, but they are actually boundless."

Mostima did not answer Caron's question directly, but instead slowly sipped the blood wine in the golden cup as he spoke.

"Countless millennia ago, I was once the first human in the Mazda pantheon,"

"The supreme god Ahura created the world, just as the sacred bull Orhumara plowed the world and cultivated the universe,"

"And the first animal to be born in the world created by the supreme god Ahura was a naturally powerful white bull,"

"This white bull possessed incredible strength; its tail could pull the spine of the world. Yet, this white bull was slain by another evil god, Angra,"

"From the corpse of this white bull, a bull-headed god was born from its head, its limbs transformed into four primordial giants, its tail became the progenitor of evil serpents, and its heart, after countless years of gestation, gave birth to an incomparably powerful divine abomination,"

Mostima smiled and pointed to the pattern engraved on the jade pot in front of him, saying, "I brewed this wine with the blood of this divine beast. Even a dragon like you can gain some physical strength by drinking my wine."

Caron did not rush to ask for his answer, but silently drank the blood wine in the golden cup.

For a first-generation dragon like Charon, although he had not yet reached his full maturity and peak state, there were very few poisons that could kill him.

If we can poison this first dragon king, then perhaps we can also try to poison those god-like beings with that kind of poison.

Most importantly, Caron's intuition told him that Mostima had ulterior motives, and that he was not trying to be his enemy or kill him.

As the liquor entered his throat, a fiery sensation spread from Caron's throat to his entire body. A powerful energy surged throughout his body, causing Caron's breath to carry a strong, pungent smell of alcohol.

You should know that the sensation of spiciness belongs to the category of pain.

Even though Charon's internal organs and nerve networks cannot compare to the defenses on his body surface, they are still not something that ordinary forces can harm.

Ordinary legendary artifacts cannot even break through the natural energy buffer layer formed on the surface of the various organs inside the body of this great red dragon, which is enough to show the power of this wine.

Caron subconsciously clenched his fist slightly, and tiny scales vaguely appeared on the back of his human hand.

Among the occasional glimmers of light that flowed across these elusive scales, strange, rule-like runes flashed by, remnants of the divine decomposition within the wine.

Caron looked up at Mostima, a slight emotion stirring within him.

Because the ancient and unimaginably powerful demon in front of them was actually brewing wine using the divinity of the abominations as the main ingredient.

Although beings possessing divinity are not necessarily able to ascend to godhood, the existence of divinity is a necessary condition for ascending to godhood and a key to stepping into the realm of gods.

However, this cup of wine in front of them would be fought over by those in high positions in any mortal world.

In the eyes of many legendary high-ranking powerhouses who are unable to advance further, the value of a single divine rule may be comparable to that of an entire world.

After all, once they embark on the path of demigods, divine rules become the foundation of their power.

Compared to this ancient demon who brews his beverage with divine power, Karon Gogmora, with his entire powerful empire as his pillar and a vast horde of dragons as his support, possessed a wealth that could not compare to Mostima's.

Because the value of many things can no longer be measured by ordinary wealth.

Even though Karon is not currently pursuing the path of a god and has not embarked on the path of a demigod, and therefore cannot fully absorb the benefits of this wine, his physical strength has still increased by nearly half a point.

How terrifying it is that Kalon's strength has increased by even half a point. With just that half a point of strength, he could easily lift a small mountain.

If Kalon were to unleash his full power, he could easily carry an entire continent across the sky.

Even with the many limitations of the primordial universe, the pure physical strength of this great red dragon is comparable only to that of mythical creatures.

"Don't be surprised, this kind of thing isn't particularly precious to me,"

Mostima said with a polite smile, "Besides, this divine wine only has the greatest effect the first time it is drunk. After the second and third sips, the effect is reduced to less than half of the first time. After that, it can only be tasted as an ordinary wine."

"And as you said before, I'm not giving you benefits for nothing."

After a moment of contemplation, Kalon realized that since he had stopped fighting Mostima, the ancient demon had been displaying his strength and revealing clues about his background and connections during their conversation.

This is similar to how many businessmen in the mortal world display their wealth and power to their partners.

An ordinary creature might have thought it was just luck that it had gained the other party's approval, but Kalon became slightly wary of the ancient demon's purpose.

The larger the undertaking, the greater the cost tends to be.

"So, what is the price I need to pay?"

Caron asked bluntly that the origin and background of this ancient demon were too mysterious and ancient. Although he did not want to confront Mostima easily, he also did not want to get too involved with him.

If it weren't for the fact that Kalon still had some unanswered questions, he would have already forcibly broken through this space and returned to the real world.

"There's no price to pay, but I can't tell you now. Perhaps you'll find out someday,"

Mostima's handsome face revealed a mysterious smile as he slowly said, "But at that time, I hope you won't be angry when you think back to this moment!"

Kalon actually dislikes people who speak in riddles, even though the great red dragon often does the same thing in his own empire.

However, while Kalon can now protect himself and move freely in front of this demon, he lacks the strength to forcefully suppress this ancient demon.

Seeing only those abyssal ape demons supporting the temple and the guarding demon soldiers, Charon knew there was absolutely no way he could defeat the demon in its territory.

Otherwise, he would have smashed this devil's head to swell it up to vent his anger.

In different timelines and universes, Charon also tries his best to avoid causing any major disturbances that are difficult to manage.

Although these demons have invaded the mortal world, obscuring the stars and the outside world with their boundless abyssal evil power, Charon already knows one thing: the gods of this world have long since cast their gaze upon him.

However, one thing that Karon didn't understand was why those gods would sit idly by while their church followers and the world were wantonly slaughtered and destroyed by the demon army.

However, Caron's furrowed brow seemed to cause Mostima to misunderstand.

The ancient demon spoke again, saying, "The universe of time and space is bounded yet boundless."

"They are finite because the existence of different time-space universes is almost entirely due to the creation and opening of these universes by the supreme gods of various pantheons, either by using supreme artifacts to cleave the chaotic sea and thus evolve the universe, or by forging worlds through other means." "They are boundless because regardless of which supreme god created the universe, it was actually created within the chaotic sea."

"The reason I wander and avatar in different pantheons is not much different from that of the dragon gods Tiamat and Apsu who descended into this universe, although I have my own purpose."

Upon hearing this, Caron's spirits lifted slightly, and he looked up.

"Do you know the original origin of Tiamat, the dragon god who created the five-colored dragons?"

Mostima looked at Karon and asked in a low voice.

Karon hesitated slightly, then shook his head and said, "All I know is that while Tiamat is the ancestral dragon god of the five chromatic dragons, her birth originated from the even more ancient dragon god, Aio."

"In my world, several original dragon gods were born from the body of the dragon god Aio after his death, and Tiamat was one of them."

"Huh, you're actually from one of those universes?"

Mostima's eyes flickered slightly, then he clapped his hands, and wisps of black energy transformed into the shape of an ancient dragon in his palm.

The ancient dragon's features were not clearly defined, but it had five heads and five tails, and it came to life in the hands of this great demon; it was the phantom of Tiamat.

"However, the truth you know is wrong, or rather, it's only one of the origins of Tiamat, the mother dragon,"

Mostima then changed the subject, saying, "Tiamat's origins are ancient, though not as ancient as the primordial dragon god Aio, but they are actually quite similar."

"In the ancient Babylonian pantheon, there exists the original essence of Tiamat's true form,"

"In the civilization of the Semitic race, which has long since fallen into dust, the name Tiamat holds fundamental symbolic meaning,"

“ti,”

Mostima spoke in a strange language, but Kalon instantly understood that it was a prefix used by the Semitic people to refer to Tiamat's name.

"This word, when translated into the dragon language, means life,"

"Ama represents the meaning of mother,"

"Tiamat, meaning 'mother of all life',"

Mostima's lips curled up slightly, and she smiled with the self-satisfied pride of an ancient nobleman: "Tiamat, the dragon goddess who once appeared in this world, called herself the Mother of All Things not because she was arrogant, but because the power represented by this title was indeed something she once possessed!"

Caron's expression darkened, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

Because among the knowledge he possessed, there was also the legend of Tiamat, the mother of evil dragons.

“I’ve heard these legends about Tiamat in some special little worlds,”

Caron casually remarked, "But there are no gods in those small worlds."

"hehe,"

Mostima chuckled and slowly said, "There are countless worlds, but not every world can attract the attention of a true god."

"Some myths and legends exist in certain worlds, perhaps spread by certain gods for specific purposes, or perhaps by races living in those worlds that once experienced a period where gods existed."

"Or perhaps, the creatures living in those small worlds are part of a god's plan."

"Of course, not all universes were created by gods; some universes are wondrous creations formed by unexpected factors,"

"However, because of the finite yet boundless wholeness of the universe, even in a world where gods do not exist, it is possible to come into contact with knowledge about gods over a long period of time."

"You and I both have the ability to travel through different universes and timelines, let alone those strange and wonderful gods."

Karon's eyes flashed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Tiamat descended into this universe and exists in many different universes for a purpose similar to yours. So what exactly is her purpose?"

“Your question is one that even the gods of this universe cannot answer, yet I happen to know the answer,” Mostima said with a mysterious smile.

"Tiamat's position in the Babylonian pantheon surpasses her position in this universe called the Great Otherworld,"

"She and her consort Apsu truly represent two special forces that existed at the beginning of the universe. In the words of the ancient Eastern pantheon, perhaps the most appropriate way to describe them is yin and yang."

Mostima said, "In that pantheon, Tiamat and the dragon god Apsu are the creator gods who opened up the universe. She represents the source of all things in that universe, the origin of chaos and life."

"It is precisely because of this inherent power that Tiamat was able to create the powerful race of the five-colored dragons."

"But long before the five-colored dragons were born, the first race created by Tiamat was the evil dragon race."

"The birth of the evil dragon race originated from the war between Tiamat and her consort Apsu and the Babylonian gods."

"Although I don't know why the two primordial dragon gods who created the universe would wage war against the gods of the pantheon they themselves established,"

"But the final result was that Tiamat and the dragon god Apsu perished, killed by Marduk, the second-generation god-king of the Babylonian pantheon, another powerful deity in the pantheon, the guardian god of thunder, war, and magic,"

"The bodies of the two primordial dragon gods were also used by the gods of the pantheon to create the universe and lay the foundation for all stars and things,"

Mostima looked at the young man before her and said with a strange tone, "In your universes, one of the names of Tiamat is inevitably associated with the Bahamut calamity."

Do you know why?

Caron shook his head, but he couldn't suppress his curiosity.

Especially when he heard that Tiamat was killed by many rebellious offspring gods in the beginning, he felt a strange sense of schadenfreude.

While Karon wouldn't necessarily kill the dragon god who was always trying to influence him, he certainly disliked it intensely.

"Because in another universe, the dragon god Bahamut personally took advantage of the situation and killed Marduk, the second-generation god-king of the Babylonian pantheon,"

"Bahamut also devoured Marduk, transforming it into another aspect of himself. He would use this aspect to deal with Tiamat, who had gone mad in her quest to reclaim her original power!" (End of Chapter)