Digimon: I really didn't want to be the Digimon Emperor!

“You have a month to experience the power of the dragon outside the volcano,” Birdramon continued. “I will come back to pick you up in a month. Don’t miss out!”

"One month?!" Cheng Yuan frowned.

He only has four days left in the secret realm of time and space.

"If you walk forward from here, you will reach the outermost edge of the activated volcano. As you get closer to the activated volcano, the dragon's might will become stronger and stronger."

"Because of the presence of Dragon's Might, there are no ferocious Digimon here, so there's no need to worry about safety."

"But due to the climate caused by the activated volcano, food and water will be difficult to obtain, and you will need to find a way to achieve this yourself."

After saying this, it flapped its wings and flew high, disappearing into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

The other digital beast forgers in the same industry had already begun discussing their camping strategy, while Cheng Yuan touched the arc light machine at his waist, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Fortunately, with that blank storage chip, Cheng Yuan's food, drink, and clothing were all stored in the storage chip, which could be scanned and released by the arc laser machine, as long as the arc laser machine was not powered off.

The storage capacity to hold the skills of mature Digimon is at least 10 terabytes. My own food and drink combined probably don't even amount to 1 gigabyte. It should last me a month without any problem.

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Yuan took Puppymon and Gearmon directly to approach the Activation Volcano to personally experience the Dragon's Might and see if it could inspire DigiSpirit of Courage.

The Courage Digital Spirit, which may be related to the Courage Badge, is something Cheng Yuan is quite envious of.

"Little Dog Beast, don't get scared when you run into Long Wei later." Cheng Yuan's words earned him a glare from Little Dog Beast.

The little dog said, "You should worry about yourself first."

Gear Beast: "666"

No one thought they would be scared out of their wits, so they all raced forward.

(Gearmon: I consume electricity and lubricant, but I don't produce urine.)

However, AncientGreymon was simply too powerful. Among the Ultimate-level Digimon, it was one of the best, already an extraordinary digital life form. Even from a great distance away from the volcano, one could feel the ultimate pressure of its dragon might.

Walking along the narrow path between the volcanic rocks, the two of them had been walking for a day and had reached the foot of the outer edge of the volcano. They were still tens of kilometers away from the huge crater that was emitting red light.

However, reality soon dealt them a heavy blow.

The surrounding temperature had already soared to an unbearable level. Cheng Yuan had already taken off his shirt and tied it around his waist, but sweat was still constantly rolling down his forehead. The fur of the puppy beast was slightly curled by the heat wave, while the metal shell of the gear beast was even starting to get hot.

Even more terrifying was the invisible pressure—the Dragon's Might.

With each step forward, the air seemed to become thicker, and my shoulders felt as if they were being pressed down by a giant boulder, making it difficult to breathe.

"This...this is the oppressive feeling of an ultimate form?" Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth and endured it.

He has a Light Digital Spirit Seed within him, making him more resistant to Dragon's Might than Puppymon and Gearmon, but even so, his legs began to tremble slightly.

The puppy's situation was even worse. As a Digimon with keen senses, its reaction to Dragon's Might was ten times stronger than Cheng Yuan's. At this moment, its limbs were already somewhat weak, and it instinctively wanted to lie down on the ground.

Gearmon, on the other hand, had its eyes bulging like mosquito coils, and its entire body was swaying as if it was about to overheat and shut down at any moment.

"That's enough for today." Cheng Yuan said, panting heavily, forcing himself to stay upright. "Let's set up camp first and get used to the dragon's might."

He retrieved a simple tent and supplies from the arc light machine's storage chip and quickly set up a temporary camp. He also thought that in the future, when he went out, he would be able to prepare more adequately for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation since he had a digital storage card.

As night fell, the sky above the erupting volcano was tinged a dark red by the lava. Cheng Yuan sat outside the tent, gazing at the towering crater in the distance, and murmured:

"Tomorrow, we'll try to climb to an altitude of 2000 meters."

"Leader Long planted his flag there back then, let's... see if we can surpass it!"

The puppy beast and the gear beast did not answer—they were already asleep from exhaustion.

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The next morning, Cheng Yuan, along with Puppy Beast and Gear Beast, packed their belongings and stored them in the storage chip before continuing their journey toward Activate Volcano.

As the altitude increased, the smell of sulfur in the air became stronger, and the rocks underfoot began to feel hot.

Occasionally, an invisible dragon's might would sweep across like a wave, instantly slowing their movements as if a thousand-pound weight were pressing down on their shoulders.

The dragon's might brought not only physical oppression, but also a deep-seated fear—a tremor stemming from the instinct for survival, as if warning them: further ahead lies forbidden territory.

But Cheng Yuan gritted his teeth and kept moving forward step by step.

“The more afraid you are, the more you have to keep moving forward… That’s probably how you cultivate the digital spirit of courage.” He panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

But what exactly does the digital spirit of courage feel like? No one can say for sure. The leader once told him that it is a "warm current that suddenly surges under extreme pressure," but how it is triggered depends entirely on the individual.

Cheng Yuan wasn't sure either. As a human, he had awakened the Digimon Spirit of Light, but that was something that arose naturally from within. The method of obtaining a Digimon Spirit through the tempering of the dragon's might had only ever been successfully used by Digimon; humans had never tried it.

"Whatever, let's give it a try!"

After walking for two days, the arc light machine map showed that the altitude had reached 1000 meters.

At this level, even Cheng Yuan, who possessed the digital spirit of light, found it difficult to move forward. The limbs of the puppy beast trembled slightly, and the gears of the gear beast became sluggish, as if they might jam at any moment.

"Tie them together with a rope and take turns pulling!" Cheng Yuan took out a climbing rope and strung the three of them together. Whoever got tired would take the lead, and they would pull each other forward.

“1500 meters…” Cheng Yuan stared at the altitude data on the arc light machine, his brows furrowed.

He tried hammering metal with the Holy Light Forging Technique in an attempt to evoke a Dragon's Might; he even had the little dog beast unleash a little dog roar at the volcano, hoping to break the rhythm of the Dragon's Might—unfortunately, all of it was to no avail.

"Is this our limit?"

What Cheng Yuan didn't know was that although his little dog's roar failed to shake the dragon's might, it was detected by a colossal creature deep within the volcanic lava.

Deep within the lava, it slowly opened its eyes and stretched out its crimson-gold wings.

Its robust body resembled a small mountain floating in lava, its entire body covered in red digital alloy armor, interwoven with crimson gold, like a burning flame.

Its imposing dragon eyes seem to pierce through the volcano walls, looking directly into the outside world.

The Digimon bathing in the activated volcanic magma is none other than the Ancient Ultimate Fire-type Ultimate Fighter—AncientGreymon.

In ancient times, it joined forces with the Holy Forces to repel the forces of darkness and protect the Digital Continent; in later generations, it overthrew the tyranny of Lucemon, and its soul became the soul of the Fire Fighter, passing on its power to the Dragon Digimon of later generations.

Its power has long surpassed that of ordinary Ultimate-level Digimon. Most of the dragon-type Digimon in later generations carry its Digimon genes. It can be said that it is the great-great ...

AncientGreymon, which had been sleeping, was awakened by a familiar aura and then discovered a small, weak life form possessing the Digitic Spirit of Light, Holy Light Energy, and Dark Energy.

"Aura of light...and dark energy? Is that it? But...it's too weak."

"Could it be... a reincarnation of a replica Digimon? A successor?"

"The genetic material of a powerful Digimon can be copied into a DigiDelta, and its power and some memories can also be inherited."

AncientGreymon glanced at "ChengYuanmon," who was carrying the spirit of other Digimon children who were trying to learn from them. Under its dragon might, ChengYuanmon attempted to break through mental barriers, rewrite its mental data, and absorb and plant a seed of its power.

This Digimon already possesses the seed of light, yet it still tries to obtain its own seed of power; it's truly greedy.

It paid no attention to the Gear Beast next to it.

It was simply curious about the familiar aura emanating from Cheng Yuan Beast—

Thousands of years ago, if the owner of this aura had not suddenly disappeared, the balance between light and darkness would not have been lost, ultimately leading to the cataclysmic war between light and darkness.

Although very faint, this aura did indeed emanate from Cheng Yuan Beast.

As a top-tier ultimate life form, AncientGreymon is extremely sensitive to the aura of powerful life forms.

AncientGreymon was merely a novelty and didn't pay much attention to it. Such a weak Digimon was probably just a descendant of that guy's Digimon.

But it only became popular for a short time.

"Roar--!"

It let out a dragon's roar, activating the volcano and immediately causing an earthquake. The forgers, who were lagging behind Cheng Yuan, were suddenly jolted and looked at the activated volcano in horror, not understanding what was happening.

At this moment, the most confused were Cheng Yuan and the little dog.

They only felt a blur before their eyes, and were swept up by a powerful force, arriving on a patch of lava.

"W-What's going on?!" Cheng Yuan almost jumped up.

"That scared me to death," the little dog said.

When Cheng Yuan and the little dog realized what was happening, they saw a pair of huge blue eyes emerging from the lava, staring intently at them.

"Holy crap." Those blue eyes, that silver mask, that golden mane behind the mask, that enormous, mountain-like body—who else could it be but the Ultimate-level AncientGreymon?

Cheng Yuan took a step back and was shocked to find himself unable to move. He was on a layer of lava, neither burned nor crushed by the dragon's might, which must be due to the protection of the ancient Tyrannosaurus Beast's energy.

Realizing that this powerful and ancient creature meant no harm, he swallowed hard.

This is... the legendary Ancient Tyrannomon that has been sleeping for thousands of years. How did I end up in front of it?

Before this ancient overlord, they were not even ants.

The little dog was equally bewildered, clinging tightly to Cheng Yuan's trouser leg.

"You... um? Strange... You're just a Digimon, yet you have two souls?" His words shocked Cheng Yuan.

It saw through Cheng Yuan Beast's disguise!

With his identity as "Chengyuan Beast," he was invincible in the Secret Realm. Could it be that AncientGreymon, as a top-tier Ultimate level being, had cracked the Digimon Bureau's layer of temporal confusion?

Before he could react, an invisible force swept over him, and Cheng Yuan felt the special connection between himself and the dog-like beast severed. In the eyes of the AncientGreymon, "Cheng Yuanmon" suddenly split in two, turning into a man and a dog.

"Humans? And... the Digimon it inherited?"

Cheng Yuan's brain was churning wildly. Although his legs were shaking, he still managed to ask, "Whose inheritance? The Seraphim?"

"Hmm—yes...nothing..." Ancient Tyrannomon blinked its blue eyes, but Cheng Yuan felt as if a bright light had flickered on and off.

"To be precise, Seraphimon... is one of its incarnations... its aura is very difficult to replicate, and this little guy carries its aura."

Cheng Yuan hadn't expected this ancient overlord to be so easy to talk to. His courage gradually grew, and his mind raced as he blurted out a possibility: "Great Ancient Tyrannosaurus Beast, do you mean, Mosti... the Chaos God-Demon Beast?"

AncientGreymon shook its massive head: "Mostymon isn't enough to encompass its entirety. You don't need to guess anymore; there's no need for someone at your level to know this..."

Cheng Yuan, having been turned away, wisely stopped guessing. The Ancient Tyrannosaurus Beast's breath produced scorching sparks: "Human, you too have many contradictions within you." Its deep voice reverberated through the rock face. "The seeds of light and darkness, the imprints of two worlds, and... a program I cannot comprehend... Who are you?"

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"I guess... I'm its partner who will never leave it." Cheng Yuan gently stroked the little dog's head, his eyes tender.

The little dog was so moved that its eyes welled up with tears. "Woof!"

[Ding! Bond level increased, main attribute +200]

[Holy +200, Light +200, Dark +200]

"Huh?" Cheng Yuan was taken aback. This long-dormant system had suddenly come back to life?

A hint of amusement flashed in AncientGreymon's deep blue dragon eyes: "Light and darkness paired together, this combination... is interesting."

Cheng Yuan mustered his courage and asked, "Ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex, you don't seem surprised by us beast tamers?"

"During the war between light and darkness, we already made contact with you hopefuls." The dragon's voice echoed in the lava cave, causing the rock walls to tremble.

"The Seeker?" Cheng Yuan recalled that the five beast tamers who had come with him had also called him that. Could it be that thousands of years ago, a beast tamer had traveled back to the era of the Light-Dark War? Did Old Xu and DarkGreymon also travel to that era?

"You..." AncientGreymon was about to speak when it suddenly yawned, a hint of confusion flashing in its dragon eyes. As a top-tier Ultimate-level being, it had long transcended physiological needs, waking up and sleeping whenever it wanted. Why would it suddenly feel sleepy?

"Never mind." It shook its massive head. "You're too weak to get anything out of you."

After losing interest, AncientGreymon said, "Alright, that's all. I'll see you off."

Seeing that the dragon was about to send the guest away, Cheng Yuan quickly shouted, "Wait! Great AncientGreymon, I have another question. How can I obtain DigiSpirit?"

AncientGreymon looked at Cheng Yuan and said, "That's easy. I can give you the Fire Seed, but... you're still too weak... you already have the seeds of light and darkness within you... that new species of Digimon outside, its hope lies in the future, not here..."

"This seed of fire power can only be given to this little dog beast. Haha, interesting, it seems it's destined to grow in that direction too..."

After saying that, a psychic orb shimmering with flames emerged from AncientGreymon's forehead, flew towards Puppymon, and entered Puppymon's body.

The puppy's body couldn't handle so much data for the time being, so after the energy flowed through its body, it gradually reached its ear, forming a flame-patterned earring that hung on its left ear.

[Little Dog Beast]

[Light 6850, Holy 6560, Dark 5220, Fire 5000 (+5000, promotes main attribute), Ice 10]

Huh? Cheng Yuan looked at AncientGreymon... Such a generous gift, I don't know whether to thank it or curse it out. How did Fire-type become its main attribute? What if Puppymon's evolution tree goes astray?

"Not bad, not bad at all. It was worth opening this little stove. If this little guy grows into my dragon form and fire attribute, it will be interesting. My lineage is no weaker than that guy's inheritance!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuan panicked and immediately opened the racial value panel:

[Beast type 280, Dragon type 190 (+150), Angel type 120, Fallen Angel type 100]

Dragon form +150? The dragon form of the puppy beast—Holy Dragon Beast? ? If you add the fire attribute? World Destroyer Dragon Beast? Cheng Yuan's vision went black.