Swallowing the Stars: You Can't Escape, Mountain Dweller

Chapter 480 Holy Symbol and Green Light

Bai Yang hadn't expected that the golden light would prompt the Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons to perform such a grand ceremony.

Upon seeing his appearance, they immediately stopped releasing the golden light.

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons is just a skeleton, seemingly weak in the limbs.

It took him a long time to struggle to his feet and then curl up on his throne.

Staring at Bai Yang with an incredulous look, she looked rather pitiful.

How could the sovereign of the universe end up like this?

Bai Yang, filled with curiosity, couldn't help but ask:

"You can't restore your divine body? Why are you just a skeleton left?"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons looked at him with surprise and doubt, his memories still flooding back.

After a long while, he finally pieced something together and said with a wry smile using his mental power:

"It will probably never recover..."

Actually, I'm already practically dead.

Bai Yang was very interested in his condition, so he said:

"My teacher is a member of your dragon race, and he is also a lord of the universe."

Tell us about your situation; maybe we can help you.

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons looked at Bai Yang in surprise and exclaimed:

"What time is it now?"

"Our race has another ruler of the universe?"

Bai Yang thought for a moment and said:

"I can't really say for sure. Anyway, Dragon Tower became human territory a very long time ago."

There are many things I don't understand about the so-called "sacred symbols." Can you tell me?

I'll also try my best to tell you how the universe has changed now.

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons looked utterly dejected after hearing this, realizing that everything he knew had probably changed.

He nodded numbly, knowing his strength was definitely beyond recovery.

"My memory is a bit messy, and I can't guarantee how much I can recall."

The two then began a question-and-answer session, trying to clarify what had happened in the past.

"In the primordial era of the universe, the [Sacred Symbol] descended."

With its help, the wisdom and strength of our people have experienced explosive growth.

Everyone benefited from it, and I, as the most powerful of my kind, even became the ruler of the universe.

We built a tall dragon tower to worship and venerate the [Holy Symbol].

Many years have passed, and our civilization has gradually entered its golden age.

But my good fortune didn't last long. I, who had the most contact with [Holy Symbols] on a daily basis, discovered a terrible secret!

There are two completely opposite wills within the [Holy Symbol]!

Our civilization, having become too deeply entangled with it, was now walking a tightrope!

Bai Yang hurriedly asked, "Was it a green light?"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons nodded and said:

"That's right! It's that strange green light that was on my body before!"

I don't know what it is, but it has managed to remain hidden inside the [Holy Symbol] without being destroyed.

Later, it even eroded our civilization and me...

At first, I thought it was a blessing from the "sacred symbol," and I was overjoyed because of it.

Its power is so great that it allows me to do many things that other universe lords could never do.

I became addicted to this power and gradually went mad.

No... now that I think about it, my mind was probably already being secretly manipulated by it from the very moment I came into contact with it!

I went crazy a long time ago!

Bai Yang couldn't help but ask, "What have you been doing?"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons looked up at him and said, "I sense a familiar aura."

"Did you practice my [Ten Thousand Dragons Battle Body]?"

Bai Yang nodded; there was no point in denying it.

He was also trying to figure out what this inexplicable secret technique was all about.

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons smiled wryly, "No wonder you were able to get in here."

Fortunately, you possess the [Holy Symbol] and can even manipulate it, otherwise you would have ended up like me.

Bai Yang asked, "What exactly is this secret technique?"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons said, "You're just a Realm Lord? It's hard for me to explain this to you directly."

You couldn't possibly know what a "strange object" is...

Bai Yang was startled and hurriedly asked, "You got your hands on something that's second only to the most powerful treasure?"

Did they even bring it into the primordial universe?

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons was taken aback and said, "You even know this?"

Bai Yang hurriedly asked, "Has the Ancestral God Sect caused you any trouble?"

How did you manage to evade the primordial will of the universe?

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons was filled with questions. How come this little guy seemed to know so much more than I, the Lord of the Universe?

He asked, "How do you know all this?"

Bai Yang was too lazy to explain; it was too troublesome. He couldn't very well give him spoilers, could he?

He stated directly, "This is common knowledge in the current universe. All the major powers know it."

Tell me quickly, how did you solve it?

It's common knowledge already!

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons couldn't believe it; how could modern cosmic civilizations develop so rapidly?

He instinctively knew that Bai Yang was wrong, but he couldn't provide any evidence to refute it.

He said irritably, "That green light is on the same level as the [Holy Symbol]!"

After it began to corrupt me, I naturally gained the ability to resist the will of the source.

It even guided me to those wondrous objects in the cosmic sea, and guided me to absorb them.

Bai Yang was taken aback.

"What?"

Your divine body has absorbed a wondrous object!?

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons, recalling his past glory, suddenly felt a pang of melancholy:

"Not just one. I absorbed seven!"

This is how the "Ten Thousand Dragons Battle Body" was created.

Bai Yang already had many guesses in his mind.

"No wonder in the legends you dared to go toe-to-toe with a supreme treasure empty-handed."

So you're really that reckless!

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons nodded with a wry smile:

"I forcibly created this secret technique, but actually I don't quite understand the principles behind it myself."

Perhaps the help from that evil green light was more crucial.

Back then, I was truly full of youthful vigor; in reality, I was already insane, even planning to challenge the strongest being in the universe!

Bai Yang looked at him and said, "If you really perfectly absorb the power of those strange objects..."

You might actually succeed.

The so-called "strange artifacts" are crude weapons used by the native inhabitants of the Origin Continent to resist the geniuses of the three thousand-dimensional universe.

These natives had no knowledge of the laws of nature, let alone how to forge weapons.

However, the power of the artifact itself is not fake.

Bai Yang vaguely explained the origin of the strange object to the Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons.

He shook his head and said, "Even if I had won back then, so what?"

According to your logic, it's likely that the original will will discover and suppress it afterward, right?

So that green light won't let me do that.

It wants more.

Bai Yang frowned slightly: "What did it do?"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons pointed his black finger bone upwards and asked:

"Are we still inside the Inner Dragon Tower?"

Bai Yang nodded, confirming his statement.

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons smiled bitterly:

"The construction of the Dragon Stele and the Lilong Pagoda is what guided me to do."

Did you see any strange dragons on your way here?

They are simply life forms that could not possibly exist in this universe.

Bai Yang was already puzzled, and immediately said:

"That's right! They are all dragons of a special life level."

"Did Green Light dry all of this?"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons slowly spoke:

"The construction of the Dragon Stele was originally intended to better utilize the power of the [Sacred Symbol] to develop our civilization."

But I always lose a part of my consciousness and memory, and do a lot of things that I don't even know I've done.

The Dragon Stele also inexplicably gained another ability.

Suppress the power of the [Holy Rune]!

(End of this chapter)