Chapter 378: The Frenzied Gods of Lan Hai Xing, the Might of [Moon Dream]

Lan Hai Xing, Shenyu.

The magnificent, resplendent great hall of the gods was utterly silent.

One after another, the natural beings that the people of Lan Hai Xing called gods, each radiating a vast and glorious light, stood in silence. Before them hung a vast, hazy curtain of light, upon which was playing the scene of the Flesh-and-Blood Mother Tree being blasted apart by the terrifying Dragon Qi.

"A True Immortal!" Or more precisely, in the eyes of these planetary gods who had had contact with the Xingkong divine race, a true Main God! Not one of those self-proclaimed ones within a divine system.

After a long while, in the silent great hall of the gods, one of the planetary gods spoke in a low, hoarse voice.

The sound, like fingertips rubbing against frosted glass, quietly echoed through the great hall. For a moment, even the god who had spoken was somewhat startled — had his excitement truly reached a point where it was difficult to conceal?

Following Baichuan's actions, those who had grown covetous of him were not only that group of Beast Gods, but also the many gods of Lan Hai Xing!

"That's right, and moreover, a True Immortal with no background who knows nothing of our details!"

The silent atmosphere seemed to have been broken by that first god to speak, and another planetary god answered.

"Fellow gods, we're going to strike it rich!"

"Fortune has finally stood on our side this time!"

"We're about to have the chance to step into the realm of Main God!"

One after another, the planetary gods responded in turn.

They had never felt their luck to be this good!

They had originally assumed that the world-ending invader might be a terrifying God King realm powerhouse, or perhaps a veteran powerhouse who had been brewing in the True Immortal realm for a long time. After all, the prophecy of world destruction — dimming the stars and causing the gods to fall — had made divination extremely difficult for them; they could only see an omen of a single being, a "Dragon Devouring Star," and only these two possibilities seemed the most likely.

But they had never, ever expected that what appeared before their eyes was a True Dragon that had only just broken through to the Main God realm not long ago!

And this dragon was extremely arrogant — or rather, a greenhorn!

After all, only a being who had just obtained the power of a Main God (True Immortal) would commit the act of bestowing their own flesh and blood upon an enemy and bursting them apart — intoxicated by that peerlessly powerful force of their own, delighting in watching ordinary beings be annihilated by that very power!

But this point was precisely where their opportunity lay!

Since being sheltered by the Xingkong divine race, the many gods of Lan Hai Xing had long been branded with the mark of "not to be provoked" by those numbered True Immortals; even newly breakthrough True Immortals would, without realizing it, steer clear of them.

This was fine as far as it went, yet at the same time it had, in an imperceptible way, cost them the chance to advance further.

A chance to break through with the aid of an outside power!

Beneath this starry sky, there were generally only two orthodox paths to breaking through to the True Immortal realm.

One was to rely on one's own innate talent and opportunities, forcibly crossing that thick, heavy threshold, and in one stroke shedding the mortal coil to transform into the lofty "god" or "immortal"!

Unfortunately, the talent required for this was outrageously extreme. Without the backing of a super civilization or a great starry-sky clan, or without the careful cultivation of a supreme powerhouse, success was simply impossible.

The difficulty of this breakthrough could be glimpsed from how Baichuan had been stuck in the Earth Immortal realm for so long, able only to keep expanding the depth of that realm. Although this was also related to the fact that he was completely unaware of and had no consciousness of such information, sometimes the information needed for breakthrough could itself be regarded as a kind of resource.

As the saying goes, "A true teaching, one sentence; ten thousand taels of gold will not be given to others." Without a supreme powerhouse's guidance, how could a group of planetary gods with no background, no resources, who had only ever heard the terms "Main God" and "True Immortal," possibly break through?

Not to mention, planetary gods are born of planets, yet are to a certain extent constrained by the planet itself. As part of a planet, how could they, without the support of any foundation or resources, rely solely on their own strength to cross that despairing chasm — piercing through Subspace to draw in matter from Subspace, triggering a violent reaction that births destructive energy?

And beyond that, they still had to forcibly maintain their own existence through that reaction, which could fairly be called nine deaths without a single life, in order to master that energy!

Just as the height of a fountain will never exceed the size of its source.

That required concentrating a force capable of piercing through a planet into a single point, only then could it pierce through at the weakest juncture between Subspace and real space. Baichuan had already truly experienced just how difficult this was.

Therefore, this path had, in an imperceptible way, already been abandoned by the many gods of Lan Hai Xing — it was not something they could even dare to dream of.

The second path to breaking through to Main God was to obtain the power of a powerhouse who had already set foot in that realm, borrowing their Main God (True Immortal) power to let oneself experience that terrifying energy that transcended all matter, and through the process of all one's own matter collapsing, comprehend this power, gradually becoming familiar with and mastering it.

This path was safer than the previous one, because they could completely control the strength and amount of this Main God power, allowing for a controllable experience.

This was also the path normally chosen by the many beings beneath the starry sky who broke through to Main God (True Immortal).

But this path was extremely resource-intensive. Why would a True Immortal, for no reason at all, bestow their own True Immortal power upon you? Allowing others to break through and thereby invisibly creating another great rival for themselves?

Search your heart and ask — who is so benevolent as to harm themselves to benefit others?

Therefore, to obtain an artifact imbued with Main God power, one would have to offer up a treasure that would move even a Main God True Immortal. But even if the many gods of Lan Hai Xing sold their own mother planet, they could not obtain resources sufficient to purchase True Immortal power.

Unless some other opportunity arose, but that possibility was even smaller.

Thus, the entire pantheon of Lan Hai Xing had, in an imperceptible way, fallen into a predicament. This predicament was not unique to them alone; rather, they were merely a microcosm of the majority of beings beneath this cold, unfeeling starry sky who had no background or backing.

This was also why True Immortal was such a tremendous threshold — those who crossed it belonged, beneath this starry sky, to the elite among men, the gods among gods.

But now, the many gods of Lan Hai Xing had finally found their chance!

They had originally thought they could only rely on the objects of protection bestowed upon them to drive away the invading powerful enemy, and to frighten the Beast Gods out of their wits. Yet they had been incredibly fortunate to encounter a dragon of the Main God realm that had just broken through, with no background or backing whatsoever, charging toward them!

So long as they relied on the power of the protective objects bestowed by the Xingkong divine race to slay this powerful Main God realm dragon in one strike, then its flesh and blood would be theirs to divide up as they pleased!

At that time, not only would every one of their gods have ample Main God power to attempt breakthrough, but the remaining flesh, blood, bones, scales, and armor — as well as the dragon's most vital heart, liver, Dragon Pearl, and so on — could be crafted into vast quantities of divine artifacts, treasured armor, and Faba!

Beyond that, they could even set aside a small portion to put up for auction at the Desolate Domain auction house, thereby obtaining vast resources!

Truly, the chance to strike it rich in one stroke was right before their eyes — a Main God realm dragon was a treasure from head to tail!

Take Him down!

Take him down!!

So long as they take Him down!!!

The chance for their Lan Hai Xing to escape poverty and grow rich was right before their eyes!

Such a heaven-sent opportunity was rare indeed. After all, a Main God being with no background or backing, who had just broken through and lacked discernment, was scarce beneath the starry sky!

Gazing at the dragon upon the curtain of light, all the gods went mad!

They had long been intoxicated by the enormous profits before their eyes. Even the Star Light Goddess, who harbored some vague unease, set aside her doubts and disquiet at this moment — how could they possibly lose, when they possessed the objects bestowed by the God King?!

How could they possibly lose?!!!

The chance to achieve sudden wealth in one stroke was right before their eyes!

Countless gods were roaring, clamoring, urging the God King and Supreme God of their planetary divine race to raise the protective objects in their hands, slaughter the True Dragon, and achieve sudden wealth!

Under this atmosphere of surging enthusiasm, even the planetary God King known as Xuanlan Great Bright God could not escape the prevailing mood. He began to show a look of being moved, and, unable to resist the gods' rallying, solemnly brought out the object bestowed by the Starry divine race — a tiny, ceaselessly flickering bolt of golden lightning.

Yet the many gods of Lan Hai Xing, their passions soaring and sunk in greed, failed to see, high above the Shenyu, a pair of golden dragon eyes, radiant as a great sun, gazing down with sudden understanding.

'So that's how it is, is it? I understand now.'

Staring at that tiny golden thunderbolt radiating a lethal aura, Baichuan nodded in understanding.

No wonder he had always felt some kind of thread watching him the moment he descended — now a true dragon and a being of the Subspace, his sensitivity to space was something ordinary creatures could never hope to match.

Therefore, when first facing the Flesh-and-Blood Mother Tree, he had used the blast of that tree's explosion as cover to secretly pull the entire Lan Hai Xing into 【Moon Dream】!

Yes — the 【Moon Dream】 that once belonged to the True Immortal Guyue, this LV6 Characteristic-level ability, had long been evolved by Baichuan during the time he spent waiting for the 【Demon Seal】 to mature.

Don't be fooled just because this ability seemed useless in Guyue's hands — don't forget who Guyue was fighting against. It was him, Baichuan! A dragon who had slain the True Immortal Guyue right under "Ancestor's" nose!

Though he didn't like to boast, Baichuan's journey to this point had never been as weak as the other imagined.

At the same time, this LV6-level ability 【Moon Dream】 was not as pathetic as the other imagined either. The moment the Flesh-and-Blood Mother Tree transformed into the Blood Moon and exploded, he had silently activated this power, instantly hiding himself within the exploding Blood Moon, and as the Blood Moon's blast spread, it swept across the entire Lan Hai Xing.

And before that — when the people of Lan Hai Xing and even the gods saw the Blood Moon — every living creature on the entire Lan Hai Xing had already, without knowing it, fallen into his 【Moon Dream】 domain. In other words, at this moment, he was the master of the entire world — the master of dreams!

Finding the creatures with the strongest spiritual fluctuations from within this vast dream was as easy as flipping his hand. Even if the gods of Lan Hai Xing hid themselves deeply, concealed within the ever-changing and mysterious Shenyu of the planet, he still followed their dreams straight to their door, and at random saw through every scheme of the gods of Lan Hai Xing.

Not only that, but through their mouths, he also learned a piece of hidden information about a "little country dragon" like himself.

Baichuan suddenly discovered that Guyue's 【Moon Dream】 ability was actually quite good — at this moment, he was like someone with an omniscient viewpoint; any plan aimed at him was understood by him in advance in an instant.

He retracted his previous contempt for Guyue — the ability the other had contributed was still quite useful.

Indeed, there are no useless abilities — only useless users!

Having understood the plan of the gods of Lan Hai Xing, Baichuan did not intend to confront them head-on for now. He had never forgotten his primary objective — to obtain the "True Immortal treasure" in the hands of that lucky one; what came after would depend on the situation.

After all, since the other had schemed against him so thoroughly, if he didn't return the courtesy, wouldn't people think that he, Baichuan, had no manners?

With this thought, the moment Baichuan's mind stirred, he used the master-of-dreams power of 【Moon Dream】 to locate the target he sought —

Lan Hai Xing, Tianhai City, inside a cramped little room.

A young man with two blue octopus-tentacle-like appendages growing from the back of his head lay peacefully on the bed, dreaming some sweet dream, a blissful smile on his face.

"Young master, come catch me~ I'm here~"

"Hehe, don't rush, don't rush — this young master is coming right now!"

The girl's voice rang out, pleasant as wind chimes, carrying a lively, charming cadence; every breath he drew in was the pure, maidenly fragrance of youth from the girl's body.

Haimingmeng's lips beneath the silk handkerchief curved into a smile that every man would understand. With his eyes squeezed shut, he stretched out his hands, groping blindly in every direction, trying to catch the soft, warm figure from his imagination.

This was one month after he had come to this wonderful world. At first he had still thought about training hard, hoping to grow strong and give back to his main body on Lan Hai Xing. But later, upon discovering that as a scion of a noble house, he had no need to work so hard, he decisively fell into depravity.

After all, according to his elder brother of this life, no matter how bitterly he cultivated for half a day, it still couldn't compare to the power gained from swallowing a single treasure called a pill. Who would be stupid enough to keep cultivating?

They, these lofty scions of noble houses, were born as the superior class, different from the lowly masses!

Thinking it made some sense, he decisively gave up as well. Anyway, as a scion of a noble house, he had plenty of resources supplied to him — better to experience more things he had never encountered before, so that when he rose to power in the main world, he wouldn't be at a loss. For instance, right now — beauties!

It could truly be said that the pleasures of this place made one forget Shu altogether!

The next instant, within the world that had sunk deep into dreams, in this cramped and somewhat filthy room, ripples spread outward, and a dragon less than a meter in length flew out — this was precisely Baichuan, who had located his target.

The moment he stepped into this room, using the emotional perception brought by 【Moon Dream】, Baichuan saw a youth sunk deep in the Abyss of desire. He shook his head slightly, but paid him no further attention.

Each person has their own choices — he couldn't be bothered to judge good or bad.

Following the hunger that was beginning to well up within him, Baichuan's gaze tracked his perception toward the hands the youth had peacefully crossed over his chest — there, a finger bone, crystalline as jade and emitting a faint glow, was being held.

Instantly, as Baichuan's gaze fell upon that mysterious finger bone, an even stronger wave of hunger surged into Baichuan's heart.

Baichuan suddenly gained a flash of enlightenment — this was what he sought, the food he wished to consume!

However — "A bone? Food?!"

Baichuan was somewhat puzzled — how could a mere finger bone stir in him an appetite so hard to resist? And cause a lucky one to invade his world, and then transmigrate to another world?

Just what kind of creature's bone was this?

Was it really only a True Immortal?

Or could it be that the bloodline of this mysterious finger bone's owner was exceptionally special and powerful?

Baichuan didn't know, but he was certain — he had probably stumbled upon something good again!

The increasingly unbearable hunger in his belly caused Baichuan to frantically secrete dragon saliva, nearly spilling over. Baichuan finally stretched out his sinful Dragon Claw!

However, at that very moment — something unexpected happened!

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(End of chapter)