[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one-":3,"chapter-toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-37":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Toppling the Entire World with the Power of One Dragon!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2256940,4403,"Chapter 37: The Allure of the Dragon","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>The western sky’s afterglow had not yet faded, while the eastern horizon had already draped its gray-blue curtain with stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this interval of light and darkness tearing at each other, Garos’s wings blazed with a layer of crimson flame as he soared across the sky, then circled once before diving toward the foot of a desolate mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground was littered with pits of varying depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain’s surface was riddled with collapsed and shattered traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks, dense as spiderwebs and resembling lightning, crisscrossed everywhere, nearly omnipresent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——This place was Garos’s newly chosen training ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was remote and surrounded by barren mountains and wastelands, lacking all manner of resources, no powerful creatures roamed here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for his previous training site—the place where he had encountered the Copper Dragon—he had abandoned it, fearing that the wounded Copper Dragon might bring its parents to seek revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retracted his wings, and the flames vanished as the runes on the wing rings dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos, coated in black oil, shook his head and swayed, feeling boundless energy coursing through his body; he took a deep breath, exhaled cold air from his Silver Frost Ring to freeze and harden the mountain’s surface, then charged forward as usual, striking it with his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been over a week since the Earth Spider first brought back the oil-soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, since underground tunnels had been dug, the Earth Spiders returned faster than before, occasionally bringing more oil-soil back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Samantha’s alchemical refinement, it became black oil that made Garos feel heady and invigorated; though scarce, it greatly improved his training efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This week equaled a month of prior training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with his earlier gains, his efforts were beginning to bear fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt he was on the verge of evolution: beyond the tingling numbness in his body, it seemed as if a flame burned within him; the most obvious change was that the edges of his gray-black buffer scales had begun to show faint gradients of molten iron red—not sharp, but searingly hot, and now brittle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems the black oil’s energy has stimulated these buffer scales to evolve in some unknown direction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They still dampen recoil, but they’ve become more fragile, more prone to shattering.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know whether this next evolution will be good or bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garos thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not precisely predict the direction of evolution, but so far, there had been no negative transformations; feeling his increasingly fragile buffer scales, he felt little concern—he would know their exact effects once the evolution was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red Iron Hatchling collided with the ice-covered mountain, producing a dull, thunderous sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the outermost buffer scales on his body shattered and exploded, their spinning fragments carving deep grooves into the ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold air radiating from the ice landed on Garos and was instantly evaporated by his scorching scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the hissing clash of fire and water, hot and cold pressing against each other, a mist swirled around him, enveloping the Red Iron Hatchling, revealing only glimpses of scales and claws, faint and elusive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, whenever he collided with the ice-covered mountain and ice shards or cold air touched his body, Garos had felt severe discomfort—a needle-like icy pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with this period of training,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the icy pain still existed, yet its impact had lessened somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He estimated his ice resistance had improved, if only slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last glow of sunset faded, and night fully swallowed the sky; Garos, while the black oil’s energy still lingered, kept training, the dull impacts rising and falling without end, echoing through the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the wilderness about ten kilometers from Iron Cedar Hill, five adventurers pressed deeper into the wasteland, stepping across cracked earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the clear glow of twin moons, time passed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, as the adventuring party crested the final rock ridge, they all noticed the towering hillside densely overgrown with Iron Cedars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re almost out of water in our storage rings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The lush vegetation ahead suggests there must be a water source.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden-haired warrior licked his dry lips and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exploring the wilderness was no easy task; the group had faced no fewer than ten skirmishes in recent days, but fortunately, they had not encountered any overly powerful beasts or demons—beyond minor scrapes, claw marks, and dust-covered clothes, none had suffered life-threatening injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spellcaster suddenly spoke, pulling from his robes a white crystal growing hot and glowing red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke with uncertainty, fear, and greed: “There seems to be… there seems to be a dragon’s presence in the hill ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other members of the adventuring party stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harven, are you certain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden-haired warrior whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This crystal has a dragon-sensing enchantment—it’s a magical item that glows when near places where dragon energy lingers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spellcaster Harven said: “Red light means it’s a fire dragon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of dragons’ power and reputation, the white-robed priest whispered: “Let’s bypass this hill. If we encounter a powerful dragon, it’ll be disastrous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spellcaster mused: “Judging by the intensity of the crystal’s glow, the dragon here isn’t strong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not hide his desire and greed: “If it’s a hatchling or a weak juvenile, we have a chance to kill it—or even capture it alive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do we detour, or investigate further? What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rogue twirled his dagger and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve all heard—recently, a Red Iron Hatchling was presented to the young princess of the Lo Seen  Federation, and the reward was more than any commoner could spend in ten lifetimes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This news had spread widely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The necromancer chuckled softly: “That Red Iron Hatchling was captured from the Ser Wilds—this wasteland teems with evil dragons, and many lone hatchlings survive here. I’d love to capture one and turn it into a flesh golem—I’d sleep with it every night, armor it with the finest materials.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every dragon meant vast wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discussion, the group could not resist the lure of “wealth”; they decided to cautiously approach and scout Iron Cedar Hill—if the target proved weak, they would attempt to ambush and capture it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the dragon was absent, even better—they could set traps in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under cover of night, the group crept slowly toward Iron Cedar Hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached a certain distance, they halted; the rogue pulled out an alchemical device resembling a telescope and peered intently at Iron Cedar Hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several minutes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the rogue suddenly stiffened, breathing heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her vision, a red hatchling was clearly visible—its rump raised, claws scraping at the ground; its dragon scales glowed like flames in the dark, shimmering like precious gems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mysael, what did you see?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing her reaction, the golden-haired warrior urged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rogue tied the alchemical device to her waist and grinned, flashing white teeth: “I saw a fortune beyond measure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemical relics rumored to be in the abandoned mine?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just capturing this red hatchling—forget the relics—this wilderness expedition would make them rich beyond dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1164,"2026-06-19T14:21:50.702Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0b565e2882db9e10ec8f006e8ef1ef401fea3484db7930d2383ac00bc35df348","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-38","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-36",101,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftoppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--cover.jpg"]