[{"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-43":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},2256946,4403,"Chapter 43: Desire and Reason","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>The moonlight flowed like water over the Iron Fir Hills, Galos’s scales gleaming with a cold, metallic sheen in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He folded away the map and gazed toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha was still busy repairing her alchemical workshop, the rhythmic clinking of hammer on metal piercing the silent wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos’s tail tapped lightly against the ground, but his thoughts had already drifted to the abandoned mine—the nest of the Shattered Rock Worms, the location of Marnes Underground City, and the likely burial site of a legendary alchemical artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flame of greed burned in his chest, urging him to set out at once and claim the treasure for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reason whispered in return: to rush in blindly might cost him dearly—even his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the struggle within, Galos took a dozen deep breaths before reason gradually gained the upper hand, slowly suppressing the greed, arrogance, and pride born of his draconic nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It involved a legendary alchemical artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These emotions had surged unprecedentedly just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greed made him want to seize the legendary alchemical artifact at any cost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arrogance and pride made him believe he would surely succeed, ignoring all risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, since becoming a dragon, since first feeling these emotions, Galos had realized that if left unchecked, if they were not subdued by his reason, they would eventually destroy him—and so he constantly fought against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, he could not fully escape their influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he would not be wholly driven by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh. He exhaled slowly, his gaze clearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These ingrained flaws, forged alongside the inheritance, are like floods and ferocious beasts—truly terrifying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how other dragons behaved, Galos refused to let his reason be swayed by these emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was a uniquely blessed hybrid dragon with an evolution talent, he still lacked the arrogance to act without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I were a legendary dragon of myth, perhaps I wouldn’t need to think so much—I could simply embrace my nature. Their arrogance and confidence would be justified.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But legendary dragons are mythical. Most dragons, even those weaker than me, suffer far more from these emotions than they benefit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not remove them? The gods of dragonkind are real—they should be able to do this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An obsessive, irrational obsession with treasure, an unreasonable arrogance and self-importance—these, to Galos, were obvious, invisible shackles bound upon dragonkind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without special talents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if one were merely the weakest of dragons—the White Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos believed that if one could break free of these invisible shackles, with the dragon’s innate physique and talents, one would soar beyond all ordinary dragons, reaching heights they could never attain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these flaws were removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fading dragon race could quickly revive; perhaps even reclaim the glory of ancient times was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were the dragon gods incapable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or unwilling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos could not understand. He shook his head and stopped thinking, focusing his mind on the matter at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to the young red dragon and asked, “Samantha, what do you think a legendary alchemical artifact would look like?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha paused her hammering on the rock slab and turned to face Galos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tilted her head, thinking for a moment, her eyes sparkling with excitement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It must be something that makes the entire wasteland tremble! Like a cannon that spews magma and shatters heaven and earth? Or a mechanical core that summons storms?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos let out a low chuckle. “Perhaps.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha had heard the wanderer’s tale too, and could not contain herself: “My dear brother, do you want to explore the underground city? Take me with you! We’ll surely find the treasure and rule the wasteland!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then you’ll be the Supreme Dragon King of Sel Wasteland, and I’ll be the Red Dragon Queen above all creatures!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Together, we’ll rule Sel Wasteland—our future is limitless, our dragonhood rising ever higher.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supreme Dragon King, Red Dragon Queen—how childish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she hadn’t considered the risks at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos glanced at the excited young red dragon, eager to rush into the underground city, and said, “Stop dreaming. If you have time to fantasize, spend it studying alchemy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My dear brother, if you don’t want to go, then give me the map—I’ll go myself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha pleaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos’s expression remained blank: “Do what you’re supposed to do. This isn’t your concern.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha opened her mouth to argue further, but when she met Galos’s calm, deep eyes, she felt a strange itch beneath her scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not real itching—just a sense of foreboding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too many times before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha could usually predict when Galos was about to hit her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression, his gaze, his tone—all screamed danger to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samantha turned away sullenly and dropped the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos suppressed his greed and arrogance, thinking rationally, weighing gains and losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marines Underground City is suspected to lie beneath the abandoned mine inhabited by the Shattered Rock Worms, and may contain a legendary alchemical artifact.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Worm King was recently wounded by the Copper Dragon and has not yet recovered; ordinary Shattered Rock Worms pose no threat to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the abandoned mine is small—it may only be one entrance to the underground city. Who knows what higher, stronger creatures lie below?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Moreover, the underground city fell a thousand years ago. Even if the artifact truly exists, is it intact? Can it even be activated?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too many unknowns. The risk far outweighs the reward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful consideration, Galos temporarily set aside the idea of exploring the underground city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was merely one legendary alchemical artifact. For a dragon destined to become legendary, acquiring it would merely ease the early transition—not something essential or irreplaceable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To risk himself for something uncertain, possibly useless, and entirely unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a young dragon blinded by greed and arrogance would do such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Galos chose to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed only steady, gradual evolution to grow stronger—he had no need for reckless risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he had not abandoned the idea entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could obtain a legendary alchemical artifact before reaching level 20, it would greatly benefit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once I grow strong enough to defeat and subjugate the Worm King, I’ll use him and his Shattered Rock Worms to explore the underground city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Galos made his final decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-19T14:21:50.702Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d4ac479545efdcb9b9493213625bfe232cf6f697aae97c3acfbcfc65cb2f80eb","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-44","toppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--chapter-42",101,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftoppling-the-entire-world-with-the-power-of-one--cover.jpg"]