Rebirth as a Time Dragon: A DND Chronicle

After the departure of the Power Dragon Ancestor, the disaster-ridden galaxy finally found peace.

This confirmed that the various unexpected events Garon encountered earlier were indeed orchestrated by the unfathomable Power Dragon Ancestor.

"A 'small test' that involves catalyzing a star into a supernova to explode near me, that's what he calls a minor test."

In the absence of danger.

The greatest danger is a powerful and mischievous true dragon with a sense of humor.

Garon couldn't help but criticize inwardly.

Although the light flow formed by the supernova explosion was completely absorbed and erased by the Power Dragon Ancestor, looking towards the vast galaxy, the view within Garon's sight still appeared ravaged and devastated. The dust from many shattered planets lingered and floated endlessly.

It was foreseeable that, given enough time, many nebula-like structures would form.

Garon turned his gaze towards the desolate planet they had arrived at initially.

This planet was rather fortunate.

Because it was on the opposite side of the star, the barrier Garon formed to protect the star from the supernova light flow also happened to protect it. Thus, it was fortuitously spared from destruction by the supernova, and the few intelligent beings that had evolved there were completely unaware that they had narrowly escaped death.

"Luck is more important than anything for a race to develop into a proper civilization."

"Up to now, your luck has been quite good."

Garon thought silently.

After watching quietly for a few seconds, he withdrew his gaze and looked towards the still gently burning star, which nearly obscured all the view in front. Yuna inside the core still maintained her sweet sleeping pose, her aura strengthening bit by bit, clearly unaware of the external events.

Bathed in the starlight, the silver dragon silently hovered between the cosmic rivers of stars.

The river of time flowed steadily and orderly.

In the silent and cold space, time ticked by second by second.

In the blink of an eye, another two years passed.

During these two years, although Garon stayed in this material world, he did not lose contact with the divine Garon, thus he was well aware of the external situations, although there was nothing particularly noteworthy.

The gods of the Dragon pantheon had not given up searching for clues to the Dark Axe.

In the fourth layer of the Blazing Hell, the dragon gods quietly explored and searched, but to date, they had not received any reliable news.

Given the spatial scope of an outer plane, even for gods, searching for an item without a specific location was akin to finding a needle in a haystack, requiring sufficient time and a bit of luck.

From the start of the search for the Dark Axe until now, not much time had passed.

The absence of clues was to be expected.

In the Abyss, the three Demon Princes were still playing a game of cat and mouse hide-and-seek.

Demogorgon, since being defeated by the Worm King in the Brackish Marsh and fleeing his territory, had vanished as if evaporated.

To hide from the Demon Princes, the Worm King, the Lady of Chaos, the Wolf Spider, and other demonic lords and archdevils with their own schemes left traces in many lower planes, thereby sparking several small-scale conflicts.

Garon was aware of quite a few of these occurrences.

For example, in the first layer of the Plane of Shura, the War Plains.

A lord of the Nine Hells appeared on the War Plains, engaging in a quick and brief conflict with the orc chief god Gruumsh for unclear reasons.

Although the conflict ended quickly, many Shura war platforms were destroyed in the brief clash between the two powerful divine forces.

Besides, instances of demon lords, archdevils, evil gods, and wicked gods encountering large-scale movements and then erupting into conflicts were numerous.

So far, no demi-god or god had died in these encounter conflicts.

But that might change in the future.

As for the giant pantheon, inherently fierce and barbaric giants had mostly hibernated, no longer wandering outside at will. The giant deities also kept the gates of their divine realms tightly shut, choosing to ignore even probing provocations.

If not for their formidable racial strength, they might have almost faded from the world stage.

Moreover, according to intelligence controlled by the dragon race, the interactions between different giant clans had become more frequent and closer. For instance, the stone giants, who were very independent and aloof in the past and seldom interacted with other giants, had gradually started to exchange with other giant races.

In the depths of some giant cities, lazy giants, contrary to their usual behavior, had built training grounds and were constantly drilling their elite forces.

Their changes were to defend against their imagined enemies or perhaps to gain the upper hand in future wars—it was hard to say.

Regardless.

Considering the current behavior of the giants, they had completely abolished the position of the

 former chief god of the storm, making significant contributions to unifying the fragmented giant race.

According to intelligence passed by Orrel, as soon as the Storm Lord ascended, he established new rules among the giant deities.

For instance, the giant gods needed to visit the Beastlands at intervals, holding a council of gods in the Storm Lord's divine realm, followed by a festival where they could revel to their heart's content.

Such new rules of the giant pantheon were numerous.

Ultimately, the Storm Lord aimed to enhance the connections between the giant deities, striving to make the giant pantheon more cohesive.

The reason the first generation chief giant god favored the Storm Lord most.

The main reason was that Annan saw his own reflection in the Storm Lord. This eldest son was very similar to Annan himself, adept at covering his innate barbarity and cruelty with wisdom and rationality.

However, compared to the first-generation chief giant god, the Storm Lord, who was very similar to Annan in many aspects but different in ideology, and who possessed even more ambition, cunning, and ruthlessness than his divine father, was indeed leading the giant race towards glory.

The giant race had room for progress.

If there were no external disturbances, and they continued to develop this way, the comprehensive strength of this race could rise to a higher level.

Overall.

While the endless world planes were undercurrents surging, the surface still appeared calm and peaceful.

However, no one knew when a full-scale interplanar war might commence.

In many worlds, intelligent beings were still enjoying rare peace, but there were also true sages who saw that the current peace was merely the calm before the storm.

After pondering for a moment, Garon gathered his thoughts and shifted his focus back to himself.

In the past two years, Garon's biological level had increased by one level, but not this time. The higher the level of strength, the longer it took to advance.

"To naturally reach a medium divine power level, it would take at least a few hundred years."

Garon thought to himself.

According to the records in his heritage, as a Time Dragon, Garon would step into a weak divine power level at the age of one hundred during natural growth, into a medium divine power level at four hundred years old in his old age, and only in the ancient dragon stage after a thousand years could he grow into a powerful divine power level.

Garon was still some time away from turning one hundred and had not officially reached adulthood.

But he was already a weak divine power.

According to his growth rate, Garon felt he should be able to reach a medium divine power level during his prime years, but it would still take at least two to three hundred years.

In fact, this was already quite fast.

Other beings, even the immortals who were not limited by lifespan, could spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years without ever touching the domain of divine power due to their limits.

However, Garon, who was accustomed to rapid growth, felt that a few hundred years seemed a bit long.

After all, his strength had always increased as easily and monotonously as eating and drinking.

Garon looked at the star within his sight.

The star, still burning bright and hot, ceaselessly radiated light and heat in all directions, bringing light and warmth to the cold, dead galaxy.

Deep within the star, the originally brilliant white core had now dimmed significantly.

Within the core.

Yuna's aura was infinitely close to that of a weak divine power, her biological level reaching fifty-nine, but the final step was still not forthcoming.

Garon could clearly feel a violent and chaotic energy surging within his partner's body. If it were to burst out, it would be enough to overturn a primary material world.

"Once this energy is digested and fully assimilated, Yuna's life level will be able to break through to a weak divine power."

The silver dragon nodded slightly, discerning Yuna's bodily condition at this time.

"Star core refinement... this kind of power boost method is regrettable since I'm not a Power Dragon and cannot draw from the chaotic and unordered forces within the star core."

According to Yuna's previous statements, the effect of star core refinement is best the first time.

Subsequent refinements, because the body has adapted to the power of the star core, lack the shock of the first contact and thus cannot produce a similar significant improvement, but even so, the effect is still enviable.

Garon expressed his envy.

"However, following the same principle, if I were to delve into the river of time..."

This thought had just arisen when Garon dismissed it.

Garon clearly remembered that while still in the legendary creature stage, he was swept into a time-space turbulence.

His body and soul were almost submerged by the surging river of time. While the continuous infusion of the power of time did indeed provide an almost terrifying increase, the cost was the loss of free will, becoming

 a slave to power, becoming part of the river of time.

This was unacceptable to Garon.

Unless a suitable countermeasure is found, he would not easily venture deep into the river of time in his true form.

Meanwhile.

The Power Dragon girl's wings, previously folded, slowly spread, and her curled body stretched, revealing a well-proportioned and muscular true dragon physique.

Her body had grown considerably, now measuring eighty-four meters from head to tail.

As her dragon body stretched, a pair of pale purple eyes also slowly opened.

Breaking away from the deep absorption of the star core's energy, which left her almost unaware of the outside world, Yuna's first glance was towards the distant silver dragon standing at the edge of the star.

Seeing Garon, Yuna showed a reassured expression and smiled joyfully at him.

"Wow, Garon, look, I feel like I've become much more powerful."

Yuna's mental waves emitted, filled with undeniable joy.

Saying this, the Power Dragon girl flapped her wings, instantly separating from the dimmed star core.

Her body, covered in diamond-like red scales, resembled a striking dragon-shaped streak of light when moving at high speed, the airflow stirred by the trembling of her wings pushing away the flames inside and outside the star, leaving a vacuum in her path.

Soon, Yuna appeared beside the silver dragon.

"Unfortunately, the energy field of this star core is nearly depleted, but I still haven't officially broken through to reach weak divine power."

Yuna said.

Garon gently reassured his partner, "Don't worry, once you've digested the energy accumulated in your body, you'll be almost there."

Yuna's mood quickly improved, and she stretched out her head to nuzzle Garon's faceplate affectionately, saying, "Thank you for guarding me here all this time, it must have been boring for you."

Spending a long time in the vast cosmic vacuum was undoubtedly a tedious affair.

Garon smiled softly, whispering, "As long as I can keep seeing you, it's not boring."

Yuna beamed with joy, blinking playfully, and cheerfully said, "You're such a smooth talker, let me think about how to reward you."

Although they had been partners for quite a while, occasional sweet nothings, no matter how cheesy or simple, still made Yuna very happy.

Garon thought for a moment, then tilted his head and leaned close to Yuna's ear, whispering, "When we return to Dragon Court, use the clone spell, combined with the transformation spell you already know."

Before he could finish.

The Power Dragon girl interrupted Garon, giving him a passionate look and licking her lips, saying, "Do we need to wait to return to Dragon Court?"

Energy fields converged around them, wrapping Yuna and Garon together, and they teleported to a dense meteorite field.

What followed was a wild dance of two giant dragons in the cosmic vacuum.

In their unrestrained entanglement, the dragons' bodies rolled and maneuvered, and the solid meteorites shattered under their fierce collisions, occasionally exploding and rising flames and light, like flowers blooming in the dark cosmos.

Since nearly five years had been spent in star core refinement, they had not communicated deeply for a long time.

The dance of the dragons was particularly intense.

After a while, having lasted nearly a month in the original meteorite group area, now almost turned to dust and nebulae, the two dragons paused, snuggling together, enjoying the magnificent view of the cosmic river of stars.

"I couldn't sense the outside world while I was undergoing star core refinement."

During the star core refinement, Yuna seemed to be sleeping sweetly, but in reality, all her attention was focused on absorbing and stabilizing the star core's energy.

"Did you encounter any unexpected events during this time?"

She asked.

Garon considered his words and began to recount the events that occurred during the star core refinement.

"A supernova explosion? That's dangerous."

Yuna was startled upon hearing about the supernova explosion.

"If the supernova had affected this star, making it unstable, my star core refinement would have had to be interrupted."

"Since it didn't happen... did a Power Dragon ancestor come to help?"

Yuna tilted her head, curious.

Garon nodded, saying, "Yes."

He paused, and under Yuna's gaze, continued, "And it was not just any ancient Power Dragon; he claimed to be the Power Dragon Ancestor, and I think it's very likely true, not someone else pretending to be a Power Dragon."

"Sagar Arthus, have you heard this name?"

Yuna's eyes widened in shock at Garon's words.

After a moment, Yuna calmed her shocked emotions and said, "Of course, I've heard it; that's the name of the Ancestor in our heritage records."

"Omitting the lengthy middle names, my name is Yuna Ar

thus."

Yuna said excitedly, "Our Power Dragon Ancestor wouldn't allow anyone to impersonate him."

"The Power Dragon you met must be the real Ancestor."

"Ah, I missed the chance to meet the Ancestor."

Yuna said regretfully.

The Power Dragon Ancestor was legendary even among the legendary dragon species of the Power Dragons. As a descendant of this mysterious and enigmatic Ancestor, Yuna was very curious to see what kind of dragon the Ancestor really was.

"Is the Power Dragon Ancestor a demi-god born at the dawn of the universe?"

Garon inquired.

Yuna shook her head, explaining, "According to the origin history recorded in our clan, the Ancestor was the first Power Dragon, but not a primordial god."

"It's said to be a mutant that gained the talent to wield power energy, who then braved obstacles and made rapid progress, ascending step by step to unimaginable levels in a certain timespace."

"Then, through trans-temporal travel, he spread his bloodline across different times and spaces, thus leading to the birth of the Power Dragon race in multiple universes."

"Just the diluted bloodline has made us, his descendants, legendary dragon species."

Listening to Yuna's words, Garon pondered.

The stronger the life essence of a creature, the harder it is to produce offspring.

For Garon himself, he had an intuition that he could not produce offspring who would inherit his Time Dragon bloodline; one timeline, one river of time, can only have one true Time Dragon.

At Garon's current level, this intuition would not be wrong.

From what Yuna said, it seemed the Power Dragon Ancestor could indeed produce offspring.

And it wasn't just one or two descendants, but a clan born across multiple universes and timespaces.

"Hmm, sounds like the Ancestor was quite prolific."

Garon said subconsciously.

Yuna whispered, "That's right, the romantic tales of the Ancestor are too numerous to count even within our clan."

Engaging in numerous partnerships indeed increased the chances of producing offspring.

Whether the Power Dragon Ancestor did so to produce more descendants or for other reasons was a bit unclear.

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