Chapter 595: The Hatching of the Dragon, The Birth of Offspring

After Garon's return to the Beast Garden.

Heroic Domain, Dragon Court.

The Nine-faced Dragon God gazed at Faceless Garon, inquiring about Tartaros, such as which multiverse he came from and the general situation of the Olympus multiverse.

Faceless Garon carefully considered his words and recounted his experiences in the Olympus multiverse briefly. When he mentioned that he had become the fourth-generation God-King in the Olympus multiverse, the Nine-faced Dragon God showed an expression of admiration.

"A legitimate multiverse God-King, something that doesn't exist within the Great Ring now. You did very well."

"From your description, the overall power of this Olympus multiverse isn't strong enough to threaten the Great Ring."

"Once the internal threats of the Great Ring are eliminated, we can target Olympus first, bringing it into the Great Ring to become a part of it."

The Nine-faced Dragon God spoke slowly.

"Before that, I will clear all obstacles in Olympus," Garon nodded, sharing a similar thought with the Nine-faced Dragon God.

The God-King of Olympus being part of the Great Ring... this multiverse had already been seen by the ruling class of the Great Ring as something they could easily capture. With a few words, they set future plans for Olympus.

Faceless Garon then transformed back into the God-King Poseidon, and through the Gate of Time and Space, he left the Great Ring multiverse, returning to the Olympus multiverse.

At this time, in the underworld of the Olympus multiverse, the gods were waiting.

"Where did the God-King and Tartaros go? There's no trace of them in the entire Olympus."

"Beyond time and space... the God-King's attainments in time and space have unknowingly become so powerful."

"Maybe the God-King can really defeat that terrifying primordial deity."

As time passed, because Tartaros and God-King Poseidon had not returned, the initial thoughts of the gods, thinking the God-King was doomed, gradually changed. The longer the stalemate between the two, the more it indicated that Tartaros couldn't handle the God-King.

The Mother of Gods remained unmoved, laughing softly, "Olympian gods, you were born in later generations and do not know the power of Tartaros."

"Now that they have not returned, perhaps it's because he is teasing Poseidon for amusement."

"...Poseidon will be the shortest-reigning God-King. His era is over."

Just as she finished speaking.

A Gate of Time and Space slowly opened.

The gods were slightly stunned, staring at the gate with varying expressions, wondering who would emerge from it, Tartaros or Poseidon. In the next second, under the gaze of the gods, the cold-faced tyrant God-King stepped out, and the gate closed behind him without a second presence emerging.

Poseidon had actually defeated Tartaros!

The Mother of Gods widened her eyes, unable to accept this reality.

"Poseidon, what did you do? How could you defeat Tartaros? I don't believe it!"

The Mother of Gods spoke urgently, in disbelief.

"Tartaros will no longer appear in Olympus."

God-King Poseidon said calmly, staring at the Mother of Gods expressionlessly.

"You... you treated a primordial god like this... we are the origin of Olympus."

The Mother of Gods felt a chill in her heart, her tone weakening.

"God-King, magnificent!"

"Even a primordial god cannot challenge the authority of the God-King!"

Ares shone with divine light, speaking righteously.

"God-King, the sinful mother Gaia has repeatedly provoked the majesty of the God-King. Please allow us to protect your dignity by capturing Gaia, sealing her consciousness, and leaving her punishment to you."

The God-King's face remained calm, "Granted."

The God-King then turned and left the underworld, returning to the Olympian heavens.

The gods who had not yet returned to the Olympian heavens turned their gaze, focusing on the Mother of Gods' head rising from the ground, with hostile expressions.

"What are you doing?"

"I am your origin, your grandmother..."

The Mother of Gods now seemed like a helpless girl cornered by a group of burly men, panicked.

After God-King Poseidon safely returned to the Olympus multiverse, he continued his iron-fisted tyranny.

Due to the God-King's forced collection of faith, although it was mainly for himself, it also included the gods, forcing all living beings to believe in other gods as well. Many gods benefited from this and, as a community of interests, no longer resisted the God-King's iron-fisted rule over believers and subjects.

Even the benevolent gods at most condemned him inwardly, without taking any real action against the God-King's tyranny.

There had been resisters, both mortals and deities, who initially resisted and condemned the God-King. However, without exception, all who dared to oppose the God-King's rule disappeared.

This fourth-generation God-King pushed the overbearing nature of the God-Kings, who brooked no doubt or disobedience, to the extreme.

As for the Mother of Gods... this bodiless primordial god was hunted by the combined forces of the Olympian gods. All her will scattered throughout the Olympus multiverse was gathered together, suppressed, and sealed in golden bricks, used to pave the floor of the God-King's palace as punishment.

Meanwhile, in the Great Ring multiverse, it didn't take long for Garon to completely control the River of Time in the Beast Garden.

In the Dawn Forest of the Beast Garden, a silver dragon opened its eyes, its platinum pupils shining brightly, seemingly reflecting the passage of ancient time.

"My efficiency in controlling the River of Time is increasing."

"If I hadn't become a Plane Lord, without the help of plane will, the efficiency would still increase a lot."

"The stronger I am, the faster and more I can influence the River of Time with my will."

With a thought, Garon made the River of Time in the Dawn Forest and the Night Forest completely still.

A bronze-beaked sparrow poised to fly from a branch, a spiked wolf raising its body to pounce on prey in the grass, hundreds of intertwined snakes—all were silently frozen as if a pause button had been pressed.

When the River of Time ceased to flow.

The entire Beast Garden became a frozen, three-dimensional world, with billions of beasts becoming lifelike statues. Even the sub-deity-level Tiger Lord, Lion Lord, and Bull Lord were immobilized as ordinary beasts, fixed in this strange tableau.

Under the wings of the time dragon that encompassed the world, all creatures were equal.

"Still at sub-divinity level eighteen... not breaking through to nineteen, but much closer."

Garon felt his power, thinking silently.

The gap between planes is significant.

After mastering the River of Time in the Astral Realm, Garon directly rose from sub-divinity level sixteen to eighteen, but the Beast Garden did not elevate him even one level, nor did it make him feel he had touched the threshold of sub-divinity level nineteen.

"The Beast Garden itself is relatively small and cannot provide me with significant enhancement."

"And the gap between levels eighteen and nineteen is not smaller than that between levels sixteen and eighteen... the further it goes, the harder it is to advance."

"Planes like the Beast Garden may require two or three more of similar scale to elevate me to sub-divinity level nineteen."

"But the Beast Garden is probably the weakest and most famous outer plane in the Great Ring now. Other planes are larger and can provide greater enhancement."

Garon estimated inwardly.

"There are still three planes left with Plane Lords, without needing to find plane cores."

"Mechanus, Mount Celestia, and the Nine Hells."

"The Plane Lords of these three planes are not on the same level as the Beast Lords, making them difficult to deal with within their respective planes."

At this time, a scene emerged in Garon's mind—when in the twelfth layer of the Abyss, he had to give up the Demon Tree Heart under the pressure of the Lord of the Nine Hells, letting it escape.

Thinking of this, Garon's eyes moved.

"The Lord of the Nine Hells is still in the Abyss."

"If I face him again outside the Hell plane, bearing the pressure of the Abyss... I want to redeem my defeat."

Calming his mind, Garon gradually regained his composure, then focused his spirit, squinting his eyes.

The Beast Garden plane remained completely still.

But soon, the still River of Time began to ripple slightly, and under the will of the Time Dragon, the ripples turned into monstrous waves, covering the entire River of Time in the Beast Garden, making it boil, causing the past, present, and future to become chaotic.

Countless affected beasts, even sub-deity-level animal lords, underwent mutations. They either aged rapidly, turning to bones or dust, or seemed to reverse in time, becoming younger until they reverted to their initial life state, or cycled between these extremes.

For a moment, the entire River of Time in the Beast Garden seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand, forming a gigantic vortex that included all the beasts and animal lords in the Beast Garden.

A blinding light rose from the vortex.

Then, more light surged out.

In the dazzling light, a world of high mountains and flowing water, with towering peaks, gradually became solid from illusion, finally descending into the current space, appearing above the Dawn Forest. The fissures on the sky of the Dawn Forest also healed.

The agitated River of Time gradually calmed down, continuing to flow slowly and steadily. Various strange time states returned to normal; bronze-beaked sparrows flew, spiked wolves pounced on prey,

 countless snakes intertwined... apart from the new world belonging to the Beast Garden, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

"Whoo..."

The silver dragon opened its eyes, exhaling a long breath. Its eyes were still bright, and as the Plane Lord and Time Master of the Beast Garden, with unimaginable power, replicating a Radiant Forest from the past time was not a burden for Garon.

Garon originally planned to visit Mechanus first, intending to peacefully communicate with the Plane Lord Singularity, hoping the other would willingly step down for a while.

Singularity, the Plane Lord of Mechanus.

This was a mysterious and elusive being because it rarely left the Mechanus plane. Few deities or sub-deities knew its true strength.

Garon estimated that the Plane Lord of Mechanus could exert power between sub-divinity level nineteen and twenty within Mechanus, similar to the Earth Elemental Lord's full power in the Earth Elemental Plane. It couldn't be underestimated but didn't need to be feared.

"Perhaps the Mechanus Lord is waiting for me to visit."

"Just unsure if it is a puppet of the plane's will or a powerful being recognized by the plane's will."

Garon did not hide his desire to become a Plane Lord, especially after directly defeating the Beast Lord and taking over the Beast Garden. Other Plane Lords were likely calculating how to deal with this eternal and time dragon that could arrive at any moment.

But before Garon could go to Mechanus.

Suddenly, the expression of the time dragon shifted, turning his gaze to the Heroic Domain.

Immediately, the time dragon disappeared.

Dragon Court, Eternal Hall of Heroes.

In the subtle, formless ripples of time, the waters of the River of Time silently gathered together, transforming into a silver dragon in an instant, appearing in the spacious dragon lair filled with various divine artifacts and treasures.

The first thing reflected in Garon's eyes was a dragon egg with a diameter of over forty meters.

Though it appeared small compared to the silver dragon's massive hundred-meter body.

In reality, this dragon egg was quite large, even surpassing most normal legendary dragons.

Yuna had also returned from the main material plane, curiously watching the egg-like hill. Previously, when Garon was mastering the River of Time, Yuna had reached the level of sub-divinity in the Heroic Domain's infinite life energy. Then she went to play in many main material worlds, seemingly making up for her missing dragon life experiences.

However, just now, the egg's mutation simultaneously brought the two powerful legendary dragons back to the lair.

Under the gaze of Garon and Yuna.

The legendary dragon egg, much larger than an ordinary dragon egg, swayed slightly as if something inside was trying to break free from the shell and enter the beautiful world outside.

"Garon, our child is about to hatch."

"I wonder if it will have three pairs of beautiful dragon horns like you, with deep and enchanting eyes. Hmm, a black ring of scales would be interesting too. If it has them, it will surely look great. As for the scales, diamond-like ones like mine are more beautiful..."

"Hey, will it be a male or female dragon? Will it look like you or me? Will it be a bit ugly, or will it inherit our excellent features?"

Yuna blinked, curiously but calmly whispering, also praising her mate.

But it couldn't be considered praise, as this was Yuna's genuine feeling.

She was just speaking the truth.

The silver dragon looked down, listening to his mate's words while gazing at the shaking dragon egg.

My bloodline.

In a trance, Garon seemed to see his past self, a small white hatchling dragon breaking out of its shell in the Extreme North Icefield, filled with vigilance and fear towards the vast and unfamiliar world, along with anticipation and unease. At that time, Garon never thought about his offspring.

Garon had always had little expectation for this offspring.

He thought he would maintain this mindset.

But now, as this little life was about to be born, he couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation deep in his heart.

Was it the bond of blood?

Or was it because of inheritance?

Or perhaps some other factors?

Garon did not delve into it, restraining the urge to foresee this little life's future, quietly waiting for it to hatch.

Suddenly.

A slight cracking sound was heard.

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