Chapter 367: Chapter 217: Glazed Karma Fire, Chaos Origin Dragon_2
The beast clearly doesn’t belong to the pact of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden,’ but is instead a member and believer of a new faction...
[You’re now inhabiting the shell of the ’Primordial Hermit of Knowledge’!]
[Your grisly appearance, with the head of a dragon and the body of a man, is particularly terrifying under the cold moonlight. Most passing by would be scared to death by such a sight.]
[The ’Origin Hound of the Night’ sniffs the air and carefully examines you. However, it isn’t afraid. Instead, it barks excitedly.]
[In excitement, it kneels and bows to you repeatedly, expressing its realization that you truly are a descendant of the old gods and that it hadn’t been mistaken.]
[Without your prompting, the ’Origin Hound of the Night’ excitedly begins to tell you everything, tripping over its words...]
[The origin of all creatures in the world, whether humans or monsters, is traced back to the great deity ’Chaos Origin Dragon’.]
[Under the guidance of the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’, the world was peaceful and everything was as warm as honey... until a pale and inextinguishable flame descended onto the world!]
[With the fall of the fire, absurd theories prospered: evil thoughts among humanity flourished, darkness was about to fall, and only by drawing close to that celestial pale fire could one’s malicious thoughts be cleansed with the ’Glazed Karma Fire’.]
[At first, no one dared to approach the fire until a habitual thief became a saint by its side, and a dreadful criminal laid down his murder weapon there...]
[The influence of the new god, the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’, spread like wildfire, sweeping across the world!]
[As more and more followers flocked to the new god and worships flourished, the celestial fire blazed more brightly, unknowingly igniting the war between new and old gods.]
[The temples of the old gods crumbled, and shrines of the new god rose in their places...]
[...]
[A thousand years later, the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ was revered as the true god, while the defeated ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ was deemed a Demon God.]
[Those monsters who still held loyalty to the old gods became remnants of the Demon God...]
[With the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’s’ divine power overwhelming, the cleansing and suppression of the Demon God ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ is only a matter of time.]
[They, being remnants of the Demon God, were prepared to fade away along with the old gods.]
[However, at some point, the pale fire began to darken. Those who approached the fire were no longer purified, instead quietly cultivating surges of Malice within their hearts.]
[Hence, the ’Glazed Karma Fire’ transformed into the ’Fallen Karma Fire’... Those remnants foresaw that the awe-inspiring power of the divine dragon would resurface!]
[...]
[With teary eyes, the ’Origin Hound of the Night’ looks at you. It tells you that because of the inherent gifts of dog demons, it was able to catch your unique scent in the duel arena – a scent unique to the descendants of the old gods.]
[At that moment, it identified you as a descendant of the old gods, a bloodline of the divine dragon, but when you controlled the ’Fallen Karma Fire’, it could hardly believe its eyes.]
[Could it be that the descendants of the old gods had defected to the new god? If that’s true, wouldn’t it be a great joke for those struggling remnants of Demon God!?]
[It resolved to meet you outside the city. If your allegiance truly lay with the new god, it wouldn’t hesitate to kill you, whatever the cost...]
[Who would have thought that your ’Art of Transformation’ had reached such an unprecedented level that you were constantly changing human forms, unwilling to use the Fallen Karma Fire on others or reveal your true form.]
[Especially your second human form, it was dreadfully strong. It knew that even if it was willing to risk its life, it couldn’t make you reveal your true form, so it planned to lead you into a pre-set trap...]
[However, you transformed again, foiling its plan... but at least it saw your true form and confirmed that you didn’t pledge your power to the new god.]
[Although it still doesn’t know how you controlled the Karma Fire, knowing you hadn’t joined the enemy was enough.]
[Their task as remnants was to restore the mighty power of the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’. The first thing they needed to do was find the descendants of the old gods, so it was naturally thrilled to meet you.]
[After finishing its tale, the ’Origin Hound of the Night’ couldn’t hold back its tears, chokingly asking you if you were willing to go with it to the ’Dragon Pond Temple,’ hidden within the deep mountains.]
After understanding everything that the ’Night Delivery Hound’ had said, Lin Xun finally had a general understanding of the world’s background in this Chapter.
His Little Dragon shell contained the bloodline power of the forefather of the hermits and was mistaken by the ’Night Delivery Hound’ as a descendant of the old gods.
Now, it seems this identity as a ’descendant of the old gods’ isn’t of low status. If he joins the pledge faction, he might reap substantial benefits.
However, in this Chapter, the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ clearly has the upper hand. Joining the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ faction doesn’t seem like a good option.
He suddenly remembered that before he arrived at the Sakura fall, he learned from the memory of the fire-worshipping envoy that the ’Vermillion Empire’ was currently embroiled in the war of gods.
Could it be due to the revival of the old gods?
"Let’s go look at the situation first, I might be able to take advantage of it."
[You waved away the ’Knowledge Grating’ and nodded in agreement.]
[The ’Origin Hound of the Night’ was overjoyed and immediately led the way but after a few steps, it sniffed the air once more.]
