CHAPTER 497: CHAPTER 489: COMING OF AGE

In many novels, the protagonist often closes off to cultivate, shutting themselves away for hundreds or thousands of years. Unfortunately, Leon couldn’t achieve that level; shortly after refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi, he crawled out of the scorching lava of the volcano, shaking his head and flapping his wings.

Leon was well aware that refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi was not a feat accomplished overnight; it required painstaking effort. He decided to treat the refinement of Hongmeng Purple Qi as a job, a job measured in years, coming out of seclusion to take a breather, balancing both work and life.

No matter what others thought, in his view, greater strength was to ensure a better life, not the other way around, becoming a slave to power by abandoning life. If life isn’t joyful, what meaning does immortality hold?

Time passed by bit by bit like this.

Through refining Hongmeng Purple Qi, Leon’s strength increased at an astonishing rate.

Since there were no suitable opponents to test his strength against, he was not sure how strong he had become.

Anyway, he originally needed to worry about mana consumption, but now, except for the high mana-consuming Fatian Xiangdi, he could cast any spell at will. Even this was when he had only refined a small part of the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Leon had reason to believe that once he fully refined Hongmeng Purple Qi, mastering it, mana would hold no real significance for him, much like how the vast wealth of a billionaire is merely cold numbers, except when he wanted to use supreme mana to create the heavens and the earth, which would be a bit challenging.

The Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill was not only a pathway to cultivation to immortality; it also included many divine power spells, allowing Leon to reach a state of "I lack nothing now." In reality, it contained limited divine power spells; those like Sleeve of the Universe or Long Rainbow Escape were not included.

In contrast, the Hongmeng Purple Qi was different; it contained the laws of heaven and earth, encompassing almost every spell.

The Resurrection spell allowed Leon to raise the dead and flesh the bones, bringing a soul back to its body, showcasing the mysteries of life and death, equivalent to a Nine-Ring Complete Resurrection Technique.

The Flying Body Trace could let Leon hide within the world, travel freely within the seas, unknowable, unsearchable, invisible, existing in the world yet unseen by the world, profoundly mysterious.

He had long mastered the Heavenly Eye Technique, acquiring True Vision, seeing even magic. But how could the Heavenly Eye Technique compare to the penetrating insight of Comprehensive Vision—seeing all, nothing blocked, within the universe, ghostly characters, visible and invisible, all clearly understood.

With the spell Moving Mountains and Overturning Seas, Leon used great mana to forcibly heighten the volcanic island, causing a massive tsunami in the Flash Sea, then moved islands that were too far from the volcanic island closer—an island was just a big mountain—no longer needing to worry about lack of space on the volcanic island.

Finally, Leon, who used to only know how to use spells without understanding their principles, unable to teach them to others, not even his closest spouse, now understood the laws of heaven and earth, entering the realm of "I gradually understand everything," able to teach and pass down skills and methods with ease.

"Sharon, you are a Nether Dragon, with an innate talent for spells. Learn the spells thoroughly before following me to learn; it’s not too late."

"Bring the same enthusiasm you had for learning Meteor Burst; Time Stop, Invincibility, and Praying Skill shouldn’t be difficult for you. Those spells that you, as a Nether Dragon, have taken so long to learn are still unmastered; following me to learn Downy Hairs, Sleeve of the Universe, Fatian Xiangdi will only be harder, and you may never grasp them in your lifetime."

"Sida and Tana, you can follow me to learn a bit; I’m not sure about your innate talents."

Nine-Ring Magic is already very powerful. Those legendary magics surpassing Nine-Ring, like Marvin’s World Weaving Technique, Tolodin’s Wind of Slaughter, Island Creation Technique, and the most famous Karsas Divine Ascension Technique are even stronger. Leon believes Sharon has her path, to first become a Great Arcanist, not wanting Sharon to be half-hearted, but has no demands on Sida and Tana.

"Listen if you want."

Leon was not so petty, teaching his daughters, not preventing his maid from listening in; being able to master a Breathing Skill was considered talented, knowing that his Tiefling female disciple, Pella, without his imparting skills, still couldn’t handle the Samadhi True Fire.

Being a powerful dragon is one thing; being an exalted Dragon God is another. Proud dragons despise dwarves, and no dragon likes living under another’s roof, but pledging allegiance to a Dragon God is not shameful, especially a Dragon God famous for not being greedy.

Dragons, with their abundance of time, always seemed a bit slow to respond, sometimes dragging revenge out for decades. It was only years after Leon became a Dragon God that dragons began gradually pledging to him. Among the Colorful Dragons, the majority were Blue Dragons and Green Dragons. Among Metal Dragons, all but Golden Dragons were present, and among Gemstone Dragons, Jade Dragons were the most numerous.

Year after year, Leon finally turned one hundred, entering adulthood, though no one had ever treated him as an underaged dragon before.

Completely refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi would require even more time; as his strength continued to grow, Leon felt his earlier self was adorably silly. The reason was simple; now, the current him could easily handle his past self.

He just hadn’t encountered any powerful gods along the way; those powerful gods couldn’t be summoned and rarely interfered directly with mortal affairs, lest they face a fate similar to Sun Wukong encountering The Buddha. Fortunately, he had Hongmeng Purple Qi, which meant he had a future.

Moreover, as a Titan Dragon with the Karsus Crown, Tassera’s current strength was approaching a weak Demon Lord, capable of contending with a Kraken or Supreme Heaven, but progressing further would be challenging.

Cecilia was slightly weaker than Tassera.

Fiora’s faith now spread throughout the Zhen Dan Kingdom; mastering long-distance sailing within a hundred years wasn’t hard. Her potential ceiling was higher than that of Tassera and Cecilia, though she lacked children. However, once she and Leon had kids, they’d likely be at least demigods.

Isily was always, busily running around, never clear what she was up to.

Laksha became Leon’s princess. Leon hadn’t yet relinquished his position as King of Zhen Dan but was essentially uninvolved in the kingdom’s affairs.

Sida and Tana remained as young dragons, while Sharon, as an adolescent dragon, slowly stood out, though her strength still couldn’t match Leon’s at the same age, yet surpassed him as a ruler, at least in terms of ambition.

The Zhen Dan Kingdom originally had over a dozen dragons; now, there were dozens, continually growing at an accelerating pace.

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In conclusion, many dragons firmly believed the era of the giant dragon was coming, and the giant dragons would eventually rule this world.

It was a sunny morning, the golden sunlight casting over the sea, shimmering waves.

Leon sat quietly on a seaside rock fishing, suddenly sensing something, frowning slightly.

As a god, he understood he would never lose focus without reason; there must be a cause. Thinking this, Leon calculated with his fingers, realizing the issue was in the north.