Chapter 10: A New Era
Chapter 10: A New Era
“Dragon Clan?”
Zuo Meng was puzzled. He’d suppressed the laws himself, keeping this new world’s power level barely above the real world. Yet dragons emerged anyway. As creator, he had endless time to kill—still half-asleep, he decided to watch this world unfold. Maybe he’d learn something useful for the real world.
The Dragon Clan crawled ashore first, starting a great migration.
It happened during low tide. Countless sea creatures scrambled onto land, mirroring the Ancient Era but with key differences. Back then, all land-crawlers were Transcendent beings with extraordinary powers. Now, most were weak. Many starved—unthinkable in the Ancient Era.
The Dragon Clan quickly claimed the land.
They bred endlessly.
Dragon subspecies multiplied, bloodlines tangled. Creatures fought over territory, throwing the continent into chaos.
The Earth Dragon Clan and Eagle Dragon Clan joined the fray.
“We’re noble dragons! Born rulers!” roared Di Chong, young leader of the Earth Dragon Clan, lunging at enemies.
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This skirmish reflected the wider conflict. The Earth and Eagle Dragon Clans allied against the Black Bear King Clan for control of Heigula Mountain’s sole water source. The bears dominated the region with brute strength, oppressing both dragon clans. Tensions had boiled over.
Di Chong used bloodline bonds to ally with the Eagle Dragon Clan.
Together, they attacked the bears.
Zuo Meng noticed Di Chong exuded a strange power—something world-influenced, like the chaotic beings of old. But this felt deeper, tugging the creator’s attention.
World’s favor? Great fortune?
Zuo Meng studied this new force, absent in the Ancient Era. He’d only tweaked rules toward real-world logic, yet spawned unprecedented changes. Did real heroes blessed by the Great Dao truly exist? Reality seemed darker and riskier than it appeared. Better to stay in the Dream World where he ruled. In the real world? Lay low and grow quietly.
“Slaughter these idiots!”
The owl-like Eagle Dragon Clan had giant eagle wings, hence their name.
“For the clan’s glory!”
“Uphold the totem!”
Black Bear warriors hefted massive logs, their worshipped totem glowing faintly. Empowered, they held against two dragon clans.
“The totem!”
“These savages have a totem?!”
CRACK!
As battle peaked, lightning struck the bear totem. The explosion flung warriors back, clearing the battlefield’s center.
ROAR!
A golden five-clawed dragon emerged from storm clouds.
Its Pressure crushed the battlefield. Weaklings collapsed trembling.
“From today, this land belongs to the five-clawed dragon god. Cease fighting.”
Reluctantly, all leaders knelt—even ambitious Di Chong.
“True dragons…” Di Chong gripped a black stone leaking mysterious energy, subtly enhancing him. He hid his burning ambition. “I’ll become one too.”
“That stone…” Zuo Meng recalled the Seven Stones he’d made from Ancient Era’s mightiest beings, then discarded. This pup found one.
Clever. The five-clawed dragon merged with a totem, sidestepping bans on extraordinary powers. Zuo Meng watched essence flow from every being below into the dragon. Compared to Di Chong’s “named supporting role” aura, this dragon radiated “destined protagonist” energy.
“World’s will?”
He’d restricted extraordinary powers to totems, mimicking the real world. Yet this dragon hybridized totem and self, creating permitted loopholes. A fledgling world-will whispered:
Limits exist, but paths remain. True strong individuals always find ways.
“Let’s see how far dragons go.”
Zuo Meng observed without interfering. The stone-bearing Earth Dragon? Unworthy—its power was obsolete.
The five-clawed dragon flew west, subduing tribes, growing stronger with each conquest.