Chapter 36
From the distant forests, numerous dragon roars echoed continuously across the skies.
One after another.
Dragon figures emerged from the clouds.
Some large.
Some smaller.
But all of them radiated powerful mana fluctuations.
Zan Yunxiao calmly observed them while floating in the air.
Then he quickly judged their strength.
Most were comparable to Golden Core Realm.
The weakest among them barely reached Foundation Establishment Realm.
Compared to the white dragon.
They were far inferior.
At that moment, Zan Yunxiao finally understood.
“…So this white dragon is their king and they come to aid.”
Or perhaps.
Their guardian.
Meanwhile, the injured white dragon glared at him with overwhelming hatred while blood continuously dripped from its shattered scales.
The surrounding dragons gathered protectively around it.
But Zan Yunxiao’s expression remained calm.
Then slowly.
He lowered the finger that was gathering spiritual energy.
Instead.
He reached toward the system space.
Shing~
The Heaven Moonveil Sword appeared.
Silver light illuminated beneath the sun.
The dragons instinctively became restless after sensing danger.
Zan Yunxiao swung the sword casually.
Boom!!!
A terrifying sword wave erupted instantly.
The very wind of the world itself seemed to split apart.
The sword light crossed the skies at horrifying speed toward the approaching dragons.
The dragons barely had time to react.
Then.
Blood filled the skies.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dragon bodies were sliced apart instantly one after another.
Some were split in half.
Others exploded entirely.
The approaching formation completely collapsed in moments.
It became nothing less than a one-sided massacre.
Even several surviving dragons immediately fled in terror after witnessing the overwhelming slaughter.
Meanwhile.
The injured white dragon froze.
Its blue eyes widened slightly while staring at the countless corpses of its kin falling from the skies.
A trace of shock appeared in its expression.
It could not understand.
The unknown entity that once fled repeatedly before it…
Had suddenly become this terrifying.
At that moment, Zan Yunxiao slowly looked directly toward the white dragon.
Then he casually withdrew the Heaven Moonveil Sword.
Shing~
The sword disappeared back into the system space.
Zan Yunxiao lightly smirked afterward.
“…That was fun.”
The white dragon roared furiously in response.
But before it could attack again.
Space around Zan Yunxiao distorted quietly.
After that, he vanished completely.
Leaving behind only the devastated battlefield.
The injured white dragon.
And the few surviving dragons trembling among the ruined forests beneath the blue moons.
. . .
Back inside the Zan Clan, Zan Yunxiao sat quietly in the courtyard of the patriarch residence.
The moonlight shined over the peaceful grounds while his thoughts remained focused entirely on the battle earlier.
Especially.
The white dragon.
Zan Yunxiao frowned slightly.
“That dragon survived the Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger twice…”
“It should’ve died already.”
After all, the Demon King was instantly obliterated by the same attack.
And at that time, both Zan Yunxiao and the Demon King were within Nascent Soul Realm.
Yet the white dragon not only survived.
It endured multiple attacks.
Something clearly felt wrong.
Without hesitation, Zan Yunxiao activated the All-Seeing Eye again.
A transparent information panel immediately appeared before him.
[White Dragon – Guardian of Zinnia Planet]
[Rank – Mana Emperor]
[Comparable to Soul Transformation Realm]
The moment Zan Yunxiao read the information.
He became completely dumbfounded.
“…Soul Transformation Realm?”
His expression immediately stiffened.
“That’s impossible.”
The last time he checked, the dragon was only comparable to Nascent Soul Realm.
How could it suddenly jump all the way to Soul Transformation Realm?
That kind of advancement would normally require hundreds or even thousands of years of cultivation.
Even Zan Yunxiao relied heavily on the system to advance this quickly.
Meanwhile.
That dragon simply stayed on Zinnia Planet.
Yet somehow it reached Soul Transformation Realm already.
Zan Yunxiao immediately asked the system,
“What happened to that dragon?”
“Why did its cultivation rise so much?”
The system answered calmly.
[Because while the host repeatedly visited Zinnia Planet, approximately five hundred years had already passed there.]
Silence.
Zan Yunxiao blinked once.
“…What?”
The system continued.
[Time flow between worlds differs significantly.
For the host’s world, only a day passed.
But for Zinnia Planet, when the host visit approximately five hundred years move forward.]
Hearing this, Zan Yunxiao finally understood everything.
The regrown gigantic tree.
The increased dragon population.
The absurdly powerful white dragon.
Everything suddenly made sense.
Zan Yunxiao slowly leaned back while muttering to himself,
“So every time I casually visit…”
“…that world already moves forward by hundreds of years?”
The system replied immediately.
[Exactly.]
Zan Yunxiao became speechless briefly.
Then he suddenly laughed helplessly.
“That’s absurd.”
“So while I was cultivating peacefully here…”
“That dragon was grinding for five hundred years straight?”
No wonder the white dragon looked so furious every time it saw him.
From the dragon’s perspective.
A mysterious entity would occasionally appear every 500 years.
Kill its kin…
Scratch its scales…
Then disappear immediately.
And now that same entity suddenly returned vastly stronger.
. . .
Deep within Zinnia Planet, countless dragons gathered around the devastated battlefield left behind by Zan Yunxiao.
The skies remained gloomy.
The forests were still burning.
And scattered everywhere were the corpses of dragons slain by a single entity.
Fear spread silently among the surviving dragons.
Several younger dragons trembled while discussing among themselves.
“That unknown entity appeared again…”
“It returned after five hundred years…”
One dragon’s voice shook slightly.
“What exactly was that creature?”
Another dragon suddenly muttered in fear,
“…Demon God.”
The surrounding dragons instantly fell silent.
That title spread among them.
Demon God.
A terrifying unknown being that descended from the sky every 500 years.
Massacred dragons.
Injured their king.
Then vanished without a trace.
The more they thought about it.
The more terrifying it became.
Some dragons even started panicking openly.
“What if the Demon God returns again?”
“Will he destroy our world next time?”
“Perhaps he’s testing our strength before exterminating us completely!”
Several dragons cursed angrily.
“That damned Demon God!”
“What exactly is his goal?!”
Meanwhile, the injured white dragon remained silent while listening to the chaos around him.
Its massive body was still covered in wounds from the Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger.
Then suddenly.
A deep voice echoed throughout the area.
“Enough.”
Instantly, every dragon became silent.
The white dragon slowly raised its enormous head.
Its blue eyes burned with cold determination.
“We cannot remain weak.”
The surviving dragons listened carefully.
The white dragon continued,
“If the Demon God returns again…”
“…we must become strong enough to confront him.”
Its claws slowly dug into the earth beneath it.
Then it spoke once more.
“We will search for greater magic.”
“Magic powerful enough…”
“…to kill the Demon God.”
The surrounding dragons immediately roared in agreement.
At that moment.
Across the entirety of Zinnia Planet.
The dragons began preparing for a future war against the mysterious existence they now feared above all else.
The Demon God.