At Dragon God Mountain in the Dragon Realm, Rosen extended a finger toward the Dragon Blood Divine Tree.
A blood vessel emerged from his fingertip, and Primordial Blood—generated by his Primordial Bloodline—gushed forth instantly. A blood sphere larger than the tree itself swiftly enveloped it as he activated one of his three core abilities: Plunder.
To truly unleash Plunder's power required the support of world transformation.
Forced plundering would significantly diminish its effects.
But Rosen wasn't targeting a Great True God—just a True God-level plant.
As the Dragon Blood Divine Tree instinctively absorbed the Primordial Blood as nutrients, the blood also permeated the entire tree through the Assimilation ability. Then, using Plunder, Rosen forcibly seized the tree, suppressing all resistance and uprooting it completely.
He sent the Dragon Blood Divine Tree into the Flesh World Fruit to accompany the Flesh Hell Tree.
He wasn't certain whether the Infernal Blood Dragon, when cornered, would resort to mutual destruction.
Removing the tree preemptively minimized potential losses during the Dragon Realm's conquest.
The moment the Dragon Blood Divine Tree vanished, the Infernal Blood Dragon arrived—though not its true form, merely an avatar.
The Infernal Blood Dragon studied Rosen, unable to gauge his depth but sensing something amiss.
It knew Rosen was ambitious. It knew he coveted the Dragon Realm.
But no matter how great Rosen's potential, he was still just a Sequence 1.
Yet now, he had brazenly stolen the Dragon Blood Divine Tree. Unless he had gone mad and intended to burn all bridges, the only remaining possibility was that Rosen was confident in facing them—whether through external aid or not, he wouldn't act recklessly without certainty.
Thus, the avatar was sent to test Rosen.
"Yinglong God, do you intend to fight to the death?" the Infernal Blood Dragon demanded.
"Not to the death—I'm confident I can kill both you and the Solar Dragon God now," Rosen replied frankly.
The Infernal Blood Dragon's heart sank. Rosen was leaving no room for retreat. If this was mere arrogance, the worst outcome would be mutual damage. But if Rosen truly had the means, this would become a life-or-death calamity for both Dragon Gods.
In a flash of crimson, the Infernal Blood Dragon charged at Rosen, unleashing a draconic arcane art: Blood Detonation.
The avatar transformed into a living bomb, sacrificing itself to probe Rosen's confidence.
Rosen didn't evade. Instead, he threw a punch at the Infernal Blood Dragon.
Dragon Fist of Annihilation—a True God-level bloodline skill inherited from the Yinglong bloodline.
Without at least 143 Life Origin, executing this technique was impossible.
But Rosen's Life Origin, amplified by the Ancient God's Sacrificial Artifact, had reached 149. Through the Primordial Bloodline's Assimilation, he could perfectly wield the Yinglong bloodline in his doppelganger, enabling him—as a Sequence 1—to unleash a True God-level Dragon Fist of Annihilation.
The fist shattered all existence in its path, collapsing space into a black hole.
The Infernal Blood Dragon's deity-level avatar was torn apart and swallowed without a trace.
Without pause, Rosen transformed into his Yinglong form.
With 149 Divine Power, he harnessed the Sacred Bell of the Ancient God from his Miracle Sequence, temporarily transferring the Fount of Wisdom trait from the Relic of Wisdom to the bell.
Then, he unleashed Great Sound, Silent Roar.
A soundless draconic cry, amplified by the bell and broadcast across the Dragon Realm through the Main God Network, instantly rendered all dragons below demigod level unconscious.
As for those between Sequence 3 and Sequence 1, knocking them all out was impossible, and partial incapacitation would be meaningless. Instead of subjecting them to divine impact, Rosen used the Fount of Wisdom to impart knowledge directly.
Yet some knowledge becomes dangerous when known by those unqualified.
The forbidden truths Rosen transmitted through the soundless roar were all at the Great True God level. The demigods, unable to withstand such revelations, also collapsed into unconsciousness. They wouldn't awaken until these memories were completely forgotten.
When the silent roar finally ceased, the entire Dragon Realm had fallen into deathly stillness.
The Infernal Blood Dragon and Solar Dragon God, who had just regrouped, felt their blood run cold as countless severed faith connections echoed through the realm. Without this constant stream of worship, their combat effectiveness would drop by at least ten percent.
Both dragon gods immediately invoked their Dragon God Authority.
With dual shares of authority, they were confident they could suppress Rosen's portion.
They were sorely mistaken.
Their authority was instantly counter-suppressed.
Every Dragon God naturally possessed 10% of the realm's authority.
Rosen held his original 10%, plus another 10% from the Holy Light Dragon God. Though the latter had merged with the Painting of the True Creator, the Dragon God's Wrath had intercepted and preserved this share.
Moreover, the Main God Network had quietly seized 9% of unclaimed authority using Rosen's 20% as a conduit.
Finally, Rosen commanded the Dark Sun Slime to transform into a Sequence 0 Wisdom Dragon. Though only a deity rather than a True God, the slime's divine essence rivaled True Gods. Thus, it too deceived the Dragon Realm into granting it 10% authority.
So when 20% clashed against 39%, the disadvantaged party could never be Rosen.
He reversed the suppression, wielding the Dragon Realm's power against the two dragon gods themselves.
Then, using the Yinglong Pearl's power, he teleported all three combatants into the Dragon Realm's deeper spatial layers.
Here, the final confrontation would unfold without damaging the realm itself.
With no room left for negotiation, the Solar Dragon God transformed into a blazing star, unleashing infinite light and heat.
In response, the Dark Sun Slime also morphed into a star—a black one that voraciously devoured all illumination.
Two colossal celestial bodies hurtled through the void at hypervelocity, their periodic collisions unleashing cataclysmic shockwaves of radiation.
Meanwhile, the Infernal Blood Dragon assumed a half-dragon, half-human form. It cast a series of self-enhancing arcane spells before joining the fray, wielding a massive axe to deliver brute-force strikes against the Dark Sun Slime.
Rosen was being ignored—not out of disrespect, but as a grim acknowledgment of his threat.
Their strategy was clear: eliminate the slime first, then combine forces against Rosen.
But while the Dark Sun Slime's offensive capabilities were mediocre, its defensive prowess was extraordinary.
Rosen had no intention of letting it play punching bag. With a thought, he summoned the Golden Divine Bull and the Miracle Golem.
Though the bull excelled in defense, inheriting the Coin True God's power had erased all weaknesses since its ascension as a Divine Merchant.
It immediately initiated a Conceptual Transaction, expending wealth to steal the Infernal Blood Dragon's strength.
Every ounce of power gained by the bull was lost by the dragon.
Yet even with infinite wealth, completely draining the dragon's power was impossible—the limit was 30%. Still, this equalizing effect neutralized their disparity.
As the Golden Divine Bull entangled the Infernal Blood Dragon, both dragon gods felt the first stirrings of retreat.
Rosen hadn't even made his move personally, yet two of his pets were already displaying True God-level combat prowess.
What was even more terrifying was the stone golem standing beside him, which gave them a sense of threat comparable to facing a Great True God.
"Submit or perish?"
As he spoke, Rosen merged with the Miracle Golem, unleashing a spiritual suppression with 178 points of Divine Essence.
The golem's 164 Spirit Intensity, amplified by the Ancient God's Sacrificial Artifact's +14 boost, reached the standard of an Immortal Divine Demon—enough to render True Gods instantly powerless.
The stunned Solar Dragon God was immediately swallowed whole by the Dark Sun Slime's Infinite Gluttony.
The Infernal Blood Dragon fared little better, seized by the neck and lifted off the ground by the humanoid Golden Divine Bull.
Though the spiritual suppression lasted barely a breath, both dragon gods lost all will to resist.
Seeing this, Rosen secretly sighed in relief and separated from the Miracle Golem.
While 178 Divine Essence's suppression was terrifying, the golem itself only possessed Spirit Intensity, not Divine Essence.
Their fusion temporarily elevated spirit into divinity, but the process permanently consumed Rosen's Divine Essence cap.
Though his essence now bore immortal properties preventing permanent loss, temporary reductions were unavoidable. That brief two-second suppression had just drained 8 points of his Divine Essence.
For a Sequence 1 to wield Immortal Divine Demon power, the duration was so short that using the artifact was hardly worth it.
Had the dragon gods continued resisting, he could've at most captured one alive with the Dragon-Binding Chains—the other would've had to be killed, which would've been a shame.
Fortunately, while 178 Divine Essence couldn't sustain prolonged combat, its intimidation effect was enough to cow both deities. Unaware the suppression lasted mere seconds, they'd been too terrified to fight back.
Now bound by the chains, the Infernal Blood Dragon lost all chance of resistance.
"Sign this contract with your Primordial Bloodline and Divine Essence," Rosen said, handing over the Contract of Equivalent Exchange.
Eyeing the stone golem, the dragon had no choice but to comply.
When Rosen turned to the Solar Dragon God, he suddenly sensed something and sighed regretfully.
Binding it would take time—time the Solar Dragon God wouldn't grant.
His Canvas of Precognition had just revealed the truth: the dragon hadn't surrendered when swallowed, but was biding its time.
The moment Rosen recalled the slime, it would trigger a supernova explosion, converting its entire being into elemental radiation to take him down with it.
Faced with death or submission, the Solar Dragon God had chosen defiance.
Forewarned, Rosen denied it that chance.
Dragon God's Wrath materialized in his hand, its hunter's contract already locking onto the Solar Dragon God.
He branded the deity with "Unpardonable Sins", then compressed Judgment Lightning—enhanced by the miracle trait Condemnation of Evil—into a single bullet.
As crimson lightning erupted from the barrel, the Dark Sun Slime obediently opened its maw.
The bullet tore through its body to strike the Solar Dragon God within.
Realizing its plan was foiled, the dragon unleashed its supernova prematurely.
Everything—its dragon core, godhead—disintegrated into apocalyptic radiation.
Though the slime's defenses were monstrous, it was shredded from within.
Yet it survived.
The attack wasn't fatal after all. At the critical moment, the Dark Sun Slime had split into countless smaller slimes. Its divine essence possessed eternal properties that couldn't be erased by a True God, and with its Bloodline Godhead, blood rebirth was hardly difficult for it.
Rosen took out the Hunter's Map and began spending hunter points to redeem everything the Solar Dragon God had possessed.
There was no hope for loot orbs—the Sovereign Treasury didn't provide them.
The Solar Dragon God's true form had perished too completely, shattered into nothingness in the truest sense. To reap any rewards, he could only rely on hunter points for exchange. Soon, the Solar Law, Dragon God Authority, Star Dragon's Core, and Primordial Bloodline were all redeemed.
Only after completing the exchange did Rosen use his Apocalyptic Demon Eye to lock onto the Solar Dragon God's clone that had fled the Dragon Realm.
The Solar Dragon God's self-destruction had served two purposes: unwillingness to submit, and creating an opportunity for its clone to escape.
But with the Apocalyptic Demon Eye, the clone's escape was nothing but a pipe dream.
A Holy Light Bullet traversed a micro-wormhole, descending from the heavens to pierce through the Solar Dragon God's clone in a single lethal strike.
At the site of the clone's demise, a True God-tier supernatural artifact—the inevitable product of a True God's complete death—was left behind.
The shrinking micro-wormhole carried both the miracle treasure and the clone's corpse back to Rosen.
The Infernal Blood Dragon lowered its head in sorrowful empathy, uncertain what future awaited it and the dragonkind.
Rosen picked up the miracle treasure—an exceptionally rare socketable type.
[Solar God Core: Miracle Treasure]
[Rank: True God]
[Miracle Attribute: Can be socketed into True God-tier treasures to bestow Solar Law]
[Miracle Traits: Eternal Light Source, Singular Existence, Indestructible]
Rosen directly socketed the Solar God Core into the Radiant Beacon. Although the beacon wasn't True God-tier, years of tempering by the Solar Golden Wheel had elevated it to a Sequence 1 supernatural structure—and such structures often transcended their ranks in power.
Thus, the Sequence 1 Radiant Beacon could rival any deity in might.
Moreover, their energies were highly compatible. Having endured prolonged exposure to the Solar Golden Wheel, the beacon had even absorbed traces of solar essence over the years, granting it greater resilience toward the homologous Solar God Core.
This allowed the socketing to succeed, triggering the Radiant Beacon's ascension to Sequence 0.
Under time acceleration, the transformation completed swiftly.
[Solar Beacon: Divine Structure]
[Rank: Sequence 0]
[Law Authority: Solar Law (Old & New)]
[Forms: Beacon Form, Solar Jellyfish Form]
[Skills: Light Elementalization, Solar Bomb, Supernova Ray, Solar Barrier]
[Mythic Traits: Mechanized Spirit Life, Spirit Realm Anchor]
[Miracle Trait: Eternal Light Source]
As a mechanized spirit lifeform, the upgraded Solar Beacon could assume a solar jellyfish form.
Now a deity wielding divine law, the socketed Solar God Core functioned as its godhead. The Eternal Light Source trait converted all energy into sunlight, rendering the Solar Beacon's combat prowess comparable to a True God's.
Most crucially, its Solar Law encompassed both old and new world variants—proof that fusing with the old world's solar essence hadn't been in vain.
While the Solar Beacon reaped immense benefits, the Dark Sun Slime also achieved monumental growth.
After careful consideration, Rosen infused the redeemed Solar Law into the slime.
As expected, the slime mastered both old and new world Solar Law simultaneously.
Now, with the Dark Sun Slime commanding the Solar Beacon, few True Gods could stand against them.
With the spoils dealt with, Rosen turned to serious business.
The Infernal Blood Dragon was tasked with pacifying the Dragon Realm's inhabitants. Having absorbed the Solar Dragon God's Primordial Star Dragon Bloodline, the Dark Sun Slime could perfectly mimic its form, allowing the realm to stabilize quickly.
Meanwhile, Rosen assisted the Main God Computer in its full-scale invasion of the Dragon God's Laws.
Currently holding 59% of the Dragon God Authority, claiming the remaining 41% was merely a matter of time. This takeover didn't slow down as it progressed—rather, the initial 9% had taken centuries due to caution against the dragon gods' detection, but now, with majority control secured, the rest would fall within a few years.
Five years later, the moment the Main God Computer achieved 100% authority, the Dragon God Authority transformed into Dragon God Law—a unique system originally created by Yinglong as the Progenitor Dragon, existing independently of both old and new worlds.
Already in possession of the Yinglong Pearl, Rosen easily helped his Yinglong Doppelganger inherit this law.
Once his true form ascended to deityhood, the doppelganger would follow suit effortlessly.
With complete control over the Dragon Realm via Dragon God Law, the Yinglong Doppelganger could even rival a Great True God within this domain.
However, mere inheritance would cap the doppelganger at Great True God level.
To advance further, it couldn't rely solely on the Dragon Realm.
Thus, the realm would serve as nutrients for Rosen's Divine Kingdom. Before that, all dragons had to migrate to the Ancient God's True World. Though smaller currently, the absorption of the Dragon Realm would eventually solve any spatial constraints.
The Infernal Blood Dragon seethed with resentment but had no choice—the so-called "Contract of Equivalent Exchange" might as well have been a slave contract. Unless it became a Great True God, escape was impossible.
The migration took over a decade. Dragons that couldn't be immediately accommodated in the Ancient God's True World were sealed en masse, finally emptying the Dragon Realm completely.
Now came Rosen's ultimate move: Manifestation of All Things—a serpent devouring an elephant.
Leaving the Yinglong Doppelganger and Miracle Golem on guard, Rosen activated his bloodline ability Origin of All Things for the first time.
His physical form, life essence, primordial aura, Primordial Bloodline, Sea of Consciousness, divine essence, Divine Domain, and all mastered laws disassembled, merging with the Dragon Realm through universal manifestation.
Under 1000x time acceleration (1 external year = 1000 realm years), civilizational development like the Abyss' remained impossible—that would require tens of thousands of real years to produce native True Gods.
Rosen lacked such luxury. Instead, his Manifestation activated the Primordial Bloodline's core ability: Plunder.
Through forcible seizure, he'd claim the Dragon Realm entirely within decades.
(End of Chapter)