Recently, Ian has encountered a barrage of shocking truths.
Star Gods, The End, Echo... the secrets of The Unyielding Fortress, the Prophet and the future path... how to overcome those seemingly hopeless cosmic adversaries...
At this point, even Ian finds it difficult to pinpoint the true focus.
With many gains also came many new questions, he can only choose to return to his own territory and continue to develop the Arcane Pathway, focusing on farming.
At the very least, he must not fall behind the Extinction Star Path and the Spirit Disaster Path in terms of development. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
The Spirit Disaster Path took roughly thirty to forty years to completely alter the cultivation system of the Terra Continent.
This is not an exaggeration. On Earth, in an era where technological reserves had fully matured, it took less than ten years for handheld terminals to almost replace traditional desktop computers, while human culture and forms of entertainment underwent drastic changes.
Meanwhile, on Terra, as the highly competitive class of Sublimators received related technology, they would undoubtedly update and evolve at the fastest pace.
However, there are still several issues with the Spirit Disaster Path.
First. What mindset did The Empire possess to allow the initial development of the Supreme Spirit Sect? Was it because of the Prophet? Were there other hidden requirements besides this?
Second. The Spirit Disaster Path did not manifest the ’Calamity of Light’.
The Dark Gold Colossus Dragon could not destroy the outer space-time membrane of the Star Prison Tianyu, and the Calamity of Light was not caused by Echo... then what exactly triggered the Calamity of Light? Why could the Spirit Disaster Path prevent it?
These questions were not given attention back then, but they became obvious under the information brought by the Extinction Star Path.
Ian had a vague premonition that the appearance of the ’Calamity of Light’ might be related to the Sertar Imperial Family and the True Dragons... these two forces have the capability to reach five light-years away and affect the Star Prison Tianyu.
Ian paid close attention to this because as of now, he had not obtained technology related to the ’Light Dragon’, which means that if the Calamity of Light were to occur, he would not even be able to lead the Beings of Terra to transform into the Light Dragon and charge beyond the Infernal Heaven, his final option.
If the cause of the ’Calamity of Light’ could be determined and contained, then the Four Great Dragon Kings could maintain the Dragon Island Seal for about a hundred years, granted the ’End’ beyond the Infernal Heaven does not go berserk, he could at least farm on Terra for a hundred years.
A hundred years. To Ian, there are so many things he could accomplish... the paths he had seen in the past, most reached a point of intolerance after decades, compelling them to gamble everything.
So why couldn’t he be patient, slowly farming for a hundred years, collecting all the information, obtaining all legacies, and then setting off?
Additionally, Ian was also well aware that he needed to collect all kinds of technologies and ancient secrets as much as possible.
The Terra Dragon and its related inheritance are among them.
The Terra Dragon, the guardian True Dragon of Terra, possesses all the technologies from the peak of pre-era civilization; its existence is the most complete Spark data repository.
If the inheritance of the Terra Dragon could be obtained, it would be more beneficial to the current Terra civilization than any Alien Fire Seed.
After all, no matter how advanced other planetary civilizations are, their technology applicability is not high and even less universally compatible.
For instance, the Qing Steel Dragon Spark Ian obtained... it is essentially a tech tree nurtured by a subterranean cavern civilization, one from an extreme environment with average atmospheric temperatures of one to two hundred degrees Celsius, featuring many mining and application techniques, such as geothermal generators extracting energy from lava, not something humans can use casually.
There are too many things to ponder, too many things to obtain.
So recently, Ian’s mind has been burdened with countless worries, tangled thoughts of unrest, confusion, and anger swirling within.
As per custom, he would suppress it all with absolute reason and calm... soon regaining a clear mind, proceeding meticulously, executing his plans like a machine.
Yet this thick wall of his heart was pierced by the Fairy’s Heart.
And only then did Ian realize that he, too, could fear... could hesitate and be bewildered, could be torn and unwilling, clenching his teeth, harboring hatred as well as affection.
Just like now, when Ian embraced Brother Alan, he suddenly felt the burdens on his soul lighten, and then...
He discovered that deep within his heart, there were traces of the ’Curse’.
"A curse from the Source of Dragon Blood?"
On high alert, Ian quickly dispelled those curses, but dispelling them was one thing, how those curses seeped into his heart’s depths was another story.
"It should be the curse contained within the Source of Dragon Blood used to repair the Ancient Dragon Heart Core on the side of The Unyielding Fortress. It managed to lie dormant deep within my soul; had I not just experienced the deepest layer of calm, I probably wouldn’t have noticed."
The young man slightly furrowed his brow, thinking: "Considering that the True Dragon itself is an aggregate of curses, as I gradually step towards a higher power level, the curses within my body will likely increase as well... I really need to pay attention to this in the future."
Becoming vigilant, Ian shifted his focus back to Alan.
Both Alan and Ian were currently using the body of an Aether Crystal Dragon. The two bodies were identical in size, mentality almost equally matched, only slightly smaller in stature compared to Green Pupil’s main body, essentially no differences in essence.