Above The Sky-Chapter 1740 - 340: The Reason to Become King of Terra
"Huh?"
Ian was puzzled upon realizing that the Terra Dragon was communicating with him: "What does this have to do with me?"
Although he indeed consented, it should have been the Far Shore Islanders who orchestrated all this – could it be that allowing them to awaken the Terra Dragon’s remains makes him a collaborator?
"Wait, besides us, did others also receive a response from the Terra Dragon?!"
At this moment, besides Ian, the Far Shore Islanders were also incredibly shocked.
Just a moment ago, they had barely broken through the Empire’s two Grand Guardians’ blockade, painstakingly reached the Ancient Dragon’s corpse, and used Dragon Blood Source, collected over a long period and purchased from the elves at a great cost, to awaken some remaining shadows of the Terra Dragon within the carapace.
For this, they had planned for decades, made countless preparations, even obtained part of the Terra Dragon’s bloodline from pre-epoch civilization ruins, obtaining the Terra Dragon’s response and the coveted ’permissions.’
Theoretically, they should have been the only ones!
So why is it that others can receive a response from the Terra Dragon just like them?!
Good question! Ian didn’t know either.
And above the firmament, the magnificent true dragon calmly overlooked all this, indifferent to the astonishment and confusion of these small beings, only longing as it surveyed the entire Terra.
Its gaze distant and profound, reaching every corner of the land, the dragon’s eyes lowered as it murmured: [Still flourishing, yet ultimately regressing, retracing a path from a thousand years ago.]
[When will you reclaim your glory?]
[Moreover, of the many continents of yore, only one remains; no wonder you wish to awaken life in another continent.]
Upon hearing this, Ian understood why the people of Far Shore Island wanted to awaken the Terra Dragon.
As the most focused on developing the New Continent among the major Terra forces, Far Shore Island has many reasons—one of which is that most of the nation’s territory lies on mantle pillars, and the Fifth Energy Level force ’Azure Star’ occasionally needs to suppress the mantle movements on Terra Planet to ensure the country’s survival.
As long as there is a Fifth Energy Level, this is not difficult, but because the Fifth Energy Level needs to reside on Far Shore Island, it also leads to Far Shore Island being unable to expand outward and confined to its original place.
So, even if the New Continent is barren yet terrifying, full of various subspace labyrinths and dangerous magical beast tribes, with most areas being volcanic rock and barren desert rock layers, they still strive to cultivate the extremely desolate land with very little soil.
The reason Far Shore Island is seeking the Terra Dragon’s power might be due to discovering something on the New Continent, but only the Terra Dragon’s permissions can activate it... Or perhaps only the Terra Dragon’s power can accomplish something, which led them to join Fiery Flame Land’s faction and declare war on the Empire, then seize power during all nations’ intense research on the arcane pathway, striking the Atlantian Megalopolis by surprise, obtaining permissions from the Terra Dragon!
For this, Far Shore Island probably specially prepared many ways to communicate with the Terra Dragon, even creating bloodlines.
As for why the Terra Dragon is so special to Ian...
[What about you, Prophet]
The Terra Dragon now looked towards Ian’s defense, its will communicating with Ian’s soul directly within the soul space: [Holding Aether Crystal Dragon Blood, the Terra Federation’s final creation carapace... perhaps you also once transcended time and space, glimpsing my death scene, right?]
[Those people wish to use my power to flourish another continent, I granted permission.]
[What is your wish?]
"You can actually sense a gaze transcending time and space?"
In the soul space, Ian resumed his original appearance as the white-haired Prophet, raising his eyebrows in surprise, but quickly calming down, thoughtfully pondering: "What do I truly wish for..."
After a moment of contemplation, Ian slightly shook his head: "No particular wish. If anything, it would be good if you could be reborn."
"If not, I hope you can find peace."
[Haha, hoping I could be reborn... if possible, I’d want that too]
Hearing Ian’s thoughts, even the calm Terra Dragon chuckled silently: [As for peace, for an existence of my level, it’s already extremely difficult]
[As long as my flesh remains, I won’t completely die... death, for a true dragon of our level, is no longer a simple matter]
[Only when our bodies are completely dissipated, when our spirits and wills self-abandon, when our souls and memories are worn in the Aether Sea...]
[Until then, when the entire Great Aether Circulation collapses, can we truly die]
[Before that, we are in a state of neither awakened nor unawakened, neither alive nor dead, unable to find rest]
"Unable to find rest..."
Ian mulled over this term, shaking his head and sighing: "If the Star God still existed, it wouldn’t be unable to find rest, it would be bound to return someday."
"I knew it; a true dragon having a 500-year service limit is indeed strange—perhaps every time the Star God appears to recycle them? Now it seems indeed so; after death, a true dragon soul returns to the Great Aether Circulation, awaiting the Star God’s retrieval for resurrection once more."
