"Ancient Dragons? Incarnations of ancient rules?" Russell sat on the throne atop Little Dream Dragon's head, pondering in astonishment.
Within his mind, he swiftly communicated with Little Dream Dragon and soon understood what Ancient Dragons were.
In the distant ancient past, Dragon Star had only just formed from the cosmos when branches of the Cosmic Tree stretched over from the void, bringing magic to Dragon Star. Magic was one of the oldest powers in the universe. Nourished by it, life on Dragon Star rapidly multiplied and flourished.
Thus came the splendor of the Dragon Spirit Forest Sea.
Magic merged with rules and gave birth to the first batch of dragons. These dragons were the Ancient Dragons. They were born bearing rules, and they perished because of rules.
They governed the rules and guided the development of all things.
When the Dragon Spirit Forest Sea reached its most prosperous era, rules had spread into every living being. The Ancient Dragons gradually fell silent as well, handing the authority over rules to every living being to decide for themselves, never to appear again.
If all had gone smoothly, the Dragon Spirit Forest Sea would have created a great civilization on Dragon Star.
But ten thousand years ago, Snow Demons crossed the Gate of Another World, invaded the Dragon Spirit Forest Sea, and froze every warm land.
From then on.
The Dragon Spirit Forest Sea was destroyed, becoming the Dragon Sleep Continent amid ice and snow.
The rules froze. Those Ancient Dragons that had fallen silent could no longer return. Mother Earth chose to shatter and reassemble herself, condensing magic and shaping Elemental Dragons through volcanic eruptions to break the icebound seal.
That was the origin of the Dark Age and the Warm Era.
"And I am the fusion of a seed of