Descent

Having witnessed the true face of God, countless Snake People ceased their dance, their bodies undergoing irreversible changes—or, more accurately, evolution—driven by their bloodline instincts and spiritual faith, Snake People prostrated themselves on the ground, offering their worship to the great Father of Serpents.

Iger's sun-like eyes swept over all the Snake People present, and a similar memory from ancient times awakened.

Before the main world was called the main world, it was a paradise for Snake People, who ruled that world with Iger as their father god. However, it was later discovered that the world was the vessel for the Land of the End. Some Snake People betrayed Iger and entered the dark dimension— N'kai, and joined forces with Tsathoggua (also translated as Zatogua, a god whose form was originally similar to a toad), passing on the information about the Land of the End to the toad god.

The first war of the gods took place, Iger defeated Tsathoggua, cursing the traitors. The traitors lost their ability to speak, their limbs, and their intelligence; they became the snakes they are today, and the snakes feed on toads.

Although Tsathoggua failed, he did not die. He returned to the depths of N'kai and released the message of the Land of the End. How could countless great beings allow anyone to be so close to the Land of the End?

Thus, the Snake People Iger was severely injured by the combined forces, and his status was constantly being knocked down. At that time Snake People civilization, which was at its peak, was also interrupted. With no other choice, Iger built Sleeping Paradise inside his own belly, allowing the elite Snake People to enter and sleep there. Then he devoured all the excess offspring to heal his injuries, stabilize his status, and retreat to this world.

Iger allowed some of the Snake People to reproduce in this world before falling into a deep sleep to heal his injuries. Unexpectedly, the Snake People were defeated by humans and began to degenerate in this world, leaving Iger's faith without replenishment. If it weren't for Gheros's passing by, he might not have been able to wake up.

"Now you are qualified food!" Iger opened his mouth slightly, looking at the Snake People below. These Snake People had defeated other races, and their bloodlines had grown stronger and absorbed the power of distortion. As long as he absorbed these Snake People, Iger's injuries would be further stabilized, and his rank would also be restored to a certain extent.

"As long as I am here, the Snake People will be here!" Iger's eyes shone brightly, and the bloodlines of all the Snake People present were released from their bodies, turning into thousands of dust particles, which were sucked into the Giant Serpent's belly. All the Snake People in the world felt their bloodlines tremble, and all beings began to float away. The lucky ones could still leave behind a skeleton or some scales, while the unlucky ones were directly reduced to ashes.

This suction force lasted for an unknown period of time, until finally all the Snake People died and returned to their god. Iger's body rose into the air, his enormous snake form unfurling a pair of bat-like wings. His snake body twisted and contorted into an eternal pose.

The Twisted Root hidden deep within the world has been drawn out. Now, if Iger can absorb the Twisted Root, he can become the Lord of Twistedness, turning this world into a fortress. When the final day arrives, he may be able to gain a slight advantage.

Putting aside Doros would give Him a chance to absorb it, and even if He did absorb it, would Lu Li help Shude Meier overturn the table? He himself was unwilling to do so.

It was clearly Him who came first!! It was Him and His people who were the first to multiply in the Lord's World, the first to discover the Land of the End, and the first to begin studying it. How could He be content to only hold such a small advantage now?

So Iger roared and used his authority to bankrupt the Twisted Root, so that those individual business owners (Golden Core cultivators) could benefit!

Underground, after sensing Iger's choice, Lu Li's blue flames flashed, and he arrived in a peculiar space at the deepest level of this world. A phantom of a world was at its very center, and a huge, mutated squid-like creature was lying on the phantom, diligently gnawing on it.

This squid is none other than Shud Meier, that damned perennial Voldemort, flipping the table again.

Lu Li's body flashed with blue light, and dozens of blue flames transformed into chains that flew out and pierced into Shude Meier's body.

The power of time surged, halting Shud Meier's devouring behavior, but since the other party was, after all, an indescribable entity that transcended biological limitations, time could not affect it.

Its worm-like, slender body was always wrapped in mucus. Its body turned and emitted a chanting sound. Hundreds of tentacles wriggled and wrapped around Lu Li. Lu Li's body flashed with blue light, but he did not resist and was wrapped by those tentacles.

A large amount of blue light was released, and Shude Meier disappeared into the depths of this world and appeared in another void. Lu Li walked out from the side, the blue light on his body becoming extremely dim. He wanted to time-transfer an existence like Shude Meier, but it consumed the time power he had accumulated over the years.

"It's useless, Time Ring creature! Even beyond time, nothing can stop my actions!" Shud Meier wriggled his ambiguous body, transmitting information to Lu Li. From a deeper perspective of time, one would find that Shud Meier's body structure far surpasses that of ordinary creatures. The so-called squid-like shape is merely a partial view that humans can see, just the tip of the iceberg.

For such a great creature, time is not an insurmountable distance. Even after Lu Li exhausted all his accumulated power, he only moved Shude Meier by a single step. If Shude Meier wished, he could simply turn his body and return, and time there would not even have changed.

"Is that so? Then good luck!" Lu Li waved to Shud Meier in salute, and his body turned into blue light and disappeared.

Instead of returning, Shud Meier released a large amount of liquid from his body. This liquid, which would have polluted a world if it had been thrown into it, now enveloped his body.

A gigantic, pitch-black tentacle, wreathed in black mist, lashed down. This tentacle pierced through time and space, filling that section of time and space with black mist. If Shud Meier had chosen to go back just now, he would have been bound by this tentacle and plunged into an even greater predicament.

The tentacles slapped against Shud Meier's liquid-filled body. The power, enough to shatter small planets, was stored in the uniquely structured liquid and channeled into other dimensions.

A colossal, pitch-black star appeared in the void, and various Shadow Power filled this space. Several dark sides of worlds connected by Gresta were projected into this void, forming a world entirely composed of shadows.

Shadow Lord Gresta, has arrived!!