After crossing countless violent space turbulences and dimensional faults, Ian slowly stepped into a huge underground palace that was extremely vast and could even be described as "magnificent", as if strolling in a leisurely courtyard.
This is not within the main territory of the Arcane Empire, and it is not even within the regular Astral Realm territory. This is an independent exile dimension that was forcibly cut off from the bottom layer of Void by Ian using the supreme Space Law, and used to specifically imprison certain "high-value living specimens."
Everywhere you look, you can see mountains of dazzling gold, Blink Mithril ores with charming gleams, and countless rare jewels containing pure magic power. These are enough to make any Empire greedy tycoon fall into complete madness and unparalleled wealth, but here it is just a "bed" for an ancient creature.
The moment Ian stepped into this treasure hall, an ancient dragon with a body that covered the sky and covered its body with scales as dazzling as lightning seemed to sense the faint ripples of the space barrier.
Its head, which was larger than the palace dome, moved slightly, and its originally closed eyelids slowly opened a gap, but then closed again as if they were overwhelmed.
However, only half a second passed.
"Boom--!"
The entire mountain range made of endless treasures suddenly collapsed! The Thunder Dragon King--Albion, which was at the absolute top of the food chain, seemed to sense some kind of terrifying aura that made its soul tremble.
It suddenly opened its huge vertical pupils like two blazing suns, and its body as huge as a mountain suddenly stood upright from the pile of treasures, condescendingly looking down at the tiny ant-like human figure below.
"Eighth Tier position?! You ant... has actually entered the Eighth Tier position?!"
Albion's voice was like rolling thunder exploding in the sky, and the terrifying sound waves reverberated wildly in the fully enclosed palace.
Along with its violent mood swings, countless precious gems and gold coins were shaken into the sky, splashing in all directions like a heavy rain.
"How long has it been since I last saw you? Is the time scale of the universe invalid for you? How could you have increased your power to such a terrifying state that can shake the stars in such a short period of time?!"
The dragon's roar was filled with disbelief. But soon, its huge vertical pupils suddenly shrank, as if it had discovered something even more shocking.
"No... something's wrong! It's not just the rise in rank, there's... something in you that should never appear in a mortal!"
This ancient behemoth that was born to stand at the top of all things and had witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations completely abandoned its majesty as the Dragon King at this moment. It suddenly lowered its huge head and even came directly in front of Ian. Its huge dragon nose twitched crazily like Abyss's huge mouth, sniffing greedily and eagerly around Ian.
"Dignified Thunder Dragon King, why are you acting like a wild dog going crazy following the smell of meat and bones?" Ian was suspended steadily in mid-air. Facing the terrifying dragon power that could crush an ordinary Seventh Tier Arcanist directly into flesh, there was not even a trace of wrinkles on the corners of his clothes, but an undisguised mockery appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"This smell... this shuddering rhythm of law! I will never admit it!" Albion completely ignored Ian's venomous taunts, its voice trembled violently due to extreme shock, "This is... contact Soul Imprint was left behind only after he had completely tamed the 'Authority' at the bottom of the universe! You... you have actually become a 'Law Archgod' who controls Truth?! How is this possible?!"
"Oh? 'Law Archgod'?" Ian raised his eyebrows, a hint of realization flashed in his eyes as deep as the abyss, "It turns out that Ancient Magekind, who once ruled this sea of stars, Do you call the existence that controls the law Authority 'Law Archgod'? Very good, it seems that every time I come to visit this old friend of yours, I can always squeeze out some interesting and unpopular new knowledge from your ancient head."
"Stop talking nonsense! Answer my question immediately!" Albion let out a dragon roar of Wrath, it was eager to know the answer.
"Calm down, big man." Ian's voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable imperial majesty and suppressed the dragon's manic voice.
Albion gasped violently, and two Law of Thunder storms visible to the naked eye spurted out from its nostrils.
It also realized that its gaffe just now was really unworthy of the Dragon King. It suppressed the overwhelming shock in its heart and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, have you really achieved the position of Law Archgod?"
"Yes, as you can see." Ian replied calmly in the affirmative, as calmly as if he was talking about eating a piece of steak for dinner tonight.
The giant dragon fell into a dead silence for several minutes. After a long time, it squeezed out a sentence from the depth of its throat. "Prove it to me."
"What? The great Thunder Dragon King can act like a naughty boy who doesn't want to accept reality and can't believe his eyes?" Ian sneered.
"Honestly, this is really nonsense, and completely goes against the underlying logic of the evolution of the universe!" Albion stared at Ian, "I admit that the universe is vast, and there must be other amazing monsters. But according to ancient times, The iron law is that if any creature wants to truly touch and control 'Authority', the only way is to ignite Divine Flame, condense Godhead, and finally achieve 'Godhood'!"
"Only a very small number of ancient species with incredible heritage, such as those old monsters in High Elves, can reach the threshold of Law Archgod through racial talents. But those are also rare cases! As for you humans? Don't You're kidding! In my countless years of life, I have never seen any Pure-blood human being able to steal Authority as a mortal without relying on Godhood!"
"What about you Dragonkind? Has anyone among Dragonkind done it before?" Ian asked with a half-smile.
Albion was suddenly speechless. Its huge eyeballs turned violently, but chose to remain silent. Dragonkind has always regarded itself as the strongest species in the starry sky, but the Pure-blood dragon, which can forcibly control the laws of the universe by relying solely on its individual understanding without relying on the Dragon God status, also does not exist.
Ian shrugged indifferently. "Forget it if you don't answer. As for you asking me to prove it? Sorry, I can't do it."
"Can't do it? Why?!" Albion's brows immediately twisted into a huge "Chuan", with a hint of questioning in his tone, "I remember that you have always been an enthusiastic supporter of the 'Equivalent Exchange' principle! I just told you the ancient secret about Law Archgod. The value of this information is enough in exchange for you to demonstrate the power of the law for me!"
"I didn't say that I didn't want to demonstrate it for you, I just said that I 'can't do it'. With your wisdom, as long as you use your brain a little, you should be able to guess the root cause of this easily." Ian's gaze became extremely penetrating, locking the dragon's eyes tightly.
Albion was stunned at first, and the huge borneol brain began to operate crazily. There was no suppression by Divine Power, and there were no constraints of rules, and Ian was by no means a person who liked to shoot without aim. Since he said he couldn't do it, it must be because the surrounding environment restricted Authority's performance.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning pierced Albion's mind, and an extremely terrifying conjecture, even more subversive of its cognition than "Eighth Tier Law Archgod", exploded in its heart!
"You... did you... succeed?!" Albion's voice became sharp due to the extreme Shocker, and the huge dragon claws even uncontrollably carved out several deep ravines in the top-grade magic mine beneath him, "You found the ultimate passage to tear apart the Astral Realm barrier and escape from this universe?!"
"Yes." This time, Ian did not hide or practice Tai Chi as he habitually did in the past, but gave a positive response without hesitation.
"This... how is this possible! How is this possible!!!" Albion repeated these words crazily as if he was possessed by a demon.
It has no reason to lose its composure. As an apex predator that has been surviving since ancient times, Dragonkind's biggest long-cherished wish in life is to find a Transcendence road that can escape the limitations of this universe. Because in their ancient world In Inherited Memory, the Ancient Magekind that suppressed all realms and pushed across the sea of stars, migrated with its entire family through some unknown method, and left this Astral Realm to go to the real universe of a higher dimension!
In order to follow in the footsteps of Magekind, Dragonkind even took the initiative to split into two factions over the long years - one faction embarked on the road of faith Divine Authority that united Godhead and became the "Dragon God"; The other faction clings to the purest "Dragonkind Temple", trying to tap the deepest potential of the bloodline. They paid an unimaginable price, trying to analyze the ultimate mystery of the universe and open up the road to Transcendence.
However, countless epochs have passed, and Dragonkind is still like a group of flies trapped in a glass jar, unable to find a way out.
But now, a human from Milky Way Galaxy - a remote corner of the entire Astral Realm territory that is regarded as a slum and a wilderness - has announced his success in an understatement! This is simply the biggest mockery of the tens of millions of years of efforts of the entire Dragonkind!
"Although I would like to take all the credit for this great achievement to my extremely smart brain, for the sake of a rigorous scientific attitude, I must admit that the reason why I was able to successfully open up this path is largely due to luck." Ian spread his hands and sighed in a Versailles-like manner.
"Luck? What kind of luck can allow someone to break the iron curtain of the universe?!"
"During an extremely accidental multi-dimensional exploration, I accurately discovered in a parallel secondary dimension a 'Reality Rift' that was left behind due to the law tearing apart when Magekind evacuated this universe. It was through reverse analysis and reverse engineering of the Void code at the bottom of that crack that I finally perfected the technology for expeditions across the universe."
"Parallel dimension... wait! What did you just say?! Parallel dimension?!" Albion was once again shocked by Ian's words and his mind was buzzing.
"Yes, that is what you often call Multiverse." Ian added calmly.
"You have already opened the door to Multiverse?!"
"Yes, it happened a long time ago." Ian nodded lightly.
Albion slowly closed its huge eyes, its ancient heart beating violently in its chest. The concept of Multiverse is also another major Waterloo in the long research history of Dragonkind. Although it is not as completely clueless as escaping Astral Realm, they are still only in the theoretical deduction stage and cannot be put into practice at all.
The successive cognitive collapses made the once arrogant Thunder Dragon King feel a deep sense of powerlessness and awe.
"I understand... you must be the legendary 'Child of Destiny'!" Albion opened his eyes suddenly, as if he had finally found a reasonable excuse that could explain all the unreasonable and abnormal achievements of Ian. "Only in this way can we explain your unreasonable and crazy luck and those terrifying visions that break the rules!"
"Child of Destiny? What kind of mysterious concept is this?" Ian frowned slightly. This word was often seen in those cool novels before he traveled through time in the place called "Origin Earth".
But he knew very well that he was able to get to where he is today because of his extreme caution and ruthless exploitation of Truth. However, in order to extract more information, he deliberately pretended to be ignorant and asked for advice.
"This is a kind of 'self-rescue mechanism at the bottom of the universe' that is extremely common in 'Heavenly Dao Plane' and has been proven to be absolutely effective." There was a sense of awe in Albion's bell-like voice, "Every time a plane Or when the universe faces a terrifying alien invasion that its internal civilization cannot resist, or is about to encounter Cataclysm, the world is about to be destroyed, the 'Cosmic Will' of this plane will select a special individual from somewhere."
"Cosmic Will will forcibly inject the most core talent of the entire plane that defies the laws of heaven, the most unreasonable luck, and the deepest destiny of the times into this chosen person! And this kind of monster that combines the favor of one world is called 'Child of Destiny'!"
"I understand, in other words, he is the protagonist of the story who was forcibly appointed by the universe." Ian raised a playful arc at the corner of his mouth.
"Absolutely correct. This kind of protagonist is destined to rise like a comet, bringing a subversive civilizational leap and a sudden increase in combat power to the entire plane in a very short period of time, thus leading the local civilization to fight a bloody path in the upcoming Cataclysm." Albion's huge dragon head was slightly lowered, looking at Ian with an almost determined gaze.
"Although this kind of 'god-making mechanism' is most popular in Heavenly Dao Plane, this approach is not without precedent in other top power planes. So I bet that it is definitely the will in charge of our universe - Klonai, after foreseeing some kind of future destructive threat that we are not yet aware of, specially selected you and used you as the strongest chess piece to break the game!"
After hearing this long speech, Ian sneered disapprovingly in his heart, but remained calm on the surface.
Albion's analysis seems to be logically rigorous, but in the eyes of Arcane Emperor, an absolute materialist Ian, it is just a blind man who only knows one thing but not the other.
Klonai did pay attention to this game that swept the sea of stars, and even secretly opened the green light for the Arcane Empire to receive extremely huge luck blessings. But the causal relationship is reversed!
It wasn't Klonai who first selected Ian, the "Child of Destiny", and Ian achieved today's achievements. It was Ian who came from a higher The soul characteristics of the dimension "Origin Earth", coupled with the extremely paranoid and cold calculation of Truth, forcedly created a Arcane Empire in this desolate star area that was powerful enough to make the gods look at it!
It is precisely because Ian has shown such terrifying potential and absolute strength that it is enough to overturn the existing chessboard of the gods. The Cosmic Will Klonai, who has suffered from the rule of the gods for a long time and is eager to reshape the order of the universe, has to choose to follow the trend and use Empire as her sharpest blade, and gives the so-called "lucky Blessing" as the icing on the cake.
In the eyes of Ian, Klonai is not a benefactor from above. At best, he is just an "angel investor" who hurriedly came to buy shares after witnessing the rise of the Empire.
"You seem to have fallen into some deep thoughts. Have you noticed any signs of the impending doom?" Albion looked at the silent Ian and couldn't help but ask tentatively.
"Put away your boring temptations, old lizard. I didn't come to you today to discuss some bullshit fatalism about destiny with you." Ian interrupted the dragon's gossip without politeness. Two extremely sharp rays of light suddenly shot out from his pupils, and he got straight to the point, "I came here today with only one purpose - to hand over to me the [High Dragon Language Runes] in your head completely!"
As soon as these words came out, Albion, who was trying to get close to him, suddenly turned extremely ugly. His huge body shrank back suddenly, and all the dragon scales on his body stood up due to instinctive resistance.
"Absolutely impossible! This is the core and most untouchable absolute secret in Dragonkind's inheritance! Those greedy High Elves want to get it in their dreams, but I haven't even let go, let alone a foreigner like you!" The dragon categorically refused.
"Are you too confused to remember where you are now?" Ian sneered, with a suffocating threat in his tone.
"What do you mean by that?!" Albion stared angrily.
"This is outside the Astral Realm! It is a lawless place that is completely separated from the surveillance of Dragonkind'Bloodline Source' in your universe! I tried my best to exile you into this Void crack to completely block the perception network of your Dragonkind immortals and prevent them from touching Arcane Empire along the line of cause and effect. The coordinates of." Ian's gaze was like a sharp scalpel, analyzing the dragon's psychological defense inch by inch, "So, here, even if you give me all the core secrets of High Dragon Language, your Dragonkind master will never be able to detect the slightest energy fluctuation, and you don't have to worry about the so-called 'bloodline backlash'."
Albion's pair of huge vertical pupils shrank violently, and it was obviously engaged in an extremely fierce battle between heaven and man.
After a while, it tried to use a compromise to get rid of this difficult god of plague. "The involvement of High Dragon Language is too great... How about this, I use 'High Elven Divine Speech' to make Equivalent Exchange with you. That is the core origin of all Divine Tier magic that those pointed ears use. In terms of value, it is definitely not much worse than Dragon Language!"
"Don't fool me with that crap!" Ian sneered, ruthlessly tearing off the other party's hypocritical mask, "If I'm not wrong, the underlying logic of the so-called High Dragon Language Runes is nothing at all. What words are used to chant magic! They are a kind of 'frequency regulator'! It is a kind of 'law backdoor' that allows you Dragonkind to forcibly resonate with the specific [Authority] deep in the universe and borrow its power!"
"As the superior Thunder Dragon King, you definitely have your own 'Thunder Rune'. As long as you activate it, you can transcend the limitations of Godhead and directly borrow '' from the universe The power of the Law of Thunder Law! I bet that each of your Dragonkind Dragon Kings holds a High Dragon Language Runes corresponding to their respective attributes in their hands. This is also your absolute trump card to suppress the tribes of the heavens! I said that, right?"
Listening to Ian's precise analysis, Albion felt his mouth go dry for a while. He had never felt so mentally and physically exhausted. Facing such a monster who was not only powerful but also as intelligent as Abyss, any lie or cover-up seemed so feeble.
"You... since you have deduced everything, you should know that my rune is of no use to you at all!" Albion is still making the final struggle, "You have no Authority fluctuations of the Law of Thunder attribute. Even if you get Thunder Rune, you will never be able to..."
Halfway through the words, the dragon's voice suddenly stopped. An extremely terrifying light suddenly flashed in its huge dragon head!
Only then did it suddenly realize what a stupid common sense mistake it had made in its logic! The man in front of it, known as Arcane Emperor, was already a real Law Archgod!
Since he has successfully tamed and controlled other universes Authority, he can completely use this "Thunder Rune" that can directly access the source of the law as a master key to forcibly analyze or even directly occupy the universe's Law of Thunder Authority!
This thing is simply priceless to him!
"It seems that your rusty head has finally turned a corner." Looking at the stiff expression of the giant dragon, Ian let out a penetrating sneer, "Have you really not seen through, what is the true and greatest strategic significance of the High Dragon Language Runes and that Thunder Script that you are so proud of?"
"It is not a weapon for fighting at all! It is the most perfect and most efficient training ground and staircase to the sky for mass-cultivating 'Law Archgod' in this universe!"
Ian suddenly opened his arms, and a wave of arrogance Haki that swept the world burst out from his body. At this moment, he was no longer a scholar who came to ask for knowledge, but a supreme tyrant who was declaring death sentence to Old Era.
"In my deduction blueprint, in the future golden age of the Arcane Empire! When the soul and willpower of a high-level Arcanist reaches the critical point of being promoted to a legend, they no longer need to pray for the gods' gifts, nor do they need to try their luck in illusory meditation!"
"They only need to enter the 'Hall of Truth' specially set up by the Empire to systematically study and analyze the recorded supreme texts! If you want to control the Authority of fire, just learn the runes of fire; if you want to control Law of Thunder, just analyze your Thunder Script!"
The ambition in Ian's eyes even made the entire Void palace tremble. "And I, the highest Overlord of the Arcane Empire! I even plan to completely deconstruct your Thunder Script's underlying compilation logic, and then combine it with my own understanding of the universe to personally create a set of supreme words that are exclusive to me and that tower over the heavens!"
"An exclusive rune system that contains the four supreme laws of [Space], [Time], [Destruction] and [Curse]! Not only do I want to control them myself, I also want to compile these laws into the Empire's textbooks, so that the top geniuses in the Empire can learn these words to analyze and control the underlying laws of the universe in batches!"
"And when I am deprived of more laws in the future, I will continue to create thousands of words like this!" Ian's voice was like rolling thunder, announcing the arrival of a new era. He stared at the already Albion, who was shocked by this grandiose undertaking, said, "So now I need the Dragonkind text in your hand as the first stepping stone for my reverse engineering. Hand it over!"
"You... what do you want to do? You are not just trying to mass-produce Law Archgod..." Albion's voice was completely hoarse due to the extreme Shocker, "You... you are trying to subvert the underlying order of the entire universe!"
"Isn't this obvious enough, old lizard?" Ian's mouth curved in an extremely arrogant and cold arc.
"My ultimate goal is to create a Absolute Arcane Era that even the Ancient Magekind in its heyday can only be compared to and will never be able to match!"