It seemed that Li Xingkong's relatively friendly attitude relieved Ajieta, and she then began to talk to Li Xingkong about the so-called formalities.
"Our entire world was created by the goddess, but after creating the world, the goddess fell into a deep sleep. Legend has it that the goddess's slumber was due to the jealousy of her sisters."
"The supreme god commanded the goddess and her sister to create the world. They each created their own world, but only the goddess received the reward. Her sister, jealous, then gave the goddess Poison of Corruption."
"The sleeping goddess was unable to protect this world, so she created two primordial dragon races, the Ancient Dragon and the Chaos Dragon, to help her protect it. However, the power of the Poison of Corruption exceeded the goddess's expectations. During the battle with the Shadow Dragon, born from the goddess's nightmare, the Chaos Dragon was also affected by the Poison of Corruption. In the end, the Shadow Dragon was killed, and the Ancient Dragon and the Chaos Dragon perished together."
"And I am Ajieta, a silver dragon from the Ancient Dragon Source."
Ajieta recounted her background to Li Xingkong, and it must be said that her origins were truly top-tier in this world.
If we were to place her within the pantheon of Earth Star's gods, her status would be comparable to that of Zeus.
As a direct descendant of the creator, her strength stands out like a crane among chickens in this world, making her virtually unmatched.
So what about your other half?
Li Xingkong somewhat curious. Ancient Dragon were divided into two halves. Since there was a silver dragon, there must also be a gold dragon.
"The golden dragon's name is Geraint, and at this point in time, he should still be traveling across the continent."
"Perhaps it is fate, or perhaps it is because the Poison of Corruption is too potent. As long as the goddess remains unaware, the effects of this poison will only grow stronger. The Chaos Dragon that was originally destroyed will gradually revive until it regains its full power and once again wreaks havoc on the world."
"Therefore, there is only one way to prevent its resurrection: select someone to merge with the remaining dragon essence of the Chaos Dragon beforehand, transform into a new black dragon, and be killed again. Only in this way can the outbreak of the Poison of Corruption be delayed."
"And Rose... she is the ancient prophet chosen by destiny. Only by obtaining her and the Black Dragon's Source can that person transform into a Black Dragon and absorb all the Poison of Corruption."
Li Xingkong looked out the window. Rose was still walking back to town with her sister, and a group of orcs were already watching them from behind.
"Then he..."
Li Xingkong looked at Lanluote behind Ajieta. He hadn't appeared in Ajieta's words at all, and seemed to be just a passerby.
"He... is the key to Samsara, the node of the world, the Terminator of the Black Dragon. Strictly speaking, he is the chosen one, whose mission is to defeat the Black Dragon time and time again, and then restart the world."
"So why not try other methods? For example, research the so-called Poison of Corruption? Find a way to solve the root cause?"
Li Xingkong very curious. Had no one thought of this before? The so-called Samsara was just a temporary solution.
"We've tried everything you can think of. Even back when the ancients were still alive, they tried to reverse-engineer the Poison of Corruption, but it was no use. This poison is inherently powerful; a weak life only needs the slightest touch to be directly corrupted..."
"Forget it, let's go to my lair."
Ajieta sighed as he finished speaking, then transformed into a silver dragon forty or fifty meters long, shook its many pairs of wings, and flew into the sky.
The dragon she described was completely different from any dragon Li Xingkong had ever seen. It resembled a winged Qilin with a long tail, its body radiating a silvery-white light. After taking off, the silver dragon shot directly in a certain direction. Li Xingkong, holding the Guapilong in his arms and carrying Lanluote in his other hand, stepped out, and a spatial gate opened.
He and Ajieta arrived at their destination at roughly the same time.
In a huge basin that looked as if it had been formed by a meteorite impact, a massive door stood in the center, and on that door, a huge pale blue gem sealed the entire door completely.
Like Hupo.
This is it.
Ajieta transformed into human form and landed beside the gem.
Li Xingkong followed. This Dabao looked very regular and was definitely not a natural product.
"Heh, what you see now is the so-called product of analyzing the Poison of Corruption..."
Ajieta was somewhat sad.
"Human transmutation, a sealing technique. The ancients used the lives of their entire race to create this gem, using it to seal the entrance to the Poison of Corruption."
"But unfortunately, it's still just a temporary solution; it can only block the problem temporarily, not permanently."
Ajieta beckoned, and Li Xingkong scanned it with his Divine Sense. Although the gem had no cracks, a faint black aura was indeed emanating from it, drifting in all directions.
Well, it was originally a hole, but now it's been patched up and turned into a perforation.
Li Xingkong was also a little curious about this so-called Poison of Corruption; he had never actually heard of it before.
The goddess, who can be called a god and create a world, must be quite powerful. Li Xingkong wanted to see what kind of poison could work on such a powerful being.
Using his Divine Sense, Li Xingkong cautiously touched the Poison of Corruption. The moment he made contact, he felt a powerful, chaotic spiritual force invading his Divine Sense.
This was the first time Li Xingkong had ever seen something capable of invading Divine Sense.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong was second to none in terms of Divine Sense, and he quickly increased his control, separating this spiritual will from his own.
"Chaos, ruin, escape..."
That consciousness contained only fragmented words, mostly negative emotions, and had little meaning.
If that's all there is to it, it's fine to use it to corrupt ordinary people, but to use it to corrupt a god seems a bit too frivolous... Li Xingkong didn't feel that this thing was particularly difficult to deal with.
Even Ajieta, who was standing nearby, was immune to this emotion.
This thing is definitely not the original; it looks more like a filtered version.
Looking at the Poison of Corruption before him, Li Xingkong felt as if he had missed some details.
He recalled everything Ajieta had said, and then he discovered the blind spot.
The Poison of Corruption was used by the goddess's sister on the goddess herself, but why is this world also suffering from Poison of Corruption effects?
Logically speaking, goddesses and the world are two separate concepts; they should not affect each other.