Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 840 467: Divine King Overthrown, Drastic Changes in the Space-Time Realm (Part 2)

Even when faced with unarmed old, young, and women in the conquered colonies, they can effectively suppress their own desires and not act like bandits relying on force to burn, kill, and loot.
This is an exceedingly rare army among the many worlds; in terms of moral standards, only the Heavenly Realm Army, completely composed of the Holy Race from heaven, can compare, and in the Mortal World, it is almost impossible to find a second similar legion.
"... what they have done is still not enough!"
Upon hearing the praise from the Sacrificial Snake, Noah's heart was filled with unspeakable feelings, but he still responded.
Although among his offspring and favored ones, there are voices of misunderstanding against the harsh standards he has set, Noah has his own criteria for what constitutes a qualified army.
Observe command? Obey orders? These are merely the basic qualities expected of soldiers; apart from these, what other qualities should one possess to be worthy of the title soldier?
Of course, it is to be in harmony with the people, not to batter them into submission.
Noah hopes his subjects will, upon seeing the Battle Group Dragon-men, show longing and joy in their eyes, and when faced with dilemmas, seeing the Battle Group Dragon-men would incite no fear or despair, but a relaxed trust.
If one day his subjects looked upon the Battle Group Dragon-men with reverence and fear, and despair and helplessness filled their eyes at the arrival of the Legion Dragon-men, it would signify that his legion had become corrupt and degenerate, unworthy to be called soldiers, but rather should be seen as bandits needing to be purged.
"Being able to live on the land you govern is truly a fortune for mortals, but I must remind you once more, your current situation is precarious; you should, like me, seek to make more friends."
"I will."
Noah responded a bit dismissively.
Because it was nonsense; did he not want to make acquaintances at the Dragon King level? Even if they were paying attention to him, they were merely scrutinizing him; the only one who truly lowered themselves to communicate with him was this Sacrificial Snake.
"The Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes is indeed an entity with quite a good temperament, provided you meet her needs. Her demands are actually not many; you merely have to offer a part of your bloodline, which would cause you no harm, and would even help spread your bloodline further..."
As if oblivious to Noah's dismissive attitude, the Sacrificial Snake continued to introduce extensively.
"Sorry, my body needs to retract this will to concentrate on dealing with a very tricky matter, and I fear I won't have the leisure to continue chatting with you."
"Alright!"
The Sacrificial Snake's tone was not without regret.
"We can continue next time when there's an opportunity."
After leaving behind some polite parting words, Noah directly withdrew this will.
As the Golden Sun in young Bai Ye's consciousness disappeared, the golden light covering his body immediately faded completely, and the immortal golden quality that had manifested on the youth's body vanished entirely, leaving only a faint golden thread flowing at the edges of the icy crystalline scales.
"A truly fortunate little fellow, you should thank me."
Bending down to inspect the youth who had regained control over his body, the tone of the Sacrificial Snake was still affable, and there was no difference in the attitude toward the two.
To some extent, this entity can be seen as a World Will with self-awareness, only his will was far too lively.
"..."
Faced with the enormous snake that spans thousands of meters, the youth, lacking the support of the Holy Dragon's will, appeared incredibly slender and frail, despite maintaining the Dragon-man form, looking particularly small.
Yet, the Sacrificial Snake soon withdrew this will; without his will for support, the great snake that served as its will's vessel shrunk continuously, falling from the sky, eventually reverting to its original form and crashing before the youth.
"Great Sacrificial Snake, why did you abandon me!?"
With a body unable to move, the Snake-man Priest, who had been mocking young Bai Ye moments earlier, was filled with despair, especially upon observing the youth's current form, which made him feel even more unjust.
The youth's form appeared unchanged, but that faint golden radiance indeed caused a stinging sensation in his eyes; evidently, after bearing the descent of a great will, the youth had received some gift significant enough to transform him.
However, the same encounter resulted in entirely different treatment; as a noble Snake God Priest, he now had no power to resist at all.
"Mistakes need corrections."
A light comment was dropped, and the Dragon Eagle Gunship, now without restraints, instantly poured all its firepower onto the stiff, immobile snake underground.
...
"Indulging freely!"
After retrieving that will in Elisium City, Noah silently recollected the conversation with the Sacrificial Snake, recalling the entity's words and actions, ultimately drawing a conclusion.
The entity's will doesn't seem to have any specific purpose; it acts more spontaneously, like some voracious pig that suddenly smells the aroma of food, impulsively approaches to taste and buy a bunch.
Although this description is not entirely apt, the fundamental behavioral pattern is indeed very similar; based on numerous related records about the Sacrificial Snake, it is indeed a playful snake.
Its frequent manifestations in the Material World are merely in search of fun, not to seek Source Power from the world.
After obtaining Eternal Immortality, the snake lacks motivation to continue climbing to higher realms. Perhaps it believes the power it currently possesses is sufficient, making further effort unnecessary, preferring just to enjoy.
"Odin!"
Thoughts on the Sacrificial Snake persisted merely for a moment, as Noah's spirit and attention turned towards the distant horizon of the Space-Time Realm.
He did not lie to the Sacrificial Snake; he indeed needed to focus on doing one thing because the Odin active in the Space-Time Realm crashed.
"..."
The Master of Mountains and Rivers, White Emperor, was notably speechless at this moment; on either side, numerous powerful Water Clan creatures were silently lowering their heads in response to the White Emperor's silence, daring not to show any abnormality.
With decades of growth and development, White Emperor was no longer solitary as before; even though he walked a completely different development path than the main body, having the growth path of the main body as reference, even on an entirely different route, sixty years were enough for White Emperor to reach the peak of the Space-Time Realm.
Once only claiming the title of Master of Mountains and Rivers, now he has gained recognition from various races of the Space-Time Realm, not merely acknowledging the title but also confirming that this title should rule over mountains and seas.
Through decades of endeavor, Noah's True Dragon Body had already become a dominant force in the Space-Time Realm, and after nine successive transformations and evolutions, Noah pushed the bloodline of this body to a point where further advancement is impossible.
Originally born from watery marshes, the True Dragon Body has now evolved extremely formidable bloodline talents, which are enlightenment and heedfulness, in short, can grant aquatic species wisdom.
It enables the originally muddled and foolish aquatic clan to speak, to communicate like the Wisdom Race; the appearance of this talent is precisely the key reason White Emperor could quickly rise in the Space-Time Realm and gain numerous races' acceptance.
However, Noah's avatar, White Emperor, in the Space-Time Realm already plays a tremendously favorable game, while the ally Odin, meant to be primary output force, flipped inexplicably.
This fellow was suppressed by his descendants, and based on the information currently gathered by White Emperor, Odin's suppression was heavily aided by the revived Eternal Spear, Gungnir.
Odin's Divine Artifact betrayed him!