Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 866 480: Golden Tree, Show Your Power

Upon reaching the pinnacle of the Material Realm, to break through the limits and once again surpass, to stand shoulder to shoulder or even rise above the Divine, one must obtain nourishment from the root power.
The difficulty of the transformation of the dragon's corporeal shell directly affected Noah, who was originally comprehending the Root Rules. When Noah felt the hardship of the dragon's body, he pondered briefly, but did not think of holding a grand ceremony again to obtain Source Energy.
He held a total of thirteen grand ceremonies and obtained nineteen strands of Source Energy in total. These nourished Noah's dragon body, pushing it to a terrifying length nearing five hundred meters, truly as majestic as a mountain range.
Even those colossal beasts from ancient times could only shiver in his presence. The dragon body that Noah grew with the Source Energy was not just large, but qualitatively different from these beasts.
Yet, this difference was not completely bridged. Only by evolving into the Epic Body of Mikhail, the Earth Spirit, could one truly lord over the prehistoric giants and exert pressure on the world.
However, what Mikhail exhibited was the Epic Body derived from Titan, not suited to the Dragon King's body of the Dragon Clan. Noah could only use it as a reference, not copy it completely.
Of course, it's not that it cannot be copied at all, but it cannot be wholly copied. He ultimately needs to deduce a Dragon King body of his own, which requires mastery over the Root Rules to serve as the core for evolution.
"Truly, there's no way around it!"
As if a real world's Sea of Roots disappeared before Noah's eyes, replaced by swirling nebulae in the boundless darkness.
Amidst the nebulae stood a golden giant tree that could open up the nebulae to evolve into a world, grand and majestic, sacred and splendid, exuding an eternal golden nature.
This Golden Tree, which could grow alongside him, also received immense benefits while Noah was being nourished by the world's Source Energy. It flourished with lush growth, burgeoning into a sea of trees, forming a tree realm.
Rooted in the nebulae and stretching across it, the Golden Tree Roots presented a complete Dragon Realm within them. Five continents and seven seas were all clearly visible, even those unknown islands and secret realms presented without omission.
This signifies that Noah's existence has already impacted a realm's souls; wherever you are, you cannot escape Noah's influence.
Upon this vast network of roots, not only the Dragon Realm, but one world after another conquered by Noah's Dragon-man Army also manifested within it.
However, the outlines of these are somewhat blurred, unlike the clarity of the Dragon Realm. This represents the degree of causal connection with Noah; the clearer, the closer the connection.
Not only a series of Material Worlds, but Noah's dragon sons and grandsons, as well as beings blessed by Noah's True Blood, were also present, with their clear facial features and actions currently visible.
Unfortunately, even the strongest of Noah's progeny, even when leading armies to conquer entire Material Worlds, could not cause a towering tumult upon the current Golden Tree Roots. At most, they only raised minor waves, ultimately becoming rippling concentric circles.
After observing the roots network of the current Golden Tree for a long time, Noah raised his head to look at the fruits hanging in the tree's crown.
Especially those Blood Origin Fruits that release a blood-red sheen, resembling a series of blood-colored suns, which can also be called Ascension King Fruits.
These are fruits that can form in the crown after conquering a realm through force, yet these fruits differ depending on the size of the realm. However, their fragrance is equally tempting to Noah.
Noah has always swallowed only a few Ascension King Fruits, merely sampling their taste to confirm their effects, because to ascend to Dragon King, bloodline alone is insufficient.
The supreme bloodline is a symbol of authority, but authority requires strength to support it, without which, how can one claim kingship?
"Golden Tree, let me witness your power once more."
Noah extended a dragon claw, but as he plucked a Blood Origin Fruit, his gaze shifted towards the tree crown, where dark fruits, like black holes that could devour light, hung.
The current Dark Fruits are unlike before, not born from a single conflict, a war formed from discontent and resentment, nor from a city's or nation's dissatisfaction, but are the negative emotions aggregated from the Material Realm as a unit.
Noah was silent for a long time, but did not follow precedents by prioritizing ingesting these Dark Fruits, because there were quite a few of them, and Noah decided to deal with them after completing his ascension.
"Hopefully, this is not the last time!"
When the Ascension Blood Origin Fruit, like a round red sun, was swallowed by Noah, the body he placed in the Upper Heaven Divine Hall instantly began to ignite with a pure gold flame.
The fire rose from his blood and bones, erupted from his scales, quickly engulfing his entire body, wrapping every part of him in this flame. At this moment, Noah's mountain-like body became like firewood.
The terrifying flame warped even the Void, and even the World Will could not conceal such a dreadful upheaval, which was soon detected by the Dragon Guards guarding the Temple.
"Your Majesty!"
When the two Fairy Queens endowed with the dragon crown by Noah and the Commander of the Dragon Guards arrived at the scene, they saw a Golden Dragon King coiled in the air. His head was hanging low, but even with eyes tightly shut, he exuded a majesty that the fairies could only look up to in awe.
But what suffocated the fairies the most was the crimson flame shrouding this Majesty, reminding them of some less-than-friendly memories. However, the fairies quickly reacted.
"Seal off the Temple. No matter who, without my orders, no one is allowed to leave!"
The quick-thinking Fairy Queen Sifreya promptly took control of the situation, as she realized that news of Noah's Majesty's slumber must not leak out.
It's not that it would pose any threats or negative impacts on Noah's Majesty, but it would create unbearable challenges for them as his favored servants.
To say nothing of else, just the fact that Noah's Majesty can freely cast power into the worlds conquered by the Dragon-men marks him as an irreplaceable presence. So far, no fairy has inherited this power.
Once Noah's Majesty falls asleep, lacking the deterrence of His Majesty's will that can descend at any time, it's hard to imagine the turmoil or even rebellion that might erupt in those worlds with unstable order or those newly conquered.
This would place tremendous pressure on the Dragon-man Battle Group; who knows how much military force would be drawn into it? More crucially, even the already-conquered worlds might experience unexpected unrest once they learn of it.
In the billions of Material Worlds, forces possessing Void navigation technology and capable of initiating planar wars are not limited to the Dragon-men alone. The Selas Snake Empire lurking in the shadows is one such force, and Noah's Army has already touched their territory's boundaries.
This is why, during many of Noah's army's wars, glimpses of snake-man figures can be found among the native resistance forces.
Once Noah's deterrence is lost, those lurking forces previously restless in the dark would truly dare to pounce, to tear flesh from the Dragon-men.
Unfortunately, regardless of how the fairies block the news, trying to fabricate a façade of Noah being still awake, the grand ceremony held every decade requires Noah's presence, and the fairies are not authorized to cancel such a grand ceremony, nor can they find any reasonable excuse.
"What to do? What to do? The grand ceremony is about to start, yet His Majesty has not awoken."
"Lord Iliad, Lord Terramus, Lord Hekatiro have all returned. Invite them over because this isn't a matter we should bear alone."