Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 59 What Has Changed in Ten Thousand Years?

What does ten thousand years mean?
In the serpent's past life, over ten thousand years, a group of ignorant Stone Age savages went from eating raw meat and drinking blood to exploring space. This was twice the total reign of more than a dozen dynasties in an ancient Eastern kingdom. It meant the birth and death of more than five hundred generations, and that the number of legendary figures who emerged during those ten thousand years was more than the stars in the sky...

Civilizations are born and destroyed, kingdoms appear and disappear. Those spirited heroes, before they could even display their boundless ambitions, had already turned into piles of bones. Hundreds of thousands, even millions, of people have participated in epic wars that have determined the fate of civilizations and nations, and time and time again, eras that are enough to make people's blood boil and their hearts yearn for have appeared time and time again...

However, the world remains the same, and the stars remain the same, silently looking down upon the tiny humans below.

The world does not stop turning because of someone's disappearance, whether in the past or the present.

Over these ten thousand years, many things happened. For example, with Loki's strong support, the gods reluctantly acquiesced to the serpent's power in the Eastern World and the Netherlands. But because of this, Loki began to be ostracized by the Aesir. His plan to defend the serpent and get the gods to release it failed.

The gods whispered complaints that their leader cared little for his few unruly and violent children, rather than for the glory and interests of the gods…

For example, after several Vanir and Aesir gods intermarried, the Vanir and Aesir gods officially became allies. From then on, the two god races, who had once waged war, agreed to advance and retreat together.

Other examples include elves and dwarves becoming mortal enemies due to hatred, and Odin rearranging and setting the positions of the stars in the sky.

But most importantly...

But none is more significant than the four unprecedented battles between the gods and the frost giants.

Every war involves a large number of races, resulting in a major reshuffling of the world. Humans, gods, giants, and even numerous monsters, the dead, and marine civilizations are all involved, whether willingly or unwillingly. Many races and civilizations perish as a result, while many others usher in their own glorious era.

The Serpent Kingdom, nurtured by the giant serpent, was also repeatedly forced to participate in the great war that determined the fate of the entire nine worlds, a war between gods and giants.

The first war between giants and gods directly resulted in the death of Mona, who had ruled the Eastern Swamp world for over a thousand years and was known as the Queen of the East, the Queen of the Serpents, and the Daughter of the Serpents. This forced the giant serpent to demand Mona's soul from Hela, the ruler of the Underworld, and establish a system:
All souls chosen as handmaids of the Serpent Goddess will be outside the jurisdiction of Hela, the goddess of death.

The powerful Serpent Cult, which had stood in the East for over a thousand years, collapsed. The serpent people fled far away, escaping into the ancient Nano underwater world, leaving behind only those serpent people who inherited some of their bloodline. The giant serpent's control over the land was weakened to almost nothing, until Mona made continuous efforts to restore it. It took her hundreds of years to transform the Serpent Cult into serpent worship, evolving from a belief into a natural culture among the serpent people.

The second war between the giants and the gods did not significantly affect the serpent; however, the gods and giants tore a huge gash in the entire ocean.

Countless drops of seawater flowed down this enormous fissure, into the underworld of Hela, the goddess of death, becoming the River Styx, which spontaneously drew the souls of the deceased to the underworld.

……

Every battle between gods and giants shakes the entire universe. Four unprecedented wars forced the frost giants to retreat step by step, to the point that they could no longer fully control their own stronghold, Jotunheim.

Riding on the momentum of their overwhelming defeat of their archenemy, the Frost Giants, in these four great wars, the power of the Aesir gods finally reached an unprecedented height...

Throughout the entire universe and the nine worlds, all the ancient gods and giants bowed their heads in submission.

Wherever the sun and moon reach, that is the domain of the gods.

Although some foolish monsters occasionally dare to cause trouble, and most races only nominally submit to each other while still retaining considerable autonomy... these minor matters are not important. For the Aesir gods, what matters is that the entire universe has finally officially prostrated itself at their feet, and they have finally truly become the masters of the nine worlds, not just in name.

On that day, it rained all day long throughout the nine worlds, but what fell from the sky was not rain, but sweet wine. The gods' joy and celebration were naturally meant to be shared with the entire universe.

On that day, the giant serpent lay silently on the seabed. Even though the chains pierced its flesh and bound its bones, preventing it from escaping and forcing it to remain imprisoned on the seabed for ten thousand years, it remained silent.

When brute force can solve a problem, the giant serpent is too lazy to use his brain and simply pushes the problem away with brute force. But when he is trapped in the deep sea, unable to break free and unable to exert his enormous power, he chooses to hone his wisdom so that he can do what he wants even if he loses his power.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, so many things have changed, including the serpent's personality and mind. Having listened to the prayers of countless serpent people, he is no longer as easily angered and irritable as he was at the beginning. He has become much calmer, and his cunning and treachery are completely unrecognizable as the arrogant serpent from ten thousand years ago.

However, even after ten thousand years, many things remain unchanged...

That resentment solidified into a chilling killing intent.

……

The curses and growls of the demon wolf could no longer be heard. However, the serpent did not believe that the demon wolf had given up its revenge. On the contrary, although it could not hear the sound, the serpent could clearly feel the violent and cruel force in the distance that made people tremble.

"Ho..."

That chilling feeling carried with it all the gloomy and dark negative emotions that the demon wolf had accumulated over ten thousand years, as if one could vaguely see a savage monster with a blurred figure howling in the endless darkness.

It had long been unable to bear the torment and was constantly preparing to take revenge on the gods.

If a human were to sense all of this, they would probably have gone insane, but the giant snake wouldn't.

Although even now, the giant serpent is unsure whether it was once human or possessed human memories as a serpent, one thing it can be certain of is that even if it was once human, after more than ten thousand years, it is no longer the human that ordinary people would perceive it to be.

At this moment, all he wanted to do was wait quietly and be patient.

He could vaguely sense that the opportunity he had been waiting for for ten thousand years was probably coming soon.

"Crash..."

It tried to raise its head and look up, but the chains on its body immediately made a series of soft metallic clanging sounds, tightening so much that it could no longer move.

Even such a slight movement was difficult for it, given its increasingly large body...

Through the deep sea and beyond the layers of white clouds, the serpent could vaguely see the gods reveling in Asgard in the heavens.

His already cold pupils grew even colder.

"These days won't last much longer..."

(End of this chapter)