Under the Red Dragon.

Chapter 596 The Flame of Life's End
"The vastness and infinity of the universe is indeed a landscape that cannot be glimpsed from within the material world."

"No wonder that whether it was those powerful magical empires of ancient times, demigod mages, or our ancient ancestors of the Titan race, all aimed to transcend the material world and conquer the starry universe,"

The multi-armed giant Mogyes, who traverses the stars, is moving through the void at an ever-increasing speed these days.

Even though the multi-armed giant's strength and life level did not improve, its speed of traversing the starry sky increased exponentially.

This is because he has the most powerful dragon seeking the Dao in the world of Ekania, known as the most powerful dragon in countless ages.

However, in the eyes of the giant king Mogeyes, the dragon emperor was not the seeker of the path of rules that those great scholars and sages described.

Kalon Gogmora is more like a seeker of truth.

In the continuous pursuit of higher power and higher levels of life, the spiritual world also needs to constantly transform and evolve.

He was searching for the path that belonged to him.

"Your dragon race were originally an ancient race that roamed the cosmos and inhabited the astral planes. However, after falling into the material world, you gradually declined and weakened over millions of years of evolution,"

Mogeyes stopped and looked up, sighing in a deep voice, "Indeed, a small pond cannot nurture a towering giant. Only the vast and magnificent starry sky is what we should strive for!"

The Dragon Emperor, who had transformed back into the ancient Golden Roc, still perched on Mogyes's shoulder. For Charon, there was no need to expend effort where it was less strenuous.

Although he used powerful magic to traverse countless star planes, it caused a slight decrease in Karon's energy.

But a spellcaster at his level is powerful enough to influence 120% of the universe's rules with just a fraction of his power.

Unless facing a life-or-death battle, even if an ordinary high-level legend were to cast high-level spells every moment, it might not be possible to deplete the energy reserves of a true legend.

Especially those powerful mages who have opened up their own demiplanes, possessing an almost inexhaustible source of energy, can easily conjure dozens or even hundreds of super-level spells in a fierce battle.

The only concern is whether the mage's mental fortitude can withstand the immense burden of applying such rules and the drain of powerful magical manipulation.

"From another perspective, it's not wrong that all matter and life in the universe originated from the stars,"

Charon lightly pressed his jade claws down, his golden eyes gazing into the distance in the direction the Giant King was looking.

In the vast universe, most regions appear dark and deep to mortal beings, but to beings like Charon and Mogyes, they are dazzling and colorful.

Even in the material world, the rainbow that appears in the sky after the rain is far less dazzling than the starry sky.

But the scenery in this vast starry sky, with its many tangible and intangible light waves, is also exclusively occupied by the dazzling light emitted by the enormous stars tens or hundreds of millions of miles away.

It was a supergiant star nearing the end of its life. A powerful stellar storm had completely stripped away the surface of this enormous star, exposing its hottest core.

These stellar storms can easily engulf several life-bearing material worlds like Ekania, spewing out huge jets of air at speeds of thousands of kilometers per second.

It contains intense energy-emitting rays that shoot across the vast expanse of the starry sky.

The storms caused by quasars alone are enough to easily destroy material worlds.

Data obtained from the detection of Kalon's magical eye of true vision and the calculations and deductions of his brain indicate that the mass of this star, which has reached the end of its life, is more than a hundred times that of the sun that shines on all living beings in the Parasite Starfield.

On the surface of this star, which has burned out its last bit of energy and life, a vast and magnificent gas nebula has formed from countless substances ejected by stellar winds.

According to the rules of the Flame Domain controlled by Kalon, the temperature of this star's surface had already reached 200,000 degrees Celsius, far exceeding that of the sun, whose surface remains constant.

Its longitudinal rays are far brighter than the sun in the night sky; according to Charon's visual estimation, they are about a million times brighter than the sun's rays.

This means that if ordinary life existed around this giant star, it would never be possible to see its brilliance directly with the naked eye.

Karon estimated and converted the energy level to arrive at a conclusion.

That is the energy that this star in front of us is constantly spewing out, equivalent to millions of suns illuminating the universe at the same time.

If such terrifying energy could be used by the Golden Empire, then the Golden Empire would not have to worry about a stable source of energy for at least several hundred years when building stable magical portals and logistical bases in various material planes.

The energy transmission channel that the Empire has built up—the Spacetime Torch—constructed from more than ten small material planes and medium-sized dimensional realms that the Empire has conquered, is like an ant compared to a mountain, or a stream compared to the ocean, compared to the energy of the star in front of us.

The project currently overseen by the ancient crystal dragon Tesaya involves creating the legendary artifact for the Empire's conquest of other material planes—the Myriad Realms Map—driven by the Empire's Spacetime Torch, which is powered by the Empire's Spacetime Torch.

Only by combining the two can one possess the powerful force that Karon envisioned: the ability to forcefully overcome countless obstacles and world barriers, and open a passage between the world of Ekania and other material planes.

However, if such a star could be used as an energy source to drive the future of the empire's geomantic sphere, Kalon even felt that the Golden Empire's legions could directly open a passage to Paradise Mountain.

"Unfortunately, one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. The empire's current size and strength are not yet capable of reaching such stars."

Kalon narrowed his golden eyes, and wisps of blue-purple flames faintly emanated from the golden feathers around his body.

The terrifying flames that began to emanate from Charon startled Mogyes.

This blue-purple flame is exactly the same as the flame that blooms in the core of a star trillions of miles away.

But the blazing blue-purple flames that linger beyond the core of the distant star represent the extreme manifestation of energy and the fire of life's end.

"Damn it, Gogmora, what kind of monster are you?"

Knowing he couldn't be harmed by Charon's flames, Mogyes couldn't help but curse.

"I highly doubt that if you were to even glance at something, even the rules of those gods would be dragged over to become your oxen and horses, pulling the millstone for you and contributing their strength!"

"Or even if those gods glance at you, their power will be torn away by the rules within you and become one of your powers,"

Mogeyes said in a deep voice, "I don't think even those chaotic evils in ancient legends that devoured everything and turned it into their own source of power are as terrifying as you."

“How could I be so unreasonable, Mogeyes? My reputation in the world of Ekania is impeccable. You are slandering my reputation.”

"Although there is no law in the Empire that punishes people for their words, if the people of the Empire hear what you say, you might become the infamous villain in many of the Empire's fables."

Kalon said in a clear voice, his tone now like the cry of an ancient roc, completely devoid of the reverberating echoes of the dragon, only crisp and melodious.

As the emperor of the empire, no matter how leisurely and lazy Charon was in his daily life, he was extremely familiar with the situation within his country.

Whether it's the Dark Raven Eye of the Empire, or the loyal female attendants and the Imperial Guard around him, they are all the Dragon Emperor's eyes and ears, keeping him informed about the entire empire. Therefore, Kalon is well aware that the manners of the Golden Empire's subjects have long been inherited from the lineage of the empire's rulers.

Yes, that is, the double standards of the dragon.

The problems within the empire can be discussed and argued among its citizens, but those outside the empire have no right to discuss them.

Even a king like Mogeyes.

Mogeyes stared with several eyes bigger than a bull's, then reluctantly changed the subject.

In terms of strength, he was inferior to this red dragon; in terms of ambition and aspirations, he was also slightly inferior; and in terms of shamelessness, he was far inferior.

Mogeyes turned his gaze to the enormous golden roc on his right shoulder.

This roc with golden eyes and jade claws is a physical entity, but it is not the complete essence of this dragon emperor.

Behind this roc, an enormous red dragon faintly appeared, with seven heads, ten horns, and four claws soaring in the air, its size immeasurable from head to tail.

This is because only part of the great red dragon's body exists in the mortal world, while the other part has fallen into the mysterious spiritual realm, constantly connecting the mortal world with another mysterious and vast world.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that the Dragon Emperor was able to use the spiritual space to cover the location of the intersecting dimensions of the material planes of the entire universe, easily piercing through infinite distances, sending his power and will to distant places, and watching over the vanguard dragon king of the Golden Empire—Iron Dragon Morton.

Even though they were already several star systems away from Ekania.

"Just how enormous is your true form now? Even I can't see your full, hidden form."

Mogyes suddenly asked, "I suddenly understand why those ancient abominations and ancient dragons were so enormous, existing in a completely different dimension from the races of the material world—perhaps because they fully utilized their advantages."

"Imitating these stars in the universe, they are growing, evolving, and transforming into quasar life."

"Will you do this in the future? No, I mean, are you doing this now?"

Caron lowered his head slightly, preening his feathers with his golden beak. The blue-purple flames that overflowed from his beak also stained his feather crest, making him look majestic and awe-inspiring.

“Mogyes, guess how many more years this star has left?” Caron said casually.

"how could I know?"

Mogeyes frowned. It wasn't that the multi-armed giant was clumsy, but rather that the star was too far away from them, and even the spirit of the giant king could not easily project its perception onto it.

"This star has an extremely short lifespan; it will die completely in a few hundred thousand years at most,"

"Caron replied."

The lifespan of stars in the universe is measured by a completely different standard than the lifespan of life in the mortal world. Hundreds of thousands of years is considered extremely long for a giant dragon, but it is extremely short for stars in the universe.

"You mean, even stars like these are extremely small in the entire universe and not worth emulating?"

Mogyes countered with a question.

"You're partly right, but partly wrong,"

Caron raised his feather crest and chuckled softly, "Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. We can learn from its advantages and discard its disadvantages."

"Such stars cannot remain in the universe for long; that is its drawback,"

"We can emulate its advantages without having to accept it entirely, and that is the significance of legendary travels through the stars and endless planes."

"To forge your own path, you must have your own thoughts and choices!"

"The reason why living beings can shine alongside the stars is because of our wisdom!"

Kalon raised his left wing and flapped it gently, urging his 'mount' to move on and stop slacking off.

“But Mogeyes, mind is mind, and wisdom is wisdom. Do not confuse the two. The seven great treasures I have opened up, the distinction between mind and wisdom, influence each other but are clearly distinct.”

"Let's go, let's move forward and see if we can find any suitable and powerful materials on this star."

"Perhaps we can find enough materials here to forge the neutron star armor, and even have some left over so I can try to create the empire's national guardian golem, the neutron star golem!"

Kalon's massive body rose slightly as he gazed into the distance and laughed, "It creates in death and sows in collapse. The billions of substances it spews out, scattered across stars and material planes, can become the origin of life."

"This is a miracle. Many species that came into existence later in the universe were not created by the supreme divine beings who created the universe, but were nurtured by these stars. This is what we should emulate and learn from!"

"Alright, alright, for the sake of my armor,"

"I only hope that the armor you tailor-make for me will have the powerful abilities you described. With the help of this armor, I might be able to take on those lurking alien evil gods on my own."

Mogeyes stepped forward, muttering, "However, as I go deeper and become more affected, I may not be able to maintain this relaxed state. I'll need your help then."

With a single step, the starry sky shifted, as if a blazing arch of starlight spanned across the cosmos beneath its feet.

If a legendary being were to see this, they would discover that the rainbow bridge beneath the giant's feet is formed by the expansion of spacetime itself and the growth and expansion of the universe itself, creating a wave-like curve of spacetime.

Its colors resembled the flames of the dragon emperor sweeping across the sky, stretching for tens or even hundreds of miles.

This phenomenon is referred to by many scholars among ordinary people as cosmic redshift.

"I am not yet able to accurately capture the spacetime waves of the universe's outward expansion and the unified movement of spacetime and matter, especially when we get close to that star, we are also severely disturbed."

"However, traveling through the universe using the method you taught me requires no physical exertion, only mental effort, and only the occasional distortion of reality. It's truly effortless,"

Mogeyes exclaimed, "I even feel like I could walk like this all the way to the end of our universe!"

"I think so too,"

Caron nodded eagerly in agreement, urging, "Believe in the power of 'faith,' Mogeyes, you can do it easily. You are the King of the Multi-Armed Giants of Ekania!"

(End of this chapter)