“The Dragonfall War. We’re also quite curious about what happened during the Dragonfall War era.”

“This Dragon Soul Sanctuary is not to be missed.”

Tixil the Amethyst Dragon and Charlotte spoke in unison, deciding to join Saga in entering the ancient Dragon Soul Sanctuary.

In an instant.

Three True Dragons, hidden within the clouds, revealed their true forms, then folded their wings and plummeted like comets, descending from the heavens. The oppressive aura caused the Ratmen gathered around the sanctuary to feel their hearts palpitate, looking up at the sky as their panicked squeaks were incessant.

At the same time, the Golden Dragon descended with an imposing presence, its massive body unleashing Magnetic Thermal Dragon Might.

Within the range of the Magnetic Thermal Dragon Might.

Countless Ratmen died en masse, their bodies shriveled and withered due to the sudden burst of high temperature, quickly losing their vitality amidst panicked screams.

In the blink of an eye.

The ground around the Dragon Soul Sanctuary was littered with the bodies of Ratmen, piled layer upon layer, one against another.

The noisy squeals of the Ratmen that filled the air just moments ago had vanished, and the Dragonfall Mountains became quiet. A night breeze blew past, sweeping over the countless Ratmen corpses, rendering the place as silent and still as hell.

Under normal circumstances.

Even a legendary figure would be too lazy to kill a swarm of Ratmen, preferring to avoid them, as it would be too draining. If one were to expend too much time and energy exterminating common Ratmen, only to later attract the stronger ones among them, it would be both troublesome and dangerous.

But Saga was different.

Although he had only just stepped into legend, he possessed unparalleled skills and methods.

Able to kill both mind and body, and with an incredibly wide range, Saga’s Magnetic Thermal Dragon Might, this highly efficient method of extermination, rendered the Ratmen’s proud numbers ineffective.

Looking at the mountainside covered with Ratmen instantly exterminated by Saga’s Magnetic Thermal Dragon Might.

Even Charlotte and Tixil couldn’t help but feel a bit of trepidation at that moment.

To take so many lives in an instant, yet Saga’s heart remained unmoved, his mindset very calm. Instead, he exhaled a breath and said with ease:

“Now, it’s much quieter.”

The mingled squeaks of the Ratmen were like a mental assault, easily causing irritation.

By comparison, Saga preferred the current tranquility.

“What are you dawdling for? Let’s go, into the Dragon Soul Sanctuary.”

Calling to the slightly dazed Tixil and Charlotte, Saga was the first to step into the Dragon Soul Sanctuary.

Tixil and Charlotte exchanged glances and said:

“Saga is becoming stronger. Charlotte, we can’t slack off either. We must try our best to keep up with his pace.”

Dragons are generally quite proud and arrogant.

As among the most talented, Tixil and Charlotte also had a strong sense of pride. Although they were Saga’s companions, they did not wish to only watch his retreating back as he moved further away.

“Even if we can’t match Saga, we at least want to be able to see his back.”

“We must also seize the time and become legends as soon as possible.”

Charlotte agreed with Tixil’s thoughts and spoke.

Without much hesitation, following closely behind Saga, the two Little Dragonesses also stepped into the Dragon Soul Sanctuary.

Meanwhile.

Deep beneath the Yar Continent.

Countless winding, dark underground tunnels and vast caverns formed a colossal empire, the realm of the Ratmen Empire. Beneath the Dragonfall Mountains, the leader of the Black Claw clan of Ratmen suddenly opened his bloodshot eyes.

“My subjects have been dying en masse recently.”

This was a legendary Ratman with sparse fur, patches of rotting skin, and clusters of blood-red, robust muscles, all shrouded in an ominous and pestilential aura.

“There has been an accident in the operation to capture the ancient dragon souls.”

“Is it the casters from the Skyrealm Empire again?”

Most of the time, mass exterminations of Ratmen occurred alongside the presence of casters from the Skyrealm Empire. They used legendary spells of tremendous power that could kill Ratmen en masse, making them the most troublesome and feared opponents of the Ratmen Empire.

Because Saga’s extermination was so thorough, not a single Ratman in his sight survived.

Therefore, the Black Claw leader could only guess based on experience.

“Ancient dragon souls. Casters of the Skyrealm Empire.”

After quietly contemplating for a while, the Black Claw leader’s small eyes revealed a cunning and sly gleam.

“Let the fools of the Evil Tooth clan take the lead for me. It would be best if they and the casters are both injured in the process. Then, I can act to obtain the ancient dragon souls and capture the casters, and afterward, I can also annex the Evil Tooth clan.”

The Ratmen Empire is a cruel society of rat-eat-rat.

Due to the Ratmen’s brutal and chaotic nature, even within the same clan, there are no relationships like friendship or kinship, only hierarchies of superior and inferior, let alone between different clans.

The Black Claw leader did not want to miss the opportunity to strengthen his own clan. Due to his cunning and sly nature, he did not want to face the Skyrealm casters directly. Thus, he devised a plan to kill three birds with one stone, preparing to trap a neighboring clan of similar size, the Evil Tooth clan.

Having prepared his rhetoric.

The Black Claw leader, a warlock, quickly set off to meet and beguile the leader of the Evil Tooth clan, a legendary warrior Ratman who, in his view, had a rather simple mind.

At the same time.

In the ancient Dragon Soul Sanctuary.

As soon as he stepped into the sanctuary, Saga was shaken by the scene before him.

The rolling mountains had disappeared, replaced by a vast plain that had existed countless years ago, where a fierce battle was now taking place.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

Red Dragons, Blue Dragons, Iron Dragons, Cobalt Dragons, Golden Dragons, Silver Dragons, Amethyst Dragons, Jade Dragons, Shadow Dragons, Magma Dragons. Countless dragon figures covered the sky, their Dragon Might and dragon aura solidifying and filling the space around them.

They fought a relentless blood battle, their eyes red with rage and their roars and bloodthirsty howls echoing to the heavens, like thunder rolling.

The sky seemed ignited by flames, turning a crimson red.

Dragon blood rained down incessantly from the sky, staining everything in a hue of blood red, and together with the battling dragons in the sky, they formed an atmosphere of cruelty, solemnity, and madness.

Almost every moment, the broken carcasses of dragons fell from the sky, crashing to the earth.

And what shook Saga and the others who had arrived the most, unable to calm their minds, was that the dragons’ opponents in this slaughter were also dragons, their own kind!

Primarily composed of Chromatic Dragons and Metal Dragons.

The Heavy Metal Dragon Kind stood with the Chromatic Dragons, the Gemstone Dragons with the Metal Dragons, and many other rare Dragon Kinds belonging to either the Chromatic or Metal factions.

Claws tore through scales, Dragon Breath devoured flesh, spells swept over dragon bodies, and dragon fangs bit through opponents’ throats.

The sky was split into two factions of dragons, engaged in a heart-stopping, do-or-die blood battle.

“All dragons!”

“Where are the giants and the elves?”

“Why are dragons fighting to the death against their own kind?”

Saga and the others, positioned at a corner of the battlefield, fell silent, watching the dragons who were frenziedly intent on sending their own kind to their deaths, struggling to articulate their feelings at that moment.

Before entering the Dragon Soul Sanctuary, Saga had imagined what he might see.

In his mind, he was likely to witness a brutal war between dragons and giants or elves, as the Dragonfall War era was a time when dragons and these two major species fought relentlessly.

However.

The scene now before Saga’s eyes was somewhat unbelievable.

In his understanding, although different types of dragons instinctively disliked each other, it was far from reaching the level of seeing each other as mortal enemies.

“Perhaps, this battle is just a special case?”

Just as Saga was entertaining a thought he himself found hard to believe, two majestic and vast dragon roars descended from the heavens, as if not belonging to the material world, sweeping across the battlefield.

With a sense of dread in their hearts, Saga and the others looked up at the sky.

Beyond the fiery sky, two colossal silhouettes engaged in battle flickered in and out of sight, one displaying a platinum hue, the other interwoven with five colors.

The two silhouettes filled the sky, radiating terrifying divine might.

“The Platinum Dragon God. The Chromatic Dragon Queen.”

Looking at the silhouettes of the Dragon Gods battling in the outer planes and manifesting in the material world, Saga felt his throat incredibly dry.

His thoughts raced, and the light of psychic energy dissipated from his head like smoke.

He gathered all the information about the Dragonfall War era recorded in his inheritance, then, based on what he was currently witnessing, underwent a brainstorm.

Numerous clues were strung together, one by one.

Gradually, they formed a complete picture of the Dragonfall War in Saga’s mind.

The Dragonfall War, as recorded in the inheritance, was mainly about giants and elves, along with many other Sapient Being species forming a resistance army. Then, at great cost, with giants and elves severely weakened and some participating species even driven to extinction, they toppled the dragon hegemony that had ruled all worlds long ago, reducing dragons to their current state of being powerful but not the sole hegemony.

But there was a detail in the inheritance that was briefly mentioned.

—After dragon hegemony reached its peak, ruling all skies, lands, and seas, it began to decline for some reason, giving other Sapient Beings a chance.

Some reason.

What could that reason be?

This part of the record was a blank, seemingly erased by an unknown force.

Now, looking at the dragons relentlessly attacking each other, Saga felt he might know the reason.

“Civil war, including the Dragon Gods themselves, a relentless internal conflict primarily between the Chromatic and Metal Dragons.”

“This is the fundamental reason for the decline of dragon hegemony, and the beginning and prelude to the Dragonfall War.”

When a hegemony reaches its peak, what can defeat it is often itself.

The collapse comes from within.

“The current mutual disdain between different Dragon Kinds is probably related to the civil war during the Dragonfall War era.”

Saga thought silently.

As for why this history of civil war does not exist in the dragon inheritance, erased by some mysterious force, it’s understandable.

Saga looked up at the sky, watching the two Dragon Gods battling beyond the heavens.

An internal war involving all planes and worlds, and all species, could not possibly happen without the guidance of deities.

The civil war caused by the Dragon Gods weakened the dragons, starting the Dragonfall War.

If such a thing were recorded in the dragon inheritance, it would be very detrimental to the faith in the Dragon Gods, so it’s normal for the Dragon Gods to collectively conceal this history.

“Saga, I feel heartbroken.”

Tixil the Amethyst Dragon looked at the dragons engaged in a frenzied, relentless slaughter and spoke in a low voice.

“So during the Dragonfall War era, dragons completely saw each other as mortal enemies.”

“Why did this happen?”

“What happened here to cause such an intense internal conflict to erupt?”

Charlotte couldn’t bear to look directly at the dragon corpses scattered all around and said.

“I think it has something to do with the gods.”

The Golden Dragon shook his head and spoke slowly.

The Platinum Dragon God and the Immortal Dragon Queen, besides their formidable combat power, also possessed high divine power long ago, something all True Dragons were aware of.

This indicates.

Before the Dragonfall War era, dragons had a strong faith in the Dragon Gods, definitely not like now, where although they revere them, they refuse to believe, causing the faith in the Dragon Gods to fall to a weak level.

“The gods’ conflicts turned into war, and the divine war split the dragons into two factions, fighting a relentless blood battle.”

“When the dust settled, the dragons who had gone through the Dragonfall War lost their trust in the Dragon Gods, which was only natural.”

In fact, it was similar to what Saga had thought.

The Dragonfall War, especially the early internal strife, was so brutal that even the naturally warlike True Dragons developed a severe aversion to war, even reflecting on why they, as the same species, had to kill each other. This led to a movement within the dragon community—

Deities should protect their followers, but because of their own contradictions, they caused heavy casualties among the dragon children, making the Dragon Gods unworthy of worship.

Gods do not fear the death of their followers, nor their passivity or laziness.

They fear when their followers reflect, questioning why the gods, who enjoy their worship and offerings and promise protection, are making their situation worse.

The movement formed by the dragons’ reflection caused the faith in the Dragon Gods to plummet at a terrifying rate, waking the bloodshot Dragon Gods. They then covered up history, issued divine decrees to restrain the internal strife, and tried many ways to remedy the situation.

But even if the movement had been quelled and the history of internal dragon strife had become a blank,

The inherent distrust of the Dragon Gods in the dragons’ bones was passed down from generation to generation, resulting in the current situation where they revere the Dragon Gods but are unwilling to believe.

“Even gods high above, even those of one’s own species, may not be trustworthy.”

The Dragon Gods’ cover-up of history was correct, because after realizing the truth of the Dragonfall War, Saga’s trust in the Dragon Gods diminished greatly.

Although he knew that the actions of the deities were also for their own benefit, with Saga’s current level of power, he definitely would not empathize with the unreachable deities. If he had lived during the Dragonfall War era, at Saga’s level, he would have been a dragon caught in the whirlpool of civil war due to the Dragon Gods, without a moment’s peace, at risk of death at any second, and of course, he would have some dissatisfaction.

At the same time.

Although Saga and the others were at a corner of the battlefield, they still caught the attention of the frenzied dragons.

Especially Saga, who carried both Red Dragon and Golden Dragon bloodlines.

Among them, the dragons of the Chromatic Dragon faction targeted Tixil and Charlotte, who were of the Gemstone and Metal Dragons.

As for Saga,

An overwhelming number of gazes converged on him.

There were Chromatic Dragons, Metal Dragons, Gemstone Dragons, and even Heavy Metal Dragons from this era, still very powerful.

All filled with hostility and malice.

He became the target of all dragon factions.

Realizing this, Saga thought:

“Really? I’m so popular outside, a beloved hybrid ‘dragon among dragons,’ but here I’m targeted like this?”

Saga shook his head in resignation.

He carried the bloodlines of both Red and Golden Dragons, but unlike in modern times, where he would be recognized and welcomed by both Chromatic and Metal Dragons, during the early stages of the Dragonfall War’s internal conflict, due to mutual enmity, dragons could not tolerate hybrids.

A hybrid walking down the street would be shunned by all dragons.

And at this moment, within the Dragon Soul Sanctuary.

Because he had Red Dragon blood, the Metal Dragon faction, sensing the Red Dragon aura, saw Saga as an enemy.

Because he had Golden Dragon blood, the Chromatic Dragon faction, sensing the Golden Dragon aura, also saw Saga as an enemy.