This belongs to him getting the upper hand; regardless of experience or cultivation between the two, there's a great gap, yet the Golden Dragon Monk directly pulled them to an equal footing.

"That kind of minor thing, just a small effort. You helped me to remove Lievice, the Evil God, and bring peace. Such merits cannot simply be repaid with a few words."

The Golden Dragon took a sip of tea, looked at Li Aozi, and said:

"To be honest, Brother Li Xian, I indeed have a request for you this time."

Li Aozi nodded:

"Go ahead, it's just that I have some matters recently, so I may not be able to help."

The Golden Dragon Monk is truly different from others, this dragon's character is honest and straightforward, often engaging in righteous acts as a form of practice and training.

Indeed, he is a good man.

Especially when compared to Redd—no, it shouldn't be done, it's too insulting to the Golden Dragon Monk.

"I thought so too, after all, with your current standing at Cauchy Rank (14), that's a powerhouse in the East at the Body Integration Realm, busy affairs would only delay your cultivation progress. Your willingness to listen is already beyond my expectations."

"Please, go ahead." Li Aozi took a sip of tea.

For him, this task from the Golden Dragon Monk was actually a kind of guiding post for pursuit.

The opponent was the first Kappa Rank (10) he had ever seen, who had once saved him during the Galactic Eye Campaign.

During university, when most people mentioned this volunteer fighter, they held him in high regard.

In contrast, Li Aozi was a rising star, although he ended the Galactic Eye Campaign, he became famous much later than the Golden Dragon Monk.

For those who had helped him, Li Aozi generally would help if he could.

"I don't know whether Brother Li Xian knows about our Dragon Race. In the current Border Abyss, most of the Dragon Race lives under the 'Crimson Blood Alliance,' and the alliance follows a species-first policy where every group has to fight or compete for resource allocation."

"I have heard a bit about this." Li Aozi nodded.

He was actually very clear about the matters behind this.

The narrative of the "Crimson Blood Alliance" is elite speciesism, with only the strongest species able to lead an entire Narrative Civilization, it emphasizes social competition more publicly although it has universality.

You not only need to be strong yourself but must lead your race to be strong; even leading your own race is not enough, you must uplift the entire narrative to become stronger.

This extreme elitism has produced many renowned War Gods, yet the long-term implementation of strongman politics results in severe internal friction.

Internal friction exhausts the potential of a race, making it difficult for it to consistently and stably produce such ruthless superhumans.

In contrast, the Empire seemingly sacrifices more people and achieves the system of a Philosopher King, which paradoxically allows more people to live stably within the Empire.

And in order to maintain their species diversity, the alliance continuously wages wars, annexing more species to maintain the vitality of their race.

"Nowadays, in the alliance, due to long-term struggles, the Dragon Race is in decline. Its rank has dropped to seventh place."

The Golden Dragon Monk said:

"A short time ago, I received a letter from the tribal chieftain of the internal Dragon Race in the alliance, Sodoregoras Dumannininia. They hope that, for the benefit of the race, I extend a helping hand and represent the Dragon Race in the decennial species rank competition."

"The species rank competition strictly limits the age of participants, focusing more on talent and potential."

"In recent years, other ethnicities have produced many formidable ones, while the strong ones of the Dragon Race are mostly elderly, suitable candidates are either in hibernation, have exceeded the age limit, or are mentally immature and impulsive."

The Golden Dragon Monk said helplessly:

"I wish to ask you, Brother Li Xian, to come to the alliance with me. If possible, accompany me to Dragon Island to have a discussion with Chieftain Sodoregoras."

"I understand the reasoning, but," Li Aozi said with confusion, "why bring me along?"

"Eh?" The Golden Dragon Monk was puzzled, "Brother Li Xian, aren't you a Dragonborn too?"

"I, am a Dragon Race too?"

"Aren't you a dragon?"

"Do I look like one?" Li Aozi pointed to his head, "I don't have scales and horns, and my eyes are normal."

"This..." The Golden Dragon Monk hesitated, "Although you don't exhibit any Dragon Race characteristics, my intuition tells me that you are indeed a dragon. What exactly it is I don't know, but you definitely are!"

Li Aozi fell into silence for a while.

He could confirm he hadn't activated [Hunter King], yet Golden Dragon Yachi persistently believed he was a Dragon Race.

So, he could roughly guess the reason.

Li Aozi casually opened the system, and switched to the [Fate] tab:

Current selectable fate list:

①[Desire]Leviathandal – Fate accumulation: 1.9%

Fate competitors: Redd Gold (87%), Glina Swirl (12.1%), Li Aozi (1.9%)

Ways of competition:

1. Seize the [Gem Dragon King] Leviathandal's sublimation item.

2. Exterminate life

3. Dominance over the entire Dragon Race

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②[Eternity]Arstala – Fate accumulation 1%

Fate competitor: Li Aozi (1%)

Competition Methods:

1. Purify Earth.

2. Conquer the Starry Abyss.

3. Enslave Society.

............

"Has the 1.9% progress already started to make an impact?"

Li Aozi pondered for a moment.

This Destiny System, he still hasn't figured it out yet.

Activating destiny to get the true ending should mean to completely clear the game "Starry Abyss."

Speaking of endings—then the first to come to mind is definitely the unique ability of the Lord Entropy.

"If my life were a game, and Lord Entropy has deleted all my good endings, then the only endings left for me are those gained from the Destiny System, outside the capabilities of Lord Entropy."

When the cumulative degree reaches completion, he will be able to obtain either "Desire" or "Eternity."

Initially, Li Aozi didn't care much, thinking this was just a game system similar to achievement rewards, giving you a trophy as a souvenir or some attributes boost.

Isn't this how games usually are? After clearing, there's a new game plus, and to encourage players to play again and again, some developers offer various clearing endings to entice players to keep replaying over and over.

But, "Starry Abyss" isn't just a game; it's a living, breathing world.

"Among these names, Leviathandal is the legitimate Destroyer. The system also says that destiny can be activated by seizing the strength of other Destroyer's bloodlines, which is consistent with the rank—being able to surpass the power of Lord Entropy, only a Destroyer could do that."

Gaia cannot kill the Destroyer, which precisely shows that the existence of a Destroyer is beyond common sense, beyond society, even one could say it's truly part of the fundamental code and mechanism of the universe.

Li Aozi stroked his chin:

"But what is this 'Eternity' Arstala? Is there a fourth Destroyer as 'Eternity'? Or has it already reached a secret deal with the Will of the Starry Abyss?"

Having no clues, Li Aozi had to give up on this point.

"As it stands now, I just have a 1.9% Destiny cumulative degree with 'Desire' Leviathandal, while Redd already has 87%, and 'Death' Glina even has 12.1%. From the competitive methods, Redd fits these points perfectly."

1. Seize the Ascendant of Gem Dragon King Leviathandal

— Redd hasn't accomplished this yet, once almost getting it from Gaia's hands, and is still working towards it.

2. Eradicate Life

— Celestial Dragon Falling Moon practice, Redd eliminated all life on Haines.

3. Rule the entire Dragon Race

— This point is debatable. After all, considering the deceased Glina and the transforming Li Aozi, including the Imperial Radiant Dragon, the dragon race has three heads now.

Even so, Redd remains the longest-standing Sovereign ruling over the dragon race and even the nominal Leader of the Layer Abyss Dragon Race.

It's just that the Border Abyss and below, the dragon race is completely disunited.

"The difficulty of 'Eternity' is too terrifying, the ending of 'Desire' seems to have a lower difficulty, but there are many competitors. If I choose the other two Destroyers, the Dark Titan and Eye of Discernment, I have to face the secret Speaker, and the conditions are unknown."

Li Aozi thought for a while:

"Now with just a 1.9% Destiny cumulative degree, I'm already considered part of the dragon race. If I accumulate to 12%, can I, like Glina, command within the dragon race."

If even higher, with an increasing status within the dragon race, could I gain the right to speak for the entire Border Abyss Dragon Clan?

Hold on.

"If I could gain the power of the dragon race, then countering Lai Anding wouldn't be a problem. Not to mention Lai Anding, even when facing the Primordial Abyss side in the future, wouldn't Redd Gold lend me a hand?"

This is like undermining Redd, and Redd still has to help me.

After all, Redd doesn't have the system!

Li Aozi had a sudden realization, significantly broadening the scope.

"What Golden Dragon Brother mentioned, I have to discuss a bit more, as I've been quite busy lately."

As Li Aozi said this, Yachi the Golden Dragon nodded. Although disappointed, it was understandable:

"In that case, I will take my leave first..."

"However, please tell me the location of Dragon Island."

Li Aozi said with a smile:

"I will personally visit Dragon Island and lead the dragon race to glory."

My dear Redd Gold, you really left at the right time.

Once Redd leaves, the gift of the Border Abyss Dragon Clan is accepted by Li Aozi.

Thinking this way, it seems quite reminiscent of a Minotaur scenario.

Severston raided everything in the world, achieving his own inventions and creations, only to be stolen by the 'Goddess of Truth' in the end.

The "Goddess of Truth" expanded her faith across the entire Haines world, vigorously promoting the technology obtained from Severston through Leoz's hands—and eventually, Redd Gold traveled back a thousand years, stealing the people.

Redd collected all sorts of things, encompassing everything in his museum, only to be stolen by Li Aozi in the end.

This, probably, is the fate of the "Raiding" pathway.

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