Chapter 1360: Chapter 1344: The Fall of the Dragon Chapter 1360: Chapter 1344: The Fall of the Dragon “Mr. Mu, this doesn’t seem very appropriate,” even a deity of slaughter found it hard to comprehend Muria’s so-called brilliant idea. It was far too audacious, treating this ancient giant beast as what? Hmm, a semi-permanent living repository of materials?

“What’s wrong with that?” Muria simply couldn’t understand the concerns of the few deities, or rather, He hadn’t even considered that aspect, feeling just that He had come across an excellent idea, befitting the name of Titan.

“Mr. Mu, if the giant serpent is not slain now, and it gets out of control in the future, then…” Yu Nest Deity expressed His concerns to Muria, subtly reminding Mr. Mu to kill the giant serpent as soon as possible.

“Should the giant serpent get out of control, I will suppress it single-handedly,” Muria said with full confidence, his gaze sweeping over the eight deities, “Are you doubting my strength? As time goes by, my strength will only continue to increase, whereas the giant serpent, being an ancient giant beast, can grow no further.”

“Naturally, we would not doubt that,” the deities looked at each other with unspeakable embarrassment. This deity had skinning and deboning the giant serpent in front of them, so they certainly would not question his power.

But this didn’t explain anything; if the serpent were sealed, there was still a chance it could escape. And this deity, who very obviously held a high position of power, could not possibly be expected to guard the serpent’s seal at all times.

So what they were truly concerned about was the destruction that might ensue if the giant serpent broke free from the seal before this deity once again suppressed it. That would necessitate their intervention…

“Right, after I seal the giant serpent, I will take it away,” Muria said, raising an eyebrow, sharing the intriguing idea He came up with after letting his thoughts wander, “Don’t you think this ancient giant beast that continuously draws power from the earth yet refuses to submit to anyone is an exceptional weapon?

Imagine tossing it into the domain ruled by deities opposing me. Unless they can overcome its regenerative power and lack the ability to suppress the ley lines, even deities with powerful divine force would be at their wit’s end because of it…”

“If you plan to do so, then we have no objections,”
The eight deities had naturally nothing to object to such an ethereal and detached method of utilizing the giant serpent. They couldn’t oppose it either. After all, Muria was the existence who had suppressed the serpent single-handedly. Although He took some shortcuts, the defeat of the snake was indisputable.

“If none of you have any objections, then I will take the giant serpent with me.” Muria was very satisfied.

“Please do as you wish,” the Heavenly Master stated in a gentle voice. With this deity taking the giant serpent away, the outcome was no different from the serpent’s demise, so it was considered quite good.

Thus, with the owners having no objections, Muria began with great interest the second round of exploitations on the giant serpent… He separated anew the tendons, bones, and scales that had regrown on the serpent’s body, causing its painful roars to echo across the skies once again.

Even though he had collected materials from the serpent a second time, Muria was still not satisfied. Under the increasingly fearful gaze of the eight deities, the serpent regenerated again and again, only to be skinned and deboned, stripped of scales over and over.

This was undoubtedly a cruel scene, but none of the eight deities felt the slightest sympathy. They had all lived through the era of the serpent’s rampage, and they clearly remembered the brutality of this creature without a concept of good and evil.

So, even though the giant serpent’s agonizing screams resounded outside the Nine Heavens, blood flowing like rivers, they did not feel a shred of sympathy or pity—instead, there was a touch of satisfaction. Of course, there was also fear of this cruel deity, but since the serpent’s defeat, they were his subordinates anyway, so there was no need for concern.

Muria’s battle with the giant serpent lasted for eight nights and nine days, but the exploitation of the serpent continued for a full forty-eight days. It was only after Muria noticed a significant drop in the quality of the bones and scales extracted from the serpent that he finally, albeit reluctantly, ceased his actions.

At that moment, Muria could clearly see the fear and deep-seated hatred in the eyes of this low-wisdom ancient giant beast.

This was to be expected. For Muria, He was just collecting some divine materials, but for the serpent, it experienced torment beyond any mortal imagination, and to not harbor hatred would be absurd.

But Muria didn’t care about the serpent’s hatred, just as a superior being wouldn’t bother with the cries of those beneath them when exploiting them. Of course, Muria would never exploit his own subordinates.

“It seems that even such an ancient giant beast, with continuous regeneration in a short period, will still see a decrease in physical strength. Just wonder if it can recover after being nourished for some time. It should be possible, after all, it’s only weakened.”

Muria looked at the limp serpent that had been completely drained of its life essence, expressing an inhuman contemplation, and then under the vacant stare of the serpent’s hollow eyes, He began sealing it.

Muria chose a very traditional method of sealing—dismemberment and suppression. Using the Demonsweeper Sword, he sliced the serpent into twenty-four pieces, then sealed each piece in the space nurtured within the twenty-four Fixed Star Beads, where there wasn’t the slightest space for the serpent’s remains to move or resources to recover.

Not only that, during the period when the Fixed Star Beads sealed the Giant Serpent, they would continuously extract the life essence of the Giant Serpent.

Of course, to avoid this movable divine material repository from being wasted, Muria also planned to periodically release the Giant Serpent to let it “get some air,” though the location for this was still up for discussion.

Because the energy consumed for each rebirth of the Giant Serpent does not come from nothing. After each injury, the Giant Serpent relies on the earth to recover itself, and this consumption needs to be borne by certain places.

In other words, if the Giant Serpent battles in a certain area more frequently and recovers from its injuries more often, that area might become barren as a result.

It was only when Muria observed through the Luo Tian Mirror that this domain was becoming barren due to his constant exploitation of the Giant Serpent that He ceased his actions; after all, the materials extracted from the Giant Serpent, even if they were downgraded by one level, were still highly valuable.

During the sealing process, the Giant Serpent was exceptionally compliant, showing not the slightest resistance, since the previous exploitation had numbed it; even the agony of being dismembered didn’t seem like much to it.

After successfully subduing the Giant Serpent, Muria’s gaze swept over the Legion below, tidying up the aftermath, and landed on the Eight Deities, without uttering a word, waiting for Them to make their stance clear.

Seeing Muria suddenly grow quiet, the Eight Deities, including the Heavenly Master with intermediate divine power, felt a shiver, and then the Heavenly Master was the first to react and took the lead in expressing fealty,
“Greetings, Divine Lord!”

If not now, when? Were they waiting for this brutal deity to strike them down before showing submission? By then, their status would not be as high as it would be if they submitted now.

With the strongest deity leading the way, the remaining seven deities, including the Slaughter God who had long since sincerely submitted to Muria, showed no intention of resistance and followed suit in paying their respects to Muria.

“Hmm, from this day forth, you are My Subordinate Gods. You swear fealty to Me, and I shall ensure your safety.”

Muria graciously accepted the deities’ homage. His purpose for coming to this domain was thus… mostly accomplished. He wasn’t just content with a formal relationship of lord and subordinate, of course.

He intended to consolidate power starting from one of the fundamental aspects of the deities, which was their divine duties. All overlapping divine duties had to be relinquished to Him, and then He would redistribute them, truly establishing the master-servant relationship between them.

But this was too direct and could easily provoke resistance and aversion from the recently subdued deities, so it needed to be put forward in a more subtle manner and in a place where they could not resist—this was an outrageous demand for any deity, after all.

So, after chatting briefly with the deities, Muria naturally put forth his request: “Since you have accepted My invitation to join the Divine Court, you naturally need to know its location. Come with Me to the Divine Court, and take the opportunity to meet the other deities under My command so as to become more familiar with one another.”

This was a perfectly reasonable request, and the eight newly-submissive deities had no significant objections. They naturally followed Muria back to Xena Pus.

Then, they were astonished by the airspace floating above the sky; their own domains did not have such fantastical experiences. Although their domains had monsters attacking cities, overall things were a bit too peaceful, which in fact wasn’t a good thing for the development of civilization.

After all, having enough is enough; things that aren’t necessary naturally do not need to exist. Of course, the truly critical point is that these deities did not see any wrong in their actions, and in actuality, they hadn’t done anything wrong.

At this moment, they also didn’t realize this. They were simply amazed by the grandeur and wonder of Xena Pus, and when they met Muria’s Subordinate Gods, they experienced a subtle sense of disparity.

They realized that Muria’s Divine Court wasn’t as mighty as they had imagined, although it was still more than enough to suppress them. Thus, despite some unusual thoughts, they remained compliant.

In his own territory, Muria let loose, pulling Michaela with him in a “tactful” manner. From the roots, He turned the eight deities into His Subordinate Gods, and using them as a foundation, He dispatched legions to start managing one of the top three largest domains and resources under his control.

Just as Muria’s power escalated with the continuous subjugation of more domains, an accident occurred. Three God Dragons, carrying His orders to conquer a domain, lost contact with Him, causing Muria to completely lose His sense of them.

This meant that three God Dragons at the Legendary Peak of power had fallen.

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