Of course, that was the principle of it.

After all, the Dragon Race’s status was undeniable. If any member of the Dragon Race were to sneak away from Dragon Island, or even descend to a Lower Realm,

the Deities of the various regions would simply turn a blind eye and let them pass.

And that brought him to Lince’s current situation.

This Kobold deity of Weak Divine Power could only discern Lince’s Demigod Tier.

Therefore, the creature certainly assumed Lince was a member of the Dragon Race who had secretly descended to a Lower Realm.

They called it "adventuring," but in reality, most of the Dragon Race would get up to... something... during the process.

Lince could only give a helpless smile at this.

He didn’t answer, instead changing the subject.

"Has the Star Realm been stable recently?"

The Kobold was slightly taken aback but followed Lince’s lead.

"Well, for the most part, it’s been stable, I suppose."

"However, those hyenas under the Titan Race are still relentlessly chasing us."

"In fact, not long ago, five of our Main Gods clashed with them again in the Star Realm."

"In the end, the outcome was so-so. Neither side was really going for the kill, after all."

Lince nodded slightly upon hearing this.

The "hyenas" it mentioned were the Deities from the Vassal civilizations enslaved by the Titan Race.

There was nothing more to be said about that.

"Did our Dragon Race still not make a move this time?"

The moment Lince said this, the Kobold deity’s eyes went wide.

"How could they possibly make a move?!"

"Your Excellency must know about the unspoken agreement between your Upper Race and the Titan Race."

"If the Upper Race got involved, the nature of the conflict would change! It would surely lead to another massive war!"

"To be honest, and I hope Your Excellency of the Upper Race won’t laugh, I only achieved Ascension to Divinity less than a thousand years ago. I have no desire to fall and end up slumbering in the Earth God’s embrace for a few hundred or a thousand years."

The Kobold deity’s cowardice was both natural and unapologetic.

It left Lince speechless.

But there was nothing to be done about it.

A Kobold from a Lower-Rank Species, and a god of Weak Divine Power at that—who could it possibly defeat?

This Kobold probably couldn’t even win against a Pure-blooded Giant Dragon Demigod, even a Weak Dragon Level one.

Lince couldn’t help but be amused by this.

"That’s true."

"The Titan Race and our Dragon Race have been fighting for tens of thousands of years. We’ve developed a certain understanding. Under normal circumstances, they definitely wouldn’t start another life-or-death war with us."

"To put it bluntly, these current skirmishes are likely just to constantly probe and observe the growth of our Dragon Race’s power, to prevent us from retaliating."

Lince said this probingly.

The Kobold nodded, deeply agreeing.

Although the Kobold had achieved Ascension to Divinity less than a thousand years ago, as a deity, it naturally could learn of the long-standing enmity between the Dragon Race and the Titan Race from other Deities.

"That should be about right."

"But I imagine they’re also waiting—waiting for the day the Upper Race becomes weak, perhaps even far weaker than them."

"If that day ever comes..."

The Kobold deity didn’t continue, but Lince understood its meaning.

"Alright, it’s rare for me to be back, so let’s not dwell on such unpleasant matters."

"By the way, I’ve been away from the Star Realm for a century or two. Has anything new happened recently?"

"For instance, how many mortal species have produced New Gods? Or how many wandering Deities and Races have we taken in?"

Lince wasn’t polite in the least, holding the Kobold there and bombarding it with questions.

What else could the Kobold deity do?

This was a member of the Dragon Race, and a Pure-blooded Giant Dragon of the Demigod Tier at that.

It couldn’t win a fight against him and wouldn’t dare to even try.

It had no choice but to patiently and humbly answer each of Lince’s questions.

It wasn’t until a good while later, after Lince abruptly vanished before its eyes using Space Power, that the Kobold deity finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

’These masters from the Dragon Race are really something else.’

’I wonder which Giant Dragon branch’s Bloodline he belongs to. To think he could sneak off to the mortal world and play around for one or two hundred years without being discovered?’

’He must have a powerful background.’

’But, thank goodness, I’ve finally sent this master on his way. I even saved the treasures I was planning to give him.’

’Huh?! No, I didn’t mean to save them!’

’Oh, forget it. If I didn’t give them, I didn’t give them. Maybe he wouldn’t have been interested anyway.’

The Kobold deity thought helplessly.

It couldn’t be helped. Even Deities had to navigate social etiquette.

This was especially true for a Kobold deity with little status in the Star Realm.

So, in truth, ever since seeing that Lince was a Giant Dragon, the Kobold had been mentally planning what kind of gift to give him.

Regardless of his status, earning the goodwill of a Pure-blooded Giant Dragon was definitely not a loss.

Besides, under normal circumstances, the Dragon Race wasn’t so easy to approach or curry favor with.

Having finally encountered a stowaway Dragon Species returning through the area it guarded, the Kobold naturally didn’t want to miss such an opportunity.

But, well.

In the end, its head was spinning from all of Lince’s questions, and it completely forgot about giving a gift.

It wasn’t until after Lince had left that it came to its senses.

It felt it had missed a golden opportunity to build a connection with the Dragon Race.

Lince, who had long since departed, was naturally oblivious to all of this.

Furthermore, Lince did not linger in the current orbit of the Dragon Race World within the Star Realm.

He didn’t even go looking for the so-called Dragon Race on Dragon Island.

Using the power of a spatial jump, he had already traveled far into the Star Sea.

He avoided the eyes and ears of all Deities.

Even those of the Dragon Race.

Lince was prepared to ascend to the Divine Tier once more.

Lince floated in a dark void, immediately transforming back into his Giant Dragon form.

At the same time, he began devouring massive amounts of Divine Power Crystals as if they were free.

In the two thousand years of the Star Empire, the Pantheon had offered a considerable number of Divine Power Crystals.

Most of the time, Lince hadn’t used these Divine Power Crystals.

He had acted like a hoarder, stashing them all away.

After all, in Lince’s eyes back then, these were all excellent wartime provisions.

Hoarding more was definitely the right move.

Even if he were to use them as rewards later, Lince would have something presentable to give.

It could only be said that Lince’s thinking was absolutely correct.

And now, the Divine Power Crystals he thought he’d rarely have a chance to use finally had a purpose.

And so.

As Lince continuously devoured the Divine Power Crystals, his dragon body began to grow rapidly.

Soon, everything fell into place.

Lince finally returned to his Divine Tier state.

His Divine Format shone in the Sea of Spirituality, and all his Law Power returned!

He even regained a faint sensation of the power of his Fiery Sun Authority.

At this moment, Lince could even sense the location of the nearest Sun.

Following this sensation,

Lince, now free of all constraints, vanished from the dark Star Sea with a single thought.

At the same time, inside a Sun not far from the currently wandering Dragon Race World, Lince was once again bathed in an endless sea of fire.

The ceaseless Power of the Scorching Sun flowed toward Lince as if into a Black Hole.

All the flames, all the Energy, began to pour into Lince’s small, newly Divine Tier body.

From a vantage point in Space, if any Deities were observing at this moment,

they would even see the Sun rapidly collapsing inward.

The speed was as ferocious as could be.

Lince could even sense that as long as he completed the devouring of this Sun and reached the threshold of the Authority Level,

all of his original Power would be restored in an instant.

This was the might of the Authority Level.

And just after Lince left that dark region of the Star Sea and arrived in the Sun, back in his original location,

a figure suddenly descended, its gaze filled with confusion.

"Truly strange."

"I clearly sensed a familiar aura, but why is there nothing here?"

"Could it have been just an illusion?"

The being of light and shadow looked slightly perplexed.

But in the end, it could only sigh.

"Then again, if it were really a kinsman from the Fire Seed Project returning, at such a close distance, there’s no way they would hide from us."

"It seems I’ve just been missing those old comrades too much."

"I’m starting to lose my grip on what’s a dream and what’s reality."

The being of light and shadow gave a bitter smile.

It was just about to leave when, in the next moment, its movements froze.

"No! At my level, it’s absolutely impossible to have hallucinations!"

"Something’s wrong, something’s strange!"

"Could it be those disgusting members of the Titan Race experimenting with some new method to deal with our Dragon Race?"