Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 783 - 439: Great Marsh Serpent, Divine King of Star Fury

The mist was hazy, the water vapor hovered, and the tranquil, shimmering water surface suddenly rippled with fragmented waves. A strangely shaped creature, resembling a long snake but with claws beneath its belly, burst from the water, its tiny sharp teeth clamping down on a silvery-scaled fish still desperately struggling.

As a wisp of crimson blood dispersed in the water, the silver fish vanished into the creature’s gaping maw, and the odd creature disappeared back beneath the surface, re-submerging into the depths.

"Not enough, too little!"

The strange little creature, resembling both a salamander and a four-legged lizard, yet different, was unsatisfied after swallowing the silver fish, which occupied nearly half its size. It continued hunting underwater for suitable prey, all while keeping an eye out for creatures larger than itself to avoid becoming prey.

"Odin!"

An invisible yet powerful resentment emanated from the little creature. Inside its belly, the silver fish was breaking down into various nutrients, which were being distributed throughout its body, rapidly strengthening and growing its flesh, blood, and bones.

This was a monster only three days old, and yet the soul it contained was a terrifying existence over three centuries old, a split soul’s will.

"What a divine trap! I knew it; good things don’t come knocking on their own!"

Noah hunted while muttering under his breath.

He hadn’t anticipated that the Divine King Odin would employ such a personal method to spread faith in the Space-Time Realm. Unable to enter himself, he sent forth a will, descending a split soul.

Noah had thought this ancient god-king might have some unique method, like sending a message in a bottle through time and space for the natives to find, read, and then pray to them voluntarily to get their wishes fulfilled and thereby acquire faith.

But when Noah inquired, Odin insisted that such a method of spreading faith was too random and carried too many uncertainties, leaving success entirely up to fate.

When Noah asked how to control his own fate, the Divine King suggested they both send forth a split soul’s will into the closed-off Space-Time Realm, something the Space-Time Wall wouldn’t reject.

They would reincarnate as natives, using local resources to grow, creating their legends to acquire faith, and then communicate with their true bodies to allow them to descend. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

After considering, Noah agreed to such a proposal, as transferring only a split soul’s will meant the loss would be minor even if something went wrong.

The true body would not have to risk entering with unclear circumstances, which indeed was a very cautious approach. However, the split soul’s will was connected mentally to the true body, so whatever the split soul experienced, Noah would also have to experience.

This also meant that without any special blessings, undergoing random reincarnation might result in a particularly dismal start, experiencing a particularly poor scenario.

In the complete Material World, the number of wisdom species compared to all creatures are less than one or two percent. Being reincarnated into an intelligent race with the ability to think is a one-in-a-million chance.

Very unfortunately, after reincarnating as part of the Dragon Clan, Noah seemed to have exhausted all his luck when he followed the Divine King for this split soul reincarnation, only to become an unknown small watersnake.

Of course, starting as a species at the bottom of the food chain, being born smoothly requires no small amount of luck. However, upon birth, once Noah had a body capable of moving freely, he embarked on a path of wandering, eating, and indiscriminate killing.

His form as a watersnake was indeed quite weak, with an average adult individual just over a meter long. Yet, even though his split soul through the Space-Time Wall was just a wisp, its essence was divinely high.

With such power, Noah easily allowed his watersnake form to break through racial blood barriers, undergoing a bloodline evolution in a short time.

During this evolution, sharp fangs grew in Noah’s mouth, granting him biting power, and claws formed beneath his belly. Originally, four claws should have grown, with a pair of sharp horns on his forehead and a set of durable scales.

However, the nutrients obtained were not enough for such a comprehensive evolution, but undergoing a bloodline evolution within three days to transcend the previous racial bloodline was already quite successful.

Although his beginning was extremely poor, Noah was not dissatisfied with his performance post-start. Within three days, as a juvenile watersnake with no expectations for parental protection, he relied solely on himself to avoid becoming food for others, selecting the most suitable targets to swallow.

Noah was already preparing for a second evolution. Although snakes as ancient predators are not weak hunters with sufficient size, they cannot compare to powerful water dragons with four claws.

"You better not reincarnate into a wisdom race! If you become a wisdom species, that’s one thing. But if you become part of the ruling nobility, I’ll remember it for three thousand years!"

If it were only him, Noah wouldn’t complain about any dreadful start, much less foster any resentment.

Noah would even view this as a unique life experience, immersing himself wholeheartedly. However, he couldn’t help but think about the Divine King who came with him, speculating on his starting scenario.