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"Before creation comes destruction."

Long ago, when the universe spun itself into existence, it is believed this genesis brought forth two supreme artifacts.

Space artifact appeared in the past once, the other remained undiscovered. Their power and divinity were theirs from birth, their mere essence weaving seven heavenly treasures into being.

Every once a millennia, the heavenly treasures would make themselves known only to whomever they chose. The search for them has failed time and time again as these heavenly treasures were bound only to those they had predetermined by supreme fate.

The ocean was alive with the glimmers of a million stars above it, calm and restless like the figure above it. Tianlong sat on an exquisite lotus, his skin a pale canvas stained with blood. His breathing grew steady as he meditated, taking in his surroundings. There was no more point in running. He had finally found a resting place.

He could feel the domain around him swell with force as mighty elders worked to seal him within. His vision of everything without it becoming a void The gravity of the situation did not disrupt his tranquil attention. Even at that point, the great members of several supreme factions were following him, rushing across the realms for the taboo he possessed in his grasp.

An artifact of unknown origin, the calamity of the heavens itself. Tianlong did not need to feel its presence. That artifact was no longer with him. He had already given up hope of locating the second part, not with the swarms of foolish soldiers after him.

"Whatever emerges out of that object will bring disaster to the entire domain!" It must be sealed! "

The thoughts echoed in his head once again, the power and passion the prophet had used to declare the prophecy, almost swaying his attention.

Those words still rang hollow in his ears when the void around his senses tore apart. Vessels broke through the rifts, in reality, bearing the united essences of the Supremes gathered from numerous groups. Their aura blazed through the night, dwarfing the stars above in their grandeur.

All these factions were not in good contact, but when it came to greed or love for their domain, they all united to chase him down to the end of the world.

A man descended from one of the largest ships; he wore golden armor and had two horns. He had a halo on the back of his head. His body was humanlike.

He was the next ruler of the ancient dragon race. Dragons have very high standards. They may be highly demanding and haughty.

"Tianlong, this domain has been sealed! It is futile. You cannot run for long. Either you surrender and vow loyalty to us or your fate ends here. "

Although Tianlong rose from the lower realms, he had the blood of a true dragon flowing in his veins, he was still not mature enough to unleash his complete strengths.

Even among their ancient dragon race, there were just a handful of true dragon-breed. So he wanted to take him under their banner if he surrendered and promised loyalty to them.

"Your clan is full of serpents, who have got the fortune to inherit a true dragon's legacy!" You are nothing but a hybrid just like that person, and yet you want to recruit me under your banner... " Tianlong mockingly replied.

Although he was besieged and had no path of escape, his arrogance didn't dim. For that he was the first being in the current period to ascend to that plain.

That dragon was furious, yet he didn't make a move first. He needed to confirm if he still had that object, and he needed to make sure he didn't do anything hasty.

"Where is the artifact?"

"It is no longer in my possession. You are far too late."

"He cannot escape. This domain has been locked. We only need to trap you and wait for him to appear."

"He is gone far beyond anyone's reach; he won't come back. He never did for anyone,"

At the same time, far away from anyone's grasp in the emptiness, together with an artifact, a strand of soul was going across the void and beyond.

As of now, Tianlong felt hopeless. He could not flee forever nor hide anymore. He was hunted for months without a pause, and he could not lead them to that person's location. It would be a catastrophe.

The only thing he needed now was time and patience to wait for that person to come and reawaken him.

So the only thing he could do now is use the supreme sealing art to seal himself along with others.

When Tianlong was enlightened by the supreme Buddhist scripture, he learned mantras that could seal an evil entity, but the price was too high. The user had to be sealed along with it to not let the karma be unfulfilled.

That supreme sealing mantra was something that could even seal and suppress the whole realm if the user was skilled.

Then Tianlong began chanting mantras, one by one.

[All compounded things are ephemeral, all tainted phenomena are unsatisfying by nature, all phenomena are devoid of self-existence, and nirvana is extreme]

Every mantra he repeated triggered something unseen by naked sight. Only one's soul could sense it.

After that, he sealed himself along with the rest of those who were hunting him. A gigantic drifting mountain was formed where almost everyone was sealed. Only a few entities, like the ancient dragon, were fast enough to escape that sealing, and they forever drifted in space.

Before Tainlong's was entirely sealed, he gazed at the void and shouted.

"Ophidian Bastard, you must find the way. I entrusted everything to you, my pride, my promises, everything. I won't tolerate failure, you must trespass into the domain of the Gods."

Later, Somewhere in the void channel, a strand of soul following a piece of unknown origin was passing. Then, abruptly midway along the vacuum corridor, the artifact fragment was pulled by something. It was a formless entity. Only one thread of soul traveled across that blank tunnel.

Somewhere far away from the Gods' domain,

In the depths of the cosmos, shrouded in the nothingness, a man was meditating; he was like a never-shifting mountain. He was probing the laws of the inner world at the moment. He had been in that state for who knows how long, he was like a calm sea.

Suddenly, a small crack in a space was visible in front of him, and a strand of the soul came out of the crack.

The meditating man opened his eyes and put his hand forward. That strand of the soul came to his palm. He slowly opened his mouth and devoured that strand of soul.

That soul strand merged with his own soul; it was originally part of his astral soul. After integrating with his astral soul strand, he knew all that transpired beyond that boundary and the steps he needed to take next.