Chapter 414: Regret of the Wood Dragon - Part 1 (2/2)

The Wood Dragon, Cernun, kept holing himself in the cave and only relied on eating plants to survive. He eventually got stronger as he grew.

5,000 years later, Cernun finally got a grasp on his bloodline, dragon Qi, and his power. He started cultivating after wasting 15,000 years of his life doing practically nothing.

It took him only one year to advance from the first-stage to the immortal realm. He evolved into an elder dragon and came up with various unique cultivation techniques.

Miaomiao kept on taking notes. He had many enlightenments after watching how Cernun experimented with many kinds of cultivation methods by using his body as a test subject.

99% of the techniques were useless. However, the rest of them could be considered divine-grade techniques as they could transform a commoner into an immortal expert within less than a year!

However, the techniques required Cernun's bloodline and Wood Element Qi as its core. After all, they were tailored for the creator of the skills.

Furthermore, Cernun even came up with compound elements.

Chloro of Life

Holy Terra

Holy Chloro

The three compound elements were Cernun's proud creation as these powers synergized with his ideal lifestyle. He sought peace and tranquility, a world without bloodshed and conflict.

One day, as Cernun kept experimenting with his power, an archangel visited his cave.

The archangel had a similar appearance as Uriel. However, his eyes, demeanor, and aura were malicious and sinister.

The gas form of the archangel terrified Cernun. The dragon shrunk back in fear as he had never encountered a strange being like the angel.

Seeing how timid the dragon was, the angel sneered, ”Hey, brat. How did you cultivate Holy Element!? This element belongs to our race! A dumb dragon like you has no right to use it!”

The angel was rude, overbearing, and unreasonable. Even Miaomiao had the urge to punch him in the face.

But Cernun was too cowardly and timid. He simply gazed at the visitor and nodded.

”Okay. I won't cultivate Holy Element anymore.”

”Good! Don't let me catch you using that element again!”

The archangel left after threatening the innocent dragon.

10,000 years later, the cultivation base of Cernun had transcended the immortal stages and ascended to the Divine Realm. However, as he had no mentor, he had no idea how divine beings cultivated to get stronger.

For the first time in his life, he decided to leave his cave for longer than a day. He went out for an adventure, hoping to find a solution to get stronger.

One day, as Cernun was enjoying his journey and scenery of the world, various immortals surrounded him, trying to hunt him down.

Because of his timid nature, the dragon didn't want to fight back. He fled back to his cave.

But the human immortals simply laughed and pursued. They shouted.

”Don't let that rare dragon escape! Kill him and take his core, his heart, and his bloodline! We can become deities or dao gods if we have his blood!”

Cernun heard the remarks. Strangely, he was overwhelmed by a new emotion.

He was angry. For some reason, he felt like these weak immortals were too arrogant, and they messed with the wrong person.

He was obviously stronger than them, yet they thought they could kill him?

Being offended and mad, for the first time after he had slain his siblings, Cernun decided to retaliate.

It only took him two seconds to wipe out the party of 20 human immortals. With just one dragon breath, everyone was detonated into dust. Even their souls were destroyed.

After killing the immortals, Cernun recalled his mother's teaching.

[Show no mercy to your rivals, enemies, or other beings. Think of yourself as the strongest entity. Never bow your head to anyone.]

Finally, Cernun understood what his mother had taught him.

The world was cruel to him, so there was no reason for him to be kind to others.

His mindset, behavior, and principle about life was warped. From that day on, he proactively hunted for food. He even ate many immortals of various races, such as humans, beasts, and demons.

During the time, Cernun's Holy Element grew weak as he pursued the dao of slaughter. After killing over 500 million immortals from his mother planet, he could no longer use the Holy Element.

Also, he found himself alone in the big world.

All immortals migrated out of the planet in fear. Only a small number of plant-type creatures remained as they couldn't leave.

Again, Cernun hunted them for fun.

During the hunt, Cernun met a young plant creature, who had just gained sentience.

The little dryad confronted the dragon with just a stick in her hand. Her arms and roots were trembling, and she couldn't stop crying.

Cernun sensed that she couldn't even use an elemental essence. He found her amusing.

The little dryad smacked Cernun with the weak stick, ”You evil dragon! You killed my family, my friends, and everyone. Even if I'm a weakling, I won't forgive you!”

”Hahahaha! You won't forgive me? Sure. What are you going to do with that stick?”

”Die! Die! Just die!”

The dryad cried as she knew that the stick in her hand was useless against the mighty dragon, who killed almost everyone on the planet. Yet, she kept hitting him, praying that a miracle could happen.

The dragon could read her mind. He kept laughing, letting the little girl hitting him for a few minutes.

After the dryad was tired, Cernun raised his feet and stomped her to death.

…

Miaomiao tried to close his eyes as he didn't want to keep watching the terrible experience of Cernun. However, the memory dream went on.

He heard the mysterious voice again.

[I made irreversible mistakes over and over again because of my vain pride, anger, and insanity. I wish I had someone to stop me back then, but it was too late.]

”I can tell,” Miaomiao sighed as he was tired of experiencing every emotion that Cernun had. Fortunately, he wasn't influenced by Cernun's madness.

…

The dragon continued slaughtering all plant-based creatures for 1,000 years. Many small creatures banded together to fight back against him. But in the end, no tree in the world survived after confronting the dragon.

After the trees and creatures were gone, Cernun searched for other dragons like him.

But he found no one.

He sensed no one.

The planet without a tree slowly crumbled. Once a beautiful planet with green trees and blue oceans was reduced into a lifeless inhabitable plane.

Being left alone, Cernun was bored. He started gazing upon the stars and space.

Before Cernun could start a new adventure to another planet, a new archangel visited him.

This time, Miaomiao recognized the angel. He was Uriel.

Behind the archangels, an army of 50,000 ancient dragons followed him. Among them, Cernun's mother was there.

Delighted by the reunion, Cernun pointed at the wasteland planet to show off to his mother.

He didn't notice the shackles and the choker on her neck. She was their prisoner.

”Mother, look! This is what you've always taught me! I showed them no mercy! I never bowed down to anyone! I'm the strongest dragon in the world!”

Many dragons peered at the mother of Cernun in disgust. They spat at her.

”Not only you violated the Dragon Code and betrayed our council, but you also taught your son to follow your path? How many children you have abused, you damn traitor!?”

”Huh?”

Cernun heard the remarks. He didn't understand what the other dragon was saying.

The archangel suddenly appeared on the head of Cernun and placed his palm on it. He injected his divine Qi into Cernun's soul and sighed, ”Cernun, the son of Clem. You're under arrest for multiple instances of mass genocide and soul destruction. You shall be sealed in a mortal world, and all your power will be used to nurture the planet for the rest of eternity.”