The Pal named the Withered Star Dragon neither ate nor drank, yet possessed terrifying power. It quickly drew the attention of the people.
Until one day.
A withered leaf fell from the Everlasting World Tree.
Only then did people realize that the Withered Star Dragon did not actually have no need for sustenance. It fed on the vital energy of the entire continent.
The World Tree began to wither, and the vitality of Palworld rapidly declined. This was the “Calamity” of the ancient era—the disaster that had nearly wiped out the entire world.
At the time, the human leadership decided to mobilize every available force to eradicate the Calamity—in other words, the Withered Star Dragon.
Zenala, who had been responsible for researching the Withered Star Dragon, had already formed a deep bond with it after spending so much time together.
In truth, the Withered Star Dragon did not want to absorb the World Tree’s energy. It could sense that as the World Tree weakened, all life in the world was fading away. In the end, even its master, Zenala, would not escape the catastrophe.
But devouring the world’s lifeblood was its instinct. It could desperately suppress that impulse, but it could not sever it completely.
In the end, the eight strongest beings of the ancient era gathered to launch a joint attack on the Withered Star Dragon and Zenala.
Cang Li, the Tower Master of Tianyang Village, was one of those who took part in the expedition.
The battle ended in failure, but it was not entirely fruitless.
The Withered Star Dragon and Zenala were sealed deep within the World Tree, slowing the tree’s withering process…
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“So, the reason we won eight Key Balls from the eight Tower Masters was to gain their recognition.”
“Only someone stronger than those eight Tower Masters has any chance of bringing this Calamity to an end!”
“How can you not be interested in something this exciting?!”
Zhong Yi’s saliva flew everywhere as he excitedly recounted the secrets he had discovered within the World Tree.
Zhou Yue, meanwhile, listened while yawning repeatedly, looking as though he was about to fall asleep.
“I only care about one thing… Is this Withered Star Dragon the final Pal, number 204?”
Zhou Yue stretched and asked lazily.
The item containing the complete system was called the Paldeck.
It recorded every Pal they had encountered, and after a successful capture, it displayed more detailed information.
The higher the number, the greater the Pal’s quality.
For example, the five Divine Beasts that appeared later in the game, as well as the enormous and tremendously oppressive Aocang Whale.
To everyone’s surprise, even a powerhouse like Aocang Whale was only ranked number 203 in the Paldeck. This naturally made everyone curious about what kind of Pal could be stronger and rarer than Aocang Whale.
“Judging by its strength, I’d say that’s about right.”
Zhong Yi nodded.
“Then tell me… Can we catch this Withered Star Dragon too?”
Zhou Yue immediately perked up.
“Of course! If we can catch Aocang Whale, then we can definitely catch the Withered Star Dragon too!”
Zhong Yi nodded with absolute confidence.
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s push the main storyline!”
Zhou Yue leaped up from the Pal bed.
After entering the World Tree, the group had not been in any hurry to advance the main storyline. The World Tree’s interior was vast, and there were plenty of novel things to explore, so they had focused on developing their strength instead.
Now that they knew there was an even more powerful Withered Star Dragon, everyone finally gathered together and set out into the World Tree to advance the main storyline.
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Navigating the World Tree was far more troublesome than traveling through the outside world.
For one thing, the map was complicated and the monsters were powerful.
For another, the World Tree was even larger than the biggest Skyfall Ruin in the outside world.
Fortunately, the group had already unlocked the Divine Beast Jetragon. Under Master Zhong’s training, each of them had raised a top-tier Jetragon with four movement-speed passives. In the blink of an eye, they crossed one obstacle after another.
After completing the prerequisite quests, the four finally arrived at the deepest part of the World Tree.
As the eight Key Balls were placed into their respective sockets one after another, the heavily sealed gates finally began to turn and slowly opened.
“So tense! So exciting! We’re finally going to challenge the Calamity!”
Mu Yawen summoned a fire-red Crimson Edge and rubbed her fists excitedly.
“I heard Senior Sister Li say that Zenala seems to merge with the Withered Star Dragon. Apparently, they’re incredibly powerful…”
Zhou Qiaoling quietly slipped behind the others and offered a cautious warning.
Li Moran had specifically said that this was an “extremely formidable” opponent. She had already challenged it twice without winning and seemed to be in secluded cultivation at the moment, striving to improve herself.
The original version of the Withered Star Dragon was powerful, but in essence, it was not that far above Aocang Whale.
Considering that Zenala was being portrayed by a remnant of the Heavenly Dao’s spirit, Lu Ze had no choice but to raise the difficulty of the boss battle. He did not want the boss to be too weak and risk displeasing that particular existence.
“Perfect! Fellow Daoists in the livestream, watch closely! We’ll be the ones to claim the first kill on the Calamity! Hahaha!”
Zhong Yi laughed loudly and gestured confidently toward the livestream.
For this battle, Zhong Yi had customized a top-tier team composition for all four of them.
Mu Yawen’s Crimson Edge would take the field, Zhou Yue would use his Dark-type Bella, and Zhong Yi himself would rely on Xiaolong’s Water-and-Electric shock strategy.
As for Zhou Qiaoling…
She had her own ideas. She had brought four wanted criminals with the Self-Destruct skill, claiming that this was how she intended to atone for the crimes they had committed…
As the seals were undone one after another, a black space filled with emptiness and nothingness appeared before them.
With the seals fully released, the silver-haired woman and the white dragon Pal lying on the ground slowly opened their eyes.
“Come on! Let me see just how strong you are… Huh?”
Zhou Yue charged forward at the head of the group. But when his eyes met those of the silver-haired woman, he suddenly froze.
That gaze…
Why did it feel so familiar???
The other party was stunned as well.
A trace of confusion flashed through her silver-gray eyes.
Her gaze seemed to be saying:
“Why is it you again?”
The mutual confusion lasted only an instant before the battle erupted.
“Come on! Let’s see what you’ve got!”
“Wasn’t Zenala supposed to merge with the Withered Star Dragon?! Why is she flying over while standing on its back?!”
“What the heck?! Zenala’s health bar is longer than the Withered Star Dragon’s?!”
“What do you mean Zenala slapped Lao Zhou to death?!”
“Someone save us! The Pal Trainer is murdering people!!!”
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Luofeng Continent, Binding Spirit Mountains.
The four elders of the Phantom Alliance were overtaxing every last trace of spiritual energy in their bodies, gritting their teeth as they struggled to sustain the Four Symbols Formation.
After countless rounds of deduction, the Heavenly Spirit Body at the formation’s core had become badly shattered and was on the verge of collapse.
The Alliance Leader, Heart Demon, stood in the air, his expression shifting beneath his mask.
No one knew what he had asked.
They only knew that every few breaths, several more cracks appeared on the Heavenly Spirit Body at the center of the formation.
Just as the four elders were about to reach their limit—
Crack!
The Four Symbols Formation suddenly collapsed.
The Heavenly Spirit Body shattered into countless specks of dust and vanished.
Heart Demon remained suspended in the air, deep in thought.
“So that’s how it is…”
“We were heading in the right direction after all.”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
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