Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 466: The Mother of Ten Thousand Snakes, Tastes Good
"What does it have to do with you?"

Noah's attitude towards the sacrificial snake was extremely cold, even though the other party did not show any obvious malice and was only curious about him.

But there are many similar guys. Ever since he was promoted to the Guardian of the World and became the King of Behemoths, the attitude of the gods towards him has changed.

First, the conflict between him and the gods who suspected him of wanting to occupy the solar domain eased, but instead, the elves gods had a lot of opinions about him.

The elven pantheon believed that Noah had broken his promise. Although Noah had not promised anything in the first place, just like the gods did not sign contracts with each other, Noah did not sign a contract when cooperating with the gods. Anyway, such a contract was no different from a piece of waste paper.

However, Noah did gain a lot of benefits from the elves. Although it was limited to the secular level, it is undeniable that Noah's kingdom, with the support of the elves, also had sufficient foundation.

The craftsmen provided by the elves are mainly low-level elves, as well as a small number of high-level elves who have been marginalized for various reasons. The equipment they provide also has more or less extremely demanding usage requirements, or has other hidden dangers and problems.

This shows that the elves' sincerity is not enough, but it is undeniable that the elves did provide practical benefits and interests. Therefore, in response to the elves' reactions, Noah mainly used appeasement and evasion.

Even if he becomes the guardian of the world, it does not mean that he is no longer in conflict with the gods.

The path that Noah chose for himself to become the Dragon King was to plunder many material worlds to provide for the Mother Realm in exchange for its favor and dependence on him, and eventually let the Mother Realm spit out enough source power for him, so that he could be promoted to the Dragon King.

But even at this point, it is not the end. Noah has to follow the advice given by his father-in-law Chitian, control the will of the world and become the master of the world.

If this step can be achieved, then Noah will not only gain the world's source power, but even the resources that were previously provided to the world can be taken back in disguise.

But this is a much longer road. At first glance, there seems to be no problem, but how much of the material world must be plundered? How many resources must be accumulated before the will of the world surrenders and recognizes him as its father?

Noah didn't know, even his father-in-law Chitian couldn't give him a clear answer, he could only try to explore it by himself.

This road to becoming a king is destined to be full of thorns, and every step will be bloody. Every material world is a pasture for the gods. Now Noah has occupied a medium-sized material world in the void, which is not numerous and has great potential.

Although Noah did not deliberately suppress the belief in gods, but because of his existence, the children born to the original believers of gods would involuntarily worship and believe in the holy dragon and would no longer follow their parents. This was determined by the environment and was equivalent to suppressing the belief in gods in disguise.

If such a situation is only limited to one world, then the gods can tolerate it. After all, the number of material worlds is theoretically infinite. Worlds are born in the void and fall in the void all the time.

But as Noah's army continued to spread, and the golden order from the Holy Dragon covered more and more material worlds, could the gods still tolerate Noah's behavior? Especially since even if Noah became the Dragon King, he would not give up conquering more worlds.

The conflict of faith is an irreconcilable contradiction, which is the immortal foundation of the gods. If the faith of one, two or even three worlds is blocked, the gods can turn a blind eye and tolerate it.

Because it was not just one god that was damaged, but everyone's, so it was tolerable for the loss to be shared by multiple gods. But when the ten and a hundred worlds were occupied by the Dragon King who did not need faith and worship, who could still ignore it?
Noah used this to convince the Elf God, at least to ease and maintain the agreement with the Elf God clan. The Elves would continue to provide technology and certain material assistance to Noah's kingdom.

In exchange, Noah will order the expeditionary force to give priority to attacking worlds that believe in the sun when choosing to conquer the world.

Although the road ahead is difficult, as far as the current situation is concerned, at least there is no conflict between Noah and the gods. However, as Noah's expeditionary army continues to expand and conquers more worlds, another group of immortal beings besides the gods turn their attention to Noah.

Because Noah did not hide his existence and what he wanted to do too much, no matter who exists, they can roughly infer what Noah wants to do.

However, although this path is clear, it is basically impossible to imitate. First of all, one must be born in a sufficiently strong material world.

If one is born in a small world, even if one tries every means to provide support to the mother world, the mother world is limited by its own foundation and cannot spit out even a ray of source energy, not even a ray.

It is better to follow the example of the Black King and embark on the path of world destruction. Of course, you can also try to become the master of the world. You can use the resources of a small world to develop a void fleet powerful enough to carry out colonial expeditions, plunder and collect enough resources to upgrade the small world into a medium-sized material world.

This is too unrealistic. With this ability, why would he still support the Mother Realm? He would have destroyed countless worlds if he had taken the path of world destruction.

Similarly, even if the world you are born into is suitable, you have to go to a certain extent to gain the recognition of the world's will and, most importantly, suppress the opinions of other powerful beings in the world.

Because Noah had a special bloodline and was diligent and hardworking, he became almost invincible after reaching the pinnacle of the material world.

But for the vast majority of legends, even if they come from a superior race, have the blessing of bloodline, and the support of the gods, it is impossible for them to conquer the world. Not even a demigod can do it.

Because the medium-sized material world can give birth to more than one demigod-level being, and there are countless ancient divine creatures. Not everyone can suppress the world single-handedly like Noah. If you can't do this, don't even think about imitating him.

For the vast majority of legends, the best way to achieve immortality is to become a god. However, if one wants to gain immortality and have the freedom to be independent from the material world, that is naturally ten or a hundred times more difficult.

Although there is no real fairness in the world, on the road to immortality, you often get as much as you give. Even if there are beings who are immortal, such immortality is basically difficult to break free from restrictions and shackles.

Therefore, as a special being who is destined to obtain immortality and whose path is difficult for others to replicate, naturally many people are curious about Noah.

However, compared with the gods, these creatures were more reckless and unrestrained. Their attention and curiosity annoyed Noah.

"We have had indirect contact before, have you forgotten?"

Facing Noah's cold and even bad attitude, the Sacrifice Snake did not take it seriously and responded with the same calm and gentle tone.

He could understand this future fellow before him, as he had not yet truly achieved immortality. It was only right for him to be wary of his proactive contact.

If the positions of the two sides were reversed, his reaction would probably not be much better. No one could calmly face a being far more powerful than themselves actively touching him, because this usually did not mean anything good. "You are the most active of the great snakes worshipped by the Setra Snake Empire."

Noah looked up at the giant snake that had covered the sky in front of him. This dark, ten-thousand-meter-long snake shadow now had the power to overturn the world.

But this is just an illusion limited to the temporary space at the moment, and the other party can only show such an attitude here. Once he really falls into the scope of the rules of the material world, this guy will immediately encounter the most intense resistance and attack from the world's will.

However, the gigantic snake shadow that stretched for ten thousand meters before him might be the true form of the sacrificial snake. Although it was not as good as the Star-Forging Dragon King he had seen, it was completely superior to those golden dragon ancestors. The two were not in the same realm at all.

This is definitely an immortal being whose power is comparable to that of the Dragon King. The worst thing is that this guy is abnormally active. Even if such a being has no ill will towards the creatures in the material world, his thoughts, actions and every move are enough to change the fate of countless creatures.

Just like the behemoth that had surrendered to Noah, with a body size of hundreds of meters, even if it is just to maintain the most basic survival activities, it is enough to cause devastating damage to a country or region, causing permanent changes to the mountain and terrain.

The sacrificial snake before him was a far more terrifying existence than the behemoth bred by the world itself. His thoughts, even a single will, could potentially create a religious sect and build a vast empire.

"The Setra Snakemen Empire? That was a secular empire that I accidentally created when I was gathering with some old friends. You have come into contact with it before, so it seems that you still remember it."

"My approach and process of contact with the empire established by your followers were not pleasant, especially the other great god worshipped by those snake people, the Mother of All Snakes!"

Noah remained indifferent to the somewhat enthusiastic contact of the sacrificial snake.

Not only did he have no good feelings towards these great snakes, he also had quite a lot of prejudice and resentment towards them, especially the Mother of All Snakes who had personally intervened and expressed her covetousness and greed towards him.

"Are you talking about Sasha? She doesn't have any bad intentions, but she is just keen on breeding snakes.

If you want, she is also a very good partner, who can transform into any shape and posture you need. Haven't you tasted her?"

When Noah mentioned the Mother of All Snakes, the tone of the sacrificial snake suddenly became a little warmer and seemed to be quite interested.

"I rejected her and had a fight with her!"

Noah was not surprised at the chaotic relationship between these immortal beings. Since they were all immortal and indestructible, it was not surprising that they did anything.

The so-called moral ethics are just a variety of rules made by intelligent creatures in the world to restrain their groups and facilitate their rule. How could these immortal beings follow such shallow rules? Everything is based on their own wishes and ideas.

"Why did you reject her?"

The sacrificial serpent expressed its incomprehension of Noah's choice.

He originally thought that Noah was a fellow dragon and wanted to discuss something with him, but now it seems that this little dragon is just a greenhorn who knows nothing.

"I am a golden dragon. I have my own partner, so I will not do anything to betray my partner."

Although as a golden dragon with multiple partners, Noah has no confidence or qualifications to say such words, compared with the ordinary golden dragons' views on mate selection, he is already a heretic.

But Noah's requirements in this regard are still quite strict, not everything is acceptable. Even though the Mother of All Snakes is an existence he needs to look up to now, it does not mean that he is willing to have such an intimate and chaotic relationship with her.

What's more, the snake mother didn't just want to have sex and pursue physical pleasure, she clearly wanted to get something from his blood.

"Golden dragon? Mate? I see."

Although Noah's behavior seemed a little childish in the eyes of the sacrificial serpent, the immortal snake still understood it.

"My contact and interactions with you have never been pleasant from the beginning to the end. Even now, your followers and your believers are still causing me trouble."

"Well, maybe you don't believe it, but I never had any ill will towards you from the beginning to the end, and I never issued any instructions or orders to the secular world."

The sacrificial snake said sincerely,
"This seems to be an attempt to shirk responsibility, but all the actions against you were mostly the actions of the snake people on their own initiative. I did not interfere."

"Well, I believe it. So can you issue a will? Stop all interference and sabotage against the expansion of my legion!"

Noah believed the explanation of the sacrificial serpent and believed that there was no need for the other party to deceive or hide anything from him.

As a being that is above all worlds and freer than gods, the Great Snake does not need faith, but once He shows His presence among the secular world, secular creatures will naturally appear to worship and offer Him sacrifices.

Therefore, even though the sacrificial serpent does not require faith, it does not prevent him from having believers, and his believers will continue to act in his name.

As a generous and great snake, the Ritual Snake often actively responds to and resolves the demands of believers, which can naturally easily interfere with the historical process of the material world and change the pattern of many worlds.

As for the snake believers, it is normal for them to act on their own without any command or order. Even intelligent creatures have their own desires, even if they have faith, and where there are desires, there will naturally be actions.

Noah's colonial expeditionary army violated the actual interests of too many groups and forces, and therefore attracted resistance from all parties. It was natural for the forces that felt threatened to send forces to resist secretly.

(End of this chapter)