Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence - Chapter 86
Chapter 86: Chapter 15: The Truth Behind the Scenes (Five updates, monthly pass request needed)_1
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Shen Yuan mounted his Maine Coon, traversing through the storm, before him lay a scene of chaos and destruction in the deluge.
Within a span of merely a few hours, the massive storm had triggered widespread landslides and flooding, as waters rampaged, tumbling down the lower elevations.
Particularly, Fubo Pond, located up high, had eroded the mountain peak, carving out a river course among the mountains.
Massive amounts of water flowed together, surging towards a single direction.
Yunmeng Village!
Along the way, Shen Yuan could see houses ravaged by the flooding rivers, with masses of people dragging their families away towards safety.
He could also see bodies, carried away by the floodwaters.
Most of them were animals, but among them were not a few human forms.
Under this catastrophic storm blanketing the three hundred li to the west of Dongting, no one could escape unscathed.
Shen Yuan watched this chaos in the deluge, his gaze growing colder.
In his mind, the previously missing pieces of information began to come together.
“Why did Fubo Dragon Monarch forcibly seize control of the water deity’s authority over the three hundred li west of Dongting?
Why did Fubo Dragon Monarch not exert his authority as the ruler of the waters?
Why could the death of Fubo Dragon Monarch still not prevent the disaster of stormy rain engulfing three hundred li?”
“All this is simply because Fubo Dragon Monarch was not the one orchestrating all this. He was merely a puppet put forth to the public view!”
The Maine Coon stepped in the storm, crossing the raging river, speeding towards Yunmeng Village, hidden in the curtain of rain.
As Shen Yuan’s thoughts crystallized, the looming image of the village sharpened in his eyes.
“The person behind the scenes, utilizing the name of Fubo Dragon Monarch, seized control of the authority of all the aquatic deities, sparing their lives, causing the world to mistake Fubo Dragon Monarch as the culprit.
In reality, Fubo Dragon Monarch himself couldn’t even control the authority over Fubo Pond.”
“The person behind the scenes, after painstaking effort, swallowed the authority over the water territories three hundred li to the west of Dongting, but appeared to have wasted energy getting those unusable, fragmented authorities.
However, everyone overlooked the fact that this area of three hundred li west of Lake Dongting used to be one entity thousands of years ago.
They all bore one common name: Yunmeng Swampland!”
“Even though these territories have been barren for thousands of years, with dry ground segregating the water bodies, these entities were birthed from the same source as Yunmeng Swampland. Therefore, in essence, these water authorities are incredibly similar.
Simply requiring one heavy rainfall, one widespread flood to connect all water bodies, then someone can truly control the three hundred li to the west of Dongting and become the undisputed ruler of the water territories!”
The Maine Coon leaped into mid-air again, and Shen Yuan could already see the towering stone stele at the entrance of Yunmeng Village.
The entire village was eerily silent, all the villagers had been evacuated by Yu Changliu to a county far from the water.
Huge amounts of floodwater gathered outside Yunmeng Village, but an invisible force blocked its path, allowing the surging water to continually hammer against the outermost invisible barrier of the village.
Although the floodwaters in front couldn’t break through the invisible barrier, a small amount of water had already seeped into the village.
Muddy water, flooding and submerging a large number of houses, but a large area remained unaffected by the flood.
That area, was indeed the Dragon Sovereign Temple.
Even for the Maine Coon, driving through such a storm for tens of kilometers, then through areas flooded was no small burden.
Gasping heavily, the Maine Coon stepped across the entrance to Yunmeng Village.
“To the Dragon Sovereign Temple.”
Shen Yuan gently stroked the large head of the Maine Coon cat and spoke softly.
Feeling Shen Yuan’s touch, the Maine Coon was invigorated, mobilizing its talent to control the winds, speeding towards the Dragon Sovereign Temple.
Just a few seconds later, Shen Yuan already arrived at the entrance of the Dragon Sovereign Temple.
Dismounting from the cat’s back, Shen Yuan casually handed the storage space box, which contained the corpse of the flood dragon, to the cat and gestured for it to hold off from following him further.
“Stay away for now; this is not a situation you should get involved in.”
Under the watchful gazes of the Maine Coon and Bai Xue, Shen Yuan walked confidently into the Dragon Sovereign Temple.
Nothing within the Dragon Sovereign Temple had changed since Shen Yuan’s last visit; he walked directly towards the grand main hall.
Now, it was daytime, and under normal circumstances, the main hall of the Dragon Sovereign Temple should look more imposing during the day. However, in Shen Yuan’s eyes, the Dragon Sovereign Temple seemed darker and more ominous than the previous night.
Shen Yuan stepped into the main hall.
Everything was as usual, even the deep pit created by Yu Changliu’s blow beneath the Dragon Sovereign statue and the scratches left by the Darkness- Light Sword remained intact.
However, one thing had changed – the statue of the Dragon Sovereign seated on the divine altar.
The once dignified Yunmeng Dragon Monarch had been replaced by a statue of a haughty Dragon Sovereign, dressed in azure robes, wearing a pearl-veil crown, oozing arrogance that nothing in the world could match.
Just by sitting there, it seemed as if he could look down dismissively at all creatures on earth.
Shen Yuan locked eyes with it and said,
“Actually, your plan was very successful. Fubo Dragon Monarch, as the number one Qi training Great Demon in the Dongting water domain, indeed attracted the majority of the people’s attention.
Even when you seized the water domain’s authority under his name and created the illusion of flooding Yunmeng Village in retaliation against Yu Changliu, no one suspected you.”
The Dragon Sovereign statue remained silent, appearing like a mere sculpture.
“The only miscalculation in your plan was that you didn’t anticipate Fubo Dragon Monarch being killed so quickly.
The moment Fubo Dragon Monarch died, you realized the risk of exposure, but the arrow was already drawn and had to be released.
You prematurely triggered a fierce rainstorm, guiding rivers from 300 miles west of Dongting to converge, and thus becoming a formidable Water God controlling all that 300-mile waters.”
“Such a feat might bring ecstasy to others, but for you, it was only the beginning of your plan.
Even if you take over Lake Dongting with these 300 miles of waterways, even if you become the lord of Lake Dongting who hasn’t appeared for thousands of years, those are still not your true objectives.”
“Your real goal is to let Dongting overflow, using the natural disaster of torrential rain to transform the 300 miles of land back to the Yunmeng Swampland of thousands of years ago and restore the glory of the Yunmeng Dragon Monarch.”
Shen Yuan laughed, with evident mockery on his face.
“The Yunmeng Dragon Monarch would never have imagined that, after his demise thousands of years ago, the first to covet his throne would be his old enemy.
The arrogant Azure Dragon, willing to cast himself into the degraded Yunmeng Swampland, all for a desperate chance at another life.”
Shen Yuan leisurely approached the statue, and in a tone full of interest, asked,
“Now, how should I address you?”
“The master of the Dragon Ball, absorbed by Fubo Dragon Monarch?
The ruler of the 300-mile water domain to the west of Dongting?
Or perhaps, Your Highness, the First Prince of the River Ji Dragon Palace!”
