Sarlayan occasionally habitually uses the level data marked by the system to judge everyone's strength.
Affected by him, Onyxia, Valeera and others gradually adapted to this more quantifiable and understandable way to delineate grade standards.
Onyxia was forced to work under Deathwing for a long time and knew her crazy father very well.
According to her estimate, after receiving the infusion of Enzos's shadow power, Deathwing's level should be around 67-68, which is higher than the 66 levels of the other four dragon kings.
If the Four Dragon Kings headed by Alexstrasza still have the possibility to make up for their shortcomings and go further, Deathwing, who once again accepted the injection of external power, will never be able to explore his own potential in this life.
If he wants to continue to improve his strength, Deathwing can only drink poison to quench his thirst and constantly seek the blessing of external powers. This evil way destined him to never sublimate his soul and become a true god.
Onyxia is different from Stellagosa. She entered the transcendental gate through the most traditional coming-of-age ceremony of the dragon clan, and therefore lacked the feeling of self-breakthrough.
When she first entered the threshold of demigods, Onyxia was still obsessed with the lake and had no consciousness.
As she further developed the innate power of the black dragon clan, Onyxia gradually encountered an invisible barrier that restricted her continued progress.
In the words of Danmu, her situation is that the foundation has not been firmly laid. The higher she climbs, the more likely it is that problems will arise, eventually leading to stagnation.
Not only Onyxia, Sarlayan's mother Yinasi also touched this wall of sighs.
However, Yin Nasi herself doesn't care much about this. After all, her job is not to be a warrior charging into the battle, but to be a researcher sitting behind the scenes.
Since Yin Nasi reached level 65, thousands of years have passed, and her strength has barely increased at all, and she has been spinning in circles.
Onyxia also discussed this issue with Yinasi before, and the two came to the same conclusion.
This is the inevitable sequelae of a dragon that is forcibly elevated to the demigod realm through rituals when it reaches adulthood.
As the strongest person among Sharlayan's partners at this stage, Onyxia does not want to stand still in order to protect the hard-won family members around her, but she has never been able to find an effective way to break through the barrier.
That's why Onyxia showed a helpless expression when she promised Sharlayan to keep practicing.
It's not that she really has no ambition at all. With the end in sight, the Black Dragon Princess really lacks motivation.
"Um……"
Sarlayan frowned and pondered for a while: "You...even all dragons are in the same situation. For example, it is like building a high-rise building. If the foundation is not firmly laid, the higher you build, the greater the risk."
"This is the fundamental reason why you can't continue to move up after reaching level 65."
“To solve this kind of problem, you can only find a way to go back and re-consolidate the foundation of emptiness.”
"Laying a solid foundation..."
Onyxia asked with a headache: "Do you have any specific suggestions?"
Sarlayan spread his hands helplessly: "I am still just a new dragon that has not yet fully formed. When it comes to understanding the dragon's physical condition, do you think I know better than you?"
"Ah this..."
Onyxia had a wry smile on her face: "How about I go to Wyrmrest Temple and ask Alexstrasza?"
"You can try it, but don't expect too much."
Sarlayan sighed and said: "If the Dragon Kings had a way to solve this problem, they wouldn't be stuck at level 66 for tens of thousands of years."
"Hey~"
Onyxia hit her forehead in distress: "Okay, I'll think of a solution first."
Watching Onyxia leave the quiet room in despair, Valeela asked somewhat unbearably: "Is there really nothing you can do?"
Sarlayan shook his head: "The root of the problem is there. How to solve the problem...at least I still have no idea now."
It may sound simple to go through it all over again to lay a solid foundation, but the saying "overwhelming water cannot be recovered" is not just a saying. If something is missed, it is missed, and it is extremely difficult to go back and make up for it.
Netizens on the barrage likened it to asking a college student who studied calculus to go back and solve the Mathematical Olympiad problems in high school. He would always subconsciously use the mathematical formulas he learned in college to solve the problems.
For the teachers who grade the exams, this approach is obviously out of line and not the result they want to see.
The marking teacher for the Mathematical Olympiad questions might be a little more humane and accommodating, but the "marking teacher" who is blocking the dragon family's progress is not so gentle.
Just like solving a math problem, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't. There is no third possibility.
This is Onyxia's current problem. She will habitually use the understanding of extraordinary creatures to solve some mysteries that should have been solved through self-understanding in the mortal stage.
This caused her to lack the important insights she would have had during a normal breakthrough, which seriously affected her subsequent progress.
Onyxia always feels that a piece of the puzzle is missing when she further understands power, and it is difficult to reverse the thinking to find this piece of the puzzle, because her problem-solving ideas have long been accustomed to it and become natural.
Through the auxiliary analysis of the barrage, Sarlayan came up with the answer to the problem, but he couldn't figure out how to solve it for a while.
Valeera tried to ask: "Can we use the power of the bronze dragon to regress their state back to before the breakthrough?"
Sarlayan shook his head: "This cannot solve the fundamental problem. Even if the physical state returns to the mortal stage, due to the uniqueness of the soul, their inertial thinking will still not change in any way."
"emmmmm..."
Valila smiled bitterly and spread her hands: "Then I don't know what to do."
Sarlayan touched his chin thoughtfully: "I'm wondering if there is a possibility that while the bronze dragons use the power of time to regress their physical state, they can temporarily seal part of their memories through some special means."
…
The dragon clan's "stuck" problem is not a priority that Sharlayan needs to solve at the moment. After more than a month of retreat and meditation, he finally figured out how to continue to progress after becoming a demigod.
At the same time, Sarlayan's breakthrough insights also helped Valeera a lot.
The two months of making the appointment with the family flew by in a blink of an eye, and as expected, neither Valeera nor Stellagosa was able to successfully break through the bottleneck within these two months.
However, their time in seclusion has been quite fruitful, and they have all reached the threshold of breakthrough.
If nothing else goes wrong, at the latest this year...that is, at the end of the 17th year of the Black Gate, they will be able to enter the demigod realm right after Sarlayan.
The reason why the meeting and time are set two months later is mainly to accept the achievements of the new Scourge Legion in Draenor during this period.
As Sharlayan expected, with the defeat of the Burning Legion, Azeroth entered a long-lost period of peace.
For two whole months, neither Kalimdor nor the Eastern Kingdoms had anything major enough to alarm Sharlayan. All countries were concentrating on dealing with post-war domestic issues.
The only thing worth talking about is the Scourge Legion who have relocated their entire family.
Under the orders of the new Lich King Solas, the undead did not hesitate to abandon Icecrown Glacier, their base camp with many backdoors.
The mighty undead army took advantage of the Howling Fjord and submerged into the extremely cold waters of the Arctic from the southern coast.
Solas did not want to alarm other countries and races during this period of peaceful development.
The Scourge Corps detoured through the water and arrived near the east coast of the Eastern Kingdom. They marched rapidly under the sea and finally landed on the east coast of the Cursed Land.
Under the strict surveillance of the Alliance garrison at Nethergarde Keep, the Scourge, headed by the Lich King, filed into the Dark Portal.
Since then, the Alliance soldiers stationed at Nethergarde have never seen these undead again.
Although it was called a vacation, Sarlayan still couldn't completely put down his official duties. He planned to make the first stop of the vacation in Draenor, "by the way" to see the development progress of Yin Lidan and Solas.
After the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Sarlayan's reputation within the Alliance was no longer what it used to be.
Upon learning that Archduke Shenying had traveled thousands of miles to the barren cursed land, the Alliance officers stationed at Watch Fortress immediately rushed over to greet him.
Sarlayan repeatedly stated that he was only on vacation, and these officers, most of whom came from the nearby Kingdom of Stormwind, returned to their posts with hesitation.
After passing through the Dark Portal and arriving in Draenor, Tinagosa wrinkled her little nose unconsciously.
"What a strong stench of evil energy! Can this ghost place really be habitable?"
"Ha~"
Sarlayan smiled and rubbed Little Tina's head: "Most mortal races cannot survive in such a harsh environment, but for demons and undead, the environment is not important at all."
"Put this aside for now and watch."
Sarlayan raised his hand and pointed to the ruins of Hellfire Fortress at the end of the Road to Glory. A group of red-skinned orcs were dancing and shouting at the Dark Portal.
"We were discovered by the fel orcs."
