The atmosphere in the grand auction hall of the Dragon World was so thick with tension you could cut it with a blade.
Ethan stood at the center of the stage, his expression was unreadable, though inwardly he was savoring every moment.
To the thousands of beings gathered here, he was a merchant of miracles, a man who could sell you the power of a god for the right price.
But to Ethan, this was more than a business venture.
It was a biological takeover.
Every serum he sold, every technique he passed on, was laced with a hidden purpose.
He wanted his own essence, his very bloodline, to flow through the veins of every major race in this "cage."
The gods who ruled this reality thought of these mortals as their private power source, their fuel.
Ethan intended to steal that fuel from the inside out.
By the time he was ready to ascend beyond the boundaries of this world, the "people of the gods" would actually be his people.
