Damien immediately acted on his desire.
Before him, these dragon souls were mere worms. They couldn't resist the pull of the Breath of All Things and the crushing force of the Breath of Nothingness. Their souls were dissected and their strengths were divided and repurposed to aid Damien to the best of their abilities.
As a result of their attempt to isolate and suppress him, they faced his wrath.
And they faced it in spades.
Damien didn't move from the 8000 to 9000-kilometer depth, taking his time to tear through each and every dragon soul he could find.
The number of devoured souls increased from double digits to triple digits, and as time went by, it even approached the quadruple digits!
'I've devoured…776. The sheer volume of memories and Legends isn't something I can manage in a short period of time, but the Mind Prison's support is somewhat mitigating that problem.'