In the demon world, outside the Demon King’s Palace, a giant white dragon descended from the sky and rushed into the palace gate.
"Guxu, you asked me to come here in person, so here I am! If you don't give a reasonable explanation, I will make your imperial capital uneasy!" Ao Cang, the Dragon King of the Sea, roared fiercely. The monsters in the Monster Palace were trembling with fear at the powerful majesty of the Dragon King. Some monsters of lower ranks were even frightened unconscious.
The Demon King sat on the throne, looking straight at Ao Cang who was more than twenty feet tall in the air.
"Zhenhai Dragon King, why get angry over such a small matter? Since I want you to come in person, there must be a reason." The Demon King's voice was calm, without the slightest fluctuation.
"A small matter? Do you know what the West Sea Dragon Palace is like now? The failure of Leaping Dragon Gate has caused our West Sea Dragon Palace to lose two Dragon Kings! If Fang Yun hadn't interfered, my Ao Cang would have been the Dragon King who surpassed Ao Yuwei! His Majesty the Dragon Saint of the West Sea got injured for some reason and continued to recuperate. Even His Majesty the Jiao Saint, who was on good terms with our West Sea Dragon Palace, was humiliated by Fang Yun. If he hadn't been lucky enough not to leave the river, he would have been suppressed by Li Daoyuan and Kong Changxun. Now I don't know where he is going."
There seemed to be flames burning in Ao Cang's golden pupils as he stared at the Demon King Guxu, trying to see Guxu's true face through the thick armor.
"The departure of Jiao Saint Ao Zhou is related to this emperor." Gu Xu said.
"What?" Ao Cang's anger subsided a little, replaced by confusion.
"In the early years, this emperor obtained a star road leading to the ruins of the ancestral emperor. I wanted to wait until I was canonized to find out what it was like. However, in order to ask Ao Zhou for help, I handed the star road to him. He is now on his way to the ruins of the ancestral emperor." Gu Xu said.
Ao Cang's eyes widened and he asked, "You are willing to give the Ancestral Emperor's ruins to Ao Zhou?"
"In order to obstruct Fang Yun's holy path, this emperor can pay more!" The Demon King said in a calm tone.
Ao Cang snorted coldly and said, "First tell me why you asked me to come here. If it is to deal with Fang Yun, I will definitely go all out! If he cuts off my leap to the Dragon Gate, it is equivalent to cutting off the path of the human race to sainthood. This hatred is irreconcilable!"
“This emperor has a thing that I originally wanted to save for use after you were canonized. But seeing that your path to becoming the Dragon Emperor was cut off by Fang Yun, I couldn’t bear it. So I wanted to help you become the Dragon Emperor within a year, and become the Dragon Saint within five years!” The Demon Emperor’s voice echoed in the hall, empty and hollow, yet filled with magical power.
Ao Cang instantly became full of arrogance. He looked at Gu Xu, blinked, and was speechless for a long time.
"I came here from far away, you are not kidding me, right?" Ao Cang said with a smile, but his eyes were full of hope.
"Look what this is!" said the Demon King Guxu.
As Gu Xu was speaking, a powerful force enveloped the palace, isolating the inside and outside.
Ao Cang's huge body immediately shrank slightly, his dragon scales exploded, and a low humming sound came from his throat, with murderous intent emerging.
Gu Xu said calmly: "This emperor isolates the inside and outside not to kill you, but to prevent the power of this thing from leaking out."
Ao Cang flipped his hand, and a drop of blue water appeared on the palm of his hand wrapped in a metal glove. The drop was about an inch high and looked ordinary at first glance, but there was a coiled little dragon in the drop.
Ao Cang shouted in fear and anger, "Dragon Emperor Pulao! Son of the Ancestral Dragon! How dare you! Who dares to imprison the remnant soul of the Dragon Emperor? We will fight to the death! My dragon clan will fight you to the death!"
Ao Cang was completely enraged, with a strange golden light emanating from his body. The golden light was like water, flowing on his white body surface, and his eyes gradually turned red. He might start a killing spree at any time, or even call in the dragon saints.
Patches of water light flickered in the hall, as if an ocean was about to descend.
The Demon King Gu Xu threw the drop of water to Ao Cang and said, "This is not a remnant soul! It is a wisp of soul that was stripped off after Pulao was injured and merged with the ocean to form a sea soul. It has no independent consciousness. Even if this king is bold, he dare not hide the remnant soul of the Dragon Emperor."
Ao Cang was suddenly in a panic. He hurriedly and carefully caught the drop of water and placed it in his dragon claw. He observed it carefully and his expression changed.
"I won't hide it from you. I originally wanted to enter the Sea Soul and steal the Dragon Emperor's power. This way, even if I don't go to the Burial Valley, I will become a Great Sage. Unfortunately, this is called the Supreme Ancestor after all. If I am not a Great Sage, I cannot control it. And if I am a Great Sage, why would I need this thing? So, I will give it to you. You and the Dragon Emperor Sea Soul are of the same origin and species. You will definitely be able to absorb the power in it and be promoted to Dragon Emperor early. You will be canonized in a few years."
After Ao Cang finished looking at the Dragon Emperor Sea Soul, he looked at Gu Xu again and found that he really didn't care about the Dragon Emperor Sea Soul. A hint of shame flashed in his eyes, and he coughed lightly and said, "This... is it really for me?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I call you here?" Gu Xu said.
Ao Cang felt even more embarrassed, and coughed several times, saying, "My words were rude and offensive just now, I hope you won't be angry."
"This Saint does not care about your attitude, but cares about your ability and the final result. Tell this Emperor, can you interrupt Fang Yun's path to sainthood!" Gu Xu's voice was like a huge mountain pressing down on Ao Cang.
Ao Cang's body trembled, and he was extremely shocked. He thought that he was a dragon and the Demon King was stronger than him because his demon rank was higher than his. But now he realized that the Demon King's true strength was unfathomable. He was obviously just an emperor, but he had a hint of holy power.
"I can definitely deal with Fang Yun! I will definitely make him suffer a fate worse than death! Make him kneel before me like a dead fish!" Ao Cang was aroused by the words of the Demon King and showed the most brutal side of the dragon clan.
"Very good! You can take this Dragon Emperor Sea Soul away and comprehend it slowly. If nothing goes wrong, you will succeed in comprehending it in a year, and then you can become an emperor right away." Gu Xu said.
“However, I may not be able to stop Fang Yun in the near future as he has already entered the Ten Cold Ancient Land. It seems that I can only trouble him after I am crowned an emperor or become a saint. Otherwise, let me enter the Ten Cold Ancient Land through the star gate? I have not been crowned a saint, so I have a way to go to the Ten Cold Ancient Land with the help of the human star gate.” Ao Cang said as he put the Dragon Emperor Sea Soul into the shell.
"No need. Although I cannot enter the Ten Cold Ancient Land, I have spread the news to all the ancient lands that Fang Yun might go to as early as after Fang Yun fought against the Punishment Palace, so that the local monsters and barbarians would obstruct Fang Yun at all costs, and it would be best if they could kill him. If nothing unexpected happens, the blood monsters and barbarians in the Ten Cold Ancient Land will set a net for Fang Yun in the Ice Emperor Palace. However, Fang Yun is not an ordinary person. I believe he can leave the Ten Cold Ancient Land alive, but he will definitely suffer heavy losses. After that, it depends on you, Ao Cang!" Gu Xu said.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness the Demon King. I will comprehend the Dragon Emperor's Sea Soul right now. As long as Fang Yun leaves the Ten Cold Ancient Land, I will go to the Holy Origin Continent as the Dragon King, gather the power of the Three Seas Dragon Clan, unite the Zong and Lei families, and bring him to ruin and destroy his holy path!"
Far away in the ancient land of Shihan, Fang Yun heard Hu Tan's voice, and stood up together with the great scholars and university scholars present, and opened the door to welcome the special envoy of Han Jun.
.(To be continued)