Inside the East Sea Dragon Palace, battle cries echoed everywhere, and the ground was littered with the corpses of shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
"Dragon King, the forces of the Three Seas are about to breach the palace. You should leave at once!"
The East Sea Dragon King maintained a calm expression. He glanced at Prime Minister Turtle and said in a deep voice:
"I never expected that the northern and southern seas would actually surrender to the Western Paradise. Do they have no idea what the nature of Buddhism truly is?"
"Dragon King, this is no time to dwell on that! Please, hurry and leave, or it really will be too late," Prime Minister Turtle urged anxiously.
"Leave? Vast as the Three Realms may be, there is no longer any place for me."
"Dragon King, you were conferred this title by the Heavenly Court after all. Surely..."
"Heh, the Taoist Sect owes a karmic debt to the Western Paradise. Do you really think the Heavenly Court doesn't know what is happening to the East Sea Dragon Palace? They simply choose to turn a blind eye," the East Sea Dragon King said with a faint laugh, looking at Prime Minister Turtle.
"Eldest Brother, among the four of us, you always see things the most clearly. Yet why are you so stubborn? What is so bad about submitting to the Western Paradise?" At that moment, the West Sea Dragon King strode into the main hall of the East Sea Dragon Palace and called out loudly to the East Sea Dragon King.
"Indeed, Eldest Brother! Nephew Ao Rong has alre…
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