"Our teacher and both uncles are currently in seclusion, so you should just head down the mountain!"
Outside the Sanqing Hall, Xiaoxuan bowed and said his farewells before flying directly toward the East Sea.
Penglai, Yingzhou, and Abbot—the three immortal islands—were rumored to have been formed by fragments of the Chaos left behind on the Primordial World.
A Qi of Chaos existed within these three immortal islands, nourishing the living creatures upon them. Because of this Chaos Qi, no one had ever been able to divine the locations of the three immortal islands!
The seas of the Primordial World were vast and boundless; how could finding Yingzhou Island be easy?
For hundreds of years in succession, Xiaoxuan wandered the waters of the East Sea. He saw the survival law of the jungle even more thoroughly.
Whether it was the conflicts between the Wu and Yao or the battles among the aquatic clans, Xiaoxuan always concealed his presence and watched the battles from the sidelines, never intervening, treating it all like an epic film.
The Dragon Clan ruled over the four seas of the Primordial World, making bloodshed all the more inevitable. This also allowed Xiaoxuan to make up for a tiny regret in the depths of his heart!
Suddenly, Xiaoxuan sensed a wave of intense spiritual energy coming from afar. Following this, the temperature across the entire East Sea rose rapidly, water vapor boiled and surged above the surface of the sea, and countless fish and shrimp floated dead upon the water.
A blue flash of light appeared as the East Sea Dragon King arrived with the East Sea naval forces, looking toward the distance in strict battle readiness.
Concealing his presence in the distance, Xiaoxuan also looked toward the visitors in the sky.
Countless demon soldiers and generals escorted ten burnished gold chariots as they abruptly appeared in the sky above the East Sea.
The ten chariots radiated a dazzling brilliance, allowing one to discern only the vague figures of their occupants. Clad in white robes with gold borders embroidered with spreading Golden Crows, their imperial aura was unmistakably exposed.
"To what do we owe the honor of the ten crown princes gracing the East Sea?"
The East Sea Dragon King asked with his hands clasped behind his back, neither servile nor overbearing.
After Pangu opened up heaven and earth, the three clans of the Primordial World had been the masters of heaven and earth. Later, after the tribulation of the Dragon and Han eras, the three clans declined, yet the arrogance of former masters of heaven and earth still burned fiercely within them. Although the Wu and Yao clans were powerful now, the Dragon Clan was not afraid in the least!
"Submit, or be annihilated!"
From the central chariot, an authoritative voice rang out, and war was on the verge of breaking out.
"With all ten demon princes appearing together, their determination to subdue the Dragon Clan is clear," Xiaoxuan thought to himself as he watched the battle from afar, letting out a sigh. "It seems that before long, a great war between the Wu and Yao is inevitable!"
The Demon Clan subduing all clans was clearly in preparation for a major war!
"Though the Dragon Clan has declined, we are not mere greenhorns for the likes of you to easily manipulate!"
The East Sea Dragon King let out a cold snort, a flash of blue light appearing in his hand as a seal materialized. He channeled dragon Qi into the seal, causing its light to flare brilliantly.
Before long, the Dragon Kings of the other three seas led their naval forces to appear in the East Sea waters, joining forces with the East Sea Dragon King to jointly resist the Demon Clan.
"Hmph, courting death!" The First Prince, Boyi, deployed the River Diagram and Luo Book and shouted aloud, "Deploy the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array! Eradicate the Dragon Clan, leave none alive!"
The River Diagram and Luo Book spun rapidly above tens of thousands of demon soldiers, vanishing with a flash of light.
In the eyes of the Dragon Clan soldiers and generals, countless demon soldiers abruptly disappeared, replaced by countless rivers of stars reflected across the sky.
The stars all over the sky blazed with light, flickering and drifting in accordance with some profound and mysterious trajectory. The power of the stars descended from the nine heavens, making the stellar array even more brilliant. The spiritual energy within the bodies of the Dragon Clan soldiers and generals in the formation stagnated, and their combat strength was instantly slashed by a third.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Countless streams of starlight fell from the sky, crashing down upon the Dragon Clan soldiers and generals.
In an instant, tens of thousands of Dragon Clan soldiers perished within the array, left with virtually no ability to fight back!
The Four Sea Dragon Kings simultaneously raised the seals in their hands. The four seals converged in midair, fusing into a pale green dragon orb.
"Roar!"
The dragon orb flashed with light, transforming into a pale dragon tens of thousands of li in length that charged head-on toward the boundless stellar array!
With a deafening crash, a thousand stars were pulverized into nothingness, and countless demon soldier corpses rained down like a downpour.
"Hmph, to say nothing of the fact that this dragon is merely an illusion formed from the ancestral dragon's dragon orb, even if the Ancestral Dragon himself were reborn, he could not protect your Dragon Clan!"
As the words fell, the toll of a bell rang out, shaking heaven and earth!
"The Chaos Bell? I truly never expected that when the Demon Clan campaigned against the Dragon Clan, they would even bring the Chaos Bell along!"
Though outside the array, Xiaoxuan clearly saw that when the Chaos Bell rang above the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array, the illusion formed by the Ancestral Dragon was frozen in place by the bell's chime, forced to endure the full brunt of the starlight unleashed by the countless stars.
Though the Ancestral Dragon illusion struggled with all its might, the tolling of the Chaos Bell did not cease, rendering it entirely unable to move a fraction of an inch!
In the span of just a single incense stick, the Ancestral Dragon illusion let out a mournful cry and dissipated between heaven and earth.
As for the Ancestral Dragon's dragon orb, it was covered in cracks as it fell into the hands of the East Sea Dragon King.
"Submit, or be annihilated!"
The First Golden Crow Prince, Boyi, holding the Chaos Bell, appeared within the Zhou Tian Star Dou Array and looked down upon the countless members of the Dragon Clan.
During the tribulation of the Dragon and Han eras, the powerful figures of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans had almost all perished. Even after tens of thousands of years of recuperation, how could they possibly be matches for the Demon Clan?
Though filled with bitter resentment, the East Sea Dragon King knew that if they continued to resist, the total annihilation of the Dragon Clan would happen right then and there.
"First Prince, our Dragon Clan... submits!"
The Four Sea Dragon Kings exchanged glances, bowed simultaneously, and chose to submit!
With a flash of light, the ten Golden Crow princes stood side-by-side in the sky, primordial sun fire spilling outward as even the air seemed to burn.
"His Majesty the Eastern Emperor has decreed: the Dragon Clan is hereby enfeoffed as the Water Gods of the Primordial World, charged with guarding the four seas!"
A flash of joy crossed the eyes of the Four Sea Dragon Kings, and they immediately bowed to receive the decree.
Seeing how sensible the Four Sea Dragon Kings were, a trace of undisguised contempt flashed uniformly through the eyes of the ten demon princes. They then led the countless demon soldiers and elites back to the Demon Court to report on their mission.
In the span of a single hour, the battle between the Demon Clan and the Dragon Clan had come to an end!
Although the Dragon Clan still governed the four seas, they had already become subjects at the beck and call of others.
"Alas, no wonder that by the time of the Journey to the West, the Dragon Clan had become a treasure vault for powerful beings!"
The already weakened Dragon Clan had lost countless soldiers and generals in this battle; moreover, their sole supreme treasure, the ancestral dragon's dragon orb, was damaged in the fight, and who knew how long it would take to repair.
For the former masters of heaven and earth to be reduced to this state was truly sigh-worthy.
"The Chaos Bell is truly worthy of being one of the Three Treasures of Opening Heaven—it can actually freeze space and annihilate formidable enemies!"
The Chaos Bell was Eastern Emperor Taiyi's natal magic treasure, and it had accompanied Taiyi in building a resounding reputation, causing everyone to refer to the Chaos Bell simply as the Eastern Emperor Bell. One could well imagine just how powerful Eastern Emperor Taiyi was!
...
The news of the Demon Clan's forceful subjugation of the Dragon Clan spread across the Primordial World through the deliberate propagation of the Demon Clan.
Facing the Demon Clan's military campaigns, all the various clans trembled with fear and surrendered without a fight!
In a mere hundred years, the Demon Clan's sphere of influence expanded rapidly, and countless powerful beings, under the forceful invitations of the Demon Clan, were likewise forced to join the Demon Court.
In the Primordial World, within the Pangu Hall.
The Twelve Ancestor Witches sat divided into two rows, discussing the matter of the Demon Clan.
"Those two bald birds, Dijun and Taiyi, are aggressively campaigning against all clans and expanding recklessly; they're definitely up to no good!"
Zhurong had a fiery temper, and having long since found the two demon emperors unpleasing to the eye, he voiced his anger and scolded them.
"Mere thieving birds, why bother taking them to heart!" Gonggong habitually retorted. "Our Wu Clan are the descendants of Father God, and this Primordial World is the dwelling place bestowed upon us by Father God. How could the Demon Clan ever be a match for us?"