Wu Shuai had accumulated for over a hundred years, constructing the utterly extraordinary Rank 7 Immortal Gu House, Dragon Court.
Afterward, he publicly gambled in battle against Fengyun Mansion. Using Dragon Court, he slew Song Taozi before all eyes, becoming famous in a single battle.
At the celebration banquet, the appearances of Green Ant Hermit and the Calligraphy Dao Pavilion Master confirmed the impact of Wu Shuai's battle. He had gained some standing and could now speak as an equal with Rank 8 existences!
On the night of the celebration banquet, Wu Shuai had a beautiful dream.
In that dream, he realized all his ideals, all the goals he had been willing to strive for.
He became the common lord of the dragonmen, possessing peak Rank 8 strength, while Dragon Duke voluntarily abdicated and yielded his position.
He controlled Dragon Court, leading the Dragonman clan to live freely, standing toe-to-toe with humanity and treating them as equals.
He imprisoned Fan Ji and had him executed by a thousand cuts before Shu Jiu Ling, then moved to act against Shu Jiu Ling as well. The Calligraphy Dao Pavilion Master rushed over. After a fierce battle, the Pavilion Master was defeated and bitterly begged, offering herself as the price. Wu Shuai agreed to her request, merely demoting Shu Jiu Ling to a slave, while the Calligraphy Dao Pavilion Master became his enforcer from then on.
He appointed Green Ant Hermit and Wine Immortal Aunt Yi as the dragonmen's supreme guest elders. They had not been willing, but the dragonmen's might and Wu Shuai's strength left them no choice but to submit.
What gratified Wu Shuai most was that he eventually established Tai Qin as his sole dragon empress, and the two of them had children in droves. Every one of those children