Look Behind Me

"Celestial Master!"

"Sea Master!"

Three figures with deep, unfathomable auras entered the pavilion, and Sea Master immediately rose to greet them.

Of the three, the elder on the left wore a coarse hemp robe. His beard and hair were both white, and he looked exceedingly aged, yet the divine light in his eyes was gentle and warm, his smile brimming over.

On the right stood a sinister-looking burly man with a hooked nose, triangular eyes, and tightly drawn brows—the sort of face that could make a child stop crying at a single glance. A pair of folded black-gold wings rested behind him, wreathed in curling black flames.

The two walked side by side, while behind the elder followed a weathered middle-aged man. He carried himself lazily, looking rather impatient.

Sea Master was well acquainted with this one. He was General Huo Tianya of Yinghuo, who had handled all previous contact with the Guixu Sea Clan.

"And this is..." Sea Master looked toward the black-winged burly man. Seeing that the other man possessed profound cultivation, he did not dare slight him.

"Just call me Wing Master," the burly man replied simply.

"Ah?" Sea Master showed a trace of surprise. "Could you be the legendary Demon King of the Wilderness, Black Gold Crow—Lord Wing Master?"

"Correct." Celestial Master smiled faintly. "This old man made a special journey to the far western lands to invite the Demon King of the Wilderness out."

In the present-day Four Seas and Nine Provinces, few might still know the name Black Gold Crow. But in the era when Sea Master had grown up, it had still shaken the world.

He had been one of the four great generals under the Demon God in those years. While still young, he had slain countless powerful beings between heaven and