Outside the Lake of Life area in the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, within a cave permeated by scorching heat.
The enormous Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff—Scarlet King—lay sprawled on a floor covered in soft hay. His three ferocious heads drooped as he let out steady snores, sleeping soundly.
As one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, with a cultivation of Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year, his main duty aside from cultivation was to protect the safety of the Imperial Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
He had thought he could get a peaceful night's sleep today.
However, an alluring female voice filled with urgency and accusation pierced his dream like an icy awl.
"Scarlet King! Where is the Auspicious Beast?"
Scarlet King's middle head abruptly lifted, his scarlet eyes still filled with the fury and confusion of having been woken up.
He let out an irritated growl, his massive body rising as he strode out of the cave.
Outside the cave stood a tall, voluptuous woman.
Her entire body was covered in fine purple-black scales, which perfectly outlined her breathtakingly curvaceous figure.
Her long, straight legs, the fair skin exposed above her chest, and that deep cleavage all radiated fatal temptation.
A head of purple-black long hair drifted behind her without wind.
Her face was incomparably seductive, her deep-purple eyes like whirlpools that drew one into ruin, while her bright-purple lips added an air of mystery and danger.
She was Zi Ji, the ninth-ranked among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts—the Hell Demon Dragon King with a cultivation of Over Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year.
"Zi Ji, what are you making such a fuss for?!"
All three of Scarlet King's heads spoke at once, their voices rumbling with displeasure at having been disturbed.
"Wasn't the Auspicious Beast playing by the Lake of Life? What could possibly