Fog Mountain's depths

Deep in Fog Mountain.

Crimson Flame Bear Lord's massive body lay beside a pool of lava, fast asleep. His snores thundered through the cave, rattling rocks loose from the walls.

Suddenly, Crimson Flame Bear Lord opened his eyes. His blood-red gaze was filled with wariness.

He looked toward the cave entrance.

"Bear Lord, something terrible has happened."

Three-tailed Fox Lord's panicked voice came from outside the cave.

"What is it?"

Two streams of fiery breath burst from Crimson Flame Bear Lord's nostrils. His voice carried the displeasure of a man whose sleep had been disturbed.

"Bear Lord, our men just reported that the Human you drove away a few days ago is coming this way with more than a dozen Human Innate Realm cultivators. From the looks of it, they mean trouble."

"What?!"

Crimson Flame Bear Lord jerked his enormous head up, fury burning in his eyes. He pounded his fists against his chest. "That Human has some nerve! I spared his life out of kindness, and now he dares bring people here to cause trouble for me?"

"I'll eat him alive!"

Roar!!!

Crimson Flame Bear Lord roared. His massive body slowly rose, and a torrent of violent demonic energy shot skyward, churning the clouds overhead into a frenzy.

"Three-tailed, summon all the Demon Lords. I'll show these lowly Humans that Fog Mountain isn't a place where the Human Race can run wild!"

"Yes!"

Three-tailed Fox Lord bowed respectfully and accepted the order!

A quarter of an hour later.

The Demon Lords gathered.

Seven Demon Lords soared through the sky, their demonic energy joining into a vast gray-black ocean. In an instant, darkness fell over the world.

Crimson Flame Bear Lord emerged from the cave.

He stood more than three hundred zhang tall. Every step he took made the earth