The next day.
Meanwhile.
An order from the Water Dao Imperial Court spread throughout Youzhou.
"The Imperial Court will hold a Heaven-Worshiping Ceremony and bestow the Kunpeng Law upon the world. All living beings may try their luck. Those with affinity shall obtain it!"
According to the Water Dao Imperial Court's deductions, the Kunpeng bloodline must have appeared somewhere in the world, awakening Kunpeng's Sorrow within the Water Dao Imperial Court.
And the Kunpeng bloodline... should be among some ancient clan in the outside world that had once been sheltered by Kunpeng!
The Kunpeng Law was an immense temptation to those ancient clans, and to those whose Kunpeng bloodline had awakened...
When the time came, all the talented elites from those ancient clans would surely come!
This was a trap!
A trap set for the one whose Kunpeng bloodline had awakened!
Before long, the entire Shui clan, including Shui Guiyuan, left the Water Dao Pure Land under the Water Dao Imperial Court's watch, like prisoners.
Youzhou.
The news spread like wildfire!
"What? The Water Dao Imperial Court actually has the Kunpeng Law?!"
In a vast marsh among the mountains, an old crocodile rose from the mud and said:
"We have to go see for ourselves. The Kunpeng Law is the mightiest technique in the world! Our ancestors learned it too, but now all that remains is a mere fragment. If we can learn it anew, our ancestors will be glorified!"
"Little crocs, let's go!"
"The Water Dao Imperial Court is going to pass down the ancient Kunpeng Law... What are they up to?"
Deep beneath a mighty river lay a dragon palace. Within it, an old dragon murmured, uncertainty in his eyes:
"Back then, the Water Emperor attacked the clans of the First People and seized everything.