Chu Jiaoling gave a bitter laugh. "Though we have people planted within Spirit Island, Spirit Island's strength remains a mystery. We had no idea that someone like the Sea Eagle Demon Emperor had actually defected to Spirit Island. At present, we know of three Ascension Stage cultivators and spirit beasts, but I estimate there must be more. How many, and where they are, we simply do not know."
Ao Jun said, "I don't know exactly how many Ascension Stage cultivators and spirit beasts Spirit Island has either, but I know there is at least one more Ascension Stage true dragon."
Chu Jiaoling froze. "Could it be that Dragon Palace has people who defected as well?"
Ao Jun said, "It probably wasn't Dragon Palace that defected to them—they cultivated it themselves. You must know that beneath Spirit Island are the Eight Great True Spirit Families, and the True Dragon Family is one of them. Therefore, that Ascension Stage true dragon should belong to the True Dragon Family."
Chu Jiaoling's expression turned solemn. "How does Brother Ao know?"
Ao Jun said, "Fairy Chu, do you know why the immortal realm sent down the Dragon-Trapping Tower to trap our Dragon Palace?"
Chu Jiaoling shook her head. "I truly do not." In truth, this question had long plagued the human cultivators of the East Sea. They had racked their brains but still could not understand why the true dragons of the immortal realm would resort to such a method.
Ao Jun said hatefully, "This was Spirit Island's doing. When we contacted our true dragon ancestors in the immortal realm, we discovered that a true dragon had contacted them before us. It claimed that our internal strife had caused the old Dragon King's death and that we intended to purge dissenters. Thus, the true dragons