Since Xihun, no Dragon Emperor had arisen in the Cang Sea. Yet there were still some whom all sides revered as "Dragon Lords."
Some truly ruled over a region and possessed strength far surpassing other Emperor Lords; some had made outstanding contributions to the Sea Race and earned its reverence.
For example, Sea-Covering, the legendary sage teacher, and Gao Jie, who had lifted the Sea Race to new heights.
But the rank that truly represented the Sea Race's highest authority was still that of the "Cang Sea Dragon Lord."
Ruling the Cang Sea Royal Court and commanding all waters. Every wave of the boundless sea bore the lord's name.
"East Sea Dragon King" was considered another title for this sovereign rank.
Unlike those ancient relics who sat in high places, Ao Jie, the current East Sea Dragon King, was still very young.
He was only three thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine years old, born on the day the new Dao Calendar began, and named "Jie"—Calamity.
The Dragon Race sage who had named him had already died on the very day of his birth.
Who, exactly, this "Calamity" was meant for, none could say.
Ao Jie was the same age as the Dao Calendar. At two thousand seven hundred years old, he formally ascended to the great seat of Cang Sea Dragon Lord. He had ruled the Cang Sea for more than a thousand years now.
The first great undertaking after he took power was to seize the chance presented by the collapse of the Yang Kingdom: he led his armies westward, besieged the Cangwu Realm, sealed off the Heavenly Pure Kingdom, overturned the Golden Crow Platform, burst out of the Lost Realm, and launched a massive invasion into the Near-Sea!
This had also been the closest the Sea Race had