The Dragon King of West Blue and the Dragon King of the North Blue froze, the smiles on their faces instantly stiffening.
"What is it? Is there some difficulty? These matters may seem hard, but for you two dragon clans, shouldn't they be easy?" Zhenyuan Daxian said.
The dragon clans were masters of the seas. Naturally, controlling the ocean was no difficult task for them.
Recovering his senses, the Dragon King of West Blue said, "Laojun, esteemed immortals, it is not that we cannot do it, but that we must not."
"Why must you not? Do our orders no longer carry weight?"
The Dragon King of the North Blue said, "Not at all. How would our dragon clans dare disobey the orders of the esteemed immortals? It is simply... simply that if our two dragon clans were to do this, all living beings along the shores of the North Blue and West Blue would suffer. The human race and the Demon Clan in particular would suffer devastating losses, and some of the creatures within the West Blue would also perish.
"This would have a grave impact on the Three Realms. Once the people of the Three Realms learned of it, they would surely launch a punitive campaign against our two dragon clans. We could not bear such immense pressure, much less such grave guilt."
Taishang Laojun and the others frowned slightly upon hearing this. They had not expected the two Dragon Kings to say such things.
"Esteemed immortals, if we do this, countless living beings will truly die. The Three Realms can no longer endure such a catastrophe, so I ask that you please consider this carefully. Otherwise, the Three Realms will be endangered, and our dragon clans will also come under attack from everyone within the Three Realms," the