The near-divine lobster and the current Dragon King had no idea where the ancient gods had gone.
They only knew that the ancient true dragons were gone. Even the true dragons' innate gifts had been suppressed.
Take the little Dragon King of the Eastern Sea—she was a pure true dragon, and from birth, she should have at least been near-divine.
With even casual cultivation, she should basically have been able to become an immortal.
Yet the newborn little Dragon King had been frail, merely a Star Path martial artist struggling in the Eastern Sea.
The Eastern Sea Dragon Palace had been without a master, and the great demon kings had rebelled.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Court had intervened and appointed her Dragon King of the Eastern Sea. Only then had the demon kings refrained from eating this Dragon King.
But from then on, the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace's territory had continued shrinking.
In the end, it had become what it was now: only the Ascension Pool, with a radius of one meter.
What resources could such a tiny patch of territory possibly have?
The little Dragon King had possessed good talent and cultivated to the early Martial Immortal stage in a thousand years.
But then the nightmare had followed—she could no longer advance even a single step.
"Was the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace emptied out by those demon kings?" Ao Qingyu asked coldly.
"The demon kings took some of it, but most was taken by the Heavenly Court. Otherwise, the Heavenly Court would not have intervened."
The near-divine lobster spoke helplessly.
"The Heavenly Court of that time had been on excellent terms with the true dragon race. How could it have done such a thing?" Ao Qingyu frowned.
"That was the Heavenly Court of that time. The current Heavenly Court was