The God of Eastern Azure

Heavenly Demon Realm, Withered Cloud Mountain.

This place lay in the southeastern reaches of the Heavenly Demon Realm. Even within those southeastern lands, Withered Cloud Mountain was no ordinary place.

It was an exceptionally steep and rugged mountain range, as well as the territory of poison-aspected demons.

Many highly venomous demon clans gathered within this mountain range. Among them were quite a few infamous poisonous aberrant species from across the myriad heavens and worlds, such as the Taiyin Heavenly Centipede, Ironthread Golden Centipede, Jade Toad, Three-Tailed Heavenly Scorpion, and more.

They also included creatures such as the Black-Ice Heavenly Silkworm Zhang Jian had once captured.

When poison-aspected demons from mortal dimensions ascended to the Heavenly Realm Dimension, many of them chose to ascend into this place.

At that moment, above a great river, a snow-white one-horned jiao that stretched to the heavens wore a somewhat dazed expression. Its face was strange and unsettled.

"I am a peerless genius of the Dragon Race. I should have ascended to the Eight Desolations Dragon Realm—how did I ascend here instead? This can't be right. There can't possibly be anything false about the Eight Desolations Dragon Realm's ascension talisman decree. The Jadeqi Dragon Lord is a Dragon God at the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal level; he personally promised it. How could it be false?"

"Isn't the Eight Desolations Dragon Realm centered on the divine path? Why is demonic qi everywhere...?"

It coiled its body and looked around in every direction, its expression filled with shock.

At that moment, deep beneath the river below, as though it had sensed the aura of an aberrant god emanating from the snow-white jiao, the waters instantly began to boil violently.

Countless terrifying currents of demonic qi surged forth, carrying a vast and majestic aura. That immense phenomenon surpassed Heavenly