[By now, the conflicts hidden within Azure Sea Lake for so many years had been laid bare.]
[This was no longer merely a struggle for the Crown Prince's authority, but a contest for the three stars water fruit status.]
[Your eldest uncle Gu Changze and fourth uncle Gu Changqing, who had lost to your father Gu Jingming in the struggle for the fruit status, were now stirring restlessly, watching like tigers eyeing their prey.]
[Originally, they would never have had another chance to contend with Gu Jingming in this lifetime.]
[But to them, the sudden Jianmu Assembly was undoubtedly a reprieve granted by heaven.]
[You understood that your father had kept Gu Changze and Gu Changqing alive instead of uprooting the weeds entirely because he wanted to preserve Azure Sea Lake's strength and keep the clan's foundations from being damaged.]
[Moreover, your father cultivated a fruit status, and his cultivation and lifespan far surpassed theirs. Even in the twilight of his cultivation, he could still firmly suppress them. He had even laid the groundwork to eliminate them when the time was ripe, clearing every obstacle from your path.]
[Keeping them alive also served to balance the power of the Pure Water Demonic Dragon Clan's main and collateral branches, stabilizing the clan's internal order.]
[With your father's far-reaching foresight, he had accounted for countless variables. The only thing he had failed to anticipate was this sudden Jianmu Assembly.]
[Now both your parents were trapped deep within Jianmu, cut off from all communication, leaving you alone in the vast Azure Sea Lake.]
[Of the two greatest powers openly operating within Azure Sea Lake, the two marquises, Gu Changze and Gu Changqing, still stood foremost. Between them, they had divided almost all authority over the territory.]
[Gu Changze controlled all the elite Dao