"Has Your Excellency ever heard of that famed Horse-Tending Official?"
"Famed?" Lu Chen feigned surprise.
"It seems Your Excellency truly knows little of this person."
Broom Star immediately explained, "As for this Horse-Tending Official, that is quite a long story. His surname was Sun. It was said he was transformed from a spirit stone born of Heaven and nurtured by Earth. In his early years, no one knew where he learned a set of earthshaking divine abilities, but once he did, there was no stopping him. Not only did he seize the Dragon Palace's treasure that guarded its halls, he even wounded the previous East Sea Dragon King—Ao Guang..."
"Wait!" Lu Chen raised a hand to interrupt him. "The previous East Sea Dragon King, Ao Guang? Isn't Ao Guang the current one?"
"Your Excellency does not know this, but Ao Guang, Ao Qin, Ao Run, and Ao Shun are the true names of the Four Seas Dragon Kings. Every Dragon King who succeeds to the position automatically inherits that dragon clan true name and becomes one of the new four Dragon King brothers. When that Horse-Tending Official shook the Three Realms with his might, it was still a thousand years ago. In these Three Realms, aside from the three hundred and sixty-five Orthodox Gods, no one knows how many generations the other immortal officials have been replaced."
"So that was how it was." This was the first time Lu Chen had heard such an explanation. "Continue."
"Yes, Your Excellency." Broom Star paused, then continued, "Later, this Horse-Tending Official grew ever bolder. He descended to the Dragon Palace to seize treasures, then wreaked havoc in the Netherworld, repeatedly provoking the Heavenly Court. Yet the Great Heavenly Venerable, holding to a benevolent heart, recruited him into the Heavenly Court and bestowed upon