The Grand Tower Master was stunned. He had not expected Ao Xuan to begin by putting them on trial.
He gave a disdainful laugh and said to Ao Xuan, "What? Have you forgotten the agreement we reached?"
"Dao Yan Tower has never shown mercy to people who betray their word. Have you forgotten that old dog?"
Ao Xuan naturally understood what he meant. That old dog was the Sun-Devouring Sky Hound—killing the chicken to frighten the monkeys, nothing more.
"Of course I have not forgotten the conditions you set when you cooperated with me."
"If I remember correctly, your condition was that I was not to destroy the Dao Yan Forty-Ninth Universe, correct?"
"To begin with, I had never intended to destroy the Dao Yan Forty-Ninth Universe."
"After all, it was a Lower Realm universe under the jurisdiction of our Dragon Clan."
"But who would have thought that you would turn around and destroy the Dao Yan Forty-Ninth Universe!"
"Perhaps none of you know this." Ao Xuan's gaze fell upon the other members of the Demon Race as he explained.
"The Dao Yan Universe is a fully formed cluster of universes, containing the First Dao Yan Universe, Second, Third... all the way to the Forty-Ninth Universe!"
"Of these forty-nine Microcosms, some fall under the jurisdiction of our Dragon Clan."
"Yet over the years, those universes were destroyed one after another. After investigating, I discovered that among Dao Yan's forty-nine universes, nearly all had already been destroyed!"
"At first, I thought these Microcosms had naturally perished after reaching the end of their lifespans. But after investigating further, I discovered that was not the case! Those Microcosms had all been destroyed by human hands."
"And the mastermind behind the destruction of these universes is none other than the Dao Yan Tower before