In the Demon Realm, outside the Demon Emperor Hall, an enormous, snow-white dragon descended from the sky and charged through the doors.
"Gu Xu, you demanded that I come in person, and here I am! If you fail to give me a reasonable explanation, I swear I'll leave your imperial capital without a moment's peace-not even for its chickens and dogs!" Sea-Calming Dragon King Ao Cang roared furiously. The demons of the Demon Emperor Palace trembled beneath the Dragon King's overwhelming pressure, and some Demon Barbarians of lower demon rank were frightened unconscious.
The Demon Emperor sat on his imperial throne, looking levelly at Ao Cang, who hovered in midair, over two hundred feet long.
"Sea-Calming Dragon King, why grow angry over such a trifling matter? Naturally, I had a reason for asking you to come in person." The Demon Emperor's voice remained calm, without the slightest fluctuation.
"A trifling matter? Do you have any idea what has become of the Western Sea Dragon Palace? Our failure at Dragon Gate Ascension cost us two Dragon Emperors! If Fang Yun hadn't interfered, I, Ao Cang, would already be a Dragon Emperor who could crush Ao Yuwei! After His Majesty the Western Sea Dragon Sage was injured, his wounds somehow worsened, and he is still recuperating. Even His Majesty the Flood Dragon Sage, who is on friendly terms with our Western Sea Dragon Palace, was humiliated by Fang Yun. If he hadn't been lucky enough to stay in the river, Li Daoyuan and Kong Changxun would certainly have joined forces to suppress him. Now we don't even know where he has gone."
Flames seemed to burn within Ao Cang's golden pupils as he stared fixedly at Demon Emperor Gu Xu, trying to see through the thick battle armor to Gu Xu's true