Star Map

"What was this?" Su Ziji seemed not to have noticed it before, or perhaps his attention had never been on the desk before him, so he had failed to see it.

What lay on the desk was half a love poem.

"Uneven water-plants, drifting left and right. Fair and graceful maiden, sought awake and in dreams."

"Seeking her yet unable to attain her, thinking of her awake and in dreams. So long, so long—tossing and turning."

There should have been more lines below, but it had been torn away, leaving only these two stanzas.

This was a poem of a man declaring his love to a woman, yet it had appeared on the Dragon Lord's desk. Su Ziji had never expected this. Could the Dragon Lord have a woman he liked?

Before he could react, hurried footsteps sounded outside again.

More demons entered, and this time there were quite a few. They had likely all been frightened by that Heavenly Wrath.

Su Ziji knew there was no point in stubbornly holding out any longer. Not even the Dragon Lord could withstand Heavenly Wrath head-on, and time truly could not be dragged out for him. Otherwise, the Dragon Maiden in the outside world was afraid to suffer disaster.

Before the demons could enter and kneel to beg him, Su Ziji gave a laugh and spoke directly. "You need not persuade me any further. I shall go out and pray for rain at once!"

The demons, who had been prepared to plead bitterly, were all stunned.

They had not expected the Dragon Lord to change his mind so quickly. But then they thought of it: before, it had only been the drumbeats. Lesser demons could not endure them, while Great Demons still could. But now Heavenly Wrath had descended. Under such circumstances,