Heavenly Court, Jade Pool.
"Hmph!" Dijun hurled the glass goblet in his hand onto the jade steps, where it shattered with a bang. Then he rose and said to Taiyi, "Taiyi, dispatch the troops at once and attack the Dragon Race. I will seize the Four Seas and bring the land to heel!"
At this, Taiyi withdrew his gaze from Mount Youdu below and looked at Dijun with a frown. "Elder Brother, the time you promised A Yue to consider your offer has not yet run out."
"Hmph, it has already been so long. If he meant to agree, he would have done so already. Since he still refuses to answer, we need not waste any more time. Do not forget, back in Chaos, he stood with those Ancestral Witches, saying who knows what. If he joins the Witch Race, we will no longer have any grounds to send troops against the Dragon Race. We will have to wait until the truce set by the Dao Ancestor expires, and then we will face the combined resistance of the Witch Race and the Dragon Race. Our chances of victory will plummet. So we must seize the Four Seas now, as swiftly as possible!" As he spoke, Dijun clenched his fists.
Previously, he had been both the leader of the Demon Race and the Heavenly Emperor, while the Witch Race, though it ruled the land in practice, had remained merely the Witch Race.
But now, Houtu had assumed the position of Earth Emperor and was lavishly appointing gods throughout the land. The Witch Race's fortune had grown considerably. If the Dragon Race brought the Four Seas with it and pledged allegiance to the Witch Race as well, then...
Dijun truly dared not imagine what chance the Demon Race would have of winning