Golden Roc had no fondness whatsoever for Iron-Eating Beasts. Back when the Black Tortoise Race invaded the Northern Dark Palace, Qiru had seized the Yin-Yang Two-Qi Vase Kunpeng had bestowed on him. It was later proven that the Iron-Eating Beasts had instigated the affair behind the scenes as part of their deal with the Black Tortoises.
Later, the Ancestral Bear had suppressed his second elder brother, Kong Xuan, for so many years. Now, he was going to help Zhou destroy Shang and steal the Protagonist's Fortune that bound their Phoenix Race to the Human Race. With all these grudges piled together, Golden Roc truly wished he could kill every bear in the world.
Especially that Ancestral Bear!
But... he knew his own limits. The gulf between his strength and the Ancestral Bear's was as vast as heaven and earth. In a head-on clash, he probably could not withstand even a single move. Still, that did not stop him from hating him.
Ji Fa and Yellow Dragon went to the Heavenly Court for help, and the Ancestral Bear sent Xiong Yuan to escort them. That means he's most likely going to help them deal with me. If the Heavenly Court sends a high god down, I might not be able to defeat them. Looks like... I'll have to ask Elder Brother to step in, Golden Roc thought. Then, leaving his body behind to steady the Shang army's morale, he sent his Primordial Spirit out of his body and swiftly flew toward the Northern Dark Sea.
A hundred years earlier, Kunpeng, who had been recuperating in the Vermilion Bird Realm, had fully healed his soul and reformed his body. He had left the Vermilion Bird Realm and returned to the Northern Dark Sea.
Since almost all the Black Tortoise Race had followed