In the Heavenly Realm, many Heavenly Gods had gathered in the Celestial Court's Divine Firmament Treasure Hall. Just then, another patrolling Divine Being hurriedly flew to the hall and strode inside.
"Reporting to the Imperial Lord! We have confirmed that the Four Seas Dragon Lords have personally arrived at Cang Mountain. Besides the four Dragon Lords, there are dozens of Flood Dragons in the area!"
The atmosphere inside the Divine Firmament Treasure Hall could hardly be called grim, but it certainly was not relaxed.
"All four Dragon Lords have come. Vast as Cang Mountain is, surely four True Dragons reclining there would make it too crowded."
As soon as one Divine Being said this, another added,
"Not four True Dragons. There should be five. The White Lord must be there too!"
"Indeed. The White Lord's sanctuary is in the Mountain-River Realm, and Immortal Venerable Danxuan Daomiao is there. So we could say there are five True Dragons!"
At the mention of the Mountain-River Realm, many Divine Beings in the hall began whispering among themselves. Most participants in the North Sea Dragon Ascension back then had been Aquatic Folk; few Heavenly Gods had witnessed it, and even fewer Divine Beings had truly seen the Mountain-River Realm. But it was said to contain another world entirely-a true Grotto-Heaven world as defined by the Immortal Dao!
Still, the Mountain-River Realm was clearly not the focus of their discussion now. After some thought, White Robe asked,
"Imperial Lord, what should we do?"
The Heavenly Emperor was rather troubled himself. With the True Dragons of all Four Seas gathered, he could roughly guess why. It was most likely related to the White Lord, which was understandable, but they ought to have discussed such matters in the sea.
Yet Yi Daozi had suddenly begun refining an