Demon beasts and cultivators were natural enemies to begin with. How could they possibly live together in harmony?
Ultimately, the world within this formation was dominated by demon beasts. As the Sea Cow Emperor put it, this was their territory. How could they tolerate human cultivators like Li Xiaoya and Tianyuan throwing their weight around everywhere? Even the Demon-Magic Emperor, the Devil Race cultivator among the Four Emperors, and the Demon King among the Four Great Kings did not go around provoking and killing demon beasts. Li Xiaoya had naturally crossed a forbidden line...
The Sea Demon Emperor already bore considerable grudges against other cultivators and was a rather domineering demon beast. Upon hearing that Li Xiaoya and Tianyuan had killed more than a dozen Mighty One Stage demon beasts and seized Illusory Spirit Island, the emperor had long since sent subordinates everywhere to search for it. But they had failed to locate Illusory Spirit Island that time, and the Sea Cow Emperor had other important matters to attend to, so the matter had been dropped...
However.
This time, Li Xiaoya had ventured out of his own accord and killed one of the emperor's Mighty One Stage demon beast subordinates. Naturally, the emperor flew into a rage and came personally to capture him...
In that sense, Li Xiaoya had brought this upon himself. Still, demon beasts and cultivators were natural enemies, bound to kill or be killed, so he felt no regret...
Once he exchanged blows with the Sea Cow Emperor, Li Xiaoya naturally proved no match for the Sea Demon Emperor in spell divine abilities. His greatest assets were his body tempering technique and swordsmanship...
However.
The Sea Cow Emperor was a super Mighty One Stage demon beast renowned for an exceptionally powerful body. The strength of the emperor's