Cheng Xinzhan learned that the Great-Bellied Alligator Dragon King slept for sixty years at a stretch, and the time for him to awaken was drawing near. These waters were bustling now, filled with demons gathering living flesh to offer him in hopes of receiving rewards.
He realized this might be an opportunity.
The Great-Bellied Alligator Dragon King had several Third Realm commanders under him. One had fled here from the mainland a hundred years ago, supposedly escaping from Hundred Barbarian Mountain of the Southern Demon Cult. His surname was Huang. People here called him Huang Laosan in private, but addressed him as Yellow Elder Immortal to his face.
Huang Laosan was reportedly a Third Wash Golden Core cultivator now, governing a small northern stretch of the Great Belly Sea with a dozen large islands and some fifty small ones. Two or three hundred demonic soldiers were stationed on the islands, with over a thousand shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the waters under his command.
The largest island here was called Yellow Sulfur Island, where Huang Laosan resided, so this region was known as the Yellow Sulfur Waters.
Cheng Xinzhan was now wandering the outskirts of these waters, waiting for an opportunity.
Hmm?
His gaze sharpened. Why had the flock of gulls Third Younger Sister had chased away earlier turned back?
He immediately activated his Cinnabar Eye and looked. Dozens of miles away, he saw white clouds piled in layers, stretching for a hundred miles. Waves of cloud were churning, as though some enormous creature were stirring within them.
Cheng Xinzhan immediately rode his cloud over for a closer look.
Just as he was about to activate Jade Eyes again to examine the clouds, an enormous creature leaped out, shattering wisps of cloud like splashing spray.
The creature's belly was