Inside Zhenghe Hall in the Imperial City, the atmosphere was oppressive and somber, cold as solid ice.
Countless wood splinters lay before Emperor Jianyuan's throne. In his sudden fury, he had crushed the desk before him to pieces.
Now his voice was almost a roar as well. "Where did he get the Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard? Where did his dragon qi come from? How did he master the imperial Martial Dao?"
Emperor Jianyuan's Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard came from the twelve Red Dragon pillars, from the Twelve-Capital Divine Dragon Nation-Guarding Grand Array.
Then how had Chu Xisheng mastered the Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard?
In the center of Zhenghe Hall, several men knelt on the floor, some dressed in Embroidery Guard uniforms, others in the attire of the Inner Palace Direct Hall Directorate.
They did not even dare raise their heads, pressing their foreheads to the ground.
One of them said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, we do not know. But I saw that all the dragon qi around Chu Xisheng had wings. They looked more like Yinglong, somewhat different from Your Majesty's Twelve Dragon Divine Heavenly Guard."
Yinglong were winged dragons, while Red Dragons had Yinglong's bodies but lacked their wings.
Emperor Jianyuan's brows creased slightly.
He had originally been certain that the dragon qi around Chu Xisheng was what had vanished from the Twelve-Capital Divine Dragon Nation-Guarding Grand Array.
Now that might not be the case, yet this result alarmed him even more.
Imperial Preceptor Yu Kunlun said gravely, "Your Majesty, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor fought Li Tan and finally defeated him with the Twelve Dutian Yellow-Black Dragon Guard, thereby subduing the Jiuli tribes and unifying the Human Race of the Divine Land. This Twelve Dutian Yellow-Black Dragon Guard originated from the remains