In the depths of the sea of the True Dragon Realm, a ck pce trembled, releasing heart palpitating ripples at every second. The ripples resembled a ck bubble, one that kept releasing into the sea, forming a region of ck water that devoured all light. Any demon that entered the ck water region would instantly be ovee by fear. Their instincts will tell them to leave immediately, lest they perish forever in the dark depths.


    However, if any demon overcame the instinctual fear, they would realize that this was a treasurend forprehending the Law of Destruction and the concepts rted to it. In fact, several demons of all shapes and sizes had already stationed themselves in the ck water region. The only reason they weren’t more was because most of them had been summoned to fight in the war.


    “Just staying here for a few decades allowed me toprehend more concepts than the previous thousands of years outside,” a giant blue-scaled dragon said with a sigh. He was Canglong, the blue dragon whose avatar died under Bao Ling’s sword in the Broken Primordial World.


    Originally, his strength had decreased because he created an avatar, but as long as the avatar merged back with him, he would immediately return to his peak strength. Because of that fall, it had taken thousands of years to return to the Demon King Realm from the Demon Lord Realm.


    “Thankfully, I made a breakthrough and mastered the Law of Destruction. Even if I don’t specialize in it, it will be useful for me in the future,” Canglong said. “Now that I mastered the Law of Destruction, myprehension has eclipsed my previous peak. As long as I fully recover, my power will exceed my past self.”


    The blue dragon’s gaze turned toward the ck pce in the center of the ck water region. “I gained so much from staying a hundred kilometers away from Donghai Longzi’s pce. I wonder what would happen if I went closer?”


    Not one to procrastinate, Canglong swam closer. Before mastering the Law of Destruction, he was stuck at a hundred kilometers, but now, his understanding of the worldlyw allowed him to offset the negative effects of the ripples. When he was only fifty kilometers away from the ck pce, he could no longer swim closer.


    “If I go any closer, the ripples will destroy my scales and injure my organs. This is only the side effect of his cultivation,” Canglong said, a little fear lingering in his voice. “No wonder he imed that he will enter the Demon Emperor Realm soon. It seems that the Dragon n will truly have another dragon king soon.”


    Although Canglong couldn’t swim any deeper, he was satisfied. Just staying fifty kilometers away brought him significant benefits. Not only could he sense the Law of Destruction, but he could also sense thews of the five elements, and light and darkness intermingling with the Law of Destruction.


    Canglong focused on the mixture of the Law of Destruction and the five elements. He was only a second-step Demon King. His fundamentalw wasn’t the Law of Destruction, but he couldprehend thew of the five elements through the Law of Destruction. Once he understood fifty percent of each of the five elementalws, he could fuse it with his primaryw and take another step.


    However, Canglong could not enjoy the rare chance for long as a few dayster, the ripples suddenly stopped and the water slowly lost its ck color. “What’s going on? Why did it stop? Did he seed? Strange. If he seeded, why is there no sign—”


    Before he could finish, a ck ripple exploded from the pce. The power of this ripple eclipsed the sum of a hundred ripples from before. Canglong didn’t even have a chance to react before facing the explosion face first. The explosion muffled his scream as it sted him tens of kilometers away.


    When the blue dragon stopped and oriented himself, not a single scale on his body remained untouched. A few scales directly fell off and seeped blood into the icy depths. Half of Canglong’s effort to recover directly disappeared as his old injuries surfaced once more thanks to that st, but he didn’t care.


    An oppressive aura emanated from the ck pce. All who felt it would have an unconscious urge to prostrate themselves before it. It was only with Canglong’s umted willpower that he prevented himself from doing the same. The same could not be said for the average demon lords, much less the demons that haven’t even reached the Demon Lord Realm.


    Canglong’s eyes revealed endless excitement and a deep sense of veneration, but more than that, it was yearning. “I, Canglong, am able to witness the rise of another Dragon King for the Dragon n!”N?v(el)B\\jnn


    An ebon-scaled dragon emerged from the pce. Its length dwarfed Canglong and made him seem like a child inparison. Countless tiny motes of lights glittered on its scales, making it resemble the night sky. Two pairs of three-pronged horns grew out of its head, and its two eyes resembled novas. Anyone too weak of will that gazed into those hot-white eyes would feel as if they had taken a swim in the depths of a star.


    “Congrattions to the new Dragon King!” Canglong shouted. His voice echoed through the water, causing all the other demons dazed by his powerful aura to regain rity of mind. They all followed Canglong’s actions and congratted Donghai Longzi.


    Donghai Longzi’s body immediately started to shrink until he became a man garbed in ck armor with two pairs of horns growing out of his forehead. “Thank you. Since I have made a breakthrough, I invite you all into my Destruction Pce. I will prepare a sermon for everyone who can make it.”


    Canglong and the other demons couldn’t help but be excited. They all rushed into the ck pce while being careful to not act as a nuisance and be kicked out by the new dragon king. Canglong even suppressed his injuries in order to attend the sermon. Even though he should focus on healing himself, he could not miss this chance.


    All the demons entered and upied a spot in the main hall. Naturally, they shrunk their bodies. Otherwise, even if the demons filled up all the space up to the ceiling, there would not be enough room. Donghai Longzi sat at the front and looked down at all the demons. He focused on the blue dragon.


    “Did I identally injure you while I was breaking through?”


    “It was my fault,” Canglong said. “I knew the East Sea Dragon King was preparing for a breakthrough, yet I still chose to swim closer.”


    “East Sea Dragon King?” Donghai Longzi repeated. Now that he thought about it, he had never given himself a title, nor had he be famous enough for his enemies to title him. It seemed that Canglong directly used his surname as his title. ‘Still, East Sea Dragon King? I wonder if the rest of the Dragon n will be dissatisfied. After all, Ao Guang from the primordial era was known as the Dragon King of the East Sea.’


    “Still, I injured you,” Donghai Longzi said. He waved his arm, and a pill floated toward Canglong. “Take this. While I was still in the human world, I obtained the treasures of a fallen immortal. You should be able to heal some of your injuries with this.”


    “Thank you, East Sea Dragon King,” Canglong said. He opened his jaws and swallowed the pill. When the pill entered his throat, it dissolved into pure energy. The energy spread throughout his body and filled it with a powerful vitality. Soon, new scales reced the missing and damaged scales. Canglong’s eyes narrowed in happiness. He was even closer to a full recovery before being injured by Donghai Longzi.


    As for the other demons, because they could only stay at the periphery of the ck water region, they did not suffer much damage, if any.


    Donghai Longzi began his sermon. Itsted for over seven months. He began by exining the most fundamental aspects of destruction before leading toward the five elementalws. He only revealed around half of his understanding of the five elementalws and nothing more, intending on keeping his true mastery of the worldlyws a secret.


    When the sermon ended, the oppressive aura emanating from Donghai Longzi seemed to have vanished. Only when the demons gazed into his eyes or appeared near him would they feel that aura. “Alright, the sermon is over, you can leave now.”


    “““Thank you, East Sea Dragon King!!!””” the demons bowed to Donghai Longzi before leaving the ck pce.


    All alone now, Donghai Longzi stood up. During the seven months, he also consolidated his cultivation base and could perfectly control the powerful qi circting in his body. ‘It’s time to meet Demon Emperor Redraco.’


    Donghai Longzi vanished from the ck pce and exited the True Dragon Realm. Once in the void of the Divine Beast Pseudo System, he made his way toward a continent floating above the three core realms. It was a mobile fortress realm artifact called the Void Continent.


    “You’re here,” Demon Emperor Redraco said.


    Donghai Longzi nodded. “Now that I’ve reached the Demon Emperor Realm, there is nothing stopping me from fighting the humans. As long as you give me the order, I’ll massacre them.”


    Demon Emperor Redraco smiled. “There’s no need to rush, East Sea Dragon King.”


    “That’s just a name given by others. I haven’t epted it yet,” Donghai Longzi said, coughing into his fist.


    “No need to deny it. I think it fits quite well,” Demon Emperor Redraco said. “For now, the humans don’t know about you. We need to wait until the right time to send you out for maximum effect. For now, you should familiarize yourself with the situation and the enemies you will be facing.”


    Donghai Longzi nodded and retreated to his assigned area. There, he brushed up his knowledge. He actually knew more than the Demon n did, thanks to Tianyi, but knowing how the Demon n viewed the humans would undoubtedly give the Immortal Court an edge.


    He didn’t stay idle for long as Demon Emperor Redraco dispatched him for an emergency rescue.


    The humans hadunched an invasion on one of the middle-rank realms. More importantly, Demon Emperor Redraco’s granddaughter, Honglin, guarded that realm. The humans must have known because an immortal emperor appeared and attacked her.


    All things considered, Donghai Longzi’s presence would have contributed more if he exposed himself at a more critical moment, but he didn’t care. He didn’t mind rescuing Honglin. Well, as much as a double agent could rescue.


    Donghai Longzi immediately departed the Void Continent. The space around him shattered, causing him to speed up even more. Although he mastered the Law of Space, he would not expose it to rescue Honglin. Even if the immortal emperor sessfully captured Honglin, he could still ask Tianyi to keep her life.


    In fact, Donghai Longzi didn’t mind if Tianyi trapped Honglin in his Nine Heavens Universe forever.


    With his speed, it didn’t take long for him to arrive at the middle-rank realm. As Demon Emperor Redraco’s granddaughter, Honglin was stationed in a realm quite close to the Void Continent. Normally, such a location would not be attacked, or was very low on the priority. Honglin’s presence made it a target.


    Donghai Longzi’s nova-like gaze immediately spotted the immortal emperor. To his slight relief, he noticed that most of the attackers were from the Numinous Sword Sect, which meant he didn’t have to hold back. Fighting intent burned in his heart, and he struck out with a w.


    His hand had five ws, each w exuded an aura of one of the five elements. More frightening was the ck qi coating his w. Should an immortal monarch receive this blow unguarded, they would instantly be fatally injured.


    The sword emperor sensed the iing attack and swung his sword. w and sword collided. Time seemed to pause for a brief moment before it resumed. Donghai Longzi’s attack sted the sword emperor away, giving Honglin time to breathe.


    “Get behind me, their target is you,” Donghai Longzi said. His eyes never left the sword emperor. Although he sted the sword emperor away, thetter did not receive much damage.


    Honglin obeyed, but before she could, a true immortal charged at her. She didn’t pay attention at first, but when he shed his sword, a terrifying aura that rivaled a peak monarch erupted. When his sh finished, Honglin clutched her armless shoulder.