Guarding the Prison for 100 Years, I Emerge to Overwhelm the Demon Venerable

"The Dragon Palace... it’s shattered..."

Seeing the East Sea Dragon Palace, their home for many years, suddenly shatter before their eyes, some of the surviving Dragon Race members looked on in terror and confusion.

Their Heart Spirits trembled as they muttered to themselves.

"Hm?"

But Su Bai, the man who had shattered the Dragon Palace with his foot, suddenly seemed to discover something. His figure flickered and vanished.

He had teleported into the depths of the Dragon Palace.

In the deepest part of the Dragon Palace, Su Bai stopped. With a single punch, he shattered a sturdy, immortal crimson wall, revealing a black-robed old man with graying hair, covered in blood, his aura weak.

After his Realm breakthrough, Su Bai’s Divine Sense was now several times stronger.

He could tell with a single glance that the black-robed old man before him was not human, but an old, ink-black dragon.

At the same time, through the Purification Tripod in his mind, Su Bai could sense that this person was radiating an overwhelming Karmic Force.

Clearly, this Dragon had once committed great sins.

And to have survived Su Bai’s stomp without dying showed that this person’s strength was still quite formidable.

’If I take him back and lock him in the mysterious cave, he’ll definitely bring me a decent reward.’

Snapping back to his senses, Su Bai seized the man by the shoulder, then flashed through the water with him, arriving above the shattered Dragon Palace.

"This Jade Pendant is quite extraordinary!"

Then, with a sweep of his Divine Thoughts, Su Bai reached out his right hand and, within the churning currents where Ao Gu had died, grasped a Golden Jade Pendant.

Then, under the venomously hateful gazes of the surviving Dragon Race members, Su Bai departed swiftly, riding a silver-white auspicious cloud.

Later historical records state:

In the 369th year of the Great Xia Calendar, the East Sea Dragon Palace stirred up thousand-zhang-high waves, drowning nearly a million citizens of Great Xia.

The Emperor was enraged!

He personally led the heroes to the Dragon Palace. Wielding his Royal Authority, he beheaded the Dragons with his sword, their million corpses a sacrifice to the heroic souls of his people!

Afterward, an Immortal God descended from Xia, shattering the Dragon Mansion with his fists and stomping the Dragon Palace under his foot!

The East Sea Dragon Palace was annihilated!

The world was shocked!

...

After the annihilation of the East Sea Dragon Palace, news spread, causing an uproar in the outside world. Inside the prison, however, it was quiet.

The black-robed old man captured by Su Bai had woken up long ago during the journey, but he was pragmatic enough not to say a word, keeping his head lowered so his face could not be seen.

In truth, he had thought about struggling when he first woke up. But after sensing the formidable aura of the person next to him and learning of his glorious feat of destroying the Dragon Palace, he instantly became much more compliant.

Su Bai didn’t waste words on him. He simply held the man and proceeded to the depths of the prison.

This old, ink-black dragon was the fourth criminal Su Bai had brought into the prison’s depths.

The first three were the Seventh Sequence, Qiongqi, and that Inner Sect Elder from the Canghai Sect.

At this moment, a great deal of the Seventh Sequence’s life essence had already been siphoned away by the black chains. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as he focused all his will on preserving his Essence, struggling against both the chains’ pull and the endless surrounding Evil Qi and Malice in an effort to survive a few more days.

The arrival of Su Bai and the other man didn’t attract his attention in the slightest.

It was the same for Qiongqi, who kept its head low, its aura listless.

The Inner Sect Elder from the Canghai Sect, however, had only been there for a few days and still had the strength to observe his surroundings.

Hearing the commotion, he had just managed to pry his eyes open when he saw the black-robed old man.

Perhaps recognizing the man, his eyes went wide, and he blurted out instinctively, "The East Sea Dragon King!?"

The black-robed old man ignored him and walked respectfully to a chain that Su Bai had pointed to.

Then, he took one end of the chain and plunged it into his own body.

His face was completely calm, without a trace of pain or resentment.

And this scene made the Canghai Sect’s Inner Sect Elder stare so hard his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The fame and power of the East Sea Dragon King were known throughout the world.

After all, this was the former ruler of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

He possessed a dense True Dragon Bloodline, a profound Realm, and extremely powerful strength!

But now, he had been brought in by this incredibly mysterious young man and had even chained himself willingly.

’What the hell!’

’Just who in the world is this person who captured him?!’

The Inner Sect Elder from the Canghai Sect suppressed the colossal waves of shock churning within him, hastily shut his eyes, and immediately sealed his six senses, not daring to look for even a second longer.

Because of the black chains’ mysterious properties, Su Bai wasn’t worried that these people could escape.

So naturally, he didn’t mind if they gathered to chat when they were bored, as long as they still had the heart and energy to do so.

That was why Su Bai hadn’t separated the Seventh Sequence, Qiongqi, the black-robed old man, and the others.

As soon as the black-robed old man was bound by the black chains, he immediately took something out from his robes and presented it to Su Bai, saying respectfully, "I offer this item to you, Senior!"

Su Bai saw that the item the black-robed old man presented was a white bead.

A name flashed through his mind, and he blurted out, "A Dragon Bead?"

"Yes!"

The black-robed old man nodded. "This item was a gift when this Little Dragon was dispatched by the Dayu Immortal Dynasty to this remote corner of the world to serve as the Dragon King. It can be considered a Supreme Treasure."

"If worn for a long time, one can use the Dragon Qi within the Dragon Bead to slowly temper their Physique."

"Additionally, it can be used to nurture Demon Beasts with the bloodline of the Dragon Race and enhance their bloodline!"

"Now that this Little Dragon has become a prisoner, this item is useless to me. It is better to give it to you, Senior."

’Dayu Immortal Dynasty?’

Su Bai was curious. He reached out, took the Dragon Bead from the black-robed old man’s hand, and brought it closer to examine it carefully.

After a moment, he looked at the black-robed old man with a faint, unreadable smile and said coolly, "You’re not giving me the Dragon Bead just to present a treasure, are you?"

The black-robed old man fell silent.

After a long while, he said with a wry smile, "I dare not hide it from you, Senior!"

"I cannot protect this item."

"In all of Great Xia, aside from that mysterious Great Sect Elder and yourself, Senior..."

"...there are few who could protect it."

"What do you mean?"

Su Bai frowned, narrowing his eyes at him.

The black-robed old man gave a bitter smile and then spoke truthfully, "Actually... I stole this item from the Dayu Immortal Dynasty. It wasn’t a gift."

Su Bai asked, "You’re from the Dayu Immortal Dynasty?"

"Also, besides the East Sea Dragon Palace, are there also a West Sea Dragon Palace, a North Sea Dragon Palace, and a South Sea Dragon Palace?"

"Yes! You’ve guessed correctly, Senior," the black-robed old man confessed. "I am indeed from the Dayu Immortal Dynasty. My name is Ao Yuan. And in this land, there are indeed four Dragon Palaces, one for each of the four cardinal directions!"

"Tell me about the Dayu Immortal Dynasty in detail!"

Su Bai’s face lit up with curiosity.

He had been in the prison for so long, had absorbed the memories of many criminals, and had read many entries in the Purification Tripod’s sin records.

But he still knew very little about the world outside of Great Xia.

If the black-robed old man, Ao Yuan, hadn’t brought it up now, he would never have even known about the so-called Dayu Immortal Dynasty.

"Seeing your extraordinary aura, Senior, your immense power, and your terrifying Physique, I thought that you, like this Little Dragon, had also come from the Dayu Immortal Dynasty..."

Ao Yuan muttered to himself before continuing to speak to Su Bai.

"The Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas were all established by the Central Earth Immortal Dynasty."

"The Central Earth Immortal Dynasty’s official name is Da Yu. It rules over the Thirteen Provinces and governs humans, gods, Demon Fiends, Demons, and Immortals..."

As Ao Yuan’s story unfolded...

...it was as if a vast and magnificent gateway was slowly opening before Su Bai’s eyes.