Leading a defeated army against the true king guarding the Savattha Dragon Domain – this was undoubtedly the most perilous path.

But thinking calmly, it was indeed the only chance for survival.

Ao Huang Zhong and Qi Xiao Qian might not have expected Jiang Wang and his defeated branch of the army to dare gather near the Barbarian King. This presented an opportunity to gain more escape time.

And Ji Ke Yi and the Barbarian King had been locked in a stalemate for years without a clear victor. If they were fighting intensely, Jiang Wang and his forces charging in at that moment might truly create a surprise effect.

Hadn’t Qin Zhen breaking the deadlock for the Blood King also been initiated by Jiang Wang?

Furthermore, with the support of the human forces from Fútú Pure Land, it was better than circling within the Savattha Dragon Domain, surrounded by enemies, and pointlessly wasting lives.

The Flying Cloud Tower Ship accelerated to its limit, carrying out Jiang Wang’s will, shuttling through the vast sea of forests in the sky.

The unique Lóngxī sandalwood trees of the Savattha Dragon Domain, with their steaming green color and fog-like miasma, were stirred into chaotic turbulence by the airflow from the Flying Cloud Tower Ship.

Escaping within a regulated domain is far more difficult than in a chaotic domain. Therefore, Jiang Wang personally monitored the environment, planned the route, and adjusted direction from time to time.

The quartermaster general quietly came to report that at the current speed, the stored Yuan Stones would only last for three hours. This was even after plundering some sea nests.

Chen Zhi Bo, his energy and blood both depleted, sat cross-legged on the deck, head bowed, hair disheveled, and said hoarsely: “Now is a full domain war, not just one domain or one army. As long as we cause trouble in the Savattha Dragon Domain for long enough, changes will naturally occur.”

“I believe Shuaì Qi’s support will definitely come, and Ao Huang Zhong’s arbitrary troop movements will also create great variables along the border river…” Jiang Wang said, “But compared to waiting, I’m more used to taking opportunity into my own hands.”

“Tomorrow and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day!”

On Crescent Moon Island, by the window seat of the Qīngpíng Lè Wine House on Blue Ao Reef, sat a handsome man with a sighing expression. One person, one table, one pot of wine, facing the sea breeze that went down his throat.

This seat, though called a private room, was merely surrounded by screens, capable of fending off polite people but not uninvited ones.

His appearance, like white jade, and eyebrows that hid inner turmoil, making him seem sorrowful and fragile, attracted many women in the house who deliberately passed by, frequently stealing glances.

At this moment, footsteps sounded, and Yáng Liǔ, a true disciple of Fishing Sea House, accustomed to interfering and with a powdered face, came upstairs as usual.

He carried two jars of wine, one in each hand, and sat in front of the man drinking alone.

Speaking of this wine friend named Xià Yǔ Bái, he had only recently arrived on Crescent Moon Island. They had a destiny of not knowing each other until after a fight.

Who on Blue Ao Reef didn’t know that this Qīngpíng Lè’s most scenic private room was his, Yáng Liǔ’s, exclusive seat year-round? No matter if he came or not, it had to be reserved for him.

And this Xià Yǔ Bái, upon arriving, simply occupied it. He had been here for several days, coming every day to drink his melancholy wine.

He originally wanted to teach this outsider a lesson, so he sat directly opposite, waiting for this fellow to get angry so he could then leisurely reveal his identity and scare this fellow’s knees soft. Who knew this fellow simply ignored him and just drank his wine?

Annoyed, he… also followed suit and drank.

The two of them didn’t exchange a single sentence, just like this, they competed at the same table, continuously drinking wine for several days. He only knew this person was called Xià Yǔ Bái; his identity, background, and origin were all unknown.

Xià Yǔ Bái also never asked what kind of person he, Yáng Liǔ, was.

They were just similar in their emotions, each with grievances, both holding suppressed feelings. Just like this, they became wine friends. Occasionally chatting idly, they were also quite congenial.

Yáng Liǔ placed the wine on the table and casually patted open the seal mud. A faint, bitter wine fragrance floated in the air. “This is Tiānyá Kǔ!” Yáng Liǔ said, “Want to try?”

Xià Yǔ Bái drained the wine in his cup, then turned the cup upside down, placing it and the wine pot he had just drunk from together, pushing them to one side. He then took out a new set of jade wine vessels and arranged them neatly and cleanly.

Then, with a raised hand, he signaled Yáng Liǔ to pour the wine.

Yáng Liǔ gently patted the wine jar to make the wine liquid more evenly distributed, then poured the wine into the cups, each filled eight parts. This meticulousness of Xià Yǔ Bái was also something he, Yang, appreciated. A good man should know etiquette and understand moderation, dress refinedly, behave properly, and have a beautiful appearance.

Unfortunately, according to his senior sister… she didn’t appreciate it.

Unfortunately, the bright moon shone into a ditch!

With this thought, he suddenly felt the wine taste more astringent.

He didn’t want to be sad, so he changed the topic: “Although Tiānyá Kǔ is good wine, I don’t often drink it. The aftertaste is too strong, it tortures the heart too much. The last person who drank this wine against me, perhaps you know who he is?”

Xià Yǔ Bái said indifferently: “Who?”

“Qí Country’s Wǔ Ān Hóu Jiāng Wàng!” Yáng Liǔ had always watched his wine friend, and seeing his slight surprise, he laughed and said, “Very unexpected, right?”

Xià Yǔ Bái said: “I heard he is the most unpopular person on Huái Island. Mentioning his name is likely to get you beaten. I didn’t expect you two to have actually drunk wine together.”

Yáng Liǔ hummed: “We also drank tea and ate seafood together.”

In Xià Yǔ Bái’s sorrowful eyes, a hint of curiosity arose: “You don’t hate him?”

Yáng Liǔ thought for a bit and said: “If you disregard sect position, he’s not a bad friend.” Xià Yǔ Bái coldly hummed and made no comment.

Yáng Liǔ said strangely: “You know him?” Xià Yǔ Bái said: “Not familiar.”

Yáng Liǔ nodded: “I just said. How could you just casually bump into someone and recognize him? He’s got a big air about him now. Ordinary people can’t get close. He’s no longer that young man who hugged a wine jar and begged me to handle things.”

Xià Yǔ Bái couldn’t help but feel curious again: “He still begged you to handle things?”

“Old matters.” Yáng Liǔ waved his hand: “Don’t mention this. I just heard you sighing heavily downstairs, something about tomorrow and tomorrow. What’s actually the matter?”

Xià Yǔ Bái was also too lazy to pursue the question, he drained the remaining wine in his cup, then said: “Sighing at the waste of years, achieving nothing!”

“What’s so good to sigh about!” Yáng Liǔ said: “In previous years, I was also very anxious. The dao companion I admired couldn’t be obtained, the true transmission ranking was always one head lower, and then I always encountered non-human monsters like Jiāng Wàng and Chóng Xuán Zūn… Isn’t it also very good now?”

“How did it become good?” Xià Yǔ Bái asked.

“Habit.” Yáng Liǔ spoke from the heart: “When you clearly recognize that you are just a waste, that you simply can’t compare to Jiāng Wàng, Chóng Xuán Zūn and the others. The person you like just won’t like you… one thought makes the world vast.”

Xià Yǔ Bái gripped the wine cup: “…Perhaps I still have some ambition.” Yáng Liǔ said with a face that showed he was still young: “How old are you this year?”

Xià Yǔ Bái sighed heavily: “I am already twenty-four! Still dawdling here, my career hasn’t advanced, and my matters haven’t been achieved. To fulfill my lifelong wish, who knows what year it will be!”

Yáng Liǔ lifted his chin towards the window outside: “Since you are still very ambitious, and the Maze World has no locked door, you can go build merit and establish your career yourself. Leave a name on the Sea Merit List, that also counts as bringing glory to your ancestors.”

There was indignation in Xià Yǔ Bái’s eyes: “Someone won’t let me go!”

“Oh, you’ve offended people.” Yáng Liǔ understood in his heart, and kindly said: “Later, I’ll find someone to send you in. The sea border is the sea border for people of the world. There’s no reason not to let ambitious people go battle in the Maze World!”

Xià Yǔ Bái said bitterly: “This is not something you can solve by just finding someone…”

Yáng Liǔ was obviously not listening: “Speaking of which, this year is also your birth year, ah. You should wear something red, tie a red waist belt or something. Otherwise, it’s easy to be unlucky.”

These words were better left unsaid. As soon as they were spoken, Xià Yǔ Bái was like a stepped-on tail, suddenly angry: “What unlucky, unlucky! I don’t believe in these!”

Yáng Liǔ just felt inexplicable: “If you don’t believe, just don’t believe. Why are you so excited?”

Xià Yǔ Bái was still indignant: “What unlucky, unlucky! Everyone says I’m unlucky. I sit here and drink wine every day, and I haven’t seen myself choked to death!”

As soon as the words fell. Boom!

The entire Qīngpíng Lè Wine House, no, the entire Blue Ao Reef, the entire Huái Island, all violently shook once! “What’s wrong?”

“Triggered some prohibition? Or an earthquake?” The guests in the wine house discussed in confusion.

And the wine house shook more severely.

The handsome man disguised as Xià Yǔ Bái, and Yáng Liǔ, turned their heads together to look out the window, and they saw—

A brilliant golden mountain range, descending from the sky, heavily smashing onto the great array protecting Huái Island. It made the entire Huái Island shake!

Looking closely, where was a mountain range? It was clearly a giant claw.

Looking higher from here, one could see the clouds gathering like peaks, and the violent rain like a waterfall. Heaven and earth suddenly darkened! And thunder came, lightning came, in that dark, gloomy terror, something was sometimes hidden, sometimes visible, like a mountain range extending a dragon body!

Golden scales as big as houses, long whiskers truly like giant pythons, purple thunder entwining its body, white lightning winding around its tail.

Heaven and earth overturned, sighing and singing, tiger crouching, dragon coiling!

A true dragon appeared!

Why would a true dragon directly cross the Maze World battlefield and appear on Crescent Moon Island? To the human race, this was a visit after who knows how many years!

This was not an ordinary true dragon!

Didn’t you see that Jīnghǎi Elder with long black and white intermingled hair, who had already risen into the sky for the first time, yet only stood under the light curtain of the great array, not daring to stick his head out?

“Able to make Gu Huái Xīn, the fourth elder of Fishing Sea House who relies on the great array protecting Huái Island, not dare to come out, unable to counterattack…” Xià Yǔ Bái’s face was solemn: “This dragon is only afraid that it has the cultivation of an Emperor Lord!”

Speaking, another elegant man who looked about fifty years old flew high into the sky, also joining Gu Huái Xīn in resisting, yet still could not stop Huái Island’s shaking!

This was Xú Xiāng Wǎn, the third elder of Fishing Sea House!

But with two great Real People joining hands, plus the great array that Fishing Sea House had operated for thousands of years, they were actually only bitterly supporting the situation. Wind and rain drifted in tonight!

This undoubtedly further confirmed the terrifying level of that true dragon.

“So what if it’s an Emperor Lord?” Beside him, Yáng Liǔ was full of confidence: “Our Tower Master will make a move himself. Whatever divine dragon or sea master it is, we will definitely sink it into the sea!”

The Qí Country’s Emperor wanted to send Wǔ Ān Hóu to the Maze World battlefield to gain experience, and even summoned Xià Shī to personally teach military strategy to Qí Xiāo, clearly to cultivate him as the commander of the Cut Rain Army.

Wǔ Ān Hóu had the merit of Qí Xiā, and the honor of the Demon World. What level of “gold” was only suitable for him to gild? At the very least, it was a war involving a sea race maze base, and it would not be strange to even fight into the Cang Sea! Add to this the sudden attack on Crescent Moon Island by an Emperor Lord level dragon race…

At this moment, everything linked together, and Xià Yǔ Bái said solemnly: “I’m afraid Zhèn Jūn Sùn Dù won’t be able to return in a short time.” “What do you mean?” Yáng Liǔ turned back.

Just as Xià Yǔ Bái was about to speak, there was even greater turmoil outside the Qīngpíng Lè Wine House. The two immediately flew out of the building.

In the dim and gloomy but sometimes lightning-illuminated sky, they saw a sea beast shaped like a giant elephant but covered in fine scales, rampaging through the crowd. A patrol team of Fishing Sea House cultivators simply could not block it!

“It’s Blue Ao Reef’s guardian sea beast!” Yáng Liǔ’s voice was tense: “Senior brother’s personally designed prohibition, how could it lose control?!” His voice grew more and more panicked, because he had already seen that this was not the only place where sea beasts had lost control.

On the vast Crescent Moon Island, the several thousand year base of Fishing Sea House, everywhere powerful sea beasts were rampaging madly. They roared, bellowed, unleashed Yuan Force thick law techniques, destroying everything they could touch.

The whole island was in chaos!

Xià Yǔ Bái grasped the key: “The two Real People are fighting against a dragon race Emperor Lord and can’t get away. We can’t let these sea beasts destroy the great array protecting the island, otherwise we’re all finished!”

“Okay, okay, I’ll go call people! I’ll go right away!” Yáng Liǔ panicked and wanted to go call his master, but then he remembered his master had gone to the Maze World.

Then he thought of his senior brother, then of the new talent Zhū Bì Qióng… Only to discover they were all not here! His mind was a mess, and he looked at his wine friend with whom he drank wine: “Who to call?”

Xià Yǔ Bái didn’t know if it was because the true disciples of Fishing Sea House were of poor quality, or purely because this Yáng Liǔ was trapped by love and borrowed wine every day to drown his sorrows, making him a waste. Facing a major event, he had no calmness, not even a brain.

He immediately shouted: “Call someone who can make decisions! Remember, don’t worry about other places. First, concentrate your forces and guard the great array nodes! After ensuring the safety of the great array, then subdue the sea beasts, calm the turmoil, and finally investigate the reason for the sea beasts losing control!”

His wine friend’s extraordinary calmness suddenly woke Yáng Liǔ up. He immediately flew into the sky: “I am the sect-protecting true disciple Yáng Liǔ! Blue Ao Reef, listen to my command—”

At this time, a powerful voice spread throughout the island: “All Fishing Sea House cultivators, protect the nearby great array nodes. Do not lightly move from your defense area! Patrol team one, team three, team nine, team seventeen,

Immediately set out, patrol and kill sea beasts! All true disciples are to be responsible for separate defense areas, nearby exterminating sea beasts whether they have lost control or not! The enforcement team will be responsible to Xú Yuán. Those who affect defense or take advantage of the chaos to create turmoil will be executed on the spot!! Others wait in their original places, quietly waiting for rescue!”

Fishing Sea House still had capable people!

This allowed Xià Yǔ Bái to slightly put his heart down.

“This is Elder Liǔ’s voice!” Yáng Liǔ also had a backbone, his brain gradually began to recover, and he looked at Xià Yǔ Bái with some surprise: “Brother Xià, you are a talent. Your strategy for resolving the turmoil is actually the same as our sect-protecting elder’s without prior consultation!”

Fishing Sea House’s sect-protecting elder Liǔ Yǔ?

That one whom Wǔ Ān Hóu had pointed at the nose and wanted to fight with, yet who had only apologized for his disciple?

He ranked second among the sect-protecting elders, and was considered a significant figure!

Xià Yǔ Bái didn’t respond to Yáng Liǔ’s praise, he took out his long sword and went to chop and kill sea beasts. But his peripheral vision swept, and after thinking slightly, he reached out and grabbed a piece of red cloth from the flag above the wine house… He casually wrapped it around and tied it on his arm.

Yáng Liǔ said strangely: “Brother Xià, what are you doing?”

Xià Yǔ Bái only said: “I’m used to being responsible for my own fate. In the crisis on Huái Island, how can I sit and watch? I also want to kill a few sea beasts!” Yáng Liǔ pointed at his arm: “I’m asking about this.”

“Oh.” Xià Yǔ Bái flew forward expressionlessly: “Make a simple red armband, convenient for distinguishing friend from foe.”

Yáng Liǔ felt something was wrong, but couldn’t say what was wrong. He casually chopped off a piece of cloth and wrapped it on as well: “Must it be red?”

“Whatever you want!” Wine friend Xià seemed not very patient.

It wasn’t until he followed Xià Yǔ Bái and approached that terrifying fine-scaled giant elephant that he remembered what was wrong. “That’s not right! You still can’t distinguish between sea beasts and people. Do you still need to look at armbands?”

Xià Yǔ Bái finally couldn’t bear it and roared: “Why are your words so dense? Can’t even a true dragon shut your mouth? I’m paying attention to my birth year, okay? Huh? Do I have to be asked several times!?”