Chapter 0428: Another Sea Tribe Sea Festival

In the Imperial Palace of the Four Seas, a forbidden area deep within the palace, a man dressed in a light blue robe stood before a hundred-meter-tall stone statue hidden within. This man was naturally Huang Long.

Behind Huang Long stood Bradd, Bog, and others.

The statue was carved by Huang Long himself two thousand years ago using White Spirit Stone obtained from the Dark Stars in the Tianyun Dimensional Space. The statue depicted Huang Long himself.

Two thousand years later, the statue carved from White Spirit Stone still retained its luster as before, untouched by dust, with no signs of wear from time.

“Nothing here has changed,” said Huang Long.

This forbidden area of the Imperial Palace of the Four Seas was the palace where he had practiced in the past.

Huang Long pushed open the palace doors. Inside was a vast hall with eight large pillars, each adorned with coiling golden dragons, exuding grandeur.

Bradd, Bog, and the others followed Huang Long into the hall.

“Bog, do you still remember when we held meetings here back then?” Huang Long asked after entering the hall.

Bog stepped forward respectfully and replied, “I do. Back then, the young master often asked us about our cultivation progress.”

The orc Natt added, “The master also often discussed rewarding us with medicinal pills here.”

Everyone spoke up, and the fat lion didn’t want to be left out either. Smiling, he said, “I haven’t taken the master’s medicinal pills in many years. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.”

Gusta said, “You only think about eating.”

The fat lion retorted, and the two started arguing again. For a moment, Huang Long’s earlier displeasure over Huang De, a descendant of the Huang family, disappeared.

But just then, footsteps were heard outside, along with an urgent voice: “Great Emperor, this is the palace where the Dragon God practiced in the past. It cannot be demolished!”

“Dare you! Huang Sheng, don’t think just because you’re my imperial brother that I won’t kill you! If you obstruct me again, I’ll punish you for daring to defy your superior! Dragon God? So what if it’s the Dragon God? Now, in the Empire of the Four Seas, I am the god! Anyone who disobeys my orders will die, not even the Phoenix clan is an exception!” A rough voice shouted in response.

“So the rumors are true. It’s you who wants to deal with Phoenix Island? Don’t you even care about the ancestral teachings of the Dragon God?” the earlier man continued.

“Dragon God, ancestral teachings?” Hearing this, Huang De laughed heartily. “I’ve said it before—now, in the Empire of the Four Seas, I am the god! So what if I demolish this palace? Once I destroy the Phoenix clan and capture that Phoenix woman, this place will become my palace for mating with her.”

“You?!” Huang Sheng was furious.

The two walked while talking. At that moment, Huang De turned around, grabbed Huang Sheng by the neck, lifted him up, and threw him against the 100-meter-high wall. “Get lost!” Huang De didn’t even glance at Huang Sheng again. He turned and entered the palace courtyard. When he crossed the courtyard and entered the main hall, he was shocked to see 26 people standing there. He then roared, “Who are you? How dare you invade the imperial palace’s forbidden area?!” With a surge of power, he leaped into the air, his punches creating a violent storm as he attacked Bog and the others. As a powerful being from the Divine Realm, along with some magical artifacts crafted by Huang Long in the past, he was the strongest person in the Hengyuan Realm, aside from a few like the Realm Watchers. Thus, he didn’t take these people seriously. But just as he launched his attack, suddenly, a hand pierced through his punches, grabbed his clothes, and flipped him out of the air, sending him crashing to the ground with a loud thud. The entire ground trembled, accompanied by the crisp sounds of bones breaking. Huang De felt as if his whole body had been shattered. He widened his eyes in disbelief, struggled to lift his head, and looked at the person who had done this. He was a powerful being from the Divine Realm with a strong physique and defensive magical artifacts. Even the Realm Watcher You Lei wouldn’t find it easy to defeat him. Yet now, he had been grabbed and thrown to the ground by just one person—his proud physique and defensive artifacts were completely useless! But when he looked up and saw the person in front of him, his eyes were filled with disbelief and terror. “You… it’s impossible?!” The person who had acted was naturally Huang Long. Although any one of Bog and the others could defeat Huang De countless times, they were nominally servants of the Huang family. As a descendant of the Huang family and the current emperor of the Four Seas Empire, Huang De, Bog and the others didn’t dare to act unless Huang Long gave the order. Huang Long had created miracles in the Hengyuan Realm. He was not only the Dragon God in the eyes of billions in that realm but also the Dragon God and ancestor revered by countless descendants of the Huang family. Huang Long’s face was etched in the minds of every descendant of the Huang family. That’s why Huang De was so terrified when he saw his face. “Impossible?” Huang Long smiled coldly as he looked at Huang De lying on the ground. He knew that Huang De was acting this way because he completely ignored his own teachings. Likely believing he could never return to the Hengyuan Realm after entering the Netherworld, he was acting so recklessly.

After all, the divine stones required to teleport back from the Netherworld to the Eternal Yuan Realm were not something that a god-tier powerhouse who had been in the Netherworld for two thousand years could accumulate. As for Huang De knowing these things, he must have learned them from Eulena. “You… are really the Dragon God, the ancestor of the Dragon God?!” Huang De pointed at Huang Long, then turned to see Bog and the others beside him, suddenly feeling all his strength drain away as he collapsed to the ground. Bog and the others standing by Huang Long were the best proof of his identity. Back then, Huang Long had led twenty-four people including Bog into the Netherworld, a fact that had always been recorded in the Huang family’s archives, along with the appearances of Bog and the others. “In the Four Seas Empire, are you a god? Whoever disobeys your orders will die?” Huang Long’s gaze was icy, piercing straight into Huang De’s heart. All of that was what Huang De had said earlier. “No, it’s not true.” Huang De’s face turned ashen. But as soon as he spoke, Huang Long swung his hand in the air with a sharp “snap,” sending Huang De flying and slamming him against the door of the grand hall, which shattered with a loud noise. “You want to destroy the palace where I cultivate so you can build your own palace to indulge in pleasure?!” Huang Long’s expression darkened as he spoke in a deep voice. Huang De slid down from the door, about to get up and plead for mercy, but Huang Long swept him away with a single hand, sending him flying out of the grand hall and crashing onto the open ground outside. The hard stones on the ground cracked, and debris flew everywhere. Huang Long slowly stepped out of the grand hall, followed by Bog and the others. “You ignored my teachings, abolished them, and announced them throughout the empire! As a descendant of the Huang family, you’ve forgotten the old grudges between the Huang family and the Holy Church and the Leiyan Mansion, yet you’ve become friends with them!” Huang Long slowly walked toward Huang De on the ground, listing his crimes one by one. “Ancestor, Dragon God… I…” Huang De spat out bloody saliva, but then his body was swept away again by Huang Long’s hand, knocking over the walls of the courtyard and sending him flying outside. Outside the courtyard, Huang Sheng, who had just been thrown by Huang De, was standing up. Seeing Huang De fall at his feet, he was stunned. When he turned to see Huang Long and the others, he opened his mouth wide and stood there motionless. Huang Long glanced at him indifferently, then, under his astonished gaze, reached out with one hand, grabbed the lifeless-looking Huang De, and threw him high into the air with a powerful palm strike. After a while, Huang De, now high in the sky, crashed back to the ground with a loud explosion, creating a huge crater. Huang De was no longer moving.

After a long while, Huang Sheng, who had been standing there motionless, finally opened his mouth stiffly: “The Dragon God, our ancestral deity!”
Huang Long turned his head and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Your descendant, Huang Sheng, pays his respects to the Dragon God, our ancestral deity.” Hearing Huang Long’s question, Huang Sheng snapped back to reality, his face filled with panic. He quickly knelt down and bowed, still feeling as if he were in a dream.
Could this really not be a dream?
If it were a dream, then how could Huang De, who lay in the large pit beside him, be explained?
“Huang Sheng, hmm, not bad,” Huang Long nodded, though it was unclear whether he was referring to the name or something else.
Huang Sheng, kneeling there, was stunned and overjoyed but didn’t know what to say.
“Get up,” Huang Long said then.
Huang Sheng replied in panic, “Yes, Dragon God, our ancestral deity!” After saying that, he quickly stood up, standing upright with rapid breathing and sweat on his forehead.
Seeing this, the coldness on Huang Long’s face disappeared, and he began to ask about various matters related to the Four Seas Empire over the years, as well as the Huang and Zhao families.
A few days ago, although Huang Long had asked Bogu and others to investigate, the information wasn’t comprehensive.
Huang Long asked questions, and Huang Sheng answered them all quickly. Gradually, his nervous expression faded, and his tone became more steady, though his demeanor grew even more respectful and reverent.
Through his answers, Huang Long gradually learned about various matters related to the Four Seas Empire and the Huang and Zhao families.
Afterward, Huang Long asked about matters in the Hengyuan Realm.
“Ancestral Dragon God, Huang De, the Great Emperor… he…” After a while, Huang Sheng had accepted the fact that Huang Long and the others were returning to the Hengyuan Realm. Then, hesitantly, he asked, glancing at Huang De, who still lay in the pit, unaware of his fate.
“Huang De, the Great Emperor? Who said he’s a great emperor?” Huang Long asked coldly, staring at the pit.
Huang Sheng was too scared to say anything else.
“I heard next month is the Sea Tribe’s Sea Festival?” Huang Long suddenly asked.
The Sea Tribe’s Sea Festival? Huang Long sneered, recalling the time when he had destroyed their altar.
“Yes, Ancestral Dragon God,” Huang Sheng replied respectfully, not understanding why Huang Long asked this.
“Get ready. You’ll come with me to attend the Sea Tribe’s Sea Festival,” Huang Long said.
“Me? With you, Ancestral God? You’re going?” Huang Sheng couldn’t believe it, looking at Huang Long, wondering if he had heard wrong.
“You are now the Great Emperor of the Four Seas Empire. Naturally, you must accompany me,” Huang Long said.
“I’m the Great Emperor of the Four Seas Empire?” Huang Sheng pointed at himself, eyes wide, then glanced at Huang De in the pit. That Huang De?!