Inside the Dragon Palace.
Pearl lights and treasures shining, lamps ablaze with splendor.
Occupying the entire main trunk of the Jiuchuan River, the wealth amassed over the years has made the Jiuchuan Dragon Palace famous throughout the world.
Within this palace, however, dwell two flood dragons, both powerful demons with formidable strength, and they have the advantage of the Water Mansion's favorable location.
It was innate for an ordinary person, unaccustomed to water, to lose a third of their strength in river battles with them.
People feared these factors, and thus could only look on with envy, not daring to act rashly.
The two flood dragons of the Dragon Palace had thus been able to occupy the Jiuchuan River and Jiuchuan Country for a millennium, enjoying a long period of peace.
But these leisurely days, amidst the recent changes in the Southern Domain's situation, were finally starting to become unsustainable.