"All hail the Queen!"
Before the queen returned to the vast ocean, above the ceaseless current that spanned thousands of miles, countless merfolk with numerous sea beasts had gathered.
The Merfolk Queen, who had a moment ago mocked King Qiong Yu, frowned, noticing many unfamiliar faces within her group.
She had been prepared for this, even while her lord was secluded in the Cave Sky. As the activities of the merfolk and the Qiong Yu clans unfolded, their influence inevitably expanded.
The pivotal event came a decade ago when the Demon Repair Power from North Ming Continent moved here, seemingly due to being oppressed by the righteous on their own land and seeking to establish a backup plan by setting up here.
All heterogeneous clans fell under the Demon Repair Power's extermination and incorporation efforts, but after they provoked the merfolk and Qiong Yu clans, many seclusive entities in the Cave Sky were alarmed.