Location: Bronze Dragon Territories → Demon Realm Border
Time: Day 215 (Doha Actual) - Midday → Evening | Calendar: 6 Voidmarch, 9938 AZI
An hour later, Heihuo stood in his private chambers, watching his real team assemble while rage still burned hot in his chest.
With or without you, grandfather had said.
Threat. Promise. Warning that Heihuo was expendable if he failed. That years of investment could be written off like bad debt if his grandson didn't deliver results.
Well.
Heihuo had spent centuries preparing for a moment exactly like this. Building loyalty among dragons who'd follow him instead of the ancient tyrant. Cultivating resources Shanshe didn't know existed. Waiting for an opportunity that would let him step out of his grandfather's crushing shadow.
And now that opportunity was here.
