He was indeed Peacock Monarch’s staunch supporter and played a large part in the guy’s success. He also gave implicit permission for Peacock’s ambition to compete against Lion’s Roar, hence his current embarrassment.

He laughed and tried to play down the situation: “What I wanted to do was to just compete, not oppose them or seize their territories…”

“Dragon is doing very well right now.” Nine-tailed God said: “But even when we had dao lords,...