This god’s name was Ao Gen, one of the Five Lakes Dragon Gods.
The Five Lakes were, in the Earth Immortal Realm, the Qingcao Lake Great God (Dongting Lake God), the Pengli Lake Great God, the Danyang Lake Great God, the Xieyang Lake Great God (Du Yang Lake God), and the Tai Lake Great God.
Among the Water Element, the Five Lakes Gods held extremely high status.
Ao Gen was a Tai Lake Dragon God, and also a Great Dragon God born of the West Sea Dragon Race.
Moreover, he was the blood younger brother of the West Sea Dragon Monarch.
"How did Ao Gen suddenly fall?"
Zhang Jian grabbed one of the guarding Prison Guards.
This Prison Guard’s face showed fear; he shook his head and said.
"Celestial Monarch, we Little Immortals guard the Ice Prison and do not dare be negligent. We truly do not know how Ao Gen could suddenly become a Fallen Immortal."
Zhang Jian frowned and said.
"Then during this period of time, has any other Immortal Gods entered the 7th Layer of the Eternal Ice Prison?"
Hearing this, that Prison Guard hurriedly said.
"Celestial Monarch, no other Immortal Gods have entered the 7th Layer of the Eternal Ice Prison!"
Seeing this Prison Guard answer ’I don’t know’ to every question, Zhang Jian immediately flung him aside, his gaze falling into the depths of the Eternal Ice Prison.
Spiritual Martial Immortal Official Yuan Jiang and Inspector Immortal Official Gu Ning also appeared in haste at the 7th Layer of the Eternal Ice Prison at this moment.
Just then, they saw Zhang Jian gazing toward the depths of the Eternal Ice Prison; with a wave of his hand, a streak of Immortal Light fell into the depths of the Ice Prison, and instantly the pervasive Demonic Qi abruptly froze within the depths of the void.
Rumble, rumble.
At the same time, under that purple-yellow Immortal Light, the Eternal cells all turned to dust, and a gigantic platinum Demon Dragon with a body a thousand zhang long was seized by Zhang Jian and dragged out from within.
It was a massive platinum Demon Dragon; its horns were jagged and imposing, yet its entire body was covered in dense Demonic Qi, its Dragon Scales faintly shifting toward dark-gold. That fierce Demonic Qi had already reached a frightfully astonishing degree.
This was a powerful Dragon God of Taiyi True Number Level.
But when his Divine Sense swept over this Demon Dragon’s whole body, gloomy darkness immediately appeared in Zhang Jian’s eyes.
He noticed this Demon Dragon’s Divine Soul had suffered heavy damage; some Immortal God had used a Demonic Immortal Technique to grievously wound his Primordial Spirit, forcing him into the Demon Dao.
Moreover, his essence, qi, and spirit had been mostly devoured before his fall, leaving him nearly an empty shell.
With just one glance, Zhang Jian immediately realized that someone was preparing to dump a pot of shit on his head!
If Ao Gen were to perish because of this, it would certainly shake the entire Four Seas Dragon Race.
After all, he was one of the Five Lakes Dragon Gods of the Earth Immortal Realm.
And also the blood younger brother of the West Sea Dragon Monarch.
If he fell, it would unquestionably be a major event of the Dragon Race.
If people were to examine more closely and see his wretched state before death, they would inevitably cast doubt upon him, this newly appointed Ice Castle Celestial Monarch, and might even harbor suspicions and target him accordingly.
It was entirely possible they would go to the Celestial Court and lodge a malicious complaint against him.
His gaze remained calm, with no change of color in his eyes; with a wave of his hand, a long river of space-time was born, sweeping over Ao Gen’s true body and drawing it into the depths of his palm.
In the depths of his palm there now emerged a vast, sacred Cyan Lotus.
Within the Cyan Lotus, a grand Pure Land manifested in an instant, suppressing Ao Gen’s collapsing Dragon Soul and subduing the Demonic Qi overflowing within him.
Tier Five Immortal Skill: Cyan Lotus Soul Purification Spell.
Under the gaze of the assembled Immortals, Zhang Jian said coolly.
"Ao Gen has become a Fallen Immortal, beyond all remedy. Today, with all you Immortals as witnesses, I, this Monarch, shall execute him!"
The Immortals, hearing this, exchanged glances.
At this time, Gu Ning Daoist frowned and said.
"Celestial Monarch, this Little Immortal observes that in Ao Gen’s fall there seems to be other circumstances involved. Should we not re-verify and investigate this matter?"
Zhang Jian replied blandly.
"Ao Gen’s fall—this Monarch will of course report it to the Celestial Court."
Gu Ning Daoist’s expression turned solemn at these words; he cupped his hands and said.
"Celestial Monarch, although you are the Master of Ice Castle, the oversight of the Eternal Immortal Prison is also the duty of this Little Immortal. This poor Daoist observes Ao Gen’s fall to be man-made. In this matter, this Little Immortal will report truthfully; I ask the Celestial Monarch to take it seriously!"
His expression was full of upright righteousness, his eyes meeting Zhang Jian’s directly without retreat.
Zhang Jian gave him a look.
Though an Inspector Immortal Official’s rank was not high, his authority was not small.
Of course, what mattered even more was that they hailed from the Four Great Celestial Masters’ Mansions.
The Four Great Celestial Masters were the Jade Emperor’s close confidants; the Four Great Celestial Masters’ Mansions could be said to be supervisory organs directly under the Jade Emperor.
Zhang Jian could not simply act against such an Inspector Immortal Official.
Otherwise, if he offended the Four Great Celestial Masters, he would find it impossible to survive in the Celestial Court.
Nor had Zhang Jian intended to do anything to this Inspector Immortal Official.
From the moment he saw this Demon Dragon, he knew someone had already made a move against him.
Hence he acted at once to suppress the Demon Dragon Ao Gen.
Preventing the Immortals from watching and inspecting.
This was both to prevent Demon Dragon Ao Gen from suffering a second harm, and also to create favorable conditions for his own counterattack.
Zhang Jian knew that with only Ao Gen’s fall, even with Ao Gen’s essence, qi, and spirit sucked dry and heavily wounded within the Eternal Ice Prison, this matter still could not truly harm him, much less remove him from office.
After this incident, the opponent would likely strike again.
He needed to give the opponent a clear impression.
That he, the Eternal Ice Castle Celestial Monarch, suppressed Ao Gen at the first opportunity because he was concerned the matter would ferment and affect his own prospects, thus he acted at once to suppress Ao Gen and barred others from approaching to examine Ao Gen’s condition.
Seeing Zhang Jian take firm, decisive control, Gu Ning Daoist’s expression grew unpleasant; he turned, flicked his sleeves, and departed.
"Brother Gu..."
Yuan Jiang wished at this moment to speak and smooth things over, yet found no words.
He could only turn his gaze to Zhang Jian.
"Celestial Monarch, what should we do next?"
Zhang Jian’s features were chill; he said coldly.
"Yuan Jiang, more manpower must be added within the Eternal Ice Prison. This Monarch does not wish to see a second accident of this kind occur in the depths of the Eternal Ice Prison!"
Yuan Jiang hastily assented to these words.
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Within the Eternal Ice Crystal Divine Hall, with a wave of his hand, Zhang Jian summoned forth that thousand-zhang Demon Dragon.