Chapter One: The Son of the Beast King

At midnight, in the Royal Beast Hall of the Five-Store Capital.

“Fire! Put out the fire!”

The cry shattered the stillness as raging flames devoured the walls of the hall.

“What is going on?” Bijiian, the Beast King’s trusted aide, hurried back and snatched at a passing palace servant fleeing in panic before the hall. “Where are the Beast King and the Queen?”

The servant, already pale with terror at the sight of the blaze, began to tremble so violently under Bijiian’s bellow that not a coherent word could leave his mouth.

“The Queen, the, the Queen is in...”

“Get lost!”

Bijiian flung the servant aside and charged into the hall. He had only been sent away on routine patrol for three days, yet upon his return the Royal Beast Hall was already a sea of fire. The scene was beyond reason. Bijiian stepped inside and lifted his gaze.

Within the inner chamber of the hall, ringed by infernal flames, the Beast King stood shielding himself with frost against the侵? No, need English only. Let's continue.