Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

”That human can actually match Sha Tonghai. What incredible strength!”

”I never thought a place as remote as the Eastern Continent could produce such a powerful genius!”

”It’s a shame the Eastern Continent has a Restriction left over from the Ancient Era, preventing our Sea Race from entering. Otherwise, I would definitely go have a look...”

In this world, strength earns respect!

Only by possessing great strength can one earn the respect of others.

By fighting on par with the number one genius of the Red Shark Race’s younger generation, Jiang Chen had already used his strength to win the favor of the Red Shark Race’s experts.

If the Red Shark Race’s earlier enthusiasm toward Jiang Chen and the others was merely due to the Red Shark Ancestor’s orders, then now, they were genuinely impressed and had truly accepted them.

This was evident from the way the Red Shark Race experts at the banquet began to proactively offer toasts to Jiang Chen and his group.

Sha Tonghai had already sat down next to Jiang Chen. He raised a large bowl filled with at least two pounds of potent liquor and laughed. ”Jiang Chen, I guess we wouldn’t have known each other if we hadn’t fought. It’s a pleasure to meet you! I offer this bowl as an apology for Sha Tongtian’s earlier rudeness!”

”Brother Sha, you jest,” Jiang Chen said with a smile as he downed the liquor in his bowl. ”Once we drink this, we’ll let bygones be bygones!”

He was a firm believer in returning respect tenfold.

He had no grudge against the Red Shark Race, and since Sha Tonghai was being so reasonable, Jiang Chen certainly wasn’t going to make things difficult for himself.

”Good!”

Sha Tonghai also let out a great laugh, drained his bowl, and then turned to Gai Shi. ”You, my friend, let’s have a drink!”

”You want to drink with me? We start at ten bowls, minimum,” Gai Shi said calmly.

”Oh? It seems you’re a man of spirit, my friend. Ten bowls it is, then...”

”Drink!”

The two of them downed ten two-pound bowls of potent liquor.

This was the Red Shark Race’s special brew and was extremely potent. Neither of them used their True Essence to suppress the alcohol’s effects, and after ten bowls, both of their faces were bright red.

”You’re a beast!”

Gai Shi let out a drunken hiccup.

Sha Tonghai chuckled slyly.

Just then, enormous Sea Demon Beasts were brought into the plaza one by one. These creatures were incredibly powerful—all at the Human King Realm.

However, these Sea Demon Beasts had low intelligence and retained a strong wildness, letting out one furious roar after another.

Under the Battle Blades of the Red Shark Race experts, they met their bitter end, becoming sacrificial offerings.

The fresh blood pooled toward the center of the plaza.

In the center stood a giant totem statue. It looked like a fish—an impossibly enormous one!

Even though it was only a statue, one could perceive its immense majesty and scale. On its back, it was actually carrying an entire kingdom...

This was the Sea God the Red Shark Race spoke of!

”Sacrifice to the Sea God!”

”May the Sea God bless our race with prosperity...”

One by one, the experts of the Red Shark Race stood up, crossing their hands over their chests in a display of piety.

This continued for a full fifteen minutes.

Only then did the ceremony conclude. The Red Shark Ancestor stood on the high platform, his resonant voice spreading across all of Red Shark Island. ”Everyone, today is a joyous day of sacrifice to the Sea God. Tonight, no one leaves until they’re drunk!”

”No one leaves until they’re drunk!”

”Long live the Sea God!”

The experts roared in unison, downing the liquor in their bowls.

Jiang Chen glanced at the great fish statue, then turned to Sha Tonghai in confusion. ”Brother Sha, I’m curious. This Sea God you sacrifice to... what exactly is it?”

Sha Tonghai glanced at the totem statue with reverence, a look of pride on his face. ”He is the god shared by all the Sea Races of the North Nether Sea, and he lives right here,” he said. ”Hmm... perhaps for you humans, the Sea God’s other name is more familiar. I believe you call him—the Kun!”

”The Kun?”

Jiang Chen shuddered, a look of astonishment on his face.

”In the North Nether Sea there is a fish, its name is Kun. The size of the Kun is unknown, stretching for thousands of miles!”

This was a passage from the *Annals of the Eastern Continent*!

According to legend...

In the North Nether Sea lived an ancient Demon Beast called the Kun. It was said to be incomparably huge, mysterious, and extraordinary, with power that bordered on divine.

「During the Ancient Era.」

A great clan was being hunted by its enemies. With no other choice, the clan’s experts risked crossing the North Nether Sea. Out in the ocean, they discovered a massive, uninhabited continent. The clan’s members all settled there, where they prospered and eventually established a powerful kingdom.

The island’s resources were incredibly abundant, allowing the clan to develop at a rapid pace.

In just a few short decades, they produced countless experts.

They launched a counterattack on the Eastern Continent, completely uprooting their former enemies. But when they returned to the North Nether Sea, they found that the island they had called home had vanished without a trace.

According to the survivors who had stayed behind, not long after the others left, the massive island transformed into an unimaginably large fish, dove into the depths of the sea, and disappeared.

The name of the Kun.

Began to spread from that time on.

”Could the Kun truly exist in the North Nether Sea?” Jiang Chen murmured to himself.

Sha Tonghai nodded. ”Of course it exists. The great Sea God has always been in the North Nether Sea, protecting us Sea Races.”

Jiang Chen was lost in thought.

’Still... the world is vast and full of wonders. Even the existence of a creature like the Kun would be understandable. I just wonder if I’ll ever be lucky enough to see it...’

”Brother Jiang, come on, drink up!”

”Alright!”

The night passed in a drunken haze.

「The next day.」

In the center of Red Shark Island, before an ancient Teleportation Array, the Red Shark Ancestor looked reluctantly at the Celestial Secret Elder. ”You old fool, we finally get to meet after all this time, and you’re already leaving.”

”It can’t be helped. I really do have urgent business. We’ll meet again when there’s another chance!” the Celestial Secret Elder said with a laugh.

”Fine!”

The Red Shark Ancestor shook his head, knowing he couldn’t change the Celestial Secret Elder’s mind once it was made up.

He then glanced at a Red Shark Race expert before him, a powerhouse at the Human Emperor Realm Ninth Stage. This was an Elder. The Elder nodded, immediately squeezed out a drop of his Essence Blood, and let it fall onto the ancient Teleportation Array.

BUZZ—

The Array erupted in a dazzling light.

It formed a massive spatial corridor.

The Red Shark Ancestor said, ”Go on in. This Array will take you to Cangyue Island in the center of the North Nether Sea. From there, you’re on your own!”

”Thank you!”

The Celestial Secret Elder nodded, beckoned with his arm, and led everyone into the spatial corridor.

After their figures vanished, the Red Shark Race Elder looked to the Red Shark Ancestor and asked, ”Ancestor, they are surely heading for the Mystic Sect. Shouldn’t we go take a look?”

The other experts of the Red Shark Race also revealed greedy expressions.

The Mystic Sect!

It was the number one Overlord of the Eastern Continent during the Ancient Era, a power that had a Demigod in its ranks. How could it not be filled with treasures?

The Red Shark Ancestor snorted coldly. His indifferent gaze swept over the crowd as he spoke slowly, ”If you don’t want our Red Shark Race to be annihilated, then you’d best forget any ideas you have about the Mystic Sect!”

Everyone fell silent, like cicadas in winter, not daring to speak another word.

The Red Shark Ancestor gazed at the Teleportation Array as its light slowly dimmed. In a voice only he could hear, he murmured, ”The Mystic Sect has reappeared. Is this a blessing, or a curse?”

Jiang Chen and his group, however, were oblivious to the scene unfolding back on Red Shark Island.

Having passed through the Teleportation Array, they had already appeared on Cangyue Island.

Cangyue Island was barely a hundred meters across, a barren patch of land that could hold a few thousand people. The moment they appeared, the Celestial Secret Elder’s fingers moved through the air in a series of calculations before he pointed east. ”The Dragon Emperor’s group is three thousand *li* in that direction!”

”Let’s go!”

”We’ve finally caught up to those guys!”

”Hahaha, those guys have been getting battered by the sea winds of the North Nether Sea for months, all for nothing. I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces!”

Everyone burst into laughter.

For cultivators of their level, a distance of several thousand *li* could be crossed in the blink of an eye.

A few moments later, they caught up to where they’d sensed the Dragon Emperor’s aura. But what they found was a vast and boundless continent...