Serpent Ancestor

The array disk descended, embedding itself into the Sea God Altar.

The patterns on it connected with those of the altar, merging in a peculiar state. In an instant, the lines on the altar appeared disordered, like a precisely engineered machine with a misaligned gear.

”Crack, crack, crack!”

A series of cracking sounds echoed throughout the Sea God Altar, inside and out.

Under Xu Hei’s gaze, the Sea God Altar, from inside to outside, resembled a massive piece of glass about to shatter, covered in cracks and on the verge of exploding.

Xu Hei breathed a sigh of relief; if this worked, the task would be complete.

But just then, Xu Hei was struck by a strong sense of crisis, arising from his heart, prompting him to retreat swiftly.

From the altar about to break, a demonic hand suddenly extended through the cracks, traversing the void and reaching out with unimaginable speed.

”Whoosh!”

Xu Hei immediately activated the Small Teleportation Talisman he had prepared, only to find the space frozen, unable to teleport. He had to retreat physically, but the hand caught the end of his tail.With no other choice, Xu Hei severed the tail, retreating in time to a distance of ten thousand feet away.

The owner of the demonic hand crushed the tail and emerged from the cracked altar.

Upon closer inspection, it was a humanoid skeletal being, with a heart in its chest, two eyeballs in its eye sockets, and an empty space at the center of its forehead, along with numerous intricate veins.

Its heart, eyes, and veins seemed embedded in the skeleton, pulsating rhythmically.

This being’s form was identical to the Sea God, even down to the expression in its eyes!

Looking at the hollow at its forehead, it seemed as if there should have been an eye there, but it was missing.

”This is...”

Xu Hei instantly realized that the third eye of the Soul Refining Demon Lord he had swallowed earlier, the Eye of the Sea God, belonged to this being.

”This is the physical form of the Sea God!” Xu Hei blurted out.

At that moment, the skeletal being’s eyes filled with overwhelming anger.

The Sea God was not just an intangible entity.

To control this world, he needed to manifest a tangible form, like Hei Huang, possessing a complete physical body to act freely.

This was the physical body he was in the process of creating.

As long as the demonic essence continued to flow, he could slowly create a new body. So far, only the heart, three eyeballs, veins, and limbs had appeared.

One of the eyeballs had been taken by Xu Hei.

To have a complete physical body would still take some time.

”Freeze!”

The Sea God’s physical form uttered a low command, and the Sea God Altar, which was on the brink of collapse, gradually stabilized. However, the cracks did not disappear and continued to spread slowly.

Then, his sinister gaze turned towards Xu Hei.

”Ant, I underestimated you. Today, I’ll use you as a blood sacrifice!” The Sea God stepped forward, reaching directly for Xu Hei’s neck.

This was not what was expected.

Xu Hei thought everything was settled, but as one crisis ended, another began. Without hesitation, he fled backward.

”Whoosh!!”

A sword came from the west, an immortal descending from the heavens!

A sword shadow traversed the void, arriving at the Sea God’s physical form’s chest as if by teleportation. It was Yu Jianqiu’s sword, Flying Light.

Yu Jianqiu had been waiting for this moment, finally delivering a fatal strike aimed at the Sea God’s heart.

He had pierced this heart once before, leaving a mark on it. This time, he removed his blindfold, abandoning all other senses, focusing solely on the mark.

After five hundred years of self-seclusion, upon release, his perception surpassed all.

Without any surprise, the heart was pierced by the sword.

”Splurt!”

The Sea God’s heart was pierced, and black blood gushed out, staining the ocean black.

”Ahh!! It’s you again, damn fox!”

The Sea God let out a hysterical roar, grabbing Yu Jianqiu’s external incarnation, with endless blackness pouring from his palm.

Yu Jianqiu’s figure began to fade, his body and sword dissipating.

”Senior Yu...”

Xu Hei was stunned, but he had no time to linger, seizing this precious moment to retreat far away.

Yu Jianqiu’s remaining divine sense swept upwards, and in the sky, the Star Sword Formation left by Xu Hei was now at his command, increasing the number of flying swords to one hundred and eight!

”Gathering the numbers of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, this is the complete Minor Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation!”

Yu Jianqiu activated the sword formation, and in an instant, all the sword shadows surged forward, surrounding the Sea God’s physical form in endless sword light.

This was his final divine sense.

Before his consciousness faded, Yu Jianqiu’s eyes remained clear and bright, seeing countless light and shadows flash before him like a passing parade.

In a daze, he saw a small, trembling fox in a cave.

Its mother had been killed by hunters, and in the endless winter of the Arctic, without parental protection, it couldn’t survive and would die from the cold.

Suddenly, a masked woman passed by and took it away.

She was an assassin from the Tianwang Organization, and his future master, named Yu Xiao.

The lives lost at her hands were countless, but Yu Xiao had a strange principle—every life she took, she would save another.

Perhaps it was to alleviate her guilt, or perhaps for self-comfort.

Yu Jianqiu was saved by her in this way.

”When you grow up, I’ll release you back into the wild. For now, follow me.”

Yu Xiao took him home.

In Yu Xiao’s small courtyard, Yu Jianqiu saw many animals she had saved.

”If you kill too many people, will you go to hell after death?” Yu Jianqiu asked.

”Hell? It’s just the self-comfort of the weak. In this world, good people suffer, and evil people run rampant without the punishment they deserve from the heavens. That’s why there’s talk of evil people going to hell after death.”

Yu Xiao gave this answer.

”Then why do you save these animals?” Yu Jianqiu asked again.

Yu Xiao did not answer.

In the days that followed, Yu Jianqiu became spiritually aware, built his foundation, and formed his core... Before he reached adulthood, he was already a Core Formation great demon.

However, he always carefully hid himself, never revealing his cultivation.

Until one day.

A group of assassins came to their door, besieging Yu Xiao alone, simply because she wanted to leave Tianwang.

In that battle, Yu Xiao single-handedly wiped out all the assassins but was severely injured, losing her eyes to protect the animals she raised.

Without her eyes, Yu Xiao ultimately couldn’t escape death. She released all the animals, sitting quietly in her courtyard, waiting for Tianwang’s judgment.

But the Tianwang judges never came; only a fox, carrying a blood-stained sword, approached her.

”Senior Yu.” Yu Jianqiu came to Yu Xiao’s side and said, ”From today on, I’ll be your eyes.”

…………

Years later.

Yu Jianqiu found Xiong Dabao, shivering in a tree hollow.

He merely smiled slightly, ”You, a polar bear, growing like this, is truly rare. My eyes are failing; how about you become my eyes from now on?”

Xiong Dabao stared at the wine flask at Yu Jianqiu’s waist and said, ”Can you give me wine?”

Yu Jianqiu chuckled bitterly, ”Of course, as much as you want!”

…………

Xiong Dabao emerged from the teleportation array, only to see Yu Jianqiu’s figure rapidly dimming within the Star Sword Formation, his last trace of divine sense used on the sword formation.

The Sea God’s heart was pierced, and under the sword formation’s assault, his body was riddled with wounds.

”Master!!”

Xiong Dabao cried out in grief and anger, but his master could no longer hear him.

”Dabao, never commit evil in the future; doing too much evil will send you to hell.”

”Then what about doing good deeds?”

”Doing many good deeds, after death, you’ll ascend to the heavenly realm.”

”……”

As the Sea God’s physical form suffered severe damage, Hei Huang’s array disk began to operate again, and the previously halted cracks resumed spreading, extending from the top of the Sea God Altar to the entire structure.

Even the surrounding space was cracking, unstoppable.

The Sea God, trapped within the sword formation, took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on Xu Hei in the distance, saying, ”I admit, I underestimated you all.”

”Underestimating my opponents was my greatest mistake.”

The Sea God Altar was on the brink of collapse, beyond recovery.

”However, the expansion of the East Sea has become a trend. Even if I leave, I’ll drag you all down with me!”

The Sea God clapped his hands, and with a thought, his vast divine sense spread throughout the entire East Sea, inside and out, following the polluted areas.

At that moment, everyone heard the sound of surging waves.

The external pollution was converging towards the source at a terrifying speed, targeting those who had ventured into the source.

The speed of the pollution’s convergence had surpassed the speed of purification. Once contaminated, even Xu Hei couldn’t escape unscathed, especially since he was already severely injured.

Having done all this, the altar was at the final stage of collapse. Once shattered, the passage to the other world would close.

The Sea God did not hesitate any longer, stepping onto the altar’s top, preparing to dive back into the passage and leave this world.

Suddenly, he saw a figure appear on the sea’s surface.

This figure grew larger and larger, vast and boundless; it was the true form of the Demon Lord, the Kun Whale.

Facing the Sea God about to leave, the Demon Lord merely exhaled true essence, aiming at the Sea God’s back.

”You seek death?!” The Sea God was shocked and dismayed.

”Boom!!”

The Demon Lord struck, causing the heavens and earth to shatter. Under the vast sweep of true essence, the pollution was blown away, creating a vacuum channel that directly hit the Sea God’s back.

His scattered skeletal frame crumbled instantly, the shattered heart completely vanished, and the two eyeballs were utterly obliterated.

His limbs and the torso he had painstakingly formed were blasted into nothingness, leaving no trace behind.

”Boom!!”

From beyond the nine heavens, a thunderbolt descended, striking the Demon Lord’s body.

This was heavenly retribution!

The Demon Lord’s lifespan had ended. As long as he didn’t affect the outside world, he could delay his death, but once he acted outside, heavenly retribution was inevitable.

This was the rule of the heavenly way!

A being beyond the lifespan of the forsaken land had descended into the depths of the East Sea; this was the final measure.

”Boom!!”

The terror of heavenly retribution was unimaginable. The boundless body of the Kun Whale was instantly covered in lightning, and the hundred-mile-long giant form crumbled in an instant.

Along with it, the Sea God, who was about to flee, was also destroyed.

The Demon Lord’s fatal blow had delivered the death knell to the Sea God.

”Roar!!”

Facing the baptism of heavenly retribution, the Demon Lord, with only five years of memory, let out a long, distant cry that echoed throughout the East Sea.

Like a lonely blue whale, singing its whale song in the vast ocean.

It was a call for a mate, a lonely cry.

The last Kun Whale in the world thus became extinct, and its whale song would become a swan song.

”I was born in the sea, buried in the sea. It’s time to return everything I’ve gained in this life.”