On the east coast of the Douluo Continent stood Eastsea City, the largest city-state on the Sun Moon Federation's eastern coast.
Relying on its rich marine resources, this city had risen rapidly in just a few thousand years, becoming one of the most prosperous and important towns in the eastern region.
As a coastal city-state, it was normal for Eastsea City to be harassed by typhoons all year round, but this particular "typhoon" was by no means a minor disturbance like those of the past. The wind and rain of yesteryear had been forces of nature, but this time, it was a raging torrent kicked up by millions of rushing Sea Soul Beasts--their surging bodies alone stirred up giant waves that reached straight for the sky.
The top Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean spontaneously activated their racial talents, triggering anomalous celestial phenomena and forcing the ocean to whip up continuous storms. The core target of this storm's siege was none other than Sea God Island, which had long been missing and existed only in legends.
Eastsea City was a full thousand kilometers away from the center of the storm, yet it was still swept by the howling wind and torrential rain. The sky was so gloomy it looked as if it were about to collapse. Dark clouds rolled in the gale, and purple lightning accompanied the giant waves crashing against the coast, presenting a veritable scene of the apocalypse.
Even from thousands of miles away, the roars of the Sea Soul Beasts were still clearly audible.
The city's landmark, the "East Sea Pearl"--a building integrating the highest level of soul guidance technology--spontaneously burst into layers of silver-white brilliance at this moment, enveloping the city center within it.
The rain poured down like a lake overflowing, while the East Sea Pearl stood tall like a lighthouse in the dark, remaining immovable like a sea-calming needle as it radiated brilliant light.
Inside a large flat apartment beneath the Pearl, a little girl was smiling menacingly, her gaze locked firmly onto the skeletal mirror activated in front of her:
"Not bad! The development of the Anatta Avatar was indeed not a waste of effort. The Seaborn project is a massive success! The next step is to swallow Sea God Island!"
This girl was named Zhuo Zhao, though she could also be called by her original name--Hei Loulan.
Zhuo Zhao's initial form was a lump of flesh and blood interwoven with dark threads, according to the hereditary memories after their fusion.
Back when she handed over all of the Anatta Avatar to Huang, she had noticed an extremely bizarre line of karma--one completely different from that of the Lord of All Karma.
At that time, Zhuo Zhao stared at that black-gold line of karma. As she herself neared destruction, out of a playful nature, she projected a complete strand of the Anatta Avatar over.
Coincidentally, this strand of the avatar crashed right into the transmigrated Hei Loulan. The two souls reflected each other: the hereditary memories of the Six Lives and Five Realms carried by the Anatta Avatar, and the high-status soul of the transmigrator Hei Loulan.
Just as the two were fighting inextricably and were about to perish together, the powerful clash of statuses attracted a third soul. The three collided and blended with one another. In the end, the latecomer emerged as the winner, though it was also battered and broken; the former two chose to fulfill each other's existence.
The winner harvested the memories of the Wan Ye paparazzi and obtained the four top heritages of "Law," "Talisman," "Treasure," and "Body" from the World of Divine Abilities;
"Haha! Interesting! In the end, 'San Zhen' still won! 'Our' exit was elegant enough, it wasn't a wasted trip! Not a wasted trip!" Zhuo Zhao laughed brightly, yet a hint of unhideable sadness was concealed in the depths of her eyes.
"Girl, you are the only one who inherited 'my' legacy. I have no other requests--enjoy all kinds of different lives properly, and stir up a massive commotion in the future."
"You must live an incredibly splendid life!"
As the words fell, just like when she had handed the avatar over to Huang in the past, Zhuo Zhao's physical form lost its anchor. With a wave of her hand, she turned into a floating shadow and merged into the depths of this body.
"Sigh, what terrible luck! You won, so there's nothing much to say. Even if you hadn't come, I would have been washed into an idiot sooner or later." The voice of the second soul--the transmigrator Hei Loulan--carried a sigh of helplessness,
"But you must use this body as the main body! You have to make the name 'Hei Loulan' resound across the entire continent; this big sister's name is Hei Loulan! Also, beat Tang San into mincemeat!"
The memories receded like the tide. Hei Loulan scrutinized the skeletal mirror and sighed softly: "Having inherited your final wishes, I should also kick off a splendid life."
"As 'our' first battle upon ascending the continent--conquer Sea God Island! Swallow all the Sacred Pillar Stones! Replace the Sea God's Divine Seat!"
As her voice fell, Hei Loulan activated her martial soul, the "Anatta Avatar"--turning her own soul power into blood and flesh, using it as a medium to invade others and take control of their martial souls and soul skill, before activating them with her own status.
Circles of dark red flesh and blood sprouted from her body. With a movement of her divine sense, she transformed them into dark blue cells.
The clone "Mobius" carried the name of "Infinite," exhausting the absolute truths of the world on the path of evolution, all to achieve the goal of "ascending to the Divine Seat by my own hands."
Relying on the characteristics of the Anatta Avatar, the transformed Seaborn cells enveloped her consciousness, traversed through space, and arrived before Sea God Island, merging into the bodies of the Vast Sea Mysterious Whale--the strongest cultivator among the million-strong beast tide--and a small killer whale worshipped by thousands of schools of fish.
[Name: Skadi]
[Race: Seaborn/Killer Whale]
[Cultivation: Seventy Thousand Years (Titled Douluo)]
[Trait: Migratory Sea God--Ishar-mla]
[Abilities: We Many Consciousness, Lord of the Seaborn, Lord of the Ocean Storms...]
[Name: Ulpianus]
[Race: Seaborn/Humpback Whale]
[Trait: A man among men! A male among males!]
[Cultivation: Five Hundred Thousand Years (Limit Douluo)]
[Abilities: Whale-Slaying Tyrant Fist! Ultimate Strength, Earthquake...]
That powerful humpback whale transformed into a stalwart, white-haired man with muscle lines as distinct as if carved by a knife. His eyes were soul-snatching, a black mask covered the lower half of his face, and he wore a black tight-fitting suit paired with leather armor underneath, draped in a deep-sea blue cloak on the outside. A massive four-clawed giant anchor condensed in his hand as he hovered above the myriad beasts, looking from afar at Sea God Island, which was enveloped in holy light.
"Demon Empress! The head of the Sea God Clan and contemporary Sea God Priest, Chen Xinjie, will be arriving shortly. I will deal with him. You assist Skadi in swallowing the Sacred Pillar Stones, and after that, you can do whatever you want... can you manage that?"
"Haha! Lord Ulpianus must be joking. Eradicating the faith of the Sea God has long been what I dream of!" A white-haired woman in a black robe responded, a cruel light flashing in her eyes--it was precisely the Demon Empress, the wife of the Million-Year Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Having lived for so many years, she knew many forgotten historical secrets, such as the Divine Seat affinity required to become a god. The martial soul of the first-generation Sea God, Tang San, originally had nothing to do with the ocean; he relied entirely on the assistance of the previous Sea God, Poseidon, to raise his affinity step by step before he could inherit the Divine Seat. Meanwhile, the small killer whale Skadi holding the staff in front of her naturally possessed a Sea God affinity exceeding 90%--standing beside her, one could feel the silence and depth of the ocean, and the tranquility of all things.
Destroy Sea God Island so that the Sea God faith has no trace left to follow, and after swallowing the Sacred Pillar Stones, she herself could immediately ascend to a living deity, and might even be able to re-condense the Sea God's Divine Seat! The Demon Empress plotted secretly.
Ulpianus raised the four-clawed giant anchor high. His gaze swept over the Beast God Di Tian and that "Co-Ruler of All Beasts" who were watching from a distance, and he spoke in a resounding voice: "Everyone! The first-generation Sea God condensed the faith of us Soul Beast to achieve his Divine Seat, taking an oath to protect the people of the ocean and ensure the peace and harmony of this region. Yet the second-generation Sea God violated the oath and stirred up countless turmoils. Our compatriots were brutally slaughtered, while the deity remained completely indifferent!"
"Since the old heaven is dead, then let us establish a new heaven! Compatriots, charge with me!"
Before his voice could fade, Ulpianus swung the giant anchor with all his might, smashing it heavily against the golden protective shield around Sea God Island--that holy barrier shattered instantly! Immediately after, he commanded the seawater, swinging the giant anchor to draw out the whirlpool kicked up by the million-strong beast tide, and brought it crashing fiercely toward Sea God Island along with ten-thousand-zhang giant waves.
"Go to your deaths! Devotees of the Sea God!" The Demon Empress shrieked loudly and manifested her massive true form, crashing straight toward the core area of Sea God Island like a black meteorite.