Chapter 1918: Settling the Sea | Red Heart Survey [Translation]
Red Heart Survey [Translation] - Updated on May 1, 2025
Jiang Wang had never underestimated Chen Zhi Bo, but only by fighting side by side on the battlefield could he truly understand why this person enjoyed such high prestige among the nearby sea islands.
Although in terms of individual combat power, he was previously not as good as Chen Ze Qing, Tian An Ping, Rao Bing Zhang, and Ji Zhao Nan, and was later surpassed by Chong Xuan Zun and Jiang Wang himself, even within Diao Hai Lou, when Zhu Bi Qiong and Shen Lin were present, he was still able to call himself the chief.
Before this, Ji Shao Qing and Xu Yuan also once posed a threat to his status. He always remained silent.
When a swindler had originally used the guise of an old swindler, he also described it lightly, without saying a word.
When Jiang Wang boilingly killed Ji Shao Qing and suppressed the same realm practitioners of Diao Hai Lou with his sword, it was he who stepped forward to save the spirit of the Diao Hai Lou disciples.
When Jiang Wang became Da Qi’s Wu An Hou, and his power crushed the horizon like a towering mountain, it was still he who stepped forward from Chen Bu Ruo, voluntarily yielding his seat, and used his own prestige to save Diao Hai Lou’s momentum.
When Jiang Wang suddenly fell into danger and was unable to advance or retreat, it was also he who unfurled the hunting dragon flag.
He was never the kind of absolutely world-class genius with a fully exposed edge, but he was hardworking, tenacious, and reliable. Looking up, you might not necessarily see him, but looking back, he was always there.
With this hunting dragon flag unfurled, one hundred and eight powerful sea beasts joined the battle. Breaking through the Fa Shi army was still impossible, but preserving the main army was no longer a worry.
When they invaded Sa Po Dragon Domain, their roots were originally extremely stable, forcefully pushing into the sea race army’s formation. At this time, with Jiang Wang, the strongest martial force on the entire field, holding down the fort, and with one hundred and eight fearless sea beasts that could act as a horizontal wall, it was not difficult to cut off the connection between the enemy and their side.
“Good!” The more determined to retreat, the more actively Jiang Wang advanced towards the Fa Shi army.
One Flaming Flower Burns the City attack was sent as a greeting to Ao Huang Zhong, and one Azure Dragon Seven Changes stirred up the chaotic flow of yuan qi, disrupting the sea race army camp.
Using his gaze to capture Ao Huang Zhong’s gaze, he stepped on green clouds and directly faced this evil being with a determination to kill! He shouted loudly: “Unjustly framed Sea Purple Gold Beam! I wish to cover the army and kill the general, Brother Chen support my flank!”
Chen Zhi Bo pinched a formula to drive the sea beasts, which resembled continuous mountain shadows, forward. He only said in a deep voice: “Wu An Hou personally serves as the arrowhead, never looking back! Although Chen is not talented, I dare not cause you any worries behind you!”
Here, they displayed the harmony between general and minister, the bond between comrades, and demonstrated trust and courage.
On the other side, Ao Huang Zhong was unbearably angry: “Dare to treat a sea master as a slave, Chen Zhi Bo! This king wants to exterminate your entire family, exterminate your nine clans!” The turbulent soldier evil he easily controlled also surged with a few points of power, just like his angry mood.
Such a turn of events was exactly a good opportunity to break the formation.
So what if the Fa Shi army was strong? If they were cut off and their army formation broken, in front of Jiang Wang, they were just like chickens and dogs waiting to be slaughtered! Jiang Wang instinctively grasped the war opportunity, his body like a green rainbow piercing straight through, but he also keenly realized that something was wrong—
The sea race had always considered themselves superior, treating the sea master clan as their own and firmly drawing a line between themselves and sea beasts. This was both out of respect for sentient life, and a necessity for their ethical order and racial identity.
In this situation, it was naturally infuriating, even maddening, for a powerful sea race member to be captured as a beast and used as a slave. But what kind of existence was Ao Huang Zhong?
A famous general of the sea race in this era! The most dazzling military talent among the younger generation of the sea race. He could resist his army with a motley crowd and escape under Jiang Wang’s pursuit.
Such an existence would lose control of his emotions on the battlefield and fail to control the army formation, exposing a flaw?
Just as he felt something was wrong, his body had already shifted position. He twisted and turned in mid-air, indeed dodging the soldier evil hand that suddenly probed out of the Fa Shi army formation! Countless soldier evil hands chased and intercepted in mid-air, yet could only watch that green rainbow return.
His footwork was incredibly sharp!
Ao Huang Zhong was not discouraged either. The lure and capture failed, so he changed to a forceful grab, directly spreading out the turbulent soldier evil like a big net covering the battlefield.
Chen Zhi Bo rolled the hunting dragon flag. Just as he came to provide support, the power of the one hundred and eight sea beasts gathered in mid-air, vaguely forming a terrifying giant spirit image, and rapidly becoming clearer—
In this process, a loud alarm bell suddenly rang in Jiang Wang’s heart! Dang!!!
The bell sound actually rang out!
It wasn’t an alarm bell in his heart, but a genuine ringing sound that expanded on the sound level.
But it coincided so closely with the alarm bell in his heart that it almost struck the rhythm of his heartbeat, making Jiang Wang’s breath stagnate. His sharp ears quickly captured the source of the sound, clearly feeding back the target location to Jiang Wang.
Thus, the tall, thin armored figure was reflected in his Qian Yang Red Pupil, holding a small bell in his hand, shaking it calmly and composedly. It was precisely the sea race camp’s chief general he had long sought but failed to find, Jing String King Flag Xiao Qian!
Jiang Wang himself wanted to kill him, but the real danger had already arrived. “Roar, roar, roar!”
Behind him, a hundred beasts roared madly!
The giant spirit manifested by Chen Zhi Bo driving the hunting dragon flag collapsed just before it fully formed!
Those sea beasts, which had been forbidden by him, enslaved by him, and fought under his control for a long time, in the instant the bell sound rang, their muddled eyes suddenly became clear!
They recovered into individual sea race war generals, commanders, and even that Evil Soul King who had once been defeated and captured by Chen Zhi Bo! Chen Zhi Bo’s unique prohibition was invalid!
The one hundred and eight sea beasts, originally in the rear, instantly turned into a sea race ambush!
Chen Zhi Bo’s face turned pale, his eyes were cracked, and his body floating in the air was simply unstable. At this moment, even his divine soul was shaken! His confidence, his pride, his sense of responsibility, shattered to the ground!
He wasn’t thinking about his personal danger at this moment, but the situation of the entire nearby sea. If…
If the prohibition technique created by Chen Zhi Bo fundamentally couldn’t truly control sea beasts, then how big a disaster and how big a threat were the island-protecting sea beasts now spread across all the nearby sea islands!
He hoped… How he hoped this was just Flag Xiao Qian’s powerful means. He would rather believe that Flag Xiao Qian’s attainment in prohibition techniques far surpassed his, that Flag Xiao Qian had cracked his prohibition on the spot.
He would rather just die in this battle under the opponent’s complete suppression.
But Flag Xiao Qian had already said leisurely: “This one is called the Sea Soul Bell. It doesn’t have any other function. It’s just a substitute spirit lock that Gao Jie His Majesty put on during the process of the sea master’s original form evolving to the divine soul level, used to bear those external prohibitions…”
This young sea race general, who had come to Huo Shi for the second time, lightly shook the small bell in his hand: “It’s just a key. Now, the lock is open.”
Chen Zhi Bo raised his head and spurted out a mouthful of fresh blood! Indeed, he had fallen into a trap!
This scheme was laid out from Dao Li three nine one nine year, the period when the sea race’s sea master’s original form was just beginning to evolve to the divine soul level. Chen Du Zhen Jun used the pressure brought by the sea race to form the Zhen Hai Alliance.
He, the great disciple of Diao Hai Lou, also took the opportunity to display his unparalleled talent in prohibition techniques. He developed a new prohibition specifically targeted at them for the first time, sharing it freely with all
Sharing it with all the sea people, winning hearts, and spreading his prestige widely. He fully demonstrated the present and future of Diao Hai Lou to counter the increasing pressure from Jue Ming Island.
But fundamentally, Gao Jie was cooperating with him. It was Gao Jie who allowed him to succeed!
The Lou Master, elders, and everyone at Diao Hai Lou didn’t see the problem. All the strong cultivators of the Zhen Hai Alliance, all the cultivators on the nearby sea islands, didn’t see the problem.
Admittedly, because Gao Jie’s methods were superb, was there not the trust of the cultivators of the nearby sea in Chen Zhi Bo? The teachers of Diao Hai Lou and all the sea island cultivators believed in Diao Hai Lou, and his prohibition technique spread throughout the nearby sea.
In vain, he prided himself on being a prohibition grandmaster, possessing the talent to glimpse the Dao from this. Yet, in his most proud domain, he was played in the palm of Gao Jie’s hand, artificially creating such a big loophole.
He, Chen Zhi Bo, was a sinner of the world, death was not enough to atone!
But as soon as the Sea Soul Bell rang, the substitute spirit lock arranged by Gao Jie was already open. Among the one hundred and eight enslaved sea race members, the Evil Soul King was the first to gain freedom!
From the moment the two armies fought, life and death were determined by fate. He was defeated by Chen Zhi Bo, and he had nothing else to say. But the days and nights of being imprisoned in the nearby sea, shaped like pigs and dogs, serving as slaves and servants, were a humiliation he could never erase!
The first moment his divine soul was liberated, he raised his head and roared angrily. The sharp voice of his divine soul original form, which resembled a giant octopus, almost “expanded” out of his body as he howled madly!
His divine soul power, surging like an angry sea, swept through the divine soul world like a wave! The terrifying divine soul killing intent spread with almost no distinction.
Two sea race warriors who were approaching him
Sea race warriors by his side immediately had blood flowing from their seven orifices and fell listlessly.
The Fei Yun Lou Boat between him and Chen Zhi Bo instantly propped up a defensive light shield, but dozens of armored soldiers had already fallen onto the deck.
Just as the Evil Soul King was madly releasing his killing intent, vowing to completely wash away his previous humiliation, he seemed to hear a buzzing sound resonating in the depths of his divine soul.
He fearfully raised his head within the world of his divine soul, only to see an ancient noble stone gate, born from that immeasurable and unknowable majesty, instantly suppressing his divine soul original form.
He wanted to struggle, but he only saw a large hand with five colors and ten rays of light, covering his entire view, pinching his divine soul original form… Bang! His universe disappeared in this explosion.
Pitiful Evil Soul King, just gaining freedom, lost his life again!
Jiang Wang, having escaped back from the soldiers of the Fa Shi army, decisively gave up the idea of forcefully killing Flag Xiao Qian. He turned around a few steps, grabbed the soul-lost Chen Zhi Bo, instantly killed the Evil Soul King, and at the same time issued a military order: “Turn left at full speed, no turning back!”
His divine soul power became a flood bell and a great drum, ringing through Chen Zhi Bo’s heart: “Fighting side by side in one field, I will not give you encouragement, only give you a choice—die here, or save the error you committed!”
His outstanding battlefield vision made Jiang Wang make the most correct reaction for the first time. Killing the enemy, saving people, commanding. But no matter Flag Xiao Qian or Ao Huang Zhong, they both possessed the demeanor of famous generals, how could they be willing to let the prey that had come into their hands escape?
The sea race army under Flag Xiao Qian, relying on their position, retreated step by step, retreating but not collapsing. At this moment, they blended together, appearing like a sick tiger turning over! With indescribable ferocity and agility, they drove the soldier evil to cover them like thick clouds.
That Fei Yun Lou Boat, majestic as a mountain, with astonishing defense, managed to block the first wave of offense. Diao Hai Lou’s Diao Long Boat, however, was instantly torn to shreds!
Hundreds of Inner Mansion cultivators displayed good fighting quality. At the same time as the boat was destroyed, they still formed a killing formation, leaped out of the flying boat, and fled towards the Fei Yun Lou Boat—yet they were flattened by a giant claw formed by soldier evil. The turbulent soldier evil, pouring down like the Milky Way, instantly swallowed them!
Hundreds of Inner Mansion realm cultivators, the absolute elite of the entire nearby sea islands, were drowned without a sound. Chen Zhi Bo’s world was silent!
And black and white, without color.
He seemed unable to accept anything, and indeed, he could not bear anything more.
Only the sound formed by Jiang Wang’s divine soul power strongly bombed open his self-imposed closure, smashing into his heart, word by word, each word weighing more than ten thousand jin!
His heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, as if he could only feel a trace of life within the severe pain. He felt his back neck being lifted, all the wind rushing towards the back.
The mad storm of sword qi almost painted everything in his view snow white. He saw Jiang Wang with the solitary courage of ten thousand mountains and no hindrance, facing the ten thousand armies alone with his sword. He finally heard the choice clearly—
Die here! Or save the error you committed! There’s still an opportunity… Save?
“Ah!” Chen Zhi Bo let out a painful, tragic cry, and upon this mad roar, his sea-blue colored dao robe billowed, and his long hair exploded open like sea grass.
Divine ability, Fixed Sea!
Before this divine ability, all enemy offensives had to pause! The duration of the pause was determined by the power of both the enemy and their side. Chen Zhi Bo’s entire being seemed to turn into a source of blue light.
His qi, blood, dao yuan, divine soul power, everything, all turned into endless blue light, spreading almost infinitely. Sa Po Dragon Domain had definite rules, had direction, distinguished between clear and turbid, had heaven and earth, mountains and seas.
In an instant, heaven and earth were all dyed blue, and everything in sight was a piece of blue.
That rolling soldier evil, which had almost surrounded the Fei Yun Lou Boat and had already spread a large net to capture Jiang Wang and Chen Zhi Bo, paused for that instant within the gradually dyed blue light.
Chen Zhi Bo’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose continuously overflowed with fresh blood. His life force rapidly declined.
But Jiang Wang had already brought him down onto the deck.
The Fei Yun Lou Boat, roaring as it opened up its twelve speeds, had already crashed out a bloody path, flying far away with a thunder-like huge sound, without looking back!
Not yet safe!
Jiang Wang pressed down with one palm to stop Chen Zhi Bo’s divine
Ability, making this Diao Hai Lou senior brother, whose lamp was almost dry, stop to rest.
He knew very clearly that now was not the time to relax. Their defeated army was far from safe.
The more than one hundred sea race warriors who suddenly gained freedom were blocking the edge of the boundary river, preventing them from crossing and leaving. They could only turn left and go, looking for an opportunity to cross the river along the boundary river.
The fact was, there was none.
This boundary river was not long, merely several li, it could be swept over in an instant.
Ao Huang Zhong led the Fa Shi army to follow closely behind, fundamentally not giving them an opportunity to cross the river.
And Flag Xiao Qian and his army were not within sight, it was evident that they had gone around to intercept them on the road ahead.
These two sea race heaven’s favored, who possessed the talent of famous generals and the ability to command armies, divided their troops into two routes, one chasing and one blocking. No matter which one got entangled, Jiang Wang had no certainty of escaping again.
Fang Yuan You, whose face was covered in blood, stepped onto the ship’s bow at some point and raised his fist high: “Wu An Hou guards assemble!”
The remaining one hundred and eighty-three Hou Fu guards, without a single moment of hesitation, almost immediately gathered at his side, forming their usual small killing formation.
Fang Yuan You didn’t say a word, vertically jumped down from the ship: “Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them for one time! The honor you bestowed upon us should be for this moment, we will break the rear for Hou Ye!”
He was directly snatched from the air by Jiang Wang and thrown onto the deck.
“This Hou leads the army, I will not tolerate your making decisions on your own!” Jiang Wang sternly scolded: “Meaningless sacrifice, what benefit is it to me?!”
Fang Yuan You flipped over and climbed up, kneeling in front of Jiang Wang, his face covered in blood and tears: “Hou Ye, what do we do now?”
He didn’t fear death, he feared not living up to his duty as the commander of the Wu An Hou guards! Hou Ye, a world-class hero and a new noble of Lin Zi, selected him among ten thousand troops. How could he not make a little contribution? But seeing the current situation, with pursuers behind and interceptors in front, and being trapped in the sea race’s main base, Sa Po Dragon Domain, it truly made people despair!
“Change direction!” Jiang Wang coldly looked at the distant pursuers, and with the identity of the leader of the three armies, decisively issued a command.
No matter whether it was right or wrong, he had to believe he was right, and he had to make a decision. Because the general was the soldier’s courage! “Go towards the direction of Fu Tu Pure Land, go towards the battlefield of the true person and true king, and crash into the barbarian king from behind!”