Boom, boom, boom!

A terrifying, deep purple ball of thunder with plasma flowing inside suddenly appeared high in the sky. The electric light instantly spread for hundreds of Li and then instantly extinguished.

Corresponding to this was a single, pitch-black eye with a blood-red, diagonal cross for a pupil, slowly closing in the deepest part of the sea.

The electric light, flashing on and off, illuminated this area of the sea but could not penetrate the pitch-black seabed, nor could it reveal the full form of the giant beast resembling a mountain range.

But the seawater was clear.

One could see the swaying seagrass, beautiful coral, and a group of young, pink, tender sea beasts that had just crawled out of their mothers’ bodies, shedding their fetal membranes and happily playing and swimming.

These little things, which could temporarily only be called beasts, had not yet given birth to spiritual intelligence. They also did not yet know that peace was only accidental, and danger was the truth of the vast sea.

When the doomsday thunder was about to erupt, this kind of great power already exceeded the understanding of ordinary strong ones.

Even the giant beast lying on the seabed had to close one tired eye. Known to the human race as “Ten Thousand Pupils,” its original name being the Hai Race strong one, Gao Jie, of course, had things he wanted to do.

And indeed, there was no need to “chat” with a Dong Zhen cultivator, even if this person… was named Tian Anping.

Even if this person was a taboo silently acknowledged by many.

Even if this person had in fact probed into something – it was no longer important.

He had been stationed above the largest eternal dark vortex discovered in the Hai Race for nearly ten thousand years, continuing the prosperity of this sea domain and watching the growth of every Hai Race member.

He was hated, resented, and also feared and revered.

Nothing could escape his eyes; under his gaze, no Non-Dong Zhen could hide their form, and no Yan Dao could make a move.

The Hai Lord’s original form was the greatest creation after the Long Race retreated to the vast sea. It was the origin of the glory of the characters “Hai Lord” and would also be the path to his, Gao Jie’s, heavenly realm.

He supported the entire Hai Race, completing the evolution of the Hai Lord’s original form to the divine soul level, and the ultimate goal was to seek a racial leap in essence. To make “Hai Lord” no longer just a title, so that even newly born Hai Race members could truly become masters of the vast sea.

He still wanted to fill all the eternal dark vortexes, stop all soul-annihilating sea tides, and let the doomsday thunder no longer roar in the vast sea…

He had too many things to do; he bore too heavy a burden.

Every breath required processing hundreds of thousands of pieces of information. Tian Anping himself, including what Tian Anping saw, was no longer important.

Now was the most critical moment.

The most critical moment…

No matter how much preparation was made, it still felt insufficient. Eliminating all known hidden dangers still brought unease.

But where in the world was there a perfect method? Especially in a war with the human race!

Everything that could be done had been done. The Hai Race could no longer stop their steps, and he had also supported them for too many years!

Just now.

This was perhaps the best time, and it didn’t matter if it was the worst. Gao Jie, with his pupils as a gauge, illuminated the vast sea when he opened his eyes.

At this moment, they closed one by one, sinking into the dark abyss…

If one were to say that this war, influencing the transcendence of the Cangwu Sword against the Shahe Dragon Staff, was a mad wave stirred up by Qi country’s famous general Qi Xiao under the pressure of the Outer Heaven Divine Firmament chess game,

Then the preparations made by the Hai Race in this war still had to be traced back three years ago, when the human race had already detected Gao Jie’s gaze.

It could even be traced back earlier, a thousand years, all the way until the extreme prosperity and decline of Yang country, at the time of collapsing mountains and flowing sand.

At that time, the Hai Race soldiers surrounded Cangwu Realm, locked down Tianqing country, overturned the human race base then called “Golden Crow Platform,” rushed out of the Maze World, and greatly attacked the nearby sea!

Various islands in the nearby sea fell successively; the so-called dangers at the sea border were like eggs in a row… Later, Hai Race famous generals also repeatedly reviewed that war. Including Great Prison Emperor Lord Zhong Xi, who also repeatedly asked himself—

If the Hai Race decision-makers at that time had not been anxious to return to the present world, anxious to set foot on the coast, wanting to swallow the entire nearby sea as a Hai Race base, but had focused on taking down one of the Cangwu Realm or Tianqing country, then

would the war situation be different now?

But there are no “ifs” in history.

The reality was that the Hai Race chose the grand strategy of swallowing the nearby sea like a whale, wanting to pile up sea nests throughout the nearby sea, making both Cangwu Realm and Tianqing country like turtles in a jar. They ignored the human race’s war potential and overestimated their own military strength.

As a result, the human race cultivators went to sea with twenty-three thousand on one day, showing unparalleled tenacity. At the moment of Ba country’s collapse, relying on the spontaneous struggle of all the human race, they barely managed to beat the Hai Race back to the vast sea!

Thereafter followed a thousand years of seesaw battles, constructing a pattern of several intertwined Maze Worlds.

That war’s outcome was far from what was expected, but the eventual racial fortune still caused a blowout of heaven’s pride.

Even Gao Jie saw the Great Dao at that time and began to plan the evolution of the Hai Lord’s original form towards the divine soul level.

Today, even without the demon race suddenly opening the shackles of the Divine Firmament chess game, and without the human race’s decisive and strong stance, the Hai Race would still have initiated this war!

Of course, Qi Xiao, with her nearly mad layout, won the advantage in the confrontation between the Morning Cangwu Sword and the Shahe Dragon Staff. But this war was not over.

From beginning to end, Qi Xiao coveted the Shahe Dragon Domain, while the Hai Race’s attention was always on the nearby sea islands. This, of course, cannot be simply explained by strategic perspective.

It is well known that at the end of the Near Ancient Era, in that catastrophe that swept the world, the Hai Race made a comeback. The human race had an existence named “Fishing Dragon Guest,” stationed at the sea border, one person, one rod, fishing dragons across the horizon.

He was the founder of the Fishing Sea Tower.

Stories about him were never meticulously recorded in the official histories of any country, but they were a legend forever circulating among the nearby sea islands.

He established the Fishing Sea Tower, and from its founding until now, it has always been a mainstay force for the human race guarding the sea border.

But little is known about his ending.

In fact, the one who ended the legend of the Fishing Dragon Guest fishing dragons across the horizon was precisely the Hai Race’s legendary wise teacher, a great existence numbered “Covering Sea.”

Covering Sea was a very low-key strong one, long-term hidden from the world alone, hence his name was rarely spread. Before he stepped forward to duel the Fishing Dragon Guest, many Hai Race members did not know his power. But his huge influence on the Hai Race could be seen from all aspects.

He created and passed down a thousand nine hundred and more spells in his lifetime, among which twenty-eight parts were Heaven Rank spells!

And the “Eight Laws, Nine Rules, Thirteen Not Saved” he established are still regarded as criteria for the behavior of wise teachers.

The types of sea beasts he created, the methods for nurturing war sea beasts he left behind, are even more numerous.

His wise teacher notes, when one or two remnant pages occasionally spread out, would attract countless forces to snatch them, stirring up bloody storms.

The most outstanding wise teacher of the Hai Race in the contemporary era is generally publicly recognized as Wu Zhi Que, who is stationed in the Longevity Sea. Having created a large number of war evil beasts and possessing the cultivation of an Emperor Lord, he did not need to bow to any existence, nor did he need to avoid anyone.

And his evaluation of Covering Sea was as follows—

Covering Sea, alone and with a single effort, advanced the Hai Race’s research into sea beasts by ten thousand years!

In fact, this was indeed the case. It was precisely from Covering Sea that “Wise Teacher” became a noble identity, valued by the Hai Race, and widely recognized.

Before Covering Sea, the Hai Race was more inclined towards individual power; only those innately weak guys would bury their heads in research.

Now, as long as a wise teacher has excellent creations, no matter their combat power, they have the qualification to dialogue on par with King Rank.

That Yu Guangyuan’s identity as a genius wise teacher, superior to his powerful cultivation talent, is also an embodiment of this status.

In former years, the Fishing Dragon Guest was infinitely close to transcendence. One rod to fish dragons, hard for Emperor Lords to bear.

It was only when the legendary wise teacher Covering Sea stepped forward and initiated a peak great war with him. They fought directly until the sky ceased to exist, the sea domain flowed empty, and all watching and all clues were annihilated. Thereafter, his Dao body was gone, his Dao principle did not exist, his spirit scattered and his intent eliminated, with no more news.

For a long time, both the human race and the Hai Race tacitly assumed that the two terrifying strong ones who were approaching transcendence had perished together.

So passed several thousand years leisurely. Whether it was the Fishing Dragon Guest or Covering Sea, they both gradually dissolved within time.

It was only this time that Gao Jie came to make a great layout. After imagining all possibilities and clearing all hidden dangers, he still felt apprehensive about that terrifying existence who fished dragons alone with a single rod several thousand years ago. He specially ordered the Long Race Emperor Lord Tai Yong to make a special trip to Huai Island for a final probe.

And now the result was also very clear.

Huai Island was overturned, Sink Capital True Monarch sought death in danger… The Fishing Dragon Guest would indeed not appear again. Returning to Gao Jie’s layout.

Gao Jie’s arrangement of a substitute spirit lock on the Hai Lord’s original form was a scheme that buried all of Chen Zhi Bo’s efforts and brought chaos to the entire nearby sea islands. But it itself was also a fetter.

When the substitute spirit lock was opened, those imprisoned and detained Hai Race members gained more than just freedom!

Overturning Fuzhou Island, teleporting Long Race Emperor Lord Tai Yong, sinking Star Pearl Island, attacking and breaking Huai Island, going to probe that person who didn’t know if they still existed… these were of course also clear targets for the Hai Race.

But to some extent, this was also a layer of deception.

Using this large-scale action to subvert the nearby sea islands was to cover the true changes in the Hai Lord’s original form.

The human race needed to use a war to pacify the troubles at the sea border and prepare for war in the Divine Firmament world.

The Hai Race needed such a large war even more to inspect the results of the Hai Lord’s original form evolution, just like casting steel for a sword, it still needs a hundred refinements to complete the final leap!

This field of war, affecting the entire Maze World, involving almost all realms and all warriors, allowed the Hai Lord’s original form, in the process of leaping, to gain enough leap experience.

It also allowed Gao Jie to capture enough clues, thereby finding that path to greatness.

Yes, Laurel Sea was filled, the Shahe Dragon Domain was already shattered, and the Shahe Dragon Staff was already suppressed. Had the human race already won?

Victory or defeat was still unknown!

“Gao” means river, “Jie” is all. Wherever there is water flowing, Gao Jie knows all. Wherever there is water flowing, Gao Jie can do all!

Hundreds of millions of vast sea creatures witnessed together, the powerful human race, mighty and pressing upon all races, should also witness.

This is the truth, transcending all things!

The human race wanted to break the Shahe Dragon Domain and gain the advantage in the transcendence chess game. How could the Hai Race not want to tie down the human race strong ones here!

So, even though the mountains and rivers of the Shahe Dragon Domain were shattered, they still had to fight. Even though the transcendence chess game lost its power, they still had to entangle.

So, the last vestiges of divinity in the Shahe Dragon Domain were all regarded as weapons by Rui Chong. So Zhan Shou opened his purple eyes.

Peng Chongjian’s terror was indeed not in the Shahe Dragon Domain.

He should look at the entire Maze World, look at the various islands in the nearby sea, and look at all the Hai Race members who were not within his sight!

The final leap had already begun!

And that Gao Jie who suppressed the eternal dark vortex would also, by this step, ascend to the absolute peak, grasp the great, and achieve transcendence!

Not to mention that only the Shahe Dragon Staff confronting the Morning Cangwu Sword lost power; even if it had already lost the battle now, if the Hai Race could have one more transcendent, it would absolutely not be a loss.

And the great leap involving the entire race group was undoubtedly the realization of racial fortune, its meaning far surpassing the gain of one transcendence, almost comparable to the demon race’s Divine Firmament World, all of which were major events that could change the destiny of a race!

Peng Chongjian ought to fear, Zhu Sui ought to fear, Cao Jie ought to fear!

But Zhong Xi truly saw not a hint of fear on Cao Jie’s face.

Even this human race famous general, who had originally shown a retreating posture, temporarily stopped at this moment.

Was he pretending to be calm, or did he fundamentally not know what was happening?

Zhong Xi did not guess, still according to the original plan, regardless of loss, firmly executing it.

He turned around and transformed into a heaven-propping giant turtle, its feet like heavenly pillars, its shell like a sky dome, instantly fixing the shattered mountains and rivers of the Shahe Dragon Domain.

But the Shahe Dragon Domain was not his main target.

On his huge shell, countless horizontal and vertical lines leaped up, lightly sketching past the realm river, and disappearing into the Ji You realm domain.

He was severely injured in the previous battle, fundamentally unable to reproduce his peak.

The power displayed at this moment was entirely reliant on the consumption of origin Dao principle. Every breath he continued in battle

was self-inflicted cultivation loss!

And his hesitation to manifest the Hai Lord’s original form and consume origin Dao principle to battle was both to serve as sustenance, supporting Gao Jie’s leap, and to complete the set plan, cutting off the possibility of these human race True Monarchs stopping Gao Jie.

The imprisoning lines leaping from his giant turtle Dao body did not target any specific human race, but sealed the entire Ji You realm domain!

Almost at the same time, Red Eyebrow Emperor Lord Xi Yang took one step, leaping high, not waiting for the human race Yan Dao to attack her. She was already suspended high in the sky of the Ji You realm domain, transforming into a fierce sun!

In the brilliant light, her body could no longer be seen, nor her original form.

But the sky seemed to solidify, and the air also had weight. Continuously pressing down, crushing everything in this realm. And the brilliant light shone everywhere, infinitely strengthening Zhong Xi’s seal!

Xuan Shen Emperor Lord stood on the shore of the realm river where mad waves surged, her body transforming into an aggregate of divine power.

She disappeared in an instant.

In the next moment, her sacred face was unexpectedly reflected in the sky of the Ji You realm domain. This square of sky was her face!

She overlooked this realm, becoming the only god of the Ji You realm domain.

Her mouth recited a heavenly sound: “Worship my eternal!”

Subduing the god within all hearts!

Until this moment, No Grievance Emperor Lord’s pupils, the purple that could instantly kill any Non-Yan Dao existence in the Maze World, quietly and silently invaded across the realm river, dyeing the entire Ji You realm domain.

Suddenly, the sky was purple, the ground was purple, the fierce sun was purple, Xuan Shen was purple… the air, the rain and dew, the reflections in people’s eyes, all were dyed purple.

This was a killing move, attacking everyone simultaneously, killing their life grid. Huai Jin Hang, the purple, both honorable and noble.

Those with insufficient life grid ought to shatter!