Chapter 158: One Year Later, the Upheaval in the Sea of Prisons!

Chapter 156: One Year Later, the Upheaval of the Prison Sea!
Chapter 156: The Final Battle, Number One on the Heavenly Rankings!

The archipelago sea.
Three days had passed since the decisive battle between Duanyuan and the Ten Divine Spears. The entire sea region was shaken, leaving everyone in lingering dread.
A Divine Aspect had appeared; no one was a match for it!
How could this even be fought?

"Is this battle just going to end like this?"
Someone stood in the middle of the sea, bewildered.
He had sacrificed everything, cultivated martial arts bitterly, and traveled tens of thousands of miles to the Stormy Archipelago to contend for the spirit wood and prove himself.

"No one is Duanyuan's match. I'm afraid this battle is over."
An old man wore a look of despair.
He had already felt the oppression of Duanyuan. The Star-Hunting Pirates ran rampant across the sea, slaughtering countless people in their bid to unify the Eastern Sea.
He had joined the Thousand Islands Alliance and come here to fight, only for it to end like this.

At this moment, the aura of the Ten Divine Spears was faint, his eyes closed, and only an extremely dim sacred song still slowly echoed.

Bai Xuan was very calm.
Bai Xuan was very calm indeed, his breath blowing outward with every inhalation.
This was a terrifying tyranny. With Divine Aspects standing behind these people, who would dare to make an enemy of them?

"Noisy."
"This barrier is what's truly powerful; it's beyond the imagination of ordinary Divine Aspects. Layer upon layer, endless, plunging thousands of meters deep into the sea, cutting off everything."

This was an ancient tree, winding for hundreds of miles, with terrifying roots that plunged unfathomably deep into the sea, its phantom projection towering like the vault of heaven.

The remaining powerhouses, those who were still unwilling and filled with battle intent, alongside those gripped by fear, were searching for allies.

"Does it need to be shattered to be obtained?"
A massive light and shadow emerged, its voice reverberating:
On the central island, a gigantic dragon skeleton soared into the sky. This was a natural ancient tree that, after two hundred years of growth and refinement, had formed a secret treasure of immeasurable value.

A figure emerged. Bai Xuan walked through the archipelago, a single step covering thousands of meters.
Other high-level experts nearby felt their hearts skip a beat, struck with awe.

Bai Xuan was deep in thought.
Bai Xuan understood.

"He is recovering, trying to return from death. If he succeeds, everything can be resolved. If he fails, not even I can save him."

Several grandmasters of the Star-Hunting Pirates joined forces and struck instantly! In a flash, water and fire surged—all inherited secret treasures, striking horizontally. This attack carried murderous intent, aiming to put Bai Xuan to death.

"Halt, inheritor. This is the root of the archipelago; what you seek is not here."
Right at this moment.
With a muffled bang, seven or eight grandmasters shattered, turning into ice dust!

"I know."
He walked through the sea, having been issued an eviction order by the spirit of inheritance. At this moment, he stepped upward, breaking through the water in an instant, and was now crossing over.

The ancient tree's spirit of inheritance said indifferently, "You are the same. If you use the death-exempt power of the wood talisman, you will be escorted away by the spiritual light barrier, but if an opponent directly smashes you to death, no one can save you."

Duanyuan was too powerful; everyone's heart was filled with extreme terror!

He went deep into the sea, observing the spiritual light barriers one by one.

"Stop!"
Someone hurried over, shouting sternly, "This is the inheritance of Lord Duanyuan. Who dares to lay a hand on it?"

"So that's how it is."
This was already thousands of meters underwater. Barriers were everywhere, backed by the foundations of a massive island that filled the sky, making it difficult for outsiders to enter.

Bai Xuan spoke.
Bai Xuan struck. In an instant, a flash of lightning flickered, and with a roaring crash, the white light barrier trembled slightly.

Clang, clang, clang! Frost emerged, freezing everything. The complexions of those grandmasters changed; their blood-qi and techniques were frozen, invisibly shattering. They wanted to flee, but in an instant, they were solidified.

He saw the figure of the Ten Divine Spears, frozen deep within the barrier!

"He isn't dead?"
Unbeknownst to him, he had followed the barrier downward, stepping into those layers of barriers. Crossing everything and bypassing hundreds of barriers, the view suddenly opened up into a bright new horizon.

Yet it was obscured by a massive white light barrier that no one could break through, and the surroundings were virtually deserted.

Bai Xuan's eyes, however, narrowed.

"What?"
This barrier was extremely terrifying; even if they attacked with all their might, it would be difficult to shake. Yet at this moment, Bai Xuan flicked his finger and made it vibrate?

Bai Xuan paused to observe.
That grand light and shadow—an ancient tree—spoke with a rumbling sound.

"Within the archipelago lies inheritance as well. Everything the wood talisman can do takes effect here just the same."

The holders of the wood talisman, those at the very forefront of the Heavenly Rankings, could avoid death several times within the inheritance. Clearly, the Ten Divine Spears had utilized this function.

"What is Duanyuan doing?"
Bai Xuan reached out and grabbed a remaining soldier whose face had drained of color, asking him.

"Lord Duanyuan is in seclusion. He said no one is his match, and in three days he will harvest all the inheritances! We are all keeping watch here by his orders. Spare my life, my lord!"

Only then did the soldier recognize Bai Xuan's identity, his heart seized with horror.

"Let go of that soldier!"
In the distance, a female voice rang out as dark thunder rolled and began to gather—it was a grand formation, shrouding this entire region!

Yet Bai Xuan's gaze was calm. With just a glance, the soldier disintegrated into nothingness in an instant, and Bai Xuan's figure vanished as well.

Rumble!
The dark thunder finally fell and swept across, nearly flattening this clearing and shattering a small mountain!

"Damn it, was that the Whale Hunter just now?"
One of Luo's puppets appeared, furious and alarmed in her heart. "Killing my subordinates—when Duanyuan emerges from seclusion, I will surely slaughter you!"

Before she could even react, a hand suddenly pressed down upon her head.

"What?"
This puppet was jolted by a sudden change.

"You are waiting for him to come out of seclusion to slaughter me, and I am also waiting for him to come out of seclusion to slaughter him."
Bai Xuan's voice was calm. "A Divine Aspect is not invincible; it cannot protect you."

"You—"
Before Luo's puppet could finish speaking, five fingers closed in an instant, reducing her to ashes with a booming blast!

Rumble!
With a single thought from Bai Xuan, lightning flashed and shot forth. In an instant, six or seven formation runes around him shattered, the Thousand Soul Banner was pulverized, and mysterious iron shot out in all directions!

"In seclusion, are you? I'll give you time."
Bai Xuan's gaze swept across. This island had fallen into utter chaos, but his heart remained calm. With a single step, he crossed the space and vanished.

...

Bai Xuan's actions naturally drew the attention of many.
Many Star-Hunting Pirates were shocked and angry, but since Duanyuan was in seclusion following his battle, who among the remainder could match Bai Xuan? Naturally, it was useless.

"The second-ranked on the Heavenly Rankings has vanished, and the third has been slain. In this sea region now, Duanyuan is perhaps still the strongest, but Bai Xuan is clearly set on fighting him head-on!"
"Could there really be another battle?"

In less than half a day, as Bai Xuan paused on an island to observe a heavy cable and claim this secret treasure, someone came knocking with an invitation.

"We wish to join forces to deal with this newly ascended Divine Aspect."
Within the Thousand Islands Alliance, a high-level expert shrouded in darkness spoke in a hoarse voice. "Most of the archipelago's powerhouses have united here and reached a consensus."
"If Duanyuan doesn't die, we won't get the tickets to the Grotto-Heaven Route!"
"If Grandmaster Bai Xuan is willing to bring the Islands of Immortals to join us, uniting benefits both, and we are willing to carve out half a ticket for you."

This was about shares; these people were dividing the hierarchy, and among them even lurked terrifying auras that made one's expression change.

"Dao-Entering?"
Bai Xuan's gaze swept over them, but he remained very calm.
"To you, Duanyuan is important, but to me, he is not."
"I alone can slay him, and as for the tickets, I will surely take one. If you block me, I will slaughter you just as well!"

This sentence was spoken very softly, but everyone's expressions changed drastically!

"Arrogant, far too arrogant! Who does he think he is?"
"That's right, with the Daoist Swordsman here—even if he hasn't made his ultimate leap yet, does he dare provoke him? The brothers from the Northern Sea can slay him just as well."
These people were filled with extreme dissatisfaction.

"Enough, the final leap is approaching, no need to say more. Since we are not walking the same path, we can simply slaughter him when the time comes."
A plain-looking middle-aged Daoist spoke.
"Yes!"

This alliance had already taken shape. It inherited the past Thousand Islands Alliance, but was even grander. Under the pressure of Duanyuan's might, it had combined nearly half the power of the Eastern Sea!

...

The three-day limit had arrived.
Boom!
The barrier of the central island bloomed with light once more, soaring into the sky and shaking everything around it, while that white light barrier faded slightly.

"The barrier is weakening!"
"The final day of inheritance has arrived!"

Everyone held their breath. Amidst a booming sound, a figure stepped out from the depths of the Star-Hunting Pirates' fleet, treading through the air.
"Duanyuan is here!"

Duanyuan's eyes swept across the surroundings without wasting words. He struck instantly, aiming to shatter the barrier with a booming crash and completely seize everything!

Right at this moment.
"Attack!"
Those people could finally hold back no longer, striking out all at once. In that instant, a mountain-and-river-like saber light cleaved the air, more than ten terrifying sword auras slashed across, and a clanging blood spear pierced through the void... There was no telling how many experts were all attacking simultaneously.

At this moment, the attackers actually made up the majority of the archipelago's powerhouses. Combined with the outer sea experts, it was almost equivalent to the might of an entire sea!
If they conceded here as well, then the struggle for hegemony in the Eastern Sea would come to an end right here.
If Duanyuan obtained this treasure, what hegemony was left in the Eastern Sea? Two tickets, two hundred years of waiting—it would all end completely, and they would age and die in this era with no one ever knowing!

This was the final battle. Even when facing a Divine Aspect, they had to fight to the death!

"I once fought the master of Thousand Mountains Island; you are nothing!"
Wan Jueshan roared.
He had merely been biding his time in dormancy, but now that he struck again, his strength was heaven-shaking, coming very close to a Divine Aspect, lacking only that final trace of fusion!

There were simply too many experts here, and not a few hidden, terrifying powerhouses. To fight them all alone was something even Duanyuan could not do.

Furthermore, a Dao-Entering powerhouse had attacked, his sword light shaking the heavens and shocking everyone with its matchless might!
This was a middle-aged Daoist who had once sealed himself in clay, returning from two hundred years ago and lying dormant until now—unimaginable!

Duanyuan's expression changed, his figure instantly flashing into a blur to dodge. On the other side, the middle-aged Daoist, treading the air and about to speak with a smile, suddenly saw his expression shift drastically.

Rumble!
The pillar of inheritance light receded, and figures emerged. The white light shattered completely—in a single instant, it had been seized!

At this moment, everyone's gaze turned to the figure in the center.

"These two tickets, I'll take them first."
Bai Xuan stood in place, his voice calm. "If you want to take them, then come!"
He took a single step, clean and decisive, and soared into the sky.

"Attack, stop him!"
At this moment, everyone was striking, because this final inheritance was the most crucial link. Everyone roared; no one would back down!

Boom!
Bai Xuan's figure crossed the void, dodging the vast majority of attacks in an instant. Endless blood-qi and talismanic techniques missed, detonating massively in the sky and sweeping across the entire firmament!

"The battle is finally about to begin."
In Bai Xuan's eyes, however, fighting spirit surged.
He had waited for this day for far too long!
Ever since his physical cultivation had become invincible, he had yet to engage in a bitter battle, had yet to face... an enemy that required him to go all out!

"Come on!"
"So what if you're a Divine Aspect!"
...

"Catch up to him! If that dragon skeleton is seized, even Duanyuan will have to sit down and negotiate terms with us!"
The Dao-Entering Daoist roared in a low voice.
With the dragon skeleton in Bai Xuan's hands, it was actually an opportunity—an opportunity to avoid a battle with a Divine Aspect and seize a ticket right then and there.

In his view, if this could be won, one ticket each was entirely acceptable; splitting it evenly with Duanyuan was fine!
However.
"Duanyuan!"
Bai Xuan shouted in a stern voice.

The sound reverberated across the sea region, kicking up a thousand waves with a booming crash and sweeping outward. Warships even began to shatter—this voice was too terrifying, shaking everything!

"Who is provoking me?"
"This voice..."
Countless people trembled in shock.
This voice shattered everything; even the Dao-Entering Daoist's eyes sharply constricted!

In the archipelago sea, within the fleet.
Countless people raised their heads to look at the figure, and in an instant, quite a few recognized his identity.
"It's Bai Xuan!"
"The Heavenly Rankings number... he should be third now. Is he going to challenge Duanyuan?"
"Bai Xuan?"

Duanyuan pursued him, closing in.
He stood over ten meters tall, his blood flowing like the roaring of mountains and seas. That was true blood, completely fused as a part of his body.
This was the true body of a Divine Aspect, capable of flattening everything with a single breath. His back was broad, and he resembled a humanoid dragon-whale. His brows were clustered like peaks, and spikes protruded from his back, piercing straight into the sky.

This was a perfect body, belonging to a true Divine Aspect powerhouse—matchless in the Eastern Sea!

"The Ten Divine Spears are already dead... Bai Xuan, are you here to throw your life away too?"
Duanyuan's voice sounded like thunder, rumbling in all directions.

This was a grand melee. He struck instantly, fighting back horizontally. Four or five experts were struck by a single punch, instantly bursting into bloody mist and falling!

"Throw my life away?"
Bai Xuan's voice rang with a metallic clanging like thunder, instantly shaking this sea region!
"You talk too much. Today, the one who dies won't be me!"
"Duanyuan, let's fight!"

This was an absolute will—the martial will of striving to cross over. That spear intent rang clear and loud, soaring straight into the clouds!

"Very well! Excellent. I thought only the Ten Divine Spears were worthy of being my opponent, but to think..."
"At this level, is there still someone else to fight?"
Duanyuan let out a long roar, striking out with a booming crash the next instant to battle fiercely with Bai Xuan!

"This person..."
The Dao-Entering Daoist's expression changed drastically. "While being hunted down by everyone, he actually takes the initiative to attack and fight Duanyuan head-on?"
This was an absolute, invincible spirit that suppressed everything, completely disregarding everyone present!

...

In the sea region.
"Am I blind?"
Xuxing Jian rubbed his eyes and turned to ask, "Did I just see the captain using his physical body to fight Duanyuan's Divine Aspect head-on? Or did I see the captain fighting the vast majority of the archipelago's experts in the sky?"
"He's fighting all enemies! Could the captain have already taken the final inheritance?"
These few powerhouses were all left stunned in place.

The shock in their hearts was beyond description. After all... they had only ever witnessed Bai Xuan's thunder arts, and all along, they had assumed his strongest means lay in his Qi-refining abilities.
But now?
"...No wonder the captain said we could just fight however we want."
True Person Liushen was dazed, speaking slowly.
"He's fighting everyone by himself—if that's not fighting however we want, what is?"
"Islands of Immortals fleet, activate the formation!"

They had no time for further thought. Activating the formation in unison, these few experts felt their hearts tense up as they soared into the sky with a booming roar.
They too had to slay enemies and protect Bai Xuan!

...

Up in the sky.
"So powerful..."
Duanyuan's heart trembled. This was his second time feeling surprised.
He clashed head-on with Bai Xuan, and Bai Xuan deployed the Dragon Breath Orthodoxy, accompanied by heavenly might; its power was not inferior to his own in the slightest, matching him at the exact same level of strength without losing a fraction.

Amidst a chaotic melee, the two of them fought a bloody battle that darkened the sky and earth, all while trading blows with others!
For a Divine Aspect, this was a humiliation!

He took a deep breath. At that moment, a pair of gauntlets flashed onto his hands, black as ink. With a booming roar, he unleashed his ultimate strike, instantly transforming into a charging dragon-whale amidst deafening vibrations to destroy everything!

"This doesn't look like human heritage, but rather like an ancient great demon!"
Someone trembled in awe.

Divine Aspect experts all forged more terrifying physical bodies, but their past blood-qi forms would fade away and return to themselves.
Yet Duanyuan's full-strength strike right now had completely transformed him, turning him into a truly massive dragon-whale!

Boom!
A massive explosion occurred. This strike had reached the absolute limit, shattering everything into a vacuum!
However.
"Is that all?"

As the light and heat dissipated, Bai Xuan was shrouded in a gray light that had shattered by a little more than half. Facing Duanyuan's full-strength blow, his middle-grade divine weapon recovered, and even his tempered martial physique bore a faint trail of blood.

Yet this injury naturally healed in an instant! His jade marrow hummed and endless vitality surged—what did a mere injury like this amount to?
At that moment, Duanyuan's pupils constricted!

This was his third time being surprised, his heart completely shaken. For a moment, he failed to press the attack, only watching as Bai Xuan spoke.
"Duanyuan!"
Bai Xuan shouted in a stern voice that resounded across the sea region.

He stood there, bathed in blood, fully healed, with endless battle intent and spear intent soaring into the sky like a god of war!
"Ever since I began practicing martial arts, I've practically grown up hearing your legends. To express my respect for you... I will face you with my strongest strike."
"This move—even I haven't truly mastered it yet, having only just comprehended a portion of it. If you can block it, you win!"
"If you cannot block it, then you can only die!"

Bai Xuan's voice sounded like thunder, shaking the sea region!
He had given Duanyuan the chance to strike and expressed sufficient respect. At this moment, he stretched out his hand, and in an instant, a drizzling rain began to fall between heaven and earth.

Below.
"How could this be? It's actually reached this point!"
Some felt incomparable shock.
The emergence of a Divine Aspect expert should have meant suppressing everything effortlessly!

This was an invincible posture—only one per era. How had it come to this? Bai Xuan was speaking now, about to judge Duanyuan's life or death?
"Impossible, Duanyuan will never be defeated!"
On the Star-Hunting Pirates' fleet, Luo's voice trembled.
She knew who Bai Xuan was, and precisely because of that, she could not believe it, and refused to believe it!

If he couldn't block it, he could only die?
At that moment, Duanyuan's pupils constricted. For the first time, he felt an aura of death surging into his heart.
How long had it been since he last felt this way?

Yet at the same time, it ignited his fighting spirit!
"Die?"
"How is that possible? I have just broken through to the Divine Aspect realm; I am an invincible powerhouse!"
"This rain? It cannot kill me!"

Duanyuan soared into the sky, his heroic spirit erupting. His entire being was sublimating, endless power welling up amid deafening vibrations!
"Dragon-Whale Cleaves the Sea! Bai Xuan, use your strongest strike, and I shall kill you!"

In an instant, he transformed into a massive dragon-whale, surging upstream to slaughter Bai Xuan in the rainy sky!
He still retained his battle intent; he had not been defeated, nor had he reached a dead end. He had just broken through to the Divine Aspect realm and was in an unprecedented state of peak condition!
He was...
"I am the Eastern Sea's number one genius, its number one powerhouse!"

At that moment.
"The fourth layer of the Rain Peak Plate."
Bai Xuan's divine mind condensed.
"Rain God Spear."

Swish!
Between heaven and earth, nearly a thousand wisps of fine rain instantly converged, transforming into a transparent longspear. Under the instantaneous, full-forced infusion of Bai Xuan's Dao-Entering level divine mind, it immediately vibrated, forming an unimaginably terrifying piercing force—resembling dozens of Dao-Entering powerhouses striking simultaneously to combine into a terrifying grand formation.

Chree!
That transparent, massive longspear pierced through the void, turning into a blur. Its speed reached an incredible degree; even a Divine Aspect could not capture the traces of this spear.

"I can't block it."
Duanyuan was left with only this single thought.

Boom!
Before this speed and power of absolute suppression, even thought could barely keep up with the spear's attack, let alone dodging it. He watched as the dragon-whale was instantly pierced by a water spear, ripped apart from top to bottom with a booming crash.

Immediately after, the water spear scattered, and countless droplets fell like thousands of sharp arrows, bursting open in a simultaneous detonation deep within Duanyuan's Divine Aspect true body!

Bang!
The head of that massive dragon-whale violently exploded, blown to smithereens as a bloody rain fell everywhere!
The dragon-whale faltered, its eyes still filled with bewilderment, reluctance, battle intent... but its form had already stopped in an instant.

The dragon-whale slowly fell downward, faster and faster, plummeting rapidly amidst the rain.
"So this is what it is... the taste of defeat."
"Turns out I... am not the number one genius of the Eastern Sea."

A faint sense of loss filled his eyes.
He still held reluctance, battle intent, everything he cared about... but the Rain God Spear had destroyed all his vitality. The time of death had arrived.
Then, even that last trace of light dissipated, vanishing like tears in the rain.

Duanyuan, dead!
The number one powerhouse of the Eastern Sea, who had just broken through to the Divine Aspect realm and stood as an invincible existence suppressing the sea—just as he was about to burst forth with grand ambition, suppress everything, and become the king of the Eastern Sea...
He had died just like that!

...

Between heaven and earth, a torrential downpour lashed down.
Heavy rain poured across the entire archipelago. This sea region, previously bathed in bright sunlight, finally welcomed a torrential deluge.
"The fourth layer of the Rain Peak Plate uses all the rain in the drizzle domain to combine into a single divine weapon."

Bai Xuan stood in the rain in the sky, crossing the void to dodge mass attacks, yet his speed was peerless—faster than even sword light could follow.
This was Treading the Clouds with a Single Thought; how could ordinary methods compare?

"I haven't truly mastered the complete fourth layer yet, and can only manipulate a little over nine hundred raindrops, barely combining them into a single longspear."
"Using All Weapons in a Thought to manipulate this spear... even my own physical body would suffer heavy injuries or potentially die if struck by it!"

Bai Xuan thought silently to himself, watching the falling dragon-whale.
"Just as Chi Ying said, geniuses in the Eastern Sea, even someone as strong as Duanyuan, are nothing. Relying on the Longevity Dao Tree, I still haven't reached my peak."
"Duanyuan's Dao path ends here, but mine has only just begun. A great era, a great era... it won't be long before I reach it."

Bai Xuan waved his hand.
In an instant, the dragon-whale was put away by him. This was also a Divine Aspect true body, and since Duanyuan had run rampant and invincible, the treasures on him were definitely numerous.

In reality.
Duanyuan hadn't even forced out Bai Xuan's ultimate trump card—the incomplete Chi Spear technique, which was Bai Xuan's strongest strike. However, using that move required pouring in all his strength and slaughtering all witnesses, which was why Bai Xuan hadn't deployed it.

A wood talisman fell into Bai Xuan's hand.
"Duanyuan's immortal talisman... having run rampant through the Eastern Sea for decades, it represents the symbol of the King of the Eastern Sea."

Bai Xuan merged that immortal talisman with his own.
At that moment, the number behind the immortal talisman finally changed to "One"!

...

Across the entire Eastern Sea.
"The Heavenly Rankings, look at the Heavenly Rankings!"
Someone cried out in alarm.
"The Heavenly Rankings changed? No, impossible... That is... Number One on the Heavenly Rankings!"

Countless people saw Duanyuan's name being slowly erased bit by bit.
Then.
A new name leaped to the top spot.
"Bai Xuan!"

Number One on the Heavenly Rankings, Bai Xuan!

On Thousand Mountains Island.
"Number One on the Heavenly Rankings..."
White-Browed Marquis stood there, his entire body trembling.
"You did it!"
"Bai Xuan, you did it!"

Becoming famous throughout the vast Eastern Sea, the invincible overlord, the number one powerhouse of the Eastern Sea suppressing everything...
His disciple had walked to the very end of this path with the peerless posture of a youth!

...

The archipelago sea.
"No!"
Luo's voice was incomparably shrill. "I curse you! Generation after generation of your Bai family shall be reduced to slaves, shall all..."

She was casting a curse. At that moment, banners flew into the air with flashing lightning—this was an invincible, fiercely formidable curse technique.
Yet.
"All of you, die."

Bai Xuan's gaze was ice-cold.
He had gone mad with slaughter. With a single glance, the drizzle domain descended, and countless fine raindrops fell, instantly shattering the fleet into pieces and piercing through every enemy to kill them in a flash.

Luo, Di Yuan, Sheng Hai, and others all perished within the drizzle domain. This was the might of Dao-Entering; it wasn't something easily resisted.
Those who could resist could be counted on one's fingers across the entire sea.

"Damn it! Attack quickly! This fellow is a true top-tier Dao-Entering expert, capable of slaying even a Divine Aspect. If you don't attack now, everything will be over!"
The Dao-Entering Daoist roared frantically, his heart filled with extreme terror as he watched Bai Xuan personally cleave Duanyuan to death. He was the only one left!

At that moment, two more auras erupted. One of them belonged to that terrifying figure within the Northern Sea fleet, who instantly leaped to the Divine Aspect level.
The second aura emerged from the sea below, where a deep, terrifying aura surfaced as a massive, nearly irregular sea beast broke through the water!

In the distance.
"Too terrifying, even a Divine Aspect was slain... I'd better not attack."
The six-eyed giant whale blinked its eyes and actually began to retreat slowly.
It was very cautious, one might even say cowardly. Facing difficulties, it prepared to flee from the great disaster. Its six eyes shot forth golden light, plunging deep into the sea, and in a flash, it escaped!

At that moment.
"Trying to stop me?"
Bai Xuan let out a long roar.
He was striking out, fighting all enemies head-on.
"I alone fight an entire sea!"

This was the ultimate battle. Bai Xuan fought until his black hair danced wildly. His invincible bronze skin was split open, lightning sparked from his iron bones, and his internal organs shattered, transforming into divine light.

There were three peerless experts of the same level here, each terrifying. They erupted at a critical moment, attempting to seal the momentum of heaven and earth, cutting off the undying flow to truly slaughter and destroy Bai Xuan.

Yet at the critical moment, the Rain Peak Plate revived, propping up the drizzle domain. No one could seal or block it, granting Bai Xuan infinite vitality and an undamged physique as he fought to the very end.

"Rain God Spear! Phantom!"
Bai Xuan deployed the Rain God Spear, slaying two enemies until his divine mind was exhausted! His divine mind wasn't infinite; no matter how powerful, using the Rain God Spear three times consecutively would exhaust it.

With a single step, he materialized another phantom holding a blood talisman, going all out. In just a single breath, hundreds of divine weapons crossed the void, nailing Wan Jueshan mid-air!

"I am unreconciled!"
Tears of blood streamed from Wan Jueshan's eyes as he roared madly, but the divine weapons vibrated, shattering him into pieces with a booming crash!

"I am Number One on the Heavenly Rankings; who can match me!"
Bai Xuan's black hair danced wildly. Unable to contain his own blood-qi any longer, he engaged in a bloody battle with the final powerhouse of the Northern Sea fleet, executing Yin-Yang thunder arts with every gesture. Lightning flashed, shattering everything!

"Sea God Protect..."
That terrifying scaled venerable wielded a blood spear, striking upward at the heavens. It had temporarily stepped into the true Divine Aspect realm, but facing the Yin-Yang thunder arts, its physical body was collapsing, unable to resist!

At the very last moment, knowing it was doomed, it let out a roar.
"Bai Xuan! This is nothing. There are countless powerhouses in our empire, and true inheritors far stronger than me—you are merely a firefly compared to the bright moon! The Emperor will personally expedition, and you will die in this battle; you will be nailed to death along the Grotto-Heaven Route!"

"Die!"
Bai Xuan's reply was a single, concise word.
In an instant, lightning erupted violently. The phantom stepped forward once more, and together they pounded the powerhouse into flying ash!

Finally, this sea region turned into a sea of blood. Those remaining were terrified and fled into the distance, but they were hunted down one by one by Bai Xuan's subordinates and thoroughly exterminated!

High in the sky.
Bai Xuan stood amidst a world of bloody rain.
"True blood... the technique of true blood. So that's how it is."

At that moment, having experienced the ultimate battle, fighting an entire sea alone and wiping out all enemies, an epiphany struck him instantly.
He immersed himself in enlightenment.

Above the archipelago sea, countless people trembled, and not a few had already dropped to their knees.
"King of the Eastern Sea!"
"Duanyuan is dead! Bai Xuan is the King of the Eastern Sea!"

Someone shouted aloud, the voice shaking the heavens.
This voice grew louder and louder, sweeping across the entire archipelago sea until it finally formed an overwhelming wave of sound that drowned out all other noises!

"Duanyuan's era has ended."
Taoist Liushen said in a daze.
"Right, the captain's era has begun."
Xuxing Jian said.
The few of them looked at each other. "We old things from two hundred years ago really are quite pointless, aren't we?"
"However, in this era, we should be able to get that ticket to enter the new world!"

They all knew.
A new era had begun!

...

Roughly half a month later, all the inheritances within the Stormy Archipelago were taken.
As for that final dragon skeleton, Bai Xuan personally took action to shatter and retrieve it.
The Northern Sea fleet sank, all sea beasts were cleaved to death, and thousands of warships were buried here, plunging into the depths of the sea.

The Islands of Immortals fleet and the Sea-Swallower set sail, leaving this archipelago sea behind and casting everything in their wake.
In the sea, these buried ships and corpses were swept up by strands of barrier spiritual light, fusing together to become nourishment for the spirit wood.
Every great battle was like this; two hundred years later, there would be new spirit wood and a new contest for hegemony.

However, that no longer had anything to do with Bai Xuan.
At this moment, fighting an entire sea alone, he had buried the past, soaring like a dragon through the four seas. As the King of the Eastern Sea, a new era had begun!

(End of this chapter)