Chapter 160: The Convergence of All Seas, A Gathering of Titans!

Chapter 158: Confluence of All Seas, Powerful Beings Like Clouds!
Chapter 158: The Profound City Grand Ship Enters the Voyage Route!

Not long after Bai Xuan returned, he set off once again.
Everything that happened in the South China Sea was too terrifying; it served as a wake-up call, making his mind clear and letting him understand that fierce battles lay ahead on the path before him.
The Grotto-Heaven voyage route was where the true battle would take place—a conflict that would shatter everything until the ultimate victor among all seas was decided. Compared to that, the present moment was nothing!

Subsequently, Bai Xuan entered the sea once more and seized one legacy after another.
He tracked down that massive platinum-colored giant fish, known as the White Emperor Fish, and inherited the Platinum Killing Technique.
Lacking innate talent, he engaged in a fierce battle with this giant fish that collapsed seafaring volcanoes. Fighting deep within the abyssal trench, he mastered the transformations of water and fire until he finally won partial recognition.
"This is the art of the Platinum Western True Blood. If truly inherited, you can deduce your own true blood suited to your body, slaying all things and perfecting yourself!"
The White Emperor Fish was quite displeased. "You lack the talent. Go pass this on to someone with aptitude; seeing you annoys me."
It broke through the waves and left, unwilling to speak further with Bai Xuan.

This was merely one legacy. In truth, Bai Xuan had plundered many, picking through them one by one. Even those unsuited for him, he seized and passed down to future generations.
Across the entire East China Sea, almost everywhere within perceptible range, he had visited to capture these legacies. However, for those that required a prolonged period of rebirth, he merely left behind the foundations without truly taking them away.

Rumble!
On the horizon, those individual Heavenly Rankings were gradually fading. In their wake emerged a terrifying, earth-shaking, gigantic golden roll!
"Hegemony of All Seas!"

At the final moment, he headed toward the Water Mansion, disappearing into the sea for a few months.
He stayed in the Bai family for one final period. During Bai Xiaozhen's wedding, he attended in person, shocking everyone. Both Bai Xiaozhen's grandfather and father leaped down from the seats of honor, holding Bai Xuan in the utmost reverence.
"He fought the Abyss-Splitting Ridge and broke through life and death in the sea, trying to cross the final barrier, but ultimately failed."
Someone sighed. Among the Black Pirate fleet, people wept bitterly, shedding tears as they departed and vanished across the East China Sea.
"No, Thousand Mountains Island gave birth to me and raised me; I shall also bury my bones here. Longevity is not my desire."
The shadow of the Heavenly Serpent was driven nearly mad, but Bai Xuan's current strength was too terrifying. After a year of cultivation, his combat power had achieved an astonishing leap!
Grandmasters were as numerous as clouds!
"The eras of the Abyss-Splitting Ridge and the Black Pirates have passed forever."

Of course, this relied on Bai Xuan's boundless vitality and blood. He threw these people into the alchemy furnace to refine them, achieving a complete rebirth—a method ordinary people could never accomplish.
This was the final preparation. Bai Xuan was leaving behind endless legacies for the Thousand Mountains Army to guard the East China Sea, ensuring no problems would arise even after his departure.
After all, these legacy spirits did not contain Great Dao comprehension and their power was incomplete.
That was the embodiment of the Water Mansion.
These individuals were refined into serpent-foot Dao soldiers, numbering fully several dozen, with terrifying combat power and achieved sublimation.
Bai Xuan asked.
White-Browed Marquis smiled with a laugh.

Upon that Heavenly Ranking were densely packed nearly a thousand names. Each name represented a terrifying force and a warrior invincible in the struggle for supremacy within their respective sea!
"It is time to set out."
This method was also, in a sense, a method of longevity. Armed with this method, Bai Xuan commanded the entire East China Sea, sweeping across them one by one.
Ultimately, the Heavenly Serpent was defeated, forced to surrender according to the rules and hand over the complete method for refining serpent-foot Dao soldiers.
A new order was established, and one sea market after another became unobstructed.

This means was truly terrifying; for anyone else, it would be difficult to achieve this path, and only Bai Xuan could pull it off. With boundless vitality and blood, and alchemy skills that advanced by leaps and bounds, he easily refined furnace after furnace of great pills. The large fish and sea beasts across an entire sea area were refined; this method was akin to the Prison Sea.
He did not leave; the Bai family was his true home. Now that he was a Nine-River Grandmaster, just a step away from having vitality and blood like the sea, he could also extend his lifespan by many years.
By then, Thousand Mountains Island would be left with a truly invincible Qi-refining legacy, one not inferior to the Azure Python Transforming into a Dragon Art.
"Master, are you not leaving with me?"

The remaining Black Pirate fleets were incorporated into the Thousand Mountains Army, becoming members of the maritime law enforcement.
This was something few could wield; at least several dozen Grandmasters had to join forces to barely refine certain pills, but that was already sufficient.
This was a command; across the greater part of the East China Sea, most people surrendered. A few high-level figures were captured, and their factions were swept clean.
Bai Xuan returned from the sea, cradling a faint glimmer in his palm.
Bai Xuanji and the others were all visited and reunited with by him. They drank throughout the night, only returning at dawn.

Finally, everything was prepared. The Thousand Mountains Army established the most elite Whale-Hunting Army. Every single person was at the Blood-Refining level, augmented by Bai Xuan's alchemical supplements. Their vitality and blood surged violently, ultimately cultivating a full hundred Grandmasters.
"How could you possibly defeat me! Are you joking?"
"Very well."

Months passed, and the Profound City Grand Ship was completed. There were two large vessels here, one of which was truly astonishing—a genuine treasure ship that gathered the legacies of numerous archipelagos, radiating brilliant divine light sufficient to sweep through the East China Sea!
Grandmasters were like clouds, and powerful warriors were like a forest. Bai Xuan had nurtured a terrifying army capable of suppressing all directions. He had also obtained another alchemy furnace from the sea, which was likewise a middle-grade treasure artifact and was left within the Thousand Mountains Army.

Bai Xuan served as the dragon head of the Thousand Mountains Army. Since he was present, he naturally should have presided over the wedding. In the end, Bai Xiaozhen became dead drunk. He had no regrets; he had never intended to walk the path of martial arts anyway, feeling only joy and lightheartedness. His wife appeared gentle and demoted-to-pleasing, and Bai Xuan left this small family a low-grade treasure artifact, which was more than enough within the Thousand Mountains Army.
In the end, he found the Heavenly Serpent's legacy and erupted into a genuine battle with it. Both parties were enraged; Bai Xuan's physical body was astonishing, and with every step he took, boundless radiance burst forth, soundly defeating this shadow of the Heavenly Serpent.
He spent several months refining the Water Mansion. The true blood required for this was nearly infinite, enough to fill an entire sea area.
Logically speaking, this required a realm above the Divine Form, but the Undying Origin Flow was simply that formidable, born with the might of Pure Yang Divine Demons.

On Thousand Mountains Island, he engaged in combat over that talismanic legacy, but the opponent's level was too high, and he failed to break in, only obtaining a portion of the "Preliminary Explanations of Heavenly Talismans." However, old Li's granddaughter unexpectedly possessed the aptitude; she was recognized by the legacy and fell into a prolonged inheritance process that would require several years before she emerged from seclusion.
On this day, at the sunken site of the archipelagos, faint hymns faded, and everything extinguished. A name on the Heavenly Ranking was erased, and many people only then realized that the Ten Divine Guns had fallen.
The shadow of the Heavenly Serpent was just a step away from the upper grade and was no match for Bai Xuan.
Bai Xuan did not persuade him further; everyone had their own path, which could not be shaken.

He bid farewell to his friends one by one. But this was not all—the Profound City Grand Ship was completed, capable of traversing distant sea areas. This was a true magical treasure, composed of dozens of astonishing treasure artifacts!
Therefore, it could carry many people. Ultimately, from the Thousand Mountains Army, talented martial artists under the age of twenty-five were carefully selected from across the entire East China Sea to form an army numbering precisely four thousand, joining aboard.
Of course, powerful individuals were limited. After all, in that world-shaking battle, countless people had buried their bones across the archipelagos. There were only eleven Grand Masters on the ship, among whom the truly top-tier experts remained those mastered by Bai Xuan.

The remaining powerful figures were invited in person, but politely declined.
"We have grown disheartened with the hegemony of the East China Sea; why go to the voyage route to fight and bring humiliation upon ourselves?"
This was a very simple logic: the willpower of these experts was meant to strive for victory, but having been defeated even in the East China Sea, entering the voyage route would be useless!
Finally, the Profound City Grand Ship docked outside Thousand Mountains Island, magnificent to the extreme, resembling a moving giant city, a hundred meters tall and as wide as a mountain.
At the final moment, this giant ship welcomed its last traveler—a six-eyed giant whale with heaven-shaking combat power, which had already stepped into the Divine Form realm!

"I also wish to join the Profound City Grand Ship; I wonder if the Dragon Head is willing."
This six-eyed giant whale was as timid as a mouse. During the battle of the archipelagos, it had not made a move at all. Seeing that the situation looked bad, it had fled far away, staying out of trouble.
Otherwise, with its astonishing combat power, it would have caused massive trouble.
Now, it came cautiously to request an audience. The six eyes of this giant whale resembled golden lakes, illuminating hundreds of li and causing the Thousand Mountains Army to face a formidable enemy.
"Terrifying. This Whale King has been dormant in the East China Sea for who knows how many years, and is rarely seen by anyone."
Even Yu Wenhan wore a solemn expression. As the Master of Xuanzhi Taoist Temple, she was profoundly shocked right now.
For no other reason than the heaven-shaking combat power of the six-eyed giant whale. This was an abyssal alien species that had obtained an extremely terrifying legacy. If it truly struck, with Yu Wenhan's combat power, she would be annihilated in an instant, lacking even the time to escape!

That six-eyed giant whale swam about there, waiting eagerly for someone to acknowledge it.
"Can the Profound City Grand Ship carry you?"
Bai Xuan appeared, shaking the region. The giant whale was also shaken, golden light flashing within its six eyes.
"Such terrifying true blood!"
The six-eyed giant whale could see that Bai Xuan's dragon true blood flowed within his body like a great river, and a single drop flying out could crush a Grandmaster to death, or even rival weaker Heavenly Ranking powerhouses—it was terrifying beyond measure.
"Bai Xuan, the Profound City Grand Ship contains Mount Meru within a mustard seed. The hold has a sea-beast tier capable of accommodating dozens of giant beasts."
The six-eyed giant whale hurriedly said, "Give me a boat ticket, I beg you. I am willing to exchange my life's savings for it."

It possessed a massive fortune accumulated over many years, which it now dug out to trade for a ticket. Being unskilled at bargaining, it was cheated out of nearly everything before finally exchanging for qualification to board the ship.
"My Heavenly Face Sword..."
Watching its treasure artifact being taken away, the six-eyed giant whale felt as though it were dying of grief.
However, its mood improved rapidly; after all, two hundred years of waiting had finally not been in vain.
"Last time I wanted to board, I was almost slashed to death by that female cultivator... Damn it, she had a single person and a single ship, yet she didn't bring a single soul!"
The six-eyed giant whale complained repeatedly. "I remember her name was Yu Qinghui, rising abruptly as a dark horse to suppress an entire era. The captain of this era has a good temper and actually sells tickets; it's so touching."

It treasured its ticket dearly, entering the Profound City Grand Ship. At the bottom of this grand ship was a water cabin spanning dozens of li, which was also one of the archipelago legacies refined into the grand ship.
On the deck.
"The long night sword is bright, a single thought unleashes all swords!"
Xu Xingjian roared. Among everyone, he was the most talented, having even comprehended a wisp of the Sword Dao Rhyme.
At this moment, he was bidding farewell to the East China Sea, experiencing an epiphany and breaking through once more. Boundless sword Qi soared into the sky as he stepped into a new realm!
"Two hundred years of waiting, and I have finally entered the Dao!"
The swordsman shed tears, which turned into crisscrossing sword Qi as they fell.
He broke through a key threshold, merging his divine sense, Dao rhyme, and the might of heaven and earth into one. With all three elements complete, he stepped into the Dao-entering realm!

At the final moment, Bai Xuan stepped through the air, boundless vitality and blood flowing, shaking the region.
"This ship is named 'Swallowing Heaven'; let us go, it is time to set out."
At Bai Xuan's command, the Profound City Grand Ship finally set off, rumbling and vibrating as countless runes emerged, resembling a magnificent mountain city as it headed toward the distance!
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Bai Xuan did not take everything away, leaving behind a Profound City Grand Ship. In the event of unforeseen changes, the Thousand Mountains Army could board this vessel like an ark, fleeing into the depths of the storm and returning only after everything calmed down.
Alternatively, relying on the heaven-shaking might of the Profound City Grand Ship, they could suppress a region and sweep across the East China Sea.

This was a refuge method, while for Bai Xuan, it was a raft to brave the wind and waves and enter the voyage route.
"Several months have passed, yet it is still an endless storm. You cannot see your hand in front of your face on the sea, and everything is shrouded in the storm—it is too terrifying."
On the deck, a lookout gazed upward, worry written all over his expression.
The entrance to the voyage route was pointed out by the immortal talisman, located deep within the storm of the Chaotic Sky Sea. Ever since stepping onto the voyage route, it had been an endless tempest; the entire sky was filled with lead-gray clouds that blotted out the sun, accompanied by torrential rain sweeping across the boundless sea.
Every day at sea, one could only see rolling, mountain-like waves. Although magnificent, they were monotonous.
Day after day of this would cause even veteran sailors to feel oppressed and potentially go mad.

However, the Profound City Grand Ship was magnificent beyond compare, several times more formidable than the entire Archipelago Immortals fleet. Serving as a true treasure ship, it propped up the boundless might of heaven and earth to protect the entire vessel.
This ship was like a mountain, and within it, there was even a tier containing thousands of acres of spiritual fields, all lush green and cultivating countless spiritual herbs and rice grains.
This was a city housing four thousand elite troops, with various terrifying powerhouses residing above,镇守-ing (suppressing/guarding) the region. Living within this city, few would completely go mad.
With the immortal talisman guiding the way, the voyage route could not possibly be wrong. At times, those in the Dao-entering and Divine Form realms could sense the world flowing—this was spatial change, bizarre and multifaceted. Without the immortal talisman to guide them, anyone would become lost in the depths of the voyage route.

"There is an island ahead!"
The observing Daoist was investigating, operating an astrolabe that illuminated a hundred li ahead when he discovered an island.
"Adjust the course!"
Someone issued orders to proceed with the investigation.
However, as the Profound City Grand Ship drew closer from afar, the island appeared craggy like stone and toweringly magnificent, yet it was shrouded in deep, gloomy shadows without any visible architecture—only vast emptiness and dead silence.

"This island is likely difficult to enter. Send a dozen or so elites to take a look."
On the first tier of the deck, Wan Yongdao led hundreds of soldiers and said with a frown.
He had inherited the legacies of Wan family branches, the main lineage, and even his ancestors, receiving the special treatment of a Swallowing Sea Ship sailor with boundless medicinal pills. By now, he was also a Nine-River Grandmaster.
Soon, a battleship was launched, heading toward the small island.
However, once the battleship reached the island, it delayed its return indefinitely. It remained docked beside the small island in absolute silence, without even a shadow of a person. Spiritual talismans flew out, but no one answered.

"What is going on?"
This quickly alarmed the Daoists of the Archipelago Immortals. Being extremely cautious this time, someone made a move, using true talismanic methods to retrieve the warship back—this was a pre-arranged contingency.
Aboard the fleet, there were bloodstains, but not a single soul.
"Leave this place."
True Person Liushen frowned, sensing danger. He was decisive; while Bai Xuan was in seclusion, he had the authority to issue such an order.
However, as the Profound City Grand Ship departed, within that distant island, a pair of terrifying, deep eyes seemed to light up—not human, nor even living creatures, but some terrifying entity carrying a chilling evil.
Those eyes opened, instantly fixing their gaze upon the Profound City Grand Ship. A certain shadow cast downward, draping a layer of dead silence beneath the stormy, overcast clouds.

"I curse you..."
It was a faint, illusory voice, extremely deep and intermittent amid the storm, causing many Daoists to feel their hair stand on end and their bodies grow cold!
"I curse your mother!"
The lookout on this tier of the deck saw this gaze, his heart freezing over. He saw a broad spine cutting across the sky like a towering mountain amid the mountain-like towering waves, as six streaks of golden light erupted, piercing through hundreds of li of overcast clouds.
"Lord Six-Feathers!"
The lookout naturally recognized this giant whale. This six-eyed giant whale was the only sea beast on the ship, and the deep layers of the Profound City Grand Ship served as a seawater pressure ballast cabin spanning a hundred li. The whale usually slept there, occasionally swimming out of the vessel.

At this moment, the six-eyed giant whale let out a leisurely, resounding call that shook all directions!
Those six terrifying streaks of golden light shone forth, shattering everything. The entire island was split apart, vibrating and fracturing as it was cleanly cleaved into rubble and sank into the sea!
The shadow wailed and roared, but it was useless. The golden light shone for hundreds of li, and wherever it reached, everything was annihilated, unable to rival it, turning into blue smoke!
Clang, clang!
This six-eyed giant whale engaged in a fierce battle with that terrifying shadow, churning up mountain-like waves in the sea. The battle lasted for half an hour until all shadows were swept away. The giant whale retracted the might of its six eyes, plunged once more into the vast waters, and returned to the Profound City Grand Ship.
"No matter, the enemy has been slain."
When the news spread, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

The six-eyed giant whale was too powerful. Even if Xu Xingjian and the others joined forces, they might not be able to defeat this terrifying existence; only Bai Xuan could steadily suppress it by a notch.
It had always kept a low profile, but its power was terrifying, having broken through the Divine Form realm with no rival in the East China Sea.
"Do not enter such islands again; they are fraught with peril, and once you enter, you risk losing everything within them."
True Person Liushen was solemn, issuing an order.
"What on earth is inside there?"
Some were curious, while also harboring lingering fear.

"Unknown. They might be cultivators who entered the Grotto-Heaven voyage route in the past, who were eventually corroded and turned into monsters lurking in isolated islands, waiting for latecomers to devour them, transform into inheritors, and step onto the path once more."
This was the explanation given by the six-eyed giant whale, which had obtained many ancient legacies and possessed some experience from surviving the previous hegemony of all seas.
This caused many to shudder.
Were these past contenders for hegemony? If so, their terrifying strength could be explained.
However, this was too horrifying. Many looked outward from the Profound City Grand Ship, only to see the world bathed in lead gray, with low-hanging overcast clouds and mountain-like billows, seeming to harbor unimaginably terrifying dangers.

Some caught glimpses of vague shadows in the sea that vanished in the blink of an eye, and a few even saw figures clinging to the ship before disappearing.
"Too terrifying. Without the Profound City Grand Ship, crossing this endless storm would be an impossible task for anyone."
Without the Profound City Grand Ship, charging into the Grotto-Heaven voyage route meant facing a ten-death-and-zero-life hazard!

A few days later.
"We have discovered the movements of others?"
Bai Xuan opened his eyes.
He was in the middle of cultivation. Water and fire surged around his body, transforming into a cauldron that rang out with a clear chime—this was the evolution of the Pure Cauldron Alchemy Technique, as well as the transformation of the Mountains and Rivers Inner Elixir Art, representing the might of water and fire, having comprehended the Water and Fire Fragments and embodying the True Method of Dragon Breath.
Bai Xuan's mastery of fire had reached perfection, rivaling the Dao of water in its fiery nature. A wisp of Dao rhyme vaguely emerged; water and fire blended, doubling his power.
"Yes, Captain. Six-Feathers personally investigated; there is no mistake."
Bai Rongxuan said.
The people Bai Xuan employed were still these disciples of the Bai family, who were the most loyal and reliable. By now, Bai Rongxuan's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, and he had also stepped into the realm of a consummate Grandmaster.
With Bai Xuan personally refining pills, the path was basically unobstructed all the way up to Grandmaster, which could be crossed in just a few months.
"I understand."
Bai Xuan's expression was calm.

The Profound City Grand Ship had set off several months ago, and its speed was terrifying, capable of traveling tens of thousands of li in a single day.
For these past few months, there had been nothing empty save for dead islands and endless storms.
Logically speaking, there should be living creatures in the water, but even the six-eyed giant whale dared not linger, stating that terrors also existed within the waters; staying too long made one prone to becoming lost in the abyssal trench.
This was the first time they had encountered others—perhaps fellow travelers from other sea areas!

At this moment.
Bai Xuan's figure flickered, and he arrived on the deck.
In the distance, several large ships could be vaguely seen appearing amidst the storm.
This Profound City Grand Ship had shocked many people, and numerous experts were gazing into the distance from the deck.
On the opposing Profound City Grand Ship, streaks of spiritual light soared into the sky, illuminating dozens of li with matchless brilliance.
The flagship at the lead actually had six giant sea beasts at the front, tethered by luminous chains, pulling it forward as it broke through the waves.
Each sea beast possessed terrifying vitality and blood like a sea or mountain, with immense power surpassing the King of Poisonous Sharks. Their vitality and blood transformed into banners soaring into the sky, while behind them were wings that, when flapped, stirred up a thousand layers of waves to pull the Profound City Grand Ship along.
This was a display of foundational heritage and astonishing strength capable of shaking an entire sea area—matchless and terrifying!