Merfolk Race

Shrek Academy.

"Deep Sea Demonic Whale... As expected, the depths of the Sea Domain are unfathomable."

Mu En spoke slowly, his eyes filled with deep wariness. "Ten thousand years ago, the Sea God fought a life-or-death battle against a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King that was close to a Million-Year Soul Beast. This Demon Empress likely has a close connection to it."

Yan Shaozhe drew a sharp breath. "Six hundred thousand years—and judging by the description, she is nearly invincible in the sea!"

"No wonder the Golden Ranking placed her tenth. The Sea Domain is far more vast than the land; we know nothing at all about what kinds of beings may be hidden within it!"

Xuan Zi's expression was grave. "It seems our understanding of this world is still far too narrow."

"Besides the Star Dou Great Forest, the Endless Deep Sea is also an existence we must revere."

Star Dou Great Forest, Core Area.

Di Tian looked at the Demon Empress's phantom, a trace of surprise flashing through his golden dragon eyes.

"Deep Sea Demonic Whale... I never expected that clan to still have such a powerful descendant alive. Six hundred thousand years—she is indeed qualified to occupy a place."

Bi Ji said softly, "The Sea Domain is boundless. It is only natural that it could nurture such an existence."

"I just wonder what attitude this Demon Empress has toward the land."

Xiong Jun snorted, somewhat unconvinced. "So what if she has six hundred thousand years of cultivation? On land, I may not necessarily fear her!"

Myriad Demon King was far calmer. "There must be a reason the Golden Ranking placed her tenth. The power of the Sea Domain cannot be underestimated."

Gu Yuena's violet eyes remained calm as she said lightly, "Ocean Authority has some connection to the dragon race to begin with. If necessary, we may be able to make contact."

Endless Deep Sea, an unknown place.

Unlike the commotion caused when other soul beasts received their rewards, the sea domain where the Demon Empress dwelled was terrifyingly Deathly Stillness.

Only the Golden Ranking's golden pillar of light, like a passage leading to the underworld, pierced through the seawater, shrouding the Deep Sea Demonic Whale's massive mountain-like body.

The immense Power of the Ocean contained within the pillar, along with that trace of Origin of Destruction, surged madly into the Demon Empress's body.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Her aura rose at a terrifying rate.

The surrounding seawater did not rejoice. Instead, it froze and was annihilated in fear.

Yet beneath the immense joy of this surge in power, a venomous resentment and hatred that had been suppressed for ten thousand years, almost solidified into substance, erupted wildly within her heart like an undersea volcano!

"Power... More power!"

An incomparably cold female voice, as though capable of freezing souls, echoed through the abyss.

That was the Demon Empress's inner voice.

"But it isn't enough. Far from enough!"

Her consciousness uncontrollably returned to that world-shattering moment ten thousand years ago.

She "saw" her husband—the ambitious Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who had been only one step away from shedding his mortal form and becoming a Million-Year Soul Beast!

He had been so powerful, so proud, ruling over tens of thousands of miles of sea.

He had been a true sovereign of the ocean!

Yet all of it had been utterly destroyed by that figure—that human who wielded the Sea God Trident and claimed to have inherited a God Position—Tang San.

She "saw" her husband's enormous body crumble beneath the Golden Trident.

She saw the whale pearl that contained ninety-nine percent of his cultivation being taken away.

She saw his unyielding soul howl in agony before being annihilated by divine light.

"Tang San!!!"

A terrifying soul storm suddenly erupted with the Demon Empress at its center.

The seawater within several thousand meters was instantly forced away, forming a temporary vacuum.

Countless deep-sea creatures caught in its wake were reduced to dust before they could even scream.

"Ten thousand years... A full ten thousand years!"

The Demon Empress's heart overflowed with hatred. "You took my husband's life, destroyed my clan's hopes, and cut off my path to the heavens!"

"This hatred and grievance cannot be washed away even by draining all the waters of the five lakes and four seas!"

She felt the greater power bestowed by the Golden Ranking, and that trace of Origin of Destruction gave her a glimmer of hope for revenge.

But rather than diminishing her hatred, it was like pouring oil onto raging flames!

"God Realm, Sea God... Hahaha..."

She let out a low, crazed laugh, filled with mockery and venom.

"Why do you get to stand above all others and decide the life and death of every living being? Why was my husband's pursuit of power considered defying the heavens?"

"Tang San, just wait!"

The Demon Empress's will was like the coldest ice spike, piercing through layers of space and pointing straight toward the God Realm.

"Once I completely fuse with this Origin of Destruction, once I unite the power of all sea domains."

"I will tear down your Sea God Palace and destroy the foundation of your faith!"

"I will make sure there is no longer a Sea God in this world!"

Her hatred for Tang San had long surpassed the simple vengeance of losing her husband.

It was an accusation against the injustice of fate.

It was the sole obsession that had sustained her through ten thousand years of endless loneliness and resentment, driving her to seek ever greater power.

To her, the Golden Ranking's reward was not glory.

It was fuel for revenge!

The various human factions.

The Sun Moon Empire, the Holy Spirit Cult, the Body Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, and other factions.

After their initial shock, they quickly accepted the fact as well.

After all, compared to the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, whose Cultivation Years had surged abnormally and whose origins were mysterious.

This Demon Empress from the sea domain seemed somewhat more reasonable to them.

Yet it was precisely this "reasonableness" that made them more clearly realize just how vast and dangerous the Douluo world was.

Beyond the soul beasts on land.

Within the ocean that occupied most of Douluo Continent.

There also existed terrifying beings capable of overturning everything.

The Demon Empress's appearance on the ranking was like another massive boulder from the deep sea being cast into an already turbulent lake.

It stirred up new, even more complicated ripples.

Just then, the Golden Ranking changed once more.

[Douluo Continent Soul Beast Power Ranking, Ninth Place: Sea Princess!]

The ninth line of the Golden Ranking lit up with a dreamlike azure glow.

An elegant, graceful figure appeared.

Her upper body was that of a breathtakingly beautiful woman, while her lower body was a fish tail shimmering with crystalline radiance.

She held a scepter condensed from pure water elements, with melodious singing and the vast aura of the ocean surrounding her.

[Name: Sea Princess]

[Affiliation: Sea Domain (Lord of the Merfolk Clan)]

[Cultivation Years: 600,000 years]

[Bloodline Level: Top-tier (Darling of the Ocean, Merfolk Royal Family)]

[Combat Power Assessment: Commands the Song of the Ocean. Her voice can calm storms or raise devastating tidal waves. Her Spiritual Power is extraordinarily powerful, allowing her to communicate with the Ocean Will. Within the sea domain, she can command boundless water elemental power. She is a true sovereign of the ocean. Comprehensive Assessment: Ninth place.]

[Reward: Merfolk Royal Family bloodline purification, Soul Beast Year Increase of 60,000 years, further expansion of Ocean Authority, and the Talent Divine Ability "Sea God's Hymn"!]

"Another Ruler of the Sea Domain!"

"The Sea Princess of the merfolk clan! Six hundred thousand years of cultivation!"

"Just how many terrifying beings are hidden in the sea domain?"

The Sea Princess's appearance on the ranking once again proved the unfathomable depths of the sea domain.

Two Rulers of the Sea Domain had entered the ranking in succession, both within the top ten.

This made all Land Creatures feel a chill in their hearts.