Another two years passed in the blink of an eye. By then, the Gu Ding Pirate Crew had been missing without a trace for three years.
No one knew where Gu Ding and the others had gone. Over those three years, no one on any Administrative Star had seen the Gu Ding Pirate Crew's ship or any member of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew. It was as though they had completely vanished from the world.
In truth, the Gu Ding Pirate Crew's Dream had remained docked at the entrance to the Nineteenth Layer of Purgatory.
Over those three years, Sea Emperor captured several savage beasts from Purgatory, extracted their genes, fused them with his clones, and then continuously threw the new clones into Purgatory to kill, devour, and evolve.
As a result, Purgatory had been plunged into utter misery for the past three years. Though it had never been peaceful before, after several of Sea Emperor's clones entered, the entire Purgatory practically descended into a frenzy. The number of killings and deaths each day was several times greater than before.
Yet after three years, Sea Emperor had successfully cultivated two Dominator Realm clones. One had advanced to the Dominator Realm through slaughter, while the other had advanced through devouring. Three other clones remained stuck at the Flawless Realm, unable to complete their breakthroughs.
As for Sea Emperor's true body, he had not been idle over the past three years either. With the various insights gained by his clones, he had long since broken through to the Flawless Realm, but he was still one step away from advancing to the Dominator Realm.
On this day, Sea Emperor was studying his experimental data, trying to make his two Dominator Realm clones stronger, when a knock suddenly came at the door.
The one