"Mirage Sea... disappeared?"
Kashel and the several Fishmen behind him stared at the empty sea before them in shock.
"What happened?" Diamant was equally bewildered. Having just broken free from the illusion, he still had no idea what was going on.
The Fishmen were still too stunned to pay him any attention.
Although Mirage Sea was a dangerous place, it was also considered a holy land of the Fishmen!
Once all Fishmen reached adulthood, they would come to Mirage Sea to undergo the baptism ritual, hoping that a Fishman capable of inheriting the Mirage Sea Divine Lord's legacy would emerge. Even if they failed, it was still immensely beneficial for tempering their will.
The Domain Lords present had all been Fishmen who performed exceptionally within the Mirage Sea illusion.
They understood Mirage Sea's importance far better than ordinary Fishmen!
Kashel had come here hoping to see whether he could take Mirage Sea away and use it as the future holy land of the new Fishmen, but he had never expected Mirage Sea to vanish entirely.
"Could it be..."
Remembering that legendary ancestral teaching, Kashel's scalp went numb.
It was said that Mirage Sea's disappearance meant that someone had inherited the Divine Lord's legacy. When the Fishmen saw him, they were to treat him as they would the Divine Lord himself!
"Oh, everyone's here."
Gu Ce, who had returned aboard his spacecraft, greeted the group gathered there.
"You obtained the legacy?"
Kashel's eyes reddened as he suddenly turned to stare at Gu Ce.
Ordinary Fishmen could not possibly have come here. Only these two outsiders who had escaped Sea Abyss were possible candidates, and Diamant had clearly not obtained the legacy!
The Fishmen's ancestral teaching stated that no matter who obtained Mirage Sea's legacy, they had to be regarded as the Divine Lord's disciple, with a status exceeding even that of the Fishmen Clan Leader!
To Ku Hai Divine Lord, his friend's legacy was what truly mattered.
"Yes."
Gu Ce narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the Fishmen warily.
"...Greetings, Divine Lord's disciple." Kashel gritted his teeth and dropped to one knee before Gu Ce.
The other four Domain Lords exchanged glances, then knelt behind their new Clan Leader as well.
"Greetings, Divine Lord's disciple!" *4
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Gu Ce was utterly baffled.
Kashel quickly explained the whole story.
Gu Ce also gained a rough understanding of everything.
He had never expected that, through a strange twist of fate, he would become the highest-ranking figure among the Fishmen, surpassing even their Clan Leader.
"Let me see the Sea Suppressing Pearl," Gu Ce said tentatively.
Kashel did not dare disobey Gu Ce's command and handed over the Sea Suppressing Pearl.
He really was obedient.
Gu Ce gave him a surprised glance.
Taking the Sea Suppressing Pearl, Gu Ce examined it carefully and confirmed something.
The Sea Suppressing Pearl's power had suffered severe loss.
Although such treasures born from secret realms had the possibility of repairing themselves, that required an extremely long time.
At present, the Sea Suppressing Pearl's only remaining function was to enhance comprehension of the Law of Water.
Even if Kashel had not taken it out, after a few hundred years, once the Sea Suppressing Pearl's power had completely dissipated, the Kuhai Divine Kingdom would still naturally collapse. By then, none of the living beings within the Divine Kingdom would survive.
This Sea Suppressing Pearl was of little use to Gu Ce.
But what should he do with the Fishmen?
"What are you planning to do next?" Gu Ce asked directly.
"This..." Kashel turned back and discussed it with the other Fishmen.
Not long afterward, Kashel said, "The ancestral teaching says that seeing someone who has obtained Mirage Sea's legacy is like seeing the Divine Lord himself."
"Our Fishmen have nowhere to go in the outside world. Could we follow you when you leave?" Kashel asked carefully.
This is bad.
Gu Ce slapped his forehead.
Where was he supposed to settle them? There were tens of billions of Fishmen, and every adult was Universe Level. Even if Earth became ten times larger, it would not be enough for such a force to raise hell.
The only thing they lacked was an Immortal existence. Otherwise, they could establish a mid-tier universal civilization on their own.
"How about this?"
Gu Ce waved Diamant over from the side and spoke.
Having received the Mirage Sea Divine Lord's legacy, Gu Ce naturally could not simply abandon these Fishmen.
After thinking it over, the only option was to buy them a galaxy.
A galaxy usually cost between 0.1 and 1 Hunyuan Unit, which was quite cheap for Gu Ce.
"Diamant, does the Cuimu Empire have any vacant galaxies for sale?" Gu Ce asked.
"Yes." Diamant's expression changed as he answered immediately.
"You don't need to buy one. I have a galaxy under my name, but I don't have the ability to take control of it."
"Gu Ce, if you can have these Fishmen help me, they don't need to actually do anything. They only need to stand on my side in name, and I can give that galaxy to the Fishmen as their future territory."
With the Fishmen's help, there would be tens of billions of Universe Level warriors.
If Diamant still could not return to the Cuimu Empire and inherit the throne under those circumstances, then he would be completely useless.
As for not wanting to be emperor?
What a joke. That had only been before he was driven out!
"You all heard that, right?" Gu Ce looked at Kashel and the other Fishmen.
Kashel nodded.
The Fishmen also used the Universal Language, so there was nothing more to say.
"As long as you agree, then it's settled."
Gu Ce clapped his hands and made the decision.
"Since that's the case, prepare to migrate. Cangyuan Hou has already begun making his move, and the Divine Kingdom is about to shatter," Gu Ce said after receiving the message from Hafa.
The group returned to the Fishmen city, while Kashel went to arrange the Fishmen's migration.
With such an enormous number of Fishmen, it was destined that not all of them could migrate. Combined with those unwilling to leave, only a little over ten billion elites would likely be selected in the end. As for the rest, they would be left to fend for themselves.
Meanwhile,
while Kashel was preparing for the migration, Gu Ce and Diamant followed a Domain Lord Fishman named Gongtel into Sea Abyss.
"Lord Divine Disciple," Gongtel asked. "Are all these people to be released?"
"Yes." Gu Ce nodded.
There was no point in keeping them imprisoned. They could simply be released.
Bai Zhou and the others in the prison were soon freed.
"Brother Gu Ce, did you become the boss of the Fishmen?" Seeing the Domain Lord Level Gongtel standing respectfully behind Gu Ce, Xie Peng clicked his tongue in disbelief.
One had to know that even the Blue Silver Clan only had a few Domain Lords. They were normally figures he could never hope to meet!
"How could that be?" Gu Ce denied it repeatedly.
Xie Peng wore an expression that said he had already seen through everything and did not continue pressing the matter.
"Gu Ce, these Fishmen are Divine Kingdom Humans," Bai Zhou subtly reminded him.
Moreover, they were humans from the Divine Kingdom of an Immortal hostile to humanity.
"Don't worry," Gu Ce said.
Diamant's ancestor would settle everything.
Bai Zhou nodded. Since Gu Ce was confident, he said nothing more. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
Having witnessed Gu Ce's talent, all he wanted now was to return and enter seclusion. He would not come out until he had broken through to the realm of one hundred Time Phantoms!
Next, Kashel selected more than ten billion elite Fishmen. With Cangyuan Hou's help, they returned to the Ku Hai Secret Realm together with Gu Ce and the others.
Then Diamant crushed a talisman and contacted his ancestor.
After his ancestor stepped forward and reached some unknown agreement with Cangyuan Hou, the Fishmen successfully migrated to a galaxy within the Cuimu Empire.
Diamant's ancestor invited Gu Ce to visit the Cuimu Empire, but Gu Ce politely declined.
He still had one more matter to handle.
"Gu Ce, are you willing to sell this Sea Suppressing Pearl to my teacher?" Hafa repeatedly confirmed that Gu Ce was not joking.
"Of course. This thing is no help to me." Gu Ce nodded.
Now that the Sea Suppressing Pearl was in his hands, he naturally would not return it to the Fishmen. In any case, it was already of little use.
"My teacher says that although the Sea Suppressing Pearl is damaged, it can still possibly be repaired. He is willing to offer something in exchange."
A moment later, Hafa raised his head again.
"What?" Gu Ce asked.
"A Star-Eating Grass Sapling." Hafa spoke slowly, his tone full of amazement.
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