Xiao Bai: I Refuse to Go to War with Humans!

Even the Sea Soul Beasts belonging to the Neutral Faction simultaneously put physical distance between themselves and the Sea Princess and the Merfolk Race.

They had joined the Neutral Faction only because they did not want to get involved in the Ocean War. That did not mean they intended to remain neutral in a conflict between races.

Hesitation in a racial struggle was not the right thing to do.

Even most members of the Merfolk Race looked at the Sea Princess with reproachful and suspicious gazes at that moment—at their clan leader, the sovereign of the Merfolk Race, and the foremost spiritual powerhouse among Sea Soul Beasts.

They were reproachful because Beast God had personally bestowed such a rare opportunity. Why would their Majesty not lead them in resolutely following him?

After all, the Merfolk Race had suffered the most among Sea Soul Beast clans at human hands. Merfolk Tears were priceless in human society, coveted by human nobles. Behind all that extravagant luxury were the blood and tears shed dry by the Merfolk Race!

What they found suspicious was that ten thousand years ago, their Majesty had not hesitated in launching a Sea Soul Beast Tide against humanity, nearly fighting to the death.

It had to be understood that ten thousand years ago, the Merfolk Race still belonged to Sea God's faction, and Sea God had still manifested miracles in the mortal world, proving that the God Realm still existed then. Yet the Sea Soul Beast Tide had still been launched at the Sea Princess's summons.

Why had she become so hesitant now?

Perhaps only the merfolk princess, the Sea Princess's eldest daughter, understood why her mother was silent and conflicted.

The merfolk princess looked at her mother, her eyes shimmering with spiritual light, her heart filled with anxiety. Mother, you need to make a decision quickly. Otherwise, once we become targets of public criticism, we will become enemies of the entire ocean.

The Sea Princess lowered her gaze, seeming afraid to look at any Soul Beast, and even more afraid to look at her own people. Her heart was tormented.

Of course, she could not possibly side with the human race. Just as she had done before, even when she belonged to Sea God's faction and had Human Gods riding above her head, she had still launched beast tides without hesitation and sought revenge against humanity.

But she had her own difficulties.

Di Tian would lead the Soul Beast race in seizing living space from humans—but then what?

Would they stop after successfully seizing enough living space? Was that possible?!

As a former divine beast of the God Realm and the Dragon God's chief guard, Di Tian bore an irreconcilable blood feud against the current God Realm. Having finally waited for the God Realm to lose contact with the mortal world, how could he possibly give up such a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity?

It could be said that this era was the Soul Beast race's only chance at revival!

Granted, human gods were arrogant and would not take seriously a Soul Beast race whose path to godhood had been cut off. But that did not mean those lofty gods did not care about their dignity.

If the God Realm returned one day and discovered a group of Soul Beasts challenging its authority, the Soul Beast race would undoubtedly be left without even a place to bury their bones.

Of course, that alone was not enough to stop the Sea Princess. With her race weakened to this extent, rather than die without dignity in slowly warming water, it was better to make one last desperate gamble.

Her only obstacle, her only hesitation, her only hardship, was her daughter Li Ya—her most beloved youngest daughter.

Ten thousand years ago, Li Ya had become the soul spirit of Sea God Tang San's son-in-law, the new Emotion God Huo Yuhao, and then ascended to the God Realm.

When Sea God's miracles could still manifest normally, she could contact the God Realm through Sea God Island and catch a glimpse of her youngest daughter.

But now, if she followed Di Tian in challenging the gods' authority, then should they fail, she did not dare imagine what kind of repercussions Li Ya in the God Realm would suffer.

Her own death meant nothing, especially if she died fighting for her people. But she truly could not bear to let her youngest daughter suffer again.

Back then, Li Ya had barely managed to break through the hundred-thousand-year limit, only to be captured by humans and nearly tormented to death.

Later, she had finally become a soul spirit and preserved her life. She had even ascended to the God Realm and gained immortality, believing that light had returned after darkness.

Yet Li Ya had told her that the gods of the God Realm greatly disliked Soul Beasts who had ascended, even those who had become soul spirits.

Even if they could leave their soul spirit bodies, they would be restricted everywhere in the God Realm and could only remain attached to Huo Yuhao.

The Sea Princess could even imagine that once she betrayed the Human Gods, her youngest daughter Li Ya would likely be torn to pieces by those Human Gods who already despised Soul Beasts.

But throughout her life, she had not had only her youngest daughter.

Within this sea, she also had her eldest daughter, her many merfolk clansmen, and the race that had suffered for so many years.

Could she truly make a decision? She had to choose one of two paths; she had to cut off one of her two arms.

A living heart could only be split in two upon death!

That was the sole reason she had always been so constrained.

Everything she had done during the long-lasting Ocean War had also been because of this.

Back then, one of her primary reasons for saving Xiao Bai of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, as well as the Demon Soul Great White Sharks' last surviving remnants, had been to protect Li Ya, her daughter in the God Realm, who was attached to Sea God Tang San's son-in-law.

However, the Ocean War had been an internal conflict among Sea Soul Beasts, and she could still barely suppress it with her rapidly advancing strength.

Now, this was a life-or-death struggle between races, something she had no power to stop at all.

One careless wrong word could cause not only her, but even her entire race, to be branded traitors and plunged into a state of eternal damnation.

Just as the Sea Princess hesitated and struggled helplessly, Xiao Bai of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks suddenly cut in.

"No!"

"I do not agree with the Soul Beast race going to war with humanity!"

"I absolutely do not agree."

The countless beastly gazes that had been gathered on the Sea Princess all turned toward the source of the voice—Xiao Bai of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.

Some were scrutinizing, some enraged, some bloodthirsty...

Xiao Bai did not care about those gazes in the slightest. Who was she? A god's mount, one that had been ridden by a god. Her status was so noble—how could those ordinary beasts around her compare? Naturally, she would not care about the stares of ordinary beasts, because she looked down on them from the bottom of her heart.

She spoke now only because, when Sea God returned in the future, he would still need a vast number of Sea Soul Beasts to provide Power of Faith. She simply did not want these Sea Soul Beasts to follow Di Tian to their deaths.

This world was inherently biased toward humanity. The first Sea God, Poseidon, had been human. The second Sea God, Tang San, had inherited Sea God's divine position, defeated Angel God and Rakshasa God, and ascended to the God Realm with seven gods. His talent was unmatched throughout history. As Sea God's mount, Xiao Bai shared in that glory.

Now, humanity was overwhelmingly powerful. Even if Beast God Di Tian, the strongest of the Soul Beast race, rose up in resistance, he would likely meet a disastrous defeat.

As one of Sea God's representatives in the mortal world, Xiao Bai believed she had both the right and the duty to order the Sea Soul Beasts to stop at the brink and turn back.

Then, she began speaking at length with lofty rhetoric.

"I know everyone is furious because your former clansmen and old friends were slaughtered by humans."