Purple Pearl Escorts Them Through Perilous Waters, Dragon Abyss Boat Bears Them to Sea God Island

By the docks of Purple Pearl Island, the pirate crew's flagship, the Pearl, had raised its black sails patterned with purple markings. Zi Zhenzhu stood by the helm herself, a curved saber slung at her waist, looking more solemn than usual. "Sit tight! This route may be short, but it demands even more caution than the Demon Whale Sea Domain—Sea God Island's rules cannot be violated in the slightest."

Lin Zhixia held Xiao Wu's body, which could now lean against her shoulder on its own, her fingertips lightly brushing the seawater along the hull. Within her Star Breath Perception, the currents were flowing toward a place suffused with sacred Soul Power, faintly resonating with the glow of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Tang San rested the Dragon Abyss Boat on his knees, his fingers tracing the watery patterns on its surface. "Thank you for personally guiding us, Chief Zi Zhenzhu."

"Just call me Zi Zhenzhu!" She smiled as she turned the wheel. The Pearl sliced through the sea and sped southeast. During the voyage, Zi Zhenzhu simply had a wooden table brought to the center of the deck and spread out a yellowed sea chart. Dense symbols had been marked across it in cinnabar—the detailed map of the waters surrounding Sea God Island.

"Look here." She pointed to an area at the edge of the chart covered in shark totems, rapping it heavily with her finger. "From here on, it is Sea God Island's 'warning zone.' Hundreds of Demon Soul Great White Sharks lurk beneath the water. These fellows aren't ordinary sea soul beasts—their bodies exceed ten meters at the thousand-year level, their teeth can bite through Deep Sea Iron, and their strength rivals that of ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts. Not to mention the king of their pack, a Hundred