Setting Out for the Continent! The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Treasure

The remaining four slots can be filled slowly later, whether by seeking out stronger candidates or reserving them for Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King—though that's just a preliminary idea for now.

"That settles it, then. We won't consider Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts from the ocean for the time being."

The sea's surface area far exceeds the land by several times, and very few human Soul Masters venture into the ocean to hunt soul beasts. As a result, sea soul beasts enjoy far better living and developmental conditions than their land counterparts, naturally leading to a greater number of powerful ones.

Ye Wen could say with certainty that there were more Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beasts in the sea than on land, but he also knew they wouldn't be particularly strong.

That was because many powerful sea soul beasts had been devoured by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King back in the day. The reason the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had managed to cultivate to nearly a million years was precisely because it had consumed so many mighty sea soul beasts.

There might be some with several hundred thousand years of cultivation, but they would surely be far from its territory, making them extremely troublesome to find—and not necessarily locatable at all.

For now, it was best to focus directly on land soul beasts.

Pulling his thoughts back, Ye Wen said to Xiao Bai, "First, use your Power of Transformation to take human form. Then get ready to come with me and Evil Tiger to the mainland."

"As for your clan, I'll arrange a suitable sea area for them."

"I understand, King."

Xiao Bai complied with Ye Wen's orders and began to transform.

Before long, Xiao Bai completed her transformation.

Ye Wen checked Xiao Bai's humanoid form information panel.

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[Demon Soul Great White Shark Xiao Bai Humanoid Form]

[Age: Six years old]

[Martial Soul: Top-grade Beast Martial Soul, Demon Soul Great White Shark]

[Soul Power: Level 10]

[Soul Rings: None. (Currently able to condense First Soul Ring.)]

[Soul Bones: Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark Right Arm Bone, Skill One: Demon Shark's Tooth, Skill Two: Despair Light Wave.]

[External Soul Bone: None]

Ye Wen promptly dismissed the attribute panel. It was exactly as he had expected, with no discrepancies.

He took a look at Xiao Bai's human appearance and was unexpectedly impressed—it struck him as quite stunning.

She had long silver-white hair, grayish-blue eyes, snow-white skin, and a high, straight nose bridge. She was very distinctive, possessing a special kind of exotic beauty.

Though she was only six years old, it was clear that when she grew up, she would likely be a goddess-level beauty.

"Not bad."

Ye Wen withdrew his gaze and said, "Xiao Bai, now condense your First Soul Ring."

"Yes!"

Xiao Bai immediately followed his instructions and began to condense her soul ring. The ring appeared, shifting from white to yellow, and ultimately settled at the Hundred-Year Level, five hundred years. Her soul power also reached Level 13.

"Xiao Bai, what is your First Soul Skill?" Ye Wen asked.

Xiao Bai explained, "King, my First Soul Skill is an Agility Attack type skill called Demon Shark Stealth. No matter where I am, even on hard land, I can move as swiftly as a shark gliding through the ocean and strike the enemy!"

"Oh? An Agility Attack soul skill." Ye Wen pondered. Speaking of it, the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan, while not as strong in combat as the Evil Spirit Orca Clan, was very fast. He guessed, "Xiao Bai, it seems you're different from me and Evil Tiger. You should be an Agility Attack System Soul Master."

"That's not a bad thing. If all three of us were Strength Attack System, I'd actually think that wasn't ideal."

After that, Ye Wen had the Evil Spirit Orca Group continue inhabiting their original sea area, while the Demon Soul Great White Shark Group was sent to live in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale's domain.

Now that everything was ready, it was time for Ye Wen to leave the sea and head to the mainland.

"Evil Tiger, Xiao Bai, let's set off!" Ye Wen said with a hint of a smile, carrying a mix of excitement and anticipation as he swiftly swam away from this stretch of ocean.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Evil Orca King, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King—the Three Ocean Overlords.

Ye Wen in the middle, Evil Tiger on the right, Xiao Bai on the left. They swam side by side at tremendous speed, heading straight toward the mainland.

"The mainland, here we come!"

"Hahahaha! King, I'm getting excited! The mainland—I'm very interested." Evil Tiger laughed boisterously.

"Evil Tiger, I'm warning you now: once we're on the mainland, no random killing."

"I understand, King."

Several days later.

Ye Wen, Evil Tiger, and Xiao Bai finally neared the edge of the mainland. They chose an uninhabited stretch of shore far from any docks to go ashore.

"Alright, to avoid being seen by humans, let's transform here and swim ashore."

"Good."

All three transformed simultaneously into human forms.

Three six-year-old human children thus appeared on the sea, swimming swiftly toward the coast. They changed into clothes and walked up onto the sandy beach.

As a Million Year Cultivation Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, he had lived for hundreds of thousands of years. Countless humans had died at his hands, so he naturally possessed all kinds of treasures. Space Soul Tools? He had far too many of them.

By casually searching through these Space Soul Tools, Ye Wen could easily find several sets of clothes for a six-year-old child—though some were old, worn, or even not very good-looking.

Of course, aside from Space Soul Tools, there were also various tool-type and life-assistance Soul Tools, such as boat-type Soul Tools similar to the Dragon Abyss Boat.

There were also Carriage Soul Tools that could walk on their own, lamps that never went out, beds that aided sleep, stools that could shrink or enlarge at will, Refining Furnaces for crafting weapons and armor, and pots for cooking ingredients.

In short, there were several hundred various life-utility Soul Tools in total.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King seemed to have a hobby of collecting these Soul Tools, yet not a single one could enhance strength or assist in battle. This could not be blamed on him.

Because the development of Soul Tools on the Douluo Continent had never advanced in that direction. It was the Sun Moon Continent that utilized Soul Tools for combat, and it would collide with the Douluo Continent over four thousand years in the future.

As for now, even the crafting techniques for life-assistance Soul Tools had been lost on the Douluo Continent.

Thus, every single Soul Tool could be considered a treasure, and the Soul Coins were beyond counting.

In other words, the moment Ye Wen first stepped into the human world, he was already wealthy enough to rival a nation.

Of course, aside from Soul Tools, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King also possessed over a hundred Soul Bones, among which there were as many as ten at the Hundred Thousand Year Level.

There were over fifty Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and the rest were almost all Thousand-Year Soul Bones, with virtually none at the hundred-year level.

These Soul Bones were all dropped back then when the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King frantically devoured other Sea Soul Beasts to rapidly increase his cultivation, and he had collected every single one.

But the most frustrating part was that all these Soul Bones were stored inside a Space Soul Tool, and that Soul Tool was actually damaged—now it couldn't be opened!

Ye Wen had to find someone who understood how to craft Soul Tools to repair it before he could retrieve the Soul Bones inside.

(Author's note: Although the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's possessions are a power-up I set for the protagonist, I think the logic is still reasonable. That whale lived for so long, he must have killed many humans and countless soul beasts—there's no way Soul Bones wouldn't drop. And a Hundred Thousand Year Level beast always drops one.)

(If someone says, why didn't Tang San get any when he killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the original? Simple—he might not have been carrying them on him. He could have stored them in the sea region where he lived.)

(Also, I'll mention here: since this is a fanfic and everyone is reading a fanfic, fanfic is fanfic, original is original. Some settings will be changed. For example, in this story, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King has no wife, the Demon Emperor, or a daughter named Lan Fo'er.)