Battle the Demon Empress! Invincible Under Heaven!

[You and Du Busi, the "bandit master and disciple," were practically unstoppable in the sea!]

[Wherever you went, not a blade of grass remained!]

[The Sea Princess Clan? Wiped out! You packed up all their precious deep-sea ores!]

[The Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan? Wiped out too! You even took the money they'd stashed in the coral reefs!]

[You were like two greedy giant beasts, ransacking every Ferocious Beast treasure trove in the ocean.]

[But spend long enough by the river, and sooner or later your shoes get wet.]

[In a forbidden zone deep beneath the sea, you ran into a real iron wall.]

[A Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, so enormous it blotted out the sky, radiating purple-black demonic energy!]

[Your "Epitaph" went wild with warnings. The red danger signals nearly burst off the screen!]

[You instantly identified her: the Demon Empress!]

[The terrifying being who had inherited a million years of cultivation from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and had even taken half a step into godhood!]

[Faced with an opponent of this caliber, any normal person would have run.]

[But you were different. You didn't run—you licked your lips, your eyes blazing with fighting spirit.]

["Master, get her!"]

["You got it!"]

[BOOM—!]

[The battle erupted!]

[You and Du Busi simultaneously activated your Gold-grade Second Awakening!]

[Two golden giants clashed furiously with the purple-black demonic shadow in the depths, evaporating the seawater and leveling underwater mountain ranges!]

[But what you hadn't expected was that the Demon Empress's health bar was absurdly thick!]

[Even after using every trick you had, including King Crimson's Time Erasure, you could only just manage to fight her to a draw!]

[So this was the power of a demigod? Terrifying!]

["This one's too tough. Time to blow this joint!"]

[When your attacks failed to break through, you wisely decided to admit defeat.]

[Using the gap created by Time Erasure, you grabbed Du Busi and fled a thousand miles in an instant.]

[The Demon Empress didn't pursue. She remained where she was, watching the direction you'd gone, a trace of wariness in her eyes.]

[That human brat who could control time was too bizarre. If it came down to a fight to the death, she wasn't confident she'd make it out unscathed.]

[Inside a hidden underwater cave.]

[Du Busi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still shaken. "Good grief, there's a monster like that lurking in the ocean? I nearly bought it back there."]

[You were a little shaken too. You'd definitely gotten carried away this time. The Demon Empress was even stronger than you'd expected.]

[After a brief rest, you continued cultivating.]

[Several months later, you completed the Soul Ring Configuration for your Second Martial Soul, "Epitaph."]

[Your Soul Power also broke through to Super Douluo level 98!]

[Watching the six Soul Rings rise beneath your feet, Du Busi had gone numb.]

[This was the configuration of your Second Martial Soul.]

[Orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, red, red, red!]

[Three Ferocious Beast Soul Rings! Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!]

[How could this be called a Soul Ring Configuration? You might as well have carved the word "invincible" right onto your forehead!]

[Du Busi even thought that at your age, even Sea God Tang San would probably have to kneel and call you "Dad."]

[Your trip through the ocean had been bountiful.]

[You'd become the ocean's cleanup crew, practically ransacking every high-tier Ferocious Beast in the deep sea.]

[If you hadn't been wary of the unfathomable Demon Empress—the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife—you might even have razed the Demon Whale Sea Area.]

[With your haul of spoils in tow, you prepared to return to the Body Sect, enter seclusion to condense your Third Soul Core, and break through to the supreme realm of Limit Douluo, level 99!]

[By then, both the Demon Empress and the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign would become stepping-stones on your path to godhood.]

[However, on the way back, your brow began to throb.]

[Epitaph—fatal danger warning!]

[The scene before your eyes shattered, revealing a grim vision of the future:]

[On the only route back to the Body Sect, the sky split open, and two burly men radiating the aura of divine attendants descended from above.]

[They were the two guardian gods of the Clear Sky Sect—Da Ming and Er Ming!]

[To protect you, your master, Du Busi, burned away his life force. In the end, he self-destructed under their assault, leaving no body behind!]

[The vision faded, and you broke out in a cold sweat.]

["Tang San! You conniving bastard!"]

[You immediately understood: that "pure and noble" God King in the Divine Realm had grown impatient and sent his subordinates down to kill you.]

["If you won't leave me a way out, then I'll flip the table!"]

[A ruthless glint flashed through your eyes.]

[Returning to the Body Sect meant certain death, and it would drag the sect into the mess as well. In that case, you'd go somewhere even the Clear Sky Sect wouldn't dare stir up trouble lightly!]

[The Star Dou Great Forest!]

[It was time to enjoy that delicious soft life!]

[You promptly changed course and headed straight for the Star Dou Great Forest, with a thoroughly confused Du Busi in tow.]

[As soon as you entered the mixed zone, a crimson figure blocked your path.]

[The Scarlet King!]

[Behind it stood a young woman in a golden gown, beautiful and spirited.]

[The Scarlet King recognized you at a glance and was just about to bare its teeth when it was stunned to find that even it, a Ferocious Beast, trembled at the aura you gave off!]

["It's you!"]

[The golden-haired girl saw you, and her usually aloof face instantly lit up with a radiant smile. Ignoring the Scarlet King's attempts to stop her, she ran straight over to you.]

[The Emperor Auspicious Beast had taken human form—Di Qiu'er!]

[You didn't hide anything and immediately explained that a god-level powerhouse was hunting you.]

["How dare they! Who would dare lay a hand on you?"]

[Di Qiu'er's brows shot up as she boldly stepped in to protect her man—er, her friend. "Come! Follow me to the core region! Let's see who dares make trouble at the Lake of Life!"]

[Du Busi and the Scarlet King exchanged bewildered glances, question marks practically popping over their heads.]

[Du Busi: Disciple, when did you get cozy with the princess of the Soul Beast Realm? This soft life you're living... is anything but soft!]

[Scarlet King: It's over. Someone really is about to make off with our cabbage!]

[With Di Qiu'er insisting—and given your terrifying strength—the Scarlet King could only grit its teeth and lead you to the Lake of Life.]

[In the core region, on the shore of the Lake of Life.]

[A middle-aged man in a black robe, broad-shouldered and imposing, stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze as deep as an abyss.]

[The Beast God, Di Tian!]

[When he saw Di Qiu'er following behind you like a newlywed bride, the face of the continent's strongest powerhouse darkened instantly.]

["Human! How dare you bewitch the Auspicious Beast! You'll die for this!"]

[Di Tian was furious! The terrifying pressure of an eighty-hundred-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King instantly locked onto you!]