Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Sea God Authority
- 6.2Divine Power Infusion
- 6.3Divine Healing
- 6.4Divine Perception and Battlefield Command
- 6.5Spatial Movement and Covert Operations
- 6.6Combat Capability
- 7Equipment / Sacred Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 10Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | High Priest (大祭司) |
| Alias(es) | Conch High Priest; Conch Venerable (a later holder) 372 |
| Affiliation | Sea God Island; Sea God. The island later fell outside Tang San’s control through soul-beast infiltration. 473 501 |
| Occupation/Role | Supreme priestly authority of Sea God Island; guardian of the sacred land; overseer of Sacred Pillar inheritance and divine decrees. Later, the office was reduced to a nominal position after the Demon Empress seized the island’s real authority. A subsequent depiction shows the officeholder directing military deployments, restricting communications, and secretly ordering the elimination of two guardians. 241 234 428 560 |
| Status | Active office. A white-bearded former holder died after appointing Coral Douluo as successor; later records identify a female Conch High Priest who secretly resisted the Demon Empress’s control. By the North Sea–East Sea crisis, a High Priest referred to with male pronouns presided over the island’s council, but his identity and succession relationship to the earlier holders are not specified. 284 285 372 428 560 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 54 |
Power Progression
| Period | Power / Position | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Former High Priest | Rank 98 Super Douluo | Personally led Sea God Island’s forces against Kraken and wielded the Sea God Scepter. 123 |
| Sea God Island defensive period | Enhanced divine resonance | His resonance with Sea God Island deepened after the Sacred Pillars departed, allowing him to draw directly upon the sacred land, accumulated faith, and Sea God’s power. 236 239 |
| Defense of Sea God Island | Temporarily exceeded ordinary mortal limits | By burning his origin and overdrawing the sacred land’s foundation while wielding a divine artifact, he temporarily gained the strength to suppress the Demon Empress in their home-ground battle. 283 |
| Coral Douluo’s succession | High Priest office transferred | The dying former holder entrusted the Sea God Scepter and High Priesthood to Coral Douluo. 284 285 |
| Conch High Priest era | Cultivation unconfirmed | The later female holder commanded nine personally loyal Title Douluo and retained access to Sea God Island’s intelligence network, secret passages, and High Priest authority despite the Demon Empress’s infiltration. 372 428 429 |
| North Sea–East Sea crisis | Council leadership and operational authority; cultivation unconfirmed | The officeholder commanded Sacred Pillar deployments, assigned Coral control of communications, and secretly sent Giant Claw Crab and Crayfish after Sea Star and Sea Spear with orders to leave no traces. No new cultivation rank or explicit succession is given. 560 |
Background / History
The High Priest leads Sea God Island’s religious and military hierarchy, standing above the Sacred Pillar Guardians. The position oversees the Sacred Pillars, which preserve the island’s foundation and enable communication with the Sea God’s divine power. When a poisonous legacy threatened Xiaobai and devastated several Sea God Island powerhouses, the High Priest—then in seclusion—ordered that Xiaobai be kept alive regardless of cost. 54
The former High Priest subsequently directed Sea God Island’s response to Kraken’s repeated provocations. He personally joined operations against the deep-sea beast and, following Kraken’s escape, trusted the Evil Orca King Huben’s report that he had driven Kraken into the God-Burial Sea Abyss. The High Priest rewarded Huben with three Sea God Blessings, access to the Sea Heart Spring, and reduced tribute obligations while ordering intensified surveillance of the outer seas. 239 248 250
After the continental war and the collapse of faith across the mainland, the High Priest reported the situation to Sea God Tang San. In response to the Sea God’s decree, the High Priest dispatched the seven Sacred Pillar Guardians to suppress Evil Soul Masters, stabilize order, and observe Ye Qingning, while remaining on Sea God Island to guard the sacred land. 234
Following the deaths of Begonia Douluo, Halberd Douluo, and Sea Cucumber Douluo, the High Priest initiated the Sacred Pillar Divine Selection to restore the island’s depleted guardians. Kraken disrupted the ceremony by erasing three candidates, after which the High Priest failed to locate the attacker and imposed the island’s highest level of martial law. After further internal reorganization, he expelled the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan for its manipulation by Kraken. The inheritance was eventually renewed through Crayfish Douluo, Dolphin Douluo, and Leaf Sheep Douluo. 241 255 256
During the restoration rites, the High Priest explained Sea God Island’s inherited belief that Kraken was a divine trial connected to the Sea God’s future inheritor. He disclosed that previous generations had suffered catastrophic losses trying to eliminate Kraken, including a rank 99 High Priest and seven Sacred Pillars who had failed to kill him thousands of years earlier. He also relayed an ancient conjecture that Kraken may have gained strength by devouring his own kin. 256 257
The ancient extermination campaign was preserved in the High Priests’ oral tradition and closely guarded texts. According to the account, the rank 99 holder used himself as bait in a trap for Kraken roughly six thousand years earlier. Three guardians died, the remaining four were gravely wounded, and the High Priest nearly perished, while the wounded Kraken escaped. The “living trial” explanation was an interpretation of that defeat rather than a confirmed divine revelation; later leaders avoided another all-out extermination attempt partly out of fear of interfering with divine design. 256
Unknown to the former High Priest, Coral Douluo and Sea Swallow Douluo had already been infiltrated or manipulated by Kraken. His trust in Huben, Coral, and Sea Swallow therefore left Sea God Island’s defense and succession vulnerable to internal betrayal. 250 256 283
When Coral Douluo sought to resign out of guilt over Dolphin Douluo’s death, the High Priest refused, directing Coral to turn guilt into resolve and continue protecting Sea God Island. Soon afterward, the High Priest received another divine oracle: receive Shrek Academy, grant divine trials, and stabilize the Sea God’s faith anchor points on the continent. 271
The High Priest also anticipated Shrek’s reaction to Xuan Ye’s death. He authorized carefully limited disclosures concerning supposed connections between guardian soul beasts and Evil Soul Masters, while insisting that the resulting conflict not be directed entirely toward Sea God Island. Privately, he feared that receiving Shrek might invite a hostile force into the sacred land and that divine trials could be perceived as control or exploitation. Nevertheless, he suppressed his doubts and continued executing the oracle. 271 272
To prepare the remaining Sacred Pillars for the urgent mission, the High Priest employed Divine Power Infusion, forcing Coral, Sea Swallow, Conch, and Leaf Sheep from rank 95 to rank 98. The infusion succeeded, but visibly drained the High Priest, who needed pills and prolonged recovery afterward. 273 274
During the assault on Sea God Island, the High Priest prioritized Mu Yun’s divine trial while coordinating the island-wide defense. He used Sea God’s power to purge poison mist, heal defenders, and destroy dangerous soul beasts before personally confronting the Demon Empress. In the final battle, he fought the Demon Empress while relying on the island’s home-field advantage and a divine artifact. Di Tian and the Demon Empress then launched a coordinated surprise attack, inflicting fatal wounds. Before dying, the High Priest named Coral Douluo as the next High Priest. 280 281 282 283 284
Coral Douluo formally inherited the Sea God Scepter and assumed the High Priesthood in the immediate aftermath. He placed Sea God Island’s hopes in Mu Yun’s completion of the divine trial while attempting to preserve the surviving Sacred Pillars and the sacred land. 285
Coral’s administration also became a means of legitimizing benefits supplied through Kraken’s arrangements. Kraken offered the cooperating guardians powerful Soul Bones, exceptional soul rings for their descendants, and the prospect of hereditary influence extending even to the High Priesthood. Plans were proposed to disguise these advantages as accidental discoveries or training-expedition rewards, authenticated through the High Priest’s authority and Sacred Pillar witnesses. Coral subsequently distributed compatible Soul Bones to colleagues, earning praise for the new High Priest’s apparent generosity and fairness. 287 288 289
Coral, Sea Swallow, Sea Turtle, and Conch guarded Mu Yun’s trial altar for several months. Mu Yun ultimately completed the trial with five black and four red soul rings and reached rank 97, with combat strength described as sufficient to contend with a rank 99 Limit Douluo. 292
A later holder, the Conch High Priest, received Shrek representatives investigating Blue King and promptly mobilized Sea God Island’s intelligence network. Although she retained the title’s ceremonial authority, she later revealed that the Demon Empress had infiltrated Sea God Island and deprived her of real control, leaving her to secretly cultivate a force of loyal Title Douluo. 372 427 428
Separately, Tang San selected Huo Yuhao as a prospective inheritor of the Sea God’s High Priesthood, intending to preserve his diminishing mortal-world faith through a new representative. His attempt to guide Huo Yuhao toward Shrek was interrupted by the God of Destruction’s scrutiny, and Huo Yuhao deviated from the intended path. This was a divine plan for future succession, not an actual appointment to the office. 400
When Titan returned severely injured after acting on incomplete East Sea intelligence, the Conch High Priest admitted that she had concealed information, though she maintained that she did not know the Ancient Giant Octopus’s true identity. She subsequently sought an alliance with Titan against the Demon Empress, offering evidence of the infiltration and committing nine loyal Title Douluo to the operation. 427 428
The Conch High Priest provided Titan with Sea God Dew to restore his strength and led him through Sea God Island’s hidden passages for a night raid on the Demon Empress’s secret chamber. Her assassination plan was compromised by Huben and three traitors; Huben killed four Title Douluo immediately, prompting the High Priest to order Sea Wolf, Halberd Douluo, Crayfish Douluo, Sea Spear, and Giant Claw to contain him. 429 430
Tang San later explicitly told Niu Tian that Sea God Island had betrayed him, was no longer under his control, and had long been infiltrated by soul beasts. He warned Niu Tian against going there to retrieve Titan because doing so could either expose Titan or lead to Niu Tian’s death. In a subsequent discussion with Tang Hao, Tang San identified Kraken’s secret takeover of Sea God Island as an early step in dismantling his mortal-world foundations and competing for faith. These statements establish the island’s broader loss of allegiance without specifying the fate of the Conch High Priest after the night raid. 473 501
During the later North Sea–East Sea crisis, the High Priest convened the island’s council while Sea Swallow was on assignment in the East Sea. He reported that a million Hundred-Thousand-Year Iron-Backed Swordfish had gathered in the North Sea and interpreted their movement as a diversion for the Deep Sea Army’s attack on the East Sea. Sea Star and Sea Spear volunteered to reinforce the eastern front, and he sent them to delay the enemy until he could respond. 560
After the two guardians departed, the High Priest issued a different set of private instructions: Sea Turtle was to send the island’s families to defend the West Sea, Coral was to control communications, and Giant Claw Crab and Crayfish were to pursue the departing guardians and leave no traces. The latter assignment was an order to eliminate Sea Star and Sea Spear, not simply reinforce them. While traveling, Sea Star began questioning the High Priest’s muted response to the North Sea’s fall and Eve’s death, as well as the suspicious resemblance between the new guardians’ titles and known sea creatures. The passage does not identify this officeholder by personal name or explain his relationship to the earlier Conch administration. 560
Appearance
Different holders of the title are depicted across the story.
- The former High Priest was an elderly man with white hair and beard, a benevolent but dignified face, snow-white robes, and the Sea God Scepter in hand. 234 275
- The later Conch High Priest is a woman of indeterminate age in an ornate sea-blue priestess robe, with a gentle face and eyes described as deep as the ocean. 372
- By Titan’s first visit to Sea God Island, the female officeholder appeared greatly aged and exhausted, with fully white hair, deep wrinkles, clouded eyes, and faded Sea God patterns on her white robe. 415
- The officeholder’s presence is associated with vast faith power and resonance with Sea God Mountain or Sea God Island. 236 372
- The High Priest presiding over the later North Sea–East Sea council is referred to with male pronouns, but the scene supplies no distinctive physical description. 560
Personality
The former High Priest is resolute, demanding, and deeply committed to Sea God Island’s survival. He could be compassionate toward wounded allies, but treated retreat from duty as cowardice; his guidance to Coral Douluo emphasized responsibility, vengeance, and atonement rather than absolution. 271 276
He was also pragmatic in crisis. He accepted the risks of forcibly advancing the Sacred Pillars, ordered withdrawal rather than reckless battle if Kraken intercepted them, and entrusted Coral with leadership even while dying. 273 274 284
His public certainty concealed substantial exhaustion and doubt. He recognized the gap between divine expectations and the practical dangers faced by mortal servants, but believed that Sea God Island’s backbone could not be the first to collapse. His handling of Shrek also showed a willingness to manage information and redirect blame for political protection. 271 272
The later Conch High Priest is notably controlled and guarded. She deals calmly with visitors and commands the island’s intelligence apparatus efficiently, but concealed crucial information from Titan before proposing cooperation with him. 372 427 428
Despite her compromised position, the Conch High Priest is determined to restore Sea God Island’s former independence. She was willing to risk an open confrontation with the Demon Empress, recruit Titan as an outside ally, and personally lead a covert assassination operation through the island’s hidden passages. 428 429 430
The officeholder depicted during the North Sea–East Sea crisis presents a protective strategic rationale to the council while privately ordering the elimination of loyal guardians. His conduct demonstrates deception, ruthless control of subordinates, and concern with concealing the operation through restricted communications and the removal of traces. These actions belong to the later, unnamed depiction and are not explicitly attributed to the Conch High Priest. 560
Abilities & Skills
Sea God Authority
The High Priest serves as Sea God Island’s conduit for divine decrees and sacred authority.
- Receives and interprets divine oracles from the Sea God. 234 271
- Commands the Sacred Pillar Guardians and can summon them through secret methods. 234
- Conducts Sacred Pillar inheritance ceremonies and transfers Sacred Pillar authority. 241 256
- Uses the Sea God Scepter, whose Heart of the Sea God releases azure divine power. 241 273
- Draws upon Sea God Island’s accumulated faith, formations, and sacred-land foundation to enhance the officeholder’s power while defending the island. 236 283
- Communicates with the divine realm through the Cold Jade Array Map, Sea God Hall, and the Sea God Scepter; prolonged communication places a considerable burden on the officeholder’s mind. 271
- Possesses institutional authority capable of authenticating discoveries, distributing cultivation resources, and supporting arrangements for descendants’ advancement. Kraken’s collaborators proposed using that authority to conceal the true source of exceptional soul rings and Soul Bones. 287 288 289
Divine Power Infusion
The former High Priest used a secret art to accelerate the Sacred Pillars’ cultivation.
- Raised Coral, Sea Swallow, Conch, and Leaf Sheep Douluo from rank 95 to rank 98 in a short period. 273 274
- The enhancement carried risks of unstable foundations and damage to future cultivation. 273
- The process exhausted the High Priest, who required medication and recovery after the guardians departed. 274
- The technique was passed down through generations of High Priests and used Sea God’s divine power to broaden meridians, temper Soul Power, and infuse pure oceanic source power. 273
- The High Priest regulated the infusion from the Sea God Altar’s formation eye with the aid of the Heart of the Sea God and the altar formation. Although all four recipients reached rank 98, they sensed hollowness and stagnation in their newly elevated foundations. 274
Divine Healing
The High Priest can channel sacred oceanic life force through the Sea God Scepter.
- Healed severe external wounds, poison corrosion, damaged meridians, and destabilized Soul Cores. 276
- Restored Coral, Conch, and Mu Yun from near collapse and returned roughly sixty to seventy percent of their combat ability. 276
- During Sea God Island’s defense, he deployed Sea God’s purifying light across the battlefield to disperse poisonous mist, heal wounded defenders, and eliminate dangerous soul beasts. 281 282
- Stabilized Huben’s wounds and dispersed foreign energies while examining the supposed evidence of his battle against Kraken. 250
- Used a large-scale Sea God blessing to heal and empower the island’s Soul Masters, including himself, but suffered weakening from the backlash. 282
Divine Perception and Battlefield Command
The High Priest possesses powerful divine senses and tactical awareness.
- Sensed Leaf Sheep Douluo’s death through the fading remnant of her power before Sea Swallow could report it. 275
- Perceived a rough image of the distant battlefield through divine will. 275
- Ordered Coral and Conch to establish the Phantom Sea Heavenly Sound Formation while directing Mu Yun to provide ranged lightning support. 277
- Assessed Kraken’s sustained combat strength as approximately equal to a peak rank 96 Super Douluo, though his poison and innate abilities made him exceptionally dangerous. 273
- Maintained divine sense over Sea God Island during the beast-tide assault while coordinating defense of Mu Yun’s trial altar and the outer battle lines. 281
- During the North Sea–East Sea crisis, interpreted the massing of Iron-Backed Swordfish as a diversion, assigned reinforcements to the eastern front, and coordinated additional western deployments. His private orders simultaneously used those deployments to isolate Sea Star and Sea Spear for assassination. 560
Spatial Movement and Covert Operations
The High Priest can use the office’s sacred authority for rapid movement and strategic positioning.
- The former High Priest used Sea God’s Power: Spatial Leap to open an azure spatial gate from Sea God Island to the continental coast while pursuing Kraken. 275
- The Conch High Priest knew Sea God Island’s hidden temple passages and used them to guide Titan and her operatives toward the Demon Empress’s secret chamber. 429
- The later council leader assigned Coral control of communications and ordered Giant Claw Crab and Crayfish to eliminate two departing guardians without leaving traces, demonstrating the use of the office’s administrative reach for covert internal suppression. 560
Combat Capability
The former High Priest was a rank 98 Super Douluo and could wield Sea God Island’s advantages in battle. 123
- Fought the Demon Empress to a temporary standstill while benefiting from the sacred land and a divine artifact. 283
- Burned personal origin and overdrew the sacred land’s foundation to maintain that advantage. 283
- Was ultimately grievously wounded by Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw and the Demon Empress’s Vortex Annihilation. 284
- The later Conch High Priest demonstrated battlefield command by directing her surviving loyalists to engage Huben after the Demon Empress’s forces exposed the assassination plot. 430
- In Di Tian’s assessment of Niu Tian, the depth of Soul Power expected from a god-attendant-level being suppressed after descending to the mortal plane was comparable to Sea God Island’s High Priest. This comparison does not establish a new cultivation rank for any particular holder. 483
Equipment / Sacred Items
- Sea God Scepter — ceremonial and combat scepter bearing the Heart of the Sea God; used for divine communication, healing, Sacred Pillar rites, Divine Power Infusion, and the transfer of High Priest authority. 241 256 273 276 285
- Sacred Pillars — seven pillars supporting Sea God Island’s foundation and its connection to the Sea God’s divine power. 241
- Sacred Pillar battle formation — formation used alongside Sea God Blessing to enhance the guardians’ ability to resist Kraken. 273
- Sea God Dew — potent medicinal liquid sent by the Conch High Priest to help Titan recover from grave injuries and depleted Soul Power before the raid on the Demon Empress. 429
- Dark-blue jade pendant — evidence presented by the Conch High Priest to Titan; its aura corresponded to the suspicious power Titan had sensed on Sea God Island. 428
- Cold Jade Array Map — sacred array used with the Sea God Scepter for deep communication and requests for guidance from the God Realm. 271
- Sea God Altar — restricted sacred site accessible to High Priests and Sacred Pillar Guardians; its grand formation assisted the former High Priest in performing Divine Power Infusion. 273 274
- High Priestly oral tradition and guarded texts — records preserving the disastrous ancient campaign against Kraken and the historical basis for the “living trial” interpretation. 256
Relationships
- Sea God Tang San — deity served by the High Priest; issues divine decrees concerning faith, Evil Soul Masters, Shrek Academy, and the Sacred Pillars. He later acknowledged that Sea God Island had betrayed him and no longer remained under his control. 234 271 473 501
- Sacred Pillar Guardians — subordinates responsible for Sea God Island’s defenses and divine inheritance; the High Priest directs their missions and advancement. 241 273
- Coral Douluo — the former High Priest prevented Coral from resigning, encouraged revenge and atonement, and later selected Coral as successor while dying. Coral subsequently assumed the High Priesthood. Coral’s administration distributed Soul Bones supplied through Kraken’s arrangements; in the later North Sea–East Sea council, Coral appears as a subordinate tasked with controlling communications. 271 284 285 289 560
- Conch Douluo / Conch High Priest — a Sacred Pillar Guardian healed and directed by the former holder who later became a female High Priest under the title Conch High Priest. 276 372
- Kraken — longtime enemy of Sea God Island whose attacks, assassinations, and provocations repeatedly force the High Priest into crisis response. The former holder believed him to be a divine trial, while later events revealed his extensive infiltration of the island. Kraken also offered collaborators hereditary influence potentially extending to the High Priesthood, and Tang San later identified him as the force behind the island’s secret takeover. 241 256 275 283 287 501
- Huben — the Evil Orca King who deceived the former High Priest into trusting his pursuit report, later became an open traitor aligned against the Conch High Priest’s faction and disrupted her assassination operation. 250 430
- Demon Empress — adversary fought directly by the former High Priest during the assault on Sea God Island. The later Conch High Priest identified her as the power controlling Sea God Island from the shadows and organized a plot to assassinate her. 283 284 428 429
- Di Tian — participated with the Demon Empress in the surprise attack that mortally wounded the former High Priest. 284
- Mu Yun — Shrek Title Douluo aided and healed by the former High Priest during the pursuit of Kraken; Coral’s administration later treated Mu Yun’s divine trial as a critical hope for Sea God Island. Coral and the remaining guardians protected his altar until he completed the trial. 276 277 285 292
- Titan — later confronted the Conch High Priest over misleading East Sea intelligence. She subsequently proposed an alliance against the Demon Empress, helped restore his strength with Sea God Dew, and led him into the night raid. 427 428 429
- Nine loyal Title Douluo — the Conch High Priest’s clandestinely cultivated core force, assembled to oppose the Demon Empress and reclaim Sea God Island’s authority. 428
- Huo Yuhao — chosen by Tang San as a prospective future inheritor of the Sea God’s High Priesthood to sustain mortal-world faith. He was not shown assuming the office, and Tang San’s attempt to guide his path was disrupted. 400
- Sea Star Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo — volunteered for a dangerous eastern reinforcement mission under the later High Priest, who privately ordered their elimination after they departed. Sea Star began suspecting the island’s leadership during the journey. 560
- Giant Claw Crab and Crayfish Douluo — accepted the later High Priest’s covert order to pursue Sea Star and Sea Spear and leave no traces. 560
- Sea Turtle Douluo — directed by the later High Priest to send island families to defend the West Sea as part of the concealed deployment scheme. 560
Story Role / Major Arcs
- Sea God Island Crisis — directs the island’s response to poison-related disasters and orders Xiaobai protected while in seclusion. 54
- Kraken Pursuit and Internal Security — responds to Kraken’s attacks, trusts Huben’s false report, rewards him for apparent service, and strengthens the island’s outer-sea surveillance. 239 248 250
- Continental Faith Crisis — reports the mainland’s turmoil to the Sea God and sends the Sacred Pillars to suppress Evil Soul Masters and stabilize faith. 234
- Sacred Pillar Restoration — oversees the Divine Selection after multiple guardians fall, responds to Kraken’s massacre of prospective inheritors, expels the compromised Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, and renews three Sacred Pillar inheritances. 241 255 256
- Divine Oracle and Reinforcements — restores Coral’s resolve and uses Divine Power Infusion to prepare four Sacred Pillars for a continental mission. 271 273 274
- Defense of Sea God Island — leads the pursuit of Kraken, protects Mu Yun’s divine trial amid a beast tide, and personally battles the Demon Empress before dying from Di Tian and the Demon Empress’s ambush. 275 276 277 280 281 282 283 284
- Coral’s Succession — transfers the Sea God Scepter and High Priesthood to Coral Douluo, who takes responsibility for preserving Sea God Island and completing Mu Yun’s trial. 284 285
- Resource Distribution and Institutional Compromise — under Coral, the office lends legitimacy to exceptional cultivation benefits and Soul Bone distribution associated with Kraken’s arrangements, while safeguarding Mu Yun’s trial until its completion. 287 288 289 292
- Later Sea God Island Operations — as Conch High Priest, supports Shrek’s investigation of Blue King, exposes the Demon Empress’s control of Sea God Island to Titan, and organizes an assassination attempt with Titan and nine Title Douluo. 372 428 429
- Night Raid Betrayal — sees the assassination plan exposed by Huben and allied traitors, resulting in the immediate deaths of four Title Douluo and a forced confrontation with Huben. 430
- Unrealized High Priestly Succession — Tang San attempts to prepare Huo Yuhao as a future inheritor of the High Priesthood, but loses control of the intended path under the God of Destruction’s scrutiny. 400
- Loss of Sea God Allegiance — Tang San confirms that the island has fallen outside his control through soul-beast infiltration and later attributes its secret takeover to Kraken. 473 501
- North Sea–East Sea Deployment Scheme — the later, unnamed High Priest publicly dispatches Sea Star and Sea Spear to reinforce the eastern front, then privately orders their assassination while arranging western deployments and communication control. 560
Notable Quotes
“I will not permit you to step down!” 271
“Keep your sense of sin. Keep your pain. Let it carve itself into your bones and brand itself onto your soul!” 271
“At all costs, keep Xiaobai alive.” 54
“Only by working as one do we have a sliver of hope.” 285
“But that is precisely why I cannot stand by and do nothing. I would rather risk this life than allow the Demon Empress to remain on Sea God Island.” 428
“I summoned you here because someone discovered a million hundred-thousand-year iron-backed swordfish gathering in the North Sea.” 560