The Sea God's Command (Bonus Chapter for Reader Niurouxiantang)

"Unless the Dragon God is fully resurrected and the Dragon race returns to its peak, all beasts of heaven and earth and all spirit beasts in the mortal realm shall never independently attain godhood. The God Realm will never accept any beast-type deity not led by the Dragon God."

Qian Xunji recited the original text of the Dragon God Oath in a flat tone, yet it felt like a massive mountain pressing down upon the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and his wife, crushing them until they could barely breathe.

Seeing the green light of the Lie Detector illuminate, confirming these words were the truth and not a lie, despair took hold in their hearts.

So this was the true reason why the spirit beast race could not attain godhood.

"Hahahaha..."

"Ridiculous, ridiculous, truly ridiculous!!!"

Unable to attain godhood, unable to take revenge on that dog Poseidon, and unable to protect his wife and daughter—the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could not accept this cruel reality.

The truth was so brutal, so farcical.

The one who had truly severed the path to godhood for spirit beasts was none other than the Dragon God, once revered by all beasts.

"The God Realm Committee took advantage of the situation to abolish all beast-type god positions, creating a double blockade: the Dragon God Oath is the root, and the God Realm Law is the external constraint. With both combined, the myriad beasts have been unable to ascend to godhood for billions of years."

As Qian Xunji finished speaking, the green light shone again.

The Demon Empress closed her eyes; her heart was dead.

She had thought that the Dragon God Oath preventing spirit beasts from attaining godhood independently was already desperate enough.

She had not expected this to be merely the first layer of shackles, with another layer of blockade from the God Realm layered on top.

Under this double shackle, the myriad beasts were barred from godhood for eternity.

"What does this phrase 'spirit beasts shall never independently attain godhood' mean?" the Demon Empress asked, hitting on the crucial point.

"It means exactly what it says. Spirit beasts are not allowed to attain godhood independently, but that does not mean they have no chance at all."

Qian Xunji thought of the spirit beasts Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming from the era of Tang San, who became spirit deities because Tang San attained godhood.

He also thought of the seven spirit beasts from the era of Dai Yuhao—the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, Eight-Corner, Li Ya, the Evil Emperor, and Tian Meng—who became spirit deities because Dai Yuhao attained godhood.

"If a spirit beast sacrifices itself to a spirit master, its soul resides within the spirit rings and spirit bones. Once the spirit master attains godhood and travels to the God Realm to absorb Immortal Spirit Qi, they can resurrect the beast, allowing it to reach the heavens in one step and become a spirit deity."

The green light lit up, indicating that Qian Xunji was not lying.

"You want me to sacrifice myself to you?" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's form of address changed, and his tone was no longer as distant, though he remained vigilant.

"If you are willing," Qian Xunji nodded in admission.

"After all, no human can refuse the spirit ring and spirit bone of a million-year spirit beast, can they?"

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King looked at the truthful Qian Xunji with new eyes. "You are honest, unlike the hypocritical Poseidon."

That hypocritical face of Poseidon—saying one thing and doing another, appearing righteous and magnanimous on the surface, while engaging in petty, filthy, and sordid deeds in the shadows.

Class structure on Sea God Island was rigid.

Sea Soul Masters lived in dire misery.

Children on Sea God Island who failed to awaken their Soul Power were directly exiled, their fates unknown.

He preached the maintenance of ocean peace and justice, yet in reality, he condoned the sea spirit beasts who worshipped him as they slaughtered those who refused to believe in him, labeling the latter "Evil" sea spirit beasts that harmed the ocean and deserved to be purged.

"Can you attain godhood?" Lan Fozi asked curiously.

If even a being as powerful as her father could not attain godhood, could this handsome human before her really do it?

In her heart, she did not believe it.

"Barring any accidents, I will inherit the Asura God Position."

Qian Xunji did not hide it; there was no need to.

Even if he could not smoothly inherit the Asura God Position, he was confident he could reach the hundredth level and attain godhood on his own.

However, whether he could reach the level of a God King by condensing his own god position was something he could not guarantee one hundred percent.

"You are a god successor?" x3

"Absolutely."

The green light shone; he was speaking the truth, no lies.

The man before them was actually a successor to a god, with the opportunity to inherit a god position and ascend to the God Realm.

A sliver of thought regarding sacrifice began to sprout in the heart of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

But just then, an accident occurred.

A massive number of sea spirit beasts, led by the Demon Soul Great White Shark, swarmed into the Demon Whale Sea Area from all directions.

"Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Sea God has ordered you to surrender immediately!"

"Asura Successor, the ocean does not welcome you!"

The Sea God High Priestess Bo Saixi stood high above, her voice cold and commanding. Enhanced by her Soul Power, it reached the ears of Qian Xunji and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's family of three.

Upon hearing this, Qian Xunji's mood improved greatly.

He knew that the Sea God's lineage had come to provide him with an assist.

Sweeping his divine sense across the area, he saw that there were no fewer than ten thousand ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, and when combined with the hundred-year and thousand-year beasts, a massive army of a million strong was bearing down upon them.

So much meat from sea soul beasts—it could raise many ten-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spiders.

"Bo Saixi, you aren't staying on Sea God Island to live out your twilight years, yet you dare to come to my territory to run wild, and even dare to command this King!"

"Just who gave you the courage to speak to this King like that!" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was furious.

A mere Sea God High Priestess actually dared to leave Sea God Island and bring so many sea soul beasts to run wild in his territory.

Did she really think that pressing down with a million-strong army made her his match?

That was underestimating him far too much.

Ants were ants after all; in the face of the strong, no amount of numbers held any meaning.

"It was naturally Lord Sea God Poseidon who gave me this courage!"

Bo Saixi stood upon nine soul rings—eight black and one red—and held the Sea God High Priestess Scepter high.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Summon Sea God!"

A massive Sea God Poseidon Phantom appeared upon the ocean.

This time, the power contained within the descending Sea God Divine Sense was far beyond what that last strand of divine sense could compare to.

Its strength was already very close to that of a Third-Class Deity.

"This is not looking good." Seeing the Sea God Phantom summoned by Bo Saixi appear on the ocean, Qian Xunji felt it would be difficult to deal with.

On the ocean, fighting the Sea God—he wasn't that stupid.

As for the Sea God knowing the contents of his Seven Trials of Asura, that was a perfectly normal occurrence.

In the original work, the relationship between the Sea God and the Asura God was excellent.

"Poseidon, by what right do you command me!" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King glared at Poseidon with his single eye.

Just because he was a former enemy, he shouldn't think that relying on his superior strength meant he could order him around.

I, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, will never submit to that piece-of-trash Sea God Poseidon!

Never! Not even if I die!

At that very moment, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King took the initiative to accelerate the descent of his heavenly tribulation.

The sky was roiling with black clouds, lightning and thunder intertwined, the roar of thunder deafening, and gale-force winds howled across the sea.

The wind disheveled Bo Saixi's long hair, and it also unsettled her heart.

Although she had never witnessed a soul beast's heavenly tribulation, the Sea God Temple Library held records of it.

How formidable was the body of a soul beast? Yet even such a powerful physical form could not withstand the Thunder of the heavenly tribulation.

She was a wheelchair-bound artillery mage; her physical durability was at the bottom among all the 99th-rank Limit Douluos.

If she were to be struck by that lightning, wouldn't she be charred on the outside and tender on the inside, her hair standing on end?

Poseidon's mouth twitched. He had not expected that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's cultivation age had already reached a million years, yet he was still so unyielding as to trigger the heavenly tribulation just to defy his command.

His gaze flicked toward Bo Saixi, and he cursed inwardly, "A foolish woman who ruins more than she accomplishes."

The million sea soul beasts gathered in the Demon Whale Sea Area were all his followers.

These sea soul beasts, lacking in strength and not even possessing a hundred-thousand-year cultivation, would only be sent to their deaths when facing the heavenly tribulation of a million-year soul beast.