Sea God Island, atop Sea God Mountain.
This was where the Sea God Temple stood, and where Sea God's Light was at its most concentrated and dazzling.
Qian Xunji sat cross-legged there, the Eight Spider Lances spread behind him as they devoured the energy within Sea God's Light.
"How does it feel?" he asked.
"Stealing Poseidon's wool feels absolutely fantastic."
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's voice came from the Eight Spider Lances, carrying a sly delight.
It had never expected that after sacrificing itself, with its soul resting upon the Eight Spider Lances and enhancing their devouring power, it would encounter such a wonderful opportunity.
Screwing over Poseidon and fleecing Poseidon—this human Qian Xunji truly knew how to have fun.
"But seriously, what are you trying to achieve by doing this?" it asked curiously.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skills exist in the human world. You know that, right?" Qian Xunji said.
"On the Douluo Continent, the White Tiger Martial Soul of the Star Luo Empire's Dai Family and the Nether Civet Martial Soul of the Zhu Family can fuse into the Hell White Tiger."
In order to defeat Poseidon and grow stronger, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had once traveled to the Douluo Continent, where it had seen many things and learned human methods of combat.
The armor and giant hammer formed from its Soul Power in humanoid form had been inspired by observing humans.
"Oh, you know about that too." Qian Xunji was somewhat surprised.
He continued, "There are Five Great God Kings in the God Realm. When their divine powers fuse together, they can unleash even greater might. The divine skill created by fusing the powers of the Five Great God Kings is the Sword of Judgment of the Three Realms."
"You want to borrow the Sea God's power to create something new?"
"No, the power of the sea," Qian Xunji corrected.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King grew interested.
Though it was lazy and enjoyed staying at home, it also liked coming up with new things.
Thus, one man and one beast absorbed the energy of Sea God's Light while discussing how to combine killing intent, fighting spirit, and the sea.
Time passed.
When Bo Saixi, having finished praying in the Sea God Temple, walked outside for some air, she saw that unforgettable figure and her pupils instantly constricted.
Her eyes turned red, and she panted heavily.
"Asura Successor, Qian Xunji! Sea God Island does not welcome you!"
The moment Qian Xunji heard that, he became displeased. Even Sea God Poseidon had said nothing, yet a mere Sea God High Priestess dared to order him off the island.
Did she really think he was just someone quietly and cautiously here to fleece the Sea God?
In a flash, he appeared before Bo Saixi and threw a punch at her stomach.
Bo Saixi, who had been standing tall with her chin raised and her nostrils in the air, was bent over by Qian Xunji's punch. Stomach acid spilled from her mouth.
After hitting Bo Saixi, Qian Xunji swiftly pulled away and took out alcohol to rub his hands.
Disgust covered his face as he rubbed so fast his hands blurred.
To Qian Xunji, physical contact with an idiot made him feel instinctively nauseated.
He feared being infected by an idiot's stupidity, catching some stupid disease, and ending up like the foolish Douluo natives.
Seeing this, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was utterly astonished. "Holy shit, what kind of move is this? That expression of blatant disgust and total rejection is simply incredible."
This behavior was practically a silent humiliation of Sea God High Priestess Bo Saixi, and indirectly, an insult to Sea God Poseidon.
Untouchable. Not to be touched.
"Qian Xunji, how dare you humiliate me like this!"
Seeing the disgusted look on Qian Xunji's face, Bo Saixi was so enraged that she ignored the pain in her body. Her bloodshot red eyes locked fiercely onto him.
She wanted nothing more than to skin him alive, rip out his tendons, chop him up, and feed him to the fish.
"Ninth Soul Skill..."
Seeing Bo Saixi preparing to Summon Sea God, Qian Xunji directly used a Soul Shock and knocked her unconscious from afar.
What a joke. They were less than ten meters apart. How could he possibly let her finish saying the eight words, "Ninth Soul Skill, Summon Sea God"?
Shouting out the name of a skill before using it against an enemy was an utterly foolish thing to do.
As a normal person, he simply could not understand why those foolish Douluo natives did such things.
He sent a mental message ordering Sea Dragon Douluo to come and carry Bo Saixi away.
Keeping foolish enemies with great strength and high status was more useful than killing them.
If he killed the foolish Bo Saixi and allowed Poseidon to replace her with a normal person as Sea God High Priestess, that would be helping the enemy.
Sea Dragon Douluo arrived, saw Qian Xunji, and sensed the incomparably powerful energy emanating from him—energy he could not possibly resist.
Like a useless simp unable to avenge his beloved goddess, he could only get angry for a moment.
He dropped to one knee, extended his arms, and gathered Bo Saixi into his embrace in a princess carry.
Sea Dragon Douluo breathed heavily, white vapor pouring from his nose and mouth as he thought, So fragrant, so fragrant, so fragrant. Bo Saixi-sama smells like the salty sea.
"There's a simp." Seeing Sea Dragon Douluo's cowardly, lovesick appearance, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could not stand it and spoke up to mock him.
"Simps are disgusting," Qian Xunji said with extreme disdain.
Both man and beast were disgusted, and so they absorbed the energy within Sea God's Light with even greater force.
Inside the Sea God Temple's library.
Having been disgusted, Qian Xunji had come to claim compensation for emotional damages.
Sea God's Thirteen Halberds. Looking at them was enough.
The so-called strongest control skill in the God Realm, Unfixed Wind and Waves, was simply an immobilization technique when all was said and done.
It only worked because he did not know the Dhyana Mudra.
God-Given Spirit Ring Creation Method.
God-Given Spirit Ring = Sea God Divine Power + Faith Power + Spirit Beast Spirit Ring.
Sea God Divine Power was used to modify a Spirit Beast Spirit Ring, while a Spirit Master consumed Faith Power to raise the age of a God-Given Spirit Ring after absorbing it.
So that was how it worked. No wonder the God-Given Spirit Rings on Sea God Island had been handed out like wholesale goods in the original story. Faith Power had been doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes.
On the Douluo Continent, even the sect master of one of the Upper Three Sects, someone like Ning Fengzhi, did not know of the Angel God's existence. It was easy to imagine just how few followers the Angel God had, and how pitifully little Faith Power they could provide.
The Angel Qian Family did not know how to manage things, and Qian Daoliu was even worse, doing nothing but dragging them down.
Qian Xunji left the Sea God Temple and passed the assessment requirements of the seven Sacred Pillars in succession.
"So easy," he muttered, then spread his Eight Spider Lances and plunged them into the Sea Star Sacred Pillar, absorbing its energy.
As the amount of Faith Power he absorbed increased, the Eight Spider Lances began to change as well.
The quality of the Eight Spider Lances reached the level of a Demigod artifact.
This discovery intrigued Qian Xunji.
His physical strength had already reached that of a Demigod body, only a hair's breadth away from a Divine Body.
Even after receiving the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's sacrifice and fusing with its million-year torso bone, he could only turn certain parts of his body into a Divine Body.
Though complete Divine Body transformation seemed only a sliver away, that sliver was the difference between heaven and earth.
During the Asura God's eighth Asura Trial, Asura had told him that if he wanted to bear the Asura Godhead, he needed divine power, a Divine Body, and divine sense. Only by uniting all three and reaching level one hundred to become a god could he perfectly fuse with the Asura Godhead and inherit the Asura God Position.
Faith Power could raise the quality of the Eight Spider Lances.
Once the Eight Spider Lances advanced into a divine artifact ahead of time, they could in turn elevate Qian Xunji's body into a Divine Body.
With his overwhelming strength, Qian Xunji did whatever he pleased on Sea God Island. The seven Sacred Pillars—no, the six Sacred Pillar Douluo—dared not show their anger openly, nor did they dare say a word.
After all, even all six of them combined could not withstand a single Soul Shock.
The buildings Qian Xunji had destroyed on Sea God Island with the Convergence Cannon years ago had yet to be fully rebuilt.
Returning to the Sea God Temple, he came before the Sea God Trident.
Qian Xunji put on gloves, extended his right hand, gripped the middle of the shaft, and pulled. He directly uprooted the Sea God Trident.
Bo Saixi, who had awakened and witnessed this scene, immediately summoned the Sea God Phantom.
The descending Sea God Divine Sense was not at all surprised to see Qian Xunji pull out the Sea God Trident, which weighed one hundred and eight thousand jin, with one hand.
Poseidon spoke. "Asura Successor, this is my divine artifact. You may not take it away."
"Sea God Excellency, rest assured. I am merely curious about divine artifacts. I would not stoop to being a bandit and forcibly steal one."
"Besides, as for holding a Trident to show off in battle..."
Qian Xunji did not say it outright, but the disgust on his face and the resistance in his tone made Poseidon's mouth twitch.
At that moment, Poseidon actually hoped Qian Xunji would become a bandit and steal the Sea God Trident.
That bastard Asura will definitely laugh at me behind my back when he sees his successor despise my Sea God Trident. Poseidon was furious, helpless, and bitter.
Ever since the Asura God gave Qian Xunji his God Trial, Poseidon had not encountered a single good thing.
Poseidon had been taken advantage of so often that it had become numb.
Now, Poseidon was like a powerless Sea God, forced to accept all of this.
"Damn it, bastard! Asura Successor, using the Asura Demon Sword to slim down my Sea God Trident is going too far!" Poseidon raged helplessly.
"Sea God Excellency, that is not correct. I merely wished to find out whether differences exist between divine artifacts."
"The desire for knowledge is the beginning of human progress."
Facing Qian Xunji, who wore a solemn expression and spoke with such convincing logic, Poseidon said nothing. Poseidon merely recalled the Sea God Trident and had him escorted off the island.
Poseidon feared that if Qian Xunji remained on Sea God Island, he would fleece this sheep of an island completely bare.
"Bo Saixi, immediately go to the Douluo Continent and find a human Spirit Master named Tang Hao. Bring him back to Sea God Island and spare no effort in nurturing him."
"Yes, Lord Sea God. I shall obey your Divine Oracle." Bo Saixi dropped to one knee, utterly respectful.
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