She Was the Monarch of Warships

The target could not be destroyed

only because they were not strong enough!

Resistance, specialized adaptations—none of that mattered. Their heat and sharpness simply fell short. There was no other reason.

Before everyone's eyes, the Ninefold Great Suns broke free of their bonds and wound through the air, colliding with the Sea Kingdom in the Palm, where yin and yang currents flowed.

The first great sun plunged into the Sea Kingdom in the Palm!

The explosion shook the kingdom. Countless living beings died, their blood staining the sea. The minor gods crumbled, and the giant palm shuddered. Primordial Heavy Water surged in without cease, sending up billows of steam until the great sun went out.

"It's gone out..."

Before the creatures in the sea could cheer,

the second and third great suns crashed down!

Blinding light erupted amid the violent explosions. Boundless heat rose, razor-sharp Sword Qi scattered in every direction, and the Sea Kingdom in the Palm warped and swayed. Living beings and incense-fed minor gods died in swathes.

Endless steam swallowed the world within the palm.

Then came

the fourth, the fifth... all the way to the eighth great sun!

Endless heat, endless light!

Crack!

Boom!

At last, the Sea Kingdom in the Palm, fused with the Primordial Eight-Trigrams Chessboard, could hold no longer. Its fingers snapped and its palm shattered. More than half the sea formed from Primordial Heavy Water evaporated, while ninety-nine percent of its sea creatures and incense-fed minor gods perished. Gone was the resplendent sight of figures sitting cross-legged to chant scriptures as multitudes bowed in worship.

"You dare..."

Seeing his life-bound treasure damaged, Chong Yuanzi flew into a rage.

Boom!

The ninth great sun finally descended.

It was the last, gathering the power left by the previous eight. Its might defied imagination.

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