Ring of Reincarnation

The Murlocs in the Nether River did not live on the surface. They fed on broken souls and dwelled in burrows beneath the riverbed. If an archaeological team from the World of Gods ever discovered them, they would surely name them "Nether River Cave Murlocs."

These blood-red Murlocs seemed to be born in the Nether River and die within it. Because they lived in its waters, they were even unaffected by the passage of time.

Their skin was naturally resistant to the river's corrosive waters, yet they would never venture out to explore the world beyond it.

It was almost as if...

The Nether River had created these Murlocs through the power of its own rules, then stripped them of any desire to explore the outside world.

Their bodies were eaten by their own kind after death, so the Murlocs of the Nether River were omnivores as well.

William had learned all this by grabbing a Master Tier Murloc and questioning it with Soul Control.

Then the Prince discovered that the tribe had an Epic Tier chieftain. His eyes lit up, and he decided to find the largest Murloc tribe in the Nether River to see whether it had a Saint Seat Murloc.

After killing the Murloc he had controlled, he discovered that its soul bore some resemblance to his Holy Spirit Magic. That, it seemed, was why the Nether River held such a strange attraction for him.

Time passed.

As William roamed the Nether River, he found small, medium, and large tribes along its bed, spaced roughly thirty, one hundred, and three hundred li apart.

Large tribes often held seventy or eighty thousand Murlocs, with an Epic-Class Professional as their strongest chieftain. In small and medium tribes, the strongest Murloc was generally Master Tier.

He continued on until he