A Child Born of the Sea!

The light in the Nethersea Dragon Beast's slit pupils gradually faded, and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, black as ink, appeared before the boy's eyes.

As a top-tier soul beast, the Nethersea Dragon Beast carried a strong Sea Dragon bloodline and excelled at both attack and defense. Unfortunately, it had run into the strictest father any sea soul beast could face.

Tang God King, your Seagod's Trident really came in handy!

"But now it's mine. Heh heh heh." Gripping Seagod's Trident once more, the boy couldn't help letting out a string of strange laughs.

Just then, a towering phantom appeared out of thin air, dressed in a gold-trimmed robe and wearing a divine crown with a trident-shaped circlet.

"Not bad. I never thought you'd grasp the Golden Thirteen Halberds I taught you so thoroughly in just a few months. You're far better than that Tang Family Kid was back then!" Satisfaction flashed in the phantom's eyes as he looked at the boy. Even while praising him, he couldn't resist taking a few digs at a certain trident-wielding God King.

The boy was clearly used to it. Over the years, the man before him had compared him to that God King more times than he could count.

"Senior, if we use Seagod's Trident this openly, are you sure he won't notice?" the boy asked, looking up at the towering phantom with concern.

After all, Tang God King currently held the Sea God Godhood. As the Sea God's personal divine weapon, Seagod's Trident was not something Tang San would simply let go.

"Put your mind at ease. He's got no time to worry about the lower realm right now. Before I took back Seagod's Trident, I secretly sent an anonymous complaint to the Divine Realm Committee. I'd wager that Tang Family Kid is having a rough time of it. Heh heh heh!"

The phantom laughed with undisguised delight. Just imagining the look on Tang Family Kid's face when things went wrong lifted his spirits.

Damn it, do your job as the Sea God!

Did I pass the godhood on to you so you could spend every day scheming against Douluo Star's child of destiny?

Try looking after the sea for once!

The thought that Tang Family Kid had been the successor he'd once pinned such high hopes on left the phantom looking as though he'd swallowed something foul.

An anonymous complaint?

That old geezer's lived for over ten thousand years, all right. What a dirty move!

A strange look crossed the boy's face. As a transmigrator, he knew all too well what Tang God King had done after ascending to the Divine Realm!

If all of that reached the Divine Realm Committee, expulsion from the Divine Realm would be getting off lightly...

Twelve years. It's time I made my move!

Knowing Tang God King couldn't interfere with Douluo Star at the moment, the boy instinctively looked up at the sky. Plans began to take shape in his mind.

Thinking back on how he had transmigrated, the boy hardly knew whether to laugh or cry.

Other transmigrators either had two kingly parents or two dead parents. Him? He hadn't even been human...

When he opened his eyes, he was drifting in the middle of a boundless ocean. There wasn't a person in sight, let alone land.

A Spirit of the Ocean.

A being born entirely from the sea, and in a sense, another kind of child of destiny blessed by the ocean.

He had no idea how long he'd drifted through the sea before he happened upon Poseidon, who had returned to Douluo Star out of curiosity.

If Poseidon hadn't used his divine power to reshape him into a human infant, then granted him the Sea God Martial Soul when he turned six, Xiang Jun would never have believed that the imposing, faintly roguish middle-aged man before him was Poseidon, the first Sea God whose name had once resounded across the seas!

The very man who had quelled the seas' conflicts single-handedly, gathered faith, and created the Sea God Godhood for himself.

And Xiang Jun was the boy's name in this life.

"Enough daydreaming. Hurry up and absorb that Spirit Ring, then go find that old fellow. Without his help, you can forget about ascending to the Divine Realm and inheriting the Sea God Godhood in this lifetime!" Poseidon's voice cut through Xiang Jun's thoughts. His tone turned envious. "You really are the Spirit of the Ocean, kid. Your luck is something else. To think you'd run into a top-tier soul beast like the Nethersea Dragon Beast."

Though it was a sea soul beast, the Nethersea Dragon Beast lived in inland rivers and lakes until it reached maturity. Only after its cultivation passed seventy thousand years would it return to the sea.

Xiang Jun smiled without replying. He sat cross-legged on the lake and drew the Nethersea Dragon Beast's Spirit Ring above his head.

Once Xiang Jun entered meditation, Poseidon turned toward the depths of Star Dou Forest. A smile tugged at his lips.

"Interesting. So this is where you've been hiding!"

Poseidon chuckled, and his enormous phantom vanished on the spot.

Time passed bit by bit. By the time Xiang Jun woke again, Poseidon was nowhere to be seen.

Long accustomed to this, Xiang Jun slowly rose. Deep-blue Soul Power spread outward, and even the air grew noticeably damp.

Yellow! Purple! Purple! Black!

Four Spirit Rings appeared at once, far surpassing the optimal configuration. Along with them came a towering phantom holding a golden trident and wearing a trident-shaped divine crown.

That phantom was Xiang Jun's Martial Soul—the Sea God!

Unlike Bo Saixi's Sea God Martial Soul, Xiang Jun's had been formed by Poseidon from his own divine blood and the last trace of his authority as the Sea God.

Combined with Xiang Jun's nature as the Spirit of the Ocean, its purity left Bo Saixi's far behind.

"Level 42? Not bad."

Xiang Jun felt a little disappointed. His Innate Soul Power had only been level ten, nowhere near a certain love-struck little angel's innate level twenty.

With a thought, Seagod's Trident turned into a streak of golden light and vanished into Xiang Jun's brow.

"I wonder how Huo Gua is doing. She should have met that Big Bug by now, right?" Xiang Jun narrowed his eyes and headed toward the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

"An orphan? That's great!"

"Pfft! Uh... Yuhao, don't take that to heart. Xiao Ya's just like that. I'm sorry on her behalf!" On the outskirts of Star Dou Forest, Tang Ya's outburst made Bei Bei's mouth twitch. He quickly looked at the petite figure before him and apologized awkwardly.

"Sorry, Yuhao. I didn't mean it..." Tang Ya came to her senses and, seeing Huo Yuhao's silence, hastily gave him an embarrassed smile.

"It's fine, Sister Xiao Ya." Huo Gua managed a faint smile at the oblivious Tang Ya, but her clenched fists showed that she was anything but calm.

"I'll be going, then. Goodbye, both of you."

Huo Gua stood and brushed the dust from her plain clothes, then walked toward the depths of Star Dou Forest without looking back.

Watching that lonely figure recede into the distance, Tang Ya and Bei Bei exchanged a glance, then hurried to their feet and followed him.