The endless Ocean.
Beneath the deep sea, waters ten thousand fathoms deep fell silent.
A colossal creature lay across a pitch-black trench.
Its body stretched over a thousand fathoms, its back rising like an unbroken mountain range. Black scales covered it from head to tail, each gleaming dark blue.
Countless Sea Soul Beasts crouched around it.
Even Sea Soul Beasts with a hundred thousand years of cultivation dared not come a step closer.
It was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
The true overlord of this endless Ocean.
A golden pillar of light pierced the sea from above and fell directly upon the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King slowly opened his one remaining eye.
Dark-gold light swirled within that enormous eye.
"I'm only eighth on the Power Rankings?"
His body shifted slightly.
In an instant, the trench split apart, and the surrounding waters churned wildly.
Terrifying undercurrents swept in every direction.
Countless Sea Soul Beasts fled in panic, not daring to linger.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King looked up toward the surface.
The words on the Heaven Rankings came clearly into view.
[Douluo Power Rankings, eighth place: Deep Sea Demonic Whale King!] [True form: Deep Sea Demon Whale. Actual cultivation: over 300,000 years!] [Devoured other Sea Soul Beasts and rare treasures to forcibly raise his cultivation to 990,000 years!] [Possesses nearly a million years of cultivation and demigod-level power!] [Once gravely wounded by the Sea God Poseidon, losing one eye!] [Dwells in the deep sea and commands countless Sea Soul Beasts!] [In light of the above, ranked eighth on the Douluo Power Rankings!] [Reward: cultivation and strength raised to Third-Level God!] [Artifact reward: Eye of God!]
After reading the final two lines, excitement flickered in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's enormous eye.
"A Third-Level God?"
"Good."
The power within the golden pillar erupted.
The boundless sea shook all at once.
The Soul Power within the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King began a furious transformation. Its immense energy condensed until it became divine power of a higher order.
His body slowly rose.
The mountains on either side of the trench shattered against him.
Seawater surged skyward, forming a vast curtain that blotted out the sun.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King raised his head.
The pressure of a Third-Level God spread from his body.
Enormous whirlpools appeared across tens of thousands of miles of sea.
At the surface, wave after wave rose, the tallest surging straight into the clouds.
Islands vanished beneath the water.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had barely moved, yet the entire sea seemed struck by a natural disaster.
"So this is the power of a god?"
He opened his enormous mouth and laughed.
The next moment, golden light gathered on one side of his head.
Flesh rapidly regrew where his eye had been lost.
A golden eye gradually opened.
Countless tiny pupils seemed to lie within it, turning in overlapping layers.
This was no ordinary eye.
It was the artifact bestowed by the Golden Rankings: the Eye of God.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King opened both eyes.
A golden beam shot from the Eye of God.
The waters for thousands of fathoms ahead split apart instantly.
Under the golden light, mountains on the seabed crumbled to dust. Fine cracks even appeared in the surrounding space.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King withdrew the Eye of God's power.
At last, he could see through the eye he had lost so many years ago.
"Poseidon."
"And Bo Saixi."
"It's time you both paid what you owe me."
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King swung his tail.
He forced the endless waters apart.
His immense body burst through the surface, raising waves that blotted out the sky. Then he sped toward Sea God Island.
Sea God Island.
Outside the Sea God Hall.
Bo Saixi looked toward the distant sea.
She wore a long red dress, and deep-blue hair fell over her shoulders. Tall and graceful, she retained her mature beauty.
Nine Soul Rings—six black and three red—slowly revolved behind her.
Bo Saixi frowned slightly.
"The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King has become a Third-Level God."
"And he's acquired an artifact."
Sea Horse Douluo and the others stood behind her, their expressions turning grave.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had already possessed nearly a million years of cultivation.
Now that he had received a reward from the Golden Rankings, his strength far surpassed that of an ordinary Limit Douluo.
Sea Horse Douluo looked out across the sea.
"Then why is he coming to Sea God Island?"
Bo Saixi did not answer.
She watched the waves climb ever higher.
"He's here."
No sooner had she spoken than a wave a thousand fathoms high rose from the distant sea.
It blotted out the sky. Atop its crest stood a colossal Deep Sea Demon Whale.
With every step he took, the sea parted to either side.
Countless Sea Soul Beasts followed behind him, packed so tightly they covered the water.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King arrived before Sea God Island.
Both his eyes settled on Bo Saixi.
"Bo Saixi."
"I've come for my revenge."
Bo Saixi remained calm.
"You still haven't let go of what happened back then."
"Let go?"
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King opened his enormous mouth.
"The Sea God Poseidon destroyed one of my eyes and gravely damaged my very essence."
"And all these years, you've borrowed the Sea God's power to keep me trapped in the deep sea."
"Neither of you will escape me."
Bo Saixi raised a hand.
The Sea God Scepter appeared in her grasp.
Her long red dress fluttered in the sea breeze, and nine Soul Rings lined up behind her.
The six black Soul Rings were deep and weighty, while the three red rings radiated formidable pressure.
"This is the Ocean."
Bo Saixi looked at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
"In the Ocean, I am invincible."
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King scoffed.
"In the Ocean, I fear no one either."
"Besides, I've become a god now."
"What can you possibly fight me with?"
Bo Saixi gave no further answer.
She pointed the Sea God Scepter forward.
The boundless seawater became towering columns that charged at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King from every direction.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King did not dodge.
He opened his enormous mouth and swallowed the water rushing at him head-on.
Then he lashed his tail.
Terrifying force struck the sea.
Dozens of waves ten thousand fathoms high rose at once and crashed toward Sea God Island.
Bo Saixi raised her scepter.
The Sea God's Light rose from the Sea God Hall, forming an immense blue barrier.
The waves struck the barrier, shaking all of Sea God Island.
The red Soul Rings behind Bo Saixi lit up together.
A stream of golden Sea God Divine Power surged from her body.
She stepped forward, passed through the waves, and appeared directly before the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
The Sea God Scepter came crashing down.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King raised a massive claw and blocked the blow.
Golden divine power collided with deep-blue divine power.
Even greater waves erupted across the sea.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's other eye lit up.
The Eye of God activated.
A thousand rays of golden light shot from his eye at once.
Bo Saixi hurriedly summoned the Sea God's Power to defend herself.
But the seawater did not stop those golden rays.
They passed straight through her defenses and entered her Sea of Consciousness.
Bo Saixi froze for an instant.
The flow of the Sea God's Power faltered as well.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King seized his chance and slammed his enormous body into her.
Bo Saixi flew backward.
Her red dress billowed in the sea breeze. The Sea God Scepter in her hand skimmed the water, and she retreated several hundred fathoms before stopping.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King gave chase.
He raised his massive claws and struck again and again.
Every blow carried the power of a Third-Level God.
Bo Saixi could only keep drawing on the Sea God's Power to block them.
The waters around Sea God Island kept splitting apart.
Huge columns of water shot skyward, then dissolved into mist amid the clashes of divine power.
Bo Saixi's expression grew grave.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was too strong.
After becoming a Third-Level God, he had not only his immense body, but also the Eye of God, which could directly affect her Sea of Consciousness.
Even her advantage in the Ocean could no longer close the gap between them.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King activated the Eye of God again.