Warm sunlight spilled across the boundless sea.
Far out at sea stood a tiny island, with no trees, flowers, or grass-only smooth stones.
A lovely figure surfaced from the water and climbed onto the island.
She found a stone and sat down.
She certainly saved the world plenty of fabric, wearing next to nothing.
Two shells covered her upper body, while two strips of seaweed wrapped around her lower body.
Her beauty could steal one's breath away.
She began to sing softly, her melodious voice soothing the soul.
Before long, a white dolphin surfaced and hauled itself onto the island, calling out joyfully.
"Sister Ningshuang, I'm here!"
So her name was Ningshuang.
Ningshuang smiled gently, her expression warm and comforting.
"You're here."
The little dolphin became Ningshuang's audience, listening in rapt delight.
Before long, another listener arrived-a seal.
Whether the wetness on the seal's face was seawater or tears was hard to tell. It sobbed as it spoke.
"Sister Ningshuang, my brother's dead. Someone killed him."
Ningshuang froze, then frowned. "Did the false god kill him?"
There was a bloodthirsty great white shark that called itself the Sea God. Ningshuang scoffed at that claim. A false god.
She had fought the great white shark before. They were evenly matched, and neither could overcome the other.
The seal shook its head. "Not him. It was a Giant Sea Clam. I remember her scent. Sister Ningshuang, please avenge my brother!"
The killer was none other than Sea Ji.
A chill entered Ningshuang's eyes. Was she one of the false god's helpers?
There'll be a final showdown between us sooner or later. I'll kill one of your helpers first-stop the killing with killing.
Ningshuang nodded. "Come on. Take me to her."
Ningshuang entered the water, her long legs miraculously transforming into a fish's