Deepest within the Four Seas Cage, half of Nezha's demonic body already shattered apart.
Bare white bones protruded.
Demonic blood boiled.
Beneath the East Sea Eye, meanwhile, that pair of golden vertical pupils finally opened completely at this moment.
An ancient dragon might pressed down along the water veins.
The Four Seas Dragon Kings, however, could not afford to care about this.
They stared fixedly at the array core, their eyes filled entirely with ruthlessness.
"Refine!"
Ao Guang roared in a rasp.
The cyan, crimson, white, and black water veins tightened simultaneously, grinding like four millstones toward Nezha's physical body, vital qi, primordial spirit, and magic power.
Nezha's chest split open.
The golden Dao patterns of the Qiankun Ruler darted wildly among the bone fractures.
That wisp of Randeng's primordial spirit Dao fire drilled into his sea of consciousness, burning the Demonic Mark between his brows until it throbbed violently.
The Four Seas Water Veins were even more vicious.
Every single grinding motion felt as though it would crush his divine soul to pieces.
Yet Nezha raised his head and actually laughed.
"Come on."
"Harder!"
"With just this bit of skill, you want to make Young Master kneel?"
His sole remaining arm suddenly spread wide, taking the initiative to meet the incoming four-colored water veins.
Rumble!
Four forces exploded inside his body.
The spatial Dao patterns of the Qiankun Ruler, the Yuqing immortal energy of Randeng's Dao fire, his Self-Manifestation demonic qi, and the origins of the Four Seas frantically tore at his remnant body.
Nezha's bones fractured inch by inch.
Newly grown flesh and blood barely sprouted before being crushed to pieces by the water veins once more.
Pain.
The pain was enough to make even his primordial spirit tremble.
Deep between his brows, however, the Dao seed condensed from the Self-Manifestation Technique spun faster and faster.
It resembled a black vortex.
The Qiankun Dao patterns were swallowed by it.
The Yuqing Dao fire was dragged into it.
The Four Seas Water Veins were forcibly pulled straight into the Demonic Mark.
Ao Qin was the first to notice something was amiss.
"The array power is leaking!"
Ao Run's dragon eyes abruptly constricted.
"No, he's seizing the array!"
Dense, web-like cracks surfaced across the barriers of the Four Seas Cage.
Streams of four-colored water vein origin broke away from the array patterns, surging into his body along Nezha's wounds.
The killing array that was supposed to obliterate Nezha began to nourish his demonic body in reverse.
Ao Guang was horrified.
"Impossible!"
"Quickly stabilize the array core!"
The Four Seas Dragon Kings spat out origin dragon blood in unison, forcefully suppressing the core of the array.
Their dragon blood had barely fallen, however, before it was drawn by the Dao seed between Nezha's brows, transforming into four tiny dragon shadows that drilled into his chest.
Nezha abruptly tilted his head back.
"Hahahaha!"
"Young Master was still worried it wasn't enough, and yet you delivered yourselves right to my doorstep!"
He pressed both hands against his chest.
The remnant projection of the half Qiankun Ruler was forcibly pressed deep into his bones.
Crack!
Dark golden bone patterns spread from his chest all the way to his right arm.
The Demon Flame enveloped Randeng's Dao fire, which struggled as it tried to escape the sea of consciousness.
Demonic fire surged violently in Nezha's eyes.
"Stay down!"
The Self-Transforming Dao Seed shook.
That wisp of Dao fire was dragged deep into the primordial spirit, transforming into a shred of indestructible Yuqing fire intent.
The next instant.
Nezha's remnant body exploded once more.
Flesh and blood scattered.
White bones shattered.
Joy had just surfaced in the eyes of the Four Seas Dragon Kings when an even madder laugh rang out from the array core.
"Exhilarating!"
Black and red Demon Flame soared into the sky.
Nezha's shattered flesh and blood were forcibly pulled back together by the Dao seed, reshaping inch by inch.
Demonic Marks wound around his left arm.
Dark gold flowed across his right arm.
A wisp of Yuqing fire intent bobbed up and down on his chest.
Behind him, cyan, crimson, white, and black sea-tide projections simultaneously manifested.
The complexions of the Four Seas Dragon Kings completely changed.
They clearly sensed that their control over the water veins was being stripped away.
It was not that the foundations of the Four Seas were vanishing.
Rather, the killing array that was the Four Seas Cage was being reversely refined by Nezha from the array core!
Ao Shun's voice grew deep.
"Recall the array!"
"Recall the array immediately!"
Ao Guang's face turned ashen.
He wanted to recall it.
Yet it could no longer be recalled.
The Four Seas Cage had already been gripped by Nezha's Self-Transforming Dao Seed.
Every array pattern, every drop of dragon blood, and every wisp of water vein origin was being reversely dragged into the array core.
Nezha slowly raised his head.
Demonic Marks looked savage on one half of his face, while dark golden Dao patterns flowed across the other.
He cracked a grin.
"Want to run now?"
"Too late."
!Boom
The Self-Transforming Dao Seed abruptly surged.
Nezha seized the core array patterns of the Four Seas Cage in a single grasp.
He exerted force with both arms.
The cyan, crimson, white, and black chains snapped in unison.
Ao Guang let out a miserable cry, his dragon scales dimming instantly.
Ao Qin's dragon body rolled backward, the crimson water and fire exploding out of control.
Ao Run spat a mouthful of dragon blood, and the frost of the West Sea dissipated on the spot.
Ao Shun was the steadiest, yet even he was shaken until his dragon horns cracked, his massive dragon body slamming viciously into the ocean floor.
Crack!
Crack!
The Four Seas Unification Formation wailed endlessly.
When the final wisp of origin within the array was swallowed by the Dao seed, the entire cage shattered with a deafening roar.
Billions of gallons of seawater rolled backward in reverse.
The ruins of the East Sea Dragon Palace were blown open by the storm.
Countless aquatic beings knelt prostrate on the ocean floor, not even daring to raise their heads.
At the center of the storm.
Nezha stepped forward.
He was still in the appearance of a youth.
Red bellyband.
Topknot.
Yet his aura was completely different.
The Demonic Mark between his brows carried a touch of dark gold.
The Wind-Fire Wheels did not manifest beneath his feet, but black and red Demon Flame intertwined with golden light of merit, supporting his form.
The Fire-Tipped Spear hovered behind him.
The remnant projection of the Qiankun Ruler pressed into the spear shaft.
Randeng's Dao fire transformed into a point of white radiance at the spear tip.
The moisture of the Four Seas condensed into the spear tassel, with cyan, crimson, white, and black colors flowing across it.
Nezha raised a hand.
The newly formed spear landed in his palm.
The spear shaft shook.
The Four Seas hummed low in unison.
The East Sea dared not raise waves.
The South Sea dared not boil.
The West Sea dared not freeze.
The North Sea dared not return to the abyss.
The Four Seas Dragon Kings could no longer command the water veins beneath their feet.
For the first time, the power of the Four Seas bypassed the Dragon Race and lowered its head toward Nezha.
Ao Guang slammed into the silt of the ocean floor, nothing left in his dragon eyes but terror.
"You... what evil arts are you even practicing?"
Nezha looked down at him.
"Evil arts?"
He sneered coldly.
"This is the Great Dao bestowed by my Master."
"You fail to understand it, which only proves how weak you truly are."
The Four Seas Dragon Kings trembled in unison.
Nezha did not kill them immediately.
What Master wanted were the Four Seas Water Veins.
It was the submission of the Dragon Race.
Killing a few old dragons was simple, but making the Four Seas rewrite their rules was the true reckoning.
He turned and looked toward the direction of Guanjiangkou.
The next moment.
Nezha knelt on one knee atop the ocean surface.
The newly formed spear lay horizontally beside him.
His voice was not loud, yet it traveled along the Four Seas Water Veins, across the Southeast, Northwest Four Seas.
"Disciple Nezha, having fulfilled the mission without disgrace!"
"Many thanks to Master for granting me rebirth!"
The Four Seas fell silent.
Countless aquatic beings shivered in fear.
The Four Seas Dragon Kings turned ashen-faced.
Right at this moment.
Deepest within the East Sea Eye, that strand of ancient dragon might finally burst through the water veins.
An enormous dragon claw covered in golden scales slowly emerged from the darkness.
Blood-red runes of the ancient dragon race coiled around the claw.
That aged voice rang out once more.
"You stole the waterways of my dragon race."
"And you dare demand the submission of the Four Seas?"
Nezha slowly rose, tightening his grip on his newly formed spear.
He looked up into the depths of the Sea Eye, the corners of his mouth slowly curling upward.
"You old relic."
"Do you want to become nourishment for this young master too?"