Serpent Head: I could wipe out Sea God Island outright-what could the Divine Realm do to me?

"Never mind a mere territory left behind by a First-Level God. Even if the God Realm Committee's Five Great God Kings—Asura, Destruction, Life, Kindness, and Evil—descended on Douluo Star in person, what could they do to me?"

The Snake Head threw back its head and hissed, its voice shattering reefs in the depths of the sea:

"When God Kings descend to the mortal world, Douluo Star's planar laws suppress them, drastically reducing their strength. At most, they could wield the combat power of Second-Level Gods, or even First-Level Gods."

"But you and I were born on Douluo Star and made our breakthroughs here. Not only are we free from planar suppression, but this very world favors us."

"What could they possibly fight us with?

They couldn't even crack your turtle shell!"

Listening to his serpent-body avatar's arrogant words, Lu Changqing did not argue. He merely smiled faintly:

"What you say is certainly true."

"With fifty thousand years of accumulation in slumber and the system as our foundation, our foundations are deeper and more solid than those of any God King in the Divine Realm who attained godhood naturally."

"Even without relying on any outside power, with my physical defenses alone, the beings in this universe capable of injuring my true body could be counted on one hand."

"But we must not act rashly."

The Snake Head shook its enormous head somewhat impatiently and snorted:

"Then what do you suggest?

Didn't you just deliver an oracle in the temple to that descendant of yours, the boy named Lu Ye, saying we were going to join up with the Douluo Continent?"

"I just swept the area with my divine sense. That island ahead is occupied by a bunch of people calling themselves followers of the Sea God."

"In the hall at the island's center, there's a stunning level-ninety-nine woman who kneels before the Sea God's statue praying every day. She calls herself the Sea God Douluo or something."

"I say we crush our way straight through!

I'll smash that island with one sweep of my tail and swallow the Sea God's fragments of divine sense—a little snack for my world-destroying Divine Core!"

Hearing this, Lu Changqing calmly shook his head:

"That is Sea God Island."

"Sea God Island?"

The Snake Head paused slightly and spoke.

"The inheritance grounds of Sea God Poseidon?"

"Correct."

Lu Changqing spoke slowly, his tone even:

"Back then, Sea God Poseidon attained godhood by harvesting faith throughout the ocean and subduing sea beasts. Now he lives at ease in the Divine Realm."

"And the woman on that island is named Bo Saixi."

"Beyond her, the vast stretch of land behind Sea God Island is the main continent: the Douluo Continent."

The Snake Head flicked its tongue and asked in puzzlement:

"So what?

A savage continent that has never even seen a Level 9 Soul Tool? One mouthful of my poisonous mist could wipe out half an empire there."

"Wouldn't crushing our way straight through save us the trouble?"

Lu Changqing's gaze grew deep as he spoke slowly:

"Crushing them would be easy, but meaningless."

"Fifty thousand years ago, I formed an avatar to pacify the Xuanwu Continent on my back and founded the Xuanwu Empire to gather fortune and validate my own path."

"Now, the people on my back have developed Soul Guidance Technology far beyond Douluo Star's current level, and Ferocious Beasts and human Titled Douluo have emerged one after another."

"Simply slapping those natives to death would be far too dull."

At his words, a mocking gleam flashed through the Snake Head's scarlet eyes:

"Oh?

From the sound of it, you want to play cat and mouse and toy with them properly?"

Lu Changqing's enormous body continued steadily through the depths as he said lightly:

"The Douluo Continent now claims to represent orthodoxy. Spirit Hall thinks itself extraordinary, while the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan each reign supreme in their own domain."

"And that so-called child of destiny, Tang San, has just finished the Soul Master Tournament. Tang Hao is probably keeping him by his side now, while he treasures his hidden weapons and believes his Hundred Hidden Weapon Solutions to be unmatched under heaven."

Lu Changqing's God King Divine Consciousness had just swept across the entire Douluo Continent.

Naturally, he also knew that the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament on the Douluo Continent had only just ended.

"They revere the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon as the world's greatest Beast Martial Soul and the Six-Winged Angel as the strongest bloodline beneath the gods. They think the Douluo Continent is all there is to heaven and earth."

At this point, the corners of Lu Changqing's mouth curved upward:

"Just imagine: when the hidden weapons they take such pride in are blasted to dust by the empire's mass-produced Level Nine Soul Cannons, what expression will Tang San have on his face?"

"When that useless Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang, clamors that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is invincible throughout the world, only to be pinned down and ground into the dirt by the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragons found everywhere on the Xuanwu Continent, where will that leave his Martial Soul Theory?"

"And that woman Bibi Dong-if she dares lead Spirit Hall's people onto the land on my back to hunt souls..."

At this, the Snake Head could not help bursting into shrill, piercing laughter:

"Ha ha ha ha!

Then I'll manifest my serpent body myself and bite both her Spider Emperor Martial Souls to pieces, along with her divine sense!"

"If she brings down the Rakshasa God's divine sense to shield her, all the better. My Great Slaughter Void-Breaking Divine Law can have a taste of a god's flesh and blood!"

Lu Changqing's expression remained composed as he said:

"The Asura God and the Sea God in the Divine Realm have always regarded the Douluo Continent as their private preserve, secretly manipulating mortal destinies."

"In the past, I was asleep and couldn't be bothered with those hypocrites in the Divine Realm."

"Now that I am awake, I will be the one to set the rules for Douluo Star's oceans and lands."

"If the Sea God dares send down a projection to interfere, I will slay that projection.

If the Five Great God Kings dare cross realms in their true bodies, the oceans of Douluo Star will become their divine burial ground."

The Snake Head flicked its tongue, a fierce light blazing in its eyes:

"Then how far are we from Sea God Island?"

Lu Changqing closed his eyes briefly to sense their surroundings, then opened them:

"At our current speed, in less than three days, the tides raised by my foreclaws will strike Bo Saixi's Island-Guarding Formation."

"Three days..."

The Snake Head coiled its enormous body and said sinisterly:

"Then I'll be patient for another three days."

"Three days from now, I want to see what Bo Saixi can use to stop you with that land stretching tens of thousands of miles across your back, and what she can use to withstand my world-destroying divine might!"

Relative quiet returned to the seabed, but that oppressively overwhelming God King pressure was already spreading silently with the ocean currents toward Sea God Island and even the Douluo Continent.

Yet, just as Lu Changqing and his own serpent body reached an agreement and prepared to crush the Douluo Continent step by step.

A burst of golden light suddenly erupted high in the heavens, illuminating the entire ocean.

Vast fluctuations of law poured madly down from the highest heavens, tearing straight through the barrier between the Divine Realm and the mortal world.

An enormous celestial screen spanning all of Douluo Star, blotting out the sky and sun, unfurled with a thunderous roar high in the void.

[Humm-!]

The celestial screen resembled a divine mirror. Without warning, the ancient, majestic Great Dao Divine Sound thundered simultaneously through the minds of every living being on Douluo Star!

Lu Changqing abruptly raised his head. His deep, enormous eyes pierced through the vast depths of seawater and the continental crust, looking straight at the celestial screen above the highest heavens.

"This is..."

Even Lu Changqing, who had already become a God King, showed a flicker of astonishment in his eyes.

The enormous python on his body jerked its head upward, staring fixedly at the sky, its serpentine pupils narrowing to thin lines:

"Old turtle, this isn't the work of those useless fools in the Divine Realm. What the hell is this thing?!"