The Price

At Tianluo Palace, Heng Hua sat on the couch, tapping his wooden staff against his palm as he watched the aquatic creatures being reborn within the ocean.

After their rebirth, they inherited the combat experience from their previous lives. When they clashed with cultivators from the various island clusters again, they were clearly far more guarded.

"Marvelous. The ocean nurtures life, yet it also bears memories. Marvelous indeed, marvelous!"

Heng Hua closed his eyes. His Heaven-Penetrating Wisdomheart rapidly analyzed the functions and operating principles of the "Primordial Ocean." The jade turtle shell beside him glimmered brilliantly, helping him accelerate the analysis.

The islands did not panic when faced with the resurrected aquatic creatures. They continued battling them atop the water.

Both sides attacked with ruthless ferocity. Some cultivators wielded Dharma artifacts and summoned Divine Fire and blazing flames that filled the sky, while water demons raised floods and waves, calling forth torrential rain and hurricanes.

Flames flashed as great swaths of water demons were blasted into cooked seafood by fireballs. A cultivator proficient in the Immortal Eater Art carried a massive cauldron as he darted and weaved through the battlefield. The Shrimp-Blasting Spell and Fish-Roasting Spell rose one after another, and all manner of seafood feasts drifted across the water.

Amid the raging waves, the water demons moved unpredictably. A huge school of swordfish demons swept forth on Sword Qi like unfathomable dragons and serpents, joining forces to stab a Golden Core Cultivator to death. Yet at the instant of his death, the cultivator suddenly unleashed a self-destruction technique. The swordfish demons perished one after another as well.

Boom—

On the distant Five Elements Mountain, one name carved into the mountainside abruptly shone with azure light. It then shot toward the distant battlefield, and the dead cultivator was revived.