Between sea and sky, killing intent filled the air.
Bo Saixi gripped her divine staff, a trace of restrained fury gleaming in her deep-blue eyes.
A thousand meters away, Li Zhexian stood suspended in midair.
His white robes swayed lightly in the salty sea wind.
Boom!
Boom!
Towering waves surged thousands of meters high, as though striving to rival the heavens.
In the blink of an eye,
the colors of heaven and earth shifted.
Furious winds howled, black clouds rolled in violently, and an apocalyptic tableau of the sea spread out in full display.
Bo Saixi stood atop the raging waves.
The entire ocean seemed to become an extension of her will.
Countless sea Spirit Beasts roamed within the ink-blue tides, their roars merging into an ancient battle hymn.
Hum—
Hum—
Bo Saixi raised her divine staff high, and the sea boiled in response, stirring countless undercurrents.
"Sea God's Wrath!"
Her solemn cry fused with the howls of the sea Spirit Beasts.
The monstrous waves condensed into innumerable water-blue giant halberds, each one carrying power capable of destroying heaven and earth.
When the spectators in the distance saw the countless halberds rise behind Bo Saixi like towering mountains, their expressions changed drastically.
"Is… this the power of the one known as invincible in the ocean?"
Yu Tianheng, Feng Buyu, and the others felt their mouths go dry.
Though they had absolute confidence in Li Zhexian,
facing such terrifying offensive power,
they could not suppress the awe rising in their hearts.
"Bo Saixi has grown even stronger."
Qian Daoliu clenched the hand behind his back.
This strike—
even if he were to mobilize the power of the Angel God,
he doubted he could receive it easily.
On the other side—
"Foam covers the sea, seaweed binds the whale!"
Sea Fantasy Douluo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered:
"No matter how strong Li Zhexian is, could he possibly surpass the High Priest, who has already reached the absolute pinnacle of the mortal realm?!"
As those words fell,
the remaining five Sacred Pillar Guardians nodded confidently, smiling.
In their understanding,
Bo Saixi represented the very apex of mortal existence.
So long as one had not ascended to godhood, this was the ultimate limit humanity could reach.
Perhaps only Tang San—who was walking the divine path and undergoing the Sea God's trials—might be qualified to stand on equal footing with her.
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Divine Realm Plaza
Ji Dong looked toward the Sea God with a faint, knowing smile.
Meanwhile, the Asura God and the God of Destruction stared at the projection with deep, unreadable gazes.
Li Zhexian could not be directly observed—
so they examined Li Zhexian's opponent instead.
From that alone,
the disparity in their realms was immediately apparent.
The Sea God frowned slightly, fell silent for a moment, then said:
"Bo Saixi has guarded my inheritance for decades. If Li Zhexian shows mercy and allows his companions to land on the island, it would not be unacceptable."
...
Li Zhexian's white robes fluttered violently.
The radiant glow of his Flawless Glazed Body made him resemble a sculpture of jade, seven-colored brilliance flowing through his flesh and blood.
As the hand resting on his sword hilt slowly drew it forth,
and the edge of the Qinglian Sword was revealed inch by inch,
an unfathomable power began to spread.
"Second Spirit Ability— Three Swords of Elegance."
"Wine Boils, Sword Sings."
With the enhancements applied,
wherever the sword's edge illuminated,
the churning sea froze into an emerald hue.
This was not ice—
but time itself settling within the seawater, solidifying into visible amber.
"Qinglian Sword Song, Ninth Form — A Thousand Autumns Depart."
Li Zhexian's voice echoed from past, present, and future,
then converged into this single moment of spacetime.
The Qinglian Sword left its sheath—
and met head-on the countless giant halberds that seemed poised to overturn the entire sea.
With a single sword swing,
the blade was unleashed.
Where the sword light passed,
miracle and terror occurred at the same time.
At that instant, everyone's pupils shrank sharply.
Before their eyes, the surface of the sea brushed by the sword intent began to evaporate at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This was not scorching vaporization.
It skipped the evolution of time itself.
In the span of a breath, seawater dried up, revealing a cracked seabed. From those fissures grew towering ancient trees, which withered into dead branches only moments later.
Coral reefs, once stripped of seawater, weathered into pale white powder.
Countless sea Spirit Beasts shed their scales, their flesh dissipated, leaving only white bones that sank into a suddenly emerged desert.
This was the sea running dry and stone crumbling.
This was an ending that surpassed material destruction.
The great power of time was pushing this sea region toward its final demise.
A thousand-mile stretch of ocean was split into countless fragments of spacetime—some areas remained unchanged, while others turned into desiccated wastelands.
"Brother Zhexian is outrageously powerful!" Witnessing this sword that made seas dry and stones decay, Yu Tianheng, Feng Buyu, and the others all sucked in a cold breath.
Admiration overflowed in Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes; Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong also wore expressions of awe and brilliance.
Under the radiance of this youth, like a bright moon,
all geniuses of the same generation were reduced to fireflies, dim and insignificant.
Qian Daoliu exhaled shakily, all worry for Li Zhexian completely gone.
Yet as he looked at the woman who seemed so small beneath the might of time,
radiant light Spirit Power surged around his body.
"How can there be such a terrifying sword in this world…" The six Sacred Pillar Guardians turned deathly pale.
With a single strike,
even the sea itself had vanished.
"Has this Li Zhexian already become a god?!"
"The High Priest is in danger!"
Though trembling with fear, the six did not hesitate at all, rushing toward Bo Saixi.
"This… is impossible…"
The sea she had devoted her entire life to had dried up.
A sense of faith collapsing surged within Bo Saixi.
She raised the divine staff in her hand
and met that sword light head-on.
The Sea God's phantom began to age the moment it touched the sword light, and the water currents condensed from divine power rotted away instantly.
Bo Saixi felt an irresistible force eroding her body.
She watched as wrinkles formed on her slender fingers,
and her ocean-blue eyes grew cloudy.
"Power of time… seas run dry, stones decay…"
"I have lost…"
She closed her eyes, prepared to accept the outcome of her fall.
Yet the sword light that had already reached her brow suddenly transformed into a gentle breeze and dissipated.
All the dried seabed was once again flooded by seawater; skeletal sea Spirit Beasts regrew flesh and blood, and the corrupted seawater returned to a deep blue hue.
Heaven and earth fell into silence, leaving only the soft murmur of the sea breeze.
The spectators stood dumbfounded,
as though awakening from an ancient, endless dream.
They could no longer tell whether the blue sea and clear sky before them were real or illusion.
The six Sacred Pillar Guardians rushed to Bo Saixi's side, nervously watching the white-robed youth.
Bo Saixi slowly opened her eyes. After a long silence, she spoke: "You… truly will not kill me."
Li Zhexian did not answer immediately.
His gaze shifted to the side.
A streak of golden light tore through the air—it was Qian Daoliu.
Naturally, he was not attacking Li Zhexian.
In his urgency, he could no longer think of anything else, wanting only to stand protectively before Bo Saixi.
Meeting Li Zhexian's half-smiling gaze, Qian Daoliu's old face reddened for the first time in his life.
At that moment,
Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the others also arrived beside Li Zhexian.
Li Zhexian looked at Bo Saixi and the six Sacred Pillar Guardians. The Qinglian Sword turned into a strand of sword light and returned to its sheath as he said calmly:
"Sea God Island shelters fishermen and maintains peace along the seas. This is merit."
"Since I have promised not to take your life, I will naturally keep my word."
He paused slightly, then continued:
"Now…"
"Tell me Tang San's whereabouts."
"And the sea region where the Deep Sea Demon Whale King resides."
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