Because this was a sacrifice, the Spirit Ring generated by Xiao Wu, after settling onto Ye Yu's Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul, was instantly absorbed and became its Fifth Spirit Ring.
Once the sacrifice ended, the blood-red barrier that had enveloped Ye Yu and Xiao Wu dissipated.
"Let me see if this Spirit Ability is exactly what I expect!"
Inside the Blue Silver Domain Domain, after the sacrifice was complete, a trace of anticipation flashed across Ye Yu's handsome face as he muttered to himself.
First, he activated Martial Soul True Body with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
In an instant, Ye Yu's body shot up in height, muscles swelling.
A layer of icy-blue armor with dragon-like scales surged over his body like tidal waves, covering him like full-body plate.
A pair of icy-blue dragon wings unfurled behind him.
Twin icy-blue dragon horns sprouted from his head.
Five deep crimson Spirit Rings rose one after another at his feet, encircling him.
When the fifth ring lit up, Ye Yu realized it was exactly as he had predicted—
From Xiao Wu's sacrifice, the Fifth Spirit Ring had granted him two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Abilities: Invincible Golden Body and Nullity.
Ye Yu was very satisfied.
After leaving the Blue Silver Domain Domain, on the next day, Ye Yu explained to the women that he would once again be going out to temper himself.
"Ah! Ah Yu, where are you going this time?"
"How long before you come back?"
Dugu Yan asked reluctantly.
"Sorry, Yan Yan," Ye Yu sighed lightly.
"This time, I'm heading to the Vast Sea—the Endless Sea—to hunt suitable hundred-thousand-year sea spirit beasts for my Second Martial Soul, Spirit Eyes, and my Third Martial Soul, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion."
"So I might be away for quite a long time."
He smiled apologetically.
"But don't worry—no matter how long I'm gone, I'll come back every New Year."
Although the Endless Sea was vast beyond measure, Ye Yu possessed the Blue Silver Domain Domain, allowing long-distance teleportation.
Even while deep in the ocean, he could instantly return through the domain.
After saying his farewells, Ye Yu transformed into a streak of lightning, shooting into the sky toward Vast Sea City.
He planned to stop there first and see if the city's records contained information on hundred-thousand-year sea spirit beasts dwelling in the Endless Sea.
Since Vast Sea City knew of the Demonic Whale Sea's existence, Ye Yu was certain they also kept records of other maritime forbidden zones.
With his speed, he quickly arrived.
Vast Sea City was built along the shore. From above, Ye Yu could clearly see the boundless, surging sea.
The last time he had passed by the coast, he was sowing seeds—silver-white blossoms of the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree—and had glimpsed this vast expanse of blue.
Upon arrival, Ye Yu first found an upscale tavern to enjoy a proper coastal meal.
Taverns and restaurants were natural gathering places for all walks of life, and he could also ask questions there.
After all, he needed to know how many places in the Endless Sea were like the Demonic Whale Sea—danger zones housing terrifying sea spirit beasts.
He had to admit, despite being in the Douluo Continent for so many years, he'd never had a true seafood feast before.
In this tavern of Vast Sea City, Ye Yu ordered an entire table of the most expensive seafood dishes:
Salt-Baked Emperor Crab, Giant King Scallop Sashimi, Seven-Color Eel Rice, Black Pearl Sea Urchin, Azure Dragon Prawn King…
Every dish was among the tavern's top delicacies, each costing over a hundred gold spirit coins.
For Ye Yu, that was pocket change.
As he enjoyed the seafood, he casually asked the server who was opening his coconut wine:
"Your Vast Sea City has been around for a long time as a coastal city.
I'm planning to travel in the Endless Sea—do you know which areas are forbidden to enter?
Are these forbidden zones all home to very powerful sea spirit beasts?"
"Oh, sir, you've asked the right person!" the server said with a smile, pouring the drink.
"The Endless Sea has many forbidden zones, each because extremely powerful sea spirit beasts live there.
The most famous of all is the Demonic Whale Sea!
They say that within it resides a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with a cultivation of over nine hundred thousand years.
To this day, no ship that accidentally strayed into the Demonic Whale Sea has ever escaped alive—
every single one was smashed to pieces with a single tail strike!"
"Aside from the Demonic Whale Sea , there's also the Evil Orca Sea, the Deep Sea Demonic Octopus Sea, the Seven-Color Demon Seaweed Sea.…"
The server ticked them off on his fingers one by one.
Sure enough, there were many more dangerous seas than just the Demonic Whale Sea and the Evil Spirit Orca.
The Endless Sea truly deserved its reputation as the largest gathering ground for spirit beasts on Douluo Star.
After getting this overview, Ye Yu visited a shop specializing in sea charts, tossing down a thousand gold spirit coins and asking the owner to collect every map in Vast Sea City that recorded oceanic forbidden zones.
Money talks.
Before long, the shopkeeper returned with dozens of maps marking various danger zones in the sea.
This was still just the tip of the iceberg—on Douluo Star, the Endless Sea's surface area was comparable to the sea of Ye Yu's past-life Blue Star.
The zones known in Vast Sea City were merely those encountered or heard of by local sea spirit masters over the years.
Compared to the whole, it was just a drop in the sea.
With these maps in hand, Ye Yu set his sights first on the nearest target—the Demonic Whale Sea.
Leaving Vast Sea City, he streaked away as lightning, soon reaching its waters.
The Demonic Whale Sea's fearsome reputation in Vast Sea City made it sound like a place of storm clouds and mountains of bones.
But from above, it looked no different from any other stretch of sea.
The sky was bright, golden sunlight scattering across the rippling waves.
Seabirds wheeled and cried overhead.
Standing in the air, Ye Yu activated his Purple Demon Eyes with the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and peered beneath the surface.
In an instant, his vision pierced over a thousand meters of seawater, revealing a colossal figure lying beside a bottomless trench—a Deep Sea Demonic Whale King over five hundred meters long, like a floating island.
Its massive maw gaped open, sucking in the waters of the trench.
The horrifying suction drew in countless deep-sea krill and fish, all swallowed whole.