A Calculated Preemptive Strike
Out on the turbulent ocean, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King breached the surface, exposing his massive, mountain-sized head. The sheer, suffocating pressure radiating from his physical form completely eclipsed that of a standard Rank 99 Limit Douluo.
Although he boasted an astronomical cultivation of 990,000 years, successfully crossing the threshold of the Million-Year Divine Tribulation was an absolute impossibility for him.
Up in the Divine Realm, the Asura God and the God of Destruction maintained a ruthless, iron-clad grip on the evolutionary limits of mortal beasts. To the dominant gods, allowing a non-human creature to ascend into the Upper Realm was viewed as a massive, unacceptable threat to their cosmic order. "If they are not of our race, their hearts must inherently be malicious"—this rigid doctrine was deeply ingrained in the minds of the divine rulers.
In fact, if those supreme gods ever discovered that Fu Ye himself carried the flawless, unadulterated lineage of the Dragon God, they would undoubtedly mobilize every resource at their disposal to violently crush him while he was still growing. Fortunately, backed by his absolute system cheats, Fu Ye's true spiritual signature remained flawlessly masked from the prying eyes of the heavens.
Amused by the giant creature before him, Fu Ye suddenly thought of something and mentally queried his system. "System, has Lan Fuzi been born yet at this specific point in the timeline?"
[SYSTEM TIMELINE AUDIT: THE MERMAID ROYAL LINEAGE]
Target: Lan Miao'er (The Demon Empress / Wife of the Whale King)
Conception Window: Scheduled in exactly 5 years.
Delivery Window: Scheduled in exactly 8 years (Birth of Lan Fuzi).
Current Status: Not yet conceived. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King is currently entirely focused on stabilizing his volatile, overflowing 990k-year energy reserves.
Fu Ye nodded coordinates internally. The whale king's claim of "peacefully sleeping" was nothing more than a cover story for his forced meditation to digest his massive energy reserves. The beast's ultimate goal had always been to violently slaughter the High Priestess, devour the Sea God's inheritance, and force his way into godhood using his near-million-year physical shell.
It was a beautiful dream, but entirely divorced from reality. With the gods watching his every move like hawks, he was never going to be allowed to ascend. Deciding that a swift, explosive end was far more merciful than centuries of lingering frustration, Fu Ye made a executive decision on the beast's behalf.
Looking at that colossal whale head bobbing in the water, the only thought crossing Fu Ye's mind was how magnificent it would look covered in premium diced chili peppers on a giant dinner plate.
The Negotiator and the Predator
"Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the loyal citizens of Sea God Island have absolutely no desire to initiate conflict with you," Bo Saixi declared, her majestic voice cutting through the roaring wind. "The entity that dared to violate your sanctuary was undoubtedly a rogue Spirit Master from the mainland. I advise you to turn back immediately."
Bo Saixi had zero interest in engaging a volatile madman, but if the beast refused to listen to reason, she wouldn't hesitate to unleash her absolute power to protect her domain.
What she didn't realize was that Fu Ye was already mentally mapping out the precise culinary preparation methods for every single edible section of the whale's anatomy. After spending a continuous marathon of months inside Wuyou Prison with the past-life Xiao Wu, followed immediately by an intensive three-day temporal lockdown with the Sea Witch, his physical energy reserves were running incredibly low. He was in desperate, immediate need of high-grade, premium natural supplements to restore his vitality.
While the system shop offered various pills, nothing quite matched the raw satisfaction of personally harvesting a near-million-year super beast.
"Hmph! Empty words mean absolutely nothing to this King!" the Deep Sea Demon Whale King roared, the ocean currents boiling around him. "You disturbed my rest, and today, every single soul on this island will suffer my absolute wrath!"
The beast had made his intentions perfectly clear. He was here to cause absolute devastation. Bo Saixi and her guardians had two options: fight him to the death or be utterly crushed.
Of course, Fu Ye was entirely excluded from his calculations.
"Tianhong! Xinghuo! Taoshen! Zhenyue! Shuihan! Go!" Fu Ye barked.
Clang!
Directly behind Fu Ye's back, a flawlessly crafted sword box forged from pure white jade abruptly slammed open. In a fraction of a second, five magnificent divine blades carrying the cataclysmic weight of absolute natural elements soared into the night sky, positioning themselves directly above the colossal whale.
Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians froze in absolute bewilderment. Wasn't Fu Ye's primary martial soul a supreme, primordial dragon? How on earth was he suddenly controlling five distinct, god-tier swords simultaneously?
Fu Ye's exotic pupils flashed with an unholy brilliance as he channeled his soul power, executing the ultimate synthesis of the Five Elements Sword Form:
"Gold glimmers brightly against the blazing sun,
Wood's timeless elegance cloaks the crystal spring,
Water ripples seamlessly to ignite the raging fire,
Fire burns fiercely to enrich the fertile earth."
As the incantation finished, the five distinct elemental laws merged into a singular, blinding beacon of absolute destruction. It was his first time fully synthesizing all five divine blades into a unified strike, and the resulting density of power completely shattered the absolute boundaries separating mortals from gods.
Cataclysm in the Divine Realm
Up in the Upper Realm, inside the monolithic, shadow-draped halls of the Destruction Divine Temple.
The God of Destruction was the absolute first to register this sudden, boundary-breaking fluctuation originating from the mortal plane. Lounging upon his dark purple throne, the cloaked deity's eyes flared with intense, calculation-filled light as he stared down at the mortal coordinates.
Simultaneously, across the various pantheons, dozens of lesser gods focused their divine mirrors on the ocean. But the individual experiencing the absolute greatest amount of emotional whiplash was the Sea God Poseidon, who was actively trying to hand over his post.
"Wait a literal minute, brat!" Poseidon yelled, gripping his staff in sheer panic as he watched the mirror. "If you completely vaporize him right now, what am I supposed to use as the absolute apex challenge for my successor's Ninth Divine Trial?! You're ruining my entire retirement plan!"
The other surrounding deities, however, merely chuckled with satisfaction. To them, seeing a massive, volatile spirit beast cleanly eradicated by a talented human was an absolute win for the cosmic order.
The Demise of a King
"Five Elements Mutuality. Since you were arrogant enough to stick your massive head out of the water, don't blame this gentleman for executing a clean one-shot!"
Fu Ye flicked his finger casually downward across the night sky.
The singular, synthesized elemental blade instantly fractured, multiplying into millions of identical, glowing divine swords that blanketed the entire celestial dome like a localized meteor shower.
"Fall."
With a simple wave of his hand, the endless rain of divine steel cascaded downward, relentlessly piercing through the sea and shredding the near-million-year defensive hide of the whale king.
Two and a half minutes later...
The ocean fell into an absolute, eerie silence. The storm clouds completely vanished, leaving the pristine moonlight to illuminate the smooth surface of the water. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was dead.
Fu Ye stood hovering over the water, his hands filled with an absolute fortune of divine loot:
Left Hand: A massive, glowing clump of completely purified Whale Brain Essence (entirely cleansed of any lingering consciousness or residual soul fragments).
Right Hand: A basketball-sized Million-Year Core Pearl alongside a massive chunk of blue-gold 990,000-Year Premium Whale Glue (鲸胶).
The entire population of Sea God Island stood frozen on the shoreline, their minds completely paralyzed by the display. Even the gods up above staring into their crystal balls were locked in absolute silence. Only the Music Goddess, Ling Hua, remained entirely oblivious, currently rolling around happily on her soft bed in her private palace, entirely consumed by thoughts of when she could schedule her next private rendezvous with Fu Ye.
Distribution of the Spoils
"Hey, little witch, open wide," Fu Ye chuckled, stepping up to the dazed Sea Witch and casually slicing off a prime portion of the glowing whale brain essence, floating it directly toward her lips. "Consuming this premium fish brain will help expand your mental capacity so your consciousness stops going offline during our private sessions."
Because Fu Ye had already thoroughly purged the whale's residual malice, and given her established strength as a Titled Douluo, her physical body was more than capable of safely absorbing the immense power.
"Huh? Ah... okay!" the Sea Witch blinked dumbly, instinctively opening her mouth to swallow the gelatinous essence exactly as Fu Ye demonstrated.
Mmph...
The moment the divine essence settled into her core, her eyes went wide. She could feel her entire spiritual sea expanding violently, its boundaries stretching as waves of pure, cool mental energy rejuvenated her mind. It was an absolute, tier-one treasure!
Seeing her ecstatic reaction, Fu Ye smiled warmly and handed her the remaining majority of that specific portion, since his own mental sea was already maxed out by his system cheats. Clutching the glowing essence with absolute excitement, the little mermaid princess gave him a deeply infatuated look before spinning around and sprinting straight back to her Sacred Pillar. She desperately needed isolated meditation to fully lock down and digest this massive evolutionary boon.
Fu Ye then turned his attention to Bo Saixi, tossing the remaining forty percent of the purified brain essence directly into her hands. "Here, this is for you. This exact dose should be more than enough to permanently elevate your spiritual perception straight into the Divine Yuan Realm (Half-God level). As for this blue-gold whale glue..."
He lifted the glowing, dense mass with a smirk. "Its structural properties are far too explosive and aphrodisiacal in nature. With your current physical constitution, you wouldn't be able to contain the heat without desperate assistance."
Bo Saixi's face instantly boiled crimson at the subtle implication, her deep blue eyes shifting away in a classic display of tsundere embarrassment.
Glancing back at the seven male Sacred Pillar Guardians who were still standing in a uniform row with their jaws practically touching the sand, Fu Ye let out a lazy yawn and waved his hand dismissively.
"What are you grown men staring at me for? The ocean is completely filled with marine life. If you guys are hungry for fish, stop slacking and go harvest your own dinner!"