Serpent Ancestor

The death of the Demon Lord was inevitable.

From the moment he decided to offer his true essence to the sea, he was on a path to his end.

When a whale falls, all things thrive.

His death was meaningful, a beautiful gift to this sea.

”Crack... Boom!!”

The Sea God Altar collapsed, along with the space around it, turning into void, leaving nothing behind. The Sea God’s physical body was obliterated before it could even scream, reduced to ashes.

With the altar’s collapse, the passage to the other world was severed, the source of pollution was cut off, and no more black substance emerged.

However, the black substance that lingered in the East Sea was still vast, covering half of it.

At this moment, all the pollution began to converge toward the center.

Being surrounded by pollution meant death.”Splash!”

The Demon Lord’s body fell onto the sea surface, each piece containing abundant true essence, like lighthouses in the darkness, resisting the encroachment of pollution.

This was the final showdown between the Demon Lord and the Sea God.

The Sea God’s physical form was destroyed, and his ethereal form, after a fruitless battle with Hei Huang, vanished into the closed passage to the other world.

The Sea God was no more.

The Sea God Sect was also on the path to destruction.

The shattered body of the Demon Lord floated on the sea, and Xu Hei and the others found a large piece to rely on, avoiding the pollution’s erosion.

”Can the Demon Lord’s true essence really purify this ocean?” Xu Hei muttered to himself as he gazed at the boundless blackness.

He had been through several battles, his tail destroyed, both his spirit and body pushed to the limit, and he had no strength left for another fight.

From the Central Divine Continent to Twin Islands, from Twin Islands to Star Island, then to the Penglai Sea, and finally to the depths of the East Sea.

Xu Hei had done everything he could.

Now, he just wanted to sleep deeply, but it wasn’t time yet.

His will was the same as the Demon Lord’s, the same as Yu Jianqiu’s, the same as those who had fallen; he wanted to protect this ocean.

”Ah!!”

Xiong Dabao suddenly roared, jumping into the polluted sea. With a push of his palms, vast true essence surged out, forming waves that purified everything in their path.

But the pollution approached too quickly, and his individual strength was just a drop in the ocean.

Xu Hei suddenly noticed all the black substance converging toward him.

Vaguely, a massive vortex formed, with him at its center! Not only on the sea surface but also in the sky, a dark storm was forming, aiming to crush him.

The Sea God was clearly targeting him!

Even after leaving, he wanted to eliminate Xu Hei, who had thwarted his plans.

In such a situation, if Xu Hei stayed put, even relying on the Demon Lord’s body, it would be hard to ensure safety.

”No, I need to retreat!”

Xu Hei aimed for the teleportation array but heard a voice: ”This place is sealed, you can’t teleport out.”

Xu Hei turned to see a dog-shaped phantom appearing beside him.

It was the extremely weakened Hei Huang.

”Old dog, you’re not dead?” Xu Hei asked in surprise.

”Damn!”

Hei Huang almost spat out a mouthful of water. This damned Xu Hei really knew how to talk!

Hei Huang didn’t bother arguing with this straightforward snake and cursed, ”Take out the Heavenly Demon Mirror, I’m going in to sleep.”

Xu Hei took out the Heavenly Demon Mirror, and Hei Huang went straight in.

”Little Xu, once I sleep, I might not wake up again. I’ve given you my only Demon Seed, and the Heavenly Demon Technique is yours to carry forward.”

Hei Huang’s weak voice came from the Heavenly Demon Mirror.

Xu Hei hadn’t paid much attention at first, but suddenly, his whole body felt like it had been struck by lightning, and he froze in place.

”What did you just say?”

Xu Hei stared at the Heavenly Demon Mirror in front of him, his mind in chaos.

”There are only two Demon Seeds in this world, one with me and the other with the Demon Child, which is the Sea God.”

”From the moment I gave you the Demon Seed, I was ready to sleep.”

”Train well in the Heavenly Demon Technique, don’t let this supreme cultivation technique down!”

After leaving a few words, Hei Huang’s voice disappeared completely.

Xu Hei remained frozen, speechless.

Hei Huang had always been seen by him as a symbol of unreliability, yet he was the most reliable. As long as Hei Huang was behind him, no matter the danger, Xu Hei felt a great sense of security.

When he said he’d hold off the Sea God, he really could.

Xu Hei suddenly felt unwilling, and he slammed into the Heavenly Demon Mirror, cursing angrily.

”Old dog, don’t you dare sleep!”

Xu Hei cursed, ”Come out and do something big, we’ll split it fifty-fifty, get out here!”

The Heavenly Demon Mirror remained motionless, only reflecting Xu Hei’s own image.

Hei Huang had fallen asleep.

The Demon Lord had fallen, Yu Jianqiu had fallen, the Nine-Headed Snake, Water Kylin, and many other strong beings had fallen.

And Xu Hei was also facing the peril of being surrounded by pollution. This battle seemed won, but not completely victorious.

To protect this ocean, they had given everything.

At this moment, inside the Heavenly Demon Mirror, Xu Hei’s reflection suddenly spoke: ”Seize the Sea God’s Demon Seed, and there might be a chance for the Heavenly Demon Scattered Person to awaken.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Hei stared intently at the reflection in the mirror, asking, ”Is this true?”

”Don’t ask me, I’m just an ordinary demon, but I know him. He wouldn’t go down so easily,” Xu Hei’s reflection said.

Xu Hei was silent for a while, then put away the Heavenly Demon Mirror.

Xiong Dabao was swept back by the vortex, his body completely blackened, clearly heavily polluted, but he gritted his teeth and charged back into the polluted sea.

However, his lone strength was limited, unable to face the rapidly approaching overwhelming darkness.

Xu Hei had no strength left to fight.

And just then, from the depths of the sea below him, rings of light suddenly appeared, the fluctuation of a teleportation array.

”Buzz!”

The teleportation array lit up, emitting strong spatial fluctuations. Then, familiar figures traversed the void, arriving from the other end, landing on the teleportation array.

These figures were all too familiar to Xu Hei.

Hai Teng, Nine-Headed Worm, Bai Luo, Bai Qiushui, Ah Yin...

Upon their arrival, they all did the same thing: releasing all their true essence toward the approaching pollution.

In the distance, Xu Bai and Tianji Shangren also arrived nearby, unleashing vast true essence to block the pollution.

And it wasn’t over!

”Swish, swish, swish...”

More and more figures emerged from the teleportation array, their light weak like a flicker of candlelight in the night, but as the candlelight grew, it could become a raging fire.

Before leaving, the Sea God targeted Xu Hei, sending all demonic essence toward him, determined to eliminate him.

But now, these figures stood in front of Xu Hei.

No one retreated a step!

Even if they died in the pollution, their bodies would still retain true essence, contributing to the purification.

”That damned Sea God, trying to drag Xu Hei down, don’t let him succeed!” Hai Teng roared in anger.

They grabbed the true essence left by the Demon Lord, swallowed it, and then released it wildly, gradually forming a stalemate with the approaching pollution.

The black hurricane approached, distant tsunamis surged, and when these colossal forces gathered, how could they resist?

Xu Hei said nothing.

He knew what he had to do.

The only one qualified to stop these demonic essences was Xu Hei. His dragon veins connected to the residual true essence of past Demon Lords, making him the one with the most true essence.

He remembered Hei Huang’s words.

”Little Xu, the Heavenly Demon Technique is yours to carry forward.”

Xu Hei took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

In his mind, the first technique of the Heavenly Demon Technique flashed, and suddenly, his physical body began to wriggle at a strange frequency.

The Heavenly Demon Technique was originally an evil cultivation technique, but no matter how evil, it depended on the user!

It’s not the knife that kills, but the person!

Xu Hei opened his eyes and shouted in a low voice, ”Heavenly Demon Technique, First Form: Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique!”

”Pop, pop, pop...”

Suddenly, the dragon veins within Xu Hei flew out, landing in the bodies of Hai Teng, Xu Bai, Bai Luo, Bai Qiushui, Ah Yin, Nine-Headed Worm, Xiong Dabao, Lin Ziye, and Bopu.

His dragon veins connected to the vast true essence of the Demon Lord.

But only Xu Hei’s dragon veins could control this true essence; others’ meridians couldn’t withstand it.

With the support of the dragon veins, the speed at which this group released true essence was ten to a hundred times faster than before, instantly clearing the approaching pollution.

The dark hurricane vanished, the polluted super tsunami dissipated.

Dragon veins were like human veins, Xu Hei’s mind seemed connected to the earth and ocean, connected to these human veins.

Unknowingly, as he released the ninth dragon vein, a new dragon vein suddenly emerged within Xu Hei.

The tenth dragon vein!

”What is this?” Xu Hei panted.

What he didn’t know was that the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon’s opening of dragon veins actually had a tenth dragon vein.

Nine dragon veins allowed him to perfectly form a Nascent Soul.

But the tenth dragon vein surpassed the perfect Nascent Soul, forming a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul!

With the support of the dragon veins, the pollution no longer approached, instead retreating at a terrifying speed. The power of nine people far exceeded that of one, with a large group of fireflies illuminating the way.

Where the crowd passed, the blackness disappeared in large swathes.

The Sea God’s plan was destined to fail.

Because before leaving, the Sea God had all the pollution converge here, saving the trouble of searching everywhere.

In just one day.

The vast ocean was now a clear blue, with no trace of black. Although most of the marine life had died, and many species were extinct, as long as the ocean remained, there was hope.

One by one, the dragon veins flew back from the others, returning to Xu Hei’s body.

With all ten veins complete, Xu Hei accomplished a feat in the Nine Transformations of the True Dragon.

Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul!

They succeeded, protecting this sea of life. It wasn’t the work of one person, but the sacrifice of their predecessors.

The Demon Lord’s fallen body would also become a new seed, allowing countless lives to sprout from it.

When a whale falls, all things thrive.

—End of Volume Three, Dragon Vein Chapter.