Conquering the Four Seas II

Great Principle Chaos Immortals were supposed to be grand existences. Ultimate lifeforms who reigned invincible in this world. Unstoppable and unopposed, they did whatever they wanted.

One of them died just like that.

Si Hai's corpse fell into the waves drifting about like a floaty. Zulong stared at the corpse and detached head with contempt. Ever since his journey ended, Zulong has felt nothing but anger and contempt for the godfiend.

'How deserving,' he mocked in his mind. He unleashed a wave of immortal power that washed over the ocean. Zulong's fierce attack resembled the surge of a tsunami. It engulfed every inch of Si Hai's body disintegrating it to the last atom.

When he was done, not a single trace of Si Hai remained. The only thing of note was a damaged harpoon with burn marks. Zulong held out his hand and retrieved the weapon before storing it away.

"How tragic," Da Hai's melodious voice said as the primaeval sea god stepped through the void and into the sky. Zulong acknowledged his master with a salute.

"Why do you say that master?" Zulong asked curiously. "I thought you hated him based on your two histories."

"I felt an intense uncontrollable rage for what he did to you," Da Hai revealed. "But I can't say I truly hated him. Ever since our meeting all those years ago on Yingzhou, I've only ever held him in low opinion. He was an overconfident overreaching man who couldn't let go of his glory days."

"He was scum," the dragon stated.

Da Hai nodded. "Indeed he was, he has truly fallen far from his time as a chaos godfiend. He was once a great expert proficient in battles. He partook in all conflicts among the chaos godfiends. Once he was an exalted figure that even the likes of the arrogant Tian Hai acknowledged. However, now he's been reduced to nothing but a school bully."

Da Hai sighed, "For all my grudges against him, it is still sad to see a great immortal fall like that. Goes to show you, that even the most lofty of figures can be dragged down to mud. Humbling thought isn't it?"

"I will remember this teaching," Zulong said bowing in respect. He turned towards his fleet and ushered them forward. All of those dragons and sea clans had kowtowed when Da Hai appeared but now stood up and began driving.

"How are the new sky barges?" Da Hai asked the dragon.

"Very powerful," Zulong admitted. "Those stones we gathered holds portions of primordial chaos gust. The propelling strength is over a dozen times faster then anything we've had before."

Primordial chaos gust was similar to pure yang sun fire or nanming divine fire in that is was a natural phenomenon that generates in the wilds. This type of wind came from the extreme gusts generated by Pangu opening the heavens. After that storm dissipated, remnants were absorbed into objects across the world giving them the capability to hold this wind.

Da Hai nodded in understanding. "Remember, those stones are rare so use them with care. You may be a person of great karmic luck but that doesn't mean you should wantonly waste things."

"This disciple understands," Zulong nodded. "Let's go men," he ordered.

It was an awe inspiring sight. Millions of dragons descended in unison. Millions of serpentine beasts supported by millions of various sea creatures entered the south seas.

Their cultivation dwarfed anything the south sea could've thrown at them. The first generation dragons Zulong created were all geniuses in their own right. As it stands, there existed millions of Heavenly Immortals among them and tens of thousands of Golden Immortals.

Nine thousand years was a short time for cultivation. However, Zulong used this time wisely to increase the power of the dragon clan by leaps and bounds. No power in the east sea could challenge them not to mention the south sea.

Along with the dragons, mighty experts of the sea also joined in the fray. Ancestral beings who listened to Da Hai's lecture who'd since risen to the stage of Great Unity Golden Immortals served as powerful generals.

Against this onslaught, the south sea sea clans gave up without a fight. They opened the doors for them and had decided to even before Si Hai had confronted Zulong.

In an instant, Zulong had claimed a territory that dwarfed the combined total of Zufeng and Zulin's empires. He was fast and immediately got to work constructing the south sea dragon palace.

Unlike the north sea palace, it didn't need to be specially built to seal a powerful natural phenomenon like the underground lake and pure yin pale water.

Because of the ease of this conquest, Zulong hurriedly moved on. He left behind three hundred thousand dragons and a million east sea troops to guard and construct the south sea dragon palace before heading westward.

…

In a dark ritualistic room, two men were present. One was working extensively on various diagrams and slags of metal and jewels. The other was a silver haired man with glowing eyes and six arms.

They were naturally the devil ancestor Luohu and the demon king of the sixth heaven, Mara.

"Should we stop them?" Mara asked Luohu who continued to work.

"No, ignore them," Luohu denied. "We need the heavenly Dao on our side not against us. It's the trend of heaven for the three sovereigns to come to power. It'll be in our disinterest to attack them now."

"But would that not cultivate more unnecessary enemies for us?" Mara inquired.

"Again, no. The sovereigns are destined to have their little lovers spat and when the final battle occurs, we'll make our move. By then they will no longer have the heavenly Dao's protection and be easy picking," Luohu said picking up a sword handle examining it.

"Inform our devil sects to pull out of the west sea. From now on the west continent will be sealed from the rest of the world," Luohu instructed.

"Alright," Mara nodded.

"By the by, how are those two talents doing?" Luohu suddenly inquired.

The two talents he was referring to were the two new rising geniuses int he devilish Dao. Their names were Heart Devil and Sky Demon King respectively. These two appeared out of nowhere and joined the devilish Dao several thousands years ago and were already Great Unity Golden Immortals.

"Very well, their potential remains the highest of all we've seen," Mara said. "Heart Devil especially has been quite taken with leading roles in our sect. His efforts saw the rise of a new batch taowu beats,"

Luohu nodded in satisfaction. The devilish Dao had long been studying complex alchemy and sciences. After the Shenni war, they managed to recover some of Taowu's essence and create an innate clan out of it through extremely evil energies.

It also acted as a great way to cleanse the sin gathered by the land by funnelling them into a new race. In this way, the devilish Dao did not lose karmic luck.

…

Like the south sea, the west sea did not have anything that could stand against the dragon's march. The ancestral dragon personally made an appearance with his dragons and formed a new branch there.

His extremely high cultivation allowed for him to effortlessly defeat all the warring clans of the west sea. What was more was that this sea was the most bountiful aside form the east sea. It suffered no ravages unlike the north and south.

Zulong landed softly on a beach flexing his shoulders. In the sky dangled the defeated bodies of all the south sea ancestors who tried to challenge him.

Sixty eight Great Unity Golden Immortals fought him at once yet still lost miserably. But that was to be expected against a Chaos Immortal. These west sea seafolk could not even land a single hit while Zulong merely played with them.

"We greet your majesty," the defeated experts said. Their supporting experts took this moment to kowtow in defeat. Any plans of retaliation was shattered by Zulong's victory.

The strength of a Great Principle Chaos Immortal was simply too much. They couldn't do a single thing even if they wanted to.

Zulong nodded and accepted their surrender. He proceeded to ignore them for now and headed deeper into the island. He had chosen to stop here as he recognised this place from afar.

Each step he took was the equivalent of a billion mortal steps. Zulong appeared instantly to where he wanted to go in a few steps. Looking up at the Jianmu tree towering above him and the stars beyond, he sighed in wonder.

"Hm, looks like aunt master put up a gate up there," he said after some observation. His eyes casually saw billions of kilometres into the air, up high into the peak of the Jianmu tree. A gateway had indeed been constructed there that filled the whole space.

"The Starry skies are aunt master's private residence," Zulong hummed. "I should send guards and servants up there to assist her," he decided.

The dragon suddenly jerked his head sideways. The fox like figure of Chenghuang stood on a root of the celestial tree observing him. Zulong narrowed his eyes in wonder as he saw the power of his fellow innate god had reached the latter stages of Great Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"Twenty thousand years to reach this level, very impressive" he complimented.

"Thank you," Chenghuang answered softly.

"Still not much of a talker aren't you?" He teased. Chenghuang merely shook his head. "So, as you know, I am in charge now," Zulong said gesturing at the sea of kowtowing experts.

"What do you say of joining?" Zulong inquired.

Chenghuang looked contemplative. "You…" he seemed to hesitate before turning around. Zulong looked curiously as Chenghoung flickered his tail indicating the dragon to follow.

Zulong shrugged and flew after his fellow innate god.

The snow white Chenghuang leapt and ran across the wind. He easily crossed several kilometres and led the dragon towards a nearby island.

Zulong followed along leisurely. Seeing their patriarch depart, several dragon elders at the Golden Immortal realm followed after them.

"Patriarch!" They called out. However, Zulong merely signalled them to be silent. He did not object to them following however. He found the younger dragon's eagerness to please quite endearing actually.

"What do you want to show me?" Zulong asked curiously starring at an utterly barren island. However, he squinted his eyes noticing some oddities. However, no matter how he looked he couldn't see past the vast emptiness. But he did know something was wrong.

Just as he was about to forcefully break whatever was affecting him, Chenghuang called out.

"Noticed?" He asked softly. Zulong got the distinct feeling the white foxlike creature was amused.

"Okay, this is remarkable," Zulong complimented. Chenghuang took this moment to wave his tail. The illusion disrupting all senses was instantly dispelled revealing what was hiding underneath.

What greeted the dragon was perhaps one of the most beautiful places he'd ever laid eyes on. A country covered by fluffy snows and beautiful blossom trees and red roses. The water was clear and filled with beautiful crystal like water.

Numerous humanlike inhabitants resided here. They had pale skin and white hair. They all had red markings and were extremely beautiful be they man, woman, or child.

"White nation, protection," Chenghuang said. Zulong nodded in understanding. These people were weak by the standards of the primitive world. They did not have a single Golden Immortal presiding over them and lacked many meaningful fighters.

"All subjects are under my protection," Zulong stated. "My scales are their shield and my claws their swords."

Chenghuang nodded sensing the promise in Zulong's voice. He felt awed as Zulong spoke no doubt due to the unique power of the dragon's roar.

"Your majesty," Chenghuang knelt down on his four limbs mimicking a kowtow. Zulong nodded in understanding and satisfaction.

"Then the white nation show become part of my dragon empire. They too are my people and under my protection," Zulong stated. "This is my promise and my oath."

The heavens rumbled in confirmation with Zulong's words. The dragon nodded. "It's done," he muttered closing his eyes and floating into the air.

Zulong was extremely sensitive to the changes of heaven and earth. He could feel large convergences of mysterious energies from across the world. 'Karmic merit,' he thought.

Karmic merit was good karma attributed to those with great accomplishments that aided in the heavens. It was the same energy that gave either good fortune or bad fortune. It was and karmic luck was essentially one and the same.

As a Great Principle realm expert, Zulong's senses were heightened to the extreme. He could easily identify the movements of karmic luck when he put his mind to it.

'There's so much,' he thought in surprise. He had not been paying attention to his own luck for a while. As such he was pleasantly surprised when he sensed an onslaught of great fortune centred around him.

"The luck of a sovereign," Zulong mused. "And what's more, I haven't even officially announced myself yet," he said in anticipation.

"Just how much would my luck multiply?" He contemplated. "Only time will tell. Men, let's get a move on," he commanded the floating dragons.

…

Meeting up with the submissive western sea clan leaders, he asked for places with rich primordial Qi. After all, places with a lot of Qi was ideal for constructing his west sea palace. They presented excellent cultivation spots and places to lay down formations.

Natural spiritual veins were interlocking laylines that highlighted places of immense concentration of primordial Qi. Zulong was searching for one with the aid of those overly familiar with the west sea.

With their aid, the west sea dragon palace was soon under construction at a well of primordial Qi located towards the central areas of the west sea. Zulong nodded satisfactorily at the construction process.

"Ao Yan," he called out to one of his dragon generals. "Any movements from the west continent?"

"No lord patriarch," the dragon said. "Our scouts said there have been no movements past the shore. In fact, several coastal cities were abandoned and left empty."

Zulong rubbed his chin and debated his next actions carefully. "We weren't exactly quiet about things yet Luohu just let me do whatever I want?"

"My understanding of the devilish Dao is deeper than most. They can definitely fend me off even with all my forces. But they didn't even try," he frowned.

"It seems neither the devilish Dao, the peacock, nor the horsey are too interested in the seas right now," he contemplated. "Fine, I'll head south to guard against the peacock for now."

"Ao Yan, take over command of the west sea dragon palace and the 3.4 millions dragons we brought with us. Hold fort unless the devilish Dao invades. The sky barges are fast enough for you to escape," the dragon instructed. "Relay the same order to the sea clans."

The younger dragon nodded and left. Zulong departed for his personal sky barge leaving his fleet behind in the process. All the while, he struggled to contain his own excitement.