After leaving the Extreme North, Xia Yi returned once again to the Star Dou Forest.
The battle there had also concluded. Though the Fallen Angel could suppress Poseidon, she couldn't truly defeat him.
They waited until Lan Fozi and the Demon Empress returned to the Douluo Plane.
With just a single move — "Sea-Calming Strike" — Lan Fozi utterly crushed Poseidon.
"Deep Sea Demon Whale… If I had known earlier, I should have wiped out all you oceanic scum!"Poseidon roared unwillingly, lifted by Lan Fozi like a little chick. She directly stabbed the Sea God Trident into his forehead, simultaneously destroying his God Position and Divine Consciousness.
The Demon Empress delicately pinched the air, and an endless force of the ocean condensed and crushed down — Poseidon's corpse was instantly turned to ash.
Now, with their strength, both the Demon Empress and Lan Fozi found it incredibly easy to deal with someone like Poseidon, who only had a First-Level God cultivation.
If it weren't for the blood feud they bore, they likely wouldn't have bothered to act personally.
"Dad, Mom and I have avenged you."
Seeing Poseidon vanish into dust, Lan Fozi's eyes turned slightly red. She tightly embraced the Demon Empress. Tang San was dead. Poseidon was also dead. Both Sea Gods across two generations had perished at the hands of her and the Demon Empress.
With their great vengeance avenged, Lan Fozi summoned the Sea God Trident across the air. As she looked at the purple-gold bead embedded on the trident, both she and the Demon Empress trembled slightly. That was the Whale Pearl of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, once inlaid on the trident by Tang San.
"Dad, I know what you most wanted to see. Mom and I are very happy — every day is full and joyful. You can rest in peace now."
Lan Fozi gently stroked the Whale Pearl, a beautiful smile appearing on her perfect face.
She believed, if the Deep Sea Demon Whale King could see them from the afterlife, he would definitely be happy that she and the Demon Empress were now living blissfully.
"King, Fozi is right. She and I are very happy. Our man will treat us well for the rest of our lives. You can rest easy now."
Seeing the smile on Lan Fozi's face, the Demon Empress also smiled contentedly.
Both mother and daughter wore smiles, their eyes bright and sincere, without a trace of impurity.
Xia Yi stepped out from behind them, gently taking their jade-like hands. He too looked up at the Whale Pearl on the trident and solemnly said:
"Deep Sea Demon Whale King, I promise you — I will treat Hai Jun and Fozi well for the rest of my life."
Although the scene could easily be misunderstood, all three — Xia Yi, Lan Fozi, and the Demon Empress — were incredibly sincere, their gazes pure, without any filthy intent.
They were truly just informing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King that he could rest in peace.
Just then, a violent wave of divine power surged from deep in the cosmos.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The power beyond God-King level was vast like a sea. The more advanced one's cultivation, the more clearly it could be felt.
"You took the Holy Abyss Splitter and the Heart of Kindness, fine. But now you even snatched the Scales of Judgment? You bully the weak — you shameless woman! If you've got guts, come at me! Picking on Di Tian while I'm away? How disgraceful!"
Gu Yue's furious voice rang through the universe. She accepted that the Phoenix God had taken the Holy Abyss Splitter, as it originally belonged to the Crimson Realm, the Abyssal Saint Sovereign, the Crimson Mother, and to the Phoenix God herself.
She also accepted that the Heart of Kindness had been taken by the Phoenix God, since the Kindness God self-destructed and was ended by her.
The Heart of Kindness was just war spoils.
But the Evil God was clearly defeated by Di Tian.
Although the final divine consciousness was destroyed by the self-destruction of the Kindness God, the Scales of Judgment had already been sealed in darkness by Di Tian — it was his trophy.
Yet the Phoenix God used the World Pearl to find it and shamelessly took it — and even gave it to Leng Yaozhu as a gift of apology.
How could Gu Yue not explode?
"Hmph! If not for me, Di Tian would've been dead or gravely injured. Your Nine Great Dragon Kings might have been completely wiped out! And the Evil God's divine consciousness was finished by me too! So many of your soul beasts — I saved them! Taking the Scales of Judgment was only natural! Ungrateful wench! How dare you question me!"
The Phoenix God was utterly unyielding, releasing her transcendent divine aura as she clashed fiercely with Gu Yue.
"Saved them? Don't make me laugh. If you didn't need a powerful source of creation to break through beyond God-King, would you have saved anyone? The source of creation helped you ascend past God-King, and you don't even show gratitude? Now you have the gall to bark at me? Today, if I don't give you a proper beating, you'll think I'm made of clay!"
"You lowly Silver Dragon! You're nothing but a derivative of my Creation God Core. Technically speaking, you should call me 'Mother'. Such outrageous disobedience! If you've got the guts, come at me — I'll show you who's boss!"
The Golden Dragon King's power originated from the Destruction God Core of the Dragon God, while Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, came from the Creation God Core.
The true owner of the Creation God Core was the Phoenix God.
That's the real reason Gu Yue is female.
She was, without a doubt, a split-off from the Dragon God — a derivative of the Phoenix bloodline devoured by the Dragon God.
So strictly speaking, Gu Yue really did carry the Phoenix God's bloodline — technically making her the Phoenix God's half-daughter.
But that was the old Gu Yue.
Now, Gu Yue had fully devoured the Destruction God Core and the Golden Dragon King bloodline — she was now the "Dragon God" herself.
The Phoenix God's words were purely meant to disgust her.
"Stop flattering yourself. I am Gu Yue, no one's derivative, no one's daughter."
Gu Yue remained unmoved, unleashing her full power. Though the battle was deep in the universe, the power beyond God-King level still reached the Douluo Plane.
"Husband, aren't you going to stop them?"The Demon Empress looked at Xia Yi with concern.
"No need. Let them fight — let them vent."Xia Yi chuckled and said,"The fact that they're battling openly reassures me. What I worry about is if they bottle it up and strike in the dark."
"Heehee, even after venting, they'll still be powder kegs. Sister Yue and Sister Yaozhu, Sister Yulai and Sister Yali — the palace is already full of smoke and fire. And now we have a Phoenix God? Husband, your harem will surely be very lively in the future."
Lan Fozu giggled.
"No problem — I can handle it! Totally under control!"
Xia Yi stood tall and proud, brimming with confidence, as if everything was within his grasp.
"Husband… since when did the Phoenix God become part of your harem? How come I didn't know?"
The Demon Empress sighed with grievance.
"Uh…"
Xia Yi was momentarily stunned. Then he realized he'd gotten too full of himself — and had been tricked by Lan Fozi.
(End of Chapter)