Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 179 The real reason for breaking the time loop: Angels also take action to catch the traveling whales!
In the peaceful and serene village, the orange glow of the evening light bathed the rooftops of every house in a golden hue.

The rising smoke from the chimneys and the occasional bark of a dog only added to the village's tranquility.

But in the center of the village, in that dark, deep pit surrounded by large stones, two pairs of eyes suddenly lit up!

Those two pairs of eyes were as big as car headlights; one pair had golden vertical pupils, and the other pair had scarlet snake eyes!
The old village chief was closest to the deep pit and immediately saw the two pairs of eyes. He was so shocked that he took a step back and almost fell.

Fortunately, Xia Fa, who had been standing behind him, caught him.

"My Lord, what? What? It's the Flame Dust Python and the Frost Sky Giant Lizard? Oh no, that sacred object... that sacred object..."

The old village chief's voice trembled, and his long white beard trembled along with it. He almost struggled to get up from Xia Fa's arms, turned around, and waved his arm forcefully at the villagers:
"Quick, everyone run! If we don't run now, it'll be too late!"

Zizizi!
A strange sound interrupted him, like the sound of steam billowing from a kettle after water boils.

Immediately afterwards, a massive amount of water vapor gushed out from the deep pit, shooting straight into the sky!
The deep pit seemed to have transformed into the nozzle of a giant kettle, with endless steam pouring out, accompanied by a deafening hissing sound, like a red-hot iron ball touching ice.

The villagers were stunned, and even the village chief looked up at the sky in disbelief, as if they had witnessed a miracle.

Xia Fa still had a smile on his face:

"I told you it's alright, Village Chief. The Flame Dust Python and the Frost Sky Giant Lizard are exactly mutually restraining, aren't they?"

The old village chief was taken aback at first, then his expression suddenly changed, and the fear on his face vanished instantly, replaced by pure joy:
"Yes! How come I didn't think of that! Little Mike, you really know a lot, no wonder you came back from the big city!"

The villagers, who had been looking up at the dissipating steam in the sky, snapped out of their reverie and began asking questions with curiosity.

"Village chief, what is that Flame... Flame Python?"

"What exactly happened inside the sanctuary of the sacred relics?"

"I can smell a hint of blood..."

"So much steam is coming out of the sanctuary, Lord, will everything be alright?"

"Could it be that after a century of perseverance, this ancestral worship ceremony will finally be a success!"

The old village chief sighed and said:
“I also read it in the ancient books of our village. Our sacred objects need to be buried in a sacred place for a hundred years to allow time to wash away the pollution they have suffered. But if we are not careful, the pollution will affect the people who go to serve our ancestors…”

He shook his head:
"The Flame Dust Python and the Frost Sky Giant Lizard are mutated forms that result from human corruption. In fact, there are many other monsters, which are determined entirely by the good and evil of each person's soul."

Slightly concealing the dejected look on his face, the village chief turned his head and looked up at Xia Fa:
"Little Mike is really something! You must have learned some occult knowledge in the big city, right? You actually came up with this brilliant idea!"

He seemed to be speaking to Xiafa, but also to explaining to the villagers:

"Infect both Rosehu and Srinos at the same time, turning them into the Flame Dust Serpent and the Frost Sky Giant Lizard. The moment the two monsters' bodies come into contact, the burning flames meet the cold ice sculptures and immediately cancel each other out."

Suddenly remembering something, the village chief sighed:
"Although Roseju and Srinos usually bully men and women and like to steal chickens and dogs, they did sacrifice for our village after all. Let's build them a grave at the entrance of the village."

The villagers nodded thoughtfully, many of them seeming to understand, but some still didn't quite grasp what the village chief was saying.

On the Red Porcupinefish, it was a different story; almost everyone present showed a look of sudden realization.

After all, everyone here is a superhuman, so they can understand these mystical principles.

"I see!"

"Xia Fa is truly amazing! He actually came up with such a solution in such a short time!"

"How did he guess that the two monsters were humans in disguise, and not that they were originally in the pit?"

"I don't know, but it's awesome, haha!"

"Genius, Xia Fa is truly a genius!"

"Hahaha, finally saved! Thank God, thank you Shaphat!"

The pirates exclaimed in amazement and cheered, high-fiving and hugging each other. Some even immediately pulled out their wine, ready to uncork it and begin their celebration.

Prince Justinian had actually figured this out not long after Avalon, and now, after hearing the old village chief's words and receiving confirmation, he was filled with emotion:

"Shafa... he's really smart. Judging him by the standards of an insect-level creature, I was wrong before. With his intelligence alone, he could easily get by at sea. Especially if he were willing to learn how to identify which traveling whales can yield good loot..."

Avalon chuckled softly; this genius, who usually maintained a calm and indifferent attitude towards everything, rarely showed such a smile.
"Indeed, but if I could witness the Flame Dust Python and the Frost Sky Giant Lizard up close, I might have come up with this idea even sooner than him."

Prince Justinian glanced at him helplessly. Sure enough, what Avalon couldn't accept the most was being intellectually superior to others. And now, he was already starting to talk tough.

However, Prince Justinian couldn't argue with him, mainly because he couldn't win the argument.

Moreover, the next major event is hunting traveling whales, and it's best for the two of them to work together; it's not worth arguing now.

Immediately afterwards, a strange scene appeared in the whirlpool, inside the village, in the deep pit.

An object gleaming with golden light rose from the deep pit, like a rising sun, radiating a sacred aura.

As the light faded, the item fell into the village chief's hands; it was a golden hoe.

Upon seeing this, the villagers became very excited, some even with tears in their eyes.

"It really is a sacred object!"

"Finally, I'm free!"

"Little Mike, you've done a great service for our village!" The old village chief, his face etched with the marks of time and emotion, gripped the golden hoe and casually tapped it on the ground.

At the village entrance, the invisible barrier shattered, and in the distant fields, wheat seedlings rapidly sprouted and grew, quickly yielding heavy loads of wheat.

Xia Fa was about to say something when he saw the old village chief and the villagers turn around strangely, all looking at him with smiles on their faces, waving goodbye to him.

Immediately afterwards, a colorless and transparent beam of light descended from the sky and enveloped Xiafa.

……

Xia Fa felt a sudden dizziness, and when he opened his eyes again, he was back on the deck.

"Shafa! Good brother, you saved our entire ship! I must report this to the chief and ask Him to appoint you as captain too!"

The red porcupine rushed over and hugged Xia Fa, its face full of enthusiasm.

Dagney stood with her legs crossed to one side.

Those long, snow-white legs made her look fiery and alluring, while her face held an ambiguous, admiring smile.
"Xia Fa, it would be really unfair if your sister didn't reward you. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Xia Fa chuckled slightly:

"I am saving everyone, and I am saving myself. Consider this my way of thanking you for sending me to the Worm Islands to see the Father of a Thousand Stars."

What he wants most right now is to learn from the Father of All Stars how to develop the Gate of Stars, a supreme-level secret contract.
This can definitely greatly enhance one's strength and may even bring some unexpected surprises.

After all, by simply fusing the core secret abilities of the Silver Throne and the Gate of Stars, he was able to obtain a total of five new secret fusion abilities, each of which was far stronger than the previous ones.

If even this initial development can achieve such a level, what more can be expected from an extraordinary monarch's in-depth development of the Gate of Stars?
Prince Justinian also came over, his face full of admiration:
“Shafa, there’s a vacancy in my position as Royal Knight Attendant. Do you have any ideas? Or you could be my secretary.”

Upon hearing this, many knowledgeable pirates showed expressions of surprise and envy.

Being Prince Justinian's Royal Knights-in-Attendance or Secretary was practically equivalent to becoming a future Marshal of the Armed Forces or a Privy Councillor!

All we have to do is wait for Prince Justinian to ascend the throne and become emperor!
Avalon, however, said calmly:
“How could someone like Shaphat be willing to be subservient to others? Justinian, you'd better not try.”

Xia Fa smiled:
"Let's take another look. By the way, what about the traveling whale?"

Seeing that Xiafa neither agreed nor refused, seemingly glossing over the matter, Prince Justinian was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled and said:
"This time-looping ghost realm will soon be gone, and then it will be time for us to capture this group of traveling whales."

A renewed sense of anticipation flickered in Avalon's calm, lake-blue eyes:

"If only we could extract a supreme-level secret contract from it..."

Captain Red Porcupine, Dagney, and the other pirates were all somewhat surprised when they heard this, thinking to themselves that Lord Avalon was truly audacious.

However, even they cannot deny that extremely small probability.

What if?
The value of a supreme-level secret pact goes beyond just money, although a starting price of five million gold pounds is enough to tempt anyone.

More importantly, the Overlord-level Secret Contract... can be used to exchange for some of the most top-tier secret treasures or sealed artifacts!

In a sense, a hegemonic secret agreement represents the foundation of an individual, a family, or even a nation; it can either enhance existing strengths or provide emergency relief.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that a single hegemon-level secret contract can be exchanged for the assistance or protection of a ruler is invaluable.

Therefore, for anyone, the more hegemonic secret contracts they possess, the better, even if they cannot sign them.

Moreover, none of the young overlords are willing to give up the opportunity to sign a second overlord-level secret contract and become the supreme secret emperor. This is their deepest and greatest desire.

Xia Fa quickly walked to the edge of the deck, grabbed the railing with both hands, and looked into the distance.

Instead of stubbornly swimming forward and being reset back to their original positions by the time loop, the group of migrating whales were now rotating with the ocean currents created by the whirlpool.

However, they seemed to be forced into it, and each one of them was utterly exhausted, their dark little eyes looking rather lifeless.

The vortex was getting smaller and smaller, and you could still vaguely see the village in it, but the villagers and the old village chief were nowhere to be seen.

Xia Fa had long known that the creatures in the time-looping ghost realm were all half-real and half-illusory, formed by the "rules" of that ghost realm.

Therefore, he wasn't worried about where the villagers and the old village chief had gone. He guessed they had been transformed back into rules, preparing to evolve into other beings in the next time loop.

I just don't know if they have any memory of this experience.

Suddenly, the vortex shrank inward, like a contracting ray of light, and in the next instant, it vanished from the spot.

The traveling whales were finally freed, and they all let out long hisses, then twisted their huge, ball-like bodies, trying to force their way into the air.

The air immediately cracked open with fissures of varying sizes, revealing glimpses of a magnificent starry sky. Time and space around the fissures immediately became disordered.

"I have six heads, you have five, is that alright?"

Prince Justinian smiled and said something to Avalon, but before Avalon could answer, he leaped into the air. Even as a prince and an angelic overlord, he was still somewhat impatient and excited.

Avalon didn't jump off the deck, but his eyes were full of anticipation. With a flick of his sleeve, five mechanical spheres engraved with complex magical patterns and intricate runes flew out.

Xia Fa was also a little itchy by these two young overlords and couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

Eleven traveling whales—what good stuff could they possibly find?

(End of this chapter)