Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 331 The Sea Princess

Watching Bai Xiuxiu disappear through a silvery-white streak of water, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan once again ventured into the depths of the icy sea.

Although an unexpected surprise was encountered halfway through, unfortunately, this surprise came with huge risks, and Ji Lin had no choice but to give up.

Ultimately, we still need to find the Sea Princess.

The sea is vast and boundless, with ice floes drifting about and a biting wind blowing.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan flew for an unknown amount of time. As they continued to advance, the number of icebergs floating on the sea increased and they became larger and larger. The variety of sea spirit beasts they encountered along the way also increased. Many of these were unfamiliar sea spirit beasts that even Ji Lin couldn't name, and they were not included in the knowledge of spirit beasts taught at Shrek Academy.

After an unknown amount of time, when Ji Lin felt that the surrounding temperature had dropped to a certain level, white light gathered around him, and the figure of the Snow Emperor materialized.

"That's enough. I'll summon the sea princess. The negotiations are up to you."

The Snow Maiden's figure floated out, and the next moment, an aura belonging to the Lord of the Far North Ice Plains surged out, causing the sea spirit beasts deep in the Far North Ice Sea to tremble under the pressure of this powerful aura.

The sky changed color, and the moisture in the air froze, turning into ice crystals that danced in the air. Although the Snow Empress was now just an energy body, she still stored most of her cultivation in her Sacred Mark Space. With Ji Lin as a medium, she could still slightly use the power she had at her peak. This was because of Ji Lin. If it were any other ordinary Soul Emperor, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a moment and would have been burst apart by the energy gushing out from the Sacred Mark Space.

"Princess Sea, the Snow Empress has come to visit. Please come out and meet her."

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Deep in the Arctic Ocean, on the seabed.

A palace-like complex sits quietly here. These buildings are all constructed from coral and various rare minerals from the sea, radiating a blue glow that illuminates the pitch-black seabed.

You can clearly see graceful mermaids swimming here.

These mermaids were mostly female, with upper bodies almost identical to humans, except that they used two seashells to cover their private parts. Their fish tails were exceptionally streamlined and beautiful. Compared to humans, they were more slender, and their faces were all extremely captivating. A series of clear, melodious laughs echoed through the seawater, seemingly possessing an invisible magic that stirred the heart and soul.

It's hard to imagine that such a paradise exists deep in the Arctic Ocean.

The largest of these coral palaces stands thirty meters tall and several hundred meters wide. Even in the human world, palaces of this scale are rare. Within the palace, faint yet potent fluctuations of soul power emanate, indicating that it possesses considerable offensive and defensive capabilities. Considering that this palace is located deep in the ocean, its safety is beyond question.

Inside this palace, entirely constructed of white coral, three stunningly beautiful mermaids were holding a meeting. The leading mermaid, resembling a beautiful woman, was about three meters long. Unlike the other mermaids outside the palace, she wore a golden crown on her forehead, and the scales on her fish tail were also dazzling gold, indicating her noble status.

She was sitting on a white coral throne directly in front of the palace, which was covered with ornaments: pearls the size of human heads, crystal-clear seashells, and beautiful colorful corals, all of which were priceless treasures in the human world.

The mermaid to her left and below her is similar in build and appearance to the Crowned Mermaid, but her crown is silver. Her tail is covered in dark blue scales, and her long, light blue hair flows behind her.

The mermaid to her right was a beautiful mermaid girl whose appearance was almost identical to that of the leading mermaid with the golden crown. She also wore a golden crown and had a golden fish tail supporting her slightly petite body.

These three mermaids are the sea princess and her two daughters, Lijing and Liya.

The one wearing the silver crown is the eldest daughter, Regent, while the petite and beautiful mermaid wearing the golden crown is the youngest daughter, Liya.

The crown on their heads is a symbol of their royal bloodline as mermaids. The sea princess's youngest daughter, Liya, is the inheritor of the golden bloodline of the mermaid race, and her spiritual level is even higher than her older sister, Lijing.

At this moment, the three beautiful mermaids all had solemn and worried expressions on their faces.

Princess Regent couldn't help but ask her mother, "Mother, is the news Aunt Bai sent true? The Deep Sea Demon Whale King has reappeared in the sea. Is she mistaken?"

Princess Liya nodded and said, "The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was destroyed by the Sea God ten thousand years ago. Aunt Bai saw it with her own eyes, so there can't be any mistake. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King has been missing from the sea for ten thousand years. How could it suddenly reappear? Is Aunt Bai mistaken?"

The Sea Princess shook her head and said, "I also hope that your Aunt Bai is mistaken, but she sent me a message some time ago saying that she sensed a familiar aura in a certain sea area. She once devoured the flesh and cultivation of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, so she is very familiar with the aura of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. It is impossible for her to be mistaken. Moreover, the sea spirit beasts in that sea area have also mysteriously disappeared, most likely because they were devoured by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."

Princess Lijing said with a grim expression, "I wonder how many sea spirit beasts this new Deep Sea Demon Whale King has devoured, and what its cultivation level is now. With the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's evil talent, it will soon be able to break through to the million-year level by devouring a large number of sea spirit beasts. Once a Deep Sea Demon Whale King as strong as the one from ten thousand years ago appears, it will be a disaster for us sea spirit beasts."

Princess Liya said, "Mother, is Aunt Bai still unable to contact the Sea God? The Deep Sea Demon Whale King has reappeared in the sea, and the Sea God will certainly not stand idly by."

The Sea Princess shook her head and said, "Several years ago, the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan lost contact with the Sea God. Most of us Sea Soul Beasts are followers of the Sea God, but only Little White, the King of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, was able to contact the Sea God because he was the mount of the previous Sea God and fought alongside him ten thousand years ago. Even Little White can't be contacted. I don't know what accident happened. Now we can only rely on ourselves."

Princess Regent suggested, "Mother, why don't we contact all the sea spirit beasts with over 100,000 years of cultivation and join forces to defeat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?"

The Sea Princess shook her head and said, "It's difficult. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King is very well hidden. We've never heard of it in all these years. It's likely that it's been hiding in the shadows all along. The other 100,000-year-old sea spirit beasts might not believe it. Besides, the ocean is vast. It's difficult to find the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, let alone surround and kill it. We can't stay together forever just to find a Deep Sea Demon Whale King we've never seen before. We only trust Xiaobai because she sensed a familiar aura, but the other sea spirit beasts don't."

The two princesses exchanged a glance and sighed helplessly. The Demon Soul Great White Shark was bloodthirsty and ferocious, known as the ocean predator. It was the most aggressive and was ostracized by other sea spirit beast clans. The reason why their sea princess clan was close to the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan was only because the sea princess had a good relationship with the Demon Soul Great White Shark King and they were both believers of the sea god. They didn't have much goodwill towards the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, who were not very intelligent and were bloodthirsty and ferocious, let alone the other sea spirit beast clans.

Only a few Demon Soul Great White Sharks possess rationality and can suppress their ferocious nature; most are under the restraint of Little White, the King of Demon Soul Great White Sharks.

For other sea spirit beast groups, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King is terrifying, but the Demon Soul Great White Shark is also an object of their fear.

It would be very difficult to unite with other sea spirit beasts unless the Sea God himself intervened.

Just when the mother and her two daughters were at their wits' end, they simultaneously felt a noble and awe-inspiring aura coming from above, and at the same time heard the voice of the Snow Emperor.

The Sea Princess asked with a strange expression, "Snow Empress, why isn't she staying in her far northern ice plains? What is she doing here in my icy sea?"

She then led the two princesses out of the palace and swam towards the direction of the Snow Emperor on the sea.

The Snow Emperor is the lord of the far north ice plains, and her cultivation is even higher than hers. Moreover, the two are old acquaintances. Although their relationship is not particularly good, there are no conflicts between them. They can be considered friendly neighbors.

When the Snow Empress came to visit, she naturally had to personally greet her with her two daughters.

Ji Lin heard Xue Di call out, and soon a powerful aura came from below. Although it was slightly inferior to Xue Di in terms of momentum, it was not much different. It was most likely the Ice Sea Lord, the Sea Princess, who had a cultivation level of 600,000.

A beam of brilliant blue light suddenly shone in the seawater, a pillar of light emanating from the seabed. It shone until it stopped in a parallel sea area not far from Ji Lin and the others, where three figures emerged.

It was the Sea Princess and her two daughters.

"Sea Princess!" Xue Di's clear, cold voice echoed in the air as she slowly descended from the sky, meeting the gaze of the Sea Princess who was suspended on the waves.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan also descended from the sky and stood beside Xue Di.

"You are...the Snow Empress? How did you become like this?" The Sea Princess looked at the Snow Empress in front of her, shocked. Although the Snow Empress looked like a physical being, with the Sea Princess's 600,000 years of cultivation and her spiritual attribute, she instantly realized that the Snow Empress had no physical body, but was an energy body.

"It's me, Princess Sea. It's been many years. How have you been?" The Snow Emperor nodded to her.

Then she looked at her current physical form and said with a smile, "As for why I am in this state, that's a long story."

The sea princess looked warily at Ji Lin and Chi Yuan, especially Chi Yuan. She vaguely sensed a deadly danger emanating from Chi Yuan, and her instincts as a ferocious beast urged her to stay away from Chi Yuan.

The Sea Princess frowned and asked, "Snow Empress, how did you get here? What's going on with these two humans? Why are you with humans?"

Xue Di said, "I came to see you this time because I have something to discuss with you, which is also related to my current situation."

(End of this chapter)