I was born a god, the son of the Demon Lord.

Xu Nanyi felt a chill run down her spine, but her hands didn't stop.

The spear spun, and crimson-gold flames ignited at its tip. The entire spear transformed into a shooting star, piercing through the base of the three tentacles.

Three Thousand Emperor God Flames!

The wounds scorched by the divine fire were charred black, and the newly sprouted granulation tissue was quickly engulfed by the flames and turned to ashes, never to grow back.

A glint flashed in Xu Nanyi's eyes; it was useful.

Her attacks became increasingly fierce, and with a flurry of spear thrusts, she severed two more tentacles.

"grumble!"

The octopus let out a sharp hiss, its remaining tentacles contracted wildly, and then ten new tentacles burst forth from its huge head covered with red eyes, thicker and longer than the originals, crackling with electric arcs.

Wu Qiyue's voice came from afar: "Yiyi! Give me a drop of its blood! I'll take care of it!"

Shen Xizhou gritted his teeth, and the Dragon Bone Whip simultaneously wrapped around the three tentacles. Extreme cold spread from the whip, freezing them together.

"Sister, hurry!"

Xu Nanyi gripped the spear blade with her right hand, and with a swift motion, beads of blood seeped from between her fingers. A strange golden light flickered at the corner of her eye... Her divine sense locked on, and the spear slipped from her grasp.

A flourish of the spear.

The spear tip pierced the octopus's heart in the center of its chest and abdomen, and when it was pulled out, it brought out a clump of thick green blood that congealed in the water without dispersing.

She flicked her wrist, and a drop of green blood flew toward Wu Qiyue.

Wu Qiyue had already prepared a small rag doll. The moment the green blood fell into the doll's body, the doll twisted and deformed, turning into an octopus the size of a palm.

Black mist surged from Wu Qiyue's body.

She began chanting a spell.

Eerie black flames burned on the doll, and at the same moment, the same flames rose from beneath the real octopus, specifically targeting the soul and carrying a curse.

The octopus struggled violently, its tentacles thrashing wildly.

Xu Nanyi didn't give it a chance.

With a twist of her waist, she kicked the spear that had fallen back into the water. The spear, wreathed in crimson-gold divine flames, spun and pierced through all the hearts inside the octopus, seven in a row, like candied hawthorns strung on the spear tip. Three thousand divine flames poured out along the spear, transforming into a giant fire lotus that enveloped the entire octopus.

The water within a 500-meter radius was brightly lit, and the surrounding fish scattered and fled.

A small stone slammed into Haiti.

The soft mud and sand on the seabed instantly turned to stone, and a giant earth spike more than 30 feet high burst out of the ground, crisscrossing and impaling the struggling octopus.

"Exploding soil spikes".

Shen Xizhou followed, and the Dragon Bone Whip slammed heavily into the ground. Extreme cold ice spread from the surface of the earth spikes, forming an ice crystal cage hundreds of meters high around the octopus.

"The Frozen Cage"

The ice surface refracted countless rays of light under the glow of the fire lotus.

The octopus's hiss grew weaker and weaker, and the twitching of its tentacles slowed down...

Xu Nanyi took a breath, blood still dripping from her hand, but then she heard a cracking sound. She looked up.

It wasn't an octopus; something crashed in from the outside!

A huge black shadow pierced through the ice and landed on the charred corpse of the octopus. The thing raised its head and opened its six eyes at the same time, each one larger than Xu Nanyi's body.

It opened its mouth, and the bubbles it exhaled contained a sound...like a baby laughing.

The moment that thing opened its mouth, Xu Nanyi felt as if an ice needle had pierced her spine.

Six vertical pupils, each reflecting the charred corpse of an octopus in its iris... its prey had been stolen.

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at the same time.

The Sea Emperor's Palace, located in the deepest part of the sea, was brightly lit.

Hai Zhaoyue sat on the throne, relaxed, one hand supporting her chin, the other hand holding a round, luminous pearl as if it were a walnut.

A water mirror was suspended in front of her.

On the mirror, the group of young cultivators were scattering in terror at the sight of a six-eyed deep-sea whale, among them a little girl wielding a spear—

Hai Zhaoyue narrowed her eyes.

Good heavens, they've even used all three thousand Emperor God Flames.

She placed the luminous pearl on the armrest of the throne, leaned back, and curled her lips into a "everything is under control" smile.

It seems I, the Emperor, had foresight.

Let these future guardians of the Taiyuan Realm clean up these alien sea creatures corrupted by the abyss rifts. It's a win-win situation... It can test their strength and save her the trouble of sending troops herself.

After all, these alien sea monsters weren't particularly difficult to fight, but there were simply too many of them. Her forces were limited, so rather than wasting her own men, she decided to let these outsiders, who were easy targets, practice on her.

and……

Hai Zhaoyue glanced at the water mirror again.

This group of people are definitely capable.

She nodded in satisfaction, tapping her fingers on the armrest, a hint of emotion in her voice.

"As long as you don't put them together, they're still considered normal people."

This statement has historical basis.

The guardian system of the Taiyuan Realm has lasted for tens of thousands of years. Each generation is exceptionally talented on their own, but when put together... well, they're a pile of dog shit.

That's right, even her proud and aloof older sister couldn't avoid it.

Once each generation of Guardians is assembled, their collective intelligence undergoes a mysterious and irreversible reaction.

It's like smashing everyone's brains, mixing them up, pouring them into the same mold, and then solidifying them into a single piece of... waste.

Hai Zhaoyue felt like cursing every time she flipped through the history books of Taiyuan Realm.

The previous generation, the "Four Guardians of Taiyuan".

Four cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, having nothing better to do after sealing the abyss rift together, made a bet on who could brew the best-tasting tea at the bottom of a volcano.

As a result, the four people together detonated three underwater volcanoes, which sank an entire continental shelf, forcing two sea tribes to migrate en masse—a historical event known as the "Tea Disaster."

Ask them why afterwards.

The answer was: "I'm not satisfied with the tea not being boiled properly."

Fortunately, the group was quick and efficient, managing to rescue everyone at the last second.

But that was all they managed to do; they were rescued.

The previous generation, "Taiyuan Sancai".

The three fought for seven days and seven nights in the central square to decide whose version of the team slogan should be used, until the protective array of Taiyuan Realm was shattered by a third of the aftershocks.

The final slogan chosen was—"Whatever, whatever."

It was engraved on a stone tablet in the Taiyuan Realm, and no one has dared to replace it to this day. Fortunately, one of them was a master of formations who dominated an era and patched up the hole.

The only downside is that the patched-up hole seems to randomly whip passersby.

Further up, there's "Taiyuan Errenzhuan".

Logically speaking, the two of them shouldn't be too outrageous.

However, these two predecessors were bored in the peaceful era without any foreign invasion, so they decided to "simulate an exercise".

One plays the role of the intruder, and the other plays the role of the guardian.

As they acted, they became immersed in the role.

The one playing the invader truly portrayed himself as the villain, occupying half of the Taiyuan Realm, building a demon palace, and even bestowing upon himself the title of "Lord of Darkness"—

It took two hundred years of fighting before they were defeated by another.

The first thing he said after regaining his senses was, "Actually, I wanted to quit in the third year, but the palace was already built, and I couldn't let it go to waste."

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