Chapter 1428: Chapter 1428 - 1413: Water Monarch Seal

To be honest, after so many years, it’s the first time Liao Feibai shed tears in someone else’s presence while in Ye Zhen’s arms.

Not to mention anything else, just from this alone, Ye Zhen knows that this period of time has been incredibly difficult for them.

Otherwise, Big Brother, the Great Saint of Jinghai, and Third Brother, the Great Sage of Fug Hai, wouldn’t resort to such self-destructive methods.

For someone as strong as Liao Feibai to genuinely express his emotions in front of Ye Zhen is rare.

"Since it’s so difficult, why didn’t you inform me earlier? Why didn’t you tell me when I last contacted you?" Ye Zhen looked at the pitiful state of the three Great Saints of Jinghai with deep compassion.

Especially the Great Saint of Jinghai, his whole body stained with blood; reverting to human form revealed his injuries, with one leg barely hanging by a thread of skin, and deep, green-tinged wounds on his back, shoulder, and abdomen exposing bones.

The Great Sage of Fug Hai looked unhurt on the outside, but his aura was extremely weak, clearly exhausted. The Great Saint of Sea-Breaking had become nothing but skin and bones.

From Liao Feibai, Ye Zhen learned that before this, the Great Saint of Sea-Breaking had already lost fourteen tentacles of his original form, suffering tremendous blood loss and damage to his very essence.

The three of them smiled wryly at Ye Zhen, rubbing their hands silently, but Liao Feibai spoke, "Big Brother said that with you on the Primordial Continent, standing your ground must be even harder. If the Human Clan of Great Zhou gets too entangled with sea demons, it might bring great trouble, so they told me to keep it from you!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen was instantly furious, "Were you planning to keep it from me until Xiansheng Water Palace was breached and you were all killed?"

The Great Saint of Jinghai gave a sheepish smile, "Fourth Brother, we thought we could hold out for a few more months. If we really couldn’t, how could we not ask for your help?"

"Even so, you guys..."

Ye Zhen wanted to say more but suddenly sighed deeply. He knew that they were trying to consider Ye Zhen’s situation in the best way possible and couldn’t bear to reprimand them further.

Immediately, Ye Zhen took out a large number of healing pills and began treating the injuries of the three Great Saints.

As for the thirty-one captives in the Divine Communication Realm, Ye Zhen personally placed restrictions on them all, sealed their Spiritual Power, and decided to deal with them once the situation in Xiansheng Water Mansion stabilized completely.

The Great Saint of Jinghai and others were severely injured, and more than half of the water demons in Xiansheng Water Mansion had died in battle, with the survivors also wounded.

For six or seven consecutive days, Ye Zhen transformed into a doctor who saved lives, constantly using pure Yimu Spiritual Power to heal their injuries and dispel poisons.

In those six or seven days, Ye Zhen learned roughly what had happened in Xiansheng Water Mansion over the past two years.

After Ye Zhen left, the Great Saint of Jinghai, newly appointed as Water Monarch, devoted himself to hard cultivation and governance, with the three brothers each taking action to recruit water demons and expand their power.

In just two years, the water demon army under Xiansheng Water Mansion had grown to over a hundred thousand, and with the strict training from the three brothers, their combat power was formidable.

This situation made the Green-Robed King, who had been eyeing an opportunity to annex Xiansheng Water Mansion, restless. The Green-Robed King, originally a Cloud Wave Green Frog, brought along ten thousand members of the Water Clan upon discovering the cultivation levels of the Great Saint of Jinghai and others, intending to seize the position of Xiansheng Water Monarch.

However, the Great Saint of Jinghai and the others, with their astonishing talents and combined efforts, managed to kill the Green-Robed King on the spot. Unfortunately, due to insufficient Divine Soul Cultivation, the Innate Divine Soul of the Green-Robed King managed to escape.

After dealing with the Green-Robed King, the three solidified their position as the Xiansheng Water Monarch, began purging the remaining threats, and pursued the fleeing Green-Robed King.

Yet, what they didn’t expect was that the Green-Robed King had a distant relative, the Huaifeng Water Lord of the neighboring Huaifeng Water Palace, who was, in fact, the bald-headed man with the toad’s true form.

The bald Huaifeng Water Lord was also a fearsome figure; it’s said that he devoured the Innate Divine Soul of the Green-Robed King, who went there crying for help—a great tonic indeed.

But the news brought by the Green-Robed King stirred the heart of the Huaifeng Water Lord.

The Water Monarch next door at Xiansheng Water Mansion didn’t even have the Divine Communication Realm.

After some reconnaissance, he led an attack on Xiansheng Water Mansion with fifteen thousand water troops. In their first battle, the army of Xiansheng Water Mansion defeated them soundly, but in that same fight, the bald Huaifeng Water Lord severely injured Second Brother, the Great Sage of Fug Hai.

He then discovered the weakness of Xiansheng Water Mansion—the Water Monarch’s strength was insufficient compared to his.

In several subsequent battles, the bald Huaifeng Water Lord would first engage in fierce battles with the Great Saint of Jinghai and others, and every time, he would lead his elite to crush them soundly!

When the Water Monarch was defeated, even under the best military leadership, the water demons under his command would collapse without a fight!

After a few battles, with the Great Saint of Jinghai and others still recovering from serious injuries, they were besieged inside Xiansheng Water Mansion, resorting to using harassment tactics Ye Zhen had seen before to buy time.

The strategy was sound, but the bald Huaifeng Water Lord had many masters under his command, and any water demon in the Divine Communication Realm could hold the Great Saint of Jinghai and others, making each battle more difficult.

However, that bald Huaifeng Water Lord also suffered heavy losses.

His 150,000-strong Water Demon Army has been reduced to half, with only thirty of his over forty Divine Communication Realm Water Demons left after being slain by the three Great Saints of Jinghai.

Had it not been for the relentless battles leaving the Great Saints of Jinghai no time to catch their breath and almost a month without Healing Pills, they might have had a chance to counterattack.

However, it wasn’t without gains.

Several times at the brink of life and death, the Great Saints of Jinghai and others continually broke through!

Take the Great Saint of Jinghai for example. When he first arrived, his cultivation was only at the mid Second Stage of the Dao Entrance Realm. After reaching the Primordial Continent, his cultivation speed increased over tenfold. After more than two years of hard cultivation, the Great Saint of Jinghai’s cultivation broke through to the Peak of the Fifth Stage of Dao Entrance Realm.

During these relentless battles, his understanding of Dao Patterns skyrocketed, and his cultivation naturally broke through to the Sixth Stage of Dao Entrance Realm.

The cultivation of both the Great Sage of Fug Hai and the Great Sage of Sea-Breaking also broke through to the mid Fifth Stage of Dao Entrance Realm. They have had continuous realizations during the great battles, and elevating their cultivation to the Sixth Stage of Dao Entrance Realm in the future will be a natural progression.

The greatest breakthrough belonged to Liao Feibai.

Originally, before the great battle, Liao Feibai’s cultivation had just reached the Peak Ninth Stage Establishment. After the battle, she barely entered the Dao Entrance Realm.

After entering the Dao Entrance Realm, Liao Feibai used the Youluo Cold of the pool in the back garden of the Xiansheng Water Palace to cultivate and successfully initiated the innate Youluo Evil Body, transforming ten percent of her Spiritual Power into Youluo Cold Evil.

In this cultivation, Liao Feibai discovered that while cultivating Youluo Cold Evil, her speed in refining the Low Grade Thought Spirit Pill left by Ye Zhen was more than twice as fast as before.

Later in the past half year, Liao Feibai continuously fought and cultivated simultaneously and successfully elevated her cultivation to the Peak of the First Stage of Dao Entrance Realm. In a fierce battle half a month later, she smoothly broke through to the Second Stage of Dao Entrance Realm.

The four’s strength could be said to advance by leaps and bounds, even stronger than what Ye Zhen had imagined.

Aside from this, there are the remaining 20,000 Water Demon Army within the current Xiansheng Water Mansion. These 20,000 Water Demon Army members are all seasoned fighters, and once their injuries are healed, they will undoubtedly be elite among the elite.

Now, thanks to Ye Zhen providing a large quantity of Healing Pills and exerting all efforts to heal them, most of the Water Demons have recovered from their injuries. As the Great Saint of Jinghai confidently said, if that bald Huaifeng Water Lord comes again, they can certainly defeat him completely.

Over the six days, the injuries of the three people from Jinghai still hadn’t fully recovered, only healing seven to eight-tenths, showing the severity of their wounds.

However, the three couldn’t sit idle and have already started to reorganize the Xiansheng Water Mansion at intervals.

"Fourth Brother, what do you plan to do with these thirty-some Divine Communication Realm captives?" With some spare time, the few gathered to discuss this issue.

"The Water Demons of North Sea, you engage while I conquer, the throne of power changes hands frequently among them, and surrendering is as common as daily meals. Loyalty cannot be guaranteed, though their service may not be an issue.

The problem is that we brothers don’t currently have enough cultivation power. Among the Demon Race, strength takes precedence. We cannot intimidate them, so they may cause trouble.

I suggest, we might as well kill them in one strike, and devouring their Demon Core and Divine Soul to enhance our cultivation is best to avoid future troubles!" the Sea-Breaking Great Saint, who had somewhat recovered in form, said with murderous intent.

"Big Brother, Third Brother, I think that since Fourth Brother intentionally kept these captives, he must have his reasons. Let’s first listen to his thoughts?" The Great Sage of Fug Hai, knowing Ye Zhen best, said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen gave a slight smile, "Big Brother, during this battle, if you had thirty-one loyal Divine Communication Realm Water Demons behind you, what would the outcome have been?"

"Needless to say, we would have utterly crushed them, making them flee in panic!" the Sea-Breaking Great Saint stated.

"Fourth Brother, do you mean?" the Great Saint of Jinghai caught the implication.

"Brothers, Senior Sister, I have a rather advanced method of controlling the Divine Soul. I will now teach it to you. You can control all thirty-plus Divine Communication Realm Water Demons. Dare they not serve?" Ye Zhen said.

In the astonished gazes of the four, Ye Zhen directly taught them the Soul-locking Technique on the spot and gave some pointers, especially emphasizing not to leak the technique.

No sooner had Ye Zhen finished teaching, the usually sullen yet impatient Sea-Breaking Great Saint went straight to conduct trials on the captives.

"It seems Third Brother has had enough; he’s in a hurry to produce a few reliable soldiers! Let him try it out first!"

As he spoke, the Great Saint of Jinghai’s expression became serious, and he took out a storage ring. With a flash of Spirit Light, a seal subtly emitting a Primordial Aura emerged from the storage ring.

"Fourth Brother, in the storage ring of the Huaifeng Water Lord you killed, we found the Water Monarch Seal of the Huaifeng Water Mansion! Tell us, what should we do with this Water Monarch Seal?" The Great Saint of Jinghai asked Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen’s eyes flickered sharply at the mention of the Water Monarch Seal of the Huaifeng Water Mansion, which was indeed a golden opportunity for their brothers to expand their territory.