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

Hailey's figure flashed at the cave entrance, instantly shrinking into a small blue fish the length of a thumb. With a flick of her tail, she slid into the dark hole.

The fish tail swayed at the entrance of the hole, as if beckoning.

"Keep up!"

Without wasting words, Shen Xizhou's dragon scales shrank, and the entire dragon, as if its head had been grabbed and pressed inward, transformed into a tiny dragon the length of an index finger with a "poof".

He scrambled into the cave entrance, then turned back and shouted to Xu Nanyi, "Sister, I'll go scout ahead!"

Xu Nanyi squatted at the entrance of the hole, staring at the narrow gap that was only wide enough for a cat to squeeze through, and fell into a three-second silence.

She knows what her true form is.

The problem is... she is extremely reluctant to let others see it.

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, the future Demon Emperor, whose true form is a round, golden, and fluffy little chick!

Xu Nanyi closed her eyes. Oh well, everyone here is one of our own, so no one should tell anyone, right?

As soon as he withdrew his spiritual power, his body shrank dramatically.

As the golden light faded, a golden ball the size of an egg appeared at the cave entrance, with two fleshy wings pressed against its sides and ruby-like eyes.

Extremely reluctantly, he waddled into the dog hole with his short legs.

A very soft "poof" came from behind.

Xu Nanyi turned around.

Wu Qiyue had somehow transformed into a paper doll the size of a palm, with her facial features still drawn and her expression lifelike. At this moment, she was covering her mouth, and the paper doll's shoulders were trembling.

"What are you laughing at?"

The paper doll Wu Qiyue waved her hand, and her voice came from the paper surface, thin: "No, Yiyi, I just think you are especially... cute."

Xu Nanyi's golden fur bristled.

"Shut up."

The paper figure wisely stopped talking and crawled in through the hole using both its hands and feet.

The little stone, or Shi Ming, transformed into a pebble the size of a fist.

Round, smooth, and dusty gray.

The problem is that he didn't calculate the inertia correctly.

The stone began rolling downhill as soon as it hit the ground, accelerating faster and faster until it plunged into the cave with a muffled thud.

"ah--"

Before the paper doll Wu Qiyue could even finish her cry, it was crushed by a stone from behind.

The paper figure was pressed flat and stuck to the ground, with a clear circular stone imprint in the very center.

Shi Ming rolled forward and crashed into the cave wall before stopping.

"...Sister Yue! I'm sorry!"

Wu Qiyue's paper body slowly lifted a corner off the ground, the round mark still visible on it.

"Little Stone." Her tone was still sweet.

"exist!"

"Once I return to my original form, you'd better run faster."

Little Stone was too scared to speak.

Ahead, Hailey's little blue fish had poked its head out from the end of the cave, its tail nodding towards the inner sanctum.

"Shh-"

She lowered her voice, her fish mouth opening and closing: "The remnant soul of Lord Sea God should be dozing off right now, let's be quiet."

Xu Nanyi looked out from the perspective of a chick.

The main hall was very large, with a three-zhang-tall statue of the sea god sitting in the center, and a thin layer of incense ash piled up at his feet.

The offering table was set up directly in front of the statue of the deity, on which were placed seven or eight radiant spiritual fruits, each of which exuded a rich, almost solidified, spiritual energy.

There was a wide open space of about thirty feet between the cave entrance and the offering table.

Unobstructed and unblocked.

"Watch my moves."

Hailey's little blue fish slid out of the hole, belly up, and landed flat on the ground with a thud, flipping over and over again.

Like a fish that had been slapped to death on a chopping board, it rolled all the way to the foot of the offering table and lay motionless against the table leg.

Xu Nanyi: "………"

Shi Ming was excited; he knew how to do this question.

The pebble dropped to the ground and began to roll, rolling precisely to the edge of the table leg like a marble, where it stuck without moving an inch.

Playing dead is his specialty.

Xu Nanyi slapped her forehead with her little chubby wings.

Does it have to be so undignified? I want to be a dignified person.

She was about to protest when she looked up and saw that the paper doll Wu Qiyue had already moved. She folded her arms inward, pulled her legs up, and tucked her head down, turning her whole body into a flat cardboard box shape.

Then, with a soft thud, like a book turned over by the wind, the pages flipped one by one toward the altar.

A perfect replica.

Fine.

Since that's the rule.

Xu Nanyi took a deep breath. The chick's chest puffed up like a ball, and the next second, the golden fluff ball tumbled forward and began to roll continuously.

One, two, three—

ten.

Precise and precise, executed in one smooth motion, it finally came to a steady stop beside the offering table leg.

Shen Xizhou looked at the table and his eyes lit up—since his older sister had already done this.

It threw its long, thin dragon body forward and rolled forward as well.

But dragons are long.

With this flip, the entire little dragon coiled into a black wheel and rolled to the other side of the table.

Hailey hooked her fishtail onto the table leg and swung herself onto the tabletop. Xu Nanyi flapped her little wings and climbed up after her, her two pink feet kicking rapidly.

The moment I climbed onto the tabletop, the spiritual fruit was right in front of me.

Hailey picked up two spirit fruits, bent her fish body, and dropped the fruits onto the table, where Wu Qiyue and Little Stone caught them below.

Xu Nanyi lowered her head and took a bite.

The moment the spiritual energy entered her body, all her meridians trembled simultaneously.

In just three short breaths, that pure spiritual energy had completed a full cycle around the Great Heavenly Circuit, and the spiritual energy lake in the dantian visibly rose a notch.

This efficiency is even better than when she ate ten Spirit Gathering Pills in the Demon Realm.

Hailey tapped the table with her tail: "See! I told you so—"

"Is it good?"

The voice came from behind.

Low, languid, like someone who has just woken up.

Xu Nanyi, still chewing on fruit, subconsciously replied, "Delicious."

The moment the words left his mouth, everyone bristled.

She turned her head.

A pale blue phantom squatted on the edge of the offering table, resting its chin on its hands and tilting its head to look at the five of them.

The features were blurry, but the eyes were curved, as if they were smiling.

The remnant soul of Poseidon! ! !

"Hmm, I think so too." The illusory figure stood up, pointed at them with its finger, and counted them one by one, "Steamed mermaid, boiled dragon slices, phoenix stewed with mushrooms..."

One of Xu Nanyi's golden downy hairs stood up.

Pointing at Wu Qiyue, he said, "Human-shaped paper towel."

Then he pointed to a small stone: "A stepping stone."

"Perfect."

Five little things: !!! !!!

Xu Nanyi swallowed the fruit in her mouth, her voice weak: "Actually, it wasn't... very delicious."

Divine power poured out in the next instant.

An invisible force field simultaneously locked the five small figures in place, rendering them unable to move.

Xu Nan tried to struggle, but her spiritual energy was suppressed as soon as it surged out of her dantian. This level of overwhelming power was something she couldn't resist at the moment.

"Ha. You all still remember why you're here?"

The five of them huddled together, none of them daring to open their eyes.

Hailey tried to play dead.

The sea god glanced at her: "You're such a convincing fish—you did the same thing when you stole the fruit last time."

Hailey gave up struggling.

"What a coward." The Sea God scoffed, a hint of nostalgia in his voice. "Just like the first generation of guardians, utterly useless."