Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Kong Tianxu raised an eyebrow at the Canghai Fish Dragon King and pointed to the soul ring behind him.

"join in?"

"Since the one favored by the gods has invited me, of course I will join." The rumbling voice of the Azure Sea Fish Dragon King resounded like thunder, but his words were quite straightforward. "However, I must maintain my sanity. Lord of the Far North, I have sensed the soul-controlling aura of your martial spirit before. I know you have a way to retain the body and mind of a soul beast while incorporating it into a soul ring. Although this will not produce a soul bone, the energy you obtain from me will be more complete. Please use that method on me."

"Okay." Kong Tianxu nodded.

The Azure Sea Fish Dragon King's words reflected his own thoughts. After all, Tang San had served as the Sea God for an extremely long time, and it was still unknown how much control he had over the sea spirit beasts in this dimension. He was also unwilling to rashly fuse with the soul bones of the sea spirit beasts.

Turning it into a demonic puppet would be very convenient; you could switch it over or kill it at will—it's a hot-swap solution.

Upon receiving Kong Tianxu's decisive reply, the Canghai Fish Dragon King was momentarily stunned, and his giant eyes suddenly burned with fervor.

It rolled its eyes, then seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to Kong Tianxu:

"Hold on."

Although it was quite surprised by Kong Tianxu's cultivation speed, its voice did not contain much emotion.

The extraordinary gifts that the human race possesses have already been witnessed by Poseidon, the first sea god, tens of thousands of years ago.

Of course, even after Poseidon became a god, he didn't have as many rings as this young man.

The giant, serpentine neck of the Canghai Fish Dragon King disappeared into the sea. When it resurfaced, it pulled out a huge, pale golden conch shell from somewhere, brought it to its mouth, took a deep breath, and blew a mournful sound that carried far and wide.

Before long, Kong Tianxu sensed that countless enormous life forms had suddenly appeared in the surrounding sea, and these life forms were rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed, riding the wind and waves.

In the distance, the sea and sky meet at the horizon.

He gazed into the distance, utilizing the full power of his martial soul's vision to the extreme, his gaze passing directly through the dazzling and bizarre light, reaching hundreds of miles away.

Even Kong Tianxu, with his vast knowledge, was deeply impressed at this moment.

An unimaginable tide, carrying countless marine creatures, surged in.

The tide was over a hundred meters high, and from a distance it looked like a moving, deep blue wall, making a thunderous roar as it moved at high speed.

Standing at the forefront of the tide is an absolutely beautiful mermaid.

This mermaid is about three meters long. Her upper body is completely human female. Two white, jade-like seashells protect her important chest area, and that is all she wears on her upper body.

Her long, light blue hair flowed behind her head, but instead of undulating with the water, it formed a disc shape. In her hand, she held a golden scepter. Her lower body was a huge fish tail, covered with golden scales that reflected the sunlight after Kong Tianxu had stirred up the clouds, making it extremely beautiful.

On the mermaid's forehead, she wore a golden crown with a blue gemstone in the center, signifying her status.

A 600,000-year-old sea princess, a top-tier spirit-type soul beast.

Besides her, there were over a hundred mermaids present, as well as countless sea spirit beasts of various shapes, densely packed in the water. Some were as large as small mountains, breaking through the waves, while others were only the length of a finger, swimming and weaving through the water. Each one exuded a strong spiritual energy fluctuation.

Countless scales, shells, fins, and tentacles rose and fell in the churning seawater, turning the surrounding waters a turbulent black in their wake.

A beast tide, this is a real beast tide!

Moreover, Kong Tianxu discovered that the spiritual fluctuations of these countless soul beasts were actually connected, forming a huge net. This tidal wave, powerful enough to submerge a country, was triggered by the combined spiritual power of these beasts.

The waves seemed to stretch far, but they moved incredibly fast. Mixed with the undulations of the seawater itself, they grew ever more powerful. At first, they were just a white line on the horizon, but then that white line expanded at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, even an ordinary person could see the terrifyingly large tide of sea spirit beasts.

Kong Tianxu's expression remained unchanged.

The surging tide, which had already risen into the air and formed a force that blocked out the sun, suddenly softened as it approached the Demon Cloud Sea Triangle, quietly merging into the seawater below. The sea surface suddenly churned violently for a moment, and then quickly returned to calm.

The middle-aged beauty, resembling a sea princess, gently swayed her fishtail on the sea surface, stirring up a circle of sparkling water, before gracefully stopping a hundred meters away from Kong Tianxu.

She glanced at the spirit ring behind Kong Tianxu with great surprise, then saw that his expression remained unchanged, a fleeting hint of undisguised admiration flashing across his face. She then looked at the Canghai Fish Dragon King, and uttered ancient and strange syllables from her cherry-like lips:

"Cang Hai Kong, is this the human you're talking about? He truly is a person favored by the gods. Thank you, but I'm always worried about Li Jing and Li Ya. That dead swordfish... it's just too despicable and too ferocious. If I leave, our clan's strength will be too weak. Are the soul beasts of the far north really willing to unite with us?"

As she spoke, two mermaid girls who looked remarkably like her peeked out from behind her, one on each side.

Their hair, like that of the sea princesses, was sea blue, but the crowns on their heads were one gold and one silver, showcasing their golden and silver bloodline, which was completely different from that of ordinary mermaids.

Is this buy-one-get-one-free?

Kong Tianxu, who had just been twitching at the corner of his mouth because he was hallucinating about a certain teacher's name, suddenly had an idea upon hearing this and spoke up at the right moment:

"Dongyang City, which is adjacent to the waters where your Sea Princess clan lives, is the largest city in the north of my Sun Moon Empire. You can serve as a member of our empire's maritime defense force, and in return, our Sun Moon Empire will protect you."

“Apart from the far north, I am also half the master of the Sun Moon Empire.”

After thinking for a moment, Kong Tianxu added.

The Sea Princess looked at Kong Tianxu in surprise, while the Canghai Fish Dragon King shook his head: "Lina, there's no need to be shy, he understands."

It then turned to Kong Tianxu and introduced him with formal etiquette:

"Greetings, Master of the Far North. This is also one of the three great overlords of the near seas, Princess Lina. She excels in mental power, which is very compatible with your martial soul. I have already communicated with her, and she also wishes to become your soul ring."

"Hello."

Kong Tianxu nodded slightly to Princess Hai, a gentle spiritual wave rippling out. As a powerful individual who was also skilled in spiritual power, he believed that the other party could understand his goodwill.

Princess Lina stiffened slightly the moment she sensed the mental fluctuation. But she quickly relaxed, the wariness and caution in her eyes receding like the tide, replaced by a softer, warmer emotion.

However, as that spiritual power became clearer in her perception, her expression gradually became somewhat strange, and a faint blush appeared on her fair, jade-like cheeks.

Chapter 399 Returning to Douyi, I am the Whale Rider and Wave Chaser

The two little mermaids were not much better off than their mother; they hid behind the sea princess and timidly stared at Kong Tianxu.

Although the silver-crowned mermaid sister Regent on the left tried her best to maintain a proud and calm demeanor, her slightly flushed cheeks betrayed her inner emotions; the little mermaid Liya on the right with the golden crown was even more direct, her small mouth slightly open, her eyes fixed on Kong Tianxu, with two obvious blushes on her cheeks.

They were simply lustful at first sight. Kong Tianxu could even sketch out a few erotic scenes from Lijing's highly volatile mental fluctuations that would make young girls scream.

After all, in the world of sea spirit beasts, the males they had seen were either fish, insects, or ferocious and terrifying sea monsters. This was the first time in their lives they had ever seen a young and handsome human male like Kong Tianxu.

Kong Tianxu frowned, and the Canghai Fish Dragon King was also puzzled by the Sea Princess's behavior.

It tilted its massive dragon head, its azure vertical pupils scanning Princess Lina's face several times, then looked at Kong Tianxu, confirming that the two weren't engaging in any illicit spiritual activities. Then, in a slightly confused tone, it called out repeatedly:

"Lina? Lina?"

The sea princess finally came to her senses, her delicate face still flushed. She bowed slightly, her voice tinged with apology:

"I'm sorry. I sensed something extremely similar to me in your spiritual power, and it reminded me of some old things. I lost my composure."

Similar fluctuations in mental energy, the Sea Princess clan?

Hearing her say that, some long-forgotten memories resurfaced in Kong Tianxu's mind.

A vast spiritual force surged forth from his spiritual sea like a tide, coalescing and taking shape before him.

At this moment, Kong Tianxu's mental power demonstrated extremely high control precision. Every strand of mental power was precisely manipulated, intertwined and recombined under his will.

Soon, a clear image of light and shadow appeared in mid-air.

It was a teardrop-shaped jewel, only the size of a pupil, yet radiating a dazzling, soft golden halo. Its brilliance flowed, and even its projection faintly emitted the sounds of tides and profound spiritual fluctuations.

It was the 100,000-year-old mermaid's tear that Kong Tianxu discovered at the Sea God Pavilion's treasure appreciation event.

He had broken through the bottleneck of tangible spiritual power by relying on the immense spiritual power contained in the Mermaid's Tear, and he had made some guesses about its origin. Now it seems that he was right.

"I once obtained a mermaid's tear. Is this what the Sea Princess was referring to?" Kong Tianxu asked.

Upon seeing this, the Sea Princess's beautiful eyes widened immediately, a look of disbelief flashing across them. Her lips moved slightly, but she couldn't utter a word for a long time.

After a long silence, she finally let out a long sigh, her voice filled with emotion:

"No wonder our spiritual origins are so aligned. So that's how it is. I never thought we'd meet again after all this time. It's all for the best. Even though that human is dead, this mermaid's tear still played its part."

She didn't explain much, but judging from the faint reminiscence and relief in her words, it was clear that she had recalled and let go of some past events, and even her previously hesitant will had become extremely firm.

The sea princess took a deep breath, turned around, faced the hundreds of mermaids and countless sea spirit beasts behind her, and slowly raised the golden scepter in her hand.

The flying fish wings atop the staff shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight, their inlaid blue hexagonal crystals emitting rings of soft light. The majestic and solemn pronouncements clearly reached the ears of every subject present.

"Children of the sea, as you can see, I am embarking on a new path, and my heart of the sea will be inherited by my youngest daughter, Lia, who possesses the proud golden bloodline!"

Although the Sea Princess had already spread the news, the sea spirit beasts still let out a low whimper, and the two little mermaids also looked sad.

"Liya, put the Heart of the Ocean away safely."

The sea princess gently stroked her daughters' blue hair, placed a kiss on each of their foreheads, then released her hands, handed the scepter to Liya, turned to face Kong Tianxu, crossed her hands in front of her abdomen, lowered her eyebrows and eyes, and her fishtail gracefully curled into a perfect arc behind her.

"From now on, my daughter and I will be in your care."

"A wise choice."

Kong Tianxu reached out and lifted the sea princess's forehead, feeling its cool touch.

Black and white threads appeared in his hands and in the ocean currents beneath his feet, swirling and emerging from the water.

The Holy Spirit Puppet, its face filled with compassion, gently raised its six wings and brushed over the heads of the Azure Sea Dragon King and the Sea Princess. The momentary tranquility made them close their eyes and let the black and white threads wrap around their bodies.

The immense energy surged into Kong Tianxu's body like two torrents.

Countless sea spirit beasts circled around, singing an ancient ballad in unison.

The ballad had no lyrics, only a melody, low and melodious, like the wind brushing the sandy shore and the waves crashing against the western reef.

The two sisters, Regent and Reece, held up the blue-gold scepter together and sang a particularly moving song, full of blessings and expectations.

As the song reached its climax, the world suddenly brightened, and the blue hexagonal crystal, which had only been faintly shining in the center of the scepter, shot out on the waves and directly merged into Kong Tianxu's body.

Sending away the Heart of the Ocean, a unique treasure of the Sea Princess lineage that grants immunity to all energy attacks once, was the only thing they could do for their mother.

Suddenly, two blood-red soul rings with six golden patterns appeared, slowly rotating behind Kong Tianxu and joining the sequence of the seventeen soul rings.

With a roar, the giant tiger with a scorpion tail, now half-white-spotted, suddenly leaped out, its two large black and white cocoons bursting open.

Following the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the Azure Sea Fish Dragon King, with its entire body a deep blue and shrunk countless times to resemble a sapphire fish, rose up.

On the other side, the sea princess transformed into a golden mermaid no bigger than the palm of her hand, holding a miniature golden scepter in her hands, sitting obediently on Kong Tianxu's right shoulder, not even bothering to investigate the matter of her two daughters giving away the Heart of the Ocean without permission.

Sensing the immense soul power within Kong Tianxu, the two overlords were momentarily speechless with shock.

The soul power within this human was actually greater than the total amount they could bear as soul beasts! It was an endless vastness, like an abyss, which allowed the Azure Sea Dragon King to break through the bottleneck of 600,000 years through the fusion, and the Sea Princess also benefited greatly.

This cannot help but fill them with deep awe, even though they have lived for hundreds of thousands of years.

Thus far, Kong Tianxu's first martial soul, the Divine Dragon Soul Ring, has a total lifespan of 2.5 million years; his second martial soul, the Supreme Body Soul Ring, has a total lifespan of 3.83 million years; and his third martial soul, the Holy Spirit Puppet Soul Ring, has a total lifespan of 1.4 million years.

almost.

A slight surge of emotion welled up within him, and a sliver of his demigod-level spiritual power spread outwards, causing the once calm sea to surge. The spiritual net woven by thousands upon thousands of sea spirit beasts suddenly began to crumble.