While Yali was focused on purifying the residual radiation left behind by Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect's twelve-level Godslaying fixed-mounted soul-guided cannonball, a heart-wrenching cry rang out from the center of the sea, on a solitary island.
After leaving last time, Long Yeyue and Chen Xinjie had brought Tang Wulin—who was rescued by Tang Hao—to this island, where the three of them had been happily living together.
With the Eternal Heaven gone, Long Yeyue could only wait for the child in her womb—the first Sea God, Poseidon—to grow up if she wanted to seek revenge and rebuild Shrek Academy.
Thanks to the careful care of Tang Wulin and Chen Xinjie, Long Yeyue had finally reached the time of childbirth.
To assist in the delivery, Chen Xinjie had gone back to the Douluo Continent to bring a few doctors.
With the Sea God reborn, all the races of the sea who had remained behind rather than migrating with the Demon Empress were in a frenzy. They were all fervent devotees of the Sea God.
Led by the Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiaobai, all races gathered, preparing to witness this rare moment.
Chen Xinjie had intentionally summoned them—not only to reassure them, but also to select future spirit souls and spirit rings for Long Yeyue and Tang Wulin's Poseidon ahead of time.
For the Sea God to grow, spirit rings and bones were absolutely essential.
And the most suitable spirit rings and bones for the Sea God naturally came from sea spirit beasts.
At this moment, Long Yeyue had reached the critical point of labor. Outside the delivery room, Chen Xinjie and Tang Wulin anxiously paced back and forth as they listened to her painful cries.
Unlike Leng Yaozhu and the others, Long Yeyue had to expend soul power and life force to maintain a youthful appearance—she couldn't do it naturally.
Though she also possessed quasi-god cultivation, her body was already deteriorating. To remain beautiful and young required constant energy.
Meanwhile, Leng Yaozhu, Yali, and Leng Yulai still retained their physical peak condition.
Long Yeyue was, without a doubt, an elderly mother.
Moreover, accelerating the birth of Poseidon took a huge toll on her body.
Why did Tang Hao insist that Yali or Long Yeyue carry Poseidon?
Because Tang Hao wanted Poseidon to be born within a month. This accelerated birthing process could only be endured by extreme Douluo like Yali and Long Yeyue. Ordinary women simply couldn't survive it.
Chen Xinjie understood all of this, and at the moment, he felt even more nervous than he had during the birth of his own son, Chen Zeyu.
Tang Wulin was equally on edge. No matter what, this was still his first child.
"Yueyue will definitely be fine. She's weathered so many storms—this little wave can't stop her," Chen Xinjie reassured himself.
Over the past days, he had completely assumed the role of Long Yeyue's husband. He treated her as his wife and the child in her belly as his own.
"You're right. Sis Yue will be fine," Tang Wulin echoed beside him.
Tang Wulin wasn't stupid—he had some idea about the relationship between Long Yeyue and Chen Xinjie. But due to his own physical limitations, he chose to act like he knew nothing.
Right now, he only hoped for the safety of both mother and child.
"Waaah…"
As Chen Xinjie and Tang Wulin anxiously waited, the cry of a newborn baby suddenly rang out from the delivery room.
"I'm a father! I'm a father…"
"I'm a father! I'm a father…"
Both Chen Xinjie and Tang Wulin shouted with joy, but after yelling twice, they suddenly locked eyes.
In an instant, the air grew still and silent.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, Chen Xinjie was the first to react. He slapped the delivery room door and urgently asked, "Yueyue, are you alright?"
The door opened, and a female doctor walked out, holding the newborn Poseidon in her arms. She said to Chen Xinjie, "Congratulations, Lord Hanhai. The mother and child are safe."
"Good! Good!" Chen Xinjie's old face bloomed with joy. He eagerly took the newborn Poseidon and couldn't contain his happiness.
"My son, I have another son!" Chen Xinjie laughed heartily, planting several kisses on Poseidon's chubby little face.
Slap!
A sharp slap suddenly landed on Chen Xinjie's face.
"Son? Son my ass. I'm your ancestor, don't disgust me," came a voice.
To the doctor's utter shock, the just-born Poseidon not only spoke clearly but also leaped up and slapped Chen Xinjie across the face.
"Ancestor…" Chen Xinjie smacked his lips in realization. Indeed, this was truly his ancestor.
To accelerate Poseidon's development, Tang Hao had him reincarnated with his full memories.
Chen Xinjie was stunned, and so was Tang Wulin.
Judging by this, it seemed unlikely that this "child" would acknowledge him as a father.
Boom!
Before either Chen Xinjie or Tang Wulin could react, a golden light suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping Poseidon.
In the next moment, a golden figure wielding the Sea God Trident slowly appeared behind him.
The moment this figure emerged, all the sea soul beasts guarding Long Yeyue were stunned.
Though Poseidon had been gone for tens of thousands of years, for sea soul beasts over 100,000 years old, that was but a blink of time.
They would never forget Poseidon's aura, even in death.
"Martial soul awakening… This soul power… Level 20 innate soul power?" The female doctor was once again shocked. As a soul master, she could clearly sense the dense soul power within Poseidon.
Indeed, that golden light had come from the ruler of the plane, Tang Hao. He had personally awakened Poseidon's Sea God martial soul.
A god-tier martial soul, with innate level-20 soul power.
"The Sea God martial soul… How long has it been?" Seeing the golden Sea God silhouette behind Poseidon, Chen Xinjie was once again moved to tears.
Their bloodline came from Sea God Poseidon himself. Just like the descendants of the Angel God could awaken a six-winged angel martial soul with innate level-20 soul power, their family could awaken the Sea God martial soul the same way.
But over time, their Sea God blood had grown thinner. His Hanhai martial soul was already one of the best in the clan.
Now that the Sea God martial soul had reappeared, waves of blue light radiated from across the ocean, pouring into Poseidon's infant body. With their infusion, his body rapidly matured—within the time it takes to burn an incense stick, he had grown to the appearance of a five- or six-year-old child.
Afterward, Poseidon took a deep breath and retracted the Sea God manifestation. Only then did the blue light waves fade away.
"Master…" Unable to hold back any longer, Xiaobai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, fell to her knees before Poseidon, weeping uncontrollably.
During this time, she had endured countless hardships.
As the Sea God's most noble steed, she had been forced into hiding, afraid to even show her face.
"Xiaobai!" Poseidon patted the head of the now-humanized Demon Soul Great White Shark King Xiaobai and said, "Don't cry. The Plane Master told me everything. The remnants of the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan... The Demon Empress, was it? She dared to force my people from their homes? I will personally settle this with her."
With a cold snort, Poseidon raised his hand. A golden light shot forth, piercing into Tang Wulin's spirit and emerging from his brow into Poseidon's hand.
It was the divine Sea God Trident.
Before its true master, not even Tang Wulin could resist. Even if Tang San were here, Poseidon could still easily reclaim it.
Tang Wulin staggered, nearly falling. His face turned pale.
When the trident was forcibly taken, it felt as if his spiritual world had been torn apart.
But he clenched his teeth and made no sound.
"Take me to meet the rest of the people," Poseidon said to Xiaobai, ignoring Tang Wulin entirely.
"Master, this way please." Spirit beasts under 100,000 years couldn't leave the sea, so all the remaining sea soul beasts were waiting in the waters around the island.
Despite many races having migrated with the Demon Empress, the number of fanatical Sea God followers was still in the tens of thousands.
That might not be much for the vast ocean.
But compared to the remaining soul beasts on land, it was an impressive number.
Now, they all emerged from the water, heads raised—an endless black mass.
Seeing Poseidon wield the Sea God Trident, they were all moved to tears.
Poseidon said nothing. He simply raised the trident high.
Xiaobai stepped forward and shouted to the crowd, "The Sea God has returned! Our suffering is over! The Sea God has returned, and peace comes to the sea! The Sea God has returned—there is hope once more!"
After speaking, Xiaobai once again knelt before Poseidon.
In an instant, several 100,000-year sea soul beasts also transformed into human form and knelt before him.
The rest, those under 100,000 years, all lowered their heads in submission.
Poseidon scanned the crowd of soul beasts, and finally, his gaze landed on a single Demon Soul Great White Shark.
"A mutated Demon Soul Great White Shark, is it?" Poseidon smiled and asked, "Would you be willing to offer yourself as a spirit soul to me?"
With his current body, he couldn't yet handle high-level soul rings or bones, let alone powerful spirit souls.
But he also had no interest in low-year soul rings.
If he wanted powerful spirit rings and bones, soul beasts would have to offer themselves willingly.
To others, this would be nearly impossible.
But for Sea God Poseidon, getting sea soul beasts to willingly offer themselves required only a few words.
"Qian… Qianqiu!" Xiaobai, kneeling beside him, followed Poseidon's gaze and suddenly realized that the chosen one was her daughter, Dong Qianqiu, who was nearing 100,000 years of age.
[T/N: Dong Qianiu was the original name of Bai Xiuxiu. She was named after Author's friend but Soul Land fan being horny made nsfw art of Qianqiu which made the friend angry and he changed the name]
In that moment, Xiaobai was so shocked she could barely speak.
(End of Chapter)