Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 689: The Gathering of Sea Kings

On the eighth day, the Sea Shark King returned, bringing with him a nautical chart made of sharkskin that covered an area two thousand nautical miles in diameter. Every island in the area was marked on the chart, including several large islands that were even bigger than Crescent Island.

Tang San immediately gave the Sea Shark King five Sea God array discs as a token of gratitude. He was fully aware of how valuable this sea chart was.

In the vastness of the Endless Blue Sea, where the sea beasts roamed freely, creating such a nautical chart through direct exploration was a titanic task; who knew how many years it would have taken humans to develop one?

Only a clan like the Sea Sharks, known for their speed and their vast territorial range, could have provided such a nautical chart in such a short time. Hammer, the Sea Shark King, explained that this map had been compiled by several powerful members of the Sea Shark clan a long time back, as familiarity with the sea was crucial for their hunting trips.

Tang San carefully stored the nautical chart away; once he returned, he could use it to discuss human migration plans with Mei Gongzi and the Redemption Society.

Following the Sea Shark King’s arrival, the leader of the Sea Leopard clan also appeared—it was a top-tier Sea King. While the Sea Leopard clan was friendly with the Sea Walrus clan, they were antagonistic toward the Sea Shark clan. Thankfully, under the larger context of dealing with the Sea Plague, a direct conflict was unlikely.

A messenger from the Sea Giant clan also arrived, the same Sea Giant that Tang San had met before. The messenger brought news that the Sea Giant King would come in person, but due to the distance of their settlement, it would take some time.

The Sea Giant clan, known as the Pillars of the Sea, had five leaders, each overseeing different regions and each a Great Sea King. The one coming this time was the strongest of them all, known as the Middle Pillar King.

The next arriving ruler was a female, and even in her original form, she bore a striking resemblance to a human woman—the Mermaid Queen.

The similarity, of course, stopped at the waist. She had a human's upper body and a fish's lower body, with a total length of about four meters. Among all the sea beasts Tang San had encountered, she seemed to have the strongest affinity for the water element, and she was a top Great Sea King.

There was no doubt that his cleansing of the Sea Plague had stirred the entire Endless Blue Sea. @@novelbin@@

By the fifteenth day, over ten thousand powerful sea creatures had gathered near Crescent Island, with more than a hundred Sea Kings and some Great Sea Kings. The area was filled with a tremendous surge of energy, with powerful sea creatures occasionally emerging from the sea and soaring into the sky.

The largest of them, the Sea Whale King, floated like a small island at a distance, its body stretching over two hundred meters. It was undoubtedly one of the most colossal beings in the sea, if not the biggest. But curiously, the Sea Whale lineage was not particularly powerful within the Endless Blue Sea, and even the Sea Whale King was only a Sea King level.

Tang San’s speed in creating the Sea God array discs had never been higher, and most of his time was now actually spent suppressing his own cultivation. Even if he didn’t actively absorb it, the presence of so many powerful sea creatures naturally caused the power of faith to continuously gather around him, imbuing him and naturally transforming into divine consciousness.

As a result, Tang San had to periodically return to Golden Valley to craft more array discs, depleting some of his divine consciousness before coming back.

Finally, in the distance, two massive auras surged into the sky, causing the entire stretch of Endless Blue Sea around the island to stir.

Tang San, who had been sitting cross-legged on the beach, opened his eyes and looked toward the distance.

Two massive water pillars shot up into the sky, each reaching a height of a thousand meters. Atop one of the water pillars stood a giant over a hundred meters tall, holding what looked like a trident, his entire body covered in deep blue patterns that radiated immense power. This was clearly a top-level Great Sea King.

Beside him, another figure moved swiftly within the second water pillar, its body covered in deep blue scales; it had five-clawed limbs, but no wings. The powerful aura it emitted surpassed even that of the Mermaid Queen, and it showed an even greater affinity with the water element.

This figure also possessed the aura of a peak Great Sea King. Without a doubt, the two beings who had arrived were the true pinnacle of the sea clans' strength—the Sea Dragon King and the Middle Pillar King of the Sea Giants.

Tang San slowly stood up, watching the two top-tier powerhouses approach from the shore. The sea beasts in the water parted, creating a path to show their respect for the two great figures.

The massive figures gradually shrank, and the water pillars lowered as the Middle Pillar King and the Sea Dragon King both transformed into more manageable human forms. Riding the waves, they approached the shore, hovering above the sea.

Their clansmen, who had arrived earlier, all bowed in reverence.

The gazes of the Sea Dragon King and the Middle Pillar King simultaneously turned towards Tang San.

Faced with numerous powerful beings, including seven or eight Great Sea Kings and over a hundred Sea Kings, Tang San remained calm and composed, seemingly unfazed by the immense pressure.

"Are you the so-called divine envoy?" The Sea Dragon King’s deep and somewhat aged voice echoed across Crescent Island, clearly heard by all.

At this moment, the humans who had been busy with their work stopped and gazed toward the scene from a distance.

Tang San replied calmly, "I am the Sea God’s successor, Tang San. Greetings to the Sea Kings."

At this moment, an angry voice rang out. "What do you mean, envoy? Old dragon, have you gone senile? This is the true incarnation of the Sea God, a god among gods!"

It was Hammer, the Sea Shark King, who was looking indignant as he glared at the Sea Dragon King.

The Sea Dragon King frowned slightly. He knew the Sea Shark King all too well; Hammer was not one to act just because of minor things like faith or morality, so if he defended the human, there had to be a very good reason for it.

"Step aside, this is not your place to speak," the Middle Pillar King coldly rebuked him from.

Seeing the Middle Pillar King, the Sea Shark King couldn’t help but feel a bit intimidated, but still retorted with a touch of bravado, "What I said is true. Other than the Sea God, who else could cleanse the Sea Plague? Can you do it?"

The Sea Shark clan had only one Great Sea King, Hammer, and he had only recently ascended to that level. In contrast, the Sea Giant clan boasted five Great Sea Kings, with only the Sea Dragon clan able to rival them. The Sea Giants were not only physically powerful but also had great control over the sea. It was said that in ancient times, the Sea Giants had produced an actual Emperor—someone who ruled over the Endless Blue Sea as the true Sea Emperor, with the Sea Dragons serving as their mounts. Of course, by this point... it was nothing more than a legend.

The Middle Pillar King said calmly, "Whether he is truly the Sea God, we will determine ourselves. All sea beasts except the kings of their respective clans, please withdraw."

As these words were spoken, the sea beasts instinctively turned their gazes toward Tang San, who stood on the sandy shore.

Tang San did not say anything; he merely met the gaze of the Middle Pillar King with a calm and steady expression.

The sea clan powerhouses began to retreat gradually. There was no doubt that the Middle Pillar King held significant influence within the Endless Blue Sea.

In the end, only the kings of the various clans remained by the shore, and even among them, only the leaders of the major clans dared to stay.

They were the Middle Pillar King, the Sea Dragon King, the Sea Shark King, the Mermaid Queen, the Sea Leopard King, the massive Sea Whale King, the Sea Walrus King, and over twenty other leaders of the larger sea clans.

The other sea creatures, even those who were Sea Kings themselves, had already retreated to a distance.

The Middle Pillar King turned his gaze to Tang San. "Human, I have heard that you can cleanse the Sea Plague using the power of the Sea God. Is this true?"

"That’s correct," Tang San replied calmly.