The vast sea heaved and crashed, waves thundering skyward.
The colossal whale burst into existence, its surging tides raining down like a storm, whipping up monstrous swells.
A titanic beast!
Blotting out the sun, it radiated utter oppression and terror.
"What... is this?!"
The Overlord's eyes bulged, his breathing labored in disbelief.
He'd never seen such a monster. Roaming Xiliang, he'd wrestled fierce tigers—but even tigers were ants before this!
"An ancient giant whale, alive for tens of thousands of years at least."
Lu said.
The Overlord's heart jolted.
A creature over ten millennia old?!
Cultivation extended life—he knew that. Body Storage granted centuries; Heavenly Lock or Golden Core, a millennium.
But...
Over ten thousand years? He couldn't fathom it.
This... was true great cultivation?!
Young Master Lu said he'd show him the real deal.
In that moment, the Overlord was awed.
Beside Lu, Red Dragon growled, body swelling to ten meters, flames roaring.
Yet before the whale, still minuscule.
Little Yinglong stared blankly at first.
Then roared, enlarging.
Wings spread, bellowing at the beast.
Both sensed hostility—a threat.
As heavenly dragons born in Five Phoenixes, they instinctively repelled this interloper.
The Overlord trembled, gripping his axe, demonic qi swirling.
He could fell tigers, but this whale...
No courage to even try.
Could an ant slay an elephant?
How?
Lu eyed the whale; the whale eyed Lu.
Suddenly...
Lu smiled.
The sky-blocking whale reminded him of a name...
Kun!
"There is a fish in the North Sea, called Kun. The Kun is so huge, one pot... ahem."
Lu coughed lightly.
Gazing at the whale hovering in the heavens.
An idea struck.
Tens of thousands of meters—its back must be vast, enough for all White Jade Capital.
Move White Jade Capital atop it... cruising the seas like mysterious immortal Penglai, birthing endless legends.
Lu fist-smacked his palm.
Thrilling!
Perfect...
This whale was a stowaway. Carrying White Jade Capital? Its toll.
Meanwhile...
Dongyang County drowned in fear.
On the walls...
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Soldiers gawked at the sun-eclipsing whale, frozen.
Monster?
One tail swipe could raze a city!
What now?
The prefect raced to the battlements, nearly collapsing at the sight.
Plagued Dongyang—invaded by weird aliens before, now this horror.
His job... too hard.
But he didn't yield.
Roaring orders.
Troops manned walls; all able-bodied men summoned.
Life or death.
Facing the beast, men clutched harpoons, charging out.
Survival demanded the fight!
The prefect led, harpoon raised.
No escape.
Waves would engulf Dongyang.
He was trapped.
But reaching the beach...
People there.
Wheelchair-bound, white robes like snow!
The prefect recalled the legend!
"Lord of White Jade Capital, Lu Ping'an?!"
Stunned, then ecstatic!
"Young Master Lu!"
Heavens spared Dongyang!
Lu sensed the prefect, harpoon-wielding soldiers, civilians.
Face weird.
Harpoons?
Creative.
"Stop them."
"Don't let them near."
Lu said.
The Overlord frowned, nodded.
Retreating explosively, sand blasting, streaking black.
He was shocked—these folk didn't flee but charged with harpoons?
Those toys pierce the whale?
"You... King of Xiliang?!"
The prefect hesitated, then spoke.
The Overlord nodded.
"That beast defies human power. Stay back."
"Why not run? Charging is suicide..."
He eyed the prefect and followers, puzzled.
"Your harpoons won't scratch its hide."
The prefect smiled.
"Run?"
"How? Wives, children, parents in the city—how?"
The Overlord fell silent.
Fear in their eyes, yet harpoons gripped—touched him.
Far off...
The whale roared again.
Gales howled, hurricanes of icy water lashing.
Around Lu, spiritual qi formed an umbrella, repelling the deluge.
Strong whale—not Infant Transformation, but equivalent.
Its bulk: ultimate weapon.
"Tens of thousands of years..."
Lu's eyes gleamed.
Wheelchair slap—one, two, three...
Five Phoenix Plume Swords whistled out, swirling overhead.
He'd reclaimed two more.
Five now.
Not the limit—unknown total.
One: profound-tier.
Five: versatile, fused near earth-tier might!
Lu swept his hand.
Five became fire phoenixes, streaking at the whale.
Mockery in its eyes.
It sensed Lu—mere human, not even Foundation Building. Dare fight?!
Tianyuan sea overlord.
Dreamed of transcendence, shackled by world level.
Buried deep.
But worlds fused; origins shifted—he awoke.
Seized the chaos, breached from Tianyuan.
This world... weak!
Far frailer than Tianyuan.
Opportunity!
No prior ambition—but now, yes.
Fuse worlds; rule it—transcendence no dream.
Raced to Five Phoenixes.
Ignored the plumes.
Plummeted from heavens.
Bulk to pulverize.
Plumes slashed—tough hide, no wound.
Lu raised a brow.
Confident.
Red Dragon charged, flaming meteor.
Size gap: whale unfazed.
Ignorance enraged it.
Lu observed.
Defense exceeded expectations.
Not invincible.
Controlled plumes into one red sword, piercing a spot.
Point breaks plane!
Whale felt mosquito bite.
Near earth-tier burst—pierced skin.
Explosion: roar, blood spray.
Fats clenched the sword.
Lu's brow arched—clever.
Fingers danced.
Plumes split.
Pfft...
Swam in fat...
Pain flooded!
Huge body: cumbersome.
Pros and cons.
Silver blades bloomed from Thousand Blades Chair into lotus.
Lu in white floated up, toward the whale.
Fury in its eyes.
Sea king—when such pain?
Mouth opened, long whine.
Shockwaves at Lu.
White stream lashed.
Lu raised hand—blade wall.
Boom!
Stream pierced, into Lu.
"Hm?"
Surprise.
"Dao Intent?"
Comprehended it...
No wonder overlord—Infant Transformation threat sans realm.
"System, what rank?"
Prompt:
"Fourth-sequence: Soul-Devouring Intent."
Fourth?!
Lu flashed shock.
That near-dooming Tianyuan bighead: sixth.
This whale... fourth!
Lightning-fast.
Lu's soul: whale shadow.
Hundred meters—terrifying vs. his soul.
Direct soul attack!
Soul-Devouring...
Thus?
"Human, die!"
Intent from its soul.
Bit down.
But...
Failed!
Like biting stone—teeth nearly shattered!
Lu's soul: vast vortex, starry specks.
Plain black stele central.
Dao Stele.
Bit it.
Panicked, released.
Stele flashed subtly.
Lu intuited, face odd.
"Soul-Devouring?"
Vortex spun faster.
Familiar suction from Lu's soul.
Pulled in: devoured...
His own intent?!
This human...
How?!
Decisive.
Severed soul sliver—agonized wail.
Swallowed by vortex.
Reality:
Lu opened eyes.
Smirking at whale.
It: humanoid panic on Lu lotus-seated!
Problematic human!
Meanwhile...
Plumes burst out.
Blood geysers.
Wail.
Body crashed into sea, mega-waves.
Waves hit invisible barrier, rebounded.
Tail swing, fled.
Far:
Overlord stunned—this great cultivation battle?
Insane!
Altered beach: his smallness, yearning.
His pursuit!
Whale escaped.
Dived—ocean home.
Glanced: human lotus-floating.
Dreams reignited—leaped, maw to swallow.
But...
Lu unhurried, drew Spirit Pressure Board.
Piece placed.
Clack.
Echoed realms.
Heavenly hand mirrored, smashing whale's head.
Pressure: back to sea.
Lu rapid-placed.
Gossip runes flashed.
Grabbed void.
Sea cubed.
Whale yanked, imprisoned in water block before Lu.
Despair.
What demon?!
"Chance... submit."
Lu said.
No—sea king, 100,000 years—bow to human?
Lu patient: "No? Steamed, grilled, braised... choose."
"Stowaway."
"Toll required."
"I'm Lu Ping'an—good-tempered, but don't bully me. You scared me charging."
Released array.
Whale splashed, dove deep.
Outside terrifying—hide.
But...
Lu placed, runes.
Swam backward—recaptured, suspended.
Lu calm: "One more."
Released again.
Fled madly.
Soon: before Lu.
"Steamed it is."
Whale: ...
Lu exhaled white stream—like its own.
Into whale's mind.
Soul-Devouring exploded...
Terror.
Long whine: plea, submission.
Lu retracted, blades stacked to chair.
"Good."
Submitted—but planned. Human lifespans short.
Strategic—outlast, free again.
Believed possible.
No resistance, floated.
Lu on chair, atop back.
Little Yinglong shoulder-perched, chair rolled smooth.
"Hm, nice."
Satisfied.
As Lu tamed, surveyed...
Distant sea:
Lone boat rocketed forth.
