In the world of mountains and seas, there was thick fog at dawn near the South China Sea. The end of the sky was slightly white, but the entire sea surface was still shrouded in darkness.
A fairy island was faintly visible in the fog, and a slender white rainbow expanded like a door, and two figures fell into the South China Sea.
Zhang Heming looked at the vast South China Sea. The waves were surging and the mist was thick. When the sea breeze blew, the fog surged like clouds, transforming into various shapes of the Great Wall.
Zhang Heming couldn't help but laugh: "I never thought that I, Zhang Heming, would return to this world one day!"
He looked at the sky full of stars and calculated with his fingers: "This is the South China Sea. Not far to the northwest should be Nanzhou. Fengdu, Jia Yi and I passed by this place in the past. I didn't expect that everything would change so much in a blink of an eye. I don't know how many years have passed."
Zhang Heming looked at Chang De: "Brother Chang, do you remember how many years it has been since you last came to this world? Have you ever swam in the South China Sea before?"
Chang De shook his head: "When I first entered the mountains and seas, I fell into the bitter cold of the north of Dongzhou. After that, I became an ancient mountain god for a hundred years and have never set foot out of Dongzhou. This is my first time in the South Sea!"
Zhang Heming sighed, "That's right. When we were roaming the mountains and seas in the past, the east, south, west, and north were all wild and barren. Now things have changed and there is nothing to see."
After sighing for a while, Zhang Heming also talked about business: "Now that we have returned to this world, should we go to Nanzhou and Dongzhou first to find a treasured place to transcend the calamity and perfect ourselves, or should we travel around to find someone who can become the master of the four seas?"
Chang De stood in the sea mist in the night sky and thought for a while: "This tribulation cannot be accomplished by hard practice, and there is no point in finding a treasure land. You and I will spread the news that the upper realm is about to select the Lord of the Four Seas, inform those who are qualified to compete for this godly position, and start the trend of deification of the Lord of the Four Seas. Let's get this merit first."
Zhang Heming nodded: "That makes sense. Let's get this easiest great merit first. This is related to whether you and I can be conferred a Star God status."
The two then thought about who could compete for the title of Lord of the Four Seas, but after counting on their fingers, they realized that there were not many people in the world who were qualified to compete for this throne.
"The Lord of the Four Seas, commanding billions of aquatic creatures; the God of Rain in the Lower Realm, in charge of the Four Sea Eyes."
"The one who can become the Lord of the Four Seas must first convert to the way of the gods and have the ability to trigger thunder tribulations and transcend tribulations to become an immortal. If you can't even become an immortal, how can you be qualified to compete for the position of the Lord of the Four Seas."
"Secondly, you must unify one of the four seas and gain the good fortune of all living beings."
"The third one needs to be conferred a title by the Heavenly Court and receive a decree from the Heavenly Court before one can be considered a true Heavenly Court immortal."
After saying this, both of them frowned. This was extremely difficult.
But think about it, the throne of the Lord of the Four Seas can be regarded as a very powerful throne among the gods, and certainly not something that ordinary people can sit on.
Zhang Heming said, "I don't know how many people have been eliminated in the first level. The gods who are qualified to survive the thunder tribulation of the gods are almost all in the underworld. I'm afraid there are only a few in the world of the living. Maybe we can only find people to practice the way of the gods. You and I are both on this path, and we also know how to trigger the thunder tribulation of the gods, which makes it much easier."
Chang De nodded: "If you can rule one of the four seas in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, you will gain the luck of all living beings, and the incense will gather. The path of Shinto practice will be extremely fast."
"The way of gods is different from the way of immortals. The only difficulty is the vacancy of the god position. Without the canonization of heaven, one cannot be included in the list of gods and immortals. One is still considered a god of incense and worship, rather than a god who enjoys the worship of the rules of heaven and earth."
"Now that the position of the Lord of the Four Seas is vacant, the authority is extremely heavy, and the divine rank is noble, there must be many people willing to switch to the divine way."
After they finished talking, the two of them no longer looked towards the distant Nanzhou, but looked towards the depths of the South China Sea.
"The South China Sea belongs to the Mermaid Kingdom. The Mermaid Queen rules over billions of aquatic creatures in the South China Sea. Maybe you and I should go pay him a visit!"
"That's fine. The first Queen of the Jiaoren Kingdom had some connection with me, Jia Yi, and Fengdu. Even the bronze lamp in Fengdu was given by the first Queen of the Jiaoren Kingdom. This time, I will go and visit the old friend."
The two of them walked hand in hand through the vast clouds, turned into light and soared up to the sea of clouds, heading towards the depths of the South China Sea.
The South China Sea was vast. Even with their magical powers, it took them several days of flying before they reached the depths of the South China Sea and entered the Longxiao Palace of the mermaid kingdom.
The Mermaid Kingdom has never lost its heritage since the ancient times. Unlike the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, the Longxiao Palace looks even more gorgeous and luxurious than the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. It can be said to be extremely extravagant.
Outside the Longxiao Palace, crystal corals stretch for thousands of miles, with groups of beautiful mermaids playing among them. Ancient towers inlaid with gems stretch on the seabed, and a mermaid village can be seen every few dozen miles. Giant divine turtles swim freely on the seabed, and giant sea fishes hundreds of meters long emerge from the azure seabed from time to time.
The entire Longxiao Palace is made of transparent crystal and the ground is paved with spiritual jade. The whole thing has been refined into a combined magic weapon. The formation even arched out of the sea surface, condensing a mirage-like illusion above the sea.
The star lamps made of star gold in the palace formed a magic network, which allowed people to control all the movements of the entire Longxiao Palace, the entire formation and even the news from the land thousands of miles outside. There were also countless other treasures.
Even though Zhang Heming and Chang De had seen all kinds of magical weapons, immortal tools, and divine tools, and even the bronze temple of Emperor Yin, which suppressed the gate of hell that suppressed the entire underworld, and they often went in and out, they had never seen such a scene. They were not amazed at the preciousness of the treasures, but at the abundance of them, as numerous as mountains and seas.
What disappointed the two was that the queen of the Mermaid Kingdom in this area had just ascended the throne and had just reached the realm of immortality. Her cultivation was not profound and could only be regarded as having potential.
The two men informed the new Queen of the Mermaid Kingdom that they had ascended to the upper realm to visit Taibai Star Lord and learned that the Lord of the Four Seas was about to appear. The Mermaid Kingdom, as the force that ruled the South China Sea, was the most powerful party to compete for the throne.
Everyone in Longxiao Palace was shocked by the news. The Queen of the Jiaoren Kingdom behaved like a junior, nephew, and hoped that the two gods would help her country fight for the throne of the Lord of the South China Sea in this great situation.
Of course the two men agreed. They came here to help someone ascend to the position of the master of the four seas and earn merit. Besides, since they were old friends, they naturally agreed.
After all, the South China Sea has been unified. Apart from the fact that the new queen of the Mermaid Country has not very strong cultivation, there is no possibility that the lord of the South China Sea will fall into the hands of others. It is easy to earn a great merit.
The two men's visit to Longxiao Palace shocked the entire South China Sea. The independent cultivators in the South China Sea came from all directions to pay homage to these two prestigious ancient cultivators and the gods of the underworld. After learning that the two men had survived two thunder tribulations and had been to the upper realm, they all called them gods.
After the two left, the island gods and water gods from all over the South China Sea also headed for Longxiao Palace, as if some big move had begun in the entire South China Sea.
After passing the South China Sea, the two went to the East China Sea.
The legendary experience of the new East Sea Dragon King's rise to power did not amaze the two men, but the East Sea Dragon King's third daughter Fu Jia surprised them. They did not expect that Fengdu would actually accept disciples. This was something that had never happened before.
But think about it, Fengdu has become a true immortal on earth and is about to ascend to heaven, so it is normal for him to want to leave his Taoist tradition in the world.
This is not the same as the Taoist tradition they left behind in the past. A sect with thousands or tens of thousands of disciples, passed down for countless generations, so there is naturally nothing strange about it. This is the only direct disciple of Fengdu, the only one of his kind.
Naturally, the two of them loved the dragon girl very much and stayed in the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea for half a month. In addition to bringing the news that the Lord of the Four Seas was about to be born, they also passed down many magic spells and even left a few magic weapons to the dragon girl Fu Jia before leaving the East China Sea.
The two of them prepared to cross Dongzhou and head towards Beiming, the coldest and most mysterious of the four seas.
At the same time, the East China Sea Dragon King, who was originally practicing Shinto and still possessed the title of Lihe Dragon King, also began to practice with the help of various Shinto secret techniques left by the two.
The entire East China Sea and South China Sea, originally calm, became turbulent.
It didn't take long for many of the East China Sea's aquatic creatures and celestial demon families to know that the higher realm wanted to confer the title of God of the Four Seas. This was something that the previous gods of the underworld, mountains and water lords could not compare to.
Rather, it is the position of a true god in heaven, in charge of the four seas on earth, dominating the power over rain, thunder, floods, tides, tsunamis, etc.
At the same time, black wind gathered and howled above Lingshu Mountain in Dongzhou, and the area within an unknown radius turned completely black. A Taoist priest held up a colorful auspicious cloud and sat in the black wind, allowing the wind to wipe out the auspicious cloud and corrode his body, which was then reborn again and again.
All the disciples of Lingshu Mountain at the foot of the mountain were looking up at their ancestor who was going through the tribulation. At the same time, on the sacred palace on the steep cliff at the top of the mountain, a Taoist priest in white was also watching Jia Yi going through the tribulation, wondering if there was any problem with the immortal's fate of three disasters and six tribulations.