Chapter 109: Return of the Ocean

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, attempting to communicate with the ocean using his spiritual power, but the information conveyed back was very simple, and moreover kept repeating certain things to him.

Deep Sea Abyss — hateful, dislike.

"..." Huo Yuhao was momentarily speechless, and could only relay this information to I Lao and the others while beginning to ascend; the pressure here on him was still very great, he couldn't think too much, so he'd let I Lao and them discuss the situation first.

Spiritual Sea, hearing the news Huo Yuhao relayed, the Ice Empress and the others looked at each other in dismay, "When did Yuhao get involved with the ocean?"

Tianmeng was also somewhat confused, "Could it be that the White Tiger Duke's lineage are actually the Sea God's illegitimate children?"

"... You're the outrageous one." The Ice Empress secretly rolled her eyes.

"Is it a matter of the Plane and authority?"

The Snow Empress frowned in thought for a moment, looking at Electrolux, "I Lao, what do you think?"

"Most likely it is so." Electrolux nodded, "The Plane Master of an Elemental Plane usually has little consciousness, only an instinct to maintain the Plane. Of course, a Plane Master like Tang Hao now, who has undergone God King conversion, does not count."

"The Plane Master of the past was this planet itself. And Douluo differs from the Abyssal Plane; the Plane Master here possesses only instinctual consciousness, unable to take concrete action. Then when a true deity descends upon this world, the Plane Master naturally cannot influence the deity's behavior."

"Uh, I Lao, could you explain a bit more clearly?" Tianmeng raised his hand and asked, "I can't keep up with your train of thought."

I Lao paused, and asked, "You just subconsciously thought the ocean is governed by the Sea God, why?"

"Because the faith of Sea Soul Beasts is the Sea God, and the laws the Sea God grasps are also related to the ocean." Reaching this point, he frowned, "I Lao, do you mean the ocean of the Douluo Plane acknowledges not the Plane itself, but the Sea God?"

"Correct."

Electrolux affirmed, "How could a Plane consciousness with only instinct compare to a First-Rank God? Sea God Tang San also stayed on the Douluo Continent for a very long time, leaving many legends on the Continent, and many Sea Soul Beasts believe in him. The ocean of the Douluo Plane has long since changed its acknowledged master from the Plane itself to the Sea God."

This state carries hidden dangers; the ocean occupies a very vast area of the Plane. If the ocean is not under Plane control, the Life Energy the Plane consciousness can mobilize will sharply decrease, and ecological maintenance will develop in a pathological direction.

However Electrolux did not bring up this matter at this time, after all this hidden danger seems to have already disappeared.

"Yuhao was the person favored by the Plane ten thousand years ago, and had nothing to do with the Sea God, yet now he is favored by the ocean; you should be able to think of the reason."

As Electrolux spoke to this point, his expression also became strange.

Although Huo Yuhao was located in this coastal city of the East Sea, he had never gone to the ocean; unexpectedly he had missed such important information, only discovering it today.

The Ice Empress and Tianmeng thoroughly understood I Lao's meaning, and were somewhat shocked.

This sentence... the information content is rather large.

First point: the ocean favoring Yuhao doesn't that represent that the ocean's authority has already returned from the Sea God?

But, what situation could make the ocean, which had already acknowledged the Sea God, return to the Plane's embrace again?

Tianmeng and the Ice Empress could only think of one situation.

"Sea God Tang San... should he still be called the Sea God?" The Ice Empress murmured.

"Probably not anymore." Tianmeng clicked his tongue, thinking of something, and looked at Electrolux with some surprise, "Put that way, the original Plane consciousness is still there, the Plane Master actually isn't Tang Hao as Yuhao said?"

If the Plane Master were Tang Hao, the ocean couldn't possibly favor Yuhao; only if the original Plane consciousness still exists could this situation appear.

"No, it should be coexistence of both."

Electrolux shattered Tianmeng's beautiful idea, "There is a gap between Plane consciousness and a true deity; it, with only instinct, would find it hard to wrest control from Tang Hao; it should merely be barely maintaining. The ocean's authority returning has further strengthened its power, making it difficult for Tang Hao to completely refine it and become a perfect Plane Master."

Speaking to this point, Electrolux looked at the pondering Snow Empress to the side, "Of course, besides the ocean, the Extreme North and Star Dou are also stumbling blocks affecting his complete becoming of Plane Master."

However these are merely extras; there must exist something that makes the Plane consciousness raise a will to resist in order to have a chance of survival.

Electrolux seemed to glance at the Divine Throne's imprint.

Is it this one?

The Snow Empress heard this, and smiled gently, "Seeking benevolence and obtaining benevolence; Yuhao let me survive, he benefits, as it should be."

Electrolux withdrew his gaze, nodding slightly.

Yuhao's arrangement back then, by a fluke, obtained a trump card.

The Snow Empress is a snow spirit born and raised in the Extreme North, her relationship with the Plane equally deep. Moreover she has survived in the Extreme North for hundreds of thousands of years, her accumulated prestige is very heavy; she is the faith of the Extreme North.

In a certain sense, just like the Sea God who took the ocean's authority, half of the Extreme North's authority is in her hands.

The Star Dou Great Forest goes without saying; the Auspicious Beast itself symbolizes Star Dou's fortune.

As long as the Snow Empress and the Auspicious Beast are there for a day, the Plane consciousness is equivalent to having a retreat; as long as it retreats to the range of Star Dou and the Extreme North, Tang Hao wanting to refine it would be somewhat troublesome.

Unless they disappear.

But not refining the Plane consciousness, Tang Hao cannot bypass it to directly attack these two; the Plane consciousness will certainly follow instinct and protect them.

Directly falling into a deadlock.

"However, this doesn't mean he won't let others make a move on you and the Auspicious Beast."

I Lao frowned looking at the Snow Empress, "The re-cultivation period is your weak phase; has nothing happened?"

The Ice Empress also instantly turned her head to stare at the Snow Empress, "Xue Er?"

The Snow Empress seeing everyone's gazes, smiled helplessly, "How come you're all like Yuhao, so not at ease about me?"

Ice Empress: "Because you don't have Yuhao's ability to run, nor his ability to turtle."

The Snow Empress blanked for a moment, then shook her head with amusement, "Relax, really no problem. I still remember Yuhao's words back then; from the start of re-cultivation, I haven't stepped out of the Extreme Ji Bu..."

Ten thousand years ago, Huo Yuhao told her a story in his leisure.

"There was such a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, the leader of a Soul Beast gathering place; she also had a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast companion who called her sister, trustworthy. But during her Human-shaped Re-cultivation, she told no one, and then on the day of re-cultivation she was picked up by a Titled Douluo who took advantage, and captured. Snow Empress, you say, was her doing this worth it?"

For some reason, hearing that story back then, the Snow Empress had a feeling of being insinuated.

It seemed she was that Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, Xiao Bai was the other trustworthy Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast. As for who that Titled Douluo was, the Snow Empress didn't know.

So, using the pretext of guiding swordsmanship, she gave Yuhao a good beating... of course, not using force.

Simultaneously, she also deeply remembered that story; this re-cultivation she arranged trustworthy Fierce Beasts and Soul Masters to guard her, her body full of trump cards and Soul Tools Yuhao left for her, and she stayed continuously in the Extreme Ji Bu, not giving anyone a chance to make a move on her.

"Alright, enough about me; the other thing Yuhao said, you haven't forgotten, right? The ocean now strongly rejects the Deep Sea Abyss. According to our deduction, the Divine Power fragments here are probably... the Sea God's?"

(End of Chapter)