A calm sea region thousands of miles away.
A golden-pupiled light shadow emerged, and the figures of Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu'er appeared in the sky above this sea area.
Xu Zihuang stored the dark blue head soul bone taken from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King into his storage ring.
This was precisely the ring left to him by his father. It was a translucent deep purple, engraved with lifelike patterns of the Purple Radiance Heaven-Exterminating Dragon.
Ever since leaving Moon Pivot Island last time, he had worn this ring on his person. Moreover, the grade of this ring was not low; it was a genuine peak eighth-level storage soul tool. Of course, the ring in Ye Guyi's hand, engraved with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon patterns, was likewise a peak eighth-level storage soul tool.
These two storage rings were respectively named the Radiance Dragon Ring and the Thunder Dragon Ring.
In the present era, no ninth-level storage soul tools existed. After all, storage soul tools were made merely for convenience in daily life; no ninth-level soul engineer would go through the trouble for little reward by investing effort into them.
Even the paired rings he and Ye Guyi possessed had been specially custom-made by his father from a senior ninth-level soul engineer.
The Purple Pattern Radiance Dragon carving knife, ranked third on the list, along with the Demon Whale, had also been placed inside the Radiance Dragon Ring by him.
Xu Zihuang slipped the Radiance Dragon Ring onto the index finger of his right hand, then quickly retrieved the peak ninth-level defensive soul tool, the Sun Moon Qiankun Bowl, that he had seized from Xu Tianran from his storage bracelet.
Although storage soul tools could theoretically hold anything except living beings, if the grade of the stored item far exceeded that of the storage soul tool, the storage soul tool would have a very high chance of breaking.
Sure enough, the moment the dark golden Sun Moon Qiankun Bowl was taken out, the storage bracelet worn on Xu Zihuang's left wrist shattered into powder.
All the items stored inside the storage bracelet were consequently destroyed. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and combined with his astonishing mastery over spatial power, he ultimately managed to save the stalk of Mixed Origin Immortal Grass kept inside the jade box.
Worthy of being a peak ninth-level soul tool, it was truly overbearing.
However, with the Radiance Dragon Ring being peak eighth-level, it should have no problem containing the Sun Moon Qiankun Bowl.
After storing the Sun Moon Qiankun Bowl and the Mixed Origin Immortal Grass into the Radiance Dragon Ring, Xu Zihuang immediately looked toward Wang Qiu'er beside him with a sense of realization.
At this moment, his left hand was still tightly gripping Wang Qiu'er's wrist.
Yet Wang Qiu'er, who usually treated others with cold indifference, had not immediately broken free earlier. Only when her eyes met Xu Zihuang's did she abruptly withdraw her right hand as if shocked by electricity, her gaze flickering slightly.
Xu Zihuang paid no mind to this, because he had realized a very serious problem: Tang San had not teleported them back to the Qiankun Passion Valley.
But such an outcome was actually foreseeable.
Then came an even more serious issue. When they had gone to the Sun Moon Empire palace to assassinate Xu Tianran, it had been deep into the night, yet this sea region was now at high noon.
In other words, they were currently on the opposite side of Douluo Star.
This meant that he and Wang Qiu'er would have to rely on their own abilities to cross half of Douluo Star before returning to the continent.
Leaving aside whether they could safely traverse such a vast ocean, the time consumed alone would likely be measured in years.
Even with Xu Zihuang's temperament, facing this situation caused his brows to furrow tightly.
With his abilities, encountering particularly powerful sea soul beasts would not be a problem for self-preservation; he could at least repel or avoid them. What concerned him was that during the period before his return to the Douluo Continent, too many variables could easily arise.
If it took him several years to return to the continent, all the plans he had formulated could be thrown into disarray.
But considering that the gods he had come into contact with showed no intention of intervening, Xu Zihuang roughly guessed that this was perhaps a trial for him.
The road ahead was filled with unknowns and hardships.
Xu Zihuang took a deep breath, allowing his state of mind to calm once more. At the same time, he descended toward the sea below and took out the Demon Whale from the Radiance Dragon Ring.
Back then, the Demon Whale he had crafted to venture deep into the ocean for training had now come in handy.
Although both he and Wang Qiu'er possessed the ability to fly, they could not maintain such a state constantly. The Demon Whale provided them with a place to rest and stand.
Xu Zihuang sat cross-legged at the rear of the Demon Whale, leaving the control console at the front empty. Though called a control console, it actually consisted only of two foot grooves for injecting soul power and a white metal helm for controlling direction.
"To be on the safe side, let's continue sailing for now and get far away from the sea region where that Deep Sea Demonic Whale and the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan are fighting, ensuring our safety before anything else. My soul power consumption was considerable; I need to meditate and recover. You take control of the Demon Whale."
After saying this, Xu Zihuang closed his eyes on his own and entered a meditative state.
Wang Qiu'er floated gently down from the air and landed steadily in the position in front of Xu Zihuang. Her gaze toward him was somewhat complicated, not only because of the subtle emotional changes that had arisen in her heart from spending this time with Xu Zihuang, but also for a far more important reason.
She knew that starting from the match against the Holy Spirit Team, Xu Zihuang had most likely guessed that her true form was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the Great Star Dou Forest.
That talent ability of stepping on golden flames while suspended in midair, she frequently used it in her true form. And since Xu Zihuang had seen her complete memories, it would be easy for him to make the connection.
However, Wang Qiu'er also held Xu Zihuang's secret, the truth of Xu Zihuang's real identity.
Due to this special tacit understanding, neither of them had spoken of these matters outright.
At that moment, Xu Zihuang, multitasking as always, reminded Wang Qiu'er once more.
"Step into those two grooves and inject soul power, and the Demon Whale will be given propulsion. Rotate the helm in front to control the direction."
With his level of spiritual power, splitting off a portion of his mind while meditating to recover soul power was not difficult at all.
Wang Qiu'er withdrew her gaze from Xu Zihuang and decisively did as he instructed. Under the injection of her soul power, deep blue light flames burst from the tail of the Demon Whale.
Gripping the helm tightly with both hands, Wang Qiu'er furrowed her delicate brows and asked, "Which direction should we sail?"
"You decide that yourself. As the Auspicious Emperor Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, isn't the ability to seek fortune and avoid disaster something you're born with?"
Xu Zihuang replied calmly.
In this sea region, there were only the two of them; there was naturally no need to hide anything.
Wang Qiu'er's figure trembled slightly. Lowering her head, she controlled the Demon Whale and steered it toward the southwest.
"When did you find out?"
"From the moment you entered Shrek City and stepped into the human world…"
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