CHAPTER 389: CHAPTER 368: NINE-LAYERED SEA DOMAIN

"Host, I have to say, your current form is quite cute," Xiao Tong gloated.

Shi Nian snorted coldly: "When have I ever not been cute?"

She swished her tail leisurely in the water, basking in the sunlight and blissfully squinting her eyes.

As a human, one inevitably encounters scheming and competition.

Now transformed into a fish, she no longer had such concerns; all she needed to do was to lazily drift along, waiting for death.

Shi Nian floated on the water’s surface, swimming along, and many planktonic creatures directly swam into her mouth.

The most astonishing thing was.

Her Experience Points started to increase, one by one.

Nibbling on little fishes and shrimps, Shi Nian swam all day and reached level two.

This pace was much slower than hunting large prey.

But outside the time in the Immortal World, Shi Nian had all the patience in the world.

Even if it took a hundred years, or a thousand, so long as she could safely reach the Ascension Realm, she had nothing to fear.

As a fragile little fish, Shi Nian still faced numerous crises.

For example.

Sudden natural disasters.

And other large marine creatures in the ocean.

But with Xiao Tong’s map, she could easily avoid them.

One of the scariest crises was when a male greenfish kept chasing after her. This greenfish was not very strong, so Shi Nian couldn’t be bothered with it.

Unexpectedly, the fish followed her persistently until it even attempted to mate with her by force.

Shi Nian was so infuriated she nearly died, but managed to send the male fish flying with a flick of her tail.

This incident steeled her resolve to level up as quickly as possible!

Lower-level marine life lacked spiritual intelligence and only operated on wild instinct. At times, Shi Nian herself felt influenced by this wildness.

Only by reaching level ten could she escape the lowest rung of existence.

To avoid overeager male fish, she found herself a small cave in the ocean with some corals around the entrance, forming a natural barrier.

Shi Nian was not in a hurry. She meticulously set up a few simple traps at the entrance of her cave.

These rudimentary traps could not capture creatures with spiritual intelligence, but they were quite effective for those without it.

The solution for the trapped ones was also simple. Gulp them down in one bite.

Growing stronger as she ate, Shi Nian rose to level ten. Her body grew a size larger and the blue sheen on her skin appeared even brighter.

Shi Nian looked at her current appearance and was very pleased with herself.

However, that was not the main point.

The ocean was infinitely vast with numerous creatures awaiting her feasting spree!

It even reminded her of a mini-game from her previous life.

Devour creatures to grow continually stronger, eventually transforming into the legendary Kun!

Her current small frame might not have hope of becoming a Kun, but getting stronger was definitely possible.

When creatures of the shallow sea no longer sufficed for her leveling needs, Shi Nian cautiously ventured into the deeper sea domains.

Just a little way down, and Shi Nian felt a terrifying dread.

Back in the Human World, no matter what, there were basic rules to restrain bad behavior, and even the villains had to put on a facade.

But here in the Undersea World, it was the naked law of the survival of the fittest.

Creatures in the ocean often engage in fierce slaughter upon encountering each other.

The victor gains reward, the loser becomes food.

Incessant battles are unfolding at every moment here.

No other reason.

There are simply too many marine creatures.

So many that they must continuously slaughter each other to obtain enough resources.

In this undersea world, to reach the end, one must battle all the way to the end.

Shi Nian dared not get any closer to watch these battles. Her first goal was still to find a place to settle.

Fortunately, the ocean is vast, and she quickly found a satisfactory location.

The next step is to level up.

Leveling up can still be achieved through doing tasks and hunting.

But in the marine world, hunting is too dangerous. Once a fight breaks out, it can easily attract more creatures from the surroundings, ending in a chaotic melee.

Even the strongest, when besieged by a group of creatures, find it extremely difficult to escape.

Shi Nian cannot allow herself to fall into such a predicament.

She began to diligently do her daily tasks.

Every day, she moved within a small area nearby, with safety as her top priority.

Xiao Tong followed Shi Nian and had also thoroughly adopted a laissez-faire attitude, taking long naps when there was nothing to do, since Shi Nian would call her if needed.

When the daily tasks had been nearly completed, Shi Nian began to go out and devour other fish.

She found that her fish body seemed quite interesting. She was born with an ability to transform other creatures into the purest Spiritual Power and absorb it directly.

Although due to the system, she couldn’t store too much Spiritual Power, the system’s Experience Points were still rapidly increasing.

And this devouring ability doesn’t seem unique to her body alone.

All the creatures in this whole ocean seem to possess this ability. Devouring seems to be their instinct, and even now, Shi Nian feels somewhat influenced by it, starting to view devouring as a matter of course.

This little world... seems a bit strange.

Shi Nian couldn’t help but wake Xiao Tong and asked her what exactly was going on.

Xiao Tong lazily replied, "I thought your intelligence had been assimilated to that of a fish and that you wouldn’t consider such profound issues anymore."

Shi Nian also felt that her intelligence had decreased lately; after all, the assimilative ability of this body wasn’t just for fun.

But she absolutely refused to admit this.

"Am I the Host or are you the Host? Stop talking nonsense!" Shi Nian shivered her scales, her voice firm and commanding, but her image was indeed not very intimidating.

Xiao Tong wanted to get angry but found it hard to be truly upset.

Family, what’s the point of arguing with a fish!

Xiao Tong spoke very tolerantly, "This world indeed has some peculiarities. If you could see the whole world, you would find that this world is entirely composed of marine domains with the only land possibly being the scattered islands within the ocean. The overlords of this world are not humans but the supreme rulers lurking in the depths of the sea!"

Shi Nian’s expression changed subtly.

A world dominated by marine creatures, with only the ocean?

This world is indeed somewhat unique!

She finally realized why the cultivation of the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Technique was so difficult. She had Xiao Tong with her, but if it were someone else who suddenly turned into a fish, all the previous cultivation experience would instantly become useless. How difficult it would be to recultivate to the status of Heavenly Immortal Level!

"What is so strange about this?" Xiao Tong smiled, "Host, you should know that when we talk about the three thousand minor worlds, it’s a metaphorical term. This three thousand is not an exact number; it refers to countless worlds. It’s normal to encounter some particularly unique minor worlds among these countless ones. This world is all marine domain, but there is still order. This vast deep sea is divided into nine layers of Sea Domain. Among them, the First Layer Sea Domain to the Third Layer Sea Domain are low-level marine domains. Where you first appeared is the First Layer Sea Domain, and the region you are now in is the Double Sea Domain. The next layer, the Third Layer Sea Domain, contains most marine creatures whose strength have already reached the Golden Core Stage."

"Continuing downward, the Fourth to Sixth Layers are mid-level marine domains. The creatures inhabiting these marine domains have strengths ranging from at least the Nascent Soul Stage to as high as the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. And the last three layers, these are the true arenas of top-tier slaughter! Only entities of Mahayana Stage should venture there, otherwise, the fatality rate is extremely high."

Xiao Tong briefly introduced the situation.