Yu Shiyu's personality wasn't suited for surviving in such a chaotic world, a fact Xu Hei had to admit.

Good people often meet bad ends, while the wicked live freely. The higher one's cultivation, the more brutal the world becomes. How could she survive?

Unless there was a place with complete and sound laws, where good and evil were ultimately rewarded or punished, and even the strongest evil forces could be brought to justice.

Such a place, Xu Hei had only seen in his dreams.

Wuyou City.

"Death is not the end. Let me take you across these mountains and rivers!"

Xu Hei put away the Demon God Cauldron and soared into the sky, reaching the heavens above.

At this moment, within Xu Hei's brow, his law of life and death was undergoing a transformation. This time, he had forcibly intervened in life and death, rewriting fate, and the law was affected, forging a path unique to Xu Hei.

Devouring the paths of others, transforming them into his own.

Suddenly, Xu Hei looked up towards the horizon. There, a powerful Divine Sense was sweeping towards him with incredible speed and vast coverage, something only achievable by someone at the Divine Transformation Stage.

"Little Yu, your senses were right. They have indeed arrived."

Xu Hei remained expressionless, retreating with a teleportation.

In the instant Xu Hei teleported, the owner of that Divine Sense seemed to notice something. Within a few breaths, he rode the clouds and waves, arriving nearby.

It was a robust young Merman with a body of deep blue and fish scales, his expression somewhat ferocious—it was Gong Tianlei.

"Spatial fluctuations, someone teleported here, it must be him!"

Gong Tianlei gritted his teeth, his expression dark. After a brief sensing, he pursued in the direction Xu Hei had fled.

"Crash!!"

Under Gong Tianlei's feet, the sea waves surged, endless seawater appeared out of thin air, surrounding him, and his speed suddenly increased, transforming into a sea dragon whirlwind, rushing towards Xu Hei.

One breath, two breaths... ten breaths later.

Gong Tianlei's deep blue eyes pierced through the void, seeing Xu Hei ten thousand miles away.

At this moment, Xu Hei was teleporting at full speed, fleeing northward. His figure was weak, his steps chaotic, just as Ancestor Yuantai had predicted, he was severely injured.

"Ancestor, I've found him. He's fleeing north."

Gong Tianlei took out a fish scale communication talisman, sent the message, and then pursued Xu Hei at full speed.

"Be careful, wait for me to arrive before taking action. Just follow him for now, don't act rashly!"

Moments later, Ancestor Yuantai's command returned.

Gong Tianlei put away the fish scale, his expression grim, his eyes fixed on Xu Hei's back with overwhelming fury.

"Today, you won't escape!"

Gong Tianlei's body transformed into a sea dragon whirlwind, spiraling away with several times the speed.

Torrential rain poured, water flooded the golden mountains, and the world above and below turned into an oceanic realm. Coral reefs grew, green algae erupted, and a kingdom of water rapidly formed between heaven and earth.

This was the divine ability taught by the Water God, the Oceanic Kingdom!

It was also Gong Tianlei's trump card, his ace in the hole!

With the Oceanic Kingdom manifesting, Xu Hei seemed to be caught in a vortex, his speed sharply reduced, his body being pulled backward, his physical body feeling as if it were about to shatter, every inch of flesh and skin being torn apart.

Seeing his attack succeed, Gong Tianlei closed in quickly, the flames in his eyes almost tangible.

"Die, intruder!"

Gong Tianlei thrust a lightning trident towards Xu Hei's brow, seemingly forgetting Ancestor Yuantai's warning.

He wanted to personally slay Xu Hei, to avenge Yu Shiyu!

Xu Hei stared at his opponent, only raising his hand when the attack was near.

"Little Yu, the next scene is a bit brutal, you better not watch."

Xu Hei closed his eyes, his hand pressing down as the law of life and death instantly unfolded.

"Splurt!"

Gong Tianlei's trident thrust forward, carving a chasm in the seawater ahead, even the void cracked, everything being ruthlessly destroyed.

Yet, he was stunned.

He suddenly realized he hadn't moved from his spot.

Xu Hei still stood ahead, caught in the vortex. He only needed a single instant to strike, so why hadn't he moved? He was sure he had already gone forward!

"How can this be?"

At this moment, Gong Tianlei looked around, horrified to find that the seawater of the Oceanic Kingdom had unknowingly turned pitch black, its color dark and abyssal.

It felt like the Sea of Death!

Thick oil emerged from the seawater, carrying a strong will of death. Immersed in such water, Gong Tianlei's skin turned black, his physical body withered, and his life force slowly faded.

"This is... the aura of the Death God?"

"How is this possible?"

Gong Tianlei's heart surged with an indescribable terror.

He had seen many followers of the Death God, their divine abilities inherited from the Death God Deity, but those disciples were completely different from Xu Hei.

Xu Hei seemed like the true Death God!

"Whoosh!!"

The flying sword September unsheathed, teleporting over, and in an instant, pierced through Gong Tianlei's chest, the surging starlight exploding within him, blood splattering, bones shattering.

Just one sword strike, and he was severely injured!

In the next moment, Gong Tianlei decisively burned his primordial spirit, unleashing several times his power in an instant!

"Argh!!"

He roared to the sky, fish scales burning, waves of water rushing into his body, forming an absolute defense, repelling all sword light.

Gong Tianlei's aura surged, even the law of water strengthened, momentarily driving back the darkness in the seawater, suppressing the aura of death.

Burning his primordial spirit, he was fighting for his life! Gong Tianlei was forced into desperation in just one encounter!

"So you weren't injured at all, you were pretending!"

Gong Tianlei let out a beast-like roar, as the only young Divine Transformation of his clan, his first encounter with a cultivator from Divine Continent Star revealed the treachery of human hearts.

He should have waited for Ancestor Yuantai to arrive, then he wouldn't have suffered such a loss, but now it was irreparable.

With his pride, his arrogance, having burned his primordial spirit, he could only kill his opponent!

"I am the first Chosen of the Merman Clan, having fought a thousand battles without a single defeat, unrivaled among my peers. How could I lose to you, a mere wretch?!"

Gong Tianlei pointed at his brow, where a mark of the Water God Deity appeared, a red-haired fishman, and as his primordial spirit burned, the mark rapidly became clear.

His chest wound had healed, his momentum was unstoppable, riding the waves as if the Water God had descended.

But Xu Hei merely faced him calmly, not even opening his eyes.

The first Chosen, a thousand battles without defeat?

Are you proud of that?

Xu Hei didn't understand where his pride came from.

It was as if, in his eyes, cultivation only required becoming stronger, constantly winning was enough.

What they saw were different worlds.