All around was an endless expanse of azure, and an invisible force continuously squeezed Wang Nan's body. This was not the first time he had entered another's Domain, but it was the first time he had felt one so powerful.
Above him, countless trident shadows hung poised to strike. Below lay a boundless ocean, where every splash of water was an enemy, leaving no place to stand.
Waves surged as immense power pressed in from all directions, so intense that even the water within his body felt as though it might abandon him.
"A thousand, years, of, empty, leisure—"
The four words rang out one by one. The Sea God's voice echoed throughout the Domain as golden light burst forth overhead and the sky-filling trident shadows descended.
Wang Nan had never encountered such a powerful Domain before, but he was no longer the same as he once was.
The pressure of the Sea God Domain failed to hinder his movements. His right arm swept outward as he leveled the Coiling Dragon Staff forward.
The sixth Move of the Unbending Staff Technique.
The golden Coiling Dragon Staff instantly multiplied into tens of thousands, surging upward to meet the descending golden light.
At the same time, golden flames ignited within Wang Nan's eyes.
His Spirit Bones had transformed into divine armor, yet their abilities remained. Like his spirit rings, they had fully merged into his being upon entering the God Realm.
Two golden pillars of light shot straight toward the sky. Though the Sea God's trident technique had transformed into radiant brilliance, Wang Nan still captured his trace through insight.
With a wave of his hand, the countless Coiling Dragon Staffs instantly converged back into his grasp. His figure flickered, vanishing from sight.
Hidden within the golden light, the Sea God suddenly sensed danger. His expression shifted, and when Wang Nan reappeared, he was already behind him.
The fifth Move of the Unbending Staff Technique.
Hidden power erupted in an instant. The fifth and sixth Moves were unleashed together. The Coiling Dragon Staff thrust forward, followed by dense streaks of rod shadows, as if tens of thousands of staffs extended at once.
The Sea God raised his hand, bringing the Sea God Trident across his chest to block. A crisp sound rang out as the trident vibrated violently, numbing his arms. His grip faltered, and both weapons slammed into his chest.
The Sea God let out a muffled grunt, but he did not allow himself to hesitate. As he retreated rapidly, golden clouds gathered around him. The trident in his hand radiated illusory golden light, sharp enough to pierce the firmament, its form slightly distorted.
The third Move, "No Return," was about to be unleashed.
Before he could hurl the trident, Wang Nan's Coiling Dragon Staff had already descended once more.
The Coiling Dragon Staff was Wang Nan's Spirit. He trained with it daily without pause. His techniques had evolved from the simplest actions of point and sweep into the Coiling Dragon Staff Technique, and through continued comprehension, into the present Unbending Staff Technique.
To Wang Nan, the staff was an extension of himself. The techniques were no longer separate Moves, but part of his very being.
Each strike flowed naturally into the next, power stacking seamlessly, form following form.
Across the boundless universe, Wang Nan would not claim the Unbending Staff Technique to be the strongest, but it was undoubtedly the one best suited to him.
Thus, when the Sea God circulated divine force to unleash his golden trident, Wang Nan's Coiling Dragon Staff had already fallen.
The Sea God did not know how many strikes landed in that instant. He only felt as though his divine body was about to shatter beneath the golden rod.
A sharp pain pierced his brow, and instinct screamed danger.
As the Coiling Dragon Staff descended, the Sea God's body shattered, scattering in all directions.
Yet in the next moment, the fragments transformed into splashes of water.
The Sea God reappeared from another direction. What Wang Nan had destroyed was only a water clone. The azure hue of his robe deepened as he raised his hand. Waves surged and merged with the scattered water, forming a hundred-meter-tall water Dragon that soared into the sky and swallowed Wang Nan whole.
The Sea God recalled his trident, golden-blue light swirling around him.
Before he could even steady himself, a pained roar erupted from within the water Dragon. A burst of golden light appeared at its chest, and in the next instant, Wang Nan emerged again, surrounded by mist and shattered water.
Perhaps the Sea God did not know that swallowing an opponent whole was ill-advised when facing someone wielding a rod.
"How is this possible?" Panic finally flickered across the Sea God's face. "This is a Dragon of True Lunar Water. Even with divine armor, you shouldn't be completely unharmed."
The Sea God was correct. For other deities, that would indeed be the case.
However, Wang Nan's Divine Core was fundamentally different.
Ordinary Divine Cores contained Divine Sense, divine force, and Law. Wang Nan's Divine Core, formed by the fusion of three soul cores, contained an additional power: energy and blood, the essence of the body.
From the moment it formed, his Divine Core had fused completely with his physical body. As long as the Law of Order endured, his Divine Sense was indestructible, his divine force inexhaustible, and his divine body immortal.
Wang Nan had no habit of explaining his abilities to opponents.
He raised the Coiling Dragon Staff and circulated divine force, activating his divine technique, True Dragon Descends to the Heavens, along with Sleeping Dragon Returns to the Universe.
The Domain abilities originating from his sixth and ninth spirit rings erupted simultaneously. Giant Dragon phantoms obeyed his will, reappearing in the world and charging toward the surrounding azure ocean.
Heaven and Earth trembled as the waves grew increasingly violent.
'This is bad.'
The Sea God tightened his grip on the trident as something behind him seemed to explode.
Thirteen Tridents as One, Twilight of the Sea God.
Wang Nan recognized the move.
Because he recognized it, he could not allow it to be fully unleashed.
His figure flickered as he struck again.
The Sea God watched the approaching Coiling Dragon Staff and suddenly realized that the Dragon carved upon it had come alive. The Dragon coiled around the rod, its eyes blazing gold.
A thunderous Dragon's roar echoed as the Evil Breaking Dragon flew out from Wang Nan's body, merging with the Dragon on the staff. A massive Dragon shadow surged toward the Sea God.
Before the rod itself arrived, the Dragon had already reached him.
The scene repeated itself, but this time, it was the Sea God who was swallowed.
Golden light engulfed him. In that instant, his divine force, the Sea God Trident, and even the Sea God Domain seemed to vanish. He felt like a Mortal, stripped of all power.
No. This is the effect of a divine technique.
The Sea God snapped back to awareness, but it was already too late.
Divine Technique, Law of Punishment.
Righteous Dragon Patrols the Heavens.
Wang Nan's divine technique, capable of sealing an enemy's abilities, could only restrain a god for an instant. But in a battle between deities, an instant was enough.
Heaven and Earth plunged into darkness. The azure ocean vanished, replaced by an endless expanse of Dragon shadows filling the sky.