Crack, crack...

As time passed, the red light bursting from the cracks grew more intense.

On a certain day half a month later, a large bulge suddenly appeared on the surface of the giant egg covered with cracks, and then the first piece of eggshell fell off.

Not long after, the second piece, the third piece, and even more pieces of eggshell fell off one after another, revealing a wet, tender, and smooth "simmered egg" that protruded from the opening.

The "simmered egg" was about seven or eight zhang large, its eyes were long and tightly closed, and its mouth resembled an eagle’s beak; at first glance, it was no different from an ordinary turtle, except magnified several thousand times.

However, on each side of its head were unexpectedly two tender little antlers, rounded and slightly protruding, much like newly sprouted deer antlers.

After the little Dragon Turtle poked its head out, it immediately began devouring the surrounding eggshell with all its might.

In just a moment, it had gnawed out a big hole.

At this moment, the little Dragon Turtle clumsily crawled out halfway, using its two crocodile-like scaly front limbs to grip the edge of the eggshell, preventing itself from falling back in.

The shell on the back of this little Dragon Turtle was stacked layer upon layer, as if carved from the finest jade into dragon scales, naturally forming a perfect and flawless innate Eight Trigrams pattern, full of indescribable profound and mysterious Dao charm.

Above a rift valley thousands of miles away, Zhao Sheng watched the entire hatching process of the little Dragon Turtle with a solemn expression.

The little Dragon Turtle took two days to devour the entire eggshell completely.

During those two days, it grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly reaching a diameter of seventy or eighty li.

After consuming the eggshell, the little Dragon Turtle instinctively submerged into the magma lake below, happily diving and floating in the magma while continuously devouring large amounts of scorching magma.

As days passed, the little Dragon Turtle’s body further enlarged, and its crystal-clear as jade-like shell became covered with a thick layer of dark stone shell, a product of the cooling magma.

Simultaneously, nature’s spiritual energy within a circumference of a hundred thousand li poured in ceaselessly, and the little Dragon Turtle, like a black hole, devoured all the spiritual energy, no matter how much flooded in.

Additionally, the massive algae within ten thousand li surprisingly drifted towards the magma lake’s sky along with the flow of spiritual energy.

Driven by instinct, the little Dragon Turtle both played in the magma lake and devoured the food that came to it in big gulps.

At this moment, thousands of miles away, Zhao Sheng’s eyes shined with a peculiar light, and his spirit suddenly sensed an omnipresent, vast, and grand wave of thought, akin to heaven and earth itself.

In a flash of insight, he suddenly understood: "It turns out that the Sea God has been silently watching here, proactively providing ’food’ for the little Dragon Turtle."

In the next instant, Zhao Sheng suddenly developed numerous doubts.

Why would the Sea God do this?

Could it be that the Sea God and the Mount-bearing Dragon Turtle clan are not natural enemies?

If this is true, wouldn’t the "Doomsday Catastrophe" recorded in ancient books be merely a one-sided wish of the Human Clan?

Moreover... could the Mount-bearing Dragon Turtles truly watch idly as their offspring get killed?

When will "they" finally take action?

Zhao Sheng opened his heart and mind, his Divine Thought instantly enveloping the surrounding sea area of three million li, just in time to "see" the Water Drop Spaceship carrying the Ximen Clan stealthily approaching this magma lake.

In the farther deep sea, six enormous sea beasts of Seventh Rank or above were also slowly drawing near.

Trailing behind the Sea God were three shadowy figures, all of whom were sea beast demon kings that had already taken form, one of which had an aura particularly powerful, almost equal to a Divinity Transformation Realm Practitioner.

Within a three million li radius, another little Dragon Turtle had already successfully hatched, surrounded by several onlookers, the most powerful of whom was a Divinity Transformation Realm Spirit Clan cultivator.

This person was riding a Ten-thousand-year-old Camel Mountain Turtle nearly a thousand zhang in diameter, with power equivalent to a Twelfth Rank Demon Emperor.

A breath later, Zhao Sheng’s expression changed slightly, and he instantly withdrew all his Divine Thought, retracting his aura to its lowest point.

In the next moment, a grand and majestic yet incredibly secretive wave of will swept past him, failing to precisely locate his position.

The wave of will circled the surroundings for a long time before finally dispersing quietly.

Only then did Zhao Sheng let out a long sigh of relief, having sensed the Sea God’s "gaze" shift to another place.

...

Once a little Dragon Turtle successfully hatched, the other giant eggs also began to stir.

With each successive birth of a little Dragon Turtle, the Red Sea Realm suddenly became very "lively."

Numerous powerful sea beasts, driven by a tremor from deep in their bloodline, surged towards the "Life Forbidden Zone" where the little Dragon Turtles were born, one after another.

Within a few days of the little Dragon Turtles’ birth, a bloody and brutal encirclement ensued.

The sea beasts unleashed their most powerful Innate Divine Abilities, desperately attacking the little Dragon Turtles in the magma lake.

But the absolute difference between species had long determined the ultimate victor of this encirclement.

Even the largest Sea-devouring Dragon Whale, connected from head to tail, couldn’t measure even a tenth of the little Dragon Turtle’s body.

It’s worth noting that the newly hatched little Dragon Turtles already had an average size exceeding one hundred and fifty li.

One li is approximately equivalent to two hundred zhang.

One hundred and fifty li is a colossal size of thirty thousand zhang!

Simply relying on their naturally gigantic bodies, the little Dragon Turtles could easily crush any sea beast beneath the Demon Emperor Realm.

No matter how many sea beasts below the Demon Emperor Realm came, they would ultimately become food for the little Dragon Turtles.

Indeed, no matter how many powerful sea beasts swarmed forward, they were all easily torn apart by the little Dragon Turtles and swallowed whole.