Amid the heavy clouds, thunder roared as lifelike emerald green Thunder Dragons weaved through the layers, constantly gathering more potent destructive power.

Boom!

With a thunderous crash that echoed across the heavens, a Five-clawed Thunder Dragon, almost twice as large as before and entirely jade-like, slowly emerged from the clouds, drifting downward.

Where it passed, the surrounding void shattered into particles, resembling a wide and dark "heavenly path."

Before the Azure Sky Thunder Dragon descended, an overwhelming aura of destruction swept over, engulfing everything within a thousand-mile radius in silence, causing countless lives to perish violently.

Zhao Sheng looked up at the sky, his eyes suddenly bursting with two clusters of Divine Light.

In an instant, a massive five-colored hand appeared out of nowhere, instantly pressing down on the head of the Azure Sky Thunder Dragon.

With a crash, the Azure Sky Thunder Dragon was immobilized as if pressed under a mountain, and was then tightly entangled by layers of five-colored Magic Net.

Zhao Sheng flashed to the top of the Azure Sky Thunder Dragon’s head and shouted toward the thunderous clouds, "Sea God, I want to make a deal with you!"

His voice was just a facade, as his Divine Thought frequency had already reached an infinitely high level, truly touching that... omnipresent grand ripple.

Before the words had even faded, the world suddenly slowed to a crawl, as if everything was about to come to a standstill.

In just a fraction of a moment, the Sea God responded.

Zhao Sheng saw with his own eyes a brilliant giant Light Man coalesce from nothing.

Immediately afterward, the Light Man shrunk rapidly, transforming into the same size as Zhao Sheng.

Shedding its vibrant colors, what appeared in front of Zhao Sheng was a woman nine feet tall, of peerless beauty and perfection in demeanor and form.

Zhao Sheng scrutinized the beauty opposite him and suddenly realized she was almost identical to the Sea God statue worshiped by the Spirit Clan.

The difference was in the extreme indifference in her eyes, with not a trace of expression on her face.

Before he could speak, the Sea God coldly stated, "Outlander, hand over the Dragon Turtle! I will let you leave."

Zhao Sheng was taken aback, finding this Sea God surprisingly easy to reason with.

"Your Highness, don’t you want to know what trade I wish to propose?" Zhao Sheng pondered rapidly and suddenly asked tentatively.

"Hand over the Dragon Turtle!" The Sea God repeated coldly, once more throwing out four frigid words.

As these words were spoken, the world that had nearly come to a halt suddenly seemed to "come alive."

Countless malign energies appeared out of thin air, all streaming into Zhao Sheng’s Purple Mansion Soul Sea, causing his Primordial Spirit to be tainted with endless Karma.

Zhao Sheng was secretly shocked, not expecting the Sea God to have such a high degree of control over the Heavenly Dao of this realm, easily manipulating the immense Karma accumulated within the Red Sea Realm over the millennia.

Startled, Zhao Sheng was enveloped in pure white flames, and so was his Primordial Spirit within his Soul Sea.

In an instant, countless black smoke billowed from his body, which was swiftly incinerated by the Purifying World Flame.

"Hold on, Your Highness! I can help you scatter Spiritual Algae into other worlds."

This single statement from Zhao Sheng made the Sea God pause his previous intent.

The Sea God, being a composite consciousness of algae, had no human-like Seven Emotions and Six Desires and was not the least bit afraid of death.

Because it was perpetually dying and being reborn, as long as the sea algae were not entirely annihilated, the Sea God would never truly "die."

However, despite its inherently high status and near perfection, the Sea God still had its "desires," chief among them the desire to reproduce.

Although a mature Sea God in this world was almost equivalent to the Heavenly Dao, nearly omnipotent, its greatest flaw was its inability to leave this realm.

The compulsion of reproduction among the Sea God Species, or the manifestation of algae’s crisis awareness, was infinitely stronger than that of humans.

Zhao Sheng, having dealt with the "Star God" in the Tianzhu Realm numerous times, naturally understood this type of life’s greatest desire.

With a wave of the Sea God’s hand, the boundless malice immediately disappeared.

"What do you want?" the divine asked indifferently, looking at Zhao Sheng, the chill in its voice unchanged.

Zhao Sheng knew the Sea God lacked human social graces, always being straightforward and honest in its speech and thought, so he was entirely unperturbed by its indifference.

"I wish to subdue this young Dragon Turtle; I only ask Your Highness to show leniency."

Upon hearing this, the Sea God didn’t hesitate to nod, saying, "Granted! But you must swear an oath of heart. After the deal, you must quickly propagate the Spiritual Algae to three High Spirit Worlds.

And ensure the Spiritual Algae reproduces for a thousand generations until a new Sea God is birthed."

The High Spirit Worlds mentioned by the Sea God were far beyond those like the Heaven Pillar Netherworld, at least comparable to Middle Thousand Worlds like the Taiyi Spirit Realm.

"A mere three are far too few. If I were willing, not just three High Spirit Worlds but ten, even one hundred, could be easily found."

In front of the Sea God, Zhao Sheng dared not lie, fully aware it could perceive truth within the human heart and differentiate truth from falsehood.

"You did not lie! This deity requires you to scatter to one hundred High Spirit Worlds. What are your terms?" The Sea God, always so pure, directly stated its request.

Zhao Sheng chuckled and said, "My requests are not high! I only ask Your Highness to share all the memories since your birth and all your insights into the operation of this realm’s Laws."

If this request were made to other high-level beings, such as Human Race Venerables, True Immortals, Demon Saints, and the like.

They would certainly be outraged, believing that Zhao Sheng’s mind was utterly deranged.

However, for the Sea God, Zhao Sheng’s request was easily met because it completely lacked human notions of "shame and privacy."

Just as Zhao Sheng imagined, the Sea God hesitated not at all and immediately agreed, saying, "Very well! Make your vow then..."

Zhao Sheng was overjoyed at this and immediately raised his right hand, solemnly swearing, "I, Zhao Sheng, upon my heart today swear..."

After completing the oath, he endured the pain to forcibly rip off a strand of his Divine Soul and handed it to the Sea God for safekeeping.

Until he fulfilled his vow, his Divine Soul could not be whole, and his cultivation would not break through to higher realms.

The Sea God took in this strand of Divine Soul and then sent him a Divine Thought before merging into the world and disappearing without a trace.

Along with its departure vanished the endless thundering sky and that Azure Sky Thunder Dragon tens of thousands of feet long.

In the blink of an eye, the tribulation clouds dispersed, and the sky became clear again.

Zhao Sheng gazed at the spot where the Sea God had disappeared, his spirit somewhat surging.

For before leaving, the Sea God had hinted that he should first complete his first vow.

"...Just three High Spirit Worlds, this task is easy," Zhao Sheng murmured to himself, suddenly turning his head to the left, just in time to see Mu Zha emerge from a space rift.

Mu Zha’s figure flickered, instantly arriving beside Zhao Sheng, nervously saying, "Master, I wasn’t late, was I?"

"Hmm, take it into your Grotto Heaven, make sure it doesn’t die," Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, then instructed.

As he spoke, he picked up the barely breathing Hundred-mile Dragon Turtle and placed it at Mu Zha’s feet.

"Got it!" Mu Zha felt relieved upon seeing this and quickly extended his hands outward.

Between his hands, a large sky blue glow suddenly rose.

The glow covered the small dragon turtle like flowing water, then rolled back with it, disappearing instantly into Mu Zha’s body.

At this time, in the middle of the vast ocean below, countless creatures were frantically fighting over a drop of Dragon Turtle essence blood.

Every moment, numerous sea creatures perished, while occasionally a lucky one would succeed in transforming its own bloodline.

Meanwhile, seven or eight Sixth Rank sea beasts, having devoured large amounts of bloodied water, experienced a great boost in strength, successfully advancing to the Seventh Rank.

Mu Zha glanced at the sea below, cautiously flattering, "Master, why don’t I capture those below as well?"

Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, suddenly transmitting some information to Mu Zha.

Mu Zha’s eyes lit up, and he immediately patted his chest in assurance, "Master, rest assured! I guarantee there will be no mistakes."

Just as he finished speaking, Mu Zha suddenly transformed into a stream of flowing light, plunging like lightning into the sea surface.

The next moment, a massive vortex suddenly appeared on the sea surface.

The vortex appeared so abruptly that countless sea beasts and creatures had no time to react and were instantly sucked into another Grotto Heaven.

Moments later, the vortex in the sea gradually dissipated, and Mu Zha flew up from the center of the vortex, obediently returning to Zhao Sheng’s side.

After praising him with a few words, Zhao Sheng took him to search for another small dragon turtle.

With the Sea God’s guidance, Zhao Sheng very smoothly found the target and similarly placed it into Kong Sang Cave Heaven for nurturing.

...

When a massive dragon turtle, with a diameter of three hundred miles, suddenly fell into the northwestern sea inside the Grotto Heaven, it immediately startled many people.

These "criminal prisoners" who were trapped inside Kong Sang Cave Heaven with the Zhao Family were mostly highly cultivated, with the lowest realm being above Divinity Transformation.

However, constrained by the Cave Heaven Law, these grievously sinful criminals could only sigh helplessly, unable to step even a hundred feet beyond.

Kong Sang Cave Heaven spanned nearly a hundred thousand miles, with vast forests in most parts, while the ocean covered only a little over seven thousand miles.

Of course, although the ocean was small, it was enough to support two newly born Mount-bearing Dragon Turtles.

At this time, on a huge square in the center of the Grotto Heaven, treasures were piled up like mountains, emanating dazzling Treasure Light.

Zhao Hualin and three others were busy inventorying the treasures, meticulously categorizing them.

Suddenly, Zhao Hualin stopped his actions, tilting his ear to listen attentively.

His expression became very solemn, nodding repeatedly as if listening to some command.

Shortly afterward, Zhao Hualin clapped his hands, drawing the attention of his three companions.

Zhao Hualin, with a serious expression, said, "The shopkeeper has just decreed, ordering us to quickly head to Sanghai to tend to an injured Mount-bearing Dragon Turtle."

Hearing this, Zhao Changyong asked puzzledly, "Didn’t the shopkeeper instruct us to organize the treasures? Why suddenly—"

"Silence!" Zhao Yue Ru suddenly interrupted him.

On the other side, Zhao Hualin threw out a small silver-white boat.

Upon encountering the wind, the silver-white boat expanded, growing instantly to over a hundred feet.

Without needing an order, Zhao Yue Ru and the other three quickly flew into the spirit boat.

Zhao Hualin was the last to board the spiritual treasure, and then the boat soared into the sky, speeding toward the northwest.

Before the spirit boat reached Sanghai, a vast amount of seawater had poured into Sanghai, mixed with various sea beasts and algae.

By the time the four hurriedly arrived above Sanghai, they witnessed yet another mountain-sized dragon turtle suddenly descending from the sky onto the sea surface.

Bright green light rose from the seawater, enveloping the two dying small dragon turtles.

The wounds on the dragon turtles began to visibly heal from severe to mild, and soon they were fully recovered.

At this point, Zhao Hualin and the other three happened to arrive above the dragon turtle, hurriedly landing the spirit boat on the dragon turtle’s back.

Under the suppression of the Cave Heaven Law, the two small dragon turtles "obediently" floated on the sea surface, allowing the four to explore them.

Before long, numerous sea beasts flew into the air, eventually landing beside the two small dragon turtles’ mouths.

The two turtles, having just recovered from serious injuries, were in urgent need of food, so without hesitation, they opened their enormous mouths, voraciously devouring the food delivered to them.

At the same time, nature’s spiritual energy surged forth, continuously pouring into the two dragon turtles’ bodies.

In just half a month, Zhao Sheng, with Mu Zha, ventured to dozens of different sea areas, collecting tens of millions of tons of various seaweed.

After collecting the Spiritual Algae, Zhao Sheng left the Red Sea Realm and returned to the Burial Immortal Ruins once again.

This time, he spent half a year, continuously traveling through over three hundred Exotic Spirit Realms, ultimately successfully spreading the Spiritual Algae to Xuandou, Taiyi, and Evil Exorcism, the three Middle Thousand Spirit Realms.

After completing the first vow, Zhao Sheng hurriedly returned to the Red Sea Realm to begin receiving the first phase of "memory" transmission from the Sea God.