# Chapter 2592: Star Sea Angler
Above the Sword South Realm, winds surged and clouds rolled. Bright divine light, like lightning, occasionally tore across the sky, rushing into the boundless sea.
The living beings of the entire great world trembled in unease.
"Splash."
In the sea, waves overturned the sky, rumbling incessantly.
On an uninhabited island, a sacred army was arrayed, each soldier clad in skull dark armor, wielding divine bone blades. Above their heads floated a ten-thousand-zhang-tall Gate of Destiny. This was the famous Skull King Sacred Army of the Hell Realm, under the command of the Destiny Temple.
The radiance emitted by the Gate of Destiny illuminated the darkness, making the water surface shimmer with ripples.
Bone bird mounts carried Great Saint realm skull generals, flying on patrol over the sea.
Four gods hovered above this uninhabited island.
Yin-Yang Divine Teacher, Seventh Master, and Xiu Chen Heavenly God were among them, along with another who came from Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm—Earth Grandmother, a white-haired old crone.
Earth Grandmother's surname was "Gu Ye."
Her given name was known to few.
Gu Ye Jing stood quietly beside Earth Grandmother, her expression pitiful and delicate (chu chu ke lian).
Under the gods' questioning, Gu Ye Jing had already recounted everything she knew.
"Hua!"
On the sea surface, a white divine light rose, flying straight toward the sky beyond.
"Haha, sure enough, someone has broken through to godhood within. This god senses an extremely pure origin aura on her." Xiu Chen Heavenly God extended a divine hand, and instantly, a light hand ten thousand miles long condensed in the void.
The white divine light stopped, revealing Bai Qinger's figure.
Sensing the terrifying divine power contained in the light hand above—far surpassing her own, beyond what her current cultivation could resist—she used the bronze chime set to protect her body, erupting with flowing light speed, flying straight toward the four divine realm giants.
Seeing her flying toward them, the four divine realm giants all showed surprised expressions.
Instead of fleeing, she flew toward them—quite bold.
Gu Ye Jing whispered to Earth Grandmother, "She is Bai Qinger. The so-called Ji Fanxin was her transformation."
In an instant, Bai Qinger had already appeared opposite the four divine realm giants, stopping midair. The sixty-five bronze chimes flew around her body, emitting melodious divine sounds.
Her gaze fell on Xiu Chen Heavenly God. "Xiu Chen, what instructions do you have?"
Xiu Chen Heavenly God's eyes narrowed sharply. "Little girl, you've only just become a god, yet you dare to call this god by name. Do you know you've committed the crime of disrespect? In the world of the divine realm, there are not so many taboos and rules. Offending a god more powerful than you carries the risk of falling."
The rule that "gods cannot interfere in the mortal world" was meant to protect saint realm cultivators, just as many great worlds had rules that "saints cannot interfere in the mortal realm."
The world of gods was far more brutal than saint realm cultivators imagined, with even fiercer open and covert struggles.
In Xiu Chen Heavenly God's view, Bai Qinger was merely a new god of the Goddess Twelve Pavilions, without any background or backing. The master of the Goddess Twelve Pavilions, White Queen, was not someone Xiu Chen Heavenly God took seriously.
This new god had stirred up trouble during her saint realm days, creating countless killings and offending all the major forces of the Hell Realm.
Now, Xiu Chen Heavenly God sensed a strong origin aura on her, indicating she must have obtained a large amount of Origin Esoterica.
Under such circumstances, even if Xiu Chen Heavenly God didn't slay her to seize the esoterica, gods from other major forces would certainly use revenge as an excuse to deal with her.
So why not strike first?
If he could master a large amount of Origin Esoterica, he would have a high probability of reshaping his divine body, recondensing his divine source, and surviving the upcoming Eon Calamity. This was something only possible by mastering over one percent of Origin Esoterica!
Bai Qinger sneered disdainfully. "Calling you by name offends you? If you're so easily offended, Xiu Chen, you must have enemies everywhere. No wonder your own divine temple was overturned by the gods of the Blood Absolute family!"
"No matter how sharp-tongued you are, what does it matter? In the world of gods, strength is what counts in the end."
Beneath Xiu Chen Heavenly God's feet, a sea of time emerged, spreading toward Bai Qinger.
Yin-Yang Divine Teacher reminded him, "Her father is Desolate Heaven Great God. If the Heavenly God intends to act, please show some restraint and leave some face for Desolate Heaven Great God."
As a god of the Destiny Temple, it was naturally their duty to mediate conflicts among the various gods of the Hell Realm.
If Xiu Chen Heavenly God acted without restraint and killed Bai Qinger to seize the Origin Esoterica, how could Desolate Heaven Great God let it go?
Desolate Heaven Great God might have no feelings for White Queen, but if his own daughter was killed, this would likely become an irreconcilable blood feud.
How could Xiu Chen Heavenly God know that a new god of the Goddess Twelve Pavilions was actually Desolate Heaven's daughter?
He immediately understood why Yin-Yang Divine Teacher, Seventh Master, and Earth Grandmother had seen a large amount of Origin Esoterica but hadn't been the first to act to seize it. Anyone would be wary of a figure like Desolate Heaven.
After all, no one knew when Desolate Heaven Great God's title might change to "Desolate Heaven Divine King" or "Desolate Heaven Divine Venerable."
Desolate Heaven was different from Xue Jue War God. He rarely stirred up trouble, but if someone provoked him, they would definitely pay a heavy price.
"So what if she's Desolate Heaven's daughter? She offended this god, so she must be taught a lesson."
Others might fear Desolate Heaven, but Xiu Chen Heavenly God did not.
In terms of raw strength, Xiu Chen Heavenly God believed he was by no means inferior to Desolate Heaven.
Moreover, other gods feared Desolate Heaven because they had clans and forces. If Desolate Heaven came knocking, who knew how many clan members would die, or how much their forces would be destroyed.
But Xiu Chen Heavenly God's forces had already been destroyed by the three gods of the Blood Absolute family. Now he had joined the Green Deer Divine Temple, but if Desolate Heaven attacked the Green Deer Divine Temple, Green Deer Divine King would naturally handle it—what did it have to do with him?
Besides, if Xiu Chen Heavenly God couldn't obtain the Origin Esoterica, he might not survive the upcoming Eon Calamity. In that case, even if Desolate Heaven were a Divine King or Divine Venerable, he couldn't back down.
Suddenly, from the eastern horizon, a mass of gray clouds surged over.
The clouds took on a clawing, fanged form, stretching from south to north, filling the eastern sky. Powerful divine might accompanied the clouds, sensed by all the gods present.
"Bai Qinger, explain clearly how Yuan Qianmo died." From within the gray death qi clouds, a magnificent divine temple emerged, seemingly several thousand meters tall.
Being able to construct one's own divine temple clearly indicated this was no ordinary figure.
On the temple's door, the characters "Mo Fa" (End of Dharma) were faintly visible.
Yin-Yang Divine Teacher and Seventh Master exchanged glances. These two divine realm giants clasped their hands and said in unison, "Greetings, Divine King."
Even when meeting a Divine King-level existence, they only needed to clasp their hands, not bow.
This was the same for divine realm giants meeting a Divine Venerable.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God was furious inwardly, realizing that Mo Fa Divine King had come to seize the Origin Esoterica. But the other party was a Divine King, and Xiu Chen was currently only a soul-body—how could he contend with him?
Moreover, Mo Fa Divine King represented the Death God Temple, making Xiu Chen Heavenly God even more wary.
On Mo Fa Divine King, Bai Qinger finally sensed an unbearable pressure. Even having reached the god realm, she still seemed far from adequate before such a level of existence.
Bai Qinger said, "Yuan Qianmo was killed by Wuma Jiuxing. Why ask me, Divine King?"
"The whole world knows that Wuma Jiuxing has a close relationship with you. This Divine King has reason to suspect you are also the murderer."
Suppressed by the Divine King's divine might, Bai Qinger fell to the sea surface, but she showed no weakness. Instead, she laughed loudly. "A dignified Divine King wants to interfere in mortal disputes? I think investigating Yuan Qianmo's death is a pretext. What you really want is revenge for the Death God Temple Great Saints who died at my hands. Oh no, the Divine King probably wants to seize the Origin Esoterica on me."
"How dare you!"
From within the temple, two divine sounds flew out, transforming into two bone dragons dozens of miles long. They intertwined and surged toward Bai Qinger.
Bai Qinger seemed locked in place, unable to move.
Yin-Yang Divine Teacher's expression turned slightly ugly. He was about to act to help Bai Qinger deflect the Divine King's attack when he saw the two bone dragons, still ten zhang away from Bai Qinger, spontaneously shatter into wisps of divine mist.
All the gods present were shocked.
Yin-Yang Divine Teacher, Seventh Master, Earth Grandmother, and Xiu Chen Heavenly God looked around, trying to find traces of the one who had acted.
Although the Divine King had only spoken two words, being able to neutralize them was no ordinary feat.
"Who is it? Show yourself." Mo Fa Divine King roared deeply.
Then, a terrifying thing happened that nearly made all the cultivators present faint.
The Mo Fa Divine Temple, suspended in the gray death qi clouds, suddenly sank into the seawater, then flew up violently.
The temple spun a circle in midair, then slammed heavily back into the sea.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
...
It was as if an invisible hand had grabbed the Mo Fa Divine Temple, playing with it like a toy.
Mo Fa Divine King, standing inside the temple, couldn't control his own temple at all. Instead, his body was thrown about, and he let out angry roars.
The cultivators present, including Seventh Master and Yin-Yang Divine Teacher, all turned pale with fear. It was hard to understand who in heaven and earth could toy with a Divine King like this.
Bai Qinger seemed to guess something. Her beautiful eyes gazed toward a certain direction on the sea. "Old Fisherman, is that you?"
"Hehe!"
Laughter echoed through heaven and earth, and the seawater boiled in response.
The flipping, dancing Mo Fa Divine Temple suddenly turned into a parabolic arc, hooked by a fishing line as thin as an ox hair, and hung in the starry sky above.
Yes.
Without stars, the Sword South Realm now had a starry sky. In the starry sky floated an ancient, dilapidated wooden boat.
Seeing this scene, Yin-Yang Divine Teacher, Seventh Master, and Earth Grandmother all changed expressions, bowing in unison toward the heavens. Even Xiu Chen Heavenly God, who never took anyone seriously, lowered his proud head.
The Star Sea Angler, equal in fame to the one from Tiannan Life-Death Ruins, was a being with spiritual power exceeding ninety ranks, capable of contending with heaven and earth. Who in the world did not fear him, who did not respect him?