At Evan Chu's command, Sea Dragon Hall and Tidal Spirit Palace mobilized in full force. All cultivators at God-King Realm and above would migrate, while the original inhabitants of the Sea God's Domain would remain here for now. After the great three-realm war, if Frostbane Divine Palace emerged victorious, a new world would be opened in the God Realm for everyone to move into.
As the armies gathered, Evan Chu, Elena Rainveil, Old Goldwing, Shadow, Mina, and the Sea-Clan Dragon Emperor were all present in Mina's imperial hall. They were discussing how to transport so many people into the God Realm.
First, Evan was unwilling to expose the secret of the Timewheel Bracelet; second, the Ethereal Divine Shuttle couldn't carry that many people in one trip, and doing it in batches would take a lot of time.
"If there's really no other way, I can only use the Timewheel Bracelet."
"Boss! Try to think of another solution..."
"Is there any other way?" Elena Rainveil asked, frowning.
The Timewheel Bracelet was Evan's greatest secret. Although everyone in the three realms knew Frostbane Divine Palace possessed three supreme divine artifacts, the Timewheel Bracelet was one of them.
But now, the Timewheel Bracelet was far from ordinary. Inside it were the Elemental Spirit Pearl, God-Crystal Spirit, Geocore Soul Mother, Chaos Spirit, and more... Any one of these could drive people mad with greed.
If tens of thousands of troops entered the Timewheel Bracelet, even if the space could contain them all, who could guarantee that these people would keep their hearts in check and not develop greedy thoughts? If they did, Evan would be in a bind—he couldn't just wipe out all the power he'd worked so hard to gather.
The more he thought about it, the tougher it seemed. After all, that pure, boundless spiritual power would tempt anyone! Otherwise, the Geocore Soul Mother wouldn't have risked its life to protect the Light Origin Spirit. Chaos treasures this rare are almost impossible to find—there might only be a handful in all three realms.
Just as Evan was struggling with the dilemma, Mina and the Sea-Clan Dragon Emperor hesitated, as if wanting to say something. Finally, Mina stepped forward and spoke.
"Actually... I do have another way. But this method..."
"Once we use this method, there's no turning back! The Sea God's Domain may not survive it." The Sea-Clan Dragon Emperor sighed and added.
Evan was puzzled—what did they mean by that?
Mina then slowly explained the whole story to Evan. It turned out that this wasn't just the Sea God's Domain's greatest secret, but also the reason why Mina's cultivation soared and she was able to unify the four Sea Domain Palaces—and why she and Sea Dragon Hall ended up fighting.
You could say this was the sea clan's greatest secret—and also the very foundation of the Sea God's Domain.
"After my bloodline awakened, there was a force inside me that kept urging me onward. By chance, I entered the forbidden ground of the North Sea Dominion Palace. I never expected that place to be the Sea God's Domain's greatest secret."
Actually, I have to thank Master for this. The secret realm Master entered is actually connected to the forbidden grounds of all four Sea Domain Palaces. For years, the dangers there kept everyone away.
But after Master took away the strongest guardian beast inside, the secrets of those forbidden grounds gradually began to reveal themselves. Maybe it's because Master infused me with some power, so I was able to discover these secrets first and seize the initiative to unify the four Sea Domain Palaces.
Otherwise, things might look completely different today."
After hearing Mina's explanation, Evan was stunned. Was all this really connected to him? Could fate truly be at work here?
"So what exactly is the greatest secret of the Sea God's Domain, and why is it tied to the sea clan's migration?" Evan asked. The Sea-Clan Dragon Emperor stepped forward to answer.
"It's actually simple—there's a Sea-Eye Spirit Spring, the fundamental world-core life spring that created the Sea God's Domain. We've only absorbed a fraction of its leaked power, which is why our cultivation has soared so quickly.
If we were to fully devour the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring, our cultivation would probably leap straight to late God-Emperor peak—or even higher! But doing so would cause the Sea God's Domain to collapse, and the sea clan would be wiped out."
Sea-Eye Spirit Spring! Evan was shocked—could something like this really exist? There's a saying: water is the source of life. In other words, water is the spirit of all things, capable of nurturing countless lives.
If the Light Origin Spirit and Dark Origin Spirit together nurtured the Geocore Soul Mother and countless soul lifeforms, then the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring did the same for the Sea God's Domain—creating the entire oceanic world and birthing the complete sea clan: billions of lives and millions of cultivators!
In a way, the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring's level of life essence is several grades higher than the Light Origin Spirit. If Evan could obtain its power, his Watershift would instantly reach ninth-layer perfection, and he'd fully comprehend the laws of water!
Evan's heart raced—he couldn't help but feel tempted...
"If the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring is the foundation of the Sea God's Domain, why are you telling me all this?"
"Master, here's the situation. If the Sea God's Domain loses the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring, it won't collapse immediately—it can last at least a hundred years. Now, Master, you have two options. First, Dragon Emperor and I will lead all the sea clan into a space within the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring, and you will take us to the God Realm.
We can lead our twenty-thousand-strong army to help you conquer the three realms and open new territory. If we succeed within a hundred years, even if the Sea God's Domain collapses, we'll be able to settle in the God Realm.
The other method is for our twenty-thousand elites to enter the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring, then you carry the spring itself to migrate us out. Afterwards, you can restore the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring to its original place to keep the Sea God's Domain intact."
Evan was delighted by this plan.
This so-called space was probably similar to the Geocore Soul-Source Realm, except that the Dark Origin Spirit was lost and that space was incomplete, so Evan couldn't move it. But the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring was a complete world-core treasure, and there was another secret realm beneath the Sea God's Domain.
Evan could easily store the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring in the Timewheel Bracelet and then bring it out into the God Realm. That way, the migration problem would be solved without exposing the bracelet's secret.
"Alright, let's do it this way. But I'll need to temporarily seal the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring's secret, or else your elite army will notice something strange once inside."
"Yes, Master!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Half an hour later, Evan arrived at the secret realm he'd visited before. After breaking through the final barrier, he reached a Sea-Eye Spirit Spring deep in the ocean. The rich water-element aura made every pore in his body open up.
The powerful water-element energy made him want to absorb it, but remembering that this was the foundation of the Sea God's Domain—and that doing so would bring disaster to the sea clan—Evan gave up.
Resisting the temptation to perfect his water-element cultivation, Evan began to seal off the power leaking from the Sea-Eye Spirit Spring.