The declaration crashed into the world of immortals like a thunderbolt. Proclamation complete, the Scarlet Ape resumed its carnage. Every single human currently in the North Sea, whether cultivator or immortal, fell to its staff.

The ape killed everything in its way in a bloody progression to the shores of Ingress Island.

Thousands of kilometers across, the island was the size of a large province in one of the human majors. Gleaming with the hue of precious gems, a rich spiritual aura permeated the air. This island was a pearl of the North Sea, one of its most fertile regions.

Fire erupting from its eyes, the ape looked coldly at the vast island.

“Senior, Ingress Island is our ally!” Beigong Xuan hastened to say, still following behind the Scarlet Ape. The two other great factions of the North Sea—the Dark North Sword Sect and Ingress Island—weren’t pure monster spirit factions, but included humans as well.

The Scarlet Ape glanced back and leveled a glare filled with utter malevolence at the blackwater snake. Beigong Xuan’s mind immediately went blank and he shrank in on himself from trepidation.

“Do you wish to imitate the dragons, phoenixes, qilins, and tortoises in becoming humanity’s flunkeys?” Cold and eerie, there was a murderous...