It was not just a matter of whether Hai Pinglan truly understood the Profound Control Realm… Even by conventional reasoning, no one could have predicted that the Sea Emperor would recover so efficiently. Xia Longyuan probably had not anticipated it either—if he had, he might have come to chase down the remnants even while wounded, leaving no need for Zhao Changhe to handle it.0

Everyone who knew about the existence of these ancient gods and demons was well aware that they were all still in a weakened state and were far from fully recovered. The Sea Emperor had remained dormant for an entire era and had only started stirring a little over a decade ago, and even then, he was in a fragile state—forced to use underhanded means like the Soul of Water to invade the spirit of Lady Three’s mother.0

Afterward, he even compromised and made deals with Hai Pinglan, exchanging terms for the construction of a temple to gather faith, gradually restoring his power to his current state.0

With the Sea Emperor having carried out a self-detonation, even if the damage he would suffer would not be as severe as when he collapsed at the end of the last era, it would not be far off. With the faith directed toward him weakened and his followers slaughtered, it would be as though he had been...0