Chapter 43: The Sea God Was Nothing but a Hypocrite
[Bo Saixi (furious): Deep Sea Demon Whale King, I won't allow you to slander the Sea God!]
[Xiao Bai (Demon Soul Great White Shark King) (angry): I won't either! You can't insult the Sea God like that!!]
When the Deep Sea Demon Whale King claimed that everything was slander orchestrated by the Sea God to achieve divinity—and even called him despicable and hypocritical—
Bo Saixi, as the Sea God's priestess, instantly flew into a rage.
She could not believe that the noble Sea God she revered would do such a thing.
Likewise, as the Sea God's former mount, Xiao Bai was also infuriated. Her loyalty to her master left no room for doubt.
[Demon Lord (cold laugh): You don't believe me? Then tell me—what evil deed have I actually committed? Poseidon said I'm a butcher who wants to devour the ocean's life.
But think! Why would I do that? What would I gain?
If I'm so irredeemably evil, then surely I've done plenty of terrible things. Go ahead, give us an example. If you can, I'll admit I'm evil right now.]
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King wasn't backing down. He challenged Bo Saixi to justify her claims.
For centuries, due to the Sea God and Sea God Island's slander, the whale king had been infamous across the sea—unable to defend himself.
But now, in the livestream room, no one feared him. And he finally had a voice.
He wasn't going to let this go.
He wanted Sea God Island to answer for what they had done.
Why exactly was he evil?
[Bo Saixi (furious): You! You!! YOU!!]
Back in the Sea God Temple, Bo Saixi's beautiful face was flushed with anger. But her tongue was tied.
Because all the Sea God had ever said about the whale king was a string of abstract condemnations.
There were no specific examples.
They just kept portraying him as a terrifying monster—huge in size, with the ability to absorb energy through devouring—and used fear to spread his so-called "evil" reputation.
Even Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, was momentarily speechless.
She couldn't think of a single concrete evil act the whale king had committed.
[Demon Lord (cold laugh): See? Can't answer, can you? Poseidon was just a human. If he'd had the strength to frame me directly, he would've.
But because the ocean was filled with soul beasts who could witness the truth, he couldn't fake evidence—so he used vague fear and exaggerated stories to turn everyone against me.]
The whale king's pointed challenge left Bo Saixi speechless—and it rocked the faith of many sea soul masters watching the livestream.
Had they misjudged the Deep Sea Demon Whale King all along?
Was everything they believed… a lie?
Sea God Island had become a sacred place for sea soul masters, gathering the faith of both humans and beasts.
But had it actually brought order to the seas?
No. It hadn't.
The ocean still followed the law of the jungle—the strong ruled the weak.
Sea God Island always claimed to protect peace…
But what had they actually done?
They had multiple Titled Douluo-level soul masters—but most remained on the island, supposedly "guarding" the Sea God Pillars.
But did they ever leave the island to do real work?
No. Just Bo Saixi alone was enough to guard the pillars.
The others could've helped eliminate real threats, like the Evil Demon Orca Clan.
Yet they didn't.
In truth, Sea God Island was nothing more than a self-serving elite circle—more privileged than even Spirit Hall, yet unwilling to shoulder responsibility.
If they had joined forces with the Great White Sharks, the Orcas would've been wiped out long ago.
Now, the divine aura surrounding Sea God Island began to fade in many sea soul masters' hearts.
Meanwhile, back in Windmill Village,
Lin Yu silently agreed with everything the Deep Sea Demon Whale King said.
It made no sense to say the whale king slaughtered all sea soul beasts—
Only to starve himself afterward.
That was clearly slander.
Especially since the Sea God had long since ascended, and Bo Saixi was no match for the whale king.
If he were truly bloodthirsty, who could stop him now?
Yet he still stayed quietly in the Demon Whale Sea, not hunting or rampaging.
That alone proved the Sea God and his followers had lied.
And in the original novel, Tang San and the others entered the Demon Whale Sea and encountered the whale king.
At that time, Tang San's group couldn't have survived if the whale king truly wanted to kill them.
But did they die?
No. They didn't.
Now Lin Yu understood.
No wonder the Sea God chose Tang San—they were the same kind of person: hypocrites.
Birds of a feather.
But seeing the whale king verbally destroy Bo Saixi in front of everyone, Lin Yu grew curious.
He wanted to know how exactly the Sea God had tricked the entire sea and its soul beasts into worshiping him—and rising to godhood.
[Lin Yu: @Demon Lord — Umm… would you mind telling us how exactly Poseidon slandered you and deceived the sea soul beasts and masters into believing him, so he could ascend?]
The whale king snorted, then replied:
[Demon Lord: It's no secret. I was peacefully cultivating in my Demon Whale Sea. Then one day, that fraud Poseidon barged into my territory and accused me of destroying marine life and disrupting balance. He said he was delivering justice—and attacked.
I retaliated. The fight was devastating. I almost killed him, but he was a Rank 99 Titled Douluo. He escaped.
Then he went around spreading rumors—calling me a butcher.
Because I'm huge and scary, people believed him. He told everyone I was too dangerous to face, warned them not to provoke me—and kept provoking me himself.
Whenever we clashed, nearby sea beasts and soul masters would get caught in the crossfire. Poseidon blamed all their deaths on me.
My "evil" reputation spread like wildfire. No one would listen to me. Eventually, I gave up trying to explain. And Poseidon… he ascended.
He didn't kill me—just blinded one eye. Said it was because I was too strong.
Truth is, he left me alive on purpose—so Sea God Island could remain the center of worship.]
At that point, the whale king sneered coldly.
It was all a political performance. Keeping an enemy alive to justify one's own power.
Lin Yu felt a strange mixture of amusement and disgust.
But he believed the whale king's words.
The novel had repeatedly shown that gods were overwhelmingly powerful—especially Sea God in the sea.
If Poseidon had truly wanted to kill the whale king after becoming a god, it would've been easy.
Yet he didn't.
He only blinded him.
That alone was highly suspicious.
[Bo Saixi (angrily): Liar! The Sea God fought for the ocean! It was YOU who endangered the balance! That's why he attacked you!]
[Xiao Bai (furious): Exactly! That's the truth!]
But when Lin Yu saw their emotional outbursts, he couldn't help but chuckle.
The Sea God's followers had nothing left but blind loyalty and shouting.
(END CHAPTER)
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