Chapter 931: Meeting Xiao He Again
When it came to ascending to Emperor, the greatest challenge wasn't the force of heaven and earth, but rather the existing Emperors themselves. For that reason, Tang San couldn't rush things, and he had to slow down the accumulation of faith energy. While he was in the middle of the continent, Tang San's ability to absorb faith energy was naturally reduced.
Now that he was out at sea, Tang San let his aura expand freely, offering his blessings to those that worshipped him in exchange for the faith energy they provided. At the same time, he activated his divine consciousness and quickly located his target.
With another flash of silver light, Tang San teleported again.
Compared to his last visit to Crescent Island, Xiao He had changed noticeably. His skin was darker now, inevitably tanned by the blazing sun. His aura had changed too, a sign that his cultivation was steadily advancing. Though he had yet to pass his godhood tribulation, he had already recovered to the peak of the ninth order. It helped, of course, to have a wife who infused him with bloodline power daily. Moreover, he was already deeply familiar with the Peacock Demon bloodline power, and naturally, with the Peacock Transformation. It wouldn't be long before he crossed his tribulation and regained his Demon King power.
Life was quite fulfilling for Xiao He. He found there were plenty of benefits to being human. The greatest, in his view, was that cultivating spiritual power was far easier than it had been as a Peacock Demon. He could clearly feel that his mind worked faster, and his thoughts were flowing effortlessly.
Watching a human kingdom rise under his leadership filled him with pride. Even more so with how many powerful sea beast clans now followed his orders. It gave him an increasingly tangible sense of the vastness of the sea.
Indeed, the resources within the Endless Blue Sea were nearly limitless. Connecting islands separated by dozens of nautical miles would have once seemed unthinkable. But with the combined efforts of the Sea Giant and Seasky Tree clans, together with human labor, those connections were being built. These bridges would become the foundation for humanity's expansion. In the future, this would no longer be a bunch of islands peppered across the sea, but a newborn continent—an independent human world.
The more progress they made, the more hope Xiao He saw for humankind, and the more driven he became. Now that the islands were interconnected, human territory had expanded dramatically. Those sea bridges continued to improve in flatness, width, and stability. The water around Crescent Island no longer felt like the sea; it was more like a vast lake. No waves dared approach. Around the island and the bridges, the water was almost perfectly still.
Today, Xiao He was directing laborers in installing railings on one of the bridges. They couldn't rely solely on the Sea Giants and Seasky Trees; humans had to put in work too.