“Riding a fish to escape? Are you fucking kidding me?!”
In the ancient lands of the Moon Demon royal clan, their top young expert lounged on a beast-hide chair, leisurely munching on a divine fruit with one leg crossed.
But now, he tossed aside the rare fruit, his face darkening as he turned to glare at the messenger, feeling his judgment had been insulted.
“I’m not lying! It’s absolutely true—multiple witnesses saw it happen!” The servant insisted, swearing on his life that his report was accurate.
The Moon Demon royal clan resided closest to the Sea Cataract. Though they had kept a low profile in recent years, they were once a top-tier royal lineage, feared across the land.
“Bullshit! You think I’m as brain-dead as you? The Sea Cataract is a death trap—no one survives it, let alone rides a fish through it!” The Moon Demon Young Master’s expression darkened further, itching to slap this fool to death.
The servant nearly wept, swearing to the heavens, even cursing himself to prove his honesty. He urged the Young Master to hurry—maybe they could still catch a glimpse of the fish’s tail.
With a smack to the back of the servant’s head, the Young Master ordered him to lead the way. He didn’t believe it himself.
For generations, the Moon Demon clan had lived near the Sea Cataract. They knew it well—no fish had ever been seen there. Anything that entered was doomed, swept to its end, never to return. Yet here was a servant claiming Shi Hao had escaped on a fish. Absurd!
The Young Master was convinced the idiot had lost his mind. If this was a deliberate lie, he’d beat him to death!
“Look, Young Master! Over there—such a huge fish!”
Upon reaching the Sea Cataract and standing atop a towering divine peak, the servant pointed excitedly.
The Young Master’s jaw nearly hit the ground. He’d been ready to pummel the servant, but now he saw the unbelievable.
Shi Hao and two others sat atop an enormous fish, clinging to its dorsal fin as it surged against the heavens.
A fish—an impossibly massive fish!
Shi Hao had actually escaped on a fish!
The Young Master was stunned. After living here for years without even seeing a single fish scale, how had this monstrosity appeared?
The fish was colossal—tens of thousands of feet long. Was this the legendary Kun Peng, resurrected to ferry Shi Hao away?
“Sound the alarm! Shi Hao is escaping—he’s leaving our world!”
The Young Master bellowed, his voice amplified by royal soundwave techniques.
But he didn’t need to shout. Others had already noticed—those shadowing Shi Hao from afar.
They sensed disaster. If Shi Hao plunged into the Sea Cataract, he might actually escape.
“Damn it, how is there a fish in the Sea Cataract?!”
Everyone was dumbfounded, as if witnessing a ghost. Shi Hao was escaping—in the most ludicrous way possible.
On the back of the Ancestral Fish, Shi Hao and the two Golden Undertakers braced themselves. Legends said those who entered this waterfall faced certain death.
Even if they survived the initial plunge, nearing the end would annihilate both body and soul.
“Hold onto this fish—it’ll keep us safe. There may be great fortune ahead… or a descent into hell!” San Zang warned.
**Boom!**
The massive fish dove deep, its dorsal fin vanishing beneath the waves, taking the three youths with it.
They shielded themselves with barriers, avoiding direct contact with the water. But they knew—eventually, external forces would tear through their defenses.
The Ancestral Fish navigated the Sea Cataract, ascending the waterfall-like current, diving and surfacing in turns.
Its colossal form became visible—a dragon-like head with razor-sharp teeth, crowned by towering black horns. Its body, black as ink, occasionally glowed with crimson light.
With a flick of its tail, it sent waves crashing skyward, enough to drown entire mountain ranges.
Some tried to stop it, hurling ancestral techniques, but the attacks dissolved into mere ripples. The Sea Cataract’s strange energy neutralized all assaults, as if protecting the fish in its nursery.
“Alert the Immortals! Shi Hao is escaping!”
They knew the Sea Cataract’s endpoint might lead beyond their world. If Shi Hao slipped away, the consequences would be dire.
The Immortal Kings demanded his capture. His escape would provoke their wrath, shaking all clans to their core.
Their only solace was the Sea Cataract’s vastness. Even the monstrous fish couldn’t vanish instantly—it still had distance to cover.
News spread rapidly via teleportation arrays, reaching the Immortals.
Some prepared extreme measures, ready to destroy Shi Hao rather than let him escape.
**Boom!**
The World Tree trembled as an Immortal invoked a ritual, summoning one of its branches to crush the Sea Cataract.
Even the Immortals were unsettled—resorting to such measures spoke volumes.
“Disaster!”
Shi Hao paled as the colossal branch descended, its leaves cradling stars, exuding primordial might.
But the Ancestral Fish dove deeper, evading the World Tree’s strike. The pressure lifted—strangely, the World Tree couldn’t dominate the Sea Cataract.
“Too late—they’ve reached the vanishing point. Even the World Tree can’t influence that space.”
The Immortals were too distant, and the World Tree’s reach had limits.
“Let him die, then!”
One Immortal, cold and ruthless, prepared a lethal technique.
“No! The ancient ancestors demand his survival!” another protested.
Earlier, the Immortals had marked Shi Hao with six seals. Now, one sought to exploit them.
“Enough! He can’t just waltz in and out as he pleases. Teach him a lesson!”
A figure wreathed in immortal light formed a mystic seal.
**Boom!**
Chaotic lightning split the sky, drawing the gaze of all clans.
Then, they saw it—a fish soaring through the heavens, its dark radiance defying the Immortals’ power.
Shi Hao had felt death’s approach, unaware of the Immortals’ machinations. But the fish’s ancient runes flared, shielding them as it breached the Sea Cataract’s endpoint.
They vanished into the unknown.
“What creature could resist my technique?!” an Immortal gasped.
“The legendary river… a fish that defied its fate,” another murmured gravely.
“After an epoch, the Ancestral Fish returns. What does this mean?!”
The Immortals stood rigid, their faces grim.
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