We agreed to set sail, so you'd become the ruler of the deep sea?

Chapter 409 [The Day the Great Flood Descended]

In the Great Yan Kingdom, which has been restored to its former glory.

The sky seemed to be shrouded by a huge leaden gray curtain, pressing heavily down on the earth.

The gale raged across the land, like an angry beast howling and sweeping past.

Rumbling--

With a deafening bang.

A breathtaking deep blue, like a wild horse breaking free, rapidly approaches from the far horizon.

Xia En and the other Secret Path practitioners present immediately narrowed their eyes.

Those were towering waves, rolling towards them with terrifying, overwhelming force.

The crests of the waves were covered with white foam, like the fangs of a demon, gleaming with a cold light.

Even though everyone had lived on the Seven Seas for a long time and had seen countless storms.

But the great flood before them was more terrifying than any storm they had ever experienced.

This is a terrible disaster capable of destroying the entire world!
Even though Shaen had tried his best to guess the horrific scene when this disaster struck.

But when it actually comes to you...

Shane realized that he had underestimated the disaster that had nearly wiped out all of humanity.

at this time.

With the great flood approaching.

The earth began to tremble, as if it could not bear the weight.

Immediately afterwards, the animals in the far north began to flee in all directions during this disaster.

The birds flew around in terror in the sky, emitting mournful cries.

Countless wild beasts fled their dens, rushing in panic towards the opposite direction of the great flood—towards the cities of the Great Yan Kingdom.

Soon, the great flood drew ever closer.

What came into view was...

It was a towering wall of water, dozens of stories high, carrying mud, sand, stones and all sorts of debris, surging forward.

Wherever the floodwaters reached, everything was mercilessly swallowed up.

People in the city, gazing at the distant scene, couldn't help but feel panic and unease.

The children clung tightly to their parents, seeking a sense of security in the process.

However, incredibly...

Faced with such a disaster, the civilians of the Great Yan Kingdom were terrified, but not a single person was completely overwhelmed by fear.

No one screamed in terror.

No one dared to flee in panic.

Clearly, they probably knew in advance that this disaster was coming.

Moreover, these people have complete confidence in their king.

Upon seeing this scene, Xia En and the others held their breath, deeply moved by what they saw.

"This is... the world-ending flood!"

But at this moment.

The voice of the "Omniscient Sage" came from an unknown place.

Like a narrator in a theater.

"A terrible flood is engulfing everything in the world."

"It seemed as if nothing could stop its progress."

"However, the great and wise Lord of Cinder had long anticipated this day and had made preparations in advance..."

Beside the crowd.

The scenery at the original site of the Great Yan King's Palace has changed, and it also reflects the events that happened in history.

In the royal palace.

In history, the King of Cinder stood on a high place, gazing at the great flood in the distance, his eyes serious and earnest.

He sighed.

"The day has finally come."

Lord Cinder gave the order to the Blackflame Walker beside him.

"Now! Begin the ritual!"

The words fell.

An incredibly large ritual was launched in the Great Yan Kingdom, or rather, across the entire far north.

Just as the Omniscient Sage said.

Lord Cinder knew of the impending cataclysmic flood long ago and had been preparing for it for at least several decades.

And this is the ritual at this time.

It was created by the King of Cinder using the combined power of the entire Great Yan Kingdom.

Therefore, once it is activated, it displays an extremely exaggerated power.

Rumbling--

The earth tremors became increasingly violent.

Xia En could sense it.

An extremely powerful, icy, and mysterious force is being transmitted to every corner and branch of this ritual through some special means.

Through an invisible and intangible channel.

One node after another was lit up one by one.

This means that the entire grand formation has been fully activated.

And then.

Something incredibly unbelievable has happened!

A blinding blue light streaked across the sky.

Immediately afterwards, the whole world fell into an eerie silence.

Every great flood that came into contact with blue light was frozen in an incomprehensible way.

On the crest of the towering wave, the water droplets are frozen in mid-air, retaining their most impactful shape.

The sharp ice crystals gleamed with a cold light.

And soon, this icy, mysterious power spread from one corner of the great flood to all the water bodies.

It froze countless waves into a forest of ice crystals.

This power is less like freezing and more like sealing!

The flood foam that was originally carried by the strong wind has now become ice beads suspended in the air.

Densely packed, reflecting an eerie yet captivating light.

The surrounding air was bone-chillingly cold; every breath felt like inhaling ice crystals.

A vast, boundless glacier appeared out of nowhere before everyone's eyes.

The people in the city of [Da Yan Kingdom] were all shocked as they watched the great flood that had stopped not far away, and their eyes showed the joy of surviving a catastrophe.

After a brief silence.

A burst of excited cheers erupted from the crowd.

"Wang has succeeded!"

"We survived!"

"We stopped this terrible disaster, we saved the whole world!"

The man and woman embraced each other, weeping with joy.

Joyful shouts mingled together.

The entire city trembled slightly, immersed in a mood of joy.

Their excitement is not hard to understand.

Anyone who survives such a disaster would feel genuinely fortunate.

Not to mention.

This disaster could have spread to the entire world, becoming a veritable catastrophe.

but now.

However, it was stopped and sealed by the Lord of Cinder. How could the people of the Great Yan Kingdom not be proud of such a great achievement?
Looking at this scene...

Even people from later generations, like Musa, who did not belong to this period of memory, were deeply shocked.

The first cataclysmic flood in history was actually sealed away by the Lord of Cinder?

at the same time.

Xia En, however, knew very well.

Behind this seemingly simple process lies decades of hard work by Cinderella and countless others.

It's like saying, "One minute on stage requires ten years of practice off stage."

Only a very few people know the manpower, material resources, and energy spent, as well as the painful sacrifices made.

only.

What Xia En understood even more clearly was...

The whole affair is far from over.

Otherwise, the Seven Seas world, which was later submerged by the sea, would not have existed.

There will be no tragedy like the King of Cinder setting the entire Great Yan Kingdom ablaze.

as predicted.

Soon, the voice of the Omniscient Sage, like a theatrical narrator, rang out again. Only this time...

His voice was filled with undisguised sarcasm and smugness.

"However."

"The young King of Cinder did not expect that all his actions were simply unfolding according to a predetermined script."

"And he was merely the protagonist of this grand tragedy!"

"From the very beginning, that so-called ritual was a complete trap!"

The voice just fell.

A biting wind howled in from the glacier outside the city.

The cold wind was blowing directly towards the Great Yan Kingdom, which had just escaped being wiped out by the flood.

At first, only a thin layer of mist rose in the air.

Immediately afterwards, the fog spread rapidly, and the temperature dropped sharply wherever it went.

The ice crystals spread outwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The people of the Great Yan Kingdom stared in astonishment at this scene, their breath instantly turning into white frost.

"W-what's going on?"

"What happened?"

"So... so cold..."

The far north is inherently a harsh and cold place.

It was only because of the Lord of Cinder's flames and the steam technology in the city that the people no longer had to suffer from the cold.

But right now, the sweeping cold is even colder than the coldest period in their memory.

Followed by.

In the town closest to the city's edge, several citizens of the Great Yan Kingdom were quickly frozen by the cold wind.

Their steps faltered, as if a pause button had been pressed.

Some people's expressions were frozen in the cold wind.

Before the expression in his eyes could change, it was swallowed up by the cold silence.

In mid-air, the birds are frozen in flight, maintaining their flapping wing posture, as if embedded in a layer of transparent ice.

From a few ordinary people to an entire town, they were all turned into these frozen ice sculptures.

Their gazes were fixed on that moment as they looked into the distance.

The frozen town was strikingly similar to the scene Xia En had witnessed beneath the frigid sea.

The past and the future are linked together through such memory scenes.

Inside the palace of the Great Yan King.

The Lord of Cinder in his memory quickly realized the abnormality of the situation, and his expression immediately became extremely solemn.

"This is……"

Soon, the Black Flame Walker came to report.

"Something terrible has happened, Your Majesty!"

"The power of the ritual has begun to spiral out of control."

"It not only froze the great flood, but it also threatens to plunge the entire Great Yan Kingdom into a perpetual freeze of extreme cold!"

"Moreover, even the researchers at the institute cannot stop the ritual."

Upon hearing these words, the King of Cinder in his memory underwent a dramatic change in expression, but he still tried his best to remain calm.

"There was definitely something wrong with that ritual!"

"Activate the backup plan, dispatch all [Blackflame Walkers] to get the civilians into shelters as soon as possible!"

"Yes, King!"

After receiving the order.

All the Black Flame Walkers poured out and headed towards various parts of the Great Yan Kingdom.

Meanwhile, the Lord of Cinder himself transformed into a blazing fireball and rushed towards the border of the Great Yan Kingdom, the direction from which the cold wave was coming from.

At that moment, the words of the Omniscient Sage rang out again.

"What follows are all unimportant scenes."

"I'm too lazy to explain it to you."

"In short, the King of Cinder could not escape his predetermined fate, nor could he stop... the Great Yan Kingdom from being frozen by the rituals he himself set!"

The Omniscient Sage seemed to find the following scene meaningless.

So, as his words rang out.

The memory scenes before everyone changed rapidly, like images suddenly accelerated.

In the fleeting light and shadow.

All people saw was that the Lord of Cinder seemed to be using his flames time and time again to resist the surging cold waves.

But all of this was in vain.

He was unable to stop the cold air from spreading throughout the entire Great Yan Kingdom.

After all, no matter how strong the King of Cinder is, he is still just one person.

The rituals he established were practiced throughout the entire Great Yan Kingdom.

Such rituals naturally proved remarkably effective in sealing off the world-ending flood.

But when it becomes something that freezes the Great Yan Kingdom, how can one person stop the destructive power it can cause?
When the fast-forward of the memory scene stops.

Appear in the eyes of everyone.

It was a completely frozen [Great Yan Kingdom].

The entire city was silent, devoid of its former hustle and bustle, leaving only a frozen sense of loneliness and despair, as if the end of the world had already arrived.

The Lord of Cinder stood alone in the center of the city, radiating intense flames, yet unable to dispel the bone-chilling cold.

His expression was blank, as if he had lost all hope.

For him, time seemed to have lost its meaning, and every minute and every second was torture.

But obviously.

The King of Cinder's suffering did not end there.

The omniscient sage's sarcastic laughter rang out once more.

"Look, this is the hero who saved the world, the king who is sung about by the people!"

"In the end, he couldn't even protect his own country."

"However, what he will face next is true despair."

next moment.

Not far from the King of Cinder.

A commoner, frozen into an ice sculpture, suddenly underwent a bizarre transformation.

His frozen flesh and blood rapidly transformed into countless tiny ice crystals, and then the facial features on his face began to disappear, turning into smooth, mirror-like ice crystals.

Click... click...

The ice sculpture came to life again.

But it happened in a way that the King of Salvage absolutely did not want to see.

In the blink of an eye.

It transformed into the ice crystal monster that Shane had once seen in the far north!

The King of Cinder in his memory suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Just a moment.

He could see the foul, mysterious power emanating from the monster, as well as some kind of eerie immortality.

The words uttered by the ice crystal monster nearly caused Lord Cinder to lose his composure.

"king……"

"It's so cold... I'm so cold..."

"My king...please come and save me..."