The Sea Emperor's Wrath

At some point, the merfolk population stopped growing. Male merfolk became especially scarce, making it difficult for their kind to reproduce and thrive.

Faced with a population crisis, the Merfolk Emperor took it upon herself to secure the future of her people. She went ashore in search of someone who could awaken her merpearl.

Luckily, she found that person as soon as she reached land.

Unfortunately, the person she found was a troublemaker.

The troublemaker wanted revenge, to avenge his grievances, and to gain power and status.

Fine. She'd take care of all of it for him.

The Merfolk Emperor treated him like a sea consort, lavishing him with all the love she had. She never expected him to turn cold and unfeeling in the end, refusing to come under the sea and even daring to keep her in a fish tank. Tch, did he really think she was an ornamental fish?!

Merfolk blood is pale in color and highly poisonous.

Landfolk know nothing of this.

The Merfolk Emperor bled herself day after day, pretending to be weak before everyone. Then, when the palace banquet was in full swing, she smashed the pool pavilion to pieces with her tail.

Seawater tainted with merfolk blood flooded the entire palace, poisoning everyone at the banquet in an instant and wiping out the human nobility and powerful clans in one fell swoop.

The Merfolk Emperor planted a foot on the human emperor's face and looked down at him, each word filled with hatred:

“You wanted an empire, so I offered you the mountains and rivers as a betrothal gift.”

“You wanted to unite the realm, so I would have leveled the Nine Provinces for you.”

“You accepted my betrothal gift and swore eternal vows with me, yet in the end... you would break your promise to me for the sake of this realm?!”

“I...”

The man tried to argue, but the Merfolk Emperor ground her foot down hard on his mouth. “Yin Shen, I can give you this realm, and I can take it back!”

The Merfolk Emperor returned to the sea, rode atop a school of whales to the surface, and gave her orders:

“Stir the waters of the four seas and flood the mainland of the Nine Provinces.”

“Those who break their promises don't deserve even a patch of land to stand on!”

That was the Sea Emperor's wrath!

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The mainland of the Nine Provinces sank beneath the sea. The only thing left between heaven and earth was the divine tree Jianmu.

Moved by compassion, the heavenly beings sent down a divine oracle through the tree: Find the Kunlun Jade, and when it is shattered, the order of the world can be reversed.

Quan Yi: “…”

Quan Yi held the broken jade in her hands and looked at the receding sea, the mainland reappearing, and the cries rising like crashing waves: “The Lord of the Land has appeared! Humanity is saved!”

She gave an awkward smile, quietly tugged up her waistband, and hid the fish-scale patterns on her lower back. Seriously, have you watched too many shonen anime? I'm just a lazy fish.

Theme: May the world be at peace!