We Agreed to Set Sail, but You Became the Ruler of the Deep Sea?

[Old Flame]?

What is that?

Before Shane could think more, the brilliant flames completely submerged his vision.

The color of this flame was completely different from any flame he had ever seen.

It looked just white, but in fact it was like countless colors mixed together, and finally formed a white form.

If you have to say it, this is probably the so-called "colorful white."

The next moment.

It seemed that the grand church bells echoed in Shane's mind, and scenes of wonders slowly unfolded before his eyes.

The steel warships galloping on the ice sea dispersed from the torrent;

Countless ships coming in reversed and left;

The glaciers and the sea level continued to drop, and the entire ice sea returned to its former desolation...

Seeing this, Shane was shocked.

These scenes seemed to be the scenes that would only happen when time went back in the [Northern Land].

Or, is this a rewinding of history! ?

Obviously, this rewinding scene is not just the period from the "Great Flood Prophecy" to the present.

The sun rises and sets, the sky is filled with clouds, the ocean is surging, the ice is breaking and closing...

Time is constantly moving towards an older age.

As the flood recedes and the sea level drops, a vast land appears in Xia En's eyes.

On that land, there is a ruin shrouded in raging fire.

The land is devastated and scorched.

Then, the flames disappear, and the outline of the Great Yan Kingdom at its peak appears in Xia En's vision.

Then, the city becomes a scattered village, and then a desolate wilderness.

The first batch of residents, known as "criminals", were exiled to this bitter and cold land...

From now to the past, endless pictures washed over Xia En's consciousness.

And unknowingly, Xia En felt extremely surging heat around his body, as if he was in an extremely high temperature environment.

Xia En looked back.

The endless hot red color entered his eyes.

The rock wall illuminated by the fire, the uneven stones, the gray gas that continued to escape, and... the gurgling magma!

Almost in an instant, Xia En recognized the environment he was in.

This is...

The deepest part of a volcano!

Suddenly, Xia En felt something and looked down at the magma.

In the flowing hot magma, there was a human baby lying!

There were countless dark red lines on his body, flickering in the magma, as if absorbing nutrients from the volcano.

"He is... Yan Yan?"

"Is this the volcano where Yan Yan was born?"

Xia En had a guess in his heart, and what made his heart beat suddenly was...

At this moment, the baby lying in the magma suddenly opened his eyes and stared at him intently!

In those dark red eyes, Xia En could not see any human emotions.

There was only an indescribable indifference.

If I had to say it, it was like the attitude of gods towards humans and those who were like ants.

It could even be said that Shane saw a kind of...

divinity in this little baby!

And it was not until then that Shane suddenly realized something he had overlooked before.

The legend that the Fire King was born from a volcano was not a secret in the Seven Seas.

But most people only regarded this as a manifestation of the Fire King's "natural holiness", but did not think deeply about the reasons behind it.

And now, when Shane saw Yan Yan just after he was born, he came to a guess-

Yan Yan might not be a real human at all!

He might be a projection of a god or some other strange existence in the [Secret Sea] in the [Seven Seas World].

It was only to adapt to the environment of this world that he chose to grow and exist in the form of a human.

This can also explain the [divinity] that Yan Yan carried at this time, as well as his immortal characteristics and fire secret power that transcended common sense.

Of course, this is only Shane's guess, and it is not possible to draw a conclusion for the time being.

While many thoughts flashed through Xia En's mind.

The baby in the magma had undergone some strange changes.

The indifferent [divinity] on him was quickly dissipating, replaced by the humanity of human beings.

The little face even frowned, making an expression that seemed confused and thoughtful.

And Xia En unexpectedly felt that these expressions were somewhat similar.

Soon, he woke up-

The reason why he felt similar was because the baby was imitating his expression at this moment!

Similarly, what the baby imitated was the divinity in Xia En.

Realizing this, Xia En's heart was once again in turmoil.

What he is in now is clearly just a flash of history.

He is just a bystander of these rewinding his history.

In theory, Xia En should not be able to interfere with these historical events.

So, is the baby's imitation of his behavior just an illusion, or something that really happened in the past?

Could it be that when Yan Yan was first born, he had seen his future self and thus initially possessed some humanity?

But how is this possible?

In any case, this guess is too shocking.

Even Xia En found it incredible.

However, the changes in front of Xia En were not over yet.

As the magma surged, the stagnant time rolled back again.

The baby closed his eyes again, and his body gradually shrank, and shrank again...

He changed from a baby to an embryo, and then to...

A cluster of flames?

Yes, it was a cluster of milky white flames!

The moment he saw the flames, Xia En thought of the wooden box he had opened earlier.

The flames that jumped out of the wooden box were surprisingly the same as the flames.

"So, this is Yan Yan's true body?"

Xia En murmured in his heart: "The flame he gave me was actually a wisp of his original fire?"

"But why did he do this?"

At this time, the words that Xia En had not been able to see clearly before reappeared.

[Old Fire]

[Quality: Myth]

[Type: Unknown]

[Description: A wisp of fire from the depths of the "Secret Sea". ]

[It was born in the oldest years when the "Secret Sea" was opened, and originated from the first civilization in the "Secret Sea"! 】

【That untraceable, dark, ancient era is called - the Old Days! 】

【The use of fire is a symbol of civilization. 】

【The desire for fire is the yearning for civilization. 】

【Before being swallowed by darkness, as long as there is a wisp of fire passed on, this civilization will not be completely destroyed. 】

【The fire is passed on and never stops. 】

After reading these descriptions, Xia En was shocked again.

The "mythical" level of quality even seems insignificant in front of these descriptions.

Xia En suspected that the reason why the quality of this [Old Days Fire] is "mythical" is not because its quality is only mythical, but the upper limit of the quality of the items on the panel is mythical!

"The ancient era when [Secret Sea] was opened up... the Old Days?"

"The first civilization born in [Secret Sea]..."

"The fire that has been passed down countless times?"

Xia En murmured in shock.

"So, this is the true origin of Yan Yan?"

Xia En had guessed before that Yan Yan's true identity must be extraordinary.

Only when he really knew the origin of Yan Yan did he realize that his previous guess was too conservative.

"But, what does it mean to be... 'swallowed by darkness'?"

Soon, Xia En noticed another thing.

The civilization in the [Secret Sea] must be stronger than the civilization in the [Seven Seas World].

But even these civilizations seem to encounter some terrible disasters, causing the civilization to be swallowed by "darkness".

And the "fire" that remains of these civilizations can only escape to other [Secret Realms] like the spaceships in the "Spark Plan" in science fiction works.

It seems that Yan Yan came to the [Seven Seas World] for this reason.

Thinking of this, Xia En's expression was a little strange.

"So, isn't Yan Yan an alien... Oh no, should it be said that he is an alien? An alien god?"

However, no matter what Yan Yan's true identity is, in Xia En's heart, he will always be a crew member on his ship.

Besides, Yan Yan himself probably has long regarded himself as a person of this world, the fire king of [Great Yan Kingdom].

He would try every possible way to save this world targeted by [Evil God].

Without waiting for Xia En to think more.

That mysterious and unique secret power burst out from the [Old Flame] in front of him again.

This time, Xia En only felt a sudden sense of weightlessness.

His consciousness and soul were falling continuously.

Until a certain invisible but real barrier was broken through.

Xia En was already familiar with this feeling.

This was the sign of diving into the [Secret Sea].

Sure enough, when Xia En opened his eyes again, what he saw was the deep sea full of starlight and light marks.

To be honest, no matter how many times he had seen it, every time he saw this vast and mysterious [Secret Sea], Xia En would be amazed by this scene.

That feeling was probably similar to the shock of human beings when they first looked up at the starry sky?

But soon, Xia En realized that the feeling of falling was far from disappearing.

His body seemed to be pulled by some force, constantly approaching an illusory light bubble in the [Secret Sea].

It was somewhat different from the light bubbles he had seen before. This light bubble seemed to flicker, giving people an unreal feeling.

In the blink of an eye.

Shane crashed into the light bubble.

What appeared below was a vast continent.

On the continent, there stood tall spires emitting blue and purple light.

Those spires were unusually high, hundreds of meters and thousands of meters high.

They were inlaid with some special energy crystals.

Shane saw some kind of power similar to magic energy in the crystal.

In the spires, there were countless people who looked like magicians, working hard.

Shane couldn't help but think of the so-called "Mage Tower."

And the civilization in this [Secret Realm] seemed to be supported by these Mage Towers.

Shane stood in the sky, like an observer, silently watching the evolution of this civilization.

As new spires were built and old ones were destroyed, the strange patterns carved on the spires became more advanced and mysterious.

The owners of the spires also fought against each other from time to time.

The most serious war almost affected the entire continent and destroyed at least 70% of the "Mage Towers."

But then, new spires were rebuilt and new strong men stood on the top of the world again.

Civilization found new life in destruction.

However, suddenly one day.

The sky of this world became dark.

It was simply dark without any signs.

From then on, the sky never lit up again.

Disaster, came.

Without any precautions, darkness and severe cold took the lives of 50% of the civilians in the world in a very short period of time.

Then...

The darkness became thicker and thicker, and more and more people died in the darkness.

Finally, the darkness even blocked the sight of Shane, the observer, making it impossible for him to spy on the situation of this civilization.

At this time, Shane suddenly realized.

What he saw was not the real [Secret Realm], but the afterimage left after the destruction of this [Secret Realm].

Or, this is just a history that happened in the past.

Just like the starlight that people see when they look up at the starry sky, some of the starlight may have traveled across countless light years to reach the earth, and the stars as the main body may have been destroyed long ago.

What Xia En saw at this moment was the light projected from the destroyed star.

After figuring this out, Xia En's body returned to the deep [Secret Sea].

The illusory light bubble disappeared completely like a bubble.

Suddenly, at this moment.

A line of prompts flashed on the panel.

[Professional Compatibility +10%! ]

Xia En suddenly came back to his senses and couldn't help showing joy on his face.

That's right.

To improve the compatibility of his profession [Secret Sea Walker], he had to keep traveling in the [Secret Sea].

Some time ago, Xia En had been using [Deep Sea Diving] to go to the [Furnace Secret Realm].

It's just that the compatibility of the same [Secret Realm] has been decreasing as the number of his visits has increased.

This is why Xia En has been unable to reach the threshold of the sixth-level promotion ritual.

And the current [Old Flame] is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

Xia En has realized that the scenes and the secret realms that [Old Flame] brought him to are actually its past history and the way it came.

And as described.

The civilizations carried by [Old Flame] are definitely not just one or two.

As expected.

In the blink of an eye, a traction similar to the previous one came from the [Secret Sea].

Another illusory light bubble was getting closer and closer to Xia En.

Then, Xia En followed the way [Old Flame] came and came to one destroyed [Secret Realm] after another.

Different civilizations were born in these [Secret Realms].

There are civilizations that depend on pets for survival and grow together;

There are civilizations where people temper their qi and blood, practice martial arts, and the martial arts are prosperous;

There are also civilizations that do not show extraordinary power and use technology to transform the world...

Xia En traveled through the [Secret Sea], overlooking the rise and fall of these civilizations with a detached attitude, watching their ups and downs...