Eridel gave one last glance at his third Soulmate to check for the nth time that there were no great threats before focusing on his next project. No rest for the wicked as they say.

Thankfully, this one would require little to no effort.

When he had made a deal with the Moon, he had promised to help Zuko become Kaiser if she helped the others in the campaign against Envy. And since he was such a magnanimous, innocent, honest, pure, righteous and loving Planet, he would honourably uphold his promise!

It was absolutely NOT because powering up Zuko was one of his agendas. This was all about integrity and virtue! Justice and law!

‘Haah… Sometimes I really wonder what these people did to deserve someone as great and humble as me… Should I start taking taxes?’ Eridel shamelessly wondered to himself.

In the next moment, he focused on Zuko and began to coalesce the surrounding energy into a single point, beginning the process of creation for the first time in a long while.

…

[Eridius World, Sea between Central and West Continents]

Swimming vigorously through the turbulent heavy waters was a 45m or so long mutated Sea Centipede. He was completely covered in glossy black chitin reminiscent of metal and it had white glowing patterns all over it that illuminated the dark depths of the sea. He had over 100 robust legs that ended in sharp points that glistened fiercely and instead of mandibles for a mouth, he had a set of jaws filled with savage fangs that looked like they could shred flesh with vicious efficiency.

Obviously, this was Zuko; the Moon’s 5th Apostle. And currently he was scavenging the waters by himself, looking for rare resources that would push him into the 4th Realm so that in the upcoming battle he could claim victory.

Now, some may call him over ambitious for even thinking about contending with the local Sea Emperors for the position of Sea Kaiser whilst being a mere Sea King with peak 3rd Realm Essence Cultivation, but he had full confidence in himself.

He knew that he would be facing off against Emperors in the 4th Realm whose strengths would be ranging from the 1st Stage to even the 5th, but by the time that battle happened, he himself would have been in the 4th Realm.

He wasn’t called the strongest Sea King in this Sea for no reason. His prospects were peerless amongst those in the same stage and even a few above. On top of that, with his 2 contracted skills, namely [Divine Lunar Punishment] and [Divine Lunar Enhancement], he had confidence in slaying an Emperor at the 5th Stage.

After all, those with that kind of strength wouldn’t be appearing immediately.

The reason those in the 1st to 3rd stage even dreamed of becoming Kaiser when Emperors at the 4th and 5th existed is because everyone knew that those big figures would be biding their time, and that was for a number of reasons.

One, if they dared to show up early, the only fate they would experience was being swarmed by thousands of sea creatures including lesser Sea Emperors, Sea Kings and their subordinates. The seas had no rules and anything to obtain victory could and will be done.

And two, those big figures were planning to devour the victors of the lesser Emperor skirmish.

You see, the seas were boundless and the average strength level of sea creatures surpassed that of the land dwellers, but that is only because they endlessly fight and devour each other. However, something like this can only occur amongst the low to mid level beasts. Top level beasts are not only hard to find, but they are also a lot more unwilling to just risk their life for a small chance of a power boost.

Even if there were benefits in a top tier Emperor (Stage 4-5) devouring a lower tier one (Stage1-3), which Emperor was not smart enough to stay far away? The only thing that a top tier Emperor could easily catch were the ignorant Kings and below, but it didn’t need to be mentioned how ineffective that was.

Only in a Kaiser battle or something similar would Emperors and their subordinated Kings come to risk their life, and that meant that if a situation like that didn’t arise, they would have to rely on natural resources like the land dwellers. But the dilemma here is that there are far less accessible resources in the sea than there are on the land.

In fact it was because of that that the Sea Emperors had begun to eye the land, some of them even claiming islands rich in resources as their territory, harvesting the goodies within whenever they could.

But still, it wasn’t enough and that was why the highest stage of the Sea Emperors in THIS Sea was only the 5th.

Other Seas also faced this problem and it resulted in a devious scheme that began to take place in every Kaiser battle. Those in the 1st to 3rd Stage would fight and devour each other over a span of a few days, gaining strength that could even push them into the 4th Stage if they were the last one standing. But the top Emperors would never let that happen and would arrive before the climax, when there were mostly only those in the 3rd Stage… and then they would begin to feast.

Zuko knew all of this just like everyone else. In fact, it wasn’t just Kaiser battles. Even the battles that Sea Kings fought for the position of local Sea Emperor were like this. but he, along with the low tier Sea Emperors he would be fighting against, hoped to flip the script on the top tier Emperors and become Kaiser. But the difference that separated him from them was that he had the backing of the Moon.

His talent had risen too greatly after he had become an Apostle, obtaining access to the elusive Metal and Water Laws, and on top of that he even had the unfairly powerful contract skills!

‘Status!’ Zuko called out.

[Status]

[Name: Zuko]

[Titles: Sea King, Favoured Son of the Sea, Arc Lord, The Moon’s Fifth Apostle]

[Race: Lunar Arc Centipede]

[Cultivation: Seeking Beast, Stage 9]

[Combat Strength: Realm 4, Stage 1]

[Bloodline: Sanctified Lunar Bloodline(Earth Grade)]

[Physique: Moon Apostle Physique(Heaven Grade)]

[Elements: Metal, Water, Acid]

[Affinities: Metal(100%), Water(100%), Acid(61%), Moon(52%)]

[Laws: Metal(2%), Water(3%)]

[Innate Skills: Metal Enhancement, Water Enhancement, Metal Spikes, Hydro Beam, Acid Spit, Lunar Acid Fusion]

[Contract Skills: Divine Lunar Punishment, Divine Lunar Enhancement]

With all of this, his chances were higher than anyone else! He really might be able to pull off what every Low Tier Emperor dreamed about day and night!

‘All that is left is to promote to the Enlightened Realm.’ Zuko thought, his eyes flashing with confidence as he increased his speed.

‘I will be Kaiser!’