"What do you want?! Mortal!"
"I'm here to give you a deal."
"Hmph! What deal?"
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King calmed down as he couldn't escape from the ultimate ice attribute embedded in the whole 2km of the ocean. Ye Han smiled like a devil and said
"Either you become my sashimi or you become my friend's intelligent spirit ring."
"MORTAL!! ARE YOU MOCKING ME!"
The whale king was super enraged as he heard about the two choices, he tried to wiggle his way out as he commanded an army of spirit eagles. The purple cloud opened a circle and let out a couple of hundred eagles which charges toward Ye Han, he countered by snapping his finger and making a giant indestructible glass prison with small holes for breathing as it traps every eagle flying towards him. Ye Han said while snapping his finger again only to make a chair appear behind him.
"You know, we could do this all day and you will still end up my sashimi. I recommend you choose the second option, fatty!"
The whale king glared at Ye Han who was sitting in a chair waiting for him to decide, but he suddenly calms down as he heard Ye Han said
"If you choose to become my friend's spirit ring, you will achieve your goal wasn't it to become a god. You have to think this through, only human can ascend as spirit beast's path to godhood has already been sealed by the gods in the god's realm."
"What do you mean?!"
"What I mean is even if you acquire the godhead or the legacy of the Sea God, you still cannot ascend as the god themselves will try to destroy you the moment you ascend."
The Whale King was already intelligent enough to know what Ye Han meant as a dual attribute spirit beast and one of the oldest spirit beasts living in the douluo dalu. He has seen humans who could achieve spirit rank god and all the spirit beasts he met always dies or hides away from humans. Ye Han sensing the whale king's dilemma made him more cunning as he said
"If you become my friend's spirit ring, you will be able to live forever as he is the successor of the old fogey who destroyed your eye, if you agree to this then you will become a part of the future sea god. I ensure you with a vow that my friend will become the next sea god."
Ye Han smiled as the whale king didn't interrupt this time and was pondering about his decision which would decide his future. After a few minutes of deciding, The Whale King reluctantly said
"I have decided, I will become your friend's spirit ring."
"Good!"
Ye Han taught the whale king to vow onto the Heavenly Dao, to which they both vowed to help each other with their goal. Ye Han would help Tang San become the next sea god and the whale king would become Tang San's next spirit ring. Ye Han unfreeze the 2km ocean as he made the items he summoned dissipate, Ye Han jumps onto the whale king's head and said
"Now that we are best buddies, give me a ride toward that direction!"
Ye Han pointed toward the location of the Purple Pearl Island, while the whale king grumpily grunted and follow his order. They went deep underwater as they go towards the Purple Pearl Island. Ye Han talks to the whale king with telepathy as the whale king has mental and water attribute, they talk about how he will become a sentient spirit ring. While this was happening, at a far location there was a giant yacht going through the ocean faster than regular ships, as it headed toward the Purple Pearl Island.
Xiao Wu had Tang San on her lap as she holds his hand, Oscar was making medicinal cuisine as Rongrong puts a cold towel on Bai Chenxiang's head. She caught a cold from the whale king's attack as she was the weakest in the group, her focus was mostly on speed which made her defense very easy to break. Hongjun was moving back and forth as he worries about Ye Han, Mubai stayed close to Zhuqing who was sleeping. Xiao Bai was currently helping Oscar cut some ingredients. A few hours have passed before all the sleepyheads woke up, Tang San open his eyes as he slowly said
"Wh...What...Happened?"
"Xiao Han distracted the spirit beast, he said he will meet us in a month if he successfully escapes." -Xiao Wu
"WHAT?!"
Tang San was horrified as he heard that Xiao Han distracted the spirit beast, he thought of this sentence as Ye Han sacrificed his life to save them. To which he denied instantly as he heard he will meet us in a month. Tang San stood up and used his medicinal techniques to cure Bai Chenxiang and the gang who was experiencing seasickness, Oscar and Xiao Bai arrive at the scene as they were holding their food and medicinal cuisine. Hongjun and Mubai arranged a table as they put the food on top of the table.
they were eating gloomily as they thought of the chances Ye Han didn't make it alive, Hongjun wanted to say it but decided not to lose hope. But suddenly the door toward their room opened as they turned around to see who was it. A chibi pillow that looks like Ye Han walks in the room as it says in a cute otouto voice
"Yo!"
"Xiao Han!!" -Everyone
"I'm not Xiao Han, I am Chibi Ye Han!"
"Eh?" -Tang San
The chibi pillow walks toward them and jumps on to the dining table, he sat on the dining table as the chibi munches on a meat bun. Tang San said with a question mark on his face.
"Where is Ye Han?"
"I don't know! But rest assured that master is still alive, as I haven't dissipated yet!"
"What are you?" -Hongjun
"I...I am a CHIBI!"
"Chibi?" -Mubai
"Small Version!"
The Chibi Ye Han was a clone that Ye Han secretly threw when the dragon abyss boat was growing as it was thrown to the ocean because he was worried they would be depressed over his fake sacrifice when there was no danger for him. The Chibi Ye Han pats Tang San's cheek as he said
"Master said He believed in you that you would have done something crazy! So he knocks you out, so you won't regret anything."
Tang San laugh warily as he also thought his previous action, the gang agreed he would do something risky as in their past events there was not even once that Tang San didn't try to take a risk with his life. The Chibi Ye Han finishes the steam meat bun and went toward Xiao Wu's lap as he slept on it. Xiao Wu just pats the chibi Ye Han as she said
"At least we can be relieved that Xiao Han is alive."
"Indeed!" -everyone