Sea Emperor Shuttle

The Sea Emperor Shuttle, also translated as the Sea Emperors Shuttle or Sea Emperor's Shuttle, is a two-person ocean-crossing vessel fashioned around the emptied Heavenly Core of a Heavenly God-tier Terror Sea Dragon. It combines extreme durability, mental control, navigation records, and efficient underwater propulsion.

History

Xuantian construction and capture

Xuantian Palace creates the shuttle after killing a nearly thousand-meter Terror Sea Dragon. Countless artificers expend immense resources, first extracting the Core's remaining Heavenly Energy and then turning it into a translucent seven-meter vessel. The shuttle and the Spatial Teleportation Gem become the palace's two supreme treasures. When Xuantian's attempted conquest of the Boundless Mainland fails, Heaven's Expanse Palace takes the shuttle as spoils while the invaders escape with the gem. (Chapter 235)

Crossing to the Xuantian Continent

Heaven's Expanse Palace entrusts the shuttle and its control crystal to Zhou for his expedition, insisting that he return it. Once placed in seawater and supplied with Saint Energy, the vessel seals its lid, adapts its seats to the two travelers, links its control helmet to Zhou's mind, and reveals stored maritime maps leading to the Xuantian Continent. It carries Zhou and Shangguan Bing'er across tens of thousands of kilometers without the navigation experience a normal sea voyage would require. (Chapters 235–237)

Its presence later reveals the travelers' origin. Dreamwake, the active Xuantian Palace Master, recognizes the lost shuttle inside Zhou's Sumeru Ring and uses it as proof that he is from the Boundless Mainland. Dong Fang and Xuantian Palace do not recover the vessel, and Zhou uses it for the return crossing after resolving the conflict over the Spatial Teleportation Gem. (Chapters 251 and 256–257)

Return at its practical limit

On the voyage home, a surviving Terror Sea Dragon detects the shuttle through the familiar aura of its father's Core and traps it in an invisible restraint. Zhou escapes the dragon's jaws by forcing the shuttle upward and storing it once airborne. After Zhou becomes a Heavenly King, his control of oceanic atmospheric energy propels the shuttle back to the Boundless Mainland in about half a month, but he deliberately avoids further acceleration because the vessel might be damaged. (Chapters 257–258)

Abilities and properties

• Hull and form: The translucent, date-seed-shaped vessel is about seven meters long, weighs at least 1,500 kilograms, and is recorded as able to withstand a Heavenly King's full-strength blow. Its tapered ends, sealed crystal lid, and great mass are designed for submerged travel. (Chapter 235)
• Mental control and perception: An operator supplies Heavenly Energy through a crystal globe and wears a descending control helmet. The shuttle then functions like part of the operator's body, grants full 360-degree perception, and provides clear sight for a thousand meters even in dark deep water. (Chapter 235)
• Navigation and life support: Stored maritime maps plot the route between the two continents. The cabin remains stable despite waves, reshapes its seats around occupants, converts Water Attribute energy into breathable air, and experiences little drag from the surrounding sea. (Chapter 235)
• Efficient propulsion: The Terror Sea Dragon Core magnifies the operator's energy, giving the shuttle very high speed for relatively little expenditure while allowing the operator to replenish from purified surrounding energy. Zhou's later Astral Saint Core control raises that speed dramatically. (Chapters 235, 257–258)
• Sea-beast aura: The Core's aura drives most sea beasts away, but it has the opposite effect on the surviving Terror Sea Dragon descended from the Core's original owner, allowing that dragon to locate and intercept the vessel. (Chapters 235 and 257)
• Limits: The shuttle carries only one or two people comfortably, requires energy and its control crystal to operate, and is specialized for water rather than unrestricted teleportation. A Heavenly God-tier sea creature can restrain or ambush it, and even Zhou's late propulsion has a maximum safe speed beyond which the hull risks damage. (Chapters 235, 257–258)

Ownership and custody