Obtaining Eligibility for a God Test

Her red robes were vivid, and her blue hair rippled like ocean waves.

Bo Saixi stood in the air, holding a Purple Gold Scepter. Elegant and noble, she looked at Ye Han with ancient eyes, her brows furrowing slightly.

Then she glanced at Snow Empress and Ice Empress before saying calmly, "Sea God Island is forbidden ground. Please leave."

As the High Priestess of Sea God Island, she normally would not have needed to handle such matters. But Snow Empress was too powerful. The faint aura she revealed was no weaker than Qian Daoliu or Tang Chen in their prime, forcing Bo Saixi to appear.

When did humanity produce another powerhouse like this?

Muttering to herself, she looked at them a few more times, then suddenly froze slightly.

As a level ninety-nine Titled Douluo, there were truly few people in this world who could escape her notice.

After examining them carefully, the identities of the two women could not escape her eyes.

"Your words are mistaken. Sea God Island is the place of the Sea God's inheritance. If humans are forbidden from setting foot here, then how are they supposed to receive the inheritance?" Ye Han asked with a slight frown.

"How dare a yellow-haired boy act so presumptuously?"

One of the men standing behind Bo Saixi shouted angrily, clearly displeased by Ye Han's questioning tone.

"Noisy."

Snow Empress spoke, her voice calm.

Yet an overwhelming aura swept toward the Titled Douluo in the sky.

The Titled Douluo's expression changed drastically. Before he could even come into direct contact with that aura, he felt as though he were suffocating. His blood seemed frozen, his mind went blank, and his entire body became unable to move.

Dong!

The Cang Jin Scepter in Bo Saixi's hand lightly struck the air. The long scepter seemed to hit solid ground, producing a crisp chime. Then ripples spread from its base and collided with Snow Empress's aura, the two vanishing into nothingness in an instant.

The dozens of people present fell silent as cicadas in winter, not even daring to breathe loudly. The Titled Douluo who had just been shouting was pale as a sheet and did not dare make another sound.

Bo Saixi took a deep look at Snow Empress, dressed in white and peerlessly graceful. Only then did those eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through all things in the world, begin to regard Ye Han seriously.

At her level of strength, ordinary people and things could not enter her sight at all. The only ones worthy of her attention were the handful of powerhouses at the same level.

Yet although Ye Han was young, he not only occupied the central position among the group, but also had a powerhouse of her level protecting him in every way. Bo Saixi could not help but wonder who Ye Han truly was.

Once, twice.

His sky-blue hair was crystalline and swayed in the wind.

The youth stood tall and straight, his bearing imposing and his features godlike. His figure was upright, and his temperament was as refined as that of an immortal cast down from heaven.

His gaze was clear, neither humble nor arrogant. His body naturally exuded a profound aura that made people feel close to him.

Bo Saixi frowned again. She discovered that she could not see through the youth before her.

"Are you a Transformed Spirit Beast?" Bo Saixi asked uncertainly.

She could not be sure. If he were a Soul Beast, she could not detect the slightest trace of disguise. But if he were not a Soul Beast, how could she explain why those two Soul Beast kings protected him so fiercely?

"Is my identity that important?" Ye Han asked with a faint smile.

With Ice Empress and Snow Empress at his side, where in the world could he not go? What was there to fear? His earlier politeness had merely been courtesy, but since the other side did not appreciate it, then they would settle it head-on. Whoever backed down was a coward.

"The Sea God's inheritance is not something just anyone can touch," Bo Saixi said without pursuing Ye Han's identity. "Talent, comprehension, perseverance, and bloodline—only those at the very peak are qualified."

Clearly, Bo Saixi had relented.

She also understood that words alone could not persuade these people to leave.

"I am seven years old and a level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster. Is that talent enough? As for comprehension, perseverance, and bloodline, those are not things that can be proven by words," Ye Han said calmly.

At the same time, he directly summoned his Martial Soul.

A blue, diamond-shaped block of ice appeared in Ye Han's palm, radiating astonishing cold. Along with it appeared two bright yellow Soul Rings.

In one year, his Soul Power had risen sixteen levels without the slightest shortcut, entirely through his own cultivation. He would not claim that such talent was unmatched, but it was enough to crush ninety-nine percent of Soul Masters.

A trace of surprise flashed across Bo Saixi's face. She was not surprised by Ye Han's cultivation speed. As God's Messenger and the god's representative in the human world, she had seen no shortage of geniuses. There had even been those who cultivated faster than Ye Han.

What truly surprised Bo Saixi was the Soul Power fluctuation emanating from Ye Han's body. It was far too profound, no weaker than that of a four-ring Soul Ancestor.

"Good. You are qualified to obtain a God Test."

Bo Saixi nodded, but before Ye Han could rejoice, she continued, "God Tests are fraught with difficulties and often carry mortal danger. You may participate, but whether you live or die will be up to fate."

After saying that, she did not look at Ye Han again, instead turning her gaze toward Snow Empress and Ice Empress.

She was merely worried that if something happened to Ye Han, the two women before her might go mad. As for fear, she had none at all. She simply did not wish to invite unnecessary trouble.

After all, invincibility in the ocean was not merely empty talk.

"We believe in him."

Ice Empress and Snow Empress spoke in unison.

"Then follow me!"

With that, Bo Saixi turned and departed. Her graceful back and slender figure made the sailors on the ship swallow involuntarily.

"Don't want your eyes anymore?"

Ice Empress turned around and coldly glanced at the sailors. Her icy voice made these Soul Masters, all above the four-ring level, shudder violently, the flames in their hearts extinguished instantly.

"Let's go."

Snow Empress took Ye Han's hand and soared into the air with him, chasing after Bo Saixi.

After crossing the coastline and entering the inner island, the scene before them suddenly opened up.

A majestic statue holding a trident immediately came into view. Towering buildings stood around it like guards protecting it.

"This is the first test. Climb these 333 Steps and earn the Sea God's recognition. Only then will you be qualified for the next trial," Bo Saixi said as she led them to a long staircase.

Ye Han did not hesitate and immediately stepped onto it.

The seemingly ordinary stairs instantly produced a pressure that bore down on him the moment he set foot upon them.

Ye Han felt it out, then, under Bo Saixi's stunned gaze, took three to five steps at a time and reached the two-hundredth step in an instant.

Only here did he begin to feel a trace of pressure. He restrained his arrogant manner and began climbing slowly.

One step, two steps, like the footsteps of a demon, effortless and unhurried.

At the three-hundredth step, his face had reddened slightly. At the three-hundred-and-tenth step, sweat finally appeared on his forehead. At the three-hundred-and-twentieth step, his clothes were soaked through with sweat. At the three-hundred-and-thirtieth step, he stopped advancing and sat down cross-legged.

As the Tai Xuan Sutra circulated, clanging sounds emerged from Ye Han's body, like iron being forged, crisp and pleasant to the ear. At the same time, the Soul Power of heaven and earth surged toward his body in a torrent.

The self-created cultivation technique, the Tai Xuan Sutra, operated at its limit. Ye Han accepted all of the incoming Soul Power without exception, absorbing and refining every bit of it.

A full quarter of an hour passed like this before Ye Han's body suddenly shook and he finally opened his eyes.

He had broken through another level, reaching level twenty-seven Soul Power.

Although his strength had increased, the surrounding pressure did not weaken in the slightest.

"Is the pressure determined by a person's individual strength? That makes sense."

Muttering to himself, Ye Han rose to his feet, took a step forward, and in one burst of effort climbed two more steps.

However, no matter what he did, he could not climb the final step.

It was not because the pressure was too great, but because of resistance. A force was rejecting him, unwilling to let him ascend.

Ye Han said nothing. Thinking it was a normal trial, he condensed his nearly tangible spiritual power into a Silver Moon Crescent Blade and slashed fiercely forward.

Screech!

It was as if cloth had been torn apart. The invisible resistance suddenly vanished.

One of Ye Han's feet finally stepped onto the last stair.

PS: These next few chapters may be a little bland as a transition, but what comes after will definitely be exciting. I'm just afraid it'll get me banned, hehehe!~