"Your trials are, in fact, a form of Deity's Assessment!" Zhu Ziyang said with a grave expression and low voice.
"A... Deity's Assessment?!" Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion and shock.
"Ziyang, is this deity you mean the kind of deity we understand?" Zhang Lexuan asked, her voice trembling slightly.
"Yes, a deity like the Sea God we know of!" Zhu Ziyang nodded. "The deity who gave you these trials should be called the Lunar God!"
"The Lunar God?" Though Zhang Lexuan was puzzled, she also seemed to understand. "A god related to the moon?"
"Of course!" Zhu Ziyang nodded. "Although the Lunar God is not the God of the Moon, she can draw upon the moon's power. The Silver Moon Goddess worshipped by the Sun Moon Empire is this very Lunar God."
"Enough about this Lunar God for now," Jiang Nannan interrupted Zhu Ziyang before he could launch into a lengthy explanation. "Brother, tell us first what a Deity's Assessment is for."
"Fair enough!" After thinking for a moment, Zhu Ziyang said, "A Deity's Assessment has two primary purposes. First, to bestow blessings upon the deity's followers. Second, to seek out an inheritor.
"Bestowing blessings is the most common purpose, but finding an inheritor is the true main purpose of a Deity's Assessment. As Elder Xu said earlier, divine assessments are divided into White, Yellow, Purple, Black, and Red Level Assessments. Sister Lexuan's Red Level Eight Trials are the highest-tier assessment among them. Generally speaking, only a High Priestess who serves that deity can receive them.
"Nannan's Golden Assessment, meanwhile, can be called the Divine Level Nine Trials, or the Nine Trials of the Lunar God. As long as you, Nannan, complete every requirement of the Nine Trials of the Lunar