Bibi Dong's Divine Thought began to explain. She had been targeted by the Asura God and Tang San, and her Divine Soul had been completely annihilated. Now, she was nothing more than a Divine Thought.
"Divine Thought!"
Yang Hao understood. It was probably much like the Divine Thought the First Generation Sea God, Poseidon, had left in the Sea God's Heart.
"Does the inheritance you mentioned mean the Rakshasa God Position?"
His heart leapt with excitement. This was a God Position that could let someone become a god directly.
"My God Position was devoured by the Asura God with the Asura Sword back then. Now, I can only grant you God Trials. Through them, you can obtain Rakshasa Divine Power and affinity for Divine Power, using them to increase your strength. If you have a strong enough foundation, you can break through to level one hundred.
"You'll have to find a way to obtain a God Position yourselves. However, I kept my divine armor and my main divine artifact, the Rakshasa Demon Scythe. If you prove worthy, you may use them."
Bibi Dong made no attempt to hide the truth.
She could only grant God Trials now. She had no God Position to offer.
"Then what's the price?"
Ye Xishui's eyes narrowed slightly. Judging from the Godhood Notations, this woman was no kind soul. Her mental state was even unstable. There was no way she would simply hand out such an opportunity for nothing.
"There is a price, of course. It's part of the God Trial."
Bibi Dong's Divine Thought gave an eerie laugh. She was no saint; to obtain the Divine Power of the God Trial, they would have to work for her.
"Your Majesty wants us to take revenge on the forces left behind by the Sea God and the others?"
Yang Hao considered it. That was the only thing he could think of.
"You seem to know a great deal about my affairs."
Bibi Dong was surprised. Had anyone still remembered what happened all those years ago, after ten thousand years?
"Mother, has ten thousand years still not worn away your hatred?"
A golden phantom appeared. It was Qian Renxue's Divine Soul.
This was a Divine Soul, not a Divine Thought. Though Qian Renxue's God Position had been shattered back then, she was still a god by nature—her Divine Soul especially so.
"Seeing you and Nana end up like this, how could my hatred ever fade?"
Bibi Dong gently stroked her daughter's cheek. She felt boundless tenderness toward her, and her hatred burned all the more fiercely.
"Mother's power is too extreme. You still have a light Martial Soul, one that can bear my God Trial."
Qian Renxue was sorrowful. Then her gaze shifted to Ye Xishui, and she sensed the pure light power within her.
Although it was far inferior to her own Angel Martial Soul, it was enough to bear part of a God Trial. It could help balance the power of the Rakshasa God Trial, so Ye Xishui wouldn't be driven to extremes as her mother had been.
"Your Majesty, I have Triple Martial Souls. Two of them have evil and holy attributes, so I should be able to bear your God Trials too."
Yang Hao hurriedly summoned all three Martial Souls from his Storage Soul Tool. He wanted a God Trial as well.
This was a God Trial!
"Too weak!"
Qian Renxue examined the three Martial Souls with curiosity, then shook her head.
Bibi Dong wasn't impressed either. They were indeed Twin Martial Souls—or rather, Triple Martial Souls—but their quality was too poor.
"The Inspection Corps of Shrek Academy killed my parents and indirectly caused my elder brother's death. I have a blood feud with them. I swear I'll destroy Shrek in this lifetime. I beg you both to help me."
Yang Hao had no intention of giving up. He had to seize this opportunity.
"A blood feud?"
Bibi Dong took an interest. After examining him, she sent out a streak of purple light that shone on Yang Hao. It transformed into a white ring of light, then sank into his Demon Blade Martial Soul, forming a purple scythe-shaped mark.
"A White-Level First Trial. Too poor."
She shook her head and glanced at the Demon Blade, intrigued.
The God Trial mark had not landed on the boy himself, but had instead transferred to his Martial Soul. That was rather strange.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Hao hurriedly thanked her, then looked at Qian Renxue with eager eyes.
Qian Renxue had no choice but to send out a ray of golden divine light. It shone on Yang Hao and formed a white screen of light before becoming a sword-shaped mark on his Holy Sword Martial Soul. It was clearly the lowest level as well.
This was a self-evaluation mechanism of Divine Power. It mainly assessed the quality of a Martial Soul. The child's Martial Soul potential was simply too poor.
"Thank you, Angel God."
Yang Hao thanked her gratefully. It might be the lowest-level God Trial, but it was still a God Trial. The mark alone was invaluable; it was formed from Divine Power, after all.
"What are the contents of my God Trial?"
He had received the God Trial marks, but no one had told him what the trials were.
"The Clear Sky Sect, the Shrek Seven Devils, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Tang Sect, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Star Luo Imperial Family. Kill even one direct descendant of any of these people or forces, and you'll complete your God Trial."
Bibi Dong said it casually, her gaze fixed on Ye Xishui as she spoke. The woman had a fine Martial Soul, and it was a top-tier pair of Twin Martial Souls. Her Soul Power had already reached level ninety-nine, just one step from level one hundred.
She had yet to cultivate her Second Martial Soul. With the boost from the God Trial, she had a good chance of succeeding and becoming a level-one-hundred demigod.
Even as a demigod, she would be strong enough to dominate the continent, so long as Tang San and the others didn't descend in person.
"Chapter 31: Divine Slaughter's Domain"
"I think I've already completed it. I killed the current patriarch of the Strength Clan, his son, and his grandson—and devoured their Martial Souls.
"Tai Jingang, the Strength Clan patriarch, was a Titled Douluo. His son, Tai Wuji, was a Spirit Emperor, and his grandson, Tai Wushuang, had Innate Full Soul Power. His First Soul Ring was a thousand years old. I also tore this External Soul Bone from him.
"Besides that, I abducted Ma Xiaotao, a descendant of Phoenix Douluo Ma Hongjun, and brought her to the Holy Spirit Cult, a force opposed to Shrek Academy..."
Yang Hao recounted his achievements. Surely that counted as completing the trial ahead of time.
"You're quite capable, little fellow."
Bibi Dong's Divine Thought was surprised. She glanced at Ye Xishui, who nodded in confirmation.
"Hao'er is my disciple. His Martial Soul rank is a little low, but he has great talent as a Soul Engineer. He pioneered Explosives and firearms. With enough firepower, he could even kill a level-ninety-nine Limit Douluo."
Ye Xishui hoped her disciple would gain even more opportunities here.
"A Soul Engineer?"
"Does that have something to do with Soul Tools?"
Bibi Dong was puzzled. Was this a profession that had appeared over the past ten thousand years?
"Four thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Continent collided with and merged into the Douluo Continent. Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Continent excelled at crafting Soul Tools and came to be known as Soul Engineers.
"The Soul Engineer system is now in no way inferior to the Soul Master system, and may surpass it in the future."
Ye Xishui gave a brief explanation.
"So that was the upheaval."
Qian Renxue remembered. There really had been a great upheaval several thousand years ago.
"Then I'll count your God Trial as complete."
Bibi Dong sent a bit of Angel Divine Power onto the Holy Sword as a reward for the trial.
"Not bad, little fellow. Keep working hard. The level of a God Trial isn't set in stone."
Bibi Dong was also quite pleased. She sent out a bit of Rakshasa Divine Power as a reward, increasing the child's affinity for it.
With this Rakshasa Divine Power absorbed into it, the boy's blade Martial Soul would be improved enough to bear a higher-level God Trial.
"Thank you, Angel God!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Hao was delighted.
"Hao'er also excavated the graves of some people from that era and found these Godhood Notations. He also obtained the Sea God's inheritance, which had been left with the Tang Sect, from the Strength Clan.
"The notes record one crucial detail: there are many Immortal Grasses in the place where the Shrek Seven Devils obtained their godhood. The Immortal Grasses played a major part in their ascension."
Ye Xishui wasn't satisfied yet. She continued to secure more opportunities for her disciple as she took out the notebook.
Bibi Dong's Divine Thought was curious. She drew the notebook over and flipped through it, while Qian Renxue couldn't help leaning in to read as well.
She had also found it strange that all the Shrek Seven Devils had become gods. And those people had grown far too quickly back then.
"So they used Immortal Grasses to rapidly improve their strength. No wonder they advanced so quickly and defeated Na'er and the others."
After reading through it, Bibi Dong's Divine Thought understood.
"If such a treasure trove really exists, then given Tang San's nature, he'll have claimed it for himself and guarded it jealously. He must have left something in place."
She had her sights set on the place where the Immortal Grasses grew. If possible, she would destroy it—or take it away—and ruin Tang San's foundation here.
"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!"
"The Sea God's Heart!"
"What a Sea God Poseidon!"
Qian Renxue was furious. She understood one of the mysteries of the past: why she had admired Tang San so much, and even let him go several times.
After that battle, she had thought it over and always felt something was off. Now she finally understood: she had been manipulated by the Sea God, Poseidon.
Back then, she had tried out the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Her head had spun for a moment, but she hadn't found anything wrong with her and had paid it no mind.
The Sea God's Divine Thought inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud must have discovered her then and planted a thought in her soul. That was why she had repeatedly let Tang San go afterward.
And judging from the notebook, Sea God Poseidon had always had a sleazy side to him. It wasn't surprising he would do something like that.
"Just like me. I was manipulated by the Asura God back then. I should never have obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and I should never have let Nana obtain it either."
Bibi Dong sighed. She had come to understand the truth later on as well.
The Rakshasa God and the Asura God were supposed to govern evil thoughts together. Even if the Asura God was stronger, there was no reason he should have suppressed her so completely.
Only afterward had she begun to suspect the Divine Slaughter's Domain she had obtained from the City of Slaughter. Combined with some of Na'er's actions, it was clear they had been set up long ago—by the Asura God and the Sea God.
There was also something strange about Tang San. According to what she had investigated, his life story didn't add up, and he had some secret techniques from who knew where. His identity had to be extraordinary.
Then, considering that Tang Hao and Tang Chen also had the Divine Slaughter's Domain, everything pointed to the First Generation Asura God.
And according to these notes, the Asura God had favored Tang San far too much. He had skipped the God Trial and passed his God Position straight to him, even secretly arranging for Tang San to come back from the dead.
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