To Elder Gold's surprise,
Xia Ming showed not the slightest disappointment. Instead, a joyful curve rose at the corner of his lips.
Feeling the familiar aura surrounding him, intimately connected to Douluo Heaven and Earth and Life Origin, a sharp gleam flashed in his eyes:
"No, Elder Gold, Plane Will, this gift has come at exactly the right time!
"It has cleared away many potential obstacles and spared me countless troubles in regard to a major task I must undertake next!"
The seventh trial of the Qilin God Position!
Its requirement was precisely to gather sufficient Faith Power in preparation for integrating the God Position in the future.
Previously, through the groundbreaking creation of the Spirit Pagoda,
Xia Ming had already successfully gathered Faith Power from the human Soul Master community, as well as from some soul beasts close to humans
or those that had benefited from the Spirit Pagoda, laying down a solid foundation.
But that was far from enough.
If he wanted to complete the God Trial quickly and perfectly, he had to cast the net for gathering faith over far broader domains.
The vast and diverse populations of wild soul beasts, most of which harbored wariness or even hostility toward humans.
Whether those deep within the continent's sprawling forests or those beneath the boundless ocean.
The ocean, in particular, was a crucial and difficult region.
Although Xia Ming had previously slaughtered a batch of shallow-sea soul beasts that believed in the Sea God, establishing his authority and weakening Tang San's source of faith,
that had merely touched the ocean's surface.
Within the endless deep sea lived countless ancient, powerful, and unfathomably mysterious soul beast clans.
Their histories were even older than belief in the Sea God, their laws of survival more primitive and direct, and their strength