"Sea God Excellency, isn't it against the rules of the God Realm for you to interfere with my God Trial?"
Qian Xunji took a step forward, leaving the sea and standing in the air as he looked directly at the Sea God Phantom.
If Sea God Poseidon's true body had personally descended, then sure, he would have been scared shitless.
If he couldn't beat him, he could always hide in the Ten Thousand Beast Platform Sub-dimension.
He dared interfere with my Seven Trials of Asura. I can't let this slide. I have to get even. He made up his mind and stopped slacking off just because he had thought it didn't matter.
"He's so brave. He actually dares face Lord Sea God head-on." Bo Saixi found it unbelievable when she saw Qian Xunji confront Sea God Poseidon's divine sense and speak to him as an equal.
He was merely the inheritor of a god, not yet through all his God Trials or in possession of a Godhood, yet he dared face Lord Sea God Poseidon directly.
Even if the Sea God Poseidon before them was only a strand of divine sense, he was still a god-level powerhouse above level one hundred.
"So handsome." Ripples stirred in Lan Fozi's beautiful eyes.
Apart from her father, there was actually another man in this world who could face a godly powerhouse with a mortal body.
Though he was human and even wanted her father to sacrifice himself to him.
But if her father could not survive the Heavenly Tribulation and successfully transform into a dragon to become a divine beast, then sacrificing himself to Qian Xunji was not entirely unacceptable.
"Angel Descendant, you are very brave." Sea God Poseidon's expression darkened as he spoke coldly.
He felt that his dignity had been challenged.
Qian Xunji before him truly did not know what was good for him.
Wouldn't it have been better to finish the Seven Trials of Asura early and leave the sea?
Why did he have to target his great whale?
His Spirit Rings were clearly already full, and he was not lacking Spirit Bones either.
"Courage is humanity's hymn." Qian Xunji stared directly at Poseidon, whose gaze had turned increasingly cold. His tone was firm, and he did not retreat a single step.
"Those who seek to cultivate into gods must possess the courage to face gods."
"Those who harbor the heart to become gods must not yield to others. They must remain unbending through every setback and steadfast in will."
Poseidon's gaze sharpened as he stared at Qian Xunji. "You also need to have a life."
"If Sea God's true body had descended, I truly would have lost my life." Facing the threat of the Sea God divine sense, Qian Xunji, who possessed the Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball Eternal Kingdom, was utterly fearless.
"You are merely a strand of divine sense, yet you dare claim you can kill me." He gripped the Asura Demon Sword and pointed it at the Sea God Phantom, his battle intent soaring to the heavens.
The Sea God divine sense before him was only at level 108.
A divine official suppressed by the Douluo Plane, unable to unleash his full strength.
If he did not even dare fight this, then he was useless.
He could choose not to fight, but he could not be afraid to fight.
"Angel Descendant, for the sake of you being the Asura Successor, I will not make things difficult for you. Return to the continent." Poseidon sighed helplessly.
He had absolutely no way to deal with Qian Xunji right now.
This cultivation maniac had a resolute mind. He would definitely pass the ninth trial of his God Trial, the Seven Emotions Trial.
His chances of inheriting the Asura God Position were almost certain.
If Poseidon did not beat him, he would feel stifled and furious.
But if he attacked him now, he would offend a future God King.
If he simply killed him once and for all, then his true body would have to take the Asura Blood Sword.
Besides.
Poseidon's gaze locked tightly onto the pure Asura Origin within the Asura Demon Sword.
That thing suppressed him.
And if Qian Xunji used the Asura Divine Power within him together with the divine skill extended from the Asura Domain, Asura Judgment.
That would be too dangerous.
Gods could not bleed.
After thinking it over, Poseidon could only control Qian Xunji for the sake of preserving his great whale and force the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to say, "I admit defeat," allowing Qian Xunji to pass the Seven Trials of Asura.
As long as he did not injure Qian Xunji, it would not count as offending the future Asura God King.
At worst, he could push the responsibility onto Bo Saixi and let her offer herself up as a way to soothe Qian Xunji's anger.
"Sea God's Thirteen Halberds, First Form..."
Seeing the Sea God raise the Trident toward him and activate a divine skill, Qian Xunji decisively teleported before Bo Saixi and swung his sword, unleashing a blood-red Getsuga Tensho filled with Asura Battle Qi.
Empowered by Asura Divine Power, Bo Saixi raised the Sea God High Priestess Scepter to defend herself, but the scepter was severed. The Sea God's protective divine power was like thin paper, easily sliced apart.
"You little wretch, how dare you!" Poseidon flew into a rage.
That damned Angel Descendant, Qian Xunji, had indeed known that killing the High Priestess would cause the godly phantom summoned through the High Priestess's Ninth Soul Skill to vanish from the mortal world.
Thus, Poseidon could only abandon his plan to use Unfixed Wind and Waves to control Qian Xunji and choose to save Bo Saixi first.
Although he reacted in time and saved his High Priestess, Bo Saixi was severely injured. Blood flowed in great quantities from her thigh, staining even her fair left leg red.
Asura Battle Qi clung to the wound, eroding her flesh.
"Asura Successor, you truly do not know how to cherish women." Poseidon mocked him sarcastically.
He had originally intended to use Bo Saixi as an apology afterward, but now it seemed that Qian Xunji was not interested in women and only cared about becoming a god.
People like him did not understand human relationships. They were the most stubborn kind.
"Women will only slow down my path to godhood." Qian Xunji's expression was resolute and his tone cold.
"If there is nothing else, Sea God Excellency, please do not continue interfering with my God Trial."
Poseidon sensed countless believers dying beneath the Heavenly Tribulation, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had also been severely injured by Thunder containing the power of Destruction. He looked at Qian Xunji, the corners of his lips lifting slightly. "Asura Successor, it seems the contents of your God Trial will need to change."
A mutual loss was better than a one-sided victory.
The Asura Successor had failed to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and had not passed the Seven Trials of Asura.
Meanwhile, the contents of his God Trial could be changed from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to its wife.
"No, I won."
"Defeating a target does not necessarily require doing it personally. Killing with a borrowed blade works just as well."
As soon as Qian Xunji finished speaking, Bo Saixi asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Qian Xunji, looking down from above, merely glanced at her without answering.
He had no interest in conversing with fools.
In Qian Xunji's eyes, Sea God Poseidon was not a fool.
"The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's cultivation suddenly reached one million years. Were you behind it?" Poseidon's gaze darkened.
He was not stupid. He could hear the deeper meaning in Qian Xunji's words.
Indeed, the Seven Trials of Asura merely required him to defeat the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
It never specifically required Qian Xunji to personally act, fight the Deep Sea Demonic Whale for three hundred rounds, and claim victory.
"Sea God Excellency, you know that isn't important."
Qian Xunji's indifferent attitude—not wasting words, not explaining himself, and infuriating others without paying the price—made Poseidon's teeth itch with rage.
If Qian Xunji were not the future Asura God King, Poseidon would definitely beat him to death today and feed him to the sea fish.
"Hahaha, Poseidon, that frustrated look on your face truly pleases me!"
"Human, I will sacrifice myself to you. But in return, I want you to take good care of my wife and daughter. Do not allow any human, Spirit Beast, or god to harm them."
"No problem. I will raise your wife and daughter and protect them for the rest of their lives." Qian Xunji swore to the heavens and made his promise.
He had already planned to bring the Demon Empress and daughter into the Ten Thousand Beast Platform Sub-dimension to raise them.
Making such a promise to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was no problem at all.
He took out a Side-Effect-Free Spirit Ring Deprivation Card and stripped away his third Spirit Ring.
The soul skill of his third Spirit Ring, Angel Sanctuary, was a spiritual attack skill. It could suppress and briefly control enemies whose spiritual power was lower than his, or disrupt the thoughts of enemies with high spiritual power.
It was far less useful than the Mental Interference Domain.
Replacing it and obtaining the Spirit Ring granted by the one-million-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's sacrifice could not have been more fitting.
The sacrifice of a one-million-year Spirit Beast was truly earth-shaking.
Poseidon regretted it bitterly.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had died beneath the Heavenly Tribulation, and Poseidon's true body might originally have been able to save him.
But now that the whale had sacrificed himself to Qian Xunji, the future Asura God, there was no saving him at all.
Poseidon could not stand the sight of Qian Xunji's confident, high-and-mighty expression, so he left.
Before leaving, he waved a hand and sent Bo Saixi back to Sea God Island.
He was afraid that his foolish High Priestess might have a sudden stupid idea and get herself killed.
Qian Xunji would not show mercy just because she was beautiful and possessed an excellent figure and temperament.
He clearly looked like the sort who destroyed beautiful flowers with ruthless hands and had no pity for women.
Training a High Priestess from scratch required decades.
Although Tang Chen was dead, his grandson Tang Hao had decent talent.
There was also that girl Bibi Dong from Spirit Hall. She possessed Twin Martial Souls, was talented and intelligent, and was another good candidate.
In order to pass down his Godhood sooner, leave the God Realm, and travel the universe, Poseidon decided to learn from the Asura God and cast a wide net.
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