Asura Legacy Soul Bone, Asura Second Trial

Within the spiritual world.

A hundred-zhang-tall Asura God Statue stood in the void, its Shura divine might filling the entire spiritual world.

Su Qi raised his head and looked directly at the statue. He showed no fear, only a measure of reverence for his own Deity.

"Lord Shura God, why did you personally descend to grant the rewards?" Su Qi asked.

A majestic, imposing divine voice rang out from the statue's mouth.

"The rules of the God Realm are strict. Even the five supreme God Kings of the God Realm Committee are forbidden from descending privately. What has appeared now is merely a strand of divine sense I left behind here."

"Boy, you exceeded expectations in completing the Asura First Trial, forcibly awakening the divine sense I had sealed away within myself, which is why it could manifest."

Su Qi's eyes lit up. "I see. Since the Asura First Trial has been completed, can the second trial be activated now?"

"No rush." Shura God spoke calmly, with a faint, satisfied smile.

"You exceeded expectations in completing the Asura First Trial, so naturally, I must give you rewards beyond expectations as well."

"Originally, the reward for the first trial was an increase of two soul power levels and a 5% increase in affinity with Shura God."

"But just now, the Divine Trial rewards granted you three levels of soul power, increased the age of all your soul rings by one thousand years, transformed the External Left Palm Bone, Bloodshadow Hand, into a ten-thousand-year soul bone, and gave you three God-Bestowed Spirit Rings."

"These are all Divine Trial rewards beyond expectations. Next, I will give you an additional reward. Boy, can you guess what it is?"

Su Qi's eyes instantly gleamed, his face full of greed.

"Could it be that you wish to reward me by letting me skip the first seven trials and directly undergo Senior Tang Chen's eighth trial?"

Shura God was so amused that he laughed in anger.

"You wish!"

"Though I am eager to relinquish my Godhood, I place even greater importance on a successor's character and capability."

"Boy, listen carefully. Only fire can test true gold."

"My Asura Nine Trials are the most difficult of all Deity inheritances."

"Think carefully. If you had not received help from the opportunities left behind by your previous life, could you have broken through to forty soul power levels within a year?"

Su Qi fell silent at those words.

Even if he had not been stuck at the thirty-level bottleneck and had directly obtained his Third Soul Ring to break through before continuing to cultivate his soul power...

He probably still could not have reached forty soul power levels within a year.

After all, absorbing the Third Soul Ring could raise his soul power by at most three levels, bringing him only to level thirty-three.

Then he would need to increase his soul power by seven levels in eight months. Was that even possible?

With the Soul Meditation Method's assistance, he might have been able to manage it.

But for another successor, unless they absorbed several soul bones to increase their soul power, it would have been utterly impossible to accomplish.

He had also benefited from the soul bones left behind from his previous life, and they were top-grade hundred-thousand-year soul bones at that, which was why he had completed the trial beyond expectations.

Seen that way, the Asura First Trial truly had been difficult.

Having understood this, Su Qi looked up at the hundred-zhang Asura God Statue and asked solemnly, "Then what exactly is the second trial? I imagine it is even harder than the first?"

"You brat, why are you more impatient than I am? I already said there was still an additional reward to give you. You do not want it anymore?"

At that, Shura God stopped keeping him in suspense and said frankly, "The additional reward I am giving you is the Asura Legacy Soul Bone."

"You should have heard of it, yes? Angel God left her descendants a set of Heavenly God Legacy Soul Bones."

"As long as one gathers a complete set of soul bones, they can condense the Angel God Armor. Today, I will assimilate every soul bone on your body into Asura Legacy Soul Bones."

"From now on, every soul bone you obtain will automatically be assimilated by Asura divine sense. Once you gather the full set of soul bones, you will not need to become a god or complete the Divine Trial. You will be able to directly condense the Asura God Armor and gain the qualification to call upon Asura divine power."

After hearing this explanation, Su Qi's face was filled with shock.

According to the original novel, Tang San and Qian Renxue could only obtain their respective god armors after truly becoming gods.

Yet he did not need to become a god. He only needed to gather a full set of soul bones to possess the Asura God Armor and use Asura divine power?

This treatment was practically the ultimate reward of the Asura Ninth Trial!

After the wild elation passed, Su Qi's heart sank, and a trace of concern arose.

The more heaven-defying the reward, the more terrifying the price.

Shura God had just said that only fire could test true gold. It was obvious that he intended to temper Su Qi through extreme hardship.

Therefore, granting him permission to use the Asura God Armor in advance was undoubtedly preparation for the deadly Divine Trials to come.

In truth, Su Qi's guess was correct.

Shura God had long decided to entrust Su Qi with both his Godhood and the burden of suppressing the Golden Dragon King Seal.

The contents of the later Asura Eighth Trial and Asura Ninth Trial would all revolve around the Golden Dragon King.

Although he would only need to face a trace of the Golden Dragon King's split soul, it would still be a near-certain death situation.

Shura God did not want Su Qi to die, so he had thought of granting the reward of the Asura Legacy Soul Bone.

As long as Su Qi possessed his Martial Soul Avatar, the Asura Demon Sword Martial Soul could become the core.

When the time came, if he retrieved the true body of the Asura Demon Sword held by the King of Slaughter and fused the core with the true body, he would obtain the real Asura Demon Sword.

With the Asura Demon Sword and the Asura God Armor, Su Qi would have a few more safeguards when facing a trace of the Golden Dragon King's split soul.

This would also allow him to adapt to using Asura divine power ahead of time.

As for how to extract a trace of the Golden Dragon King's split soul and make it part of the Asura God's Trial, that was a difficult problem.

Looking down at Su Qi, Shura God's eyes revealed a thoughtful gleam.

At only seven years old, he already possessed forty soul power levels.

After absorbing the two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings shortly, his soul power would surge. Combined with the three levels of soul power gained from the Divine Trial rewards, he should be able to directly reach the fifty-level bottleneck.

The reason three God-Bestowed Spirit Rings had been granted was precisely because Shura God had taken Su Qi's future fifty-level bottleneck into consideration.

Once he absorbed the third God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and broke through the fifty-level bottleneck, Su Qi would become a seven-year-old Five-Ring Soul King.

With such cultivation speed, not even Tang Chen could have achieved it. Even if Shura God had cultivated anew as a soul master, he would have been unable to do so.

Not only did Su Qi possess the Innate Shura Sacred Body, he also had the opportunities of his previous life to aid him. He had practically been born to inherit Shura God's Godhood!

If even he could not complete the Asura Nine Trials, then no one in the vast starry river governed by the God Realm could possibly complete them.

Therefore, there was no need to consider backup plans or place his hopes in Tang San or any other successor.

From now on, he should be single-minded like Sea God and cultivate only one successor.

And Su Qi was the sole successor he had chosen!

Having made up his mind, Shura God seemed like a different person. Divine blood boiled within him, and his detached divinity completely faded away.

It seemed he truly had to be stubborn for once!

"Little Su, I will call you that from now on."

Shura God suddenly changed how he addressed Su Qi. Smiling freely, he said, "As for why I am giving you the additional reward of the Asura Legacy Soul Bone, you do not need to know yet, lest it distract you."

"Now, I will release the contents of the Asura Second Trial. I hope you continue working hard and strive to activate the third trial as soon as possible."

As his words fell, the hundred-zhang Asura God Statue vanished from the spiritual world and once again turned into a strand of divine sense, lying dormant.

At the same time, a cold, authoritative voice sounded.

[Asura Second Trial activated: Hunt a soul beast with Deity bloodline and use it as a soul ring. Complete within three years!]

[Trial reward: Soul power increases by two levels. The Deity-bloodline soul ring produced by that soul beast evolves into a Shura God Ring, and affinity with Shura God increases by 10%.]

The instant the deep voice vanished, Su Qi's consciousness detached from the spiritual world and returned to his body.

Standing before his own tomb, he gazed excitedly at the three bloody balls of light in his hands. They were the three God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.

"Never mind the Asura Second Trial for now. I should hurry and absorb the soul rings to advance."

As he pondered, Su Qi had already drawn one bloody ball of light into his body.

The other two bloody balls of light slowly drifted into the sky, transforming into two blood-red God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.

At this moment, forty-three levels of soul power had accumulated within his body. The meridians throughout his body had long become clogged and swollen.

If he did not absorb the soul rings and advance soon, allowing that blocked soul power to be released, the meridians throughout his body would inevitably be damaged!