Self-Created Spirit Skill, Asura Sword Formation

"Right, the extra three levels of soul power came as a Divine Trial reward. Since my soul power had reached the Rank Seventy bottleneck, I received a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring."

Having figured this out, Su Qi was delighted, but a trace of doubt also arose within him.

Shura God would issue Divine Trials of corresponding difficulty based on his current strength.

In other words, the stronger he became, the more difficult the Divine Trials would be.

He wondered what the upcoming Asura Third Trial would be.

At that moment, Su Qi's consciousness was pulled into his spiritual world. A three-headed, six-armed Shura God Statue a hundred zhang tall stood before him. It was the divine thought Shura God had sent down.

Looking up at the towering Shura God Statue, Su Qi's eyes flashed with surprise.

Beside the Shura God Statue stood another hundred-zhang-tall divine statue.

That statue was shrouded in darkness. Only the outline of its body could be seen; its true appearance remained hidden.

Yet Su Qi could clearly sense an incomparably pure evil aura emanating from it.

That evil aura far surpassed Bibi Dong's Rakshasa divine power and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Evil God Origin.

What surprised Su Qi was that the statue's evil aura could actually contend with the killing intent of the Shura God Statue. In terms of divinity alone, it was even greater.

Remembering that Evil God had intervened in the Asura Second Trial, Su Qi's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

If his guess was correct, then the Evil God Statue standing beside the Shura God Statue had to be the divine thought sent down by Evil God!

Shura God and Evil God were both God Kings in the God Realm.

Shura God could be said to be the strongest among the Five Great God-Kings.

Evil God, on the other hand, held the greatest authority among the Five Great God-Kings.

He had merely completed the Asura Second Trial, yet he had somehow alarmed these two God Kings into personally issuing his Divine Trial rewards?

Something was wrong.

This was absolutely abnormal!

Su Qi quickly realized that Shura God had wanted nothing more than to hide him away, lest another God King steal him. How could Shura God possibly agree to let Evil God, whose authority surpassed his own, interfere with the Asura Second Trial?

Unless the two had reached some kind of agreement and decided to nurture him together.

But what sort of agreement could make these two God Kings join forces?

Quickly reviewing the original novel's setting, Su Qi's eyes lit up. The only existence in the God Realm capable of making the Five Great God-Kings wary was Dragon God.

After Dragon God split into the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King, the Silver Dragon King fled the God Realm with grievous injuries, ended up on Douluo Continent, and hid for hundreds of thousands of years without daring to show herself.

The Golden Dragon King, meanwhile, was slain by the Five Great God-Kings, and his divine power was sealed within the God Realm Forbidden Land.

According to the original plot, the Golden Dragon King would not have a chance to break his seal and threaten the God Realm until the Temporal Turbulence struck the God Realm twenty thousand years later. There was no need to worry about him for now.

Could Shura God and Evil God have discovered the Silver Dragon King hiding on Douluo Continent?

Since the God Realm could not interfere in the affairs of the Mortal Realm, were they planning to make the Silver Dragon King part of the Asura God's Trial and have him kill her?

That would explain why the two God Kings, Shura and Evil, had joined forces.

They had even disregarded the God Realm's rules to guide him into the Life-and-Death Arena to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Doing so had to be beneficial for the later Asura God's Trial!

Seeing Su Qi standing there in silence, Evil God said expressionlessly, "Shura, your inheritor seems to have been frightened stupid. Was my divine thought too powerful? Did it intimidate him?"

Shura God said disdainfully, "Evil, you think that tiny fragment of divine thought you sent down can intimidate my little Su? Stop flattering yourself. Little Su's spiritual world has been reinforced by a trace of my divine thought. His divine soul cannot be tainted by any evil force or external influence."

"Shura, are you calling me an evil force?" Evil God said unhappily.

Shura God waved a hand. "Not exactly. I merely consider you an external influence. Little Su is undergoing the Asura God's Trial, not your Evil God Trial."

Hearing the conversation between the two God Kings, Su Qi came back to his senses and cupped his hands. "Greetings, Lord Shura God, and Evil God."

Evil God frowned. "Kid, you address Shura God as Lord, yet you gave me no honorific. Do you think my status in the God Realm is inferior to Shura God's?"

Afraid that his standing in Su Qi's eyes would diminish and cause this once-in-ten-thousand-years inheritor to be poached, Shura God immediately seized the initiative. "Evil, in terms of divine rank, I am indeed inferior to you. But when it comes to fighting, do you dare battle me for three hundred rounds? You spend all day flirting with Kindness. I refuse to believe you are still stronger than me."

"Douluo Continent respects the strong, and our God Realm is no exception. I respect you as the strongest ruling God King, but you should also show some respect to me, the strongest law-enforcing God King, shouldn't you?"

Evil God was immediately left speechless. He clearly had not expected Shura God to confront him for the sake of an inheritor.

That inheritor named Tang Chen had never received this treatment!

Shura God usually spoke of strictly observing the God Realm's rules, refusing to help his inheritors and making them complete Divine Trials on their own.

But once he encountered an inheritor he liked, he no longer cared about any divine rules.

If he had not placed the burden of killing the Golden Dragon King on Su Qi, he would definitely have impeached Shura God before the God Realm Committee!

After calming the resentment in his heart, Evil God stopped dwelling on the matter of titles. Looking down at Su Qi, he said in a crisp voice, "Shura, I did not come here with you to chat. Let us return to business."

"I can see that your inheritor truly has the ability to shoulder the task of killing the Golden Dragon King. My coming aboard your treacherous scheme and breaking divine rules alongside you was not in vain."

"With my two votes and Kindness's two votes, plus your one vote, that makes five votes. That is enough to refute Destruction God-King's impeachment."

Hearing Evil God's words, Shura God smiled faintly. "Of course. If I had not considered that point, would I dare help little Su so recklessly? Two gods supporting the same inheritor is already a great taboo in the God Realm, let alone two God Kings joining forces."

At this point, Shura God lowered his head to look at Su Qi and smiled in satisfaction. "Little Su, you heard all that just now, didn't you?"

"Because you bear the responsibility of killing the Golden Dragon King, Evil and I have joined forces to nurture you. As for the Golden Dragon King's origins, that would have to begin with the Primordial God Realm War. It involves far too many secrets of the God Realm."

"Ah, forget it. The Golden Dragon King Trial is still far away, and heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. I will not tell you for now."

Su Qi deliberately put on a bewildered expression, though he understood perfectly well.

Forget the Golden Dragon King. With his foreknowledge from the original novel, he even knew where the Silver Dragon King was hiding, as well as the Dragon God's Core and the Dragon Clan Graveyard.

However, since Shura God did not bring it up, there was no need for him to say more.

With Shura God backing him up, even if he died during the trial, Shura God would ask God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess to revive him.

What was more, Evil God had now become involved as well.

One was the strongest God King, while the other possessed the greatest authority.

With the protection of these two God Kings, who in the God Realm or Mortal Realm would dare touch him now?

"Evil, stop hiding things. Quickly give little Su a portion of your divine power. Otherwise, I cannot issue a trial related to the Three Realms Judgment Sword," Shura God suddenly urged.

"I know, I know. Your inheritor is not even in a hurry, so why are you?" Evil God complained before looking down at Su Qi. "Kid, the increased difficulty of the Asura Second Trial was due to my intervention."

"You exceeded expectations in completing the Divine Trial, so you have passed my test as well. You are qualified to inherit a portion of my divine power."

As he spoke, Evil God waved a hand. Black light instantly flared from Su Qi's right calf, and a dense evil aura condensed into a dark-red Evil God Right Leg Bone.

Immediately afterward, a stream of Evil Divine Power poured into the Evil God Right Leg Bone, causing it to evolve into the Asura-Evil God Dual-Inheritance Spirit Bone.

Su Qi only felt as though his right leg had become omnipotent. It was as if he could instantly reach any place he wished to go, regardless of time or space.

Of course, that was only a feeling. His current Evil God Right Leg Bone clearly had not yet reached such a heaven-defying level.

Seeing Su Qi comprehend the Evil Divine Power contained within the Evil God Right Leg Bone, Evil God reminded him, "Once this spirit bone successfully advances into a god-level spirit bone, the Evil Divine Power within it will be released on its own. You cannot sense it yet, kid."

"My task is complete. Shura, the trial concerning the Three Realms Judgment Sword is entirely up to you now. Do not disappoint my expectations."

After saying that, an imperceptible sinister smile appeared at the corner of Evil God's mouth. It was impossible to tell whether he simply smiled that way or had some other scheme in mind.

As the Evil God Right Leg Bone in Su Qi's right leg withdrew into his body, the Evil God Statue formed from a wisp of Evil God's divine thought vanished as well.

Only the Shura God Statue and Su Qi remained in the spiritual world.

"Lord Shura God, why did Evil God agree to give me a portion of his divine power?" Su Qi asked tentatively.

Shura God answered honestly, "Because Evil and Kindness, the two God Kings, both intend to pass on their positions and retire, but they do not wish to pass down their Transcendent Divine Artifacts as well."

"That means the new Evil and Kindness God Kings will be far weaker than them."

"To ensure that the Three Realms Judgment Sword can unleash the combined power of the primordial God Kings, they thought of placing a portion of their divine power within you."

"And you, little Su—if you can complete the Asura Nine Trials I have arranged for you, then once you become the new Shura God, your strength will surely surpass mine by far."

"Then, when you activate the Three Realms Judgment Sword in the future, you can use a portion of the divine power of Evil and Kindness as the foundation to draw upon the origins of the new Evil and Kindness God Kings. That will ensure the Three Realms Judgment Sword's power does not fall below that of the primordial generation."

After hearing this, surprise flashed through Su Qi's eyes.

With his foreknowledge from the original novel, he naturally knew that the Three Realms Judgment Sword was a combined divine skill of the Five Great God-Kings, created specifically to deal with super God King-level beings like Dragon God.

And after obtaining a portion of the divine power of Evil and Kindness, would he not be able to use a simplified version of the Three Realms Judgment Sword as the new Shura God?

The Golden Dragon King, and the Three Realms Judgment Sword...

Reviewing the original plot, Su Qi finally understood. Shura God and Evil God had not joined forces so that he could kill the Silver Dragon King in the future.

They wanted him to kill the Golden Dragon King!

Having understood this, the shock in Su Qi's eyes turned into delight.

It was said that the Five Great Primordial God-Kings were intelligent beings gradually born after Creator God transformed his own origin into five seeds of laws.

After obtaining a portion of Evil and Kindness divine power, he only needed to find a way to acquire a portion of the divine power of Destruction God-King and Life God-King as well.

Together with his own Asura divine power, perhaps he could fuse a trace of the Creator God's Origin!

"Little Su, the later Asura God's Trials will explain what the Three Realms Judgment Sword is. For now, I will activate the Asura Third Trial for you. We can discuss the rest after you complete it." Shura God's voice interrupted Su Qi's thoughts.

Su Qi nodded. "All right. Please activate the Divine Trial for me."

"Mm. I wish you an exceptional completion of the Asura Third Trial as well." As soon as he finished speaking, the Shura God Statue formed from a wisp of Shura God's divine thought turned into light and dissipated.

At the same time, a cold, imposing, deep voice rang out.

[

Asura Third Trial activated:

Option one: Persuade a hundred-thousand-year soul beast possessing a Heart of Kindness to sacrifice itself.

Option two: Help a soul master possessing a Heart of Kindness improve their aptitude, granting them the qualifications to begin a Divine Trial.

Choose either Divine Trial objective. Complete it within four years!

]

[Trial reward: Soul power increases by three levels. The spirit ring produced by that soul beast evolves into a Shura God Ring. Furthermore, the spirit bone produced by that soul beast evolves into a Kindness Spirit Bone, affinity with Shura God increases by 10%, and affinity with Goddess of Kindness increases by 5%.]

The instant the deep voice faded, Su Qi's consciousness left the spiritual world and returned to his body.

He stood in the center of the Life-and-Death Arena's platform, lost in thought.

Judging from the content and rewards of the Asura Third Trial, Goddess of Kindness had intervened this time.

After completing the Divine Trial, he would probably receive a portion of Kindness divine power from Goddess of Kindness.

It was just that the trial objective imposed by Goddess of Kindness seemed somewhat detached from the Asura God's Trial.

"Persuade a hundred-thousand-year soul beast with a Heart of Kindness to sacrifice itself... At least it does not require a soul beast with Goddess of Kindness's bloodline. Where would I even find one otherwise?"

Reviewing the original novel's descriptions, Su Qi vaguely remembered that Douluo Continent did not have any hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with Goddess of Kindness's bloodline.

As for hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with a Heart of Kindness, there were several.

The most representative one should be Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan and one of the Ten Great Savage Beasts mentioned in The Unrivaled Tang Sect.

It was said that Bi Ji was the kindest savage beast in the entire series, born with the mission of healing all things.

She opposed war throughout her life and had treated countless injured soul beasts. Even soul beasts that had harmed her would be released after she healed them. Her lifelong wish was for soul beasts and humans to coexist peacefully.

Based on the current timeline, Bi Ji likely possessed five hundred thousand years of cultivation. She met the requirements, and her Heart of Kindness should also receive Goddess of Kindness's recognition.

But could he really persuade Bi Ji to sacrifice herself?

Unless he could achieve soul symbiosis with her and guarantee the safety of the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, it would be impossible.

"Soul symbiosis? I actually can do that!"

With that thought, Su Qi looked at the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lying on the ground.

Now that he had assimilated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul, his own soul had evolved an Ultimate Soul Attribute, allowing him to accomplish many things that had been impossible in his previous life.

For example, enhanced by the Ultimate Soul Attribute, the medicinal power of the Autumn Water Dew inherent in his soul could give his eyes a "Soul Search" effect, allowing him to inspect another's soul and past at a glance.

Another example was the Evil God Right Leg Bone skill, Evil God Kick. When used together with the Ultimate Soul Attribute, it could seal the opponent's soul within Asura Space after kicking them to death.

And the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone skill, Soul-Splitting Tentacles, could use spiritual power and soul power to condense a split soul.

If he added the Ultimate Soul Attribute, could he condense a split soul in spiritual-body form?

If a soul beast's soul continued living as a split soul in spiritual-body form, would that not be soul symbiosis?

In the professional terminology of The Unrivaled Tang Sect, such a split soul in spiritual-body form should be called a Soul Spirit.

After considering it for a while, Su Qi shook his head. If possible, he did not want to waste time researching Soul Spirits.

After all, the Asura Third Trial had to be completed within four years.

Though he possessed the Ultimate Soul Attribute and all sorts of methods for manipulating souls, it was clearly impossible to develop a complete Soul Spirit System in only four years.

Fortunately, the Asura Third Trial offered two options.

Besides persuading a hundred-thousand-year soul beast possessing a Heart of Kindness to sacrifice itself, he could choose to help a soul master with a Heart of Kindness improve their aptitude and gain the qualifications to begin a Divine Trial.

As long as he found a suitable soul master and gave them an immortal herb that improved aptitude, he could complete the trial directly.

"Immortal herbs? It is about time I went to obtain them. If I keep delaying, I will become a god first..."

Just as Su Qi finished planning how to obtain the immortal herbs, the Life-and-Death Arena space suddenly collapsed. As the white light gradually dispersed, his vision became clear again.

Su Qi discovered that he had already left the Life-and-Death Arena and returned to Black Forest Gorge in the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

At that moment, a massive roar shook the heavens. It tore through the clouds with terrifying Destructive Power, and even the surrounding space showed signs of splitting apart. Heaven and earth trembled.

His black Third Soul Ring lit up as Su Qi activated his third soul skill, Asura Blood Eyes. Bloody light flowed through his eyes, and his vision and spiritual power instantly surged!

He looked toward the source of the roar, and shock immediately flashed through his blood-red eyes.

"What kind of soul beast is that?"

Su Qi could clearly see that several hundred meters ahead, a golden western dragon seventy meters tall was roaring.

The giant dragon had the head of a bull and the body of a serpent. Its entire body was dark gold, its four dragon claws were incomparably sharp, and its dragon scales were thick and hard. Every scale released Destructive Power that made the surrounding space tremble.