Shura God and Evil God Descend in Person

"Right, the extra three levels of Soul Power came from the Divine Trial reward. Since my Soul Power had reached the level-seventy bottleneck, I also 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 harder 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 Asura God Statue a hundred zhang tall stood before him. It was the divine sense Shura God had sent down.

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

Beside the Asura 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 the 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 evenly with the killing intent of the Asura 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, disbelief filling his gaze.

If his guess was correct, then the Evil God Statue standing beside the Asura God Statue was likely the divine sense sent down by Evil God himself!

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, meanwhile, held the greatest authority among the Five Great God-Kings.

He had merely completed the Asura Second Trial, yet he had actually alarmed these two God Kings into personally granting 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 so other God Kings could not steal him. How could he 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 kind of agreement could make these two God Kings join forces?

As Su Qi swiftly reviewed the original novel's setting, his eyes lit up. The only existence in the God Realm that could make the Five Great God-Kings wary was the Dragon God.

After the 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, on the other hand, had been slain by the Five Great God-Kings, and his divine power had been 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 yet.

Could it be that Shura God and Evil God had discovered the Silver Dragon King hiding on Douluo Continent?

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

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

They had even disregarded the rules of the God Realm to guide him into the Life-and-Death Arena to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. It had to be because doing so would help with the later Asura God's Trials!

Seeing Su Qi standing there silently in a daze, Evil God said expressionlessly, "Shura, it seems your inheritor has been scared stupid. Was the divine sense I sent down too powerful and intimidated him?"

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

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

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

Hearing the conversation between the two God Kings, Su Qi snapped out of his thoughts and cupped his hands. "Greetings, Lord Shura God, and Evil God."

Evil God frowned. "Kid, you address Shura God as 'Lord,' yet you did not add an honorific for me. Do you think my status in the God Realm is inferior to Shura God's?"

Fearing that his status in Su Qi's eyes would decline and cause this once-in-ten-thousand-years inheritor to be poached, Shura God struck first. "Evil, in terms of divine position, I am indeed beneath you. But in a fight, would you dare battle me for three hundred rounds?"

"Douluo Continent respects the strong, and the God Realm is no exception. I respect you as the God King with the greatest authority, but you should also show some respect for me, the strongest Law-Enforcement God King."

Evil God was left speechless. Clearly, he had not expected Shura God to clash with him over an inheritor.

That inheritor named Tang Chen had never received such treatment!

Shura God usually claimed that he would strictly abide by the God Realm's rules, refusing to help his inheritors and making them complete their Divine Trials on their own.

But once he encountered an inheritor he liked, he stopped caring about any divine rules.

If he had not placed the responsibility of killing the Golden Dragon King upon Su Qi, he would definitely have reported Shura God to the God Realm Committee!

After calming the resentment in his heart, Evil God no longer argued over forms of address. Looking down at Su Qi, he said in a clear voice, "Shura, I did not come here with you to chat. Let us return to business."

"I believe your inheritor truly has the ability to shoulder the responsibility of killing the Golden Dragon King. My joining your little scheme and breaking the divine rules with you has not been in vain."

"With my two votes and Kindness God-King's two votes, plus your one vote, that makes five votes in total. It will be enough to refute that fellow Destruction God-King's impeachment."

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

As he spoke, Shura God looked down at Su Qi and smiled in satisfaction. "Little Su, you heard all of that just now, didn't you?"

"Because you bear the responsibility of killing the Golden Dragon King, Evil and I are nurturing you together. If I were to explain the Golden Dragon King's origins, I 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 confused 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 would not mention it, there was no need for him to say more.

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

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

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

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

"Evil, stop hiding things. Hurry and 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 and completed the Divine Trial, which means you passed my test as well. You are qualified to inherit a portion of my divine power."

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

Immediately afterward, a stream of Evil Divine Power flowed 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 seemed that wherever he wished to go, regardless of time or space, he could arrive there instantly.

Of course, it was merely a sensation. The current Evil God Right Leg Bone clearly could not achieve anything so heaven-defying.

Seeing Su Qi comprehending 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-grade Spirit Bone, the Evil Divine Power within it will naturally be released. You cannot sense it yet, kid."

"My task is complete. Shura, I will leave the trial regarding the Three Realms Judgment Sword entirely to you. Do not disappoint my expectations."

After saying that, an almost imperceptible sinister smile appeared at the corner of Evil God's mouth. It was impossible to tell whether that was simply how he smiled or whether he had other plans.

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

Only the Asura 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 God-King both intend to pass on their positions and retire, but they do not wish to pass down their Transcendent Divine Artifacts as well."

"This means that the next Evil God and Goddess of Kindness 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 entrusting a portion of their divine power to you."

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

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

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

With his foreknowledge of 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 the Dragon God.

After receiving a portion of Evil and Kindness God-Kings' divine power, would he not be able to wield a simplified version of the Three Realms Judgment Sword once he became the next 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 hands to make him kill the Silver Dragon King in the future.

They wanted him to kill the Golden Dragon King!

Having figured that out, the shock in Su Qi's eyes turned into delight.

It was said that the Five Great Primordial God-Kings had all been wisdom beings gradually born after the Creator God transformed his own origin into five Law Seeds.

After obtaining portions of Evil and Kindness divine power, if he could find a way to obtain portions of Destruction God-King and Life God-King's divine power as well...

Combined 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 first 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 hope you exceed expectations in the Asura Third Trial as well." As soon as his voice fell, the Asura God Statue formed from a thread of Shura God's divine sense transformed into light and dissipated.

At the same time, a cold, majestic, 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 and gain the qualification to activate a Divine Trial.

Choose either Divine Trial objective and complete it within four years!

[Trial reward: Soul Power increased by three levels. The Soul Ring produced by that Soul Beast will evolve into a Shura God Ring. Furthermore, the Soul Bone produced by that Soul Beast will evolve into a Kindness Spirit Bone. Affinity with Shura God increases by 10%, and affinity with Goddess of Kindness increases by 5%.]

The moment the deep voice vanished, 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 stage, deep in thought.

Judging from the contents and rewards of the Asura Third Trial, this trial involved Goddess of Kindness instead.

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

It was just that the trial condition added by Goddess of Kindness was somewhat disconnected 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 need to be a Soul Beast with Goddess of Kindness's bloodline. Otherwise, where would I even find one?"

Recalling 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.

There were, however, several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with a Heart of Kindness.

The most representative one should be Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan and one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts mentioned in Peerless Tang Clan.

It was said that Bi Ji was the kindest Ferocious Beast in the entire series, born with the mission of healing all living 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 hope 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 be recognized by Goddess of Kindness.

But could he possibly 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 really can do that!"

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

Now that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul had been assimilated by him, 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, under the enhancement of the Ultimate Soul Attribute, the medicinal power of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew naturally contained in his soul could grant his eyes the effect of Soul Search, allowing him to inspect another person's soul and past with a single glance.

Another example was that when the Evil God Kick skill of the Evil God Right Leg Bone was used alongside the Ultimate Soul Attribute, he could kick an opponent to death and seal their soul within Asura Space.

Meanwhile, the Soul-Splitting Tentacles skill of the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone could condense split souls through spiritual power and Soul Power.

If he added the Ultimate Soul Attribute, could he condense split souls 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?

Using the professional terminology from Peerless Tang Clan, split souls in that spiritual body form should be called Soul Spirits.

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 deadline for the Asura Third Trial was four years.

Although he possessed the Ultimate Soul Attribute and various means of controlling others' souls, developing a complete Soul Spirit System in just four years was clearly impossible.

Fortunately, the Asura Third Trial had two options.

Besides persuading a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with 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 qualification to activate 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 obtained some. If I delay any longer, I will become a god first..."

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

Su Qi discovered that he had 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 huge roar resounded through the sky. Carrying terrifying Destructive Power, it tore apart the clouds. Even the surrounding space showed signs of being ripped open, and heaven and earth trembled.

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

He looked in the direction from which the roar had come, and shock immediately flashed through his blood-red eyes.

"What Soul Beast is that?"

Su Qi could clearly see a golden Western dragon over seventy meters tall roaring several hundred meters ahead.

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 single scale released Destructive Power that made the surrounding space tremble.