Why Could He Trigger the Sea God's Nine Trials?

Just then, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the sky.

The once-clear, sea-blue canopy seemed to have been torn open down the middle. A dazzling, blinding blue pillar of light descended from above, enveloping Jiang Lan and Doro directly.

The entire Sea Maiden Square fell silent in an instant.

The children who had been crying stopped, the parents comforting them froze, and even the white-haired elder in charge of the awakening ceremony widened his eyes. The booklet in his hand fell to the ground with a smack, yet he did not even think to pick it up.

At the same time, all seven Sacred Pillars across Sea God Island blazed with light, and deep-blue Sea God power surged into the heavens.

Inside Sea God Palace, Bo Saixi noticed the commotion outside and stepped out. Looking toward Sea Maiden City, her expression turned grave.

As the High Priestess, she naturally knew what this meant.

Someone had triggered the Sea God's Nine Trials!

At that thought, Bo Saixi rose into the air and immediately flew toward Sea Maiden City.

The pillar of light gradually faded away, leaving a golden Trident Mark on Jiang Lan's forehead.

"Did I just trigger the Sea God's Nine Trials?" Jiang Lan scratched his head in confusion.

He truly could not understand what he had done to deserve the Sea God's Nine Trials.

After thinking it over, he could only come up with one possibility: the Sea God had gone mad from wanting to run away. Otherwise, how could this situation possibly be explained?

The entire Sea Maiden Square was silent as the grave.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the chubby little figure in the penguin onesie, their expressions so identical that they seemed to have been stamped from the same mold.

Their mouths hung open, their eyes were wide, and their brains were clearly still processing what they had just witnessed.

A six-year-old kid awakened some strange Martial Soul that no one recognized, then blue light descended from the sky, and all seven Sacred Pillars lit up.

Forget seeing something like this—they had never even heard of it.

"Th-the Trident Mark?" The white-haired elder in charge of the awakening ceremony was the first to recover, his voice trembling. "That is... the symbol of Lord Sea God!"

The moment he said that, the square erupted.

"The Sea God's Nine Trials?! That kid triggered the Sea God's Nine Trials?!"

"My heavens, it really is the legendary Sea God's Nine Trials."

"No, why him? He only awakened a white ball!"

"Keep your voice down. What was that white ball called again, Doro? It looks utterly dopey. How powerful could it possibly be?"

Doro seemed to have heard someone talking about her. She poked her round little head out of Jiang Lan's arms, blinked her large purple eyes twice, then yawned.

That was right. She yawned.

At this solemn and sacred moment, under the gaze of the entire crowd, a moment worthy of being recorded in Sea God Island's history, this white ball that had been judged as a possible top-tier Martial Soul lazily yawned in front of everyone. Then she tilted her head, rested it on Jiang Lan's shoulder, and closed her eyes.

She fell asleep.

"..."

The atmosphere in the square became exceedingly awkward.

The white-haired elder's mouth twitched wildly. He wanted to say something to restore the solemnity of the moment, but looking at the white ball sleeping so soundly that she was practically about to drool, every word got stuck in his throat.

Jiang Lan, on the other hand, remained quite calm. He looked down at the sleeping Doro in his arms, then touched the Trident Mark on his forehead. His heart was utterly unruffled; if anything, he felt like complaining.

The Sea God really wanted to run away, didn't he?

Otherwise, how could someone who had transmigrated and turned into Little Guga awaken some viral pet from a short-video app as his Martial Soul, then trigger the Sea God's Nine Trials?

This whole process was way too perfunctory, as though someone was rushing to clock out.

Jiang Lan put Doro away and was about to say something when he saw the Sea Witch Douluo flying over.

"Big Sister Sea Maiden!"

The Sea Witch Douluo hovered in midair, her beautiful eyes locked onto the chubby little figure in the penguin onesie at the center of the square. Her expression swung repeatedly between shock and disbelief.

When she received Lady Bo Saixi's message, she had thought she had misheard.

The Sea God's Nine Trials had appeared, and the one who triggered them was a six-year-old child who had only awakened his Martial Soul today?

What kind of joke was that?

The Sea Witch Douluo took a deep breath. With a flash, she landed before Jiang Lan.

"Little Guga?" The Sea Witch Douluo bent down to look at Jiang Lan, uncertainty still in her voice. "Did you trigger the Sea God's Nine Trials?"

Jiang Lan tilted his head back, causing the hood of his penguin onesie to slide to the back of his head again and reveal his messy hair. "I think so, guga."

As he spoke, he pointed at the gleaming golden Trident Mark on his forehead, his expression as casual as if he were saying he had caught a fish that morning.

The Sea Witch Douluo: "..."

She stared at the Trident Mark for a full three seconds, confirming that it was not painted on with a child's pigments or some prank sticker, but a genuine golden brand that radiated the aura of the Sea God.

The Sea Witch Douluo straightened up, took a deep breath, and slowly let it out.

Calm down. She was the lord of Sea Maiden City, someone who had seen the world. She could not lose her composure in front of a six-year-old child.

The Sea Witch Douluo forced a gentle smile and met Jiang Lan's gaze. "Little Guga, can you tell Big Sister what Martial Soul you awakened just now?"

Jiang Lan blinked and answered honestly, "I awakened myself, and also a white ball."

"A white... ball?"

"Mhm." Jiang Lan nodded, then summoned Doro again.

With a flash of light, the soft, pure-white four-legged little beast with cherry-pink twin buns appeared before everyone once more.

Doro was sleeping soundly. Even when she was suddenly summoned, she did not wake up. She merely rolled over, exposing her round belly, curling her four little pawed feet against her chest, while faint snores escaped her mouth.

The Sea Witch Douluo: "..."

Everyone in the square: "..."

What was this thing?

Many people began to question it inwardly. Why did this thing deserve the Sea God's Nine Trials?

The Sea Witch Douluo stared at the deeply sleeping white ball for quite a while, trying to sense some earth-shattering aura from it.

There was none.

Nothing at all.

How should she put it? The aura this white ball gave off could be summed up in two words: extremely huggable.

Other than making people feel that she would probably be very soft to pet, she had none of the oppressive presence a powerful being should possess.

But the Sea Witch Douluo did not dare underestimate it.

What kind of joke was this? Could a Martial Soul capable of triggering the Sea God's Nine Trials possibly be ordinary?

Perhaps this white ball looked harmless, but actually contained power capable of destroying heaven and earth, only not yet revealed.

Yes, that had to be it.

The Sea Witch Douluo gave herself a mental pep talk, then looked back at Jiang Lan. Just as she was about to say something else, the sound of something tearing through the air came from above once more.

A streak of red light shot in from the horizon, moving so fast that it dragged a long trail through the sky.