"Brother, there's a Godhood Inheritance on Sea God Island? Why don't you give it a try too?" Watching the Heavenly Screen, Xiao Wu grew eager to give it a try as well.
In Xiao Wu's view, there would be absolutely no problem with her brother Su Ming undertaking the Sea God's Nine Trials.
Becoming a god sooner would naturally be all the better.
Seeing this, Su Ming shared his thoughts. "If only a tiny handful of people knew this secret, I could still go and give it a try now."
"But now everyone under heaven knows about it, and they've all gone completely mad. Sea God Island must have taken measures in response. With our current strength, we'd be better off cultivating in peace..."
Land Soul Masters and Sea Soul Masters had never gotten along, and each discriminated against the other. Did he really think he was Tang Chen or Qian Daoliu, able to set foot on Sea God Island so easily?
Besides, did he really think Sea God Island was running a charity, letting land Soul Masters who didn't believe in the Sea God take its trials for free?
Only those major powers were qualified to negotiate with Sea God Island, offering a corresponding price in exchange for a chance to take the trials.
[After becoming the high priest of Sea God Island, my heart was full of anticipation. Like those who came before me, I would become the guardian best suited to Sea God Island. Together with the many Sacred Pillars, I would protect this sacred land for all the Sea Soul Masters under heaven, and let the Sea God's glory shine forever upon it.]
[I devoted all my efforts to Sea God Island's affairs, and the days passed peacefully and in good order.]
[Then one day, that peaceful life was shattered.]
[On the mainland, a power called Spirit Hall set its sights on our Sea God Island.]
[After spreading faith in the Angel God across the continent, they ultimately couldn't hold themselves back and reached their hands across the sea.]
[This was not simply a battle between powers, but also a battle of faiths.]
[Spirit Hall sent many people, and they were very powerful, but they underestimated what made our Sea God Island special.]
[With the ocean's support, we were invincible overseas. Once those people from Spirit Hall landed on the island, they were like turtles trapped in a jar, and our Sea God Island wiped out nearly all of them.]
[If the people of our Sea God Island had not been unable to leave the island, our Sea God Island would have wiped out those so-called fish that slipped through the net as well.]
"That's right, give Spirit Hall a crushing defeat just like that!"
"That's the true strength of us Sea Soul Masters. Land Soul Masters are nothing!"
"The righteous Sea God Island will prevail!!"
"..."
Once the account of Sea God Island wiping out the invading enemy appeared, those Sea Soul Masters were naturally delighted.
Although this incident had also been described in Qian Daoliu's earlier monologue, it hadn't been shown as clearly. Qian Daoliu hadn't taken part, so they hadn't been able to see Sea God Island's valor and fearless strength.
Those fellows who escaped from Spirit Hall had even branded Sea God Island as Devil Island. It was blatant slander.
Sea God Island was a sacred land in the hearts of those Sea Soul Masters, after all, and many of them had been furious.
Now things were different. With the account coming from the Sea Soul Masters' side, the whole scene of Sea God Island defeating Spirit Hall had appeared.
Many Sea Soul Masters cried out in delight!
But at the same time, the expressions of some land Soul Masters darkened, particularly those who lived near Sea Soul Masters.
In Vast Sea City, a land Soul Master said scornfully, "They just had the advantage of the ocean, that's all. They can't even leave Sea God Island. They're nothing but a bunch of turtles."
"What are you saying, you bastard!!" A nearby Sea Soul Master who heard him flew into a rage and immediately unleashed a Soul Skill, starting a fight.
"Fine, let's fight. Who's afraid of you?"
The discrimination between land Soul Masters and Sea Soul Masters had probably lasted for tens of thousands of years.
On Sea God Island.
Sea Ghost Douluo, the fifth Sacred Pillar, watched the Heavenly Screen and said with emotion, "Under the high priest's leadership, our Sea God Island reached a peak."
He wasn't deliberately flattering her; it was the truth.
Originally, there had only been five lords on Sea God Island, the five Sacred Pillars.
Over the years, two more Sacred Pillars had joined them, bringing the number to the present Seven Sacred Pillars.
In the Worship Hall of Spirit Hall.
The Fourth Offering, Lion Douluo, said disdainfully, "If our Spirit Hall had turned out in full force, we would have razed Sea God Island to the ground long ago."
That was true. Whether in overall strength or top-tier combat power, Spirit Hall utterly outclassed Sea God Island.
The Third Offering, Azure Luan Douluo, had a different opinion. "Fourth, like our Spirit Hall, Sea God Island has a god as its foundation. We can't treat them like an ordinary power."
If Sea God Island really were an ordinary power, what would it matter how powerful it was?
Their Spirit Hall still wouldn't fear it.
But the problem was that they had a god behind them too, so Sea God Island couldn't be viewed the same way as an ordinary power.
[After wiping out those people from Spirit Hall, life on Sea God Island returned to peace.]
[Although Sea God Island now had five Sacred Pillars, in my view, that still wasn't enough.]
[New Sacred Pillar guardians were needed to protect Sea God Island together, and new cities were needed to accommodate those Sea Soul Masters.]
[So I also prepared to promote two Sea Soul Masters who had advanced to Titled Douluo and performed outstandingly in that war to become new Sacred Pillars.]
[And so, the days passed one by one.]
[I had thought my whole life would be spent with nothing but guarding and waiting for company: guarding the order of Sea God Island, guarding faith in the Sea God, guarding the secret of the Sea God Inheritance... waiting for the Sea God's inheritor to appear.]
[But what I hadn't expected was that the arrival of two uninvited guests would shatter those peaceful days.]
[They were Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.]
[Like me, both of them were level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. According to them, they were also the only two Peerless Douluo on the continent.]
[After Spirit Hall's failed attack on Sea God Island, they had grown curious about it and came together to find out the truth.]
[From Qian Daoliu, I sensed the presence of someone of my own kind.]
[That's right. Like me, that fellow was a god's representative in the mortal world.]
[Spirit Hall worshipped the God of Light, also known as the Angel God, so I supposed Qian Daoliu was the Angel God's high priest in the mortal world.]
[I had little interest in this so-called "one of my own kind," and instead focused my attention on the man named Tang Chen.]
[As a Peerless Douluo myself, I naturally knew all too well how difficult it was to become one.]
[If not for a god's gift, I thought it would have been very difficult for me to become a Peerless Douluo so early on my own; my "kindred" Qian Daoliu was probably in the same situation.]
[But Tang Chen was different. Unlike us, he hadn't taken a shortcut. He had reached his present heights through his own talent!]