"Who could you be?!"
Bo Saixi, the Sea God's high priestess, looked at the Heavenly Screen with anticipation, eager to see the true appearance of the Sea God's inheritor.
The next instant, as countless living beings waited in anticipation, the revelation on the Heavenly Screen changed once more.
The true appearance of the young man who had inherited the Sea God's Nine Trials was revealed at last, for the world to witness.
["Su Ming of the Trinity Sect greets you, senior."]
[Sea Horse Douluo had introduced me to the young man, so he already knew who I was. As he bowed to me, he also briefly stated his own identity.]
[His manner was neither servile nor overbearing, and he was full of confidence. Most importantly, there was an indescribable quality about him.]
[Although I did not know what sort of power the Trinity Sect was, any sect capable of nurturing such a disciple was surely extraordinary.]
[Whether it was the young man's speech, bearing, or the knowledge he displayed in conversation... all of it showed that he was no ordinary person, and neither was the Trinity Sect behind him.]
[But as we continued talking, I gradually realized that this young man named Su Ming was not a native of the Douluo Continent.]
[And that special Trinity Sect he spoke of was naturally not a power native to the Douluo Continent either.]
[With that, everything made sense, and the doubts I had harbored vanished.]
[Come to think of it, if there really were a transcendent and extraordinary ancient sect on the Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen would surely have known about it.]
The young man who had begun the Sea God's Nine Trials was not from the Douluo Continent, and he came from an ancient power called the Trinity Sect.
As soon as this information was revealed, it stirred up a storm across the entire world!
Countless people-no, countless intelligent beings-debated it heatedly.
Besides discussing Su Ming himself, they also discussed the world beyond the Douluo Continent.
"He's not from our Douluo Continent?!" Ning Fengzhi was at a loss.
According to the Heavenly Screen, all his previous preparations had been for nothing, at least for now.
After all, if Su Ming, who would inherit the Sea God's Nine Trials in the future, was not from the Douluo Continent, how could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect find him?
They did not know when he had come to the Douluo Continent. Worse still, what if he had never set foot on it and had gone straight to Sea God Island?
Ning Fengzhi quickly calmed himself and said with relief, "Still, this is for the best. It completely puts an end to the other powers' designs."
The other power he meant was Spirit Hall.
Spirit Hall would produce an Angel God in the future, so they certainly would not want any other gods to appear on the continent.
Now, at least, the Sea God's inheritor named Su Ming was safe.
Spirit City, Pope's Palace.
He's not from the Douluo Continent? What a lucky brat. Bibi Dong, too, abandoned her previous thoughts.
Since he was not on the Douluo Continent, no amount of searching would turn him up.
Then Bibi Dong thought with some exasperation, I hope this brat only came to inherit the god position.
She intended to destroy the entire Douluo Continent in the future. If another god appeared on the continent, the pressure on her, Bibi Dong, would indeed increase.
So Bibi Dong hoped that Su Ming had only come to inherit the god position and would not interfere with the continent afterward.
Inside the Worship Hall, several enshrined exchanged looks.
"What a pity," said the Fourth Enshrined, Mighty Lion Douluo, his face full of regret.
The Fifth Enshrined, Light Feather Douluo, chimed in, "Yes."
The enshrined had originally planned to capture the Sea God's inheritor as soon as they learned his true identity.
That way, there would be only one god on the Douluo Continent in the future: the Great Enshrined's granddaughter, Qian Renxue.
Once Qian Renxue became a god, she could lead all of Spirit Hall to unite the entire Douluo Continent.
In the meantime, they would clear away anything that might stand in their way.
Without a doubt, the Sea God's inheritor had thus become their target.
In their view, as long as he had not actually become a god, they still had a chance.
Unfortunately, because Su Ming was not a native of the Douluo Continent, the enshrined's plans had come to nothing.
Sea God Island, Sea God Hall.
High Priestess Bo Saixi said in surprise, "I never expected the young man who inherited the Sea God's Nine Trials to be from outside the Douluo Continent. Where could he have come from?"
A look of intense curiosity flashed through Bo Saixi's eyes.
How had he learned about Sea God Island?
And how had he reached it?
These were not only Bo Saixi's questions, but also those of the vast majority of people on the Douluo Continent.
As far as many people knew, the Douluo Continent beneath their feet was the whole world.
When they thought of what lay beyond its shores, they mostly pictured an endless sea, with scarcely a trace of humanity.
Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life, the alternate space at its bottom.
Di Tian thought pensively, Could he be from that continent?
He had once traveled the entire world and had thus learned that the ground beneath his feet was a planet.
Besides the Douluo Continent, there were several other continents on this planet.
Those continents also had human civilizations and powerful Soul Beasts.
While Di Tian speculated, Tang Hao, who was still in the Star Dou Great Forest, was exceptionally excited.
"It really is Xiao Ming!!" Tang Hao was incredulous at first, then ecstatic.
If the strikingly similar appearance and identical name had already given Tang Hao considerable confirmation,
then once the Heavenly Screen revealed that Su Ming was not from the Douluo Continent and came from a sect called the Trinity Sect, Tang Hao could be absolutely certain.
The Su Ming who had inherited the Sea God's Nine Trials on the Heavenly Screen was the very Su Ming he knew.
"Ah Yin, wait a little longer. That child Xiao Ming will bring you back to life." Tang Hao excitedly began praying to the heavens.
His belief that Su Ming could bring Ah Yin back to life had never wavered from beginning to end.
But for Tang Hao, the sooner Su Ming grew stronger, the sooner Ah Yin could be brought back to life.
Besides Tang Hao, who was beside himself with excitement, Xiao Wu and Tang San in Suotuo City, who knew Su Ming's background, were happy as well.
"Brother, look, I knew it would be you."
Xiao Wu flung herself into Su Ming's arms, her face glowing with a smile, overjoyed for him.
Seeing this, Su Ming could only wrap his arms around Xiao Wu and hold her as he remarked, "I didn't expect to be the inheritor of the Sea God's Nine Trials either."
Su Ming had put a little ingenuity into the Heavenly Screen's description of himself.
Apart from those close to him who knew the truth, everyone else would be left with the mistaken impression that he was not yet on the Douluo Continent.
That would also make it easier to harvest Vow Power later.