Time flies, and a year will soon have passed.
During this year, Yang Podi gradually adapted to life in the Asura Blood Sea, and he spent more and more time in the Blood Sea, eventually even staying for twenty hours a day.
Similarly, with the changes of this year, his entire body seemed to be undergoing a transformation. The magic patterns had spread all over his skin, blood, and bone marrow. The only two places that had not changed were his heart and brain.
Yang Podi even took out a drop of his own blood. The blood seemed to have a faint golden hue, and it was shrouded in a mysterious aura, somewhat similar to a magic rune.
On the last day, Yang Podi leaped directly into the Asura Blood Sea.
Unexpectedly, the entire Asura Blood Sea seemed to have changed. Originally, the Asura Blood Sea was just boiling, but now it has become a raging torrent, especially in the depths of the blood sea, where winds and clouds are surging, as if it were in the midst of a hurricane.
The mysterious power within the sea of blood seemed to be pounding against Yang Podi 'Yang Podi entire body, as if trying to break through his last line of defense.
As time went by, Yang Podi felt his mind and even his body slowly melting away, as if his entire body was being enveloped by a mysterious force.
However, Yang Podi simply recited the Heart Sutra calmly, just like the classic saying in his mind, "Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form; form is emptiness, emptiness is form."
At this moment, Yang Podi's mind and body were as still as a mountain, and all attacks, temptations, and even Evil were nowhere to hide from him.
After the entire last day, under the influence of the Asura Blood Sea, the entire body and soul seemed to have undergone a final transformation.
When Yang Podi emerged from the Asura Blood Sea, he resembled a Asura, his eyes turning bloodshot and his entire being looking like a monster.
On this very last day, the demonic runes finally covered Yang Podi's entire body. His power and even his soul underwent a final transformation. His Soul Power began to slowly transform into Divine Power, and even his soul realm and Divine Power realm reached the divine level.
A voice immediately came to my mind: The Second Trial the Asura Nine Trials is complete. You are rewarded with 20% Asura Affinity, for a total of 30% Asura Affinity.
At the same time, the red light in Yang Podi's mind also changed, and the content of the Third Trial of the Asura Nine Trials was displayed.
The Third Trial of the Asura Nine Trials: Maintain order, restore Slaughter City, and eliminate all evil thoughts from the Slaughter City. Time limit: one year.
Upon seeing the assessment content, Yang Podi couldn't help but complain: This Asura God thinks too highly of himself. He should know that the evil thoughts in this Slaughter City were likely caused by the Rakshasa God. Although his strength has improved considerably in the past two years, how could he possibly oppose a god?
Yang Podi suddenly thought of a question: In the original story, Tang San destroyed the Slaughter City. In a sense, could this be considered as eliminating the evil thoughts within the Slaughter City?
However, the result was rather disastrous. The entire Slaughter City was destroyed, and the evil Slaughter City spread throughout the continent, eventually forming a group of Evil Soul Master.
Could it be that the Asura God also wants to launch his own attack?
However, after careful consideration, Yang Podi realized that while doing this might be relatively simple, the consequences would be far too severe, potentially causing a catastrophe that would last for millennia. He needed to think it over very carefully.
Yang Podi casually took some blood from the Asura Blood Sea, then took the Asura God Sword and left the altar.
Back in the inner city of the Slaughter City, Yang Podi looked at everyone around him. These so-called Fallen Ones all seemed to have Sisi evil in their souls, probably caused by long-term consumption of Bloody Mary.
Since completing the second trial of the Asura God, Yang Podi has been able to clearly see the aura of a god, and even the aura of a certain rule.
In this Slaughter City, besides the Asura God's Asura Divine Power, the Rakshasa God's evil thoughts also lingered. Moreover, the place where the evil thoughts were most concentrated was the Asura Blood Sea, or rather, the place where the evil thoughts were most concentrated was the Bloody Mary in everyone's hands.
This is a fundamental issue concerning the entire Slaughter City, and there's simply no way to address it unless the source of all these evil thoughts can be found.
Logically speaking, the source of this evil thought should be the Rakshasa God, but the Rakshasa God is not in the Slaughter City. If he were, he would probably have been killed by the Asura God long ago.
Yang Podi thought for a long time but still had no clue. In the end, he decided to leave the Slaughter City first. Anyway, he still had a year. If all else failed, he would just go find Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. Bibi Dong was the inheritor of the Rakshasa God and should know better how to find the Rakshasa God's evil thoughts. Qian Renxue's Angel Divine Power should be the nemesis of the Rakshasa God's evil thoughts. Going to the two of them should be the right choice.
Since completing the Second Trial of the Asura Nine Trials, Yang Podi has felt a Sisi connection between himself and the Asura Demonic Sword. Now, the Asura Demonic Sword in his hands is just an ordinary sword, no longer weighing 108,000 jin.
Especially now that the world is probably in chaos, I'm a little worried about my family and need to go home to check on them first.
After leaving the Slaughter City, Yang Podi went directly to the largest city in the vicinity, wanting to find out if anything major had happened in the outside world recently, since he had been away from the mainland for almost two years.
At the same time, Yang Podi found the largest blacksmith shop in the vicinity, casually tossed him a large piece of Deep Sea Sunken Silver, and asked the blacksmith to forge a scabbard for the Asura Demonic Sword Asura Demonic Sword according to its size.
This Asura Demonic Sword is really too sharp; it's really inconvenient to wield. We'll need to forge a scabbard for it.
I heard from people around me that quite a few things have indeed happened recently.
First, a year and a half ago, a grand election for the New Seven Great Sects was held under the auspices of the Spirit Hall. After the election, the new Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects were born.
The newly appointed Upper Three Sects include the Elephant Armor Sect, the Holy Dragon Sect, and the Black Tiger Sect, while the Lower Four Sects are the Wind Sword Sect, the Rock Antelope Sect, the Fire Leopard Sect, and the Sparrow Bee Sect.
Upon seeing the newly appointed Seven Great Sects, Yang Podi couldn't help but shake his head.
Based on the current strength of these Seven Great Sects, even combined they probably wouldn't be enough to defeat Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
The entire newly Upper Three Sects only has two Titled Douluo, including Huyan Zhen, known as the most stubborn Douluo, and Tuoba Xi, the Holy Dragon Douluo of the Holy Dragon Sect. All the other sects only have Soul Douluo to put on a show, and they don't look like major sects at all.
Another major event was the successful establishment of the Spirit Hall Empire by the Spirit Hall with the support of the new Seven Great Sects. In addition to Spirit City, the territory included various large and small duchy kingdoms surrounding Spirit City, such as the Balak Kingdom, Silvia Kingdom, Haagen Wangdasi Kingdom, and Gulei Kingdom of the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Spirit Hall now controls more than a dozen small kingdoms. In terms of sheer size, it is no less powerful than the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire. In fact, due to the Spirit Hall's unique geographical advantages, it has directly severed the connection between the two great empires, making their transportation and communication much worse.
The downside is that after establishing the empire, the Spirit Hall Empire has no shield to rely on and must face attacks from two major empires in the north and south.
Currently, the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire each have a million troops stationed on the border. Although the war has not yet started, all three sides are probably making final preparations, ready for the final battle at any time.
The blacksmiths' eyes lit up at the sight of the enormous Deep Sea Sunken Silver, but seeing the murderous aura emanating from Yang Podi, they realized that this young man was not to be trifled with. They quickly mobilized all their personnel to forge a scabbard for Yang Podi.
In just half a day, a scabbard was completed.
Yang Podi used ropes to tie the Asura Demonic Sword to his back and flapped his wings to fly quickly towards Mount Aermo.
When Yang Podi returned to the Heavenly Pursuit Academy, everyone was overjoyed. They hadn't expected that Yang Podi would be away from the Heavenly Pursuit Academy for two whole years, and that his return would be so sudden.
However, Yang Podi's terrifying killing intent shocked everyone, even instilling fear in them.
Grandpa Yang Wudi spoke with a somewhat serious tone, " Podi, you haven't been to the Slaughter City these past two years, have you? Your killing intent seems much stronger than it was back then."
Yang Podi shook his head slightly. "This killing intent isn't a big deal. I should be able to control it soon. Has anything major happened at home recently?"
Yang Wudi sighed, "Both the Spirit Hall Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire want to win us over, but we're ignoring them for now. No one dares to target us for the time being, especially now that you're back, we're even safer."
After getting a general understanding of the academy's situation, Yang Podi went straight back to rest. He hadn't had a proper rest in the past two years while staying in the Slaughter City, so now that he was finally home, he could relax a bit.
Just after I returned to my room, Ye Lingling came in as well. After two years apart, Ye Lingling seemed to have become more mature and more beautiful.
After a passionate encounter, Yang Podi fell asleep immediately and slept for two whole days, a rare and peaceful sleep.
When Yang Podi woke up, Ye Lingling was sitting alone on the edge of the bed, lost in thought, as if she were pondering something.
Ye Lingling looked at Yang Podi, who had just woken up, her face full of heartache. "It's rare for you to sleep so soundly. You must have gone through a lot these past two years."
Yang Podi sighed softly, "These past two years have indeed been quite tough. I've barely had any energy to sleep. It's much more comfortable being back home."
As Yang Podi said, home is a haven of comfort, a place where one has not only one's lover but also all one's relatives and friends. If it weren't for the goal of becoming a god, there would be no need to go to such great lengths.
"By the way, Lingling, has anything happened to you two in the past two years?"
Ye Lingling seemed a little conflicted, but in the end she shook her head. "We're all fine, nothing serious has happened."
"I'm relieved that everything is alright. All the things I did were for our family."