Chapter 3: Only by Experiencing Heartbreak Can One Become Stronger

Inside the room, the two of them were so busy talking that they even forgot to eat.

"God Position Nine Trials?"

Jian Douluo was stunned again, then he pressed, "Isn't this an Assessment that only exists during a God Inheritance?"

Qin Jian nodded and said, "That is indeed the case. Generally, one only has the possibility of becoming a god upon reaching Level 99, but I am different..."

He pointed to his own head and said, "After taking human form, information about a God Inheritance appeared automatically in my mind. This is a God Position that no one has inherited for millions of years, and it is one of the Supreme Gods, known as the God of Love."

He also did not know why this God Position existed. According to his distant memories from a hundred thousand years ago, there were clearly only five Supreme Gods in the God Realm: Goodness, Evil, Life, Destruction, and Asura...

There was another problem: clearly, Soul Beasts could not become gods, so where did the God Position on his body come from...

"God of Love? A Supreme God?!"

On Jian Douluo's wooden face, his eyes widened into circles.

He was shocked once again.

"The God of Love refers to the God of Ultimate Love."

Qin Jian spread his hands and continued, "Teacher, you also know that my martial soul is not a Love Flower, but rather a long Sword. That is the Artifact of the Supreme God, the Sword of Ultimate Love."

"Of course, that will only happen once I truly become a god and my martial soul transforms into an Artifact..."

When Qin Jian spoke of these things, there was no look of pride; instead, he looked extremely conflicted.

"Is this God Position Nine Trials very difficult?" Jian Douluo asked.

How difficult a thing it is to become a god, let alone achieve the status of a Supreme God; he knew without thinking that the trials would be extremely difficult.

"It's not that it's hard, it's just that it goes too much against my true heart..."

Qin Jian rubbed his temples, his face full of bitterness: "For the God Position Nine Trials, I must experience heartbreak once for every trial to pass..."

Jian Douluo had already prepared himself to be shocked again, but instead, he heard an answer that left him between laughter and tears.

"You can pass an Assessment just by experiencing heartbreak once? What's so hard about that?"

Jian Douluo said dismissively, "Just go find nine people to fall in love with, then dump them, won't that work? You'll easily achieve the status of a Supreme God; could there be any simpler Assessment than this?"

Qin Jian covered his face and sighed, saying, "How could it be that simple, Teacher... Those nine targets of heartbreak are designated by the God Position, and every one of them is the most outstanding woman on the Dalu..."

Hearing him speak so solemnly about the targets of his heartbreak, and then looking at his eight- or nine-year-old face, Jian Douluo felt an inexplicable urge to laugh.

Even if he were precocious, his mental age should only be eight or nine years old since taking human form; hearing him say these things now made Jian Douluo feel a bit of dissonance.

"The reason my soul power cannot grow is also because of this..."

Qin Jian did not know what Jian Douluo was thinking, and he added, "I am currently at Level 20 Innate Full Soul Power. To increase my soul power, I need to deepen my feelings with the first target of heartbreak. And if I want to obtain a Second Soul Ring, it isn't something that automatically generates at Level 20; it requires me to pass the Assessment through heartbreak first..."

"Who are those nine designated targets of heartbreak?"

Jian Douluo was very curious.

He also wanted to know who the nine most outstanding women on this Dalu were, currently or in the future...

"I only know who the first one is for now..."

Qin Jian hesitated slightly, then said softly, "My first target of heartbreak is... Rongrong."

"Rongrong?!"

Jian Douluo was startled and blurted out, "How could that little princess Rongrong's willful temperament look like one of the most outstanding women?"

Qin Jian covered his face.

"Ahem... I'm not saying Rongrong is bad..."

Jian Douluo was a bit embarrassed: "It's just that I really couldn't imagine she would be one of the nine..."

Qin Jian was not surprised.

After all, Ning Rongrong's martial soul would upgrade to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in the future. If not for his involvement, she would have been the successor to the second-rank Godhood of the Jiu Cai Shen Nu.

"These God Position Nine Trials are truly very difficult..."

Qin Jian raised his small hand to rub his head.

He was a transmigrator, so he naturally had a rough understanding of which outstanding women were on the Dalu, and thus could roughly speculate who might be involved.

Many of them were simply hell-level difficulty, such as Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong...

And there were others—let alone heartbreak, just trying to poach them was exceptionally difficult, such as Zhu Zhuqing...

Plus Xiao Wu...

She was the silly Rabbit he least wanted to hurt...

Qin Jian suddenly pressed his palms together and prayed devoutly: "Oh Heavens, please don't make me be assessed on the people I just thought of, I beg you!"

Watching him act so superstitious, Jian Douluo couldn't help but have black lines appear on his forehead: "Once you become a Supreme God, you will be the Heavens."

However, he thought back on it; although he didn't know who the other eight were, the difficulty was indeed very high.

At the very least, that Pope of the Spirit Hall should be the most outstanding woman of the current generation...

"It really is hard on you..."

Jian Douluo patted Qin Jian's small head and said, "To fall in love just for the sake of heartbreak, such an excessive thing—it must be very hard for you to do..."

He thought of the days they had lived together over the past few years and thought of this personal disciple's display of ultimate emotion and nature, knowing just how difficult this Assessment was for him.

To have to experience heartbreak nine times to become a god—is this God Position truly the God of Love, or the God of Heartlessness?

Can one really become a god this way...

"No wonder you always lose your matches against Gu Yue these past few years; is it because you don't want to get close to Rongrong? Afraid of hurting her?" Jian Douluo asked.

Qin Jian nodded silently.

He and Gu Yue, the successor of Gu Douluo, had a match every year to decide who would be the study companion for Ning Rongrong the following year.

This was a healthy competition mechanism established by Ning Fengzhi.

It was just that no one expected him to lose for three years in a row...

Jian Douluo glanced at him and said, "The match for this year is in just a few days. This time, it's not just between you two, but a grand competition for the entire sect, because it will decide the partner for the closed-door tacit understanding training for the coming year."

"At that time, every direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will choose one person as a partner, and they will live together for one year."

He said casually: "Are you planning to lose again this time? If that happens, Gu Yue will have to live with Rongrong for a year, and if some sparks fly between them..."

"That's impossible."

Qin Jian denied it flatly.

He knew who Ning Rongrong's original destined partner was; that uncle who sells Sausage might not have even entered Shrek Academy yet...

So he wasn't worried at all that Ning Rongrong would fall for anyone early; she was just a spoiled little princess right now, and anyone who got close to her would only be treated as someone to be ordered around.

Unless someone made her heart flutter...

"So you still don't intend to make a move this time?"

Jian Douluo asked: "Are you just going to let your soul power stay at level 10 like this?"

Qin Jian lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then said: "Teacher, if I don't want to be eaten, I must become a god! No matter how difficult that trial may be!"

"Can you get past that hurdle in your heart?" Jian Douluo patted his thin shoulder and asked.

"I..."

Qin Jian raised his delicate little face, and the determination that suddenly appeared on his face moved even Jian Douluo.

"Teacher, I cannot do these things just to become a god, because that would go against my true heart..."

"Therefore, since I intend to do it, I will give my true heart, true feelings, and true intentions..."

"No matter what kind of pain or torture it is, if they have a share of it, I will have a share of it too..."

(End of this chapter)