Chapter 290: Returning to Sea God Island

Dai Mubai had originally been somewhat hesitant, but after feeling the surging growth of power within his body, and coupled with the lobbying from Tang San at his side, he soon joined Tang San's camp.

On the other side.

Outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Soul Spirit Assembly was held as scheduled.

The process of fusing soul spirits for a thousand people was complex.

The entire Soul Spirit Assembly was divided into ten days, with one hundred people performing soul spirit fusion each day; even if they failed, Shi Quan would provide them with another soul spirit.

As the monarch of the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Renxue did not come in person, but merely dispatched envoys.

Moreover, she had other things to do; while the entire Soul Spirit Assembly was in full swing, the capitals of the major kingdoms and duchies of the Heaven Dou Empire, as well as some high-level cities, were baptized by flames amidst the sound of explosions.

Just when the major kingdoms and duchies were leaderless, Qian Renxue used thunderous momentum to publish a large amount of evidence of crimes committed by the nobles of the kingdoms, and simultaneously published evidence of Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing plotting rebellion.

Leading a thousand armies, she forcefully launched an expedition against the major kingdoms, and in less than a single day, she suppressed the kingdom closest to the Heaven Dou Empire with absolute force.

It was also during this expedition that Qian Renxue exposed the powerful weapon that was the explosive.

For ordinary heavy-armored and iron-clad soldiers, an army possessing explosives was simply a destructive existence; the one-sided battle left the major kingdoms not daring to resist at all, and coupled with the deaths of numerous nobles and the lack of leadership, most kingdoms directly responded to Qian Renxue's call for centralization, willing to surrender their respective military powers one after another.

In just the short ten days of the Soul Spirit Assembly, Qian Renxue used absolute strength to gather the military power of the entire Empire.

Numerous factions were shocked by this move of Qian Renxue's; no one knew that the Heaven Dou Empire would actually possess such powerful weapons, and most importantly, these weapons could be used even by ordinary people, so they all began to inquire about them.

The Star Luo Empire, in particular, felt a serious threat.

Shi Quan did not participate in the affairs of the Heaven Dou Empire; after the Soul Spirit Assembly ended, Shi Quan gave the legends of the Underworld and the theories of Reincarnation he had written to Qian Renxue, letting Qian Renxue help him spread them.

After Qian Renxue finished reading the descriptions of the Underworld and Reincarnation in Shi Quan's book, she could not help but feel a sense of amazement in her expression.

It had to be said that Shi Quan knew how to hoodwink people.

Death is not the end, but the beginning of another new life.

This allowed all things that fear death to not only have a new understanding of death, but also to have a bit more expectation.

If such rhetoric were spread, it could both guide people toward goodness and reduce crime rates, and it could also alleviate people's grief over life and death.

Such beneficial rhetoric was naturally worth promoting.

Qian Renxue used some means at will, and soon this rhetoric spread throughout the Heaven Dou Empire.

As for Shi Quan, after giving the Underworld legends to Xue Qinghe, he had finished handling everything that needed to be dealt with upon his return, and immediately set off to return to Sea God Island.

Shi Quan also had to improve his strength as much as possible, so that he could better cope with the subsequent God War.

"Damn it, it's these two humans again!" A few days later, in the Demon Whale Sea Area, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King showed its head again.

"Looking at this back-and-forth flight direction, it seems to be traveling to and from Sea God Island?" The Deep Sea Demon Whale King fell into thought.

It had also seen the golden pillar of light that emerged above Sea God Island before; it was very clear that the Sea God's successor had appeared.

Could these two have anything to do with the appearance of the Sea God?

"If I could devour this successor, or occupy their body, perhaps... but if these two really have a connection to the successor, that would be a trouble..."

Splash, it flipped its body and quickly submerged into the sea.

Returning to Sea God Island.

After visiting everyone.

Shi Quan returned once again to the Raging Wave Juejing to begin his second round of strength special training.

The booming giant waves struck, and Shi Quan stood on the Deep Sea Sinking Silver Pillar, throwing out punch after punch, constantly resisting the surging power of the giant waves.

Constantly further polishing his own strength.

His goal was to complete the second stage of training within half a year.

Time came to half a year later, beneath Sea God Mountain.

"Top Eight Trials, First Trial, traverse, enhance, Sea God's Light, passed. Soul power increased by one level. The power of possessed Soul Ring Skills increased by five hundred years."

As Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing stepped onto the steps respectively, while panting heavily, a vast and ancient voice suddenly entered their minds.

One year of cultivation plus the rewards brought by the assessment, both of their strengths had reached level 76.

Ye Lingling, who was on the 333rd step, also heard the solemn and majestic voice of the Sea God, "Traverse, double, Sea God's Light, trial passed. First Trial ended, Sea God affinity increased by five percent, currently totaling five percent."

Like the original work, she did not receive any rewards of Soul Rings or soul power, but her soul power level was one level higher than both Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, because she was the only Twin Spirits possessor among the three.

After the three women completed the trials one after another, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Feng had already completed their trials before the three women finished theirs.

After a year of hard work, everyone completed the First Trial and received the rewards bestowed by the Sea God.

Compared to a year ago, Ma Hongjun was now a circle thinner; he used to be a fat man, but now he could at most be called sturdy, not fat.

The purple Sea God assessment mark on his forehead had also truly succeeded in upgrading to the Black Level Four Trials, thanks to his life-risking efforts over this past year.

In fact, under normal circumstances, the Sea God's Light assessment would only appear in the Black Level Trials; when the Sea God's Light appeared in Ma Hongjun's First Trial, it actually already indicated that Ma Hongjun possessed the potential for the Black Level Trials, but whether he could actually reach it depended on Ma Hongjun's own efforts and dedication.

Ma Hongjun also relied on his own efforts to gain the recognition of the Sea God.

During the one-year assessment, although everyone's strength had improved, some had already received the God-Bestowed Soul Ring brought by Bo Saixi, such as Ma Hongjun, but they all tacitly chose not to absorb the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, because they had all fused with the soul spirits given to them by Shi Quan; the God-Bestowed Soul Ring was precious, and they were all prepared to save this God-Bestowed Soul Ring to absorb at the most critical moment later.

"Affinity?" After hearing everyone's rewards, Ye Lingling frowned slightly, feeling somewhat confused.

What was the use of this Sea God affinity? Her assessment difficulty was the highest, so the rewards should be better than theirs, right? Could it be that this Sea God affinity reward was even better than the soul power reward and the Soul Ring Year Limit reward?

"Lingling, what's wrong?" Both Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing noticed the change in Ye Lingling's expression.

Ye Lingling then explained her situation, and upon hearing this, everyone was also somewhat puzzled.

Zhuqing said: "The Sea God Nine Trials is an assessment for the Sea God's inheritance; this Sea God affinity might have something to do with the final inheritance, just like your compatibility with a certain thing; the higher the compatibility, the more smoothly you can use it, perhaps the higher this affinity is, the easier it will be for you to inherit the godhood later..."

(End of this chapter)