"The Divine Artifact assessment isn't simple," Ye Lingling shook her head. "Your spirit power Ranks should all be at Rank ninety by now, right? It's better to evolve your spirit rings and wait until you Break through and adjust your state to its best before attempting it."
"Mm." Zhuqing nodded, she was thinking the same thing.
"I'll help you as Protector."
Zhuqing and Dugu Yan also sat down cross-legged and began to Cultivate.
The soul spirit phantoms of Chi Wang and Bear Monarch appeared behind the two women. Surging and powerful spirit power continuously fluctuated and condensed, finally gradually forming the two women's ninth spirit rings.
With the spirit power Breakthrough and the rewards from the God's Test, both women's strength reached Rank ninety-two.
After the spirit ring evolution, Zhuqing did not immediately withdraw from Cultivation. Instead, she continued to immerse herself in Cultivation, adjusting her state.
On the other side, as Dugu Yan finished absorbing her ninth spirit ring, the flames around her suddenly surged. The terrifying temperature continuously climbed. Fortunately, the two women had created distance when absorbing their spirit rings, otherwise Zhuqing would have been affected.
But even so, the terrifying temperature continued to spread.
Seeing this, Ye Lingling immediately raised her left hand. An extremely cold aura isolated the terrifying high temperature and protected Zhuqing behind her.
"What's happening?" Just as Ye Lingling was wondering, she saw the flames surging around Dugu Yan transform into a giant Dragon phantom. Then, a burst of thunderous roar suddenly echoed from the sky.
Ye Lingling was stunned. This was a clear sky! Where did the thunder come from?
Immediately after, a crimson flame pillar descended from the sky, gracefully landing on the flaming giant Dragon. The giant Dragon, already enveloped in flames, now resembled a crimson sun, soaring into the sky, constantly changing within the flames.
Vaguely, Ye Lingling seemed to see a gigantic phantom in the flames in mid-air. The phantom was very clear; it was a man clad in crimson armor. The man's face was solemn, flames shot out from all around him, and a terrifying pressure permeated his surroundings.
The next second, the man's gaze was like a torch, truly like a torch, shooting two flame-entwined rays from his eyes. The rays directly entered Dugu Yan's glabella, transforming into a crimson flame mark.
Ye Lingling originally wanted to raise her hand to obstruct it, but the Sea God Trident glowed with a faint golden light, stopping her.
As if she thought of something, Ye Lingling's expression brightened. The scorching temperature slowly decreased, and as the sea breeze blew, the armored man in the sky slowly dissipated.
The flaming giant Dragon in the sky returned to its place.
Dugu Yan opened her eyes in surprise, unable to hide her excitement as she said, "Lingling, I've received the Legacy of the Fire God, but I have to wait until I Break through to Rank ninety-seven for the assessment. If I pass all three assessments, I can inherit the God Position of the Fire God."
Ye Lingling smiled and nodded, "Congratulations, Yan Yan. I just saw it. From the feeling just now, the Fire God is no weaker than the Sea God. We both need to work hard."
Dugu Yan chuckled, "Before, I was quite envious of you guys, after all, you had already obtained God Position Legacies, and I hadn't yet."
"I didn't expect to get one right after breaking through."
"Your talent is no weaker than ours. If we can obtain it, you naturally can too."
Dugu Yan said excitedly, "Hehe, when we return to the Douluo Continent and see Shi Quan, we'll definitely give him a big surprise."
"Now we just wait for Zhuqing." Ye Lingling scanned the Asura Demon Sword with apprehension. "This great sword gives me more pressure than my Sea God Trident. The Asura God might be stronger than both the Sea God and the Fire God. It won't be easy for Zhuqing to pull out this great sword."
"It's fine, I believe in Zhuqing." Dugu Yan said firmly, "Zhuqing's will is much firmer than yours and mine."
"Mm." Ye Lingling did not deny this. Although Zhuqing was a few years younger than them, her experiences were no less than any of theirs.
Not to mention Zhuqing had also gone through the tempering of Slaughter City.
Three hours later.
Zhuqing finally adjusted her state to its best and woke up from Cultivation.
"Sister Yan, you?" Zhuqing keenly noticed the change in the mark on Dugu Yan's glabella.
"Hehe, Zhuqing, I'm also a Legacy holder of the Fire God now." Dugu Yan laughed and recounted what had happened earlier.
Zhuqing hadn't expected that in just a few short hours, Dugu Yan had obtained a God Position Legacy assessment.
She originally thought she would be the second, but now she ended up being the last.
Gathering her thoughts.
Zhuqing slowly approached the Asura Demon Sword. Her Dark Demonic Spirit Cat Martial Spirit was released, and nine dazzling spirit rings appeared. As her seventh spirit ring lit up, her Martial Spirit Avatar was released, and the blood-colored Slaughter God Domain also expanded.
The blood-colored light intertwined with the Asura Demon Sword, and a terrifying Killing Intent immediately erupted. The Asura Demon Sword instantly lit up with brilliant red demonic patterns, and a chilling aura intertwined. Zhuqing's hands directly lifted uncontrollably on their own.
Under such circumstances, an ordinary person would have involuntarily grasped it long ago.
And even in this situation, Zhuqing still calmly and rationally took a deep breath, allowing herself to not be affected by the Killing Intent, and willingly grasped the Asura Demon Sword in front of her, rather than being drawn by the Asura Demon Sword.
In an instant, a blood-red energy full of Killing Intent swept through Zhuqing's entire body like a raging tide.
The terrifying Killing Intent made even Chi Wang tremble at this moment.
The existence of the Slaughter God Domain is equivalent to Ye Lingling's Seagod's Light and Sea God affinity.
The higher the evolution of the Slaughter God Domain, the higher the Asura God affinity. The Slaughter God Domain is actually equivalent to the Sea God's first six tests.
Because of the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger's spirit ring and Spirit Bone, Zhuqing's Slaughter God Domain directly evolved when she obtained it. This situation had never been achieved by previous owners of the Slaughter God Domain, which allowed Zhuqing's compatibility with the Slaughter God Domain to reach an extremely high degree.
With the strength of the Dark Demonic Spirit Cat Martial Spirit, she, having Broken through to Rank seventy, was capable of Awakening her innate Domain, but it was precisely because of the existence of the Slaughter God Domain that the innate Domain and the Slaughter God Domain combined, making Zhuqing's Slaughter God Domain like the innate Domain of her Dark Demonic Spirit Cat Martial Spirit.
The influence of these various factors allowed Zhuqing's compatibility with the Slaughter God Domain to reach an unprecedented height, as if the Slaughter God Domain was originally her own power, rather than Acquired.
As Zhuqing's strength increased, her Slaughter God Domain also continuously evolved.
Although it had not reached the height of the Asura Domain as in the original work when Tang San chose his God Position Legacy, Zhuqing's current Slaughter God Domain was only one level below the Asura Domain.
If it were in terms of affinity percentage, it would be at least eighty percent or more.
The chilling aura made Zhuqing feel as if her entire body was frozen stiff.
Zhuqing could feel the Asura God's domineering Killing Qi rampaging through her body, and the Killing Intent within her body continuously surged under the stimulation of this Killing Qi.
A vast and immense energy surged out from within the great sword.
"Move further back." Ye Lingling's expression changed slightly, and the two women moved swiftly, retreating a hundred meters away.
A terrifying aura condensed within the surging blood light, vaguely revealing a dark red figure. This figure was very tall and somewhat slender, and the chilling aura was entirely formed from solidified Killing Intent.
"Is this the Asura God?" Dugu Yan watched the scene before her with trepidation.
The blood-colored figure stood within the Slaughter God Domain, and terrifying Killing Qi frantically spread through the air.
"It should be." Ye Lingling nodded. They could all feel the surging, immense energy within Zhuqing's Slaughter God Domain.
This was normal, because the Asura Demon Sword not only accumulated Asura divine force, but it also contained all of Tang Chen's Rank ninety-nine energy from before his death.
Within the Slaughter God Domain, blood-colored Killing energy had already spread throughout Zhuqing's entire body. Her whole person seemed to have been cooked, her skin, eyes, and even her hair had turned blood-red.
Under the stimulation of the Asura Demon Sword, Zhuqing's Slaughter God Domain was not suppressed; instead, it evolved again, and the power within her body also mutated. The blood-colored Killing energy replaced Zhuqing's original Slaughter God Domain, which also represented the appearance of Asura divine force.
Crack, crack.
That was the sound of the great sword rubbing against the sand.
The great sword in her hand felt as heavy as ten thousand catties, but it was still slowly pulled out by Zhuqing.
Zhuqing also felt her Soul, which had been frozen by the chilling Killing Intent, gradually regain consciousness.
As the Asura Demon Sword was slowly pulled out, endless red light began to expand, and complex circular demonic patterns appeared within the blood-colored Domain, seemingly filled with infinite and powerful energy.
Under the stimulation of Tang Chen's immense Rank ninety-nine power in the Asura Demon Sword, Zhuqing's Domain finally underwent a qualitative leap, initially evolving into the Asura Domain.
At this moment, the blood-colored light suddenly paused. The Asura Demon Sword was finally pulled out of the ground by Zhuqing, and its immense aura directly tore a huge opening in the sky.
The blood-colored light condensed and slowly merged into Zhuqing's body, revealing her pale face and her trembling figure from heavy breathing.
Even so, her overflowing joy proved her gains and success!
Zhuqing tightly gripped the great sword in her hand and said excitedly, "I succeeded!"
"Congratulations, Zhuqing." The two women gathered around to congratulate her.
"How is it? What's the Asura God's assessment?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.
Zhuqing said, "I only need to complete the evolution of the Asura Domain and Break through to Rank ninety-nine to inherit the Asura God Position."
"Asura Domain?" The two looked puzzled.
"It's my Slaughter God Domain."
Although Zhuqing's Slaughter God Domain had evolved into the Asura Domain under the stimulation of the power within the Asura Demon Sword, this Asura Domain had not completed its true evolution.
In the original work, when Tang San faced the Million-Year Deep Sea Demon Whale King, he simultaneously detonated six spirit rings, causing the Slaughter God Domain attached to the Clear Sky Hammer to be stimulated by an extremely vast explosive force, thereby initially evolving into the Asura Domain.
Later, when Tang San attached the last spirit ring to the Clear Sky Hammer, which was the Deep Sea Demon Whale soul spirit, under the nourishment of the Million-Year spirit ring, the Clear Sky Hammer changed from black to red, and only then did the evolution process of the Asura Domain truly complete.
It took a Million-Year spirit ring to complete the final evolution of the Asura Domain, which shows its difficulty. Although there was only one assessment, such assessments were often the most difficult.
Although Dugu Yan had three assessments, at least from the current situation, they should be progressive, similar to the Seagod Nine Trials, and their difficulty might not even be as great as Zhuqing's single assessment.
After discussing for a while, Ye Lingling changed the subject, "Let's not talk about the God Position Legacy assessment for now. Do you still have the last test of your Top Eight Tests? What is its content?"
Zhuqing was the first to speak, "Top Eight Tests, eighth test: assist in hunting the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, assist the Seagod Nine Trials Legacy holder in hunting the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."
"Mine too," Dugu Yan chimed in from the side.
"Lingling, is your eighth test just hunting the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?"
"And collecting all of its spirit rings and Spirit Bones."
"That simple?" The two women looked at Ye Lingling in surprise and confusion.
Ye Lingling smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It's not simple. This Deep Sea Demon Whale King isn't a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast."
"Vicious Beast?" Zhuqing asked curiously, "Do you know how many years it is?"
"A million years..."
Douluo God Realm.
Within the gigantic seven-colored spherical space, clouds shifted, and everything around was filled with a hazy, colorful hue.
Inside the majestic palace of water-blue.
One blue, two red, three figures floated quietly there. In front of them, a huge circle displayed everything on Sea God Island.
These three figures were the Sea God, the Fire God, and the Asura of the God Realm.
The Sea God chuckled, "Asura, isn't this cheating? You're the enforcer of our God Realm, you're knowingly breaking the law!"
The Asura God gave him a cold glance, "What evidence do you have that I'm knowingly breaking the law?"
The Sea God laughed heartily, "Still none? You deliberately controlled the chaotic power within Tang Chen's body, allowing him to live a little longer, making him a stepping stone for Zhuqing."
The Asura God said, "Everything I did did not violate the rules. At most, I only activated some Asura divine force, and it was used on my Legacy holder. This is allowed by the rules. As an enforcer of the God Realm, I would never violate the rules myself."
"Alright, alright, who made you the enforcer? Whatever you say goes, I can't argue with you." The Sea God looked helpless.
The Fire God suddenly suggested, "Since we've all found our respective Legacy holders, isn't this a joyous occasion that we should celebrate properly? Let's not dwell on these minor matters. How about we invite the Food God over to make us brothers a good meal?"
The Sea God was about to agree, but then he saw the Asura next to him shake his head and say, "Forget it, I always feel there's something wrong with the Douluo Continent. I need to go back and continue monitoring...