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..."The time has come. Activate the Godly Trial imprint. This is his ultimate trial, and our... final observation."
A trace of reluctance flashed in the Goddess of Life's eyes, but it ultimately turned into resolve.
For a God destined to bear the heavy responsibility of the God Realm, for one who dared to meddle with the Dragon God's legacy, they could not show the slightest leniency. Only strict, almost despair-inducing obstruction was permissible!
The five God Kings exchanged glances and nodded simultaneously.
The next moment, their divine light flared, and their vast, boundless God King wills, like five pillars of light piercing the heavens and earth, descended upon the Origin of Rules at the core of the God Realm!
At the same time, the 'trial imprints' of God King level, hidden deep within the five god-bestowed spirit rings they had previously bestowed upon Xuan Ming—which contained not only the Origin of Law but also these imprints—were simultaneously activated!
Dragon Tomb, Dragon Valley.
Xuan Ming was at a critical juncture, impacting his divinity.
His divine soul was highly condensed. The seeds of the five God King Laws within him, nourished by the immense Dragon Soul energy, grew and strengthened at an unprecedented speed, colliding and merging with each other, attempting to smelt into one and condense into the embryonic form of his unique divinity!
Just at this moment, when his mind and power were focused on a single point—
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Five distinctly different, yet equally terrifying wills, like five red-hot branding irons, suddenly exploded from the depths of his Soul!
This was not an external attack, but originated from within him!
It was the deeply hidden God King imprints within those five god-bestowed spirit rings, which he had already absorbed and refined, forcibly activated by their masters in the distant God Realm!
The first was ultimate slaughter and judgment! Illusions of mountains of corpses and seas of blood instantly filled his mind. Endless killing intent, like billions of steel needles, pierced the core of his divine soul, threatening to drag him into an eternal abyss of slaughter! This was the Asura God's trial!
The second was twisted desire and chaos! All negative emotions in the world were magnified to the extreme: greed, jealousy, rage, lust... like venomous snakes, they gnawed at his reason, tempting him to fall, to sink into endless evil pleasure! This was the God of Evil's trial!
The third was pure termination and destruction! Horrifying scenes of all things withering and stars extinguishing played out in his mind. A desolate will, aiming to reduce everything to nothingness, furiously impacted the Foundation of his existence, threatening to turn him and his will into dust! This was the God of Destruction's trial!
The fourth was a seemingly gentle but even more fatal choice and guardianship! Countless tragic scenes and dilemmas requiring sacrifice and choice emerged, questioning his inner self. That cold will, which mandated "necessary evil" for the "greater good," attempted to twist his original heart, making him agree with a certain absolute "good" Law! This was the God of Kindness's trial!
The fifth was boundless vitality and creation, yet it carried an irresistible sense of "nourishment" and "assimilation"! It was as if everything about him was to be integrated into an eternal Life cycle, losing his self and becoming part of the Law of Life! This was the Goddess of Life's trial!
The five God King-level will trials, like five invisible mountains, simultaneously pressed down on Xuan Ming's mind! This was even more perilous and insidious than the Godhood Tribulation from the external world that he was currently facing!
Because this trial originated from a part of his own power; it was an internal subversion!
This was not an attack, but something far more dangerous than an attack—will infusion, Law interference!
They wanted to forcibly infuse their God King wills into Xuan Ming's nascent divinity!
They wanted to witness firsthand, to experience for themselves, whether this young man's will was truly indestructible! Whether his Dao could truly accommodate, or even control, the will imprints of their five God Kings!
If he succeeded, his divinity would naturally carry some traits and recognition from the five God Kings, possessing infinite potential, possibly even directly reaching the embryonic form of a God King!
If he failed... his will would be overwhelmed by the torrent of the five God Kings' wills, his Soul shattered, all his efforts turning to naught. Even the power of the ten thousand Dragons in this Dragon Tomb could backfire, utterly destroying his body and Spirit!
This was the true and most cruel ultimate trial behind the Sixth Trial, "God Position Choice"!
It wasn't about making you choose, but about making you prove that you have the right not to choose!
To be qualified to forge your own Dao, one that transcends their plans!
Gu Yuena, far away, immediately sensed the anomaly. She felt Xuan Ming's aura instantly become chaotic and dangerous, as if he were simultaneously engaged in an invisible struggle with several terrifying forces! Her heart instantly leaped to her throat, but she knew that at this moment, she absolutely could not disturb him, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!
Under the violent impact of the five God King wills, his consciousness flickered like a candle in a strong wind, as if it would be extinguished completely in the next moment.
In the intense pain and chaos, Xuan Ming's consciousness felt as if it were being torn apart, falling into a kaleidoscopic vortex.
When he "opened his eyes" again, or rather, regained his senses, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.
It was no longer the vast, desolate Dragon Valley of the Dragon Tomb, where Dragon Souls howled, but a bright, luxurious room with a faint fragrance.
Soft light streamed through exquisite window lattices, and the air was filled with a serene and sacred aura.
"You're awake?"
A familiar yet slightly unfamiliar female voice sounded in his ear.
Xuan Ming turned his head in a daze, seeing a beautiful girl with golden hair and golden eyes, dressed in a golden palace gown, standing by the bed, looking at him with complex eyes.
Qian Renxue?
This is... the Angel God Temple?
In an instant, countless fragmented memories flooded his mind—being forcibly abducted by Gold Crocodile Douluo, the confrontation with Qian Daoliu, that suffocating pressure, and... the almost despairing diagnosis regarding his Spirit.
Could it be... everything he had experienced before, that magnificent yet cruel and bloody journey, the establishment of the Spirit Empire, the game with the God Realm, and even the divinity he was currently impacting... was all just a long and vivid dream?
Yes, he should have died here. Because of that damned, mutually devouring twin spirits.
An indescribable sense of exhaustion and absurdity surged into his heart.
If all that was truly a dream, then the despair of this reality felt even heavier.
Qian Renxue watched the confusion, daze, and even a hint of... lifelessness flash in Xuan Ming's eyes.
Her heart tightened inexplicably. Following the prepared script, she said, "This is where I used to live. You can live here too from now on."
Xuan Ming's gaze swept over the opulent room, his voice flat, as if having experienced great vicissitudes: "As a tomb, this place is a bit too bright."
Qian Renxue's breath hitched. She suppressed her displeasure, "This isn't a tomb, it's a living place."
"Isn't a place where dead people live a tomb?" Xuan Ming retorted, his tone utterly calm.
"You!" Qian Renxue took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling slightly, clearly angered, "Did I say I wanted you to die?"
"Then why did you bring me here?"
"It wasn't kidnapping," Qian Renxue turned her back to him, trying to create an air of profound mystery, "A friend of mine asked me to save you."
"Friend? Who?"
"Xue Qinghe." Qian Renxue uttered the name she had already prepared. "He contacted me, saying you were abducted by a Titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall, and asked me to rescue you."
"And who are you?"
"Qian Renxue. The High Priest you just met is my grandfather."
Then came the elaborately prepared grand narrative about the continental situation, the alliance between the Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, all for peace and order...
She painted a seemingly beautiful, yet actually calculating future, attempting to move this seemingly precocious but desperate young man with righteousness and ideals.
Xuan Ming listened quietly, watching Qian Renxue, his face completely unmoved.
He clearly felt that as the conversation progressed, the five God King wills, like invisible tentacles, were keenly perceiving every subtle fluctuation of his emotions and thoughts.
The Asura God's will was sensing his reaction to topics of "slaughter" and "resistance."
The God of Evil's will was prying into his true thoughts deep down regarding "power," "alliance," and "methods."
The God of Destruction's will was evaluating his subconscious attitude towards concepts like "destruction" and "reconstruction."
The God of Kindness's will was questioning his degree of identification with "sacrifice" and "righteousness."
And the Goddess of Life's will was experiencing his subtle feelings about "vitality" and "coexistence."
They were using this illusion to conduct a comprehensive, deep-level "spiritual analysis" of him! Attempting to find the weak points in his will, or potential contradictions and flaws in his Dao philosophy!
When Qian Renxue said, "For those stubborn forces that attempt to cause destruction, we will mercilessly eradicate them as a warning to others!" Xuan Ming could clearly feel a strong resonance and approval from the wills of the God of Evil and the Asura God.
And when Qian Renxue mentioned "peace" and "alliance," the wills of the God of Kindness and the Goddess of Life showed a scrutinizing gaze.
The God of Destruction's will, however, maintained an indifferent observation, as if waiting for an opportunity for "destruction before reconstruction."
This was not a head-on clash of wills, but this subtle "ideological infiltration" and "fundamental questioning"!
They wanted to see if his heart would waver when faced with the "points of choice" that had once influenced the direction of his destiny.