Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 671 Zhang Lexuan Begins the Moon Goddess Trial
Light!

So much light!
Bathed in the sacred, bright moonlight, Zhang Lexuan felt as if her soul was being cleansed by the pure light. Every drop of light surrounded her, converging into a silvery-white lake or ocean, shimmering and sparkling.

"Hmm? You're ready to start the assessment?"

A clear, cold voice rang in Zhang Lexuan's ears, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Is that the voice of the moon goddess?
She had heard the voice of the Moon Goddess when she received the inheritance of the Moon Goddess.

As soon as the Moon Goddess's voice rang out, the silvery-white light surrounding Zhang Lexuan suddenly condensed in front of her.

In the blink of an eye, a cool and beautiful figure appeared in front of Zhang Lexuan.

She has flowing long hair, wears a white dress, and a crescent-shaped crown on her head. In her right hand, she holds a scepter that emits a cool moonlight, with a flawless full moon on the scepter.

She was surrounded by a white halo, and her deep, serene eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.

Zhang Lexuan was shocked and almost instantly concluded that this was the Moon Goddess who had bestowed the inheritance upon her.

"Moon Goddess".

Zhang Lexuan bowed respectfully.

"Hmm, surrounded by moonlight, flawless, it seems you absorbed the wisp of moonlight that descended upon you when the inheritance was bestowed upon you last time quite well."

The Moon Goddess glanced at Zhang Lexuan and nodded slightly.

When the Moon Goddess bestowed her legacy last time, she granted Zhang Lexuan a wisp of pure moonlight power.

Although it was only a wisp, according to the rules of the Douluo Continent world, it was enough to cause Zhang Lexuan's Moon Martial Soul to undergo a transformation.

"We must also thank the Moon Goddess."

Zhang Lexuan bowed and expressed her gratitude. Although it was her first time receiving divine inheritance, she didn't know if the moonlight given by the Moon Goddess last time was part of the Moon Goddess's inheritance process. But it was a gift from the other party after all, and regardless of whether it was part of the process, she still had to thank her.

"Now that I have passed on the divine power of the Moon God to you, there is no need for such formalities between us."

The Moon Goddess spoke softly.

The gods bestow their inheritances, much like mortals accepting personal disciples.

No, this is an even more important relationship than taking on personal disciples in the mortal realm.

After all, compared to mortals taking on disciples, the inheritance of gods means endless lives.

"Yes."

Zhang Lexuan nodded.

The Moon Goddess glanced at Zhang Lexuan and gently waved her sleeve.

"Since you have taken the initiative to activate the inheritance mark, you must be ready to participate in the Moon Goddess's assessment. In that case, let's begin."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Lexuan found herself in a palace.

The palace appears to be made entirely of white jade, its surface smooth and lustrous, like a celestial palace that has never existed on earth.

But this palace was completely deserted except for Zhang Lexuan.

Only the cold light of the full moon in the sky illuminated Zhang Lexuan's body, forming an identical silhouette on the palace ground.

"The First of the Nine Trials of the Moon Goddess: The Moon in One's Heart!"

"Assessment content: In the absence of moonlight, use your own understanding of the moon and your own abilities to construct and depict a bright moon."

"Assessment period: One month!"

As soon as the cold voice fell, the clearly defined full moon in the sky instantly transformed into countless rays of light and dissipated, plunging the entire world into darkness in an instant.

"Using your own understanding of the moon, can you construct and depict a bright moon?"

Zhang Lexuan glanced at the space around her that had fallen into darkness, murmured softly, and sat down cross-legged on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, she released her martial spirit.

A full moon slowly rose from her body, flying into the sky and illuminating the world once more with its radiance.

Does this count as passing?

Zhang Lexuan blinked as she looked at the martial spirit that had already taken to the sky.

This test might be a bit difficult for a Soul Master who doesn't have a Moon Martial Soul. After all, creating something from nothing, incorporating one's own understanding, and creating a Moon as one understands it requires time and comprehension.

But for Zhang Lexuan, whose martial soul is the moon, her martial soul is her understanding and interpretation of the moon!

It's important to know that Soul Masters awaken their Martial Soul at the age of six, and unless something major goes wrong, the Martial Soul will basically accompany the Soul Master for life.

Since Zhang Lexuan awakened her Moon Martial Soul at the age of six, she has been cultivating by infusing her understanding of the moon into her Martial Soul every day, thereby gaining improvement.

Therefore, this hurdle is crucial for Zhang Lexuan.
That's way too easy!

Releasing your martial spirit is just a matter of course!

"No, that's not right! This is a divine trial; it can't be that simple!"

Zhang Lexuan frowned, pondering to herself.

Throughout the entire Douluo Continent for over ten thousand years, only a handful of Soul Masters have broken through to the peak and achieved the position of God. The trials of Gods could not possibly be so simple!
"Could there be a deeper mystery behind this?"

Zhang Lexuan did not hand in her answer sheet immediately. In any case, the assessment period was one month, and she only needed to determine her ideal month within this month.

Now, she still has time to think.

The moon in my heart.
She looked up at her martial spirit. This moon had appeared when she was six years old and had accompanied her for twenty-four years of her life.

Is this the moon in her heart?

Or is there something I've overlooked?
The more she looked at the full moon, the more focused her gaze became, and the more unfamiliar and bewildered she felt.

Suddenly, she understood.

This isn't asking the moon; it's asking your own heart!

The moon in one's heart is not the image of the moon in one's heart, but rather, the moon is what one's heart is like.

A smile appeared on Zhang Lexuan's stunning face.

Having successfully solved the problem, the next step is to solve more problems.

She placed her martial spirit high in the sky, but then ignored it, closing her eyes and beginning to examine her conscience.

"Huh? What is she doing?"

The Moon Goddess hadn't really been paying attention to Zhang Lexuan's first exam.

In fact, she wouldn't have set up these nine tests if her husband, the Sun God, hadn't specifically mentioned it.

The Nine Trials are tests that a first-level deity conducts on its successor after bestowing the inheritance.

For example, the nine trials of the sea god, the nine trials of the angel god, and so on. Because first-level deities wield more and greater authority, the trials they conduct when bestowing their inheritance are also more rigorous.

It's not that gods can simply pass on their divine positions to whomever they want; if that were the case, the divine realm would be in chaos.

One must be compatible and sufficiently excellent to inherit the divine status and stabilize the divine realm. This is the rule! It is also the bottom line of the divine realm! Even the God-King cannot ignore this bottom line.

However, compared to the God-King and the first-level deities, the Moon Goddess is a second-level deity. Although she also needs to undergo assessments, it is not as many as nine.

The Moon Goddess's original idea was to select a few key points to test, and if they passed, she would directly pass on her divine power to Zhang Lexuan, which would be convenient and worry-free.

But the sun god told her that it would be best to have nine tests.

On the one hand, it allows us to gain a deeper understanding of Zhang Lexuan through nine assessments; on the other hand, it also provides Zhang Lexuan with more benefits.

While deities cannot directly interfere in the mortal realm, they can still indirectly assess their successors through rewards.

As for why Zhang Lexuan should receive more benefits and rewards...
Of course, it's to improve Zhang Lexuan's skills!
If Zhang Lexuan dies because she is not strong enough, although they, as gods, can resurrect her, this would obviously be more troublesome.

Closer to home.

After being reminded by the Sun God, the Moon Goddess set up nine tests, but she only wanted to test a few things herself, so she put the more difficult ones in the later tests.

The preceding assessments were basically just a formality.

Just like this first test, which was the simplest test, she didn't just go easy on us, she went all out!
She hadn't paid much attention to the rules of Douluo Continent before, since she herself wasn't a god who rose from Douluo Continent.

However, after deciding to pass on the Moon Goddess title to Zhang Lexuan, she still gained some understanding of things like martial souls, soul rings, and soul bones in the Douluo Continent.

She also knew that Zhang Lexuan's martial soul was the moon.

The Moon Martial Soul is practically Zhang Lexuan's ideal moon, and with her current strength, this round of the ideal moon can be considered quite perfect.

In this situation, Zhang Lexuan only needs to release her martial spirit and hang it in the sky to complete the first level.

Such a simple process.

As a result, Zhang Lexuan didn't hand in her paper. Instead, she sat there with her eyes closed, as if she were contemplating something.

No, what are you doing?

The Moon Goddess frowned slightly, somewhat unable to understand Zhang Lexuan's actions.

However, she didn't bother Zhang Lexuan. After all, there was still a month left. No matter what Zhang Lexuan's current situation was, she could still pass the mandatory submission period after a month.

Given Zhang Lexuan's qualifications, she didn't think the other party would fail the Moon Goddess test that she had set up.

"Hmm, after the Moon Goddess's lineage is passed down, where shall my husband and I go for fun?"

Seeing that Zhang Lexuan still didn't make any other moves and was still sitting cross-legged on the ground with her eyes closed in thought, the Moon Goddess stopped paying attention and started thinking about where Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Ming would go after she and the Sun God passed on their divine positions.

As an important part of the divine realm, deities are obligated to assume responsibilities while in office and cannot leave the divine realm at will.

But once the gods have completed their lineage, they are no longer bound by such constraints and can roam freely throughout the vast world.

Currently, most gods who have been in the divine realm for a long time, unless they are gods with an overwhelming sense of justice and responsibility, are basically looking for a successor to inherit their divine position and break free from their constraints.

Unfortunately, it's still too difficult for those planes below the divine realm to produce someone with the ability to inherit the divine power.

One like this happens only once in millions of years!
If you succeed, that's fine; if you fail, that's really upsetting.

Therefore, after learning of Jiang Ming's existence, the Sun God passed on the Sun God deity as well, even though Jiang Ming had already inherited the War God deity.

Whether it was the God of War or the God of the Sun, after seeing Jiang Ming's talent and strength, they had absolutely no doubts.

Even if there are two gods, this kid can definitely keep his composure!

Otherwise, Dai Mubai would never have allowed the Sun God to get involved.

Somewhere in the God Realm, the Sea God Tang San, Xiao Wu, the War God Dai Mubai, the Speed ​​God Zhu Zhuqing, the Sun God, and even the Food God Oscar and the Nine-Colored Goddess Ning Rongrong sat in a pavilion, looking at the light screen in front of them.

The scene within the light screen was the situation inside the Valley of Love and Destiny.

Tang San looked to his left and then to his right. With so many people around, it wasn't really convenient for him to 'make things difficult' for his son-in-law!

After Huo Yuhao entered the Valley of Love and Destiny, he already had the idea of ​​testing Huo Yuhao again.

Previously, he had Da Ming and Er Ming give the brocade pouch to Huo Yuhao, guiding him to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to retrieve the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red, and Huo Yuhao passed the test.

After all, he knew the nature of the Acacia Heartbreak Red; only true love could obtain it.

Theoretically, this alone is enough to prove Huo Yuhao's sincerity, but he just wants to test Huo Yuhao again!
Originally, once Huo Yuhao entered the Valley of Love and Destiny, he could have been put to another test through the valley.

But now, with this group of people here, especially Xiao Wu, things are getting complicated!
Tang San was somewhat conflicted.

How about forgetting it?

No, no!

We need to test him again!
Tang San narrowed his eyes slightly.

Beside him, Dai Mubai looked at everyone present and asked with some confusion, "Huh? Where's Fatty?"

Although Ma Hongjun was no longer fat after becoming a god—no, before becoming a god—Dai Mubai still liked to call him Fatty.

All six of the Shrek Seven Devils are here, so where is Fatty Ma Hongjun?
“Boss Dai, Fatty has something important to do. When I went to call him, he said he was too busy to come.”

Oscar said.

The Shrek Seven Devils all ascended to the God Realm in pairs, except for Ma Hongjun, who came alone. He has been alone in the God Realm for so long, so as brothers, they naturally couldn't forget Ma Hongjun when they gathered together.

Taking advantage of the lively atmosphere in Qiankun Wenqing Valley, Dai Mubai invited all his brothers and sisters over for a get-together, but unexpectedly, Ma Hongjun was too busy to come.

"I'll go see what could be more important than our hard-won get-together."

Dai Mubai went directly to Ma Hongjun's house.

When Ma Hongjun became a god, he was supposed to inherit the godhood of the Fire God, but because he hadn't worked hard enough in his previous cultivation, he failed the Fire God's test. So he settled for inheriting the godhood of the Phoenix God instead.

"Fatty, Fatty, where are you?"

Dai Mubai shouted loudly.

He wouldn't be so rude to other gods in the divine realm, but given their relationship with the Shrek Seven Devils, he naturally didn't need to be so reserved.

"Boss Dai, I'm here, just come over."

When Ma Hongjun's voice rang out, Dai Mubai raised an eyebrow and followed the scent to a palace.

Although the Phoenix God is only a second-level deity, second-level deities are still highly respected in the divine realm, as they are still deities and possess authority within the divine realm.

"Fatty, what big thing are you up to? How come you don't even have time to get together with your brothers and sisters?"

Dai Mubai said irritably.

After arriving in the realm of gods, they hadn't had a chance to get together for a long time.

(End of this chapter)