Douluo: Did you move Danta here?

Chapter 411 Return to reality
As two fireworks exploded over the ruins of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the battle ended in a crushing defeat for Ning Rongrong and her group, who, along with the others, paid the ultimate price.

Ning Bei, who witnessed the entire battle from her soul, clenched her fists again. Her hopes that Nami and the others would return after achieving godhood and join forces to defeat Tang San to help her get through this illusion were shattered.

Even though it was just an illusion, watching the people she cared about die one by one in front of her still made Ning Bei feel extremely distressed, and her eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at the white-haired figure in the distance.

What made Ningbei even more desperate was that this illusion seemed to last forever. No matter what happened on the continent, Ningbei could not wake up from it, and he could only wander aimlessly on the continent as a soul.

They also watched as Tang San transformed Douluo Continent into Tangmen Continent step by step. Shrek Academy remained the number one academy on the continent, just as before. The difference was that the seven statues representing the Shrek Seven Devils were no longer in the center of the square. Instead, a statue of Tang San stood alone, and the Sea God Pavilion was renamed the Asura Pavilion.

As time passed, a sense of despair slowly welled up in Ning Bei's heart, even in her soul form.

"Am I going to be trapped in this illusion forever? I'll have to watch Huo Yuhao be born!"

Thinking of this, Ning Bei couldn't help but laugh. Huo Yuhao, who was known as "Huo the Cheat," seemed to have had all his cheat codes taken away by her ten thousand years in advance. How would Huo Yuhao rise to power in this life?

"Sigh, this damn thing still has the mind to care about others, even though it's been a ghost for thousands of years and there's nothing that can be done about it."

"Is it really impossible to go back? Until the physical body perishes in reality?"

Another thousand years have passed, and Ning Bei, who has been searching for a way to pass the divine test to no avail, even heard a few familiar names at Shrek Academy: Dragon God Mu En and Taotie Xuanzi.

"Are you making me go through the entire storyline of Douluo Continent II as well?"

"If they won't let me pass, then they won't let me pass. I don't care about that damn test."

The despair in her heart slowly turned into resentment towards the Divine Examination, and Ning Bei began to slack off at Shrek Academy, even experiencing Di Tian's beast tide attack on the entire continent.

Looking at that arrogant figure who had regained his energy, Ning Bei shook her head inwardly.

"What a tragic figure. He worked diligently his whole life, only to end up benefiting the Tang family's descendants by using his cultivation to shield them from the tribulation."

"I was originally planning to lend a hand to the soul beasts that helped me after I became a god, but now it seems that it was all just empty talk."

"Forget it, forget it. Since it has nothing to do with me anymore, why bother with it? It's not bad to treat everything as a never-ending movie."

Having completely detached himself from this world, Ning Bei can now calmly face his current situation. If he had a handful of melon seeds in hand, he could even eat them while watching the soul beasts and humans below pulling each other's hair.

Just as he completely let go of that last bit of hope, a strange sight appeared. He looked down at his illusory body, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, and it was now emitting an eerie blue light.

"What the heck? Did I just pass the test, or have I been completely disqualified and am going to be eliminated?"

Ning Bei, who did not understand what was about to happen, felt a long-lost sense of unease. The next second, the world in front of him collapsed, and the ice crystal palace that appeared in front of him made him feel as if he had been transported to another world.

"The Ice Temple?"

Looking at her hands in disbelief, clenching her fists and feeling the texture of her skin, Ning Bei finally believed that she had either returned to the real world or entered the next level of illusion.

"Brother Ningbei?" "Lord Ice God!!!"

Ning Bei, who hadn't yet come to his senses, was startled by the sudden appearance of the fat silkworm from before. After all, he had spent a thousand years in the illusion, and seeing this familiar face again left him somewhat bewildered.

"Tianmeng?"

"Forehead"

Hearing Ning Bei's tentative tone, question marks appeared on the foreheads of the three giants of the far north.

"Hey bro, this assessment did take two years, which is a bit long, but you can't possibly not recognize us, can you?"

"Have you become a god now and don't want to deal with the three of us anymore?!"

The familiar sarcasm made Ning Bei's lips unconsciously curl into a smile. Then, as if she suddenly thought of something, she closed her eyes and began to communicate with the power in her body.

Seeing Ning Bei's actions, the three giants of the far north didn't dare to breathe loudly and all paid close attention to Ning Bei.

After scanning his body, Ning Bei was surprised to find that he could successfully communicate with the Danta and the Snow Maiden Martial Soul, so at least there wouldn't be any worse results, right?
Just as I was about to open my eyes, a long-lost, cold female voice suddenly appeared in my mind.

"Congratulations to the examinee for passing the willpower test and successfully getting rid of the six negative emotions in your heart, including sadness, loneliness, loss, frustration, pressure and despair. You are rewarded with a 99% compatibility with the Ice God and all your soul bones will evolve into the Ice God Soul Bone Set. The soul bone transformation period is two years. The next stage of the test will begin after two years."

Upon hearing the description of the assessment in her mind, Ning Bei was overjoyed but then fell into deep thought. Had she really experienced so many negative emotions during the assessment that she had been going through in the illusion?
Sadness comes from watching those you care about grow old and die before your eyes; loneliness comes from being alone in endless darkness for a long time; and loss comes from going from being a powerful person whose every word and action could influence the entire world back to being an ordinary person.

Frustration stems from failing even as an ordinary person; pressure likely arises from the fact that all of his backup plans failed in the final illusion, leaving the burden of fighting Tang San entirely on his shoulders; and despair is easily identified as the long period of time in which no hope of breaking through the illusion can be seen.

After carefully reviewing her experiences in the illusion and the changes in her mindset, Ning Bei roughly understood the purpose of the Ice God's Ninth Trial: to test the examinee's perseverance and ensure that the next Ice God would remain calm and uphold her inner bottom line under any extreme conditions.

When she opened her eyes again, the faces of the three giants of the far north, who were clearly impatient, appeared before her. Upon seeing Ning Bei wake up, the three of them immediately began to ask her about her current condition.

"Brother Ningbei, did you just accept the reward from the Nine Trials of the Ice God?"

"Lord Ice God, have you succeeded?"

"Can we be resurrected and never have to suffer from heavenly lightning again?"

The three men had different expressions: some were confused, some were anxious, and some were expectant. Ning Bei didn't know where to begin her answer, so she waved her hand to signal the three men to stop arguing. The three giants of the far north instantly transformed into elementary school students, waiting for Ning Bei to continue.

"First of all, the assessment has indeed been completed."

"Great!"

The twin-tailed little girl jumped for joy. After becoming completely familiar with him, Hyotei no longer had the coldness that kept strangers at bay, but was more like a child who had little contact with the outside world, his joys and sorrows overflowing.

(End of this chapter)