Douluo: Did you move Danta here?

Chapter 537 Taking the Final Step

With just a fleeting glance, Ning Bei inside the Ice God Palace deduced that her father and two grandfathers were likely dead; otherwise, they would have appeared if the sect had suffered such a calamity.

As the situation unfolded in the scene, the two groups began to fight, their ruthlessness resembling that of mortal enemies.

Ning Bei could clearly tell that, for the time being, only Little Angel and Nami had achieved godhood on her side. Although her own Pill Tower had ten soul rings, it was still far from being a true god. Zhu Zhuqing and Adai, who also had the opportunity to become gods, seemed to need some time before they could completely shed their mortal bodies and achieve godhood.

Standing at the rear alongside Ning Rongrong to provide support for their companions, that's all Ning Bei can do in this scene.

The final result was not too surprising to Ning Bei. Qian Renxue and Nami's martial souls shattered and they died on the spot. Tang San did not spare the others either, and the Shura Sword continued to reap their lives.

Just as the Shura Sword was pressed against her throat, the image suddenly vanished, and the light screen returned to Skadi's hand.

"Did you see that clearly? If you don't become the Ice God and kill that person as soon as possible, your fate will unfold just like in the picture."

These scenes should have been unacceptable to Ning Bei, but at this moment, Ning Bei still looked at Skadi, who was trying to move him with emotion, with a blank expression. However, for some reason, he seemed to understand something in his heart.

Why would the final assessment issue such a task, or why would Skadi risk her soul to come and nag me so much, acting as if she were always looking out for me?

"Skadi, I'll say it again: I will never hurt my family, friends, or lover, no matter what."

"What's the point of becoming a god without them?"

"Things may indeed develop in this way, but I will continue to look for ways to break the deadlock during this period."

"Even if I don't succeed in the end, my lover, parents and relatives will not blame me, I believe in them."

Skadi listened slowly to Ningbei's account, as if it were something completely unrelated to her, until Ningbei finished speaking and looked directly at her before she softly said:

"Is this the successor I chose? Now it seems he's not so great. Your indecisiveness will prevent you from comprehending the ultimate limit of ice."

"If I don't want to break through, then I don't want to. I don't want my reputation to be built on the blood of my friends and family."

Their eyes met in mid-air, neither willing to back down even slightly.

After a long while, Skadi suddenly smiled.

"You're fine."

"The most heartless people are the coldest, but that is only the realm of ordinary ice. Only by infusing emotion into ice and snow can one achieve the ultimate mystery of the Ice God."

As Ningbei listened to Skadi's account, a smile slowly crept onto her lips. It seemed that her assumptions were absolutely correct; the final assessment wasn't about simply following instructions.

Rather, it is a perilous situation carefully set up by Skadi. From the moment you begin to complete the test, you will be completely ineligible for godhood.

"The examiner... no, you have completed all nine trials of the Ice God plus the final trial. Now you should be called the Ice God."

"I hope the power of ice can help you!"

Ning Bei nodded, feeling a little apologetic towards the kind-hearted Ice Goddess, as she had just been wondering if this woman was ill.

"Are you leaving?" "Yes, my mission is complete. After helping you forge the divine ring, I will completely dissipate into the world."

"Feel sorry."

"No need for such formalities, new Ice God. If you truly feel indebted to me, then please take better care of the people in the far north. Let's begin."

Skadi's smile never faded from the moment she appeared, and her eyes were filled with relief as she looked at Ning Bei. Her words were also full of a sense of relief, which successfully eased the gloom in Ning Bei's heart.

"Alright, I promise you, Skadi. From this day forward, every blade of grass and every tree in the far north will be my subjects, and I will take care of them."

"Well, I believe you."

As Ningbei sat down cross-legged, Skadi stroked the snowflake pattern on Ningbei's forehead with one hand, and the Ice God Set involuntarily appeared, enveloping Ningbei, while the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul quietly emerged behind her.

The nine spirit rings—three orange and six red—pulled rhythmically, making Skadi's smile even brighter.

The next second, Skadi's body suddenly emitted an icy blue light, which instantly enveloped Ningbei in front of her. On the smooth forehead of her Martial Soul Ice Snow Maiden, a crown quietly appeared, and the temperament of the Snow Maiden Martial Soul changed from beautiful and aloof to elegant and majestic.

On the ninth ring of the Ice and Snow Maiden, a pale soul ring, similar to the tenth ring of the Pill Tower, suddenly appeared. However, unlike the Pill Tower, the color of the Ice and Snow Maiden's tenth soul ring was constantly deepening, clearly indicating that Skadi's residual divine sense was enhancing Ning Bei's divine ring.

Condensing a divine ring is indeed an extremely time-consuming process, even with the power of the goddess Skadi, it still takes a long time.

One day, two days, one month, two months, until Ningbei forgot the passage of time, the process was still not over.

The pale white divine ring gradually transformed from its initial white color to yellow, and then slowly upgraded from yellow to a thousand-year purple soul ring, followed by a black ten-thousand-year soul ring and a red one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

After the divine ring reached the level of 100,000 years, golden patterns began to slowly climb onto it, one, two. The divine ring began to quietly approach the million-year mark.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Bei seemed to sense something and quietly opened his eyes. Looking at the illusory figure of Skadi in front of him, which appeared very weak, he realized that the woman's spiritual power was about to reach its limit.

After thinking for a moment, Ning Bei quickly took out a Nine-Turn Golden Pill that she had made in advance, activated it with her soul power, and threw it at Skadi.

Skadi's phantom also stared wide-eyed in horror upon coming into contact with this pure energy of heaven and earth.

"There's such a wondrous thing! That makes things much easier. I was worried that my divine sense wouldn't be able to hold up!"

With the help of a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, Skadi's soul, which was on the verge of disintegration, solidified again, and the red marks on her divine ring disappeared completely, turning into pure gold. Ningbei knew that her million-year divine ring was now a certainty.

Ever since she suffered a loss while forging a divine ring for the Pill Tower last time, Ning Bei had taken the time to prepare several Nine-Turn Golden Pills for unforeseen circumstances, and now they have indeed come in handy.

Skadi had enough energy to continue, but the woman seemed to have no intention of saving energy to preserve her soul, and continued to pour divine power into the divine ring with all her might.

The spirit ring has already reached the million-year level, and further upgrades will only result in a slight increase in power, which Ning Bei does not consider very important.

"Senior, you can save some of your power to preserve your divine sense."

“There’s no need anymore. A new Ice God has appeared, and my mission is complete. There’s nothing left for me to do if I stay any longer.”

(End of this chapter)