Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

After exchanging a few casual words with Yang Ping'an, Poseidon got down to business: "Shui Bing'er, this is the final test of your Red-Level Seventh Trial, and also the final part of Yang Ping'an's Red-Level One Trial. I hope you will both do your best to complete the test."

After speaking, Poseidon led Yang Ping'an to the central stone platform, where the Trident of Poseidon stood.

"The Trident of Poseidon is the divine weapon of the Sea God. It weighs 108,000 jin and also possesses the divine power of the Sea God. I hope you can complete the test."

After Poseidon finished speaking, she returned to the stone platform where she had been sitting, closed her eyes and concentrated, as if nothing else concerned her.

Shui Bing'er and Yang Ping'an stared intently at the Trident of Poseidon. The golden Trident of Poseidon seemed to radiate boundless divine power, making it difficult for ordinary people to even get close. Yang Ping'an felt that getting close would be like holding molten lava in his hands.

Shui Bing'er took a deep breath, and after directly possessing her Martial Soul, a huge phantom of an ice phoenix seemed to have appeared on her body, which seemed to become even more dazzling under the light of the Sea God.

Immediately afterwards, Shui Bing'er's entire body seemed to be covered with a layer of ice. She slowly approached the Trident of the Sea God with both hands and gripped the handle of the Trident of the Sea God with all her might. But even though Shui Bing'er exerted her soul power to the extreme, the Trident of the Sea God remained motionless. In fact, the ice in her hands seemed to be melting.

"Bing'er, use all your strength, hold nothing back."

Shui Bing'er nodded, and her seventh spirit ring flashed, revealing the true form of the Ice Phoenix martial spirit.

The true form of a beast spirit provides an extremely strong boost to the body, allowing it to reach its peak in terms of strength and other aspects.

Even so, the Trident of Poseidon remained unmoved, as if Shui Bing'er's strength was like a dragonfly trying to shake a pillar.

Yang Ping'an couldn't care less about anything else. He also activated his martial soul, and his seventh soul ring flashed simultaneously. In an instant, he unleashed his true form as a demonic dragon.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Ping'an's third and fourth soul rings flashed simultaneously, and he used the Dark Gold Demon Dragon Transformation and Tear Crocodile Claw soul skills at the same time. His entire body instantly expanded, and his limbs became incredibly thick, seemingly full of power.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an could no longer care about the scorching repulsive force coming from the Trident of Poseidon. He exchanged a glance with Shui Bing'er and put all the strength in his hands into the Trident of Poseidon.

With Yang Ping'an's arrival, the four sections of the Poseidon Trident began to loosen, and the entire halberd seemed to tremble and move upwards, but it still could not be pulled out.

In particular, the enormous throne in the Temple of Poseidon seemed to have a slight connection with the Trident of Poseidon, and the entire temple was immediately illuminated by golden light. Even Yang Ping'an felt that his power seemed to be affected.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an's eyes were filled with ferocity, and his entire face became extremely ferocious, as if he were a giant beast.

Just then, Yang Ping'an seemed to realize that this test was not about him lifting the Trident of the Sea God, but about assisting Shui Bing'er in lifting it. If he relied solely on his own strength, he would likely be rejected by the Sea God's power of the Sea God Temple.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an slowly withdrew his power and gently held Shui Bing'er's hands.

As the two clasped hands, the possessed golden dragon and ice phoenix did not repel each other; instead, they seemed to be attracted to each other by something.

"Bing'er, open your mind and don't reject my soul power. I feel that my martial soul and your ice phoenix are attracted to each other. Let the martial souls communicate with each other and feel each other."

As Yang Ping'an finished speaking, Shui Bing'er seemed to relax her grip on the Trident of the Sea God.

At that moment, a golden demonic dragon flew out of Yang Ping'an's body, and an ice phoenix flew out of Shui Bing'er's body. The two martial souls seemed to have a spirit, and they actually circled together. The golden demonic dragon let out a series of dragon roars, and the ice phoenix let out a phoenix cry, and they gradually showed a tendency to merge.

In the end, Yang Ping'an and Shui Bing'er seemed to gradually merge into one, forming a huge blue figure. A golden dragon and an ice phoenix were hovering above the figure's head, and finally entered the figure's left and right hands respectively.

The figure's left hand turned gold and its right hand turned blue, and endless power began to entwine around the trident of Poseidon, faintly resisting the golden light on the trident.

With a roar of a dragon and a cry of a phoenix, the Trident of Poseidon was slowly pulled from the stone platform and finally held in the hand of the figure.

At that moment, a huge blue figure appeared on the previously empty throne, just like Poseidon's Sea God Martial Soul, clearly a phantom of the Sea God.

The Sea God looked at the blue figures that Yang Ping'an and Shui Bing'er had transformed into, his expression extremely solemn, but his lips were slightly parted.

"good!"

As soon as the Sea God uttered the word "good," Yang Ping'an and Shui Bing'er instantly separated and returned to their original forms, with Shui Bing'er now holding the Sea God's trident.

At this moment, the Trident of Poseidon seemed like an ordinary weapon in Shui Bing'er's hands, as if there was already a slight connection between the two.

Yang Ping'an and Shui Bing'er exchanged a glance. It seemed that Shui Bing'er had finally pulled out the Trident of the Sea God, while the Sea God's phantom had long since disappeared, clearly indicating that he had already accepted Shui Bing'er as the next High Priestess.

Poseidon appeared before the two at some point, a hint of joy on her face, yet she also looked at the trident with solemnity: "Not bad, it's a harmonious union of dragon and phoenix. It seems that Lord Poseidon has already approved of you two."

As Poseidon finished speaking, the Trident of Poseidon, which had been in Shui Bing'er's hand, returned to the stone platform.

Yang Ping'an asked, somewhat puzzled, "Senior, what's going on? Didn't Bing'er already gain the approval of the Trident of the Sea God?"

Poseidon shook his head: "With Shui Bing'er's martial spirit and strength, she is still far from being able to wield the Trident of the Sea God. However, the two of you together are indeed incredibly powerful. Perhaps as Shui Bing'er's strength increases, she will be able to gain the Trident of the Sea God's recognition on her own in the future."

Yang Ping'an quickly asked, "Senior, can Bing'er wield the Trident of Poseidon?"

Poseidon shook his head: "Unless you two can maintain that state forever, you won't be able to use the Trident of Poseidon."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ping'an couldn't help but think to himself: In the original story, Tang San also used various methods to pick up the Trident of Poseidon, and afterwards the Trident of Poseidon was like a toy in his hands. How come there is such a big difference when it comes to Bing'er?

Just then, a voice echoed in Yang Ping'an's mind.

"Yang Ping'an, you have completed the seventh part of the Red-level first test. All your spirit rings will be increased by 3,000 years. You have assisted Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu in completing the test. All Red-level first tests have been completed. All your spirit rings will be increased by 20,000 years. You will be rewarded with a divinely bestowed spirit ring and will gain Red-level privileges on Seagod Island."

Yang Ping'an was overjoyed upon hearing the news and immediately summoned his martial soul and soul ring. The golden dragon seemed to be over 300 meters long, its entire body turned gold, even its teeth, claws and eyes turned gold. It seemed to be imposing without being angry, and was estimated to be no weaker than a six-winged angel.

Moreover, it seems that a divine power has entered his body. Now his spirit rings have become five black and three red. In particular, the sixth spirit ring, although it did not add any spirit skills, feels several times stronger.

In particular, Yang Ping'an seemed to have a golden sphere in his mind, which should be the divine soul ring bestowed by the Sea God. He could absorb it whenever he wanted to use it.

Moreover, Yang Ping'an felt that his third and fourth amplification soul skills had greatly improved their amplification effects after entering the ten-thousand-year level and increasing their age by twenty thousand years.

At this moment, Yang Ping'an was even more grateful that almost every one of his soul rings was from a top-grade soul beast, which made his soul skills even more powerful, and some of his soul skills were even no weaker than those of a hundred thousand-year-old soul skill.

Shui Bing'er also seemed to have undergone a great change. All of her spirit rings had turned black, and a red 100,000-year spirit ring had appeared in her eighth spirit ring position. Her spirit power had increased to level 86. In addition, she had a divine spirit ring in her hand, and the divine spirit ring entered her mind the moment it appeared.

After Shui Bing'er had fully adapted, she spoke with a smile: "Ping An, I succeeded. I completed all my tests. In addition to the seventh test increasing my soul power by one level, my overall soul power increased by three levels, and the age of all my soul rings increased by ten thousand years. I obtained the second red-level authority of Seagod Island and also received two divinely bestowed soul rings."

Yang Ping'an gently stroked Shui Bing'er's hair. After their martial souls merged, they seemed to feel even closer to each other.

Just then, Poseidon suddenly spoke up: "Yang Ping'an, you have completed all the trials on Seagod Island, and you have also fulfilled all the rewards bestowed upon you by the Seagod. Now it's your turn."

Shui Bing'er seemed a little confused, wondering what Poseidon meant by those words.

Yang Ping'an did not hesitate and took out the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, also known as the Heart of the Sea God, directly from his body.

After the Heart of Poseidon appeared in the Temple of Poseidon, the entire Heart of Poseidon seemed to radiate endless blue light, merging into a whole with the entire Temple of Poseidon.

Immediately afterwards, the Heart of the Sea God seemed to be attracted by something, and it left Yang Ping'an's palm. Finally, it slowly flew to the huge throne, as if that was originally its place.

With the return of the Heart of the Sea God, the entire Temple of the Sea God seemed to emit a dazzling light, directly illuminating the entire Sea God Island. All the Sea Soul Masters, and even Poseidon, knelt on one knee before the Heart of the Sea God: "Welcome back, Lord Sea God."

All the soul beasts on Poseidon Island, and even in the many seas surrounding it, seemed to be incredibly excited, as if it were an ocean of joy.

After an unknown amount of time, Poseidon slowly stood up: "Yang Ping'an, thank you for returning the Heart of the Sea God. Now, do the five of you wish to continue cultivating on Sea God Island, or return to the mainland?"

Yang Ping'an did not answer the question: "Senior, I would like to ask if, after the Heart of the Sea God returns to Sea God Island, it will be bestowed upon others or leave Sea God Island?"

Poseidon seemed to understand the purpose of Yang Ping'an's question: "We cannot predict the affairs of the Sea God, but unless we truly encounter the Sea God's successor, the Heart of the Sea God will never leave this place."

Yang Ping'an finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for your guidance, senior. The five of us have been away from the mainland for too long, and it's time to go back and visit. Besides, Bing'er and the others are also a little homesick."

Poseidon nodded and said, "Alright, there should be a cargo ship from the mainland in a few days. You can leave on the ship. Since you have all obtained access to Seagod Island, you can return to Seagod Island to cultivate at any time."

After bowing to the Heart of the Sea God and Poseidon, Yang Ping'an and Shui Bing'er left the Sea God Temple together.

The five reunited, all completely relaxed. The Seagod Island trial was finally over, and this training experience had come to a perfect end. Now it was time to go home. (End of Chapter)