Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul-Chapter 196: Ning Rongrong’s Soul Ring Display Stuns Her Father

"The Light of the Seagod..."

Seeing Su Mo draw the divine artifact, Poseidon's Trident, and now also be blessed with the Light of the Seagod, Bo Saixi's expression grew even more complicated.

She knew exactly what it meant.

It meant the Seagod himself had chosen Su Mo even more firmly. Barring any accidents, Su Mo was destined to inherit the Seagod's legacy.

Knowing that the Seagod had finally found a worthy successor after so many years, Bo Saixi, despite her jealousy and unwillingness, also felt genuinely happy for him.

After all, as the Seagod's most devout follower, she had long hoped that her god would find someone worthy of inheriting his power.

So, watching Su Mo complete the seventh trial and receive the Light of the Seagod, Bo Saixi made no move out of discontent.

[Assisting Su Mo in drawing the Seagod Trident completed. Reward: +1 Soul Power level, all soul ring ages increased by 5000 years.]

[All Top-Tier Seven Trials completed with excellence. Extra reward: 2 God-bestowed Soul Rings.]

As Su Mo finished the seventh Seagod Trial, Ning Rongrong also received a notification of her rewards for completing all seven of her top-tier trials.

This time, Ning Rongrong's rewards were even more abundant.

In addition to the usual soul power increase, the bonus to her soul rings' age had jumped from 500 years to 5000 years.

With the 500 years added from each of the previous six trials, Ning Rongrong's total soul ring bonus reached 8000 years.

Except for her first and second soul rings, all the rest had reached ten-thousand-year level—black soul rings.

Had she received an eighth top-tier trial like Bo Saixi, all of Ning Rongrong's soul rings would likely have become ten-thousand-year quality.

Bo Saixi had once taken on eight top-tier trials, which was why even her first soul ring was a black one.

Because Ning Rongrong had only seven top-tier trials, her first and second rings remained purple, at thousand-year quality.

However, Ning Rongrong also received two God-bestowed Soul Rings. If she performed as well as she had in the original story while absorbing them, she could gain two hundred-thousand-year soul rings.

That final soul ring configuration would surpass even Bo Saixi's—who only had a single hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

"Su Mo, Ning Rongrong, congratulations on completing the seventh trial!"

"Especially you, Ning Rongrong. You must cherish these two God-bestowed Soul Rings. Try to refine them into red, hundred-thousand-year rings!"

Seeing that Su Mo and Ning Rongrong had finished receiving their rewards, Bo Saixi stepped forward and offered her congratulations.

Then, unable to hide a hint of envy, she added a few more words to Ning Rongrong.

She was truly envious—back then, she had only received one God-bestowed Soul Ring herself.

Had she been granted two upon reaching Soul Sage level, she was confident she could have forged two hundred-thousand-year soul rings.

As she offered her congratulations, Bo Saixi had already begun to secretly view the contents of Su Mo's eighth trial.

Previously, she had no access to it. Only after Su Mo completed the seventh trial could she see the trial the Seagod had specially tailored for him.

[Seagod's Ninth Trial – Eighth Trial: Within ten years, assist or lead a faction to unify the Douluo Continent; cultivate to Title Douluo; gather all soul rings and soul bones; kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.]

Upon reading the contents of Su Mo's eighth trial, even Bo Saixi couldn't help but be deeply shaken.

This trial... was far too difficult.

Reaching Title Douluo level and collecting all the soul rings and soul bones were not problems for Su Mo.

What was difficult was unifying the entire Douluo Continent—and slaying the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

She knew very well just how terrifying that beast was. Even she had no confidence in defeating it.

After the initial shock, Bo Saixi grew secretly excited.

It seemed that Su Mo wouldn't be able to complete the eighth trial so easily.

Even if he eventually succeeded, it would take a long time.

That made Bo Saixi secretly pleased.

"Su Mo, you should already know the contents of your eighth trial, correct?"

"This one requires you to return to the continent to complete. Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling can accompany you back."

Bo Saixi smiled as she spoke to Su Mo, clearly in a good mood.

"Yes, I already know."

Su Mo nodded. After completing the seventh trial, he had learned the details of the eighth.

It was nearly the same as Tang San's in the original story—except instead of resurrecting Xiao Wu, his trial was to unify the continent.

Su Mo wasn't sure what the Seagod was thinking by giving him this task.

Was it because he supported Su Mo's ideology of unification?

Having watched the anime, Su Mo knew that before becoming gods, the Seagod and the Angel God had been close—possibly even lovers.

Their shared dream had been to bring peace and happiness to all people.

But eventually, realizing their limits—even as Peerless Douluo—they knew they could not bring about a better world alone.

The Angel God chose to draw the Angel God Sword and release the sealed "virus" within.

She had hoped to use great power to fulfill her dream.

The Seagod opposed this, and the two went their separate ways.

The Angel God still unsheathed her sword and walked among mortals to cleanse the very virus she had released. In doing so, she earned the faith of countless people and ascended through faith to become the Angel God.

She then founded the Douluo Hall to protect the continent, granting titles to soul masters who reached Title Douluo level, turning the hall into an authoritative body.

At that time, those titled by the Douluo Hall upheld her ideals and protected the world.

But later, for unknown reasons, the nature of the Douluo Hall gradually changed. Many soul masters who reached level 90 no longer sought official titles there—they simply gave themselves titles and called it done.

By the time of Qian Daoliu, the Douluo Hall had evolved into the Spirit Hall.

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... Seems like I've gone off track.

Returning to the main topic—

The Angel God ascended through faith, and the Seagod, unwilling to fall behind, spent a thousand years unifying the seas. Through the faith of all sea creatures, he too ascended and forged the divine seat of the Seagod.

Therefore, the Seagod greatly approved of the concept of unification.

Perhaps it was precisely because the Seagod recognized that Su Mo upheld this same belief that he entrusted Su Mo with the task of unifying the Douluo Continent—allowing him to fulfill the dream the Seagod had never achieved in life.

Back when the Seagod became a deity, although the continent was still divided between two empires, the peace and stability under the protection of the Douluo Hall meant he had no justification to take action.

But now, things were different. Seeing the state of the continent, the Seagod simply seized the opportunity to have Su Mo realize its unification.

Soon after, Su Mo, along with Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, left Seagod Island via teleportation and returned to the continent.

All in all, they had stayed on Seagod Island for a little over three years.

When they first arrived, Su Mo and Ning Rongrong were both eighteen. Now, they were twenty-one.

Two years ago, Su Mo shocked the world by displaying Soul Sage-level strength at the age of nineteen during the Soul Master Tournament.

Now, at twenty-one, Ning Rongrong had also broken through to Soul Sage—and as a support-type soul master, no less.

Combined with her current soul ring configuration, if word got out, she would definitely cause a sensation across the entire soul master world just like Su Mo once did.

...

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan

Currently, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan was unusually quiet.

Many of its disciples had gone to assist the Heaven Dou Empire's army in the war against the Star Luo Empire.

When Su Mo and the others returned, they found the clan largely empty.

Neither Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, nor Bone Douluo were there.

After asking the disciples at the clan, they learned that all three had gone to the front lines.

Even Emperor Xue Qinghe of the Heaven Dou Empire had joined the front lines.

Since Su Mo had no teleportation markers at the front, he brought Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to a spot outside Spirit City, then traveled from there to where the two empires were now in a tense standoff.

Along the way, after gathering information, Su Mo discovered that the Star Luo Empire had been reduced to half its original territory.

However, despite the Star Luo Empire's shrinking size, the Heaven Dou Empire's advance had slowed significantly. Progress was grindingly slow.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the Star Luo Empire won't be able to hold out much longer."

"Within one or two years, unless Spirit Hall intervenes, the Star Luo Empire's fall is inevitable."

After understanding the current situation, Su Mo made his judgment.

Then he found himself puzzled.

If things were really like this, then the Seagod seemingly had no need to assign him the task of unifying the continent.

Even without his involvement, and even with Spirit Hall covertly supporting them, the Heaven Dou Empire should still be able to swallow up the Star Luo Empire and unify the continent.

But when Su Mo and the others finally arrived at the front lines, he realized something was wrong.

The Heaven Dou Empire's army was on high alert. Even after Su Mo revealed his identity, he was not immediately allowed entry.

Only after Sword Douluo arrived was Su Mo and his group brought into the camp.

"Grandpa Jian!"

"Grandpa Jian!"

Seeing Sword Douluo again, both Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling were visibly excited—it had been over three years since they last saw him.

"Mm, looks like you've all grown a lot."

Sword Douluo nodded with a smile. He could sense the significant improvement in both girls.

"Grandpa Jian, did something happen?"

Su Mo asked directly.

"Hm. We'll talk once we're inside."

Sword Douluo glanced at Su Mo in surprise, not expecting him to notice something was off so quickly. He nodded but didn't explain just yet.

Under Sword Douluo's guidance, they were led deep into the army camp and entered a rather luxurious command tent.

"Father! Grandpa Gu!"

As soon as Ning Rongrong stepped inside, she called out in delight upon seeing Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi.

"Uncle Ning! Grandpa Gu!"

"Uncle Ning! Grandpa Gu!"

Su Mo and Ye Lingling greeted them politely.

"You're really back! Come here, let me see you!"

Ning Fengzhi was overjoyed upon seeing them return. He immediately walked over and carefully looked over Ning Rongrong.

Only after confirming she was unharmed did he finally relax.

After all, it had been three years since he last saw his daughter—he couldn't help but worry.

"Su Mo, how's the trial going?"

"What brings all of you back now?"

Ning Fengzhi quickly turned to ask Su Mo.

The last time Su Mo returned, he had just completed the third trial. Not much time had passed since then.

By his estimation, Ning Rongrong still had several years to go before completing her top-tier Seven Trials, based on her previous pace.

"Rongrong and Lingling have both completed their trials. I've finished up to the seventh trial—only the eighth and ninth remain."

Su Mo answered with a smile.

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Ning Fengzhi's spirits lifted at once.

"It's true! Daddy, Grandpa Jian, Grandpa Gu, let me show you my current cultivation!"

Seeing that her father still seemed a bit doubtful, Ning Rongrong eagerly stepped forward.

"Nine Treasures turn out Glazed Light—Nine Floors of Nine-Colored Radiance, Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!"

Buzz—

With that, Ning Rongrong summoned her martial soul.

At first, Ning Fengzhi and the others weren't too surprised by her summoning.

Buzz buzz buzz—

Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black!

But when Ning Rongrong's soul rings appeared one by one, Ning Fengzhi and the others immediately widened their eyes in shock.

...

(End of Chapter)

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