Douluo: Traveling Through the Universe, Reversing Time and Space

Chapter 314 The Hidden Dangers of Too Many Divine Tests, and the Perfunctory Red-Level Assessment
"By the way, your cultivation has also reached a bottleneck. According to the rules, when an examinee reaches a bottleneck for the first time, they can obtain a divinely bestowed soul ring." As he spoke, King Kong took out a golden bead and handed it to Yuan Lang.
Shi Yu's gaze fell upon the divinely bestowed soul ring, and his heart skipped a beat.
"What is a divinely bestowed soul ring?" Yuan Lang asked, taking the bead with a blank expression.
Jin Gang explained that Yuan Lang, upon learning of the miraculous nature of the divinely bestowed spirit rings, wanted to try absorbing one to add a third spirit ring to himself.
"No!" Shi Yu stopped Yuan Lang, saying, "Right now, you only need to obtain your third spirit ring. There's no need to use the divinely bestowed spirit ring to add another spirit ring. You can fully realize the value of the divinely bestowed spirit ring later."

“That’s right, it’s best to wait until you can withstand the energy intensity of a 100,000-year spirit ring before using a divinely bestowed spirit ring to add a spirit ring to yourself,” King Kong also advised.
"Alright," Yuan Lang listened to the advice and did not use the divinely bestowed soul ring.
King Kong looked at Shi Yu with some sympathy and said, "You should have also had a chance to obtain the War God's inheritance, but you were just a step too late."

"Big brother, I..." Yuan Lang wasn't stupid; after realizing this, he felt somewhat indebted.
Shi Yu smiled and ruffled his hair, saying, "I treat you like a younger brother. There's no difference between you receiving the inheritance and me receiving it. Don't feel like you owe me anything or that you stole my opportunity."

"What you should do now is strive to complete the Nine Trials of the God of War and become a god. Only then will you have done right by me, understand?"

"Yes, I will definitely work hard to pass the test and become a god," Yuan Lang nodded emphatically, his face full of determination.
King Kong gave Shi Yu a deep look. He knew what being a god meant, yet he still yielded to him like this. It didn't seem like he was saying it against his conscience. This was truly honest and upright.
"Although you can't inherit the God of War's legacy, you can still try to pass the Red-level assessment. With your talent, you should still have a good chance."

“After all, you have previously passed some red-level tests by deities, proving that you are quite talented,” said Vajra.
Shi Yu nodded, indeed wanting to try and hoping to obtain the Red-level Eighth Trial again.
"Big brother, you can definitely do it!" Yuan Lang encouraged Shi Yu.
Jin Gang watched with great interest, and he thought highly of Shi Yu. He felt that Shi Yu was not simple, even more so than Yuan Lang, the successor of the God of War.
Like Yuan Lang, Shi Yu stood before the statue of the God of War. After a sincere prayer, the statue lit up again, and a golden light enveloped him, triggering the familiar talent testing process.
He skillfully concealed the blood of the Dragon God, and the previous deities failed to detect it, and this time was no exception.
A ball of energy flew out from the statue of the God of War, its color changing rapidly, even faster than Yuan Lang's.
It quickly turned into a red ball of light, and its color changed slightly afterward, but it did not turn into gold.
The red light landed on Shi Yu's brow, and some information followed, causing Shi Yu to pause slightly and his smile to fade.
As the guardian, King Kong also received some information about Shi Yu's assessment, and his expression became strange.
"How's big brother?" Yuan Lang ran over and asked curiously.
"Um..." Shi Yu was a little unsure of what to say, and couldn't help but look at Jin Gang.
After a moment of silence, the latter said, "I won't go easy on you."

"Could this be because I've taken too many divine trials?" Shi Yu pondered.
He did indeed receive a Red-level assessment, but not the eighth Red-level assessment; it was the first Red-level assessment.
The test is very simple: defeat the Guardian King Kong. Once you defeat him, you complete the entire test and will receive a divinely bestowed soul ring as a reward. That's all.
The assessment quantity was incorrect, and the assessment rewards were also incorrect; both gave him a very perfunctory feeling.
After thinking about it carefully, King Kong nodded slightly: "That's possible."

"If I reach the bottleneck for the first time, will I receive a free Divine Soul Ring as a reward?" Shi Yu's attention quickly shifted to the Divine Soul Ring.
If I could also obtain a divinely bestowed soul ring, then I would be more accepting of it.
After all, his most important reason for wanting to participate in the Divine Trial was to obtain a divinely bestowed soul ring for free. That was what he cared about most. Whether there was a soul power reward or an increase in the age of the soul ring was not that important. As long as he had a divinely bestowed soul ring, that was enough.
"Yes," King Kong gave an affirmative answer.
"That's good." Shi Yu still smiled. If that's the case, then he has gained two divinely bestowed soul rings, which is not bad.
Including Yuan Lang's divinely bestowed soul ring, he has essentially obtained three divinely bestowed soul rings at the God of War's inheritance site, making his overall gains quite impressive.
The only problem might be that when you want to get the Soul Ring that you've reached the bottleneck for free, you need to calculate your Soul Power level carefully.
You can only obtain it when you reach a bottleneck, but since I transmigrated here, I need to absorb the spirit ring first. In other words, if I want to get this spirit ring for free, I need to raise my spirit power to another bottleneck within these seven days, which is quite difficult.
If the journey was made through a Time Martial Soul with an attached Soul Ring, then obtaining this divinely bestowed Soul Ring would be relatively easier.
However, using this kind of time travel that allows you to freely control the timeline to travel back to Tang San's era might be a bit of a waste.
"We'll think about it more carefully later," Shi Yu said, not giving it too much thought and focusing on King Kong's strength.
"A 620,000-year-old Mighty Vajra Ape, if converted to human strength, would be equivalent to a level 99 Soul Master," Vajra said, looking at Shi Yu with a half-smile.
Shi Yu first feigned surprise at the other party's identity as a soul beast, then said somewhat helplessly, "Then I definitely can't defeat you right now."

With his current strength, without using a mecha, he could at most defeat some powerful Soul Douluos, and defeating a Title Douluo would be unrealistic, let alone defeating the Mighty Vajra Ape, who is comparable to the limit.
This type of spirit beast ranks among the top five among ape-type spirit beasts. Although it is not as powerful as the Titan Giant Ape, the difference is not significant.
Shi Yu then asked some more questions out of curiosity, such as how the other party became the guardian of this land of the God of War's inheritance.
King Kong briefly explained that it happened more than 30,000 years ago.
Back then, he was just a spirit beast that had been around for over 100,000 years. Although powerful, he was far less powerful than he is now.
He was fortunate enough to be favored by the God of War and chosen as the guardian of his legacy site, responsible for helping him find his successor.
He also benefited greatly from this, and under the nourishment of the God of War's power, his cultivation level increased at a speed he never dared to imagine before, increasing by nearly 500,000 years in just over 30,000 years.
"Senior Jin Gang, do you know anything about the soul beasts outside the Inheritance Land? Are there any soul beasts suitable to become Yuan Lang's soul rings?" Shi Yu asked in turn.
Yuan Lang was also looking forward to it, eager to find a good third spirit ring.
(End of this chapter)