Douluo Continent: The Martial Soul is actually Bibi Dong.

Chapter 197 Ning Rongrong's display of her spirit rings stunned her father.

[Pulling out the divine weapon, the Trident of Poseidon, is complete. Reward: 15% Poseidon Affinity, Total Affinity 85%! Gain the Trident of Poseidon's approval and the right to use it.]

After Su Mo pulled out the Trident of Poseidon, he received a notification that the mission was complete.

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At the same time, Su Mo felt a slight tremor in his entire spiritual sea as a force poured into it from above the Sea God Temple.

This power is strong yet gentle, sacred and warm!

After this power was injected into Su Mo's spiritual sea, Su Mo felt an unprecedented comfort, and his whole body and mind felt more comfortable than ever before.

It is the light of the sea god!

Su Mo quickly learned what this power was.

Su Mo then calmly absorbed this power, knowing what it meant for the light of the sea god to merge into him.

This signifies that Su Mo has gained further recognition from the Sea God.

"The Light of Poseidon..."

When Poseidon saw Su Mo pull out the divine artifact, the Trident of Poseidon, his expression became even more complicated after seeing that Su Mo had now gained the approval of the Light of Poseidon.

She knew perfectly well what this meant.

This means that the Sea God has even higher hopes for Su Mo. As long as nothing unexpected happens, Su Mo will definitely be able to obtain the Sea God's inheritance.

Knowing that the Sea God recognized Su Mo so much, Poseidon felt not only resentment and jealousy, but also genuine happiness for the Sea God.

After all, she knew very well that the Sea God had been waiting for many years to choose a suitable successor.

As the most devout believer of the sea god, she was naturally very happy that the sea god had granted her wish.

So, seeing Su Mo complete the seventh trial and obtain the Light of the Sea God, Poseidon did not show any change despite her resentment.

[Assisting Su Mo in pulling out the divine artifact, the Trident of the Sea God, is complete. Reward: Soul Power Level 1, all Soul Rings' age increased by 5,000 years.]

[Having successfully completed all seven tests of the top-tier trials, you are awarded two additional divine-given soul rings!]

After Su Mo completed the seventh of the Nine Trials of the Sea God, Ning Rongrong also received a notification that the top-level seventh trial had been completed.

This time, Ning Rongrong's reward was even more generous.

In addition to the usual Soul Power level rewards, the reward for Soul Ring age has also been increased from five hundred years to five thousand years.

In this way, with the additional five hundred years added to each of the previous six trials, Ning Rongrong's soul rings all increased by eight thousand years after completing the top-level seven trials.

Apart from her first and second spirit rings, all of Ning Rongrong's spirit rings turned into black spirit rings of ten thousand years quality.

In other words, Ning Rongrong only received the seventh test of the top-level assessment. If it had been the eighth test of the top-level assessment, all of Ning Rongrong's spirit rings would definitely have been able to be upgraded to the ten-thousand-year quality.

Just like Poseidon, who obtained the top-tier Eight Trials, Poseidon's lowest-ranking first spirit ring was a black spirit ring of ten thousand years quality.

Ning Rongrong was only a top-tier seventh-level examiner, so her final spirit ring configuration was slightly inferior. In addition, her first and second spirit rings were both purple spirit rings of thousand-year quality.

However, Ning Rongrong also received two additional divinely bestowed soul rings. If Ning Rongrong's performance after absorbing them is the same as in the original story, then Ning Rongrong will obtain two 100,000-year soul rings, and her final soul ring configuration will surpass that of Poseidon.

Because Poseidon only has one 100,000-year soul ring!

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

"Especially Ning Rongrong, you must cherish these two divinely bestowed soul rings and strive to condense them into soul rings of 100,000 years quality!"

After seeing that Su Mo and Ning Rongrong had received their mission rewards, Poseidon stepped forward and congratulated them.

Finally, he looked at Ning Rongrong with a hint of envy and said one more thing.

She was genuinely envious; back then, she had only received an extra divinely bestowed soul ring as a reward.

If she had obtained two divinely bestowed soul rings after reaching the Soul Saint level, she would have been absolutely confident in condensing two red soul rings of 100,000-year quality.

While congratulating Su Mo and Ning Rongrong, Poseidon had already secretly begun to examine the content of Su Mo's eighth test.

Previously, she didn't know what Su Mo's eighth test would be. Now that Su Mo has completed the seventh test, she can finally see what the Sea God has tailored for Su Mo's eighth test.

[The eighth of the Nine Trials of the Sea God: Within ten years, assist or lead a force to unify the Douluo Continent; cultivate to the level of a Titled Douluo, collect all spirit rings and spirit bones; hunt down the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.]

Upon learning the content of Su Mo's eighth test, even Poseidon couldn't help but be shocked.

This eighth test is far too difficult.

Cultivating to the level of a Title Douluo and collecting all the spirit rings and spirit bones would be absolutely no problem for Su Mo.

The challenges are unifying the Douluo Continent and hunting down the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

She knew exactly how powerful the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was; even she wasn't entirely confident in her abilities.

After the initial shock, Poseidon was secretly excited. It seemed that Su Mo's chances of completing the eighth trial would not be so easy.

Moreover, even if Su Mo manages to complete it in the end, it won't be something he can do in a short time.

This made Poseidon very happy!

"Su Mo, I believe you already know what your eighth test will be!"

"You need to return to the mainland to complete the eighth test. Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling will go back with you!"

Overjoyed, Poseidon smiled and said to Su Mo.

"Yes, I already know!"

Su Mo nodded. After completing the seventh test, he knew what his eighth test would be.

Similar to Tang San in the original story, except that his mission to revive Xiao Wu has been changed to unifying the continent.

Su Mo didn't know what the Sea God was thinking, that he actually asked him to facilitate the unification of Douluo Continent.

Is it because they know his ideology supports unification?

Su Mo, who had watched the anime, knew that before the Sea God and the Angel God became gods, they were good friends, and possibly even lovers.

Their original ideal was for everyone in the world to live a peaceful and happy life.

However, they later discovered that their abilities were limited, and even becoming peerless Douluo could not make the whole world a better place.

Ultimately, the Angel God chose to pull out the Angel Sword and release the virus sealed within it.

The angel goddess wanted to use powerful forces to achieve her ideals.

The sea god disagreed with what the angel god did, and the two eventually parted ways because of it.

In the end, the Angel Goddess pulled out the Angelic Sword and traveled the human world to eliminate the viruses she had released, thereby gaining the faith of countless people. Ultimately, the Angel Goddess was deified through the faith of all the people on the continent.

The Angel God, who became the Angel God, then founded the Douluo Palace to protect the continent and to grant titles to Soul Masters who reached the Title Douluo level, thus becoming a truly authoritative institution.

At that time, the Title Douluos who received titles from the Douluo Hall also upheld the ideals of the Angel God to protect the continent.

However, later on, for some unknown reason, the nature of the Douluo Hall gradually changed. Many Soul Masters who reached level 90 no longer went to the Douluo Hall for title certification, but instead chose their own title and became official Title Douluos.

When it came to Qian Daoliu, he built the Spirit Hall on the foundation of the Douluo Hall.

I seem to have gone off on a tangent...

Getting back to the main point, the angel god was deified through faith, and the sea god was not to be outdone. He eventually spent thousands of years unifying the ocean and was also deified through the faith of all the sea creatures, thus creating his own sea god position.

Therefore, the sea god highly approves of the concept of unification.

Perhaps it was because the Sea God knew that Su Mo also adhered to this philosophy that he allowed Su Mo to facilitate the unification of Douluo Continent and fulfill the dream that he was unable to achieve back then.

After he became a god, although the continent was divided between two great empires and not unified, it was indeed in a state of peace and stability under the protection of the Douluo Palace, so he could not do anything rashly.

But things are different now. Now that the Sea God has seen the situation on Douluo Continent, he has taken the opportunity to have Su Mo facilitate the unification of the continent.

Soon, Su Mo, along with Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, used teleportation to leave Seagod Island and return to the mainland.

All told, Su Mo and his group have only been on Poseidon Island for a little over three years.

When they arrived, Su Mo and Ning Rongrong were both 18 years old; now they are 21.

Two years ago, Su Mo, at the age of 19, stunned the world by displaying the cultivation of a Soul Saint at the Soul Master Competition.

Ning Rongrong, now 21 years old, has reached the Soul Saint level, and she did so as a support-type Soul Master.

Given Ning Rongrong's current soul ring configuration, if word got out, it would surely shock the entire soul master world, just like Su Mo did back then.

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Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School appears somewhat calm now.

Many disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School went to the army of the Heaven Dou Empire to assist the Heaven Dou Empire in attacking the Star Luo Empire.

When Su Mo and the others returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, they found that everyone seemed to be gone.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were not present.

After inquiring with the disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, they learned that Ning Fengzhi and his group had gone to the front lines.

Even Emperor Qinghe of the Heavenly Dou Empire went to the front lines.

Without a location marker on the front line, Su Mo could only teleport Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to the outside of Wuhun City, and then rush from outside Wuhun City to the front line where the two empires were currently confronting each other.

After gathering information along the way, Su Mo discovered that the Star Luo Empire was now only half the size it used to be.

With its military strength dwindling, the Star Luo Empire found it even harder for the Heaven Dou Empire to advance, making its progress extremely slow.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the Star Luo Empire definitely won't last long!"

"Within one or two years, as long as the Spirit Hall doesn't intervene, the fall of the Star Luo Empire is inevitable."

After learning about the situation, Su Mo made a judgment.

Then Su Mo became puzzled. If that was the case, it seemed that the Sea God had no reason to ask him to facilitate the unification of the continent!

Even without his help, with the Spirit Hall secretly assisting, the Heaven Dou Empire could still annex the Star Luo Empire and thus unify the entire Douluo Continent.

It was only when Su Mo and his group arrived at the front lines that Su Mo realized something was wrong.

The entire army of the Heavenly Dou Empire was under heavy guard. Even after Su Mo revealed his identity upon arrival, he was unable to enter immediately.

It wasn't until Sword Douluo appeared that Su Mo and the others were brought into the army.

"Grandpa Sword!"

"Grandpa Sword!"

Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling were overjoyed to see Sword Douluo, as they hadn't seen him for over three years.

"Hmm, it seems you've all grown a lot!"

Sword Douluo smiled and nodded; he could sense Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling's growth.

"Grandpa Jian, has something happened?"

Su Mo then directly inquired about Sword Douluo.

"Okay, let's talk about it inside!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Sword Douluo glanced at Su Mo with some surprise. He hadn't expected Su Mo to notice something was wrong so soon after arriving. He nodded and said softly, without revealing what had happened.

Then, led by Sword Douluo, Su Mo and his group went deep into the army and arrived at a rather luxurious tent.

"Daddy, Grandpa Bone!"

As soon as Ning Rongrong entered, she saw Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi and cheered.

"Uncle Ning, Grandpa Gu!"

"Uncle Ning, Grandpa Gu!"

Su Mo and Ye Lingling also greeted them politely.

"You're really back! Let me see!"

Ning Fengzhi was very happy to see Su Mo and the others return. He quickly walked up to Ning Rongrong and carefully examined her.

Ning Fengzhi was relieved after finding that Ning Rongrong was perfectly fine.

After all, Ning Fengzhi hadn't seen his daughter for three years, so he was bound to be a little worried.

"Su Mo, how did your assessment go?"

"Why are they all back this time?"

Ning Fengzhi then looked at Su Mo and asked him a question.

When Su Mo came back last time, he had just finished the third test. It hasn't been long since Su Mo finished the third test!

According to his concerns, it would take Ning Rongrong at least several more years to complete the top-level seven tests, based on her previous pace!

"Rongrong and Lingling have both finished their assessments. Now I only have the eighth and ninth assessments to go!"

Su Mo said with a smile.

"Really? That's great!"

Ning Fengzhi was immediately invigorated upon hearing Su Mo's words.

"Of course it's true, Dad, Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone, let me show you my current cultivation level!"

Seeing that her father still seemed a little skeptical, Ning Rongrong immediately jumped out and said excitedly.

"Nine treasures transform into glazed tiles, nine layers of nine colors, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!"

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Then, Ning Rongrong immediately summoned her martial soul.

Ning Fengzhi and the others weren't too surprised to see Ning Rongrong summon her martial soul.

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Purple, black, black, black, black!

However, when Ning Rongrong's spirit rings appeared one by one, Ning Fengzhi and the others immediately widened their eyes.

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(End of this chapter)