The unification of the Douluo Continent was already within sight.
They had to act immediately!
At that moment, both the Asura God and the Sea God grew anxious.
The Asura God immediately delivered an oracle to Tang Chen, declaring:
The Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall had gained the aid of a monstrous genius named Ye Yu.
In less than half a year, they had swept through the kingdoms, leaving only three nations—the Star Luo Empire, the Swift Wolf Kingdom, and the Starlight Duchy—still standing.
If things continued at this pace, within half a year even those three would be swallowed.
They could not wait any longer. Action was required at once!
Originally, the Asura God had intended for Tang Chen to comprehend on his own how to refine killing intent into Asura's Power, thereby transcending into the supreme realm of the Killing God Domain.
But now, there was no more time!
The Asura God was forced to personally reveal the crucial method of transforming killing intent into Asura's Power, essentially pushing Tang Chen through to complete the Asura God's Nine Trials by force.
Once Tang Chen's completion was declared and the rewards bestowed, the Asura God directly raised all of Tang Chen's Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones to their utmost limit—999,999 years!
On the other side, Poseidon simplified Tang San's Sea God Nine Trials to an extreme degree, reducing them to something akin to child's play.
At the same time, he issued an oracle to Bo Saixi:
Summon the strongest Sea Spirit Masters of Sea God Island, as well as those across the endless ocean who believed in him, to launch a Holy War—a war to safeguard the Douluo Continent's peace and to defend Sea God Island.
Bo Saixi moved swiftly to prepare.
With Poseidon's interference, the trials Tang San faced became laughably easy.
For example: the resistance of the Sea God's Light was drastically reduced during his first trial, and the duration for the second trial, Tide Refinement, was cut down.
The trials from the third onward were simplified to merely surviving against the seven Sea God Pillars Douluo for the duration of an incense stick.
On paper, it looked formidable.
But under Poseidon's oracle, the Seven Pillars Douluo deliberately held back, allowing Tang San to breeze through.
Thus, in merely three days, Tang San cleared the third through ninth trials, rapidly elevating his cultivation to the realm of Limit Douluo.
His Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones were also raised in unison to 999,999 years.
When Tang San realized his cultivation had reached Limit Douluo, and his rings and bones were all maxed out, he was so moved that tears filled his eyes.
"Excellent! This is simply excellent!
I've already broken through to rank 99, with every Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone at 999,999 years.
Even Qian Daoliu of Spirit Hall may no longer be my match!
Finally… finally, I can reclaim Xiao Wu from that accursed Ye Yu!"
Yet just as Tang San was immersed in fantasies of leaving Sea God Island to take revenge and rescue Xiao Wu, Tang Chen and Bo Saixi explained the true situation.
Next, together with Sea God Island and the sea's Spirit Masters, they would march to the Douluo Continent.
Their goal was to aid the Star Luo Empire in resisting the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, to preserve peace on the continent.
Naturally, the discussion turned to Ye Yu.
When Tang San learned that Ye Yu's displayed power rivaled that of gods—summoning in a single move an endless crystalline forest of towering blue trees, suppressing tens of thousands of soldiers at once—he was utterly stunned, his heart sinking into despair.
No… impossible!
How could Ye Yu be this powerful?
Before, when Tang San and his great-grandfather Tang Chen attempted to storm the Heaven Dou Palace to expose Spirit Hall's schemes, they had encountered Ye Yu.
At that time, Ye Yu had already demonstrated overwhelming might, easily suppressing Tang Chen.
Still, because it happened within the palace, Ye Yu had not fully unleashed himself.
Even though he revealed a Titled Douluo-level cultivation with a terrifying Spirit Ring configuration, he had not used his Eighth Spirit Ability, Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, merely restraining Tang Chen and Tang San with the roots of his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree.
Thus, his power then appeared limited.
Now, after completing the god trials, Tang San believed that both he and Tang Chen—whose rings and bones had all been raised to 999,999 years—had clearly surpassed what Ye Yu had shown back then.
With rank 99 Limit Douluo cultivation, the pinnacle of the Spirit Master system, surely Ye Yu could no longer stand against them.
But the reality of Ye Yu's true power was far beyond his imagination, to a level that crushed all hope.
For the first time, Tang San felt despair rise in his heart.
Could he really ever take revenge, and reclaim Xiao Wu?
Seeing the doubt and hopelessness in his great-grandson's eyes, Tang Chen spoke gravely:
"Xiao San, do not be afraid!
That Ye Yu is indeed a peerless genius, one unseen in a million years.
But we have been chosen by two gods.
We have already passed the Nine Trials.
Soon, we will inherit the God poisition, surpass rank 100, and ascend as true gods.
Though it seems but one step from rank 99 to 100, the gap between a Limit Douluo and a god is as vast as heaven and earth.
When that time comes, even Ye Yu may not be our equal."
That's right… I can still inherit the Sea God's poisition!
Realizing he could still advance further, Tang San's heart rekindled with a sliver of hope.
Soon after, under Poseidon's command, Bo Saixi summoned tens of thousands of elite Sea Spirit Masters from both Sea God Island and the endless ocean, rallying them for the Holy War.
Meanwhile, Tang Chen and Tang San were drawn into the inheritance ground prepared by the Asura God and Poseidon.
There, they began merging with their god poisition.
Under the deliberate guidance of both gods, less than a single day passed before Tang Chen and Tang San succeeded—becoming the new Asura God and Sea God.
Feeling the torrent of divine power now surging through their bodies, both were overwhelmed with excitement.
So this… this was the power of a god.
Indeed, it was formidable beyond measure.
At last, Tang Chen saw hope for avenging the Clear Sky Clan, his fallen grandsons, and his granddaughter Tang Yuehua.
Tang San, too, saw hope—hope to avenge his father Tang Hao, and to reclaim both his mother and Xiao Wu.
But time was short.
Within half a month, Bo Saixi had rallied over ten thousand elite Sea Spirit Masters.
They gathered on Sea God Island, prepared to ride sea spirit beasts across the ocean, landing in the Star Luo Empire.
Of course, just as land Spirit Masters weakened in the ocean, so too would Sea Spirit Masters weaken upon the land.
Thus, this Holy War was a venture in which the sea's warriors risked their very lives.
But Poseidon's faith ran deep in the endless sea, with countless fanatical believers.
And with Bo Saixi framing the campaign as "protecting the peace of the continent," and waving the banner of resisting continental unification to prevent Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire from expanding into the sea and threatening sea Spirit Masters' interests—
Under the twin forces of faith and self-interest, many were willing to risk everything, fighting unto death.