When their group was brought before the circular sea in front of the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, they didn't even need to pass through the trial of the circular sea. The Seahorse Douluo stationed beside the Seahorse Sacred Pillar flew over immediately.
"Welcome, Son of God, and the Son of God's companions, to our Sea God Island. The High Priestess has already arranged everything for you. Please follow me to the Seahorse Sacred Pillar to participate in the Sea God's trial for all of you."
Seahorse's attitude was extremely respectful, as if he'd known Ignaz for many years.
Walking at the front, the confused Ignaz asked quietly,
"Senior, why are you and everyone on Sea God Island treating me with such respect?"
"The Sea God once said long ago that a Spirit Master wielding an extremely special sea spear would eventually come to the ocean's most sacred Sea God Island. We once searched the entire sea but never found any trace of you, until we encountered that Demonic Great White Shark you injured..."
Listening to Seahorse Douluo's account, Ignaz finally understood what was going on. It turned out the Sea God had been watching him all along, maybe even earlier than the Asura God.
But since he'd gone to Slaughter City ahead of schedule and hadn't come to Sea God Island, that's why Sea God Island later took in the Demonic Great White Shark and began searching for traces of him.
The six people behind Ignaz were also somewhat confused. Shouldn't their Big Brother Ji already be someone from Sea God Island? How could he still maintain such a clueless attitude about certain events?
Still, confusion aside, they were happy for Ignaz to receive such attention from a deity.
Arriving before the Seahorse Sacred Pillar, Seahorse looked forward with great anticipation to the trial the Sea God would bestow upon Ignaz.
"Son of God, step forward and stand before the Seahorse Sacred Pillar to accept the Sea God's final trial for you."
But Ignaz didn't do so, because he firmly believed one thing: if he really took that step forward, the next moment the Asura God would manipulate the Killing God Domain inside his body to either torture him or directly detonate the Killing God Domain, turning him into a complete cripple.
After all, deities don't like inheritors who are half-hearted and weak-willed.
Seeing that Ignaz didn't step forward, Seahorse wasn't angry. As long as the Son of God stood before the Sea God's Pillar, the Sea God would bestow the trial.
Everyone stood in place, waiting for a long time, but no miraculous movement appeared. Not even the pale golden light pillar that appeared for yellow-rank trials showed up.
"What, what's going on?"
Witnessing this scene, Seahorse Douluo was dumbfounded. Could it be that the person before him wasn't the Son of God chosen by the Sea God?
That shouldn't be right. Since the Son of God set foot on the island, his every word and action has been closely monitored by the High Priestess. If he truly wasn't the Son of God, the High Priestess should have informed me of this in advance.
...
Just as Seahorse and the others were puzzled, at this moment in the Divine Realm, within the Divine Realm Committee:
"Good kid, his willpower is pretty firm after all. Worthy of being the inheritor I, Asura, have chosen."
At this moment, the Asura God was staring at the scene displayed in the Lower Realm Monitoring Mirror. Fortunately, his inheritor hadn't walked out in response. Otherwise, he would have had to eliminate him.
Someone who has one foot in each boat, looking at what's in the pot while eating from the bowl, someone whose greed is never satisfied (trying to swallow an elephant like a snake), even if he perfectly matched his divine position, he absolutely wouldn't pass it on to him.
Meanwhile, Poseidon, who was also watching the affairs of the lower realm, said with some indignation,
"Asura, this matter isn't up to you. Since he's already come to Sea God Island, he will be my inheritor."
"Poseidon, this kid is the divine position inheritor I've already designated. In thirty years, he's bound to inherit my divine position. If you want to find an inheritor, you can easily choose one of these other kids. Why must you compete with me for him?"
The Asura God spoke without courtesy. He'd finally found such a perfectly matching inheritor with suitable attributes and personality, which was already difficult. A first-rank Sea God divine position still wanted to snatch away his Asura God's inheritor? That was absolutely impossible.
"Asura, you said yourself it's only a designation. After all, that child, to this day, still hasn't accepted your Asura Nine Trials, which means he's not anyone's divine inheritor yet. The Sea God position is still possible."
Although the Asura God position was a God King position, while his Poseidon's Sea God divinity was only a first-rank god, based on that child's previous behavior, he could determine that he wasn't someone who would make choices just for a higher divine position.
Seeing that Asura and Poseidon, two major officials of the Divine Realm, were still arguing endlessly over this issue without reaching an agreement, the Destruction God King on the side felt very uncomfortable.
"Both of you, calm down. Actually, there's a compromise: give that child a second spirit, making him the first person in history to hold dual divine positions in one body. This way, it satisfies Asura's demands and also takes care of Poseidon. Wouldn't that be good for everyone?"
"Impossible!"
Poseidon and Asura looked at each other and shouted in unison with anger.
However, after hesitating for a few seconds, the mutual disdain in their hearts eased considerably.
"The method Destruction proposed is actually pretty good."
"We both already had thoughts of stepping down from these positions to roam the universe anyway. Why not take advantage of that kid's appearance and handle everything at once?"
After days of fighting, they'd finally found a reasonable solution.
"Poseidon, that kid's spear-type spirit already has my Killing God Domain and is destined to be the vessel for my divine power using that spirit to inherit my divine position. As for the vessel for your divine position, figure it out yourself!"
"This is already my greatest concession. If you still compete with me, I'll shatter your divinity so you'll never find an inheritor on Douluo Continent."
Hearing this, Poseidon also retorted irritably,
"No need for your reminder. I'll arrange his second spirit myself."
Regarding arranging Ignaz's second spirit, Poseidon couldn't use divine power to transform and help his body awaken a second spirit.
If he used divine power, then he'd be violating the rule that gods cannot privately interfere with affairs of the lower realm. However, wanting to arrange a second spirit ring for Ignaz was still a relatively easy matter.
At this time, before the Seahorse Sacred Pillar on Sea God Island, just as Ignaz was about to react, the fine clear sky suddenly darkened.
A golden-red beam of light fell from the sky, completely enveloping Ignaz. Two voices rang out in his mind:
"We now grant you the position of Preparatory Divine Trial: Dual Gods Descending Together."
Then, before Ignaz could refuse, under the divine light's illumination, two semi-visible red-gold dual-colored symbols resembling weapons, the divine position inheritance marks, appeared above his head.
However, unlike the divine marks possessed by those with divine position inheritance, Ignaz's marks seemed almost nonexistent, not affecting anything in his daily life.
"You can't operate like this! How can you just create a preparatory divine trial excuse?"
At this moment, Ignaz was extremely depressed. What happened to the promised thirty years? Not only was that gone, but now there was also an additional Sea God Preparatory Divine Trial.