After emerging from the void space,Lan immediately applied to Poseidon to begin the assessment.
Poseidon brought Lan to the location of the first assessment, Poseidon Mountain.
"Your first assessment is to climb the Poseidon Stairs to the top.
The time limit is one year."
"If you fail to complete the assessment, it will be considered a failure.
Not only will you not receive the reward, but you will also be ineligible for the next assessment."
"If you feel danger midway, you can terminate the assessment at any time.
This is a special right granted to you by Lord Poseidon."
With that, Poseidon's body transformed into a stream of light and departed.
Lan slowly walked towards the Poseidon Stairs.
The Poseidon Stairs were shrouded in the light of the Poseidon, capable of repelling any spirit skills.
Lan first reached his hand into the shield, then stepped onto the first step.
Instantly, Lan felt a strong pressure of gravity on his body, as if his feet were completely sucked to the steps.
Immediately,
Lan began ascending the second, third, and fourth steps.
The pressure on him increased exponentially.
Under the pressure of the Seagod's Light, Lan's body continuously unleashed its potential, and even the speed at which he absorbed the spirit energy of heaven and earth increased visibly!
Nearly a day passed,and Lan finally stopped at the 80th step.
Lan's deep-sea domain could largely offset the pressure of the Seagod's Light.
Furthermore, Lan discovered that the pressure exerted by the Seagod's Light seemed to have a similar effect to his deep-sea domain.
Lan had only scratched the surface of his deep-sea domain development; perhaps he could leverage the Seagod's Light to further develop his deep-sea domain!
Poseidon silently observed Lan's every move, her eyelashes fluttering slightly.
"To reach the 80th step on the first day—perhaps no spirit master in tens of thousands of years has ever achieved this."
"Assuredly, he's someone the Seagod values."
After cultivating within the Seagod's Light for a while, Lan discovered that it truly benefited his deep-sea domain.
Thus, Lan began his relentless cultivation day and night.
A year later.
Lan sat cross-legged on the steps in front of the top floor, meditating. Behind him appeared a phantom of the deep sea, a purple-blue shark darting back and forth within it.
At this moment, the pressure emanating from the deep sea realm was enough to offset the pressure from the Seagod's Light!
Lan suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp glint in his gaze. His aura was even colder than before, yet with a hint of mystery.
"I have achieved the first level of the Deep Sea Realm, Guixu..."
This was the culmination of Lan's eight months of cultivation within the Seagod's Light.
Using the Seagod's Light to comprehend the Deep Sea Realm, he achieved the first level of the Deep Sea Realm, Guixu!
Guixu could significantly increase the pressure within the Deep Sea Realm, initially tenfold, and this would increase as Lan's strength increased!
Lan's Soul Power had now reached level seventy-seven.
Ordinary Soul Douluos were no match for him. In the ocean, Lan's power would only be even greater!
Lan slowly stood up.
The pressure from the Seagod's Light had now vanished.
He easily ascended the final step and reached the summit!
With Lan's strength, he could have reached the summit as early as the third month.
The moment Lan reached the summit,the first test concluded.
"Lan, pass the first special test: Transmigrate through the Light of the Sea God.
Your spirit power will increase by one level, and the age of all your spirit rings will increase by five hundred years."
An ethereal voice echoed in Lan's mind.
Lan's first and second spirit rings instantly turned from yellow to purple, and the aura of the remaining spirit rings also grew significantly stronger.
"Is this the Sea God's reward?"
Lan felt the transformation within him, a surge of joy welling up within him.
In just a year or so, his strength had transformed dramatically, equivalent to years of hard training, thanks largely to the Light of the Sea God.
For Lan, this trip to Sea God Island was a truly fitting occasion.
Whoosh!
A golden light descended, and Poseidon slowly approached Lan.
Seeing Poseidon approach,Lan's eyes flickered with excitement.
He knew his second test was approaching.
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Over the next six years, Lan completed several tests bestowed by the Sea God.
Not only did he obtain a divinely bestowed 100,000-year spirit ring and reach the Soul Douluo realm, he also successfully developed his deep-sea realm to its second level: the Heart Sea!
Unlike the Guixu, the Heart Sea doesn't directly affect the body, but rather targets the mind.
Those trapped in the Heart Sea experience a significant decrease in mental strength and speed, leaving them feeling like they were alone in the quiet depths of the ocean, small and helpless.
The soul suffers a profound trauma!
Furthermore, starting that year,the Sea God's tests shifted in focus, now focusing on the mind and spirit.
There were even quizzes on mastering the sea.
Lan felt it was a waste of time, but if he didn't complete these tests, he wouldn't be able to move on to the next one, so he had no choice but to accept them.
Furthermore, the rewards were becoming increasingly scarce, though Lan understood this.
After all, he wasn't planning on inheriting the Sea God throne, and he couldn't expect the Sea God to treat him the same way as his successor.
Such a thing wouldn't work.
With Lan's talent, if he had chosen to inherit the Seagod throne instead of creating his own, he would likely have already completed the Seagod Divine Test and ascended to the divine realm.
But Lan's heart wasn't in it.
He continued to cultivate diligently on Seagod Island, striving to become stronger.
Meanwhile, Lan never forgot his mission:the Empire's final mission.
He told Wells about his training on Seagod Island and quietly awaited the Empire's final mission.
As long as it wasn't completed,Lan would remain Black Ice's man, the Star Luo Empire's premier assassin.
Currently, Lan possessed only a fleeting moment of freedom.
He longed for true freedom.
Every night, he dreamed of the Empire's final mission.
Lan's mind had once been as solid as a rock.
But these dreams once again unsettled him, shaking his resolve.
Simply because,in each of these dreams, the same figure appeared during each mission:
Qian Renxue.
Indeed,in the dreams, Lan's mission was to assassinate Qian Renxue.
Lan woke up from his dream again and again, so much so that when he recalled Qian Renxue's face, he felt a strong sense of suffocation.
What if the last mission of the Empire really asked me to kill the little ghost?
What should I do?
This was the most anxious thing for Lan in the past six years.
On one side was the freedom he had always longed for, and on the other side was the person who changed the destiny of other people.
If he had not met Qian Renxue, he would have chosen freedom without hesitation.
Because freedom is the most important thing in the world.
But even he himself did not know when the little ghost had such a weight in his heart.
Even in the face of freedom, he hesitated.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Lan's mind.
"Lan, the seventh special test has begun.
Take turns to challenge the seven sacred pillar guardians of the Sea God Island.
The time limit is three days."
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