As two fireworks exploded over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Ruins, the battle involving Ning Rongrong and her group was declared a complete failure, with everyone else paying the price of their lives.
Ning Bei, who had witnessed the entire battle as a soul body floating in the air, clenched his fists again. His hope that Nami and the others would achieve godhood and return to defeat Tang San together and help him through this illusion was shattered.
Even though it was just an illusion, seeing the people he cared about die one by one in front of him still made Ning Bei feel incredibly distressed, and his gaze towards the white-haired figure in the distance was filled with hatred.
What made Ning Bei feel even more despair was that this illusion seemed endless, continuing on and on. No matter what happened on the continent, Ning Bei couldn't wake up from it, and he could only drift aimlessly across the continent as a soul body, wandering everywhere.
He also watched step by step as Tang San transformed the Douluo Continent into the Tang Sect Continent. Shrek Academy remained the number one academy on the continent, but the difference was that the seven statues representing the Shrek Seven Devils in the central square were replaced by a single statue of Tang San, and the Sea God Pavilion was renamed the Shura Pavilion.
As time passed, a sense of despair slowly welled up in Ning Bei's heart in his soul body state.
Am I going to be trapped in this illusion forever? I've even watched Huo Yuhao be born!
Thinking of this, Ning Bei couldn't help but find it amusing. Huo Yuhao, known as "Huo Hang," seemed to have had his cheat taken away by him ten thousand years in advance. So how would the other party rise in this life?
Sigh, I'm a goner and I still have the mood to care about others. I've been a ghost for thousands of years and there's nothing I can do.
Can I really not go back? Until my physical body in reality perishes?
Another thousand years passed. Ning Bei, who had searched for a way to pass the God Test without success, even heard a few familiar names at Shrek Academy: Dragon God Mu En and Taotie Xuan Zi.
Is this making me go through the plot of Douluo Dalu 2 as well?
If you won't let me pass, then so be it. I don't even care about this damn God Test anymore.
The despair in his heart slowly transformed into resentment towards the God Test. Ning Bei began to slack off at Shrek Academy, even experiencing Di Tian launching a Beast Tide attack on the entire continent.
Looking at that arrogant figure who had recovered his vitality, Ning Bei shook his head inwardly.
This is also a tragic fellow. He worked diligently his whole life, and in the end, he still made a wedding dress for the Tang Family descendants, using his cultivation to help the other party block the lightning tribulation.
I originally thought of helping those Soul Beasts who had helped me after becoming a god, but now it seems everything is just empty talk.
Forget it, forget it. Since everything has nothing to do with me anymore, why bother worrying about it? It's not bad to treat everything in front of me as an endless movie.
Having completely detached himself from this world, Ning Bei could now calmly face his current situation. If he had some melon seeds in hand, he could even eat them while watching the Soul Beasts and humans below pulling each other's hair.
It was precisely when he completely let go of that little bit of hope in his heart that a strange phenomenon occurred. He looked down at his illusory body, which had been the same for thousands of years, and it was now emitting a strange blue light.
What the heck, what's going on? Did I just pass the test, or am I being completely judged as a failure and about to be erased?
Ning Bei, who didn't understand what was about to happen, felt a long-lost sense of unease in his heart. The next second, the world before him collapsed, and the Ice Crystal Palace that appeared before his eyes made him feel as if he had been separated from the world for ages.
"Ice... Ice God Hall?"
Looking at his hands in disbelief, and clenching his fists to feel the texture of his skin, Ning Bei finally believed that he had returned to the real world, or perhaps entered the next layer of illusion.
"Brother Ning Bei?"
"Ice God!!!"
Ning Bei, who hadn't fully recovered, was startled by the fat silkworm that suddenly appeared before him. After all, he had spent a thousand years in the illusion, and seeing this familiar face again made him momentarily stunned.
"Tian Meng?"
"Uh..."
Hearing Ning Bei's tentative tone, question marks floated above the heads of the Three Giants of the Far North.
"I say, little brother, although this trial took two years, which is quite a long time, you didn't forget even us, did you?"
"Did you become a god and now you don't want to bother with the three of us anymore!"
The familiar complaints made Ning Bei's lips curl into a smile subconsciously. Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he closed his eyes and began to communicate with the power within his body.
Seeing Ning Bei like this, the Three Giants of the Far North didn't dare to breathe heavily and all paid close attention to Ning Bei.
Scanning his body, Ning Bei was surprised to find that he could successfully communicate with the Pill Tower and the Snow Woman Spirit. At least the result wasn't any worse, right?
Just as he was about to open his eyes, a long-unheard-of cold female voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Congratulations to the trial taker for passing the willpower trial, successfully getting rid of six negative emotions in the heart: sadness, loneliness, loss, frustration, pressure, and despair. The Ice God Affinity is rewarded to 99%, and all Soul Bones in the body will evolve into the Ice God Soul Bone Set. The Soul Bone transformation period is two years, and the next stage of the trial will begin after two years."
Hearing the introduction about the trial in his mind, Ning Bei was delighted but also fell into deep thought. Had he really gone through trials of so many negative emotions repeatedly in the illusion?
Sadness was because the people he cared about died of old age one by one in front of him. Loneliness was because he was alone in the boundless darkness for a long time. Loss was because he changed from a strong person whose every word and action affected the entire world back into an ordinary person.
Frustration was because he failed even as an ordinary person. Pressure should have come from the heavy burden of fighting against Tang San in the last layer of the illusion after all his backup plans failed and the burden fell entirely on him. Despair was easy to judge, it came from the long time when he couldn't see any hope of breaking through the illusion.
After carefully reviewing his experiences in the illusion and the changes in his mindset, Ning Bei also roughly understood the purpose of the Ice God's Ninth Trial: to test the trial taker's perseverance and ensure that the next Ice God remains calm under any extreme conditions and adheres to the bottom line in their heart.
Opening his eyes again, the faces of the Three Giants of the Far North, which were clearly a little impatient, appeared before him. Seeing Ning Bei wake up, the three immediately started asking Ning Bei about his current situation all at once.
"Little brother Ning Bei, did you just receive the reward for the Ice God's Nine Trials?"
"Ice God, have you succeeded?"
"Can we be resurrected, and never suffer from heavenly lightning again?"
The three had different expressions, some were confused, some were anxious, and some were expectant. Ning Bei didn't know where to start answering for a moment. He waved his hand, signaling the three to stop arguing. The Three Giants of the Far North instantly turned into elementary school students, waiting for Ning Bei's next words.
"First of all, the trial is indeed completed."
"That's great!"
The little loli with twin ponytails jumped three feet high with joy. After getting completely familiar, this Ice Emperor no longer had the coldness of "strangers keep away, approach and die" from before, but was more like a child who had little contact with the outside world, with her emotions clearly expressed.
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