Spring passed and autumn came, and half a year flew by in the blink of an eye. Zhongli, Guizhong, and Azhdaha returned to the Douluo Continent.
With the return of Zhongli and the others, the Divine Realm Conference began. Destruction and Life went their separate ways, and the meeting concluded.
Only now could the gods finally spare some time to check on their inheritors.
The first to seek out their inheritor was not the secondary gods, but the Fire God.
At this moment, the Fire God felt extremely fortunate and excited about the decision he had made back then.
"Du Siji, what's your current situation?"
Without bothering to observe, the Fire God directly contacted Du Siji.
The voice he hadn't heard for a long time made Du Siji, who was in the middle of training, slightly stunned.
If it weren't for this voice, he would have almost forgotten that he was a god's inheritor.
"Old Fire, you're being a bit unfair!"
Du Siji roared angrily, "Do you know how I've spent this past year?"
After completing the Fire God's sixth trial, he hadn't even received his reward before the Fire God "ran away"!
No matter how he called out, even if he cursed, the other party didn't respond at all, making Du Siji suspect that the Fire God had died in battle.
Hearing this, the Fire God's eye twitched, and his eyelids jumped wildly.
Why was he like this? Shouldn't he ask Du Siji' sect master?
Wait, the Body Sect has been disbanded now.
"Then do you know how I've spent this day?"
The Fire God said gloomily. Although his words were calm, they carried a hint of desolation.
To Du Siji, these words had a somewhat resentful tone, leaving him momentarily stunned.
"So you really had something going on."
"Even you gods have things you can't solve?"
Du Siji asked with a puzzled expression, his anger subsiding a bit.
Although he couldn't see the Fire God's face, he could hear the resentment and helplessness in his voice.
There are many things that gods can't solve, especially when it comes to that person...
"I have to talk about your Martial God..."
The Fire God recounted the events of the Divine Realm, leaving Du Siji dumbfounded.
His sect master... no, his Martial God, was that terrifying?
To intimidate the entire Divine Realm alone, even the God King-level Asura God was forced to sever an arm to cut off karma.
"Whew~"
Du Siji took a deep breath, feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Suddenly, he felt that their decision as Body Soul members to cling to that leg was the wisest choice of their lives.
Of course, even without this incident, it would still be the most correct thing they had ever done.
"So that's what happened. I thought you were dead."
An honest man never hides or conceals anything, saying whatever is on his mind.
Du Siji had genuinely thought the Fire God was dead; otherwise, why would he disappear for so long?
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had two god inheritors who could exchange information with each other.
Over at the Star Luo Empire, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai could also exchange information and knew something had happened in the Divine Realm.
But Du Siji had no one to exchange information with. As a peak-level first-grade god, the Fire God was one of the main members attacking the shield and truly didn't have time to inform Du Siji.
"Hmph, with my strength, protecting the five God Kings in front of me, how could I die so easily!"
The Fire God snorted, not feeling this was a disgrace but instead extremely proud.
Knowing you can't win but still fighting to the death is a foolish decision.
If the five God King-level experts couldn't hold out, he would immediately flee without hesitation.
"Protecting them in front of you?"
For a moment, Du Siji fell into deep thought.
This Fire God is really interesting. Are fire element people and gods always this lively?
Diluc: "..."
As if remembering something, the Fire God changed the subject, "You just need to understand the general situation."
"But don't spread it around!"
"Next, let's settle the rewards for the sixth trial and announce the content of the seventh trial."
Here, he paused before continuing, "You need to become a god quickly. I can sense that several second-grade god inheritors on the Douluo Continent are stuck at the sixth trial."
"And there's also a first-grade god inheritor..."
The Fire God was stunned, somewhat bewildered.
"Wait, what's she doing???"
He really hadn't paid attention to this god inheritor before, mainly because she had been a god inheritor for too long.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just didn't expect that her inheritor would be the one to get ahead in the end."
The Fire God sighed. He had thought that with his "letting loose" and help, Du Siji would be the first to become a god.
He never expected to have overlooked a first-grade god inheritor.
As if remembering something, the Fire God's lips curled into a smile, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
"But you don't need to feel ashamed. That person's inheritor has been undergoing the god trials for nearly twenty years."
"She's now on the ninth trial, which is quite reasonable."
"Nearly twenty years, ninth trial?"
For a god inheritor like Du Siji, it was impossible to understand how someone could undergo god trials for twenty years and still not become a god.
"Yes, but don't panic. That god doesn't have time to deal with her inheritor now. Her enemy has been greatly weakened, and she might test the waters before officially leaving her god position, allowing her inheritor to merge with it."
"In other words, although she's on the ninth trial, it's not something she can complete in a short time to merge with the god equipment, god position, ignite the divine fire, and become a god."
"Her current state is actually quite pitiful..."
If it were before, the Rakshasa God would have basically resigned herself to her fate, knowing she was no match for Asura.
But now it's different. Asura is severely injured and has lost an arm. If the Rakshasa God doesn't have any ideas now, she wouldn't be the Rakshasa God.
Bib Dong is in the process of merging with the god equipment but can't merge with the god position because the Rakshasa God has more important things to do now.
In this state, as the Fire God put it, Bib Dong is quite pitiful.
Hearing this, Du Siji seemed to think of something and was about to speak, but the Fire God interrupted him.
"Don't worry, after you complete the eighth trial, I'll leave my god position. Even if I get killed, it won't affect your merger."
The Fire God said nonchalantly, his tone very relaxed.
"If you really get killed by someone, I'll definitely avenge you!"
Fire God: "..."
"I believe you, but I still want to live a few more years..."
At the same time, the other gods also sought out their inheritors. Those in a good mood would explain why they had disappeared for over a year, while those in a bad mood, being gods, didn't need to explain much to their inheritors.
Not all gods treated their inheritors like the Fire God, who saw Du Siji as a friend rather than just an inheritor.
He felt that this young man was really like him in his youth. Seeing Du Siji was like seeing his former self.
"Remember, Martial God and anything related to him, even a dragon that looks like a toad, are not to be trifled with!"