The two mages quietly digested the information related to the Secret of Six Wings, and Ash asked the most critical question: "What is the specific content of the trial?"

At this moment, the Drama Poet, who had always been forthright, suddenly put on airs: "Final Observer, it seems like you aren’t qualified to hear the upcoming information, are you? After all, you don’t have a World Secret Domain."

Indeed, of the three World Secret Domains, Ash didn’t have a single one.

There wasn’t any particular reason; it was just that after the Battle of Senluo, Ash immediately passed out, and they had to quickly relocate to avoid further troubles, so the Sword Maiden, Witch, and Vishi each took charge of one World Secret Domain.

When Ash woke up, although the Sword Maiden and the others immediately offered the World Secret Domains to him, Ash always declined, saying they should first familiarize themselves with the World Secret Domains before he took over. Thus, it was delayed until now. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Vishi immediately said, "Then I’ll give you the Sky Garden—"

"Just say what you want to say." Ash extended his finger to press against the maid’s lips and looked at the Drama Poet, saying, "If you didn’t want to tell me, you wouldn’t have appeared in front of me."

The Drama Poet chuckled, "I can see that you only seem to use your brain when things related to them are mentioned. Before talking about the content of the trial, I can offer you three trial formats to choose from."

"The first option is that each of the three of them undergoes the trial separately, having to face it alone, with no external help or even knowledge."

"The second option, although Final Observer, you don’t have a World Secret Domain, your Heavenly Kingdom of Souls and unique Wonder status are enough to make the Void Realm view you as a thorn in their side. I can allow you to participate in their trials, so you can help them complete their trials, and when they succeed, you can also complete the trial and escape the Void Realm. Three people’s trials, four people receiving rewards, is quite a deal."

"However, in this case, they wouldn’t be able to complete the trial alone and would need your help."

"The third option is a variant of the second, where you can choose to participate in only one person’s trial. The fewer people you join, the lower the difficulty for you. Those not chosen by you will proceed with the trial alone."

Vishi’s eyes flickered, but Ash turned to look at her, directly pulled her over, and covered her mouth, giving the maid no chance to speak.

"I choose the fourth option," Ash said calmly, "We won’t participate in the trial—ascending to Divine Lord is not a pressing task for us."

Ash wasn’t lying. Even if they could ascend to Divine Lord right now, they certainly wouldn’t do it.

Leaving aside the fact that stepping into Heaven means never returning to earth, more importantly, Heaven now houses four Divine Lords and one Supreme! Ash and the others are not arrogant enough to think that defeating the avatars of the Divine Lords makes them capable of challenging the Divine Lords themselves—that was merely the outcome of a battle where the Divine Lords fought through angels using only one World Secret Domain against them. But each Divine Lord possesses three or four World Secret Domains; if Ash asked for ten World Secret Domains, they’d certainly be able to gather them!

Moreover, the Divine Lords have been operating in Heaven for thousands of years, with angels and various combat units and armories at their command; their Heavenly Kingdom is a true national machine. Rashly setting foot in Heaven would mean pitting their year of accumulation against thousands of years of the Divine Lords’ national creation, and even if Ash were to sacrifice his psyche a third time, it might not withstand the flood of divine punishment accumulated over thousands of years!

Besides, Ash still needs to search for traces of Igula and Harvey on earth; considering all this, raising the Heavenly Kingdom is not something to be rushed, and there is no need to undertake the trial.

"You seem to have misunderstood something," the Drama Poet scratched his cheek, "I am not here to assign a task or bring catastrophe, but to inform you—after you wield the World Secret Domains for a while, you’ve entered the Void Realm’s line of sight, and it is already cursing you thieves who kidnapped its concubines."

"Even if you immediately throw out the World Secret Domains, it wouldn’t help—would an emperor let a thief go simply because the thief touched his concubine and ran away?"

Ash was taken aback, "Then what’s the use of you appearing before us?"

"I can negotiate the specific form of the trial with the Void Realm; you can consider me a middleman," the Drama Poet shrugged. "I will appear before any mage capable of raising the Heavenly Kingdom and let them choose the trial format that best suits them."

Ash couldn’t help but say, "Couldn’t you have told us earlier? If you appeared earlier, we could have found a way to postpone the trial!"

This time, the Drama Poet was taken aback, "Are you serious? Sorry, in all these years, you’re the first mage I’ve encountered who wants to delay the trial time. Everyone else rushes to know how to ascend to Divine Lord when they see me... You’re truly the first... I’ll inform you earlier next time."

"But this time, there’s no choice; you must choose a trial format. Of course, you can discuss it with them. I’ll give you fifteen minutes, and in the meantime, I’ll go buy some instant noodles."

"No need to discuss, I—" Ash paused, looking down at Vishi in his arms, "You bit me?"

Vishi blinked, stuck out her tongue to lick the flesh of the hand she had bitten, obediently letting the hand block her mouth.

Ash thoughtfully said, "I need to ask, after all, they are the main participants in the trial. If Vishi doesn’t agree with my choice and chooses another plan in her heart, what will happen?"

The Drama Poet laughed, "Naturally, their wishes take precedence."

Ash nodded, and whispered in the maid’s ear, "I command you to unconditionally agree with the trial format I choose, understand?"

Vishi couldn’t help but say, "Do you think I would willingly sacrifice myself? I still want you to share my trial! But the effects of the World Secret Domains we control are different; if I can complete it alone—"

"I don’t care what thoughts or plans you have, but the final decision-maker in the team is me! And I’ve already made my decision!" Ash said in a low voice, "You wouldn’t want me to kiss you in front of the Drama Poet, would you?"

The Drama Poet immediately took out an antique camera from his bag, looking at them expectantly.

Vishi puckered her lips unhappily and said, "...Alright, it’s up to you."

Ash paid no mind to her sulking and directly said, "I choose the second trial format."

Under the gaze of the two mages, the Drama Poet pulled out a walkie-talkie, pressed it a few times, and then spoke into it, "Hello, hello, is this the Void Realm? It’s me, Little Drama, ah, long time no see—it’s like this, I have something I want to discuss with you..."