Journey to Shrek Academy, Retest Begins

The Summoning Gold Coin shot out, and the Summoning Gate appeared in response.

Two purple soul rings circled Qian Lei's body.

Purple—thousand-year!

After this trip to the Spirit Ascension Platform, both of his soul rings had evolved to the thousand-year level.

Liu Feng also revealed his White Dragon Spear.

His two soul rings had likewise evolved to the thousand-year level.

Both of them were beside themselves with excitement.

Nan Xuanyu's soul rings were still red, red, red, red.

Although their age had also increased considerably, once they had reached a hundred thousand years, their color would not change easily.

After all, the gap in age was simply too great.

Aside from the increase in his soul ring age, he had also gained the Golden Little Monkey, an existence similar to a soul spirit.

He knew that it was the Golden Silk Demon Ape that had once worked with the three of them in the virtual world.

With it, the problem of his soul spirit was perfectly resolved.

Not having a soul spirit was always a problem.

If the Federation discovered in a future inspection that he had no soul spirit, it would certainly suspect that he had hunted genuine Soul Beasts.

The Federation had long since passed laws forbidding the hunting of Soul Beasts without authorization.

With the Golden Silk Demon Ape serving as cover, no one should suspect anything for the time being.

Twenty days later, Ji Hongbin, Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng boarded a spacecraft bound for Shrek Academy.

Traveling with them were the other nine groups ranked in the top ten, including Bing Tianliang's group of three.

The spacecraft flew steadily through space, heading straight for the Home Planet, the birthplace of the Federation.

The Home Planet had three most important continents: Douluo Continent, where the Federation had originated, Star Luo Continent, and Dou Ling Continent.

Nan Xuanyu meditated aboard the spacecraft the entire time. After an unknown amount of time had passed, the spacecraft slowly landed on Douluo Continent of Douluo Star.

This was Mingdu, the Federation's capital and the political center of the entire Federation.

The moment he stepped out of the spaceport, fresh air washed over him, instantly refreshing his spirit.

What dense Life Energy.

No wonder everyone said the Home Planet was wonderful.

The Life Energy around his body was exceptionally dense, several times denser than around anyone else.

He himself seemed to be a vortex, constantly absorbing the Life Energy in the air.

Life Energy affinity?

The moment Ji Hongbin noticed his abnormality, that term immediately came to mind, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

This was extremely rare.

Without a doubt, Nan Xuanyu's constitution was highly unusual.

If he were nourished by a sufficiently vast amount of Life Energy, it would greatly benefit both his cultivation and his martial soul.

Ji Hongbin had never imagined that Nan Xuanyu would be one of these rare human soul masters.

When Nan Xuanyu cultivated at Shrek Academy in the future, his progress would likely be even faster.

The others could not help taking deep breaths as well, greedily enjoying the fresh air and dense Life Energy.

It was as though every pore on their bodies had opened, absorbing the Life Energy in the air.

They felt their cultivation improving bit by bit.

Their bodies were being cleansed by Life Energy.

Ripples stirred across the vast azure lake, while dense life aura surged over its surface.

At the very center of the enormous lake stood a thick, towering tree that pierced the clouds, rising over three thousand meters high.

"Bzzz..."

At that moment, a strange buzzing sound came from the lake.

Centered on the massive trunk, an enormous ripple suddenly surged outward, instantly turning into towering waves that rushed in every direction.

At the same time the waves arose, green-gold orbs of light the size of fists burst forth from within the thick trunk.

They spread outward, forming vast clouds of green-gold light.

Ancient, majestic buildings lined the lakeshore.

"What's happening?"

More than a dozen figures shot down from the clouds and mist, hovering above the violently churning lake.

Shock was written across all their faces.

An elder frowned deeply and pressed his palms together before his chest. A faint green glow radiated from his body.

Immediately, the green-gold orbs of light in the surrounding air began circling around him.

The others wore puzzled expressions. The Eternal Tree seemed never to have displayed such a phenomenon before.

Could some major event be about to happen again?

A moment later, the elder slowly opened his eyes, confusion showing in them as well.

"I communicated with the Life Spirits. All they conveyed to me was joy and excitement. Although I don't know what happened, this seems to have no effect on the Eternal Tree. It isn't a bad thing!"

Hearing his words, the others visibly relaxed.

Thank goodness!

The elder said solemnly, "Contact Federation headquarters and have them send us the latest space energy imaging.

Let's see whether that occurrence just now caused any changes when viewed from space."

"Understood!"

Some time later, Nan Xuanyu and the others appeared at the spaceport in Shrek City.

The moment they stepped outside, they saw Shrek Academy's soul-guided bus, along with the beautiful Ling Yiyi from Shrek Academy.

Representing the academy, Ling Yiyi was specifically responsible for the students from Tianluo Star taking the retest. In her capacity as a counselor, she received Nan Xuanyu and the others.

After some time, Nan Xuanyu's group arrived at Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy was a sprawling expanse of gray buildings with an ancient style.

The entire academy was arranged in an arc around Sea God Lake.

Upon entering Shrek Academy, everyone felt as though they had entered a hot spring.

The Life Energy here was even denser.

Nan Xuanyu felt as though he had been constantly absorbing Life Energy without pause.

On the way, Ji Hongbin had told him that this was a Life Energy affinity constitution, allowing him to naturally resonate with Life Energy.

By absorbing Life Energy, he could convert it into what his body required.

It would bring enormous and rare benefits to both his physical growth and the enhancement of his Soul Power.

After entering Shrek Academy, everyone checked into Shrek Inn under Ling Yiyi's arrangements.

The moment they entered the inn, nearly everyone sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.

Before the assessment, they seized every minute and second possible to meditate and cultivate.

They wanted to ensure that when the assessment arrived, they would be in better condition and possess greater cultivation.

When Nan Xuanyu cultivated, his body seemed to become a massive Golden-Colored vortex.

Specks of green light continuously gathered around him and flowed into his body.

This was dense Life Energy, originating from the Eternal Tree.

At the same time, his body also emitted Golden-Colored light.

Before he knew it, the next day arrived.

At dawn, Nan Xuanyu ended his cultivation.

After cultivating through the night, his Soul Power had improved once more.

He had also grown noticeably taller, his figure becoming more upright, while some of the childishness had faded from his face.

He had become even more handsome.

After washing up, he was notified to gather in the lobby of Shrek Inn.

Only the thirty people from Tianluo Star who were taking the retest had assembled.

Counselor Ling Yiyi was responsible for leading them and arranging their assessments.

Some time later, they arrived at Shrek Academy's physical testing center.

The first round of testing began, including blood draws, height, weight, Soul Power, Spiritual Power, strength, speed, and more.

Before they knew it, it was time for the Soul Power test.

Nan Xuanyu stepped into one of the instruments.