The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

"Class One, Freshmen? That seems to be our class, right?" Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Dong'er.

Wang Dong'er nodded.

"Ah, doesn't that mean we might run into some terrifying teacher?" As Xiao Xiao spoke, she pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the nearby students' discussion.

"Tell us more about Class One's homeroom teacher." A student who seemed to have been assigned to Class One asked anxiously.

"I've been assigned to Class One too. Please, don't let there be any trouble."

"Ahem." The student who had first brought it up cleared his throat and said, "Apparently, her name is Zhou Yi. Because the third-year upperclassmen repeatedly filed joint complaints against her to the academy, she was demoted to teach a freshman class."

"Huh? Reported by the third-year upperclassmen? What on earth did she do?"

"I'm not too sure about that. It seems she was just excessively strict..."

"Could being strict alone get her jointly reported? I heard some insider gossip—apparently, she abuses her position as a teacher at Shrek Academy to expel students whenever she wants. As long as someone doesn't suit her tastes, expelled!"

After listening for a while, Xiao Xiao became rather worried and no longer had any appetite for food.

She had also worked incredibly hard to get into Shrek Academy. If she were expelled...

"Dong'er, do you think what they said is true?"

Wang Dong'er neither confirmed nor denied it. "If she really expelled me, that would be a good thing."

"Huh? Why would you say that?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously.

"Mm... You'll find out later." Wang Dong'er did not tell her about wanting to go to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but Xiao Xiao was hardly satisfied with that answer. She immediately wrapped herself around Wang Dong'er's arm and shook it back and forth.

"Come on, Dong'er, tell me."

"If you really want to know, I'll tell you tonight when we go to sleep."

There were only so many Twin Martial Souls in the entire original story, and anyone who understood knew the potential of Twin Martial Souls. Even if she could not make Xiao Xiao "abandon darkness for the light," getting her to see even a little of Shrek Academy's true face would benefit Wang Dong'er when she dealt with Tang San in the future.

She had never believed that Shrek Academy's higher-ups were the sort who could oppose Tang San. After all, their way of doing things came from the same lineage.

After listening to the freshman students gossip beside them, there was no need to check the class assignment information on the notice board anymore.

They had even mentioned when classes would officially begin.

Compared with worrying over whether Zhou Yi would expel her, Wang Dong'er now wanted to know where Huo Yuhao, the original novel's protagonist, had gone.

Classes would begin in two days. Logically, Huo Yuhao should have arrived at Shrek Academy long ago. She remembered that he had arrived quite early in the original story, yet Wang Dong'er truly had not seen anyone who looked like Huo Yuhao.

There was no reason a mission would pop up when she encountered Mu En, but not when she encountered Huo Yuhao.

Mu En had even dropped the cultivation method for King's Descent. What about Huo Yuhao?

She was not even asking for some heaven-defying reward. Something like Purple Demon Eyes—a method that could cultivate and utilize Spiritual Power—would do. That way, the Spiritual Power she possessed, enough to directly contend with spirit-type Soul Masters, would not go to waste.

Just as she was thinking this, Wang Dong'er saw a black-haired youth in plain gray clothes, clearly from a commoner background, bow respectfully to Mu En before heading toward the dormitory building in front of the freshmen's dormitory gatehouse.

It seemed she had arrived too early. Whether it was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm or Electrolux, they were probably already with Huo Yuhao.

There was no way she could simply chase after him now. There would be plenty of opportunities later, so Wang Dong'er did not go looking for Huo Yuhao directly.

As night fell, Xiao Xiao could not help but feel a sense of accomplishment as she looked at the completely refreshed dorm room.

"Who knew cleaning would be a little tiring, but it feels pretty good in the end, hehe."

During the time she had spent with Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao felt that she had never been this relaxed before.

"Alright, we're all sweaty. Let's go wash up."

It was worth mentioning that the dorm rooms, regardless of grade level, were only ten square meters in size. Inside were only two beds, two wardrobes, and a table.

There were no bathrooms in the dormitories. Whether washing up, doing laundry, or bathing, students had to use the washroom areas on either side of the corridors.

Of course, if someone insisted on doing those things in the dorm room, no one but their roommate could say anything about it.

Since transmigrating here, although several days had already passed, Wang Dong'er truly had not had a proper rest, much less a bath.

"Uh... Xiao Xiao, you go ahead. I'll tidy up a little more." Wang Dong'er pushed Xiao Xiao out.

Although she had accepted the fact that she had become Wang Dong'er, she was not yet ready to fully confront that reality.

"Alright, then. I'll come get you after I'm done bathing." Xiao Xiao did not argue and left readily.

After Xiao Xiao left, Wang Dong'er also walked to the window and gazed at the open space before the building beneath the starlight.

Mu En had long since left the gatehouse. He had probably returned to Sea God Island, the most central area of Shrek Academy.

Though she had not sensed them, Wang Dong'er knew that Niu Tian and Titan had certainly been following her all the way from Clear Sky Sect to Shrek Academy.

Although they believed Tang San's plan would not go wrong, they could not help worrying that something might happen to "Tang Wutong."

Wang Dong'er did not absolutely have to go to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. It was simply that, comparatively speaking, staying far away from Clear Sky Sect was definitely better than remaining here at Shrek Academy, where Niu Tian and Titan could come catch her at any time.

It would be nice if she could accurately learn whether Tang San was able to contact them. She wondered if the system could drop a reward containing that sort of information.

After standing quietly like that for a while, the dormitory door opened again.

"Dong..."

Xiao Xiao had intended to call Wang Dong'er to the washroom for a bath, but when she pushed open the door and saw Wang Dong'er bathed in starlight, her heart could not help beating a little faster, and the words she had meant to say stopped at her lips.

But with her formidable Spiritual Power, Wang Dong'er had already sensed Xiao Xiao's arrival.

"Finished washing up?"

A gentle breeze wafted by, carrying a faint fragrance of shampoo.

"Mm." Xiao Xiao nodded. "There's no one around right now, Dong'er. Go quickly."

With a heavy heart, Wang Dong'er eventually made her way to the restroom at one end of the corridor.

Perhaps because of Soul Power, people on the Douluo Continent matured far earlier than those in her previous life, both mentally and physically.

With a wave of her hand, Wang Dong'er took out a privacy screen from her Storage Soul Tool. Slowly removing her clothes, she carefully examined herself in the mirror for the first time.

The original owner's appearance had already been exceptionally striking. Although Tang San's ritual had shifted her somewhat toward Tang Wutong's looks, fortunately only her hair and eye colors had changed; her overall features remained those of the original owner.

It was only because her martial soul had genuinely been altered, coupled with Niu Tian and Titan being two dimwits, that they had failed to notice anything wrong. Otherwise, they would have grown suspicious long ago.

Her skin was like congealed cream, as though coated in a layer of moonlight. Pale blue veins resembled streams beneath ice, appearing and vanishing with the rhythm of Wang Dong'er's breathing.

Her brows and eyes had not fully matured, yet the outline of a beauty capable of toppling cities was already visible.

Unfortunately, someone ruined the atmosphere the moment she opened her mouth.

"Damn, I'm gorgeous!"

Without admiring herself any longer, Wang Dong'er quickly began washing up.

Perhaps because she was not used to it yet, she took rather a long time. By the time Wang Dong'er had dried herself with Soul Power, changed into a fresh set of clothes, and returned to the dormitory, Xiao Xiao was already sitting on her bed cultivating.

Most of the time, soul masters could use cultivation to replace sleep for a while, though ordinary people were not usually that diligent.

Wang Dong'er had cultivated while at the Clear Sky Sect as well. She had felt something, but it had been nothing remarkable. Now, seeing Xiao Xiao cultivating, she could not help but give it some thought.

Everyone on the Douluo Continent seemed to cultivate in a straightforward, crude manner. They did not even have a proper cultivation technique.

Only Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill could directly guide Soul Power into further strengthening cultivation.

Moreover, the Soul Power cultivated through the Mysterious Heaven Skill differed from that of ordinary people.

Unfortunately, although Wang Dong'er had devoured a strand of Tang San's divine consciousness, she had not obtained any information related to the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

And judging from the original work, Wang Dong'er had ultimately needed to join the Tang Sect before she could cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Tang San had not even been willing to leave a copy of the Mysterious Heaven Skill for her.

"Huh? Dong'er, you're done washing up?" At some point, Xiao Xiao had stopped cultivating and awakened.

"Come on, you promised to tell me during the day why you don't want to enter Shrek Academy. Tell me now!"

Before Wang Dong'er could answer, Xiao Xiao immediately continued, "Shrek Academy is the strongest academy on the Douluo Continent, with a legacy stretching back ten thousand years."

"Even the legendary Sea God Tang San, who became a god and departed ten thousand years ago, came from Shrek Academy. Why wouldn't you want to enter Shrek Academy, Dong'er?"

To Xiao Xiao, this question was as baffling as something utterly inconceivable.

Just as no one would refuse to eat, no soul master would fail to yearn for Shrek Academy. It had practically become common knowledge among the people of the Douluo Continent.

Wang Dong'er thought back for a moment, then asked, "Xiao Xiao, you know that Shrek Academy doesn't belong to any country, right?"

"Mm-hmm, I know that." Xiao Xiao nodded. "They say that changed after the continental war that began when the Sun Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent more than four thousand years ago."

More than four thousand years ago, a continent suddenly appeared west of the Douluo Continent and eventually collided with its edge, igniting a war between the empires of the two continents.

At first, although the three great empires of the Douluo Continent had formed an alliance, they did not work as one. They held each other back, causing them to fall into a disadvantage in the early stages of the war.

But at that time, Shrek Academy's dean issued a call to arms and gathered nearly sixty Titled Douluo-level experts in a short time. Leading the armies of the three great empires, he ultimately crushed the Sun Moon Empire.

After that battle, Shrek Academy no longer belonged to any empire. Instead, it became an independent, transcendent power that stood apart from the major empires.

"But what does that have to do with what you're saying?" Xiao Xiao asked.

"Xiao Xiao." Wang Dong'er suddenly leaned closer, making Xiao Xiao instinctively lean back as her heart pounded wildly.

"What are you doing, Dong'er? You suddenly came so close..."

"Tell me, where did students from other academies go after graduation?"

"Of course they went to the empires they belonged to!" Xiao Xiao said as though it were only natural. "Academies aren't sects. They're under the jurisdiction of the empires."

"And what about Shrek Academy?"

"Shrek..." Xiao Xiao was about to answer, but suddenly stopped.

"After the continental war, the royal families of the three great empires discovered that nearly all the generals they could rely on—even the great commanders who led their armies—came from Shrek Academy."

Watching Xiao Xiao's expression slowly change, Wang Dong'er continued, "Before that generation's Shrek dean stepped in, the three great empires were constantly fighting among themselves. Even when they launched a joint war against the immensely powerful Sun Moon Empire, there was no shortage of underhanded conflict within their ranks."

"Yet the moment the Shrek dean appeared, the allied forces became perfectly harmonious, obeying every command without question. Those were armies that held the lifeblood of the empires, generals who commanded the empires' military might. They had already left Shrek for ten or even dozens of years. If you were the emperor of one of the three great empires, what would you think?"

"This..." Xiao Xiao opened her mouth.

She finally understood why Shrek Academy held such an extraordinary position.

Was it merely because it had produced a legendary god?

To the people of the present-day Douluo Continent, Sea God Tang San was nothing more than a legend.

But Shrek Academy was different. It was the uncrowned supreme ruler of the three great empires.

Moreover, because of the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy had to exist. Only Shrek Academy could keep the Sun Moon Empire in check.

Before Xiao Xiao could fully process that, Wang Dong'er continued, "Shrek Academy has always boasted that it has no private army, but did you notice anything when you entered the city?"

"Shrek City?" Xiao Xiao carefully recalled what she had seen after entering the city, then suddenly slapped her hand. "The city defense army!"

Across the entire continent, no one would ever separate Shrek City from Shrek Academy.

Without Shrek Academy, there would be no Shrek City.

"But even so, doesn't that just prove how powerful Shrek Academy is? Then its teaching quality must be excellent too, right?"

"Are you talking about the tiny dorms we live in now, or the cafeteria where you can only stand?" Wang Dong'er said.

"What are Shrek Academy's admission requirements?"

"Under twelve years old, with Soul Power above Rank Fifteen." Xiao Xiao answered immediately.

"There's one more."

"Uh... a letter of recommendation from a city lord of a main-city-level city or above. What's wrong with that?"

"Then what kind of people can obtain a letter of recommendation from a city lord of a main-city-level city or above?"

"Of course, they're either rich or noble. How could commoners possibly have the connections to meet a city lord of that level..."

By this point, Xiao Xiao was at a loss for words for the third time.

Shrek Academy claimed that it cared nothing for background and accepted only monsters. Anyone who was not a genius would never catch its eye.

Among the Seven Monsters statues facing Shrek Academy's gates, two were said to depict Soul Masters who had truly risen from humble beginnings.

But after ten thousand years, could such legends still be continued within Shrek Academy?