Xu Xiao and Mu En's Long-Distance Conversation

"How much do you know?!" Mu En stared fixedly at Elder Zu.

Ever since learning that every Sea God Pavilion Master over the past ten thousand years had become nourishment for Tang San's control over Douluo Continent, he had sworn that if he ever had the chance to become a god, he would make Tang San pay the price!

"This one does not know such things." Elder Zu's expression remained calm.

Mu En was not angered by Elder Zu's words and merely gestured for him to continue.

"However, my Lord knows everything, including Sea God Tang San's ultimate objective."

"Ultimate objective?"

That was right. That man had already become a god. Douluo Continent was likely only one part of his plan.

Elder Zu took out a Soul Tool video communication screen. Xu Xiao had obtained it from the Tower of Myriad Laws; with the current development of Soul Tools in the second Douluo era, such a thing was still impossible to create.

Mu En looked somewhat puzzledly at the black panel Elder Zu had taken out. Still, he was not worried that the other party would pull out some Soul Tool specifically designed to target Soul Masters.

He could enter the Pseudo-God Realm at any time. He had nothing to fear.

"What is this?"

The black panel suddenly flickered, and then Xu Xiao appeared within it.

Seeing Mu En's curious expression, Xu Xiao did not ridicule him and merely explained patiently, "This is the latest household Soul Tool developed by my Taiyue Empire. Dragon God Douluo, please rest assured."

He then added, "You have likely already guessed my purpose in coming here."

Mu En also knew that this was not the time to discuss Soul Tools.

"Are you the new ruler of the Taiyue Empire, sir?"

It was not a baseless guess. Someone capable of making a man like Elder Zu treat him with such reverence—

Moreover, the bearing displayed by the man on the screen, along with those confident eyes that seemed to hold everything under control—

"That is correct. I am the Emperor. Let us leave introductions at that. You should have many questions for me."

Before Mu En could speak, Xu Xiao smiled and said, "I do not have much time. I will give you only three chances to ask questions, and then we can discuss cooperation."

His tone was domineering, leaving Mu En with no choice but to accept.

After pondering for a long time, Mu En spoke cautiously.

"First question: who else on Douluo Continent was sent by Tang San?"

"Other than Ah Yin, Sea God Tang San's mother, whom you have already killed, he also sent his father here. At this moment, he is likely competing with the spirit of the Douluo Star plane for authority."

"And those two Clear Sky Sect soul beasts he left behind—heh, can you guess who those two soul beasts are?"

Hearing the teasing tone in Xu Xiao's voice, an absurd thought flashed through Mu En's mind.

He tested the waters. "Could It Be... the two Sect Masters?"

When Xu Xiao smiled and nodded, Mu En's face turned ashen. "How could those disloyal and unrighteous beasts dare?!"

"Shrek cultivated him into godhood, yet this is how he repays us. Even the Clear Sky Sect that gave him life and raised him had its Sect Masters replaced by two beasts."

Mu En almost felt pity for those Clear Sky Sect Soul Masters now. He had always wondered why those two did not bear the surname Tang.

A beast so disloyal, unfilial, inhumane, and unrighteous was, even if he became a god, an evil god in Shrek's eyes!

Seeing Mu En's face turn purple with rage, Xu Xiao spoke with a smile. "Oh, right. He also split his daughter's soul into three parts. One part is Wang Dong, who will enter your academy to study six years from now."

"That damned wretch! Simply... simply..."

Even with Mu En's temper, he could not help but curse Sea God Tang San at this moment. Shrek had hunted Evil Soul Masters for ten thousand years, yet he had never heard of anyone voluntarily splitting the soul of their own flesh and blood.

"Shrek raised such an evil god. He has harmed everyone."

At that moment, Mu En's eyes were slightly moist.

He did not ask about the whereabouts of the second soul. Mu En was not a lunatic like Tang San, who constantly talked about exterminating entire families. He would only settle accounts with the chief culprit behind all this!

"Second question: when will that evil god Tang San come for us?"

Mu En asked this because, before Ah Yin died, she had desperately begged him and inadvertently revealed Tang San's fanatical desire to control Douluo Continent.

Xu Xiao did not actually know the answer to this question. Still, he roughly estimated the distance the system had shifted them back then, thinking that he would first fool the other man into believing him.

"He is, after all, a God King—and a God King who controls the God Realm's core. Even if he receives the full support of every god in the God Realm, it will take at least a hundred years for him to bring the God Realm back."

"A hundred years? That will be enough!"

Mu En had that confidence. He could sense that without the God Realm, becoming a god on Douluo Star had become easier; there simply were no godly positions available.

Yet when he thought of how that evil god Tang San might have a group of gods following him, he knew that even if he became a god by then, he would still be no match for them.

Watching this old man who had worried over Shrek his entire life, Xu Xiao felt a measure of respect for him.

"You need not worry. Even if he returns a hundred years later with the God Realm, Douluo Star will already possess many gods of its own by then!"

Mu En was about to say that becoming a god was not so easy, but Xu Xiao directly cut him off.

"Look at Elder Zu beside me. He possesses the aptitude to become a god, does he not?"

Upon hearing this, Mu En looked at the old man, who had remained silent since Xu Xiao appeared.

"At Rank 97, he can already exchange blows with a Limit Douluo. His martial soul also faintly shows a tendency to suppress mine." Mu En nodded in agreement.

"I have many such experts under my command, and there will be even more in the future. Even if the God Realm comes, it will be useless!"

As Xu Xiao spoke these words, he radiated an unprecedented dominance.

Although Mu En did not know where Xu Xiao got such confidence, his instincts, honed over many years, told him that this man was not lying.

"You have one final question." Xu Xiao said calmly.

Mu En actually had many more things he wished to ask, but Xu Xiao would only allow one last question.

After considering it carefully, he asked, "May I ask whether the Taiyue Empire has..."

"Yes!" Xu Xiao had known what he wanted to ask from the moment he opened his mouth.

Mu En himself knew that he had asked a rather pointless question.

"You want to know how my empire will treat Shrek after it dominates Douluo Star?"

"That concerns the cooperation between us."

"How would we cooperate?" Mu En wanted to see how this young monarch intended to coexist with Shrek Academy.

"It is quite simple. Your Shrek is merely an academy. I do not wish for there to remain some state within a state in the end."

"Shrek Academy also does not need so many of its own Title Douluos."

Mu En knew in his heart that once Xu Xiao dominated Douluo Star, he could not possibly allow Shrek to retain so many powerful experts.

"However, if you are willing to cooperate and exchange a portion of your Title Douluos with my Sun Moon Empire—

Every few years, they can rotate through other academies as instructors. The number of Titled Experts in your Shrek will not decrease because of this; it may even increase.

But by then, no one will regard the academy's honor as their sole priority. There will be a greater honor."

Seeing Mu En seemingly deep in thought, Xu Xiao said, "The Empire!"

"The greatest honor belongs to the Empire!" Xu Xiao declared solemnly.

Mu En nodded, then shook his head.

With a sigh, he said, "The premise of cooperation is that you have someone capable of defeating this old man!"