A few days later, Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City.
Returning with them were the members of the Body Sect, who had already lost their ancestral homeland.
They were mostly surviving elites and wounded members of the Body Sect's younger generation.
No matter how unwilling they were, no matter how much they wanted to remain on the battlefield, Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng had brought them here under Du Busi's coercion.
This included Long Aotian, Princess Vina, and more than a dozen young members of the Tianhun Imperial Family.
Shrek Academy's current dean, Cai Mei Er, personally received them into Shrek City.
Everyone understood perfectly well.
These were the core flames—the core flames of the Body Sect and the Tianhun Imperial Family.
Both the Tianhun Emperor and Du Busi had already begun making arrangements for those left behind.
Even if they won the Heaven Dou City Defense Battle and successfully curbed the Sun Moon Empire's advance, it would still be of little use.
The Heaven Dou Empire was already in its twilight years. Anyone could see that.
That battle had essentially wiped out half of the Heaven Dou Empire's national fortune.
The life energy over Sea God Lake remained as dense as ever, but the Golden Ancient Tree on Sea God Island seemed to have completely lost all reaction.
It felt as though it had completely frozen. Though it was still alive, its life cycle had stalled. It would neither continue growing nor decline, producing no response whatsoever.
"I don't know what happened to the Golden Ancient Tree, but it's been like this lately. It hasn't reacted at all. I'm guessing it was Mu En's doing."
At that moment, Xuan Zi suddenly appeared within the Sea God Pavilion, his face filled with exhaustion.
"I don't possess Mu En's cultivation, much