First Encounter at Shrek Academy (Part 1)

After the banquet ended, Huang Tian took Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, and the others in a carriage out of the palace, heading for Moonlight Pavilion.

He would be staying at Moonlight Pavilion tonight to help Tang Yuehua fuse with that five-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. After all, Tang Yuehua was only at rank fifty-nine Soul Power. Without someone assisting her, she could easily explode and die.

Inside the carriage, Huang Tian held Tang Yuehua's hand and said gently, "Yuehua, I'll sleep in your room tonight and help you absorb the Soul Power fed back by that five-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. You're only rank fifty-nine. Without my protection, you could easily explode and die. After tonight, you should be able to become a rank ninety-nine Peerless Title Douluo."

With Liu Erlong present, Tang Yuehua felt a little embarrassed. Still, she knew Huang Tian was acting for her sake. She nodded lightly and said with a smile, "I'll listen to everything my husband says."

After thinking it over, Huang Tian felt that it still was not safe enough. "Er Long, you should come too. If necessary, I'll transfer the excess Soul Power to you and help you rise to a higher level."

Tang Yuehua became even more embarrassed, as she seemed to imagine the three of them naked before one another. A blush quietly crept across her cheeks.

The next day, when the sun was already high in the sky, Huang Tian emerged from Tang Yuehua's room and stood outside the door, guarding them. Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong were currently stabilizing their new realms after their Soul Power had surged last night.

In a single night, Tang Yuehua had charged from rank fifty-nine all the way to rank ninety-nine. The excess Soul Power had been absorbed by Huang Tian and Liu Erlong together. Liu Erlong had risen from a rank ninety-seven Peerless Title Douluo to rank ninety-nine, while Huang Tian converted the Soul Power he absorbed into divine power, causing his strength to surge by another twenty percent.

Thinking of last night's dangerous moment, it was fortunate that he had had the foresight to call Liu Erlong over and transfer part of the Soul Power to her. Otherwise, even as a god, he could not have absorbed and converted so much Soul Power at once. If Tang Yuehua had died because of his carelessness, he would have hated himself for it.

Standing outside the door, he thought of how Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua were now both rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluos. Their constitutions had improved, so the effects of dual cultivation would be even better in the future. Otherwise, if the gap in their strength was too great, he would gain nothing while only their strength increased. What meaning would dual cultivation have then?

Li Fu approached. After bowing, he said, "Hall Master, we have received the latest intelligence. Pope Bibi Dong has sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to search for the three God's Remnant Thoughts that appeared on the list yesterday."

God's Remnant Thoughts? What did Bibi Dong want those things for? Could she be trying to uncover the secret of becoming a god? But I don't remember God's Remnant Thoughts existing in either the original novel or its fan-made anime adaptations. Perhaps they did exist, but Sugar Added Three Spoonfuls simply never wrote about them?

Wait, weren't God's Remnant Thoughts a product of Cover the Sky? Could it be that the red-haired monster suffered misfortune in his later years and sent Ye Heizi and the others to invade this Douluo world? Or was some author randomly digging plot holes just to pad out the word count like crazy?

Huang Tian's imagination ran wild, but he did not think God's Remnant Thoughts contained the secret of how to become a god. He was more inclined to believe they recorded how one could inherit a godhood and become a god.

Huang Tian nodded. "Keep watching them. Once they find them, seize them."

"Yes."

Li Fu withdrew.

Huang Tian did not care much about godhood, because once one inherited a godhood, one had to ascend to the God Realm. But how many people even lived in the God Realm? There were not even as many as on Douluo Continent, nor was it as lively. Furthermore, the God Realm had a strict hierarchy, divided into God Kings, First-level Gods, Second-level Gods, and Third-Rank Deities. He had only transformed his power into divine power two days ago. By cultivation level, he was merely a Third-Rank Deity. If he truly ascended there, he could only become the lowest-ranking Divine Official.

Having grown accustomed to standing above tens of thousands, Huang Tian had no desire to ascend to the God Realm only to be dragged off by powerful gods to serve as a lackey. While no one in the God Realm had noticed him yet, he intended to keep cultivating quietly on Douluo Continent and strive to reach the level of a First-level God. That way, he would not need to worry about his status after ascending.

Two hours later, the two women emerged from the room. Seeing Huang Tian standing outside, they knew he had guarded them without leaving even a single step, and they were deeply moved. Huang Tian smiled and said, "Have you stabilized your realms? Come on, let's get something to eat, then head to Shrek Academy in the Balak Kingdom."

Liu Erlong blurted out, "What are we going there for? Husband, you aren't going to cause trouble for him, are you?"

The moment the words left her mouth, she felt they were inappropriate and added, "Husband, you know that isn't what I meant."

Huang Tian smiled. "I know what you mean. Don't worry. If I had wanted to hold it against him, he would have died three years ago. The students of Shrek Academy are quite gifted, but with only a group of Soul Sages and Soul Emperors guarding the place, they can easily become targets of Spirit Hall. I'm going there to protect them, and also to see whether I can recruit some people into my ranks."

Liu Erlong breathed a sigh of relief. Yu Xiaogang might have been her first love, but he was also her cousin. They both came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. She did not want to see her husband kill him because of her past. Her husband was right: Spirit Hall was far too domineering. When it came to geniuses who refused to submit to them, they would truly kill them without mercy.

Tang Yuehua had initially worried that Sister Er Long's words might anger her husband. But after hearing him say this, she began to worry about the safety of her nephew Tang San, whom she had never met. Anxiously, she said, "Husband, Sister Er Long, then let's hurry over! I want to see Tang San and my second brother, whom I haven't seen in more than ten years."

"Don't worry. You'll see Tang San. Your second brother isn't near Shrek Academy, but I can order him to come over as quickly as possible."

Huang Tian took out a Communication Jade Token and sent his order. One second later, Tang Hao sent him a reply.

Huang Tian looked at Tang Yuehua and said, "All right, let's go out and take the carriage. I'll open a Spatial Tunnel and take us directly to Shrek Academy's plaza. Your second brother has already set out as well."

"Thank you, husband!"

The three of them left Moonlight Pavilion together. The coachman, Li Fu, had already parked the carriage outside, while the Guard Team had assembled around it, standing on both sides as well as in front and behind.

Looking at the two large horses with a trace of Dragon Horse bloodline, Huang Tian felt they were rather beneath him. He spread out his domain to envelop the two horses and immobilized them. Divine power seeped into their bodies and began refining their bloodlines.

As time passed, the bloodlines of the two large horses, each possessing the cultivation of a thousand-year soul beast, were enhanced under the cleansing of divine power. Scales began growing across their bodies, and they became taller and longer. Their cultivation also increased, swiftly breaking through ten thousand years. The speed at which they could pull the carriage increased dozens of times over.

After withdrawing his domain, Huang Tian looked at the two Dragon Horses, each two meters tall and four meters long, their entire bodies covered in scales, and nodded in satisfaction. Only with these two Dragon Horses that had returned to their ancestral bloodline did the carriage have some prestige. The only issue was that there were too few of them. Next time, he would get another seven Dragon Horses to pull the carriage together, making the status of its owner even more apparent.

Li Fu hurriedly used his Soul Power to summon water and wash the two Dragon Horses. Having just undergone bloodline refinement, they had expelled nothing but foul-smelling waste blood. It had to be cleaned away quickly. If the Hall Master and the two ladies were overwhelmed by the stench, that would be a dereliction of duty.

When Liu Erlong saw the two entirely new Dragon Horses, her eyes lit up. She had not expected that after her husband helped refine their bloodlines, they would become even taller and more imposing. Riding them on a journey would surely look impressive.

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