[A year later, Xiao Yao appeared of his own accord and came to Shrek Academy, where he met Xi Shui and me.]
[To comfort Xiao Yao, I said many things and drank with him until we were both dead drunk.]
[Later, Xiao Yao challenged me. Knowing his personality, I did not deliberately go easy on him. Only giving my all was a sign of respect for a dear friend.]
[In the end, I won. I thought that during the year Xiao Yao had been away, his heartbreak had left him despondent, causing him to neglect his own improvement.]
[That night, we drank and drank wildly until we were all dead drunk.]
[But when I woke up and called for Xi Shui, everything had changed.]
[What should have been the happiest year of my life became the most painful time of my life.]
[I lost my lover and my dearest friend, yet in the end, I could not bear to hurt them and let them leave on their own.]
"How could this happen? That Long Xiaoyao is such a bastard!" Someone spoke up indignantly on Mu En's behalf.
"Exactly! I was even envious of the friendship between the three of them before. Now it seems that neither of those two is any good. If I were Dragon God Douluo, I definitely wouldn't have been so softhearted!"
"I never expected that old Mu En to have been betrayed by his brother and lover when he was young." Seeing this, Du Busi, the Body Sect Master, burst into laughter.
Du Busi had never held any goodwill toward the man who had caused his older brother's death.
Now that he had learned of such a huge scandal involving Mu En, he was naturally delighted beyond measure.
If his brother knew of this in the underworld, perhaps it would offer him some comfort.
I never expected Elder Ye to have gone through something like this back then.
Within the Crown Prince Mansion of the Sun Moon Empire, Crown Prince Xu Tianran watched everything exposed by the Heavenly Curtain with great interest.
Unlike most people, Xu Tianran, who cooperated with the Holy Spirit Cult, knew some of its inner workings.
For instance, the true person in control of the Holy Spirit Cult was not its publicly acknowledged leader, Zhong Liwu, but its former leader and current Supreme Elder—Ye Xishui.
Although he did not know the exact origins of the Heavenly Curtain, it would be ideal if he could obtain enough useful information from it.
The more it revealed, the more methods he might gain to restrain the Holy Spirit Cult.
"Ah..." Long Xiaoyao's expression was complicated. The fault lay with him.
Mu En and Xi Shui were both victims.
If he had not been blinded by obsession back then and wanted to see Xi Shui one last time, how could he have stumbled upon the Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance that had originally been prepared for Mu En?
All the blame rested on Long Xiaoyao, leaving him with lifelong regret.
Thus, when he encountered Xi Shui again several decades later, even after learning that she had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, he did not try to stop her.
Because Long Xiaoyao felt that he had no right to. He was the one who had ruined her life.
And because he loved her, he was willing to give everything for her.
He chose to work for the Holy Spirit Cult.
One wrong step led to every step going wrong!
Ah... Within the Sea God Pavilion, Dragon God Douluo also sighed.
What had happened back then was indeed the sorrow of his life.
Even though more than two hundred years had passed and he had come to terms with many things, Mu En still found it difficult to let go when it was brought up again.
Big Brother Mu, I'm sorry. Xiao Yao, I'm sorry. Seeing this, the guilt Ye Xishui had buried for many years could no longer be concealed.
She had been the true culprit behind what happened back then, deceiving both of them.
[However, before one wave had settled, another arose. My teacher's life was nearing its end, so I had to grow stronger as quickly as possible, share my teacher's burdens, and prepare to become the Sea God Pavilion Master in the future and protect Shrek Academy.]
[After forcefully suppressing the grief in my heart and pulling myself free from it, I began traveling the continent alone in search of opportunities to become stronger.]
[By chance, I entered an ancient ruin and discovered the corpse of a Light Element White Dragon within it. After the dragon died, the essence of its power condensed into a Dragon Core.]
[The power within a Dragon Core was far too tyrannical for humans to absorb, but wearing it on one's body brought immense benefits to my cultivation.]
[With the Dragon Core, my cultivation progressed smoothly, and I constantly nurtured it with my own Soul Power.]
At this point, people's sympathy for Dragon God Douluo's romantic misfortunes turned into envy for his heaven-defying fortuitous encounter.
Without question, every person capable of becoming an expert possessed not only talent, but all kinds of opportunities.
And those who could reach the level of Limit Douluo could be said to be accompanied by immense luck.
But soon, as the Heavenly Curtain continued to reveal more, they could no longer feel envious.
[When my Soul Power Level reached ninety-eight, I fought a great battle against Du Bisi, the Body Sect Master at the time. Although I narrowly won, I was also severely injured.]
[At that time, for certain special reasons, I wanted to find Xi Shui and ask whether there had been some hidden truth behind what happened back then.]
[Thus, eager to recover, I began trying to absorb the Dragon Core's power. After all, I had nurtured the Dragon Core for a long time, so I believed nothing should go wrong.]
[I even thought at the time that if I fully absorbed the Dragon Core's power, I might have a chance of attracting the attention of the gods of the God Realm and perhaps even gaining an opportunity to enter the God Realm!]
The moment those words appeared, the entire world was shaken.
"My heavens, Dragon God Douluo was actually so lucky in his youth to obtain such a heaven-defying opportunity!"
"Exactly! My martial soul is also dragon-type. If I could obtain that Dragon Core too, perhaps I could become a Limit Douluo!"
"..."
Ten thousand years ago, after Tang San of Shrek Academy attained the position of the Sea God and ascended to the God Realm, countless people came to understand that the God Realm was not some illusory legend.
It could be said that this completely ignited the intense desire of Soul Masters across the world to become gods.
But regrettably, ten thousand years had passed. Although this continent had grown increasingly powerful after the Sun Moon Continent merged with it, there had still been no examples of Soul Masters ascending to godhood.
Yet now, through the Heavenly Curtain's revelation, they had learned of an opportunity that might allow one to become a god.
Unfortunately, that Dragon Core was in the hands of Dragon God Douluo Mu En.
Who would dare try to take it? That would simply be courting death.
After all, he was a genuine Limit Douluo. Even if he ranked tenth on the list, in their eyes, he still stood at the pinnacle of the world, an insurmountable chasm.
Moreover, more than two hundred years had passed, and there had still been no news of Dragon God Douluo Mu En becoming a god.
That indicated that even Dragon God Douluo had yet to finish absorbing the Dragon Core's power.
If even Dragon God Douluo could not accomplish it, there was no need to mention them.
Some people also speculated that the supposed opportunity to become a god was merely Dragon God Douluo's own conjecture.
Perhaps it was all false.
In any case, these people absolutely did not want to see anyone become a god.
Especially those forces hostile to Shrek, as well as those who harbored grudges against Dragon God Douluo Mu En.
If Mu En truly became a god, their world would truly collapse.
"A supreme treasure of my Soul Beast clan has fallen into human hands and become something that strengthens our enemies!" Di Tian said hatefully as he watched this scene.
Human Soul Masters naturally needed to hunt Soul Beasts to break through their bottlenecks. Mu En alone possessed three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, so it was only natural for Di Tian to hate him even more.
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