The Dragon God Douluo's Heaven-Defying Destiny

[One year later, Long Xiaoyao voluntarily appeared and came to Shrek Academy, where he met me and Xishui.]

[To comfort Xiaoyao, I said many things, and we drank ourselves into a stupor together.]

[Later, Xiaoyao challenged me. Knowing his temperament, I didn't hold back in the slightest. Only going all out was true respect for a close friend.]

[In the end, I won. I think it must have been because during the year he left, he was trapped by heartbreak and neglected to improve himself.]

[That night, we drank, we guzzled, both utterly drunk.]

[But when I woke up and called for Xishui, everything had changed.]

[What should have been the happiest year of my life became the most painful moment of my entire existence.]

[I lost my lover and my close friend, but in the end, I couldn't bear to harm them, so I let them leave on their own.]

"How could this be? That Long Xiaoyao is utterly despicable!!" someone spoke up indignantly for Mu En.

"Exactly, exactly! I was just envying the friendship between the three of them. Now it seems those two are no good. If I were the Dragon God Douluo, I definitely wouldn't be so soft-hearted!!"

"I never expected that old geezer Mu En was betrayed by his brother and lover when he was young." Seeing this, the Body Sect Master Du Busi laughed heartily.

He had never held any goodwill toward the man who caused his elder brother's death.

Now that he knew such a huge scandal about Mu En, he was naturally overjoyed.

If his elder brother knew in the underworld, he might find some comfort.

'I never expected Elder Ye had such an experience back then.'

Inside the Crown Prince Mansion of the Sun Moon Empire, Crown Prince Xu Tianran watched everything exposed by the Heavenly Curtain with great interest.

Unlike the vast majority of people, Xu Tianran, who cooperated with the Holy Spirit Cult, knew some of the inner details of the cult.

For instance, the true controller of the Holy Spirit Cult was not the nominal leader Zhong Liwu, but the former leader and current Supreme Elder—Ye Xishui.

Although he didn't know the exact origin of the Heavenly Curtain, if he could obtain enough information from it for his own use, that would be for the best.

The more that was revealed, the more leverage he might gain to restrain the Holy Spirit Cult.

"Alas~" Long Xiaoyao's expression was complicated. This matter was his own fault.

Both Mu En and Xishui were victims.

Back then, if he hadn't been bewitched and gone to take one last look at Xishui, he would never have stumbled into the Spring Breeze Dew Fragrance that was originally prepared for Mu En.

All the blame rested on him, Long Xiaoyao, and it would haunt him for life.

That was why, decades later, when he met Xishui again, even knowing she had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, he didn't stop her.

Because Long Xiaoyao felt he had no right—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, and every step after was wrong!

'Alas~' In the Sea God Pavilion, the Dragon God Douluo also sighed.

What happened back then was truly the grief of his life.

Even though over two hundred years had passed and he had let go of many things, when it was brought up again, Mu En still found it hard to move past.

'Big Brother Mu, I'm sorry. Xiaoyao, I'm sorry.' Seeing this, Ye Xishui could no longer hide the guilt buried in her heart for so many years.

She was the real culprit behind what happened back then, having deceived them both.

[However, before one wave subsides, another rises—my teacher's time was running out. So I had to grow up as quickly as possible, to share the burden for my teacher, and to prepare for becoming the Sea God Pavilion Master and guarding Shrek Academy in the future.]

[Suppressing the grief in my heart, I forced myself to break through and began traveling the continent alone, seeking opportunities to grow stronger.]

[By chance, I entered an ancient ruin and discovered the corpse of a Light Element White Dragon inside. After the dragon's death, its essence and power had condensed into a Dragon Core.]

[The power of the Dragon Core was too overbearing. Although humans couldn't absorb it, wearing it on my person brought tremendous benefits to my cultivation.]

[Relying on the Dragon Core, my training went smoothly; and I had been using my own soul power to nourish it all along.]

At this point, people's sympathy for the Dragon God Douluo's romantic troubles shifted to envy of his heaven-defying fortune.

Every person who could become a powerhouse, without exception, possessed not only talent but also all kinds of opportunities.

And to reach the level of a Limit Douluo, one was accompanied by immense luck.

But soon, as the Heavenly Curtain continued to reveal more, they couldn't envy him anymore.

[When my Soul Power Level reached rank ninety-eight, I fought a great battle against Du Bisi, the then Body Sect Master. Although I barely won, I was severely injured.]

[At that time, due to certain special reasons, I wanted to find Xishui and ask if there was a hidden truth behind what happened back then.]

[So, eager to recover, I began attempting to absorb the power of the Dragon Core. After all, in my view at the time, I had been nourishing the Dragon Core for a long time, so there shouldn't be any problems.]

[In fact, at that moment, I was even thinking that if I fully absorbed the Dragon Core's power, I might attract the attention of the gods in the God Realm, or even gain a chance to enter it!]

As soon as these words were spoken, the world was shaken.

"Heavens! The Dragon God Douluo was so lucky when he was young, to obtain such a heaven-defying fortune!!"

"Who says so! My martial soul is also a dragon type. If I could get that Dragon Core, maybe I could become a Limit Douluo too!"

"..."

Ten thousand years ago, Tang San of Shrek Academy achieved the position of Sea God and ascended to the God Realm, making countless people realize that the God Realm was not an illusory legend.

It could be said to have thoroughly ignited the intense desire of all Soul Masters across the continent to become gods.

But unfortunately, ten thousand years had passed, and even though this continent had grown stronger with the integration of the Sun Moon Continent, there was still no example of a Soul Master becoming a god.

Yet now, with the exposure of the Heavenly Curtain, they had learned of an opportunity to achieve godhood.

Unfortunately, that Dragon Core was in the hands of Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

Who would dare to snatch it? That would be nothing short of seeking death.

After all, he was a genuine Limit Douluo. Even if he was ranked tenth on the list, in their eyes, he was still the pinnacle of the world, an insurmountable chasm!

What's more, over two hundred years had passed, and there had yet to be any news of Dragon God Douluo Mu En achieving godhood.

This meant that the power of that Dragon Core had still not been fully absorbed by Dragon God Douluo.

If even Dragon God Douluo couldn't accomplish it, then they had even less of a chance.

Some were even speculating that the so-called opportunity to become a god was merely Dragon God Douluo's conjecture.

Perhaps it was all a lie.

In any case, for these people, the last thing they wanted was to see anyone become a god.

Especially those forces hostile to Shrek, and those who held grudges against Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

If Mu En truly became a god, then their world would truly collapse.

"The treasure of my Soul Beast race has fallen into human hands, becoming a resource for the enemy!" Watching this scene, Di Tian spoke with indignation.

Human Soul Masters naturally needed to hunt Soul Beasts to break through bottlenecks. Mu En, for instance, bore three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings on his person, so it was only natural for Di Tian to feel even more disgusted.