"Shrek Academy truly was the greatest obstacle to our Sun Moon Empire unifying the entire continent." After Zhong Liwu left, Xu Tianran looked at the Heavenly Curtain and sighed.
Even with Zhong Liwu's guarantee that Shao Zhuang would certainly be assassinated, Xu Tianran still could not set his mind at ease.
After all, once enemies realized the enormous threat Shao Zhuang would pose in the future, they would immediately move to eliminate him.
Then the forces led by Shrek Academy would certainly protect Shao Zhuang with everything they had.
To Evil Soul Masters and everyone who wanted Shao Zhuang dead, Shrek Academy was truly an incomparably terrifying dragon's lair.
Aside from its vast number of outstanding teachers and students, the Elders within the Sea God Pavilion were each more outrageous than the last.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
As the foremost enemy obstructing the Sun Moon Empire's unification of the continent, not only Xu Tianran, but the Sun Moon Empire itself had sent spies to the former Douluo Three Kingdoms long ago to gather intelligence.
They had even established a dedicated intelligence organization to analyze Shrek Academy's strength.
What was more, they now knew that the Dragon God Douluo was not dead and had obtained the Heavenly Curtain's reward, the Hundred Year Longevity Gu. That made matters even more troublesome.
Even if they had ten times the courage, they would not dare storm Shrek Academy. That would be nothing but suicide.
Therefore, the so-called assassination plan would most likely have to wait until Shao Zhuang left Shrek Academy.
Though the difficulty would indeed be much lower than within Shrek Academy, Titled Douluo-level protectors would surely be accompanying him everywhere.
Besides, given the importance Shao Zhuang had displayed in the Heavenly Curtain, would Shrek Academy truly allow him to leave the academy and travel the world before he had fully matured?
I can only hope the Imperial Advisor and the others succeed. Though Xu Tianran did not hold much hope, he could only place his expectations on the Holy Spirit Cult.
After all, the Holy Spirit Cult was the only group that might truly be capable of carrying out the assassination plan.
The cooperation between the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult was complementary, allowing them to make up for each other's weaknesses to the greatest extent.
Thus, even though both sides remained wary of one another, before the continent was unified, they were absolutely the best possible allies.
"Hmph~ Shrek Academy's lot really picked up a huge bargain."
Not long after leaving the Heavenly Soul Imperial Palace, Du Busi looked at the contents of the Heavenly Curtain and could not help feeling jealous.
After his envy subsided, he could not help sighing. "When will my Body Sect ever possess such status?"
In the eyes of Soul Masters across the land, especially those from the former Douluo Three Kingdoms, Shrek was unquestionably a holy land!
Relying on that illustrious name, it attracted countless genius Soul Masters to enroll there.
For a peerless prodigy like Shao Zhuang, had Shrek not done anything at all? Yet he had come to enroll of his own accord.
Although the Body Sect's principle was to recruit only possessors of Body Martial Souls, saying they were not envious would be a lie.
The Body Sect would also be more than willing to make an exception for a Soul Master capable of influencing the continent's course.
Moreover, how wonderful would it be if the Body Sect possessed Shrek Academy's appeal and influence?
Then every possessor of a Body Martial Soul in the world would join the Body Sect of their own accord, rather than requiring the Body Sect to send specialized disciples out to search for them.
Unfortunately, they had triggered a Beast Tide thousands of years ago and were severely punished by Shrek Academy, leaving them with no choice but to remain hidden until now.
As for when they would reemerge and expand the Body Sect's influence, that was entirely unknown.
The major powers certainly did not want the Body Sect to become active again.
Their conduct—neither wholly righteous nor wholly evil, acting entirely as they pleased—did indeed make other factions wary, especially after the Beast Tide incident back then.
Even the Heaven Dou Empire was the same. As things stood, the Body Sect could only remain tightly bound to the empire in the capacity of a Guardian Sect.
While Du Busi envied Shrek Academy and lamented his own sect's circumstances, the monologue revealed by the Heavenly Curtain continued.
[The Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire joined forces to impose sanctions upon Shao Zhuang. Calling it an inescapable net would not be an exaggeration.]
[If Shao Zhuang had fled alone, perhaps his strange abilities might have allowed him to escape. Yet he had been so overconfident that he even brought along two burdens.]
[Therefore, everything unfolded exactly as I expected. Pursued by two Titled Douluo and a Beast King Level Soul Tool Master Legion numbering over a hundred, even the exceptionally monstrous Shao Zhuang, burdened with two deadweights, could only struggle like a trapped beast!]
[But then another accident occurred! Before everyone's eyes, an immense power erupted from Shao Zhuang's body. It not only directly wiped out the two Elders dispatched by our cult, but also annihilated the Sun Moon Empire's reinforcements: the Beast King Level Soul Tool Master Legion of over a hundred men.]
[Had the Sun Moon Empire's reinforcing Soul Engineer Legion not witnessed everything from afar, no one would have believed such an absurd tale.]
[After all, no matter how monstrous a Soul Saint might be, he could not possibly unleash power capable of wiping out two Titled Douluo and a Beast King Level Soul Tool Master Legion of a hundred men!]
[This simply defied all reason! If that were truly the case, then the Sun Moon Empire might as well abandon its plan to unify the entire continent.]
[However, according to the survivors, after that power erupted, Shao Zhuang vanished from the spot. Only Nan Shuishui and her daughter remained, along with the suddenly appearing Wang Qiuer.]
[Upon learning this information, I seemed to instinctively realize something. I rushed there at the fastest speed possible, and upon sensing the lingering aftershock, my heart sank. The worst possible situation had appeared!!]
[That power was indeed not Shao Zhuang's, but its source seemed even more troublesome. Based on my own Limit Douluo realm, I concluded that it was absolutely power beyond that of a Limit Douluo, and fundamentally different from the Soul Power we used.]
[Fundamentally different from Soul Power, and superior to a Limit Douluo—what in this world could possibly achieve that?]
[The answer was beyond doubt: the legendary Divine Power!!]
[Only the power of gods could accomplish such a thing!]
At that moment, the world was shaken.
An incomparably intense wave of discussion erupted in an instant.
Not only the human world, but even the Soul Beast factions were the same.
After all, this concerned the legendary gods. Everyone wanted to uncover something, especially the powerful.
Ten thousand years ago, after Shrek Academy produced the Seven True Gods, the people of the continent realized that gods were not merely vague and illusory legends.
From that time onward, every powerhouse who reached the pinnacle of humanity had attempted to seek a path to godhood, hoping to become gods themselves and turn into new legends!
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