Under the gaze of countless people, the scene in the Sky Curtain gradually came into view.
The enormous palace complex of the Star Luo Empire appeared in the Sky Curtain once more. The view slowly extended, finally stopping before a majestic palace with the words "Heavenly Dao" carved into its plaque.
"Whoosh!"
A towering figure appeared before everyone's eyes.
He wore a royal robe. Tall and straight, with black hair billowing in the wind and handsome features, he had a pair of eyes so captivating that no one dared look directly at him.
Right after him, a petite figure appeared at his side in the blink of an eye.
She wore a blue dress. Her long, straight silver hair was gathered on her right side in a ponytail, and her large, water-blue eyes sparkled with life.
It was none other than Meng Hongchen.
The man was handsome and dashing, overwhelmingly imposing yet graceful.
The woman was beautiful as a flower, with delicate features and a petite, charming appearance.
Standing together, they made a perfect match.
At that moment, they stood shoulder to shoulder, gazing into the distance, like a divine couple anyone would envy.
Of course, Gu Tian was neither faithful nor shy about his fondness for women.
But that did nothing to change how others saw them.
At the sight of this scene, Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, grandfather and grandson, both instinctively turned their eyes toward Meng Hongchen.
"What are you looking at? That's not me!"
Meng Hongchen's pretty face reddened slightly, and she snapped in annoyance.
"A Meng, I've noticed something," Xiao Hongchen said, nodding as if he'd made a serious discovery.
"What?" Meng Hongchen looked at him suspiciously.
She knew full well that her brother was never one to say anything nice.
"Your mouth is harder than anything else."
Xiao Hongchen made a face, then ducked behind Jing Hongchen, knowing better than to stick around.
"Xiao... Hong...chen!"
A cold glint flashed in Meng Hongchen's beautiful eyes. She looked like a little rabbit ready to leap out and bite someone at any moment.
"A Meng, look! Your future self is talking."
Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen hurriedly pointed at the Light Screen in the sky, changing the subject.
"Xiao Hongchen, I'll believe you one more time. If you're lying, you know what'll happen."
Meng Hongchen arched a brow and turned to look at the Sky Curtain.
"Brother Tian, I heard that the seal between the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent has been undone."
"According to our original estimate, the seal should have lasted at least a few hundred more years."
Just then, the blue-clad girl sighed softly. "We've only just managed to welcome peace again after so long!"
"Meng'er, you should know that this peace is an illusion."
"Now that Goodness and Evil, the two God Kings who stood on the side of us humans, have been imprisoned, our conflict with the Deities can never be resolved."
"And that's not even mentioning how Tang San is pulling strings behind the scenes."
"He still hasn't given up on coveting this continent."
The figure in the royal robe gazed at the horizon, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. "One day, I'll use his blood to pay tribute to the will of our world that he killed."
Everyone on the continent stood frozen in place.
Those few short sentences had revealed so much information that it was overwhelming. For a moment, no one could process it all.
There were Deities in the Divine Realm who stood on the side of humanity—and they were God Kings, no less.
Just hearing that title was enough to tell them that their status in the Divine Realm must be extraordinary.
They had simply been imprisoned.
The world they lived in actually had a will of its own.
And Sea God Tang San's scheme, laid over ten thousand years, was to covet their world.
Worse still, in the future, he would kill the will of that world!
Aside from those who had already guessed some of the truth, most people felt as if their entire worldview had shattered.
This was especially true of people like Tang Ya, who had admired Sea God Tang San with all their hearts. At that moment, their faith crumbled completely.
That was Sea God Tang San!
He had defeated the evil Spirit Hall Empire and saved the entire continent.
For ten thousand years, the legends had portrayed him as the embodiment of justice.
Many people had grown up immersed in stories about Tang San, and as they heard them again and again, they came to idolize him.
Soul Masters who awakened Blue Silver Grass, in particular, all dreamed of defying fate like Tang San and reaching the pinnacle of life.
They even treated the saying "There are no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters" as sacred doctrine.
Master Yu Xiaogang, who had taught Sea God Tang San, had also been remembered throughout history.
But who could have imagined that this was what his true face looked like?
How could they possibly accept it?
Shrek Academy.
"Ah..."
Mu En sighed inwardly. His already weathered face seemed to age several years in an instant.
Even Mu En, with his centuries-old composure, couldn't help but waver at that moment.
It was the sorrow of seeing one's faith trampled!
He, too, had once regarded Sea God Tang San as the goal he would pursue for his entire life.
If Mu En had still held on to even a sliver of hope before,
now he had fallen into utter despair.
The expressions of the others present were just as grim.
Tang San's actions were even more despicable than the worst they had imagined.
This was their homeland!
The homeland that had given them life and raised them!
Tang San had actually selfishly tried to claim it for himself.
And to do so, he had even plotted to destroy the will of this world in the future.
At that moment, whether human or Soul Beast, everyone felt an inexplicable sorrow well up from deep within.
"Elder Mu... should I take action now?" Elder Song asked, forcing down her grief.
The people of Shrek had anticipated something like this earlier and had already prepared a response.
"Do it." Mu En's voice was terrifyingly calm, so calm that it sent a chill through everyone's heart.
"Elder Mu, I've been waiting for you to say that!"
With his curved horns jutting out, Xuan Zi soared into the air, radiating tremendous power like a brilliant shooting star.
After witnessing Gu Tian's terrifying talent, Xuan Zi had thrown his lot in with him completely.
Unlike the more cautious Mu En, Xuan Zi's reasoning was actually quite simple.
He knew only that Gu Tian could make Shrek great again, while Tang San would only destroy Shrek.
Compared side by side, wasn't the choice obvious?
He didn't care whether someone was a Deity or not. If they dared to ruin Shrek's reputation, Xuan Zi would never let them off.
So after returning from the Star Luo Empire, Xuan Zi had praised Gu Tian to the skies.
He had even proposed cutting ties with Sea God Tang San.
He had suggested changing the names of Sea God Pavilion and Sea God Island, then announcing it to the entire continent.
And he had proposed exposing all the terrible things Sea God Tang San had done—for example, destroying the City of Slaughter and letting Evil Soul Masters run rampant across the continent in later generations.
However, the elders of Sea God Pavilion had rejected the idea, especially the last point: Tang San's destruction of the City of Slaughter and release of the Evil Soul Masters.
Come on! If they exposed something like that, what would happen to the reputation Shrek Academy had built over ten thousand years on Douluo Continent?!
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