"Four thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Empire collided with the continent. The entire region plunged into war in an instant. In the lead-up to the war, the Three Kingdoms Allied Army suffered defeat after defeat. In the end, the Shrek Academy Dean of that era rallied more than sixty Titled Douluo from across the continent and turned the tide. That was how Shrek Academy secured its place as the Continent's First Academy."
Huo Yuhao changed the subject. "Tang San came from Shrek Academy."
At first, Qian Renxue had felt some goodwill toward Shrek Academy. But when she heard that Tang San had come from there, all that goodwill vanished.
"I'll order someone to destroy Shrek Academy as soon as I get back!" Qian Renxue said viciously.
"You can't!" Huo Yuhao waved his hand. "If you order Shrek Academy destroyed when you get back, you may sate your anger for now, but ten thousand years from now, the entire Douluo Continent will have been renamed the Sun Moon Continent."
As someone born and raised on Douluo Continent, Qian Renxue had to put their differences aside and temporarily abandon the idea of destroying Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao picked up a branch and drew a line on the ground.
With a serious expression, Huo Yuhao analyzed, "This is a timeline. The beginning represents your era, and the end represents mine. There's only one way to prevent Spirit Hall from being destroyed."
"What way?" Qian Renxue stared intently at Huo Yuhao.
"Progress often goes hand in hand with the rise of technology. Your goal is clear, Sister. As the vanguard of Spirit Hall, you must adapt to the rise of Soul Tools ahead of time. In the future, neither daily life nor warfare will be possible without them."
"Therefore, if we want to change Spirit Hall's fate, we must secretly build up our strength. Once Spirit Hall's Soul Tool Technology surpasses that of all Douluo Continent, we'll launch a war and unify the whole continent with the force of a thunderbolt!"
"You mean to unify Douluo Continent before Tang San becomes a god." Qian Renxue understood Huo Yuhao's meaning at once.
"Exactly. Tang San became the Sea God at the age of twenty-five. We only have fifteen years left. In that time, Spirit Hall must develop Soul Tools on a large scale and strive to unify Douluo Continent before Tang San becomes the Sea God."
"But in the end, we'll still have to face Tang San as the Sea God and Asura God. Even if we unify Douluo Continent, the final Divine Decisive Battle will be crucial," Snake Lance Douluo asked with a frown.
Qian Renxue looked at Huo Yuhao. At that moment, he was the only one who could give Spirit Hall hope.
"I'll deal with Tang San. In the end, I'll become a god, too." Huo Yuhao planned to strike at Tang San's very foundation.
Qian Renxue's gaze flickered. In that instant, Huo Yuhao's stature in her eyes seemed to grow.
Huo Yuhao said, "Also, I'll open a Time-Space Tunnel to bring Spirit Hall's talented people to our era to study. The Sun Moon Empire is a nation where Soul Tool Technology flourishes, so I'll find a way to take some of its most valuable Soul Tool Weapons and technology—and bring back talented people, too!"
Qian Renxue nodded. No matter the era, talented people were the most important.
There was no problem with Qian Renxue learning Soul Tool Crafting, but she absolutely mustn't delve too deeply into it. Once she became the Angel God, weapons like Level Nine Soul Tools would pale beside the Divine Artifact, the Angel Sacred Sword.
Therefore, Qian Renxue had two main goals in coming to the world ten thousand years later.
First, to learn how Soul Tools had changed daily life and how to introduce them to Soul Masters from ten thousand years ago so they could understand and use them.
Second, to acquire advanced Soul Master knowledge, such as how to form Yin Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores.
Huo Yuhao said, "The greatest Soul Tools of this era are in the Sun Moon Empire, and the greatest Soul Masters are at Shrek Academy. Since this is my first time bringing Sister back to the world ten thousand years later, and the only Titled Douluo with us is Snake Lance Your Excellency, to be honest, Titled Douluo aren't enough to make a difference in this era."
Snake Lance Douluo frowned slightly. "What do you know, boy? Every Titled Douluo has trained for decades to reach that rank. Even if you brought the Young Master back to this era to change Spirit Hall's fate, I can't agree with you saying that."
Huo Yuhao looked at Snake Lance Douluo's deeply furrowed brows and said calmly, "Do you remember the Level 9 Soul Guided Cannonball I mentioned earlier? An ordinary Titled Douluo would be blown to pieces and killed on the spot by a single one."
"What did you say?" Snake Lance Douluo's eyes widened in disbelief.
"If you think one can't kill a Titled Douluo, then use two, three, five, or even ten or more. By then, it won't matter how many Titled Douluo there are. Even the strongest Dragon Emperor Douluo, Long Xiaoyao, and Death God Douluo, Ye Xishui, would meet their end."
Huo Yuhao wasn't making this up. He was revealing events that would happen in the future ahead of time.
Snake Lance Douluo's expression shifted as he weighed Huo Yuhao's words. He knew Huo Yuhao had no reason to lie. Ten thousand years ago, Titled Douluo had been devastating weapons on the battlefield.
But in the era they were now in, Titled Douluo still had their uses. Yet on the main battlefield, they were insignificant next to Soul Tools.
"Someone's coming!" Snake Lance Douluo noticed them keenly and glanced behind him.
Huo Yuhao looked at Snake Lance Douluo with a solemn expression. "Snake Lance Your Excellency, from now on, we must pretend we don't know each other. Your task is simple: protect Sister. Don't concern yourself with anything else, and try to avoid being seen by others."
Snake Lance Douluo paused, then looked at Qian Renxue. She nodded. The next moment, Snake Lance Douluo leaped into the depths of the forest and disappeared.
Huo Yuhao rolled up the map and put it in his pack. A golden light flashed across Qian Renxue's face, concealing her exquisite features. Beneath it, Qian Renxue had long golden hair, a sweet and lovely face, and bright, lively eyes full of spirit—a perfect image of a valkyrie on the battlefield.
Huo Yuhao faced the two newcomers and stood shoulder to shoulder with Qian Renxue.
"Huo Yuhao! So you're all right!" The man and woman who emerged from the woods were none other than Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
They had been heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to get Tang Ya her Third Soul Ring. On the way, they saw Huo Yuhao heading into the forest alone, so they'd followed him out of concern.
But strangely, Huo Yuhao seemed to have vanished into thin air. They searched the forest's outskirts, then killed a Thousand-Year Mandala Snake to obtain Tang Ya's Third Soul Ring. Only after that did they leave the forest.
"Little brother, do you know those two?" Qian Renxue asked through Soul Power Telepathy.
"I do. They're both students at Shrek Academy." After replying to Qian Renxue, Huo Yuhao looked at the approaching pair with puzzlement.
"Brother Bei, Miss Tang, you came to the Star Dou Great Forest, too?"
"Xiao Ya and I came to hunt Soul Beasts and get her a Soul Ring. We saw you heading into the forest alone and thought you were going to face the Soul Beasts by yourself. We searched the forest but couldn't find you. I'm glad you're all right." Bei Bei smiled warmly, then looked at the spirited Qian Renxue standing beside Huo Yuhao.
"Hello, both of you. My name is Huo Yunxue, and I'm this little rascal Yuhao's older sister. I came out on my own to get a Soul Ring, but the little rascal didn't stay home like he was supposed to. He went out on a whim and caused you trouble." Qian Renxue ruffled Huo Yuhao's hair, turning his black locks into a mess.
Little did they know that, before long, Huo Yuhao would change the course of history ten thousand years later. The Original Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent and the Western Sun Moon Empire would all become part of the territory of the unified Spirit Hall Empire.
As history quietly changed, Shrek Academy would also be renamed Spirit Hall Academy. None of its members would change, but their understanding of the past would gradually shift along with the altered history.
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