Crouching Dragon Xuan Zi, Fledgling Phoenix Yan Shaozhe, Zhou Yi Compared to the God Slayer

(PS: I realize the pacing is a bit slow, but I can't skip the early conflicts and audience reactions. This chapter will speed things up as a transition.)

While the people of the Douluo Continent were still discussing the true, despicable face of Sea God Tang San, new changes appeared in the Heavenly Screen.

Huo Yuhao successfully registered with Bei Bei and Tang Ya by his side, then had a chance encounter with Qian Duoduo, the Vice Dean of Shrek's Soul Tool Department.

During his conversation with Bei Bei, Qian Duoduo inadvertently learned about the effects of Huo Yuhao's Soul Skill and asked him to demonstrate it on the spot.

After experiencing it firsthand, he treated it like a supreme treasure, inviting Huo Yuhao to join the Soul Tool Department after the New Student Assessment and promising him the status of a Core Disciple there.

Upon learning that Huo Yuhao's mother was still waiting for him in the Heaven Spirit Empire, he even arranged for someone to fly a Flying Soul Tool to take Huo Yuhao to pick her up.

But things didn't go as planned. Huo Yun'er was overjoyed and proud when she learned her son had joined Shrek Academy, yet she still chose to return to the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

On one hand, she couldn't let go of her obsession with Dai Hao; on the other, the cost of living in Shrek City was exorbitant, making it unsuitable for a long stay. She didn't want her son to have to sell grilled fish for money while studying.

The audience on the continent had mixed opinions about this.

Some thought Huo Yun'er was too foolish, clinging to hope for a man she hadn't seen in eleven years. If Sea God Tang San noticed this, it would eventually harm her son.

Others felt that while Huo Yun'er was a bit naive, her decision was at least considerate of her son's education, preferring to endure hardship herself by going back.

Still others analyzed more deeply, believing that Huo Yun'er's insistence on returning to the Duke's Mansion to wait for Dai Hao might also be for Huo Yuhao's future.

After all, Huo Yun'er didn't know her son possessed a Million-Year Soul Ring and a God King Remnant Soul, nor that he was destined to become a god as the Son of Destiny.

Under these circumstances, if she could get Dai Hao to acknowledge Huo Yuhao as his son, giving him the legitimate identity of the White Tiger Duke's heir, she thought it would save her son decades of struggle!

Before the debate could reach a conclusion, the Sky Screen plot showed Zhou Yi, a new student mentor at Shrek's Outer Court, whose lap-running elimination method and domineering personality left the audience eye-opening.

The most absurd part was that Huo Yuhao, a destined god, couldn't stand Zhou Yi's tyranny. He spoke up for a few expelled students, only for Zhou Yi to wave her hand and announce his expulsion as well.

In the end, Huo Yuhao had to invoke Vice Dean Qian Duoduo, who favored him, and explain his status as a reserve Core Disciple of the Soul Tool Department, which made Zhou Yi give up.

But he was still kicked out of the class and, along with his roommate Wang Dong, who also couldn't stand Zhou Yi's style, transferred to another class.

This segment left countless people on the continent exclaiming that Zhou Yi was incredible, no less than that Wind Baboon who nearly killed a god.

But it also sparked widespread doubt: Is this the quality of teachers at the continent's top academy?

For a moment, many teachers inside Shrek Academy had faces as black as coal.

Zhou Yi's husband, Fan Yu, directly told her to go through the resignation procedures and write a thorough self-criticism!

This time, Fan Yu really couldn't protect her, nor did he want to.

What the hell was the point of wearing an Old Lady Mask to teach new students? People would think Fan Mouren was a pervert who liked old grandmas!

And Zhou Yi wasn't arrogant anymore. No matter how much she valued her "teacher authority," she knew how precious a future god was to Shrek.

And such an existence had almost been expelled by her!

Even if all this was just a "future" that hadn't happened yet, Zhou Yi believed that if the her in the Heavenly Screen had really expelled Huo Yuhao, then the real her might one day suddenly encounter a Titled Douluo-level evil soul master sneaking into Shrek Academy and die without a trace.

After Zhou Yi's bizarre plot, the audience thought it was over.

Most people also felt that Zhou Yi's case was just her personal failure, that Shrek as a whole was definitely good, and that the academy's high-level officials couldn't possibly be as unreasonable and blind as Zhou Yi.

But then the Heavenly Screen's scene slapped that idea in the face.

[Scene Shifted: Time jumped to Shrek's New Student Assessment. A few clips flashed by of Huo Yuhao supporting his roommate Wang Dong in defeating opponents.

In the stands, the unkempt Xuan Zi was eating chicken legs and drinking small wine.

The young teacher Wang Yan, noticing the superiority of Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul and Soul Skill, tried to get Xuan Zi to pay more attention to Huo Yuhao.

But upon discovering that Huo Yuhao wasn't even at level twenty, Xuan Zi lost interest, wiped his greasy hand on Wang Yan's clothes, and said disdainfully: "Someone nearly twelve years old with only a dozen or so levels—either their Innate Soul Power is too low, or they don't work hard, or both. There's no value in focused training."

Then, after Huo Yuhao and his roommate Wang Dong, along with a Soy Sauce Teammate, fought their way through the competition

and used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill in the finals to defeat Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, who also used one, Yan Shaozhe, the Martial Soul Department Dean, forcibly renamed Huo Yuhao's team as Wang Dong's team.

And in the selection of Outer Court Core Disciple spots, he directly excluded Huo Yuhao, the Champion Member, clearly thinking he had no training value.]

The performance of these two Shrek high-level officials right after Zhou Yi left countless audience members on the continent dumbfounded, and made many academies or forces that aimed to surpass Shrek grin with joy.

"Good, good, good! If Shrek is full of this kind of trash, I can rest easy! Without Xiao Huo, I doubt they'll last much longer."

"The prestige of the continent's top academy? I can take its place!"

Inside the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Jing Hongchen couldn't stop smiling.

In the Heaven Dou Empire, Du Busi, rushing toward Shrek City, let out a cold smile:

"Blind fools! Treating a Body Martial Soul genius as mediocre talent. Yuhao is indeed most suited for my Body Sect! Staying in Shrek will only waste his gifts with these mediocre idiots!"

"As for Shrek, without Mu En, with these insects, they'll be finished sooner or later!"

Inside Shrek Academy, by Sea God Lake, a group of Shrek high-level officials had faces black as coal, and Mu En felt a deep sense of helplessness.

Let's not even mention Zhou Yi, a Soul Emperor. The other two high-level officials—he was already used to Xuan Zi's unreliability.

But you, Yan Shaozhe, a dignified Martial Soul Department Dean—even if you didn't know Huo Yuhao had a Million-Year Soul Ring, that kid had already shown considerable potential, even a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

Under these circumstances, you still forcibly renamed his team and were unwilling to spare a mere Outer Court Core Disciple spot. How is your head wired?

One spot—would the resources saved from skipping him let you, Yan Mouren, raise your Soul Power by one level? Or evolve your Martial Soul?