True Liberation, Domain of Underworld Rebirth

[From this point on, a legend began to circulate in Shrek City: there was a pair of exceptionally brilliant siblings in the outer courtyard.]

[Age 6: Shortly after awakening your martial soul, Zhang Lexuan personally took you to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain your first soul ring.]

[After searching for some time, you selected a thousand-year-level Dark Evil Tiger. Just as Zhang Lexuan prepared to strike and suppress it, you stopped her.]

[The Pluto Sword emerged, and gray mist surged!]

[Twelve pale skeleton soldiers crawled out from the void without warning, wielding bone blades, and instantly engulfed the thousand-year Dark Evil Tiger.]

[In the blink of an eye, less than ten seconds passed. The Dark Evil Tiger was dead!]

[Zhang Lexuan stood frozen on the spot, her beautiful eyes filled with shock. She had never seen such a bizarre and powerful martial soul—no soul ring required, it came with its own undead legion!]

[You sat cross-legged and absorbed the deep purple thousand-year soul ring. As the ring entered your body, the Pluto Sword became increasingly transparent, and a deathly silence that made the soul tremble emanated from the swirling gray light.]

Su Chen nodded to himself.

Good heavens, it truly lived up to the name Pluto Sword!

This configuration was practically a carbon copy of the Pluto Douluo Halosa from the era of Douluo Dalu III, perhaps even superior.

Although your status as an "extraterrestrial demon" meant you were suppressed by the world's will, the sheer presence of starting with twelve minions was still maxed out!

[On the return journey, Zhang Lexuan warned you with a serious expression: unless it was a last resort, you must never summon the skeleton soldiers in front of others.]

[In this era, which was extremely sensitive to "Evil Soul Masters," your abilities were too easily misunderstood.]

[You nodded obediently, though in your heart, you understood that this was not just a misunderstanding, but a symbol of power.]

[Upon returning to the academy, Mu En was greatly shocked to learn that your first soul ring was already a thousand-year one.]

[The Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion declared on the spot: "With these siblings, Shrek will have no worries for a hundred years!"]

[In the years that followed, Zhang Lexuan doted on you even more. Although you had not yet reached the official enrollment age, she would always secretly share her own cultivation resources with you.]

[You once again deeply understood what it meant to have an "elder sister who acts like a mother."]

[Your talent did not disappoint her expectations.]

[Age 7, level 20 Great Soul Master!]

[Age 9, level 30 Soul Elder!]

[Your cultivation speed soared like a rocket, breaking every record since the founding of Shrek. Even the usually steady Mu En could no longer sit still; he made an exception to convene a Sea God Pavilion meeting, approving you to enjoy the treatment of a core disciple in advance.]

[Even with the resources, you still made it a habit to save the best for Zhang Lexuan. You would always remember that if not for her, you would have long since been a frozen corpse in the snow.]

[Zhang Lexuan looked at your sensible self, only gently stroking your head with a mix of relief and heartache, yet she firmly refused to accept your offerings.]

[Age 10, you broke through to level 40, advancing to Soul Ancestor!]

[Age 13, you advanced with unstoppable momentum, achieving level 60 Soul Emperor!]

[That same year, Zhang Lexuan accumulated her strength and broke through the level 80 bottleneck, becoming a quasi-Soul Douluo.]

[To help Zhang Lexuan obtain her eighth soul ring, a Shrek elite squad consisting of thirteen people was assembled.]

[When you learned that the team leader was the "Taotie Douluo" Xuan Zi, a chill instantly shot straight to your scalp.]

Su Chen looked at the name on the simulator, his mouth twitching.

Xuan Zi leading the team... this was practically the signal that the "total party wipe engine" had started!

[Before departing, you specifically reminded Zhang Lexuan to bring several high-tier defensive soul tools.]

[Although confused, Zhang Lexuan had always been compliant with you and did so without hesitation.]

[At the same time, you repeatedly begged Xuan Zi to stay close to the team after entering the forest and not to let his greed for alcohol cause trouble.]

[Xuan Zi didn't take this to heart, merely giving a vague response out of respect for Elder Mu, while his hand remained gripped around that iconic wine gourd.]

[And so, the group of thirteen stepped into the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.]

What was meant to come, eventually came.

Su Chen watched the screen, a sense of powerlessness rising in his heart.

Some pitfalls, even if you foresee them in advance, are not necessarily easy to fill.

[On the tenth day in the forest, disaster struck!]

[A Blood Dragon Lizard with a cultivation of 100,000 years broke through the defensive line without warning and charged into the crowd!]

[It was a massacre. The elite disciples Shrek was so proud of were as fragile as paper in front of the 100,000-year fierce beast.]

[In just a few moments, eight were dead and four were injured! Fresh blood stained the jungle.]

[At the critical moment, Zhang Lexuan activated the level 8 defensive soul tool "Blessing" that you had told her to carry, barely blocking a fatal blow.]

[You and Zhang Lexuan fought a desperate battle! The Pluto Sword wailed, skeleton soldiers shattered and reformed, and the two of you fought through blood for several hours until you miraculously killed the heavily wounded 100,000-year fierce beast!]

[However, the price was painful.]

[To shield Zhang Lexuan from the Blood Dragon Lizard's final death throes, your internal organs were shattered, and you perished on the spot.]

[It was not until the battle ended and the 100,000-year soul beast had completely breathed its last that Xuan Zi finally arrived late.]

[Looking at the severed limbs scattered across the ground, and at Zhang Lexuan, who was holding your corpse and crying her heart out, this level 98 Super Douluo finally panicked.]

["I... I am willing to take full responsibility. I will resign as the Vice Commander of the Inspection Team the moment I return!" Xuan Zi said, his face deathly pale and his body trembling.]

Su Chen: "???"

Resign?

So many people died, and even I was dragged into this, and you think a simple resignation settles it?

At this moment, a murderous intent surged within Su Chen.

This old bastard truly deserves to die!

[Xuan Zi cleaned up the aftermath, and Zhang Lexuan, suppressing her immense grief, absorbed that 100,000-year spirit ring beside your corpse.]

[This absorption lasted for several months.]

[After the spirit ring was absorbed, Zhang Lexuan refused to return to the academy, insisting instead on taking your body back to the former site of the Zhang family in the Heaven Dou Empire.]

[Returning to one's roots. She said that if they could not share a bed in life, they would share a grave in death. If there were a next life, she still wanted to be your sister and protect you for a lifetime.]

[She kept vigil at your grave for an entire night, rambling on about stories from your childhood until her tears ran dry, only leaving after being urged by Xuan Zi, looking back with every step.]

[The third day... the fourth day... the fifth day...]

[The grave remained deathly silent; it seemed as if you had truly perished completely.]

Su Chen looked at the motionless simulator, his heart inevitably drumming with uncertainty.

Could his first simulation really end so sloppily?

[Until the seventh day of being buried in the earth.]

[The previously calm grave suddenly exploded, and twelve skeleton soldiers crawled out from underground, kneeling respectfully on the ground.]

[A pale palm broke through the soil!]

[You have been resurrected!]

[Death is not the end, but the coronation of the Pluto.]

[This death completely activated the hidden talent of the Pluto Sword—awakening the domain: [Underworld Rebirth]!]

[You stood before your own tombstone, feeling the terrifying power surging within your body. There was no joy of rebirth in your eyes, only monstrous killing intent.]

[Xuan Zi!]

[That arrogant, gluttonous, and irresponsible old bastard!]

[You swore that if you did not avenge this, you would not be worthy of being a man!]

[But you did not act impulsively. You knew that you were not yet a match for the level 98 Taotie Douluo.]

[You decided to endure and develop. The day you become a Titled Douluo shall be the day Xuan Zi loses his head!]