[Doulou I Period]
On the bloody battlefield at the border of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Time and space seemed to freeze before that jade-white palm.
The combined strike of Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, powerful enough to shatter the heavens and split the earth, hung motionless in midair, only inches from the black mist enveloping Tang San.
Their frenzied Soul Power was completely restrained by an invisible yet vast, ocean-like force, leaving them unable to move.
Everyone's gaze snapped in horror to the figure that had appeared out of nowhere.
It was a woman.
She wore a gorgeous crimson gown, and her long, water-blue hair streamed wildly in the gale like surging ocean waves.
Her beauty seemed otherworldly. Her deep-blue eyes were as calm as the deepest ocean, yet held a majesty vast enough to devour all.
She merely stood there, and it was as if she had become the center of the world.
"Bo—Bo Saixi!"
The Golden Crocodile Douluo in the distance let out an incredulous cry the moment he recognized her!
For the first time, a look of wariness crossed his domineering face!
The High Priest of Sea God Island, a level-99 Peerless Douluo—Bo Saixi!
"Begone."
Bo Saixi parted her red lips and spoke a single word.
Her voice was soft, yet seemed to contain the laws of heaven and earth, making her words reality.
Boom!
An irresistible, terrifying force erupted!
The two level-96 Super Douluos, Qianjun and Demon Subduing, were hurled away at several times the speed at which they had arrived, before they could even cry out!
The entire battlefield fell silent.
Whether they were Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall or Sacred Pillar Guardians from Sea God Island, everyone was so shaken by this domineering display that their minds nearly shattered!
The Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression darkened. He stared fixedly at Bo Saixi.
"Bo Saixi!"
"You made an agreement with the Great Enshrined not to attack us!"
"If you break that agreement today, you'll be declaring a fight to the death with Spirit Hall!"
"A fight to the death?"
Bo Saixi finally turned her gaze toward him. Her placid eyes held a trace of mockery.
"Ever since that strange Sky Screen appeared, haven't we already been locked in a fight to the death?"
As she spoke, Bo Saixi lifted her head and looked up at the sky with her deep, ocean-like eyes.
"Or did you think I'd believe you would honor your agreement and stay inside that hall without ever setting foot outside?"
At her words, everyone raised their heads in unison.
"Sigh..."
A distant sigh suddenly rang out in the air.
Holy feathers drifted down from above, and a golden figure, sacred and majestic, slowly materialized.
"Bo Saixi, it's been a long time."
[Doulou II Period]
At Shrek Academy, things had temporarily come to an end for Qian Duoduo.
Elsewhere, however, things were only just beginning.
The Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters.
Inside the gloomy hall, Zhongli Wu had just been roused from unconsciousness by his subordinates. His face was as pale as a ghost.
He hadn't given in like Qian Duoduo.
Quite the opposite. A fury so blazing it consumed all reason was erupting within him!
He didn't care whom Feng Ling loved.
What he cared about was the dignity of the Holy Spirit Cult's leader! His own pride as Zhongli Wu!
Now, the Sky Screen had dragged that dignity and pride before the entire continent, trampled them underfoot, and ground them to dust!
"Carry out my orders!"
Zhongli Wu sprang to his feet, his bloodshot eyes gleaming with a savage light.
"Bring that bitch Feng Ling back at all costs! I'll personally turn her into the lowliest Soul Slave!"
"And Yan Shaozhe!"
His teeth ground together, each word squeezed through them.
"I want him dead! I'll tear him limb from limb and grind his bones to dust! I'll make all of Shrek pay for the humiliation I've suffered today!"
"Please calm down, Leader!"
An elder hurried forward to try to dissuade him.
"Shrek has deep foundations, and that old man Mu En is there to protect it. This isn't the time to—"
"Get out!"
Zhongli Wu kicked him away.
"Anyone else who tries to talk me out of it will be killed!"
The Evil Soul Masters in the hall fell silent, not daring to say another word.
But just then—
The golden Sky Screen, which had fallen quiet for a moment, suddenly blazed with dazzling light once more!
Everyone froze in place.
Zhongli Wu jerked his head up and stared at the sky.
Golden words slowly appeared across the screen, carrying the solemn weight of a judgment.
[If all Yan Shaozhe had done was cheat on his wife and carry on an affair behind her back, that alone would not make him shameless beyond redemption.]
[The true extent of his shamelessness begins with his origins.]
The declaration caused an uproar!
On the raised platform in Shrek Plaza,
Yan Shaozhe, who had already resigned himself to despair and his fate at the hands of others, raised his head at the word "origins" and stared blankly at the sky.
Even he knew nothing about his own origins.
All he knew was that he had been an orphan, taken in by Mu En and brought to Shrek. No one had ever told him who his parents were.
[It all begins with a name.]
[Ye Xishui.]
As those three characters appeared on the Sky Screen, a figure suddenly appeared atop Sea God Pavilion!
It was Mu En!
An unprecedented gleam flashed in his cloudy old eyes as he stared intently at the screen.
Terrifying pressure erupted from his aged body, immense beyond measure!
At the same time, two equally terrifying auras surged into the sky from deep within the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters!
All three auras belonged to Limit Douluos!
And at that moment, these three of the most powerful people alive attacked the Sky Screen in unison!
Yet the instant their attacks touched the screen, they melted away like snow, without stirring the slightest ripple.
"Hmph!"
Mu En let out a cold snort filled with boundless fury, and his figure vanished in an instant.
He couldn't stop it.
No one could stop this accursed Sky Screen!
The narration continued in its utterly emotionless voice.
[The Holy Spirit Cult is the most evil organization on the continent today. At the very top of its hierarchy stands a Supreme Leader who is almost never seen, named Ye Xishui.]
[Ye Xishui was once the Holy Spirit Cult's previous generation's Holy Maiden. She bore a son with the former leader—the man now known as the Holy Spirit Cult's leader, Zhongli Wu.]
[But almost no one knows—]
[When Ye Xishui was traveling in her youth, she had a child with another man.]
[Doulou II Period]
What?!
The revelation detonated like a bomb in the hearts of everyone powerful enough to know of Ye Xishui's existence!
Zhongli Wu was struck as if by lightning, his entire body frozen in place!
Mother... had another child?
Did I... have a brother?!
[To protect that child, and for a plan known only to her, Ye Xishui sent the infant to a remote village.]
[The child was adopted by kind people in the village, grew up, married, and had a child...]
The narration paused deliberately.
It was as if the entire world had held its breath.
An absurd yet inescapable premonition rose in countless hearts.
Everyone in Shrek Plaza turned instinctively toward the platform, where the bewildered, horrified man stood.
At the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, Zhongli Wu began to tremble violently.
He stared at the Sky Screen as a thought so horrifying that even he couldn't bear it surged madly through his mind!
No... No, impossible... Absolutely impossible!
The golden light on the screen blazed to its limit, gathering at last into a final judgment that would overturn everything everyone believed!
[The next generation born to that abandoned child—]
[Ye Xishui's own grandson—is none other than—]
[Yan, Shao, Zhe!]
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