Fate Has Changed

"I announce that Class Nine's Wang Dong'er team has won!"

"Wang Dong'er's team has won this Freshman Assessment championship!"

At this moment, all the freshmen who had passed the assessment happened to be gathered here, saving them the trouble of assembling.

Important figures like Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo also happened to be present today. The list of Core Disciples had long since been finalized, with no major changes.

So, under the Academic Director Du Weilun's direction, the freshmen quickly began forming ranks.

After the freshmen had organized themselves, Du Weilun led the homeroom teachers and assistant homeroom teachers responsible for each class after the Freshman Assessment divisions to the front of the students.

Among these teachers, Chen Yuan only knew Wang Yan and Mu Jin.

"Ahem. All matches of the Freshman Assessment have now concluded. First, I would like to congratulate all of you students on successfully passing the Freshman Assessment."

"At the same time, I will announce the top three teams of the Freshman Assessment and their rewards."

"Third place: Huang Chutian's team."

"Members Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Huang Chutian, step forward."

"Second place: Dai Huabin's team. As all of its members remain unconscious, someone will specifically inform them of their rewards."

"First place: Wang Dong'er's team!"

"The members are Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao."

"Please come onstage to receive your awards."

What followed was all meaningless drivel, at least in Chen Yuan's opinion. Shrek's rewards for the top three teams in the Freshman Assessment had not changed in all these years.

The reward had always been one suitable Soul Ring, and it could not be saved for use at a higher level. If it exceeded ten thousand years, Shrek simply would not acknowledge it.

Don't ask. Chen Yuan had intended to use the Soul Ring reward he received back then for his fourth ring, only for no one to honor it.

They said that a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring exceeded the scope of a champion's reward for an ordinary internal event like the Freshman Assessment.

This time, just like in the original story, there should also be a hundred-year Soul Bone. As for that Secret Technique Soul Bone, there was no point even thinking about it.

He wondered whether that hundred-year Soul Bone would still end up in Xiao Xiao's hands.

If Xiao Xiao wanted to absorb it, Chen Yuan guaranteed that he could make her soar.

"Bei Bei, did you notice? All three of the top teams in this year's Freshman Assessment have Martial Soul Fusion Skills."

"Hm? It really seems that way..."

As expected, Huo Yuhao's name was not on the list of Core Disciples, and he nearly turned dark on the spot.

Although Xiao Xiao had long known that she would become a Core Disciple, she was still extremely excited when it was officially announced.

Seeing Xiao Xiao's excited appearance in the distance, Chen Yuan was happy for her as well. Cultivation was not for anyone else, but for oneself.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao's championship was the result of her grueling training with him over the past three months, an affirmation of all her efforts during this time.

"Bei Bei, go check on Yuhao. He's the only one among the top three teams who didn't become a Core Disciple. He probably feels terrible."

"The matches are over too, so I'll head back to cultivate first."

Staying any longer was simply too boring. Chen Yuan bade farewell to Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi before returning to the dormitory.

Chen Yuan's body was constantly growing stronger under the influence of the Heart of Life. Moreover, because his heart's blood-pumping ability had improved, the medicinal effects of the Whale Rubber he had taken a few days ago had basically been fully absorbed.

Thus, the moment he returned to the dormitory, Chen Yuan took out that nearly thousand-year-old piece of Whale Rubber.

Since it had already been confirmed that Whale Rubber's side effects were useless against Chen Yuan, who possessed Ultimate Fire, there was naturally no need to go to a hotel.

The familiar routine, the familiar steps, the familiar fishy smell.

But in order to absorb a Soul Ring over 45,000 years for his fifth ring, to lay the foundation for an 80,000-year sixth ring, and even a hundred-thousand-year seventh ring—

Chen Yuan had to consume every one of these body-tempering tonics.

Perhaps after reaching six rings, he would need to make a trip to the Ice Fire Mandarin Duck Pot. Only then would a hundred-thousand-year seventh ring be guaranteed.

After the Whale Rubber entered his stomach, Chen Yuan discovered that as his heart fused with the Gold of Life, the medicinal power contained within the Whale Rubber was being absorbed by his body at a visible rate.

The speed was so fast that he could clearly sense his physical strength increasing.

He had not experienced this sensation so clearly since reaching level thirty.

As a transmigrator, his interest in extraordinary power was naturally something the natives of this world could not understand.

They had already grown accustomed to the existence of Soul Power, but Chen Yuan had not. Every trace of increased strength was a brand-new experience for him.

That was the fundamental reason why he had been able to keep cultivating all these years and overtake others on the curve despite his Martial Soul Awakening being two years late and having barely any cultivation resources.

If he were as lazy as Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er, no matter how good his talent was, it would not withstand such waste.

Meanwhile, within an illusory yet tangible space, a grand palace could vaguely be seen in the distance, seemingly present yet absent, both unreal and majestic.

Above that palace hung a magnificent plaque bearing the three words: "Sea God Palace."

The God Realm was a special world. Even its lowest-ranked inhabitants were beyond comparison to the strongest beings of the mortal realm.

The God Realm Committee was the special organization responsible for managing the God Realm.

At first, the God Realm Committee had been controlled by the first-generation God of Goodness and God of Evil. The two of them were the only God Kings in the God Realm at the time, while Life, Destruction, and Asura were all enforcers whose strength had reached the God King level.

But after the God of Goodness and God of Evil left the God Realm, their successors proved unsatisfactory in strength. Thus, the other three enforcers also gained the title of God King, and the five of them jointly controlled the God Realm Committee.

In addition, there were seventeen first-class deities known as Main Gods. They were also the backbone of the God Realm, holding distinguished positions beneath only the five God Kings.

And the most important God Realm Hub was currently controlled by the first-class deity Sea God, the God King Asura God Tang San.

Amid the clouds stood a man who appeared to be only in his twenties. His waterfall-like blue hair hung all the way to his ankles. If not for his broad frame, he could easily have been mistaken for a woman.

Sea God Tang San.

He held a key-shaped object in his hand. Divine power surged around him as he gazed from afar at that azure planet.

"Douluo Planet... Plane Consciousness, no matter how you interfere with the Child of Destiny's fate, he has ultimately become a member of my Tang Sect. No matter what, he cannot escape my grasp."

"The Child of Destiny is the key to the Tang Sect's revival. This concerns the Power of Faith. I will never give up."

When Sea God Tang San ascended to godhood, he had slain two first-class deities and shattered their Divine Thrones. As a result, after he became a god, the God of Destruction's opinion of him was far from favorable.

There was no helping it. The number of Divine Thrones in the God Realm was limited, especially those above second-class deity level. At present, the God Realm only had first-class Divine Thrones such as the Seven Elements, Seven Deadly Sins, Sea God, Emotion, and Destruction.

There were only five God Kings in total.

One could imagine the impact Tang San's destruction of two first-class deities' Divine Thrones had on the God Realm.

Furthermore, when Tang San ascended to the God Realm, he took Douluo Planet's authority over the oceans with him. As a result, Douluo Planet's origin was now incomplete, and the plane's strength had plummeted.

Only after ascending did Tang San understand the gap between a first-class deity and a God King. If he were given another choice, he would definitely choose Asura God without hesitation.

Fortunately, his deeds in defeating Spirit Hall had continued to spread across the Douluo Continent, providing him with an endless stream of Power of Faith.

According to his original plan, as long as the Power of Faith continued flowing, he would need at most around ten thousand years in the lower realm to elevate the Sea God Position to God King level.

The first-generation Sea God had created the Sea God Position and the Sea God Trident merely by conquering the oceans. But Tang San did not possess only the faith of the oceans.

However, all of that underwent a drastic change four thousand years ago.