Sea God's Scheme

Around four thousand years ago, an anomaly occurred on Douluo Planet.

The Sun Moon Continent, which should not have collided with the Douluo Continent for at least tens of thousands more years, began drifting at incredible speed for some unknown reason.

Perhaps it was due to tectonic movement on Douluo Planet?

Or perhaps the Douluo Plane wanted to do something?

Whatever the reason, the result was that the Sun Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent, giving rise to a natural barrier like the Mingdou Mountain Range.

Afterward, fierce war broke out between the Douluo Continent's original Three Great Empires and the Sun Moon Continent.

Unlike the Douluo Continent, whose Soul Tool heritage had become so incomplete that only Storage Soul Tools remained, the Sun Moon Continent possessed a complete Soul Tool system. Its mid- and lower-level combat strength far surpassed that of the Douluo Continent.

If the Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy at the time had not stepped in, perhaps the Douluo Continent would now be called the Sun Moon Continent.

To the natives of the Douluo Continent, the Sun Moon Empire was an invader. There was no way to argue who was right and who was wrong.

Whenever Tang San thought of that Sun Moon Empire, he wanted nothing more than to wipe it out himself.

Unfortunately, even though the previous God of Goodness and God of Evil had entrusted the God Realm Hub to his care before departing, the God Realm was ultimately not his personal domain.

Whether in cultivation or followers, Tang San could not compare to the God of Destruction in any regard.

The other side was a genuine God-King Level existence who had lived for an unknown number of years, with eight First-Level Gods under his command.

Tang San's side, meanwhile, consisted mostly of Second-Level Gods. Between Second-Level Gods and First-Level Gods lay an uncrossable chasm, one even greater than the gap between First-Level Gods and God Kings.

That was why he had not acted when the Sun Moon Empire invaded the Douluo Continent.

And because he had not acted, the Tang Sect, one of his channels for obtaining the Power of Faith, vanished completely.

Compared to Hidden Weapons, Soul Tools had only one advantage: ordinary people could use them. In every other respect, Soul Tools crushed Hidden Weapons.

And the sect masters of the Tang Sect were fools too, refusing to adapt until the sect was ultimately destroyed.

Fortunately, Tang San still had Shrek Academy as a major source of the Power of Faith. But ten thousand years had already passed, and he had long become a myth.

There were too many and too varied lifeforms in the ocean. Sea Soul Beasts that had not reached a certain age could barely provide any Power of Faith, so an entire ocean provided far less Power of Faith than a single continent.

In recent years, the Power of Faith Tang San received had been dwindling more and more.

Unless he appeared before the public as a god once again, with his current Power of Faith, it would take at least ten thousand years for Tang San to raise the Sea God Position to God-King Level.

One had to know that the Sea God Position was currently more suited to him than the Asura God Position.

That was why Tang San had set his sights on the newly born Child of Destiny on the Douluo Continent.

Among the worlds governed by the God Realm, the Douluo Continent was a relatively high-energy world, the kind where gods were more likely to emerge.

A Child of Destiny like this was practically guaranteed to become a god. It was merely a matter of sooner or later.

But the passage of time in the lower realm meant nothing to the God Realm.

If this generation's Child of Destiny were allowed to grow freely, later generations would surely remember this Child of Destiny, who was closer to their own time.

Therefore, he had to tie the Child of Destiny to the Tang Sect, making him help Tang San revive it.

That way, he would not violate the rule forbidding gods from interfering with the lower realm, while the Tang Sect, his tool for providing the Power of Faith, could be brought back to life.

With faith provided by the Tang Sect and Shrek, along with the scattered faith from the ocean, Sea God Tang San believed that it would not be long before he completely reached God-King Level.

Of course, that alone was far from secure. There were several factions within the God Realm.

For a Child of Destiny who was almost certain to become a god, perhaps even a First-Level God, Tang San naturally had to find a way to bring him under his command.

That would somewhat close the gap in power between himself and Destruction.

"According to the plan, the Child of Destiny should have crossed paths with Xiao Qi long ago. Why was it taking so long?"

"And why wasn't Xiao Qi disguised as a man?"

"Forget it. Although there were some issues with the process, the result was still good. With a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Child of Destiny would surely spend more time with Xiao Qi soon."

Tang San was determined to obtain the newly born Child of Destiny on the Douluo Continent.

His daughter was a true divine maiden. Descending to the mortal world was merely to gild her reputation. Could she really be unworthy of a Child of Destiny?

As long as they got together, Tang San dared guarantee that this Child of Destiny would never escape his grasp.

The Douluo Continent was said to be the place where the God of Love had fallen. Its living beings were more or less influenced by the deceased God of Love and placed great importance on love.

Using the God Realm Hub to erase all traces of his observation of the Douluo Continent, Tang San finally breathed a sigh of relief. At such a critical moment, he could not let Destruction catch him slipping.

Douluo Continent, inside the Nine Treasures Pavilion of Shrek City.

"Esteemed customer, this is the Soul Beast intelligence you asked our pavilion to gather two months ago. The total is eight thousand Gold Soul Coins, and you have already paid a one-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit."

"So the remaining balance is seven thousand Gold Soul Coins. Please settle it in one payment."

Watching the clerk swipe the remaining seven thousand Gold Soul Coins from his Gold Soul Card, Chen Yuan felt a pang of pain.

That price was enough to cover two or three months of medicinal baths.

Soul Beast intelligence had never been cheap, and information on powerful Soul Beasts was outrageously expensive.

This time, Chen Yuan had commissioned the Nine Treasures Pavilion to investigate fire-element dragon-type Soul Beasts between thirty-five thousand and fifty-five thousand years old.

Since dragon-type Soul Beasts were so rare, Chen Yuan had also ordered intelligence on fire-element Leo-type Soul Beasts, fast fire-element Soul Beasts, and pure strength- or speed-type Soul Beasts.

If a Soul Beast possessed a particularly powerful bloodline, the age requirement could be lowered as appropriate.

If a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape and a forty-thousand-year Wind Baboon were placed before you, you would definitely choose the Titan Giant Ape without even thinking.

Chen Yuan had bought versions with illustrations, so the price was even higher. His knowledge did not yet allow him to identify the traits of every Soul Beast at a glance.

Unless it was an especially famous Soul Beast or a particular kind he knew well, Chen Yuan would have to return and research it carefully.

But for the sake of advancing, for a higher-quality Soul Ring, this money had to be spent.

Picking up the documents from the counter, Chen Yuan hurried to an empty corner and opened the intelligence he had been anticipating for so long.

Eight months had passed since the Freshman Assessment, and Shrek Academy was about to begin its annual month-long break.

Unlike before, Chen Yuan's vacation was packed this time. Not only did he need to return to Small Lake Village during this period and help the children who had turned six undergo their Martial Soul Awakening.

About half a month ago, with the help of the Heart of Life and Xiao Xiao's Martial Soul fusion, he had finally reached level fifty. This time, he also needed to hunt his Fifth Soul Ring.

Normally, there would not be nearly enough time, but fortunately, Shrek still had a tiny shred of humanity.

Students hunting Soul Rings during the break could be granted an extended reporting deadline depending on the circumstances.

After all, if one's luck was bad, wandering around for over a month might not even lead to a suitable Soul Beast.

No matter how strict Shrek Academy's rules were, it could not possibly be inflexible about this.

Even without absorbing a Soul Ring, continued cultivation would allow the body to keep accumulating Soul Power, which would all manifest after the Soul Ring was absorbed.

But only an idiot would do that.

The amount of Soul Power a Soul Master could cultivate in a day differed greatly at every realm.

For example, a level thirty-one Soul Master cultivated at the speed of a Soul Elder, but at level thirty, they still cultivated at the speed of a Soul Grandmaster. The total amount of Soul Power a Soul Elder and a Soul Grandmaster could cultivate in a day differed enormously.

Therefore, as long as someone needed a Soul Ring, almost no one would continue waiting.

Unless they were cultivating some special secret technique or undergoing special training.

Chen Yuan opened the folder in his hands. He needed to review this Soul Beast intelligence as soon as possible, since it was only intelligence. By the time he arrived, the Soul Beast might have changed habitats or been hunted by someone else.

Then he really would have nowhere to cry.

"Fuck! Why was this thing here?! Didn't it go extinct back in ancient times?! Did I remember wrong?!"