"Hey, Fan Yu, what exactly are you worried about?"
Hearing Fan Yu's concerns, Qian Duoduo looked at him helplessly, his tone growing a little impatient.
"With Xuan Zi, a Level 98 Super Douluo, protecting Zhou Yi, you can put your mind at ease."
"How much time has even passed? That Evil Soul Master definitely hasn't come looking for Zhou Yi yet. You're a grown man—why are you so impatient?"
"Just wait. I promise, the moment that Evil Soul Master shows his face, Xuan Zi will suppress him right there."
"Zhou Yi won't have a scratch on her. What matters now is figuring out how to deal with what the Heavenly Curtain is showing."
Qian Duoduo shifted his gaze to the images playing on the Heavenly Curtain, his voice full of concern.
"Ever since the Heavenly Curtain began showing things, it's been playing images of people closely connected to Shrek Academy."
"First it was Yu Xiaogang, one of our Shrek teachers from ten thousand years ago, then our teacher Zhou Yi, and now it's our ancestor, Tang San."
"This Heavenly Curtain is clearly trying to smear Shrek Academy. These things have already spread across the entire Douluo Continent."
"This could bring unimaginable destruction upon Shrek Academy."
"That's what we should be most worried about right now. As for Zhou Yi's safety, Xuan Zi is protecting her, so you don't need to worry."
After speaking, Qian Duoduo didn't even give Fan Yu a chance to respond. He simply grabbed him and headed toward Sea God Pavilion.
Dragged along by Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu wanted to say something, but in the end, he could only follow helplessly behind him.
But even after Qian Duoduo's repeated assurances, Fan Yu still had a bad feeling.
After all, as a prominent figure in Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department, he had heard more than a little about the exploits of Xuan Zi, the Level 98 Taotie Douluo.
He had taken the inner court's core disciples to hunt Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest and ended up getting more than half of them killed.
That record only made Fan Yu more worried.
"Let's hope nothing goes wrong!"
At Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion.
Mu En, Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er, along with the rest of Shrek's senior staff, had all gathered in the room, their expressions grave.
The atmosphere in the room felt strangely tense.
"Duoduo, where's Xuan Zi?"
Mu En looked at Qian Duoduo, who had been the last to arrive.
Meeting Mu En's gaze, Qian Duoduo replied casually,
"I don't know. Fan Yu and I looked all over, but we couldn't find him."
"Honestly, that Xuan Zi might've gone off somewhere to drink again."
"Forget it. Let's leave him for now."
Mu En sighed helplessly, then turned his gaze back to the Heavenly Curtain, which was clearly visible even through the ceiling.
"Let's hear everyone's thoughts. What should Shrek Academy do about the footage on the Heavenly Curtain?"
"It's already reached the part about Tang San's father, Tang Hao."
Yan Shaozhe glanced at Mu En, then looked up at the Heavenly Curtain and spoke quietly,
"Elder Mu, Tang Hao, the father of our ancestor Tang San, doesn't have much to do with Shrek Academy. Even if the Heavenly Curtain really does show something bad..."
"The Clear Sky Sect are the ones who should be worried. At this point, we should just watch carefully."
Hearing Yan Shaozhe's words, Mu En thought for a long while before finally nodding and fixing his gaze on the Heavenly Curtain.
He waited quietly to see what it would show about Tang Hao next.
At that moment, in the scene on the Heavenly Curtain, Tang San fell into a deep sleep after taking over the infant's body.
The battlefield was left to Tang Hao and Ah Yin, the two protagonists.
Neither of them realized that their son had already died completely, replaced by an adult from another world.
After withstanding Qian Xunji's Ninth Soul Skill, Tang Hao's face had turned pale, and pain clearly coursed through his body.
But Tang Hao didn't care about the pain at all. What mattered more to him was Ah Yin behind him.
Why?
Tang Hao furrowed his brows.
Don't get the wrong idea. Tang Hao wasn't worried about his wife or the safety of the child in her arms.
His heart was full of longing for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Come on, come on! Qian Xunji had beaten him this badly—why hadn't his Ah Yin offered to sacrifice herself to him yet?
But before Tang Hao could think any further, Qian Xunji attacked him again.
And it wasn't just Qian Xunji. The reinforcements he'd brought were also hurling attacks toward Tang Hao without holding back.
Just as things reached this critical moment, the voice Tang Hao had been waiting for finally came from behind him.
"Brother Hao, I'm sorry."
Suddenly, dazzling white light blazed from Ah Yin, turning into a halo that instantly spread in every direction.
Tang Hao, who was closest to Ah Yin, was engulfed by the white halo spreading from her body, just as expected.
Then Ah Yin's entire body began to burn.
At that moment, Ah Yin's sacrifice was just like the one Xiao Wu had made for Tang San in the original story.
Tang Hao was stuck at Level 89, and the situation was dire. With Qian Xunji bearing down on her, Ah Yin probably couldn't have escaped even if she hadn't chosen to sacrifice herself to Tang Hao. Qian Xunji would have killed her.
Sacrificing herself to Tang Hao really was her only option.
Still, it was a good thing. With her head in the clouds from love, Ah Yin could become Tang Hao's Ninth Soul Ring and stay by his side and their child's.
"Goodbye, Brother Hao!!!"
As the flames of the sacrifice roared, Ah Yin's body grew transparent, as if a gust of wind could scatter her.
Tang Hao could feel the surging power within the Soul Ring, his heart racing with excitement. He couldn't help marveling,
"So this is the power of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring? This is incredible!!"
Though Tang Hao was overwhelmed with excitement, he still shouted at the top of his lungs,
"No~~~ Ah Yin!!!"
"How could you be so foolish!!!"
"No!! Don't sacrifice yourself!!"
But it was too late. His cold Blue Silver Grass wife had already become a warm, powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
After obtaining the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Tang Hao's eyes turned bloodshot as he threw back his head and roared.
The space around him compressed under the force of his fury, unleashing a terrifying shockwave that tore through everything nearby.
"I'll make you pay for what you did to my Ah Yin!!!"
"Die!!!"
A pitch-black iron hammer descended from the sky.
Everything in its path—earth, Soul Beasts, and vegetation alike—was crushed to dust.
With that, the scene on the Heavenly Curtain ended.
At that moment, the real Tang Hao, hidden somewhere in Shrek Academy, let out a sigh of relief.
That scared him to death.
Seeing what the Heavenly Curtain had said about him, and with the footage frozen on him the whole time, he'd thought it was going to expose the things he'd done back then.
So it had all been a false alarm.
At the thought, a smug smile appeared at the corner of Tang Hao's mouth.
"This Heavenly Curtain's no good at all!"
But the very next second after Tang Hao said this, the Heavenly Curtain's detached voice rang out:
"Tang Hao, the heartless, cold-blooded scumbag!"
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