Everything for the Amber Lord!

Feicui walked with elegant strides, followed by Wu Qingyao, chin held high; Snow Empress, expressionless; and Tingyun, whose lips always carried a faint smile.

The four arrived at the gates of Shrek Academy in that formation.

Feicui removed her hat and addressed the gatekeeper elegantly:

"Sorry for the trouble. Please inform Dean Yan that Yuheng, the Fairy Boat's Fourth Arbiter-General, and Hanxue, the Fairy Boat's Seventh Arbiter-General, have come with two friends to pay Shrek Academy a visit!"

The gatekeeper wasn't stupid enough to go running off just because someone asked him to deliver a message. Wouldn't Yan Shaozhe kick him out for that? But seeing the familiar woman and fox behind Feicui, he realized something was amiss and hurried straight into the academy to report to Director Du Weilin.

The four outside had come specifically to make things difficult, so they didn't mind being snubbed.

Tingyun even had the leisure to playfully fan the Jade General~

Before long, Du Weilin came out with Yan Shaozhe.

"It's an honor to meet you both. I'm Feicui. The Fairy Boat has kindly bestowed upon me the title of Jade General. I've come today because there's something I don't understand."

Feicui explained her identity and reason for coming with casual ease.

Yan Shaozhe's brow furrowed. He couldn't sense a trace of aura from either Feicui, who stood at the front, or the black-haired woman behind her.

"Have you come because of the misunderstanding three days ago?"

Yan Shaozhe asked mildly.

"Right here?"

Feicui looked at Yan Shaozhe, whose forehead was damp with sweat, with an amused smile.

"Please, come in!" Yan Shaozhe gestured for Feicui and the others to enter Shrek Academy.

Led by Yan Shaozhe, the group arrived at a courtyard.

"Please, no one will disturb you here. If there's something you wish to discuss, you needn't concern yourselves with anyone else."

The smile on Feicui's face slowly faded. She reached out and draped an arm around Tingyun's neck.

"Dean Yan may not know this, but my little sister has always been quick-witted and eloquent. We older brothers and sisters naturally adore her, and so she's never had to suffer a grievance..."

Feicui's indifferent gaze settled on Yan Shaozhe. Though she exerted no pressure, sweat streamed down Yan Shaozhe's forehead.

"Can Dean Yan give me an explanation?"

As Feicui began referring to himself as "this Seat," Yan Shaozhe could no longer hold back and let out a heavy breath.

"It was a misunderstanding! It was all a misunderstanding! I can..."

"That's not important! Dean Yan, what matters is that you let me see that old thing."

"Ah..."

A long sigh came from afar. The group hadn't even noticed the gaunt old man lying in a lounge chair nearby.

(Snow Empress: What does someone failing to notice me have to do with me being a Soul Beast?!)

"This matter was indeed Shrek's..."

"Ah... Old thing, why can't you understand plain speech? I said it doesn't matter! Understand?"

Feicui sighed and spoke coldly.

"I'll call Xuan Zi over right away. Considering Shrek can offer compensation and this young lady is unharmed..."

Feicui shrugged and lifted Tingyun's chin.

"See? This old man really can't understand plain speech."

Tingyun rolled her pretty eyes in exasperation. She couldn't tell if it was because Bai Mo had lifted her chin or because of his show-off remark.

Feeling Feicui's utter disregard, Mu En finally stopped speaking. A surge of Soul Power shot toward the inner courtyard.

Before long, a disheveled old man flew down from the sky. Seeing the familiar faces opposite Yan Shaozhe and Mu En, Xuan Zi knew the enemy had come knocking. He immediately summoned his Martial Soul, the Godly Taotie Bull.

"Good. Then take this move from me!"

Feicui sneered as a pale green stone appeared directly in his hand.

[Jade Stone]: One-time-use item. Current attack limit: a Third-Level God's full-power strike while burning their life force.

Mu En was exasperated when Xuan Zi came out ready to fight. Damn it, could Shrek really survive without him?!

Feicui didn't delay. He crushed the Jade Stone in one hand and spoke:

"I have come to pay homage, I have come to pour the wine, I have come to claim what's mine!"

As Feicui spoke, his body gradually rose into the air, and an aura far surpassing that of everyone and every Soul Beast present radiated from him.

Even Snow Empress couldn't help lowering her body under that oppressive force.

The brawny Xuan Zi wasn't fazed in the slightest.

"Taotie True Body! Taotie Divine Power! Taotie Godly Bull Transformation! Ninth Soul Skill—Light of Time and Space!"

Three layers of enhancement enveloped Xuan Zi. Transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull, he fired a dazzling beam of white light from his eyes, sending it hurtling toward Feicui.

Feicui's expression didn't change. He raised two fingers together and pointed them skyward!

"I bestow hemlock as sweet dew; seeds sown in spring, harvest reaped in fall."

"Then patiently wait for withered fruit to weigh down every branch!"

As Feicui reached the end of his incantation, time and space around Shrek Academy seemed to freeze. Snow Empress, eyes wide as she stared intently; Xuan Zi, transformed into a divine bull, and his Light of Time and Space; Mu En, who had summoned the Radiant Sacred Dragon; and even some little dragoness sneaking a look—all stood frozen in place.

A gigantic amber-colored stone hammer, large enough to cover the entire academy, appeared above Shrek Academy.

Even the residents of Shrek City, far away, could see it.

A trace of divinity glimmered in Feicui's light-purple eyes. His finger remained pointed at the sky, as if he were gathering strength, or perhaps pondering something.

"Everything for... the Amber Lord!"

The hammer slowly came crashing down from the sky! When Shrek's people came back to their senses, they stared despairingly at the descending hammer. Its oppressive force left them nowhere to hide.

Mu En's eyes turned bloodshot. He wanted to burn up every last bit of his life, but there was no time to stop the hammer!

Thud~

With the hammer's fall, the Douluo Continent officially entered the Amber Era.

In the first year of this era, a dazzling phoenix fell into nirvana; a witless old bull was left paralyzed; and a withered sacred dragon burned through the last of his life, with only five years left to live.

No one else was hurt.

Back in his true form, Bai Mo had his cheeks vigorously kneaded by an excited Wu Qingyao. The four were already on their way from Shrek City to the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce.

Along the way, they kept hearing people exclaim about how awesome Shrek was. The reason was as follows:

Passerby A: "Holy crap, what's that thing in the sky? As expected of Shrek! So awesome."

Passerby B: "But doesn't that giant hammer look like it's coming to smash Shrek?"

Passerby A: "Wouldn't a hammer that big coming to smash Shrek just prove how awesome Shrek is? Whatever, Shrek is awesome!"

Passerby B: "Shrek is awesome!"

The four chatted and laughed as they returned to the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce. Mostly, Tingyun was teasing Bai Mo for being so weak that he could only be carried on her back.

Bai Mo wasn't weak because he'd overexerted himself. On the contrary, he'd reined in most of his power at the end; otherwise, someone would surely have died.

His weakness stemmed from his heart. That feeling of divinity, of looking down on everything from on high, had been an absolute thrill for Bai Mo. Now, he couldn't muster any interest in anything around him.

When the four returned to the chamber of commerce, sharp-eyed Snow Empress was the first to spot a silver-haired little girl about Bai Mo's age sitting at its entrance.