"Sword of Three Realms Judgment—Slash!"
Tang San, Ji Dong, and Lie Yan, the three Godkings, roared in unison, pouring every last ounce of their divine power into the attack!
The enormous three-colored sword bore the supreme will of judgment and sentencing. It became a streak of light that tore through the void and slashed viciously toward the gray core of the Space-Time Turbulence!
"Boom—!!!"
A terrifying collision of energy beyond all description erupted in the void!
There was no sound, only a burst of light formed by the annihilation of pure energy and the clash of laws—powerful enough to extinguish the stars!
The Sword of Three Realms Judgment was indeed terrifyingly powerful. It actually managed to halt the speeding Space-Time Turbulence for a brief instant, and its edge even tore through the distorted space barrier around its outer layer, revealing a glimpse of the core within.
However, it lasted only an instant.
Inside the Space-Time Turbulence was no ordinary flow of energy, but a vast, frenzied, and chaotic force of spatial origin, compressed to its utmost limit!
After being struck by the Sword of Three Realms Judgment, this force was like a giant beast provoked into a rage. It erupted!
At the torn opening in the core of the Space-Time Turbulence, an immense force of space poured out like a heavenly river bursting its banks. Instead of spreading, it strangely condensed into a gigantic "mouth" that blotted out the sky, formed entirely from spatial rifts. It radiated an aura that could devour all things, and at a speed beyond thought, it swallowed the entire Divine Realm head-on!
"No—!!!"
Tang San's eyes nearly split with rage as he let out a furious, unwilling roar!
He frantically urged his Asura Divine Power, trying to hold it back. But before this spatial might, which touched the very origin of the universe, an individual's divine power seemed so insignificant!
What was more, the Space-Time Turbulence had come too fast, too fiercely, and too unnaturally. The Divine Realm had no time to mobilize all its defensive forces, or even to activate its highest-level defensive array!
The God of Evil and God of Goodness were also deathly pale as they fought back with all their might, but it was just as useless.
The divine barrier raised by the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life was like a fragile soap bubble before that enormous spatial maw. It shattered in an instant!
The two Godkings were even injured at their foundations by the force of the recoil, their auras waning.
That "mouth," formed entirely from spatial power, swallowed the entire Divine Realm—mercilessly and irresistibly!
In the next instant, the light twisted and the scenery changed.
The stable space and time where the Divine Realm was located was forcibly torn apart and severed, then swept up by that frenzied spatial force and flung into the depths of the endless void, in an unknown direction far from the coordinates of the Douluo Continent plane!
The connection between the Divine Realm and the Douluo Continent had been forcibly severed.
The five Godkings, along with the countless officials, deities, and living beings of the entire Divine Realm, could only struggle to stabilize themselves and the Divine Realm amid this sudden, involuntary "drift through space and time," fighting the tearing and chaos brought by the spatial turbulence. Their hearts filled with shock, confusion, and a trace of uncertainty about the future.
The cataclysm in the Divine Realm caused not the slightest stir in the lower realm.
The skies above the Douluo Continent were still clear, and Shrek Academy was still filled with the bustle and energy unique to the start of a new school year.
In Dormitory 110, Huo Yuhao checked several times to confirm that the feeling of being watched, like a parasite clinging to his bones, had truly vanished. It hadn't merely been interrupted for a moment; it was as if someone had erased every trace of it. There was no sign of it at all.
He stopped what he was doing, stood up straight, and looked around the dormitory. He had just cleared enough space to make out its rough outline, but it was still cramped and shabby.
The worn-out furniture, the mottled walls, the lingering smell of dust in the air... This place was worlds apart from the bright, tidy, well-equipped dormitories for students at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy in his memories.
These so-called "freshman dormitories" at Shrek Academy... They're simply not places where anyone can live or cultivate in peace. Huo Yuhao sneered inwardly. Maybe they're supposed to "temper" the new students? Or are they really this stingy?
Whatever the reason, he had no interest in making himself suffer here.
Time was precious. Especially now that the "gaze" seemed to have shifted away, he needed a safe, secluded place where he could quickly recover and improve his strength.
Once he'd made up his mind, Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate.
He quickly put the few pieces of clothing he'd taken out back into his Storage Ring, then turned and headed out of the dormitory.
Rather than waste time and energy in this "hovel," he might as well rent a quiet, private courtyard or room in Shrek City.
After all, he had tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins in his ring—enough to live long-term in the most comfortable part of Shrek City and buy plenty of cultivation resources.
More importantly, living alone would let him protect his secrets as much as possible. Whether he was practicing the Dao Heaven Technique or studying Soul Tools, he wouldn't have to worry about a dormmate accidentally stumbling upon what he was doing.
Especially... The thought of Dragon God Douluo Mu En, the unfathomable old man at the entrance to the dormitory building, made Huo Yuhao even more wary.
Although the other man seemed to be doing nothing but "enjoying his retirement," how keen were the senses of a Limit Douluo?
If Huo Yuhao lived under his nose for too long, there was no telling whether he might give himself away in some careless detail.
He pushed open the door to Dormitory 110. The corridor was empty.
However, just as he passed Dormitory 108, a clear argument came from behind its half-open door, interrupting his thoughts.
Huo Yuhao's steps faltered slightly on instinct.
He hadn't wanted to meddle, but Dormitory 108 involved "Wang Dong" and the mysterious, handsome youth Lin Yan. He couldn't simply ignore it.
He needed more information to assess the situation.
He turned his head and peered silently through the gap in the door.
Inside the dormitory, the handsome youth Lin Yan he'd seen earlier was confronting another unfamiliar boy who had just arrived. The atmosphere was tense.
The unfamiliar boy seemed to be about the same age as Lin Yan, around twelve or thirteen, with a tall, well-proportioned build.
The most striking thing about him was his appearance—his skin was fair and delicate, almost translucent.
His face was exceptionally beautiful, with features so refined they looked like a work of art. His large eyes were particularly noticeable; his irises were an exceptionally rare pale pinkish blue, like peach blossoms touched with dew on a spring morning, clear and lively.
He wore his hair short and neat, the same pinkish-blue as his eyes. Even in the dormitory's somewhat dim light, it glimmered with a soft sheen.
Overall, he looked even more handsome than Beibei, with a nearly perfect androgynous beauty that made it difficult to tell whether he was male or female.
"Wang Dong..." Huo Yuhao identified him almost instantly.
The description in Wang Teng's memories matched the person before him closely.
Tang Wutong's incarnation in the lower realm, Tang San's daughter—and the person whose fate had become deeply entangled with his in the "original" story.
She arrived earlier than she did in Wang Teng's memories? Huo Yuhao thought, his interest piqued.
According to the "original," Wang Dong wasn't supposed to show up until the deadline for freshman registration, when she would move into Dormitory 108 at the same time as "Huo Yuhao."
But now, because he had enrolled early through the Shrek Token, and perhaps because some changes had affected the dormitory assignments, Wang Dong had arrived early too—and seemed to have gotten into a conflict with Lin Yan.
The story still has its momentum, but more and more details have already gone off course. Huo Yuhao analyzed the situation calmly. Lin Yan... Wang Dong showing up early... It seems my rebirth and Wang Teng's arrival have already set off quite a chain reaction in this world.
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