God Realm, confinement chamber.
The room was pitch-black, without even a sliver of light seeping in.
Under the laws jointly laid down by several God Kings, including himself, divine power had been completely cut off.
Tang San sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion in the room, looking utterly calm and composed.
For deities with long lifespans, three mere days of confinement... were nothing.
"Destruction, Destruction, did you think locking me in here would stop my grand plan spanning ten thousand years?"
A cold smile curled at Tang San's lips as he calculated inwardly.
By now, Xiao Qi should have entered Shrek smoothly. As long as she follows the predetermined trajectory of fate...
Buzz—!
Suddenly, a violent disturbance erupted deep within Tang San's divine soul!
The calm expression on his face froze instantly. Then his expression changed drastically, undisguised shock exploding in his eyes, along with a trace of disbelief.
"The Sea God Mark on Xiao Qi... has been triggered?!"
Tang San shot to his feet, no longer able to remain composed.
What kind of joke was this?!
At this time, Xiao Qi should have only just entered Shrek. How could she possibly have been forced to activate the Sea God Mark?
Had Shrek betrayed him?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Xiao Qi was a key piece in his ten-thousand-year plan. Nothing could happen to her!
Frantic with worry, Tang San raised two fingers and pressed them against the trident mark on his forehead.
This was the deepest safeguard he had left within the Sea God Mark, meant to observe the lower realm.
Yet when his divine sense struggled through the mark and into the lower realm, he did not see any life-or-death crisis.
There was only light—an incomparably pure light, Holy Light that made anyone who saw it want to merge into it!
"How is that possible?! Why is there Divinity in the lower realm?!"
Tang San's divine sense was affected for an instant before he regained clarity, but it was immediately flung back.
This time, the Sea God, who was usually in complete control, was truly panicking.
He could clearly feel that the mark he had left within Xiao Qi's soul was gradually losing power as it clashed with that Holy Light.
Instinctively, he tried to send divine power into it to maintain the mark, but the surrounding walls instantly repelled him.
"Damn it! I should have left another safeguard back then." Tang San's face darkened as though water could drip from it.
Back then, as a law enforcer of the God Realm, he had put considerable effort into constructing this confinement chamber in order to project an image of impartial law enforcement.
With his divine power sealed away, he could only exert every ounce of strength to transform the lingering wisp of divine sense in the mark into a wave of sound, repeatedly calling out frantically within Wang Dong's spiritual sea:
"Xiao Qi! Wake up! Don't let that power assimilate you! Wake up!"
His repeated calls achieved nothing. Instead, Xiao Qi sank ever deeper into it.
Tang San's eyes turned bloodshot. Staring at the door of the confinement chamber, he panted like a bull before roaring like a crazed beast:
"Destruction!! What exactly did you do in the lower realm—!!!"
Meanwhile.
Shrek Academy, Dormitory 108.
Wang Dong wore a smile as she held a rag and squatted on the floor, carefully scrubbing the gaps between the floorboards bit by bit.
She did not spare even the slightest stain.
She felt as though she had had a very long dream, though its contents were hazy.
She only remembered that it had felt wonderful... She had never had such a comfortable dream in her life.
There was no stern Big Uncle or Second Uncle, who always thought he was amusing, and she did not have to train hard every day. She only had to bask in the warm sunlight, and her Soul Power would steadily climb.
Unfortunately, a voice in her head buzzed incessantly like a green-headed fly, preventing her from fully enjoying such a wonderful dream.
Don't let this lord catch whoever it is, or I definitely won't let them off!
Smack!
The next second, Wang Dong abruptly flung the rag in her hand, now black with grime, onto the floor.
Her beautiful pink-blue eyes flew open, and the golden divine radiance within them vanished without a trace.
Wang Dong shouted furiously, "Can you shut up already?! You're driving me crazy!"
Her voice echoed through the empty dormitory, instantly making her body stiffen.
She blinked blankly as her gaze gradually focused.
What came into view was a gleaming hardwood bedframe, a battered desk without a speck of dust, and an iron cabinet that had been scrubbed clean enough to reflect light.
"Not bad! You knew you couldn't beat this lord, so you cleaned up so thorou—" Wang Dong spoke as she lowered her gaze.
What she saw made her voice grow quieter and quieter until it disappeared entirely.
Her sleeves were rolled up, her hands were covered in dirty water stains, and a blackened rag lay beneath her feet.
At that moment, the young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect, who had been pampered since childhood, completely short-circuited.
"I... what did I do?"
Wang Dong stared blankly at her reddened little hands, then at the dormitory, which had originally been comparable to a slum but had now been cleaned by her into something as spotless as the sect's grand hall.
The memories from moments ago flooded back like a tide, and an indescribable sense of humiliation shot straight to her head.
Wang Dong's skin flushed red from her ankles to her neck, then across her entire face.
"I'm going to... kill you!"
Bang!
The door was suddenly shoved open, and Long Yaochen said with a look of disdain, "I could hear you yelling from far away. You're the loudest person in the whole dorm building."
After clearly seeing the room, which was shiny enough to reflect light, even he could not help opening his mouth wide.
Was the effect... really this exaggerated?
"Nice work." Long Yaochen walked cheerfully up to Wang Dong, patted her shoulder, and casually wiped the grime from her face.
"What did you do? What did you do?!" Wang Dong grabbed Long Yaochen's arms in fury, instantly leaving two black claw marks on the sleeves of his white academy uniform.
Long Yaochen frowned, slapped away her filthy hands, and said unhappily, "I know you're in a hurry, but calm down first!"
Seeing that Wang Dong had completely lost her senses and was once again charging at him relentlessly—
Long Yaochen's head began to ache. He turned slightly aside to evade her uncoordinated lunge, then caught her slender wrist in passing.
Then, borrowing the momentum of Wang Dong's charge, he gave a pull and directly pinned her facedown against the hardwood bedframe.
He gripped her wrist with one hand and pressed his knee against her waist, instantly locking down all room for movement.
"Let me go!" Wang Dong shouted. She wanted nothing more than to tear Long Yaochen to pieces with her big eyes.
"Calm down and feel your Soul Power." Feeling Wang Dong struggling constantly beneath him, Long Yaochen spoke helplessly.
"What about my Soul Power... Huh? Why did my Soul Power rise by a level?" Wang Dong instinctively examined the Soul Power in her body. Her level twenty-four Soul Power, which had been stuck at a bottleneck, had actually become level twenty-five?
Wang Dong was dumbfounded, and her struggling stopped as well.
A few minutes later.
Wang Dong rubbed her sore arm and looked resentfully at the seemingly innocent fellow before her.
What had this hateful guy eaten to grow so strong? She was an assault-type Soul Master, yet he had pinned her down so thoroughly that she could not move at all.
And that... bizarre golden light.
If he had the guts, they could have a fair fight. If she lost, she would admit it!
What kind of trick was this? Making this lord, the young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect, clean for half the day?
This was simply intolerable!
Still, for the sake of gaining a level of Soul Power, she would let the matter slide for now...
Long Yaochen shivered under Wang Dong's stare and took out a packed meal from his storage device.
"Want some? I brought it back for you from the cafeteria."
As he spoke, he held it out before Wang Dong.
Wang Dong turned her head away, putting on a stubborn front.
As the dignified young mistress of the Clear Sky Sect, she would absolutely not eat... Grrr~
Her stomach growled at the worst possible moment, instantly making Wang Dong's face flush red again.
"Give it here!"
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