Benefiting?

Helping Leng Yaozhu break through from demigod to quasi-god.

Helping Emperor Sword Douluo and Divine Sword Douluo break through from level ninety-eight to level ninety-nine.

He was even able to allow two Limit Douluos to unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

This discovery immediately confirmed to all major factions that Mu Han had already made a massive breakthrough in Beast Soul Weaponization technology.

Artificial Soul Saints were only the beginning.

He was planning to create artificial gods!

Regardless, the current combat power of one quasi-god and two demigods—adding up to two and a half quasi-gods—was already terrifying.

But precisely because Mu Han's wings were now fully fledged, he no longer needed to care about those factions.

Yet, those factions remained unwilling to give up.

Qiangu Dongfeng only now realized that he had been played by Mu Han.

Mu Han had promised to help him kick Leng Yaozhu out of the upper echelons of the Spirit Pagoda.

He had even sworn upon his martial soul, which was what convinced Qiangu Dongfeng to agree to cooperate with him.

Originally, Qiangu Dongfeng had only been curious.

Or rather, upon learning that Leng Yaozhu's disciple Gu Yue was very close to Mu Han, he felt that Mu Han might be useful for something in the future.

He never expected that he would directly poach Leng Yaozhu away!

Although Leng Yaozhu was considered Qiangu Dongfeng's rival within the Spirit Pagoda.

She was also a pillar of the Spirit Pagoda!

And he had just poached her like that.

Not only did he poach her, but her strength had also skyrocketed?

Originally, he and Leng Yaozhu were evenly matched; he was able to be the Pagoda Master only because of the foundation of the Qiangu Family.

But now, Leng Yaozhu's strength had far surpassed his own.

It had even surpassed his father's!

Furthermore, while it was true that Leng Yaozhu had left the Spirit Pagoda.

The Leng Family remained a prominent family within the Spirit Pagoda.

Leng Yaozhu's position as Vice Pagoda Master was still in the hands of the Leng Family.

And because Leng Yaozhu had beaten Qiangu Dieting in public this time.

Who would dare reach for the Leng Family's power in the future?

So, it could be said that he had suffered a massive loss.

Additionally, the Tang Sect also wanted this technology.

Since Mu Han could enable Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun, two Limit Douluos, to unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Couldn't the two Hall Masters of the Tang Sect do the same?

Heartless Douluo Cao Dezhi and Affectionate Douluo Zang Xin were also Limit Douluos who possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

Could a medium also be crafted for the Affectionate Sword and Heartless Sword to form a three-in-one Martial Soul Fusion?

But what could they do?

The entity the Federal Council wanted to deal with most, and found hardest to deal with, was Shrek Academy.

Because Shrek Academy would not leave Shrek City.

But conversely, they closed their doors and ignored everyone.

Yet Mu Han's situation was even harder to deal with than Shrek Academy.

Although he claimed to be forming the Fatui, in reality, he had no base of operations at all.

At the very least, Shrek Academy still had Shrek City.

And although Shrek Academy had no seats on the Federal Council, many members of the council were Shrek people.

Mu Han, however, didn't even have roots.

He hadn't joined the council at all.

Even when the Federal Council sent him invitations, he simply didn't go.

They offered him a seat as Vice Chairman, but he had no interest in it whatsoever.

At this moment, Mu Han was absorbing a 100,000-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear right-arm soul bone.

This soul bone was provided by the War God Temple.

Emperor Sword Douluo and Divine Sword Douluo had agreed to his recruitment.

Although Haori Douluo and Demon Harp Douluo had refused, they still allowed him to choose one piece from the War God Temple's soul bone reserves.

The soul bone itself was easy to absorb, but he intended to fuse it with his External Soul Bone, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.

Having monopolized the Spirit Ascension Platform in Eastsea City for two years, how could he possibly pass up this opportunity that belonged to Tang Wulin in the original work?

Three purple soul rings emerged silently, followed immediately by a fourth.

The four soul rings seemed to be stained with ink, quietly transforming into a deep, profound black.

The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear was an earth-attribute soul beast.

The Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, however, was metal-attribute.

Within the four-element system, the metal element is a derivative of the earth element, and the concept of earth generating metal holds true.

While fusing the earth and metal soul bones, the soul spirit Dragon Phoenix Golden Toad also successfully absorbed the essence blood of the Three-Legged Golden Toad.

The soul spirit had completed its evolution.

Mu Han had officially entered the four-ring realm.

Compared to his own strength, he couldn't care less about the petty schemes of the outside world.

If they truly annoyed him, he could simply board a train and travel around the entire continent.

He could even venture to the two overseas continents if he so desired.

In the end, those people could only resort to moral kidnapping, demanding that Mu Han hand over his technology to benefit the soul master world.

Mu Han retorted directly: "If you want to benefit the soul master world, then let's all contribute together!"

"The Spirit Pagoda should contribute its soul spirit cultivation technology and Spirit Ascension Platform technology."

"The Tang Sect should bring out the secret technique that the ancestor Tang San used to elevate someone without Innate Soul Power to a Titled Douluo!"

Soul spirit cultivation technology and Spirit Ascension Platform technology were the roots of the Spirit Pagoda.

If they agreed to that, Qiangu Dongfeng would twist their heads right off.

As for the Tang Sect, it went without saying.

Records stated that the ancestor Tang San did indeed help someone without Innate Soul Power, but the Tang Sect had never passed down that technique.

Even if it had been passed down, the lineage would have been severed ten thousand years ago.

If the Tang Sect truly possessed such a technique, they wouldn't have nearly been wiped out ten thousand years ago due to the emergence of Soul Tools.

But what could the Tang Sect say?

Would they claim that the ancestor Tang San didn't leave behind such a technique?

If even Tang San didn't leave behind such technology to benefit the soul master world, why should Mu Han be expected to?

Did the Tang Sect think Mu Han was greater than Tang San?

Or would they play the victim and claim the Tang Sect nearly lost its heritage ten thousand years ago?

That would be self-mutilation; the history of one's heritage is part of a sect's spirit.

The Tang Sect, much like Shrek Academy, had always prided itself on a twenty-thousand-year legacy.

This was something the Spirit Pagoda and the War God Temple could not compare to.

The Spirit Pagoda had at least a ten-thousand-year history, and the War God Temple was only established after the founding of the Federation.

If the Tang Sect admitted to a break in their heritage, their twenty-thousand-year history would be cut in half.

Which high-ranking official would dare say that? They would be nailed to the sect's pillar of shame!

After resolving the pressure from various factions, Mu Han headed toward Shrek City.

He did not intend to place the headquarters of the Fatui in Shrek City.

But now that the entrance examination for Shrek Academy had begun, he had to go and participate.

He had made a promise to the Sea God Pavilion, after all.

Moreover, a large portion of the pressure currently being exerted on him from the outside was being held back by Shrek Academy.

Or rather, the fact that Shrek Academy hadn't intervened was already a form of help.

The Tang Sect certainly wanted his technology.

After all, it was what allowed the two hall masters of the Tang Sect to unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Meanwhile, the Spirit Pagoda and the War God Temple, having had their pillars poached by him, were undoubtedly hostile.

If he didn't go to Shrek Academy now, what would happen if they decided to turn against him?

Although he had the quasi-god-level four-word Battle Armor Master Leng Yaozhu by his side, along with the semi-god-level couple Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun, whose combined strength exceeded that of an ordinary quasi-god, he still wasn't confident that he could withstand the Federation's four major powers with just these people.

Moreover, the pressure from the outside world is quite significant right now.

Going to Shrek Academy would also allow him to find some peace and quiet.

As for the learning aspect, he didn't really expect to learn anything of substance.

Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent are actually quite simple.

Setting aside mechanism-based anomalies like Xu Xiaoyan, everyone else is just stacking stats.