New Era

For a long time, the strongest on Douluo Planet, the Heaven-Propping Douluo, has been hailed as the deity of this new era.

Compared to the Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago, or the founder of the Tang Sect, the Thousand-Hand Douluo Tang San from twenty thousand years ago, he is surely no less impressive.

Many believe that these three are figures who exist on levels that never cross paths.

Had the God Realm not vanished, perhaps the Heaven-Propping Douluo Yun Ming would have already ascended to godhood.

But today, that title has shifted to another.

The greatest genius of this era is no longer the Sea God Pavilion Master, the Heaven-Propping Douluo Yun Ming, but Mu Han, who reached the demigod level at the mere age of fifteen.

He became a Title Douluo at twenty-three, a Super Douluo at twenty-six, and a Limit Douluo at thirty-one.

Yun Ming created miracles and is the legend of this era.

But now, that legend has been shattered by another:

At fifteen, he not only reached the Title Douluo rank but ascended in a single bound to become a Limit Douluo demigod!

More importantly, shortly after his return to the Federation, the Blacksmith Association publicly declared him a Divine Craftsman.

After confirmation from multiple parties, he has officially become the second person capable of Heaven Forging, following the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.

Immediately after the Blacksmith Association's confirmation, the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua announced his formal retirement, citing health reasons.

He will no longer accept any Heaven Forging requests, intending to focus his primary energy on teaching in the future.

The emergence of this news means that the only person currently capable of Heaven Forging and crafting Four-Word Battle Armor is Mu Han.

Yet Mu Han is not the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.

The Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua only had the Blacksmith Association behind him.

But behind Mu Han stands the Fatui, or rather, the Fatui was established by him.

The Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu was already a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.

But the Emperor Sword Douluo Long Tianwu and the Divine Sword Douluo Su Mengjun were originally only Three-Word Battle Armor Masters.

Now, both have reached the Four-Word Battle Armor level, and their cultivation has ascended to a higher plane as well.

It can be said that the high-end combat power of the Fatui is already the most formidable in the entire Federation.

Shrek Academy has only two Limit Douluos: the Heaven-Propping Douluo and the Light and Dark Douluo.

The Light and Dark Douluo remains in the shadows, and most people likely assume he is already dead.

The Spirit Pagoda does have four Limit Douluos, three of whom come from the Qiangu Family.

However, they only have two Four-Word Battle Armor Masters.

The War God Temple also only has two Limit Douluos: the Vast Sea Douluo and the Surpassing Heaven Douluo.

The situation is the same for the Tang Sect.

It is fair to say that the high-end combat power of the Fatui now suppresses the Federation's four major powers.

And while their foundation may be slightly lacking, they are undeniably a nouveau riche powerhouse.

They have mass-produced Spirit Alloy One-Word Battle Armor.

They have Thunder Hell Vine spirit rings and spirit bones.

And there is the Beast Soul Weaponization Project, which can mass-produce Spirit Sages.

Once one reaches the Spirit Sage level, their status is equivalent to that of an administrative official in a second-tier city.

Furthermore, one must realize that a Spirit Sage can already wear Three-Word Battle Armor.

And since the "mass-produced Spirit Alloy One-Word Battle Armor" has the capability for direct upgrades, does that mean Mu Han can directly mass-produce Three-Word Battle Armor Masters?

One must know that the majority of the War Gods from the War God Temple, the Elders of the Sea God Pavilion, and the four Spirit Envoys or even the Deputy Pagoda Masters of the Spirit Pagoda are all Three-Word Battle Armor Masters!

If the Fatui can mass-produce Three-Word Battle Armor Masters, wouldn't that be defying the heavens?

And if one adds all those ten-thousand-year Thunder Hell Vine spirit rings and spirit bones to the mix, couldn't they mass-produce Title Douluos, or even Four-Word Battle Armor Masters?

In reality, Mu Han does indeed have this intention.

But he is not doing it to stockpile troops; he is doing it to select suitable Battle Armor domains.

No one can determine the final form of a Battle Armor domain, not even the Battle Armor Master themselves, nor the person who crafts the armor, can influence it.

Only when a soul master completes the fusion with their own battle armor and the armor fully takes shape, will the Three-Word Battle Armor domain condense based on the soul master's own abilities and the characteristics of the armor.

And Mu Han intends to gather four additional, relatively compatible domains on top of the Sacred Dragon Domain.

After all, his Three-Word Battle Armor can fuse five battle armor domains.

However, battle armor domains are not necessarily better the stronger they are.

Compatibility is what matters most.

His Three-Word Battle Armor is named Mechanical Dragon, and once it reaches the Four-Word Battle Armor stage, it will become the Mechanical Dragon God.

Therefore, the foundation of his domain is the Sacred Dragon Domain of Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci.

And he must fuse four more domains onto this foundation.

The more Three-Word Battle Armor Masters there are, the more options he has.

As long as the compatibility between the five domains is high enough, his battle armor will be able to upgrade itself to the Heaven Forging level.

Then, it will evolve into a Four-Word Battle Armor on its own!

That is why he needs to forge so many Three-Word Battle Armors, and even Four-Word Battle Armors.

But the strength of the Fatui has also reached a very high level in a short period of time.

This is a situation that has never appeared in the entire history of the Federation, and this state of affairs has filled the entire Federation with anxiety.

When a faction becomes powerful to such a degree, it is enough to affect the very foundation of the Federation's rule.

Yet, the Federation is truly helpless.

One must know that even an entity as strong as Shrek Academy is said to be isolated from the world.

But in reality, they simply do not involve themselves in worldly affairs.

However, the Fatui truly do not care about anything at all.

They are somewhat similar to Sea God Island from twenty thousand years ago.

At that time, Martial Soul Hall was the symbol of orthodoxy in the soul master world.

Then there were the two great empires, as well as the Upper Three Sects and the Lower Four Sects.

Beyond that, there were many hidden sects, but they would more or less interact with Martial Soul Hall.

Sea God Island, however, was the exception.

And in the present day, if the Federation is compared to Martial Soul Hall, then Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda are the Upper Three Sects.

The War God Temple is equivalent to the Lower Four Sects of twenty thousand years ago.

Just as the Lower Four Sects were subordinate to Martial Soul Hall, the War God Temple is directly under the Federal Council.

Besides these, there are many hidden sects and hidden families.

But they all have some contact with the Federation, or rather, they are all people of the Federation, even if they do not serve it.

The Fatui are different; although the Fatui are also people of the Federation, they are not even a formal organization.

While possessing immense influence, they do not even have fixed assets.

In the original work, the Federation utilized the Spirit Pagoda, and the Spirit Pagoda utilized the Holy Spirit Cult, to directly blow up Shrek City.

In a sense, it could be considered the Federation using a borrowed knife to destroy Shrek Academy.

But now, to deal with the Fatui, what can the Federation actually do?

They do not even know where to aim their bombs.

They could bomb Mu Han, but then the Fatui would be left without a leader and would go completely insane.

Furthermore, Mu Han is not so easily bombed.

In the original work, if Heaven-Propping Douluo wanted to leave, no one else could have stopped him.

Let alone two God-Slaying missiles, even three at once would not suffice.

Although Mu Han is not as strong as Yun Ming in a one-on-one fight, if he wants to leave, others truly have no way to stop him.

On the contrary, he himself is like a human-shaped God-Slaying weapon; a full-power strike from him could slaughter a city in minutes.

What can the Federation do to him?

Instead, many powerhouses have come seeking his reputation.

Some powerhouses have even brought their entire families along.

The temptation of Four-Word Battle Armor for Title Douluo-level powerhouses is simply too great.

Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci was willing to sacrifice at least ten years of his lifespan for it.

By comparison, what does merely serving the Fatui count for?