The Sea God's Foresight, Dragon God Douluo Mu En!

As the voice fell, Xu Tianyao and the others could not help but follow Yan Shaozhe's gaze.

Behind these three statues, seven younger statues were arranged in neat order.

When Xu Tianyao's eyes swept over them, his heart skipped a beat: Is it finally time?

Yan Shaozhe's voice rang out once more, carrying a hint of reminiscence and reverence: "These seven statues behind the Golden Iron Triangle are the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, who once forged the supreme glory and brilliance of Shrek!"

"At the head of the line is the White Tiger Douluo, Dai Mubai."

Xu Tianyao looked in the direction indicated; the statue was tall and imposing, with an aura like a tiger. Its features radiated an intense sense of oppression, as if a dormant white tiger might awaken at any moment.

Yan Shaozhe continued: "The second is the Sausage Douluo, Oscar. He is one of the few food-system Title Douluos on the continent."

The second statue had a noticeably gentler temperament; though he was a support-type in the combat system, he was not to be underestimated.

"The third..."

At this point, Yan Shaozhe's tone became slightly more solemn.

"He is the ancestor of the Tang Sect, the Thousand Hand Douluo, Tang San."

This statue was the most striking of all.

Long blue hair cascaded down his back, carved with such exquisite detail that even the flow of the strands was clearly visible.

He wore simple, fitted attire, with Blue Silver Grass vine patterns coiled around his body, symbolizing the origin of his martial soul.

A faint, elusive smile played on his lips, yet his gaze was exceptionally profound, as if he were looking across time and space, watching all who came after him.

As Xu Tianyao looked at the statue, his heart suddenly chilled. A powerful force seemed to lock onto his soul, as if it had peered into the depths of his very being.

Just then, the Blue Ice Talisman in Xu Tianyao's spiritual sea—which had remained dormant since he entered—emitted a faint glimmer, enveloping his body.

Divine Realm

The Sea God, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly felt a strange disturbance in his mind, as if someone were interfering with certain measures he had left in the lower realm.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked toward the Divine Realm Hub with some confusion, finally catching sight of the scene.

It was the image of Xu Tianyao and the others touring Shrek Academy, and this single glance caused his heart to skip a beat.

"A person of destiny? The trajectory of fate has been altered? How could it appear so soon?"

"No matter. Sooner or later, the result will be the same."

The Sea God withdrew his divine power and, taking something from the turbulence that no one noticed while the Divine Realm Hub was unattended, cast it into the lower realm ahead of schedule.

A low, faint murmur could be heard: "Holding the sun, moon, and stars in my hand, there is no one in this world like me..."

After the tour of Shrek's school history was complete, the next order of business was the teaching arrangements.

In this regard, Shrek Academy was actually quite accommodating to the students from the Sun Moon Empire.

They did not assign them to specific classes; instead, they granted them the freedom to audit. Whether it was a course in the Martial Soul Department or the Soul Guidance Department, they were free to attend whatever interested them.

This arrangement left the Sun Moon Empire students quite satisfied, thinking that Shrek Academy did not seem as exclusionary as they had imagined.

Little did they know that this specific arrangement—denying them a formal class while only allowing auditing—actually contained profound implications.

Over ten thousand years, Shrek had accumulated exclusive systems in martial soul cultivation, martial soul fusion, and extreme individual combat. If they were given a separate class, the Sun Moon students could systematically and completely learn these systems and bring them back to the Sun Moon Empire to improve and promote them.

Auditing, however, only allowed for fragmented learning. They could not access complete lesson plans, core secret techniques, or practical special training, effectively preventing them from replicating Shrek's high-level soul master training system.

Of course, there were also political considerations. Four thousand years ago, during the collision of the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent, the Sun Moon Empire had invaded, leaving deep-seated grievances between the two sides.

Everyone knew that the Sun Moon Empire had long aimed for expansion and viewed Shrek as an obstacle to unifying the continent.

When Shrek proposed the exchange student program, the other three nations had already whispered their concerns. Refusing to grant a dedicated class was a clear way to draw a line in the sand and avoid opening complete educational resources to a hostile power.

This was also a gesture to the three nations of Tianhun, Xingluo, and Douling to maintain mutual trust.

Formal students in a dedicated class could enjoy exclusive access to the academy's soul ring resources, secret realm cultivation, one-on-one guidance from mentors, and eligibility for inner courtyard assessments—the benefits were immense.

Auditing students, lacking full student status, could not apply for cultivation supplies or participate in core practical training; from a resource perspective, the gap was vast, and there was no risk of aiding the enemy.

Of course, there was one more crucial reason: maintaining their own internal unity and stability.

By not establishing centralized classes, the Sun Moon students were forced to scatter and mix into ordinary classes composed of students from other nations.

This made it easy for the academy to observe and monitor their movements at any time, preventing the Sun Moon students from grouping together to form intelligence cells or colluding in secret, thereby reducing the risk of infiltration and subversion.

It had to be said that while Shrek Academy was conservative and somewhat set in its ways, they were truly masters of political maneuvering and underhanded tactics. It was no wonder they had stood tall on the Douluo Continent for ten thousand years, or even longer.

After these arrangements were finalized, Yan Shaozhe excused himself, citing official business, and left a few senior students to take the newcomers to their dormitories and handle the check-in process.

On the way, they learned a few things from the two seniors.

Shrek's dormitory buildings were very distinctive. And what was that distinction? They had absolutely no distinction at all.

According to their description, the rooms were almost identical to university dormitories from ten years ago.

Aside from washing facilities and soul guidance lamps, there was almost no other soul guidance furniture. It was very simple and primitive, though they had already prepared themselves for this before arriving.

In their eyes, it was just like when the foreigners first arrived in our lands; the historical foundation was profound, yet the technology lagged far too behind.

Upon arriving at the dormitory building, the two students led the boys and girls of the group straight upstairs, while Xu Tianyao found himself drawn to an old man sitting by the entrance.

The old man's eyes were closed, and he appeared to be of a great age; his body was frail, his hair was gray and white, and his face was etched with wrinkles—time had left far too many marks upon him.

The identity of this person was practically self-evident: the Dragon God Douluo, Mu En!

Mu En was also quite surprised at this moment. Almost no one outside knew his true identity; he had merely intended to lie in front of the dormitory building for a short nap as he usually did, while incidentally observing the students who had come from the Sun Moon Empire this time.

In particular, he was interested in that Sun Moon Prince, Xu Tianyao, who possessed a special status, immense talent, and had managed to severely injure two Soul Kings and one Soul Emperor with the strength of a mere Soul Elder.

He had not expected, however, that he would be identified at a single glance by that child.

Indeed, Mu En sensed a strange, flickering fluctuation emanating from the boy before him—one that was difficult to distinguish as yin or yang, and impossible to define as ice or fire.

He could be almost certain that this person was the possessor of Twin Martial Souls, the Sun Moon Prince, Xu Tianyao.

He slowly opened his cloudy, aged eyes, his gaze traveling from top to bottom as it landed upon Xu Tianyao.

"Little student, are you unable to find your dormitory?"