Time flowed like water, slipping silently through their fingers.
Seven days later, with the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament about to begin, Tang San and the others arrived early at Shrek Academy to make preparations.
That was right—Shrek Academy, not Thunder Academy.
Yu Xiaogang had no one knew what method to persuade Yu Yuanzhen, who had forcefully changed Thunder Academy's name to Shrek Academy.
After several days of adjustment, the group had finally managed to emerge from the shadows.
Though they still occasionally woke from nightmares, at least they could eat, cultivate, and talk normally.
At that moment, Tang San and three others made an excuse to slip out of the academy and head toward the Strength Clan.
Their goal was clear: to bring the Strength Clan into their fold.
According to his memories from his previous life, the Strength Clan's patriarch, Tai Tan, had been one of the Tang Sect's most loyal vassals.
Now that they had all been reborn, they naturally wanted to take control of this force in advance.
However, when they arrived outside the Strength Clan's former residence, all four of them were stunned.
The old Strength Clan estate had completely disappeared.
In its place stood a brand-new building, grand and imposing, with a style unlike anything around it.
It had gray roof tiles and blue bricks, upturned eaves, and elaborately carved beams. A lofty gatehouse rose above the entrance, flanked by two mighty stone lions.
Above the main gate hung a huge plaque, clearly bearing two gilded characters: "Tang Sect."
The two characters flowed like dragons and serpents, radiating grandeur.
The entire building clashed with the residences around it, yet somehow looked exceptionally majestic, as if it came from another world.
Tang San stared at the building, his face turning deathly pale as