Yuanen Yehui

A single battle brought instant fame.

After this publicly broadcasted battle across the entire continent concluded, the name of the Mystic Phoenix Douluo resonated throughout the entire Federation.

Leng Hanyuan also became, for a time, the most sought-after star in the Federation.

Major factions all sent people to make contact with him.

It was both an attempt to recruit him and a further probe.

Clearly, this rising number one person on the continent made many people uneasy.

Leng Hanyuan had absolutely no interest in these fellows.

He had Leng Yaozhu decline all these meetings.

The purpose for which he attended that battle had already been achieved.

The title of the continent's number one person had elevated the prestige of the Phoenix Family to another peak.

This would allow them to better reach out toward the Federation.

And the ultimate goal of that reach was the Blood God Legion, which suppressed the Abyss!

That was the focal point of Leng Hanyuan's schemes.

It was also the necessary reliance for his future transformation from a mortal into a god!

The current Douluo Continent was no longer under the control of the God Realm.

However, the suppression of the plane's will had become a mountain that stopped countless quasi-gods at the threshold of the divine realm.

To break through this layer of suppression, ascend to the divine realm in one go, and open up an independent God Realm, required immense energy.

Therefore, Leng Hanyuan had set his sights on the Abyss Plane.

Tang God King had intentionally exposed the coordinates of the Douluo Continent, drawing the covetous gaze of the Abyss Plane.

He was also greedy for the energy of the Abyss Plane, wanting to use it as nourishment to elevate the Douluo Plane to a higher level.

This was sufficient proof of the vast energy contained within the Abyss Plane!

However, how to harness this massive energy for his own use was a question that required careful thought and deliberation.

After all, the Abyss Plane was not a dead plane.

Within it existed numerous top-tier powerhouses formed from abyssal energy.

The Abyss Holy Monarch was a genuine god-level powerhouse.

He was not someone the current Leng Hanyuan could deal with.

Therefore, expecting to swallow the entire Abyss Plane at once was unrealistic.

He had to nibble away at it, planning slowly.

And the step of making contact with the Abyss Plane appeared particularly important.

Because of its unique nature, the Blood God Legion was almost impossible for a single faction to control.

The ultimate goal of all the Phoenix Family's actions within the Federation, as directed by Leng Hanyuan, was to ensure the Phoenix Family gained as much influence as possible within the Blood God Legion.

"Brother Hanyuan, I've found her."

Leng Yaozhu's voice came through the Communication Soul Device.

"Oh?"

"Where is she?"

Leng Hanyuan raised an eyebrow and asked softly.

"Shrek City."

"She's working at a small tavern, seemingly preparing to enroll in Shrek Academy."

"I've already sent the specific information to you."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, little Yaozhu."

He ended the soul device communication.

Leng Hanyuan looked at the information sent by Leng Yaozhu.

On it was a young girl with wine-red hair.

"Yuanen Yehui."

Leng Hanyuan looked at the girl in the file and whispered softly.

"It seems I'll have to take a trip to Shrek City..."

This was his second target.

Yuanen Yehui.

The possessor of the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul and the Fallen Angel Martial Soul.

She hailed from the Yuanen Family, which carried the bloodline of the Titan Giant Ape.

Of course, the reason she was able to capture Leng Hanyuan's attention—and prompt him to specifically task Leng Yaozhu with investigating her—was not solely due to the two aforementioned reasons.

A more significant reason was that Yuanen Yehui possessed an extremely peculiar secret.

She held the coordinates to another plane: the Demon Plane!

This was a plane that had also set its sights on the Douluo Plane.

Though it was slightly inferior to the Abyss Plane, it was better suited to Leng Hanyuan's requirements.

It could serve as a stepping stone, giving him more leverage to manipulate the Abyss Plane.

He stood up.

After casually sending a message to East Sea Academy Principal Yu Zhen to request an extended leave of absence and notifying Gu Yue, Leng Hanyuan's figure dissolved into a flurry of ice crystals and vanished from the spot.

Shrek City.

Shrek Academy was the most unique soul master academy in the entire Federation.

This was because it was not merely a soul master academy; it possessed its own city.

This had always been a point of dissatisfaction for many high-ranking officials in the Federation.

After all, although Shrek Academy had always styled itself as an ordinary soul master academy, what kind of soul master academy owned its own city?

Moreover, its scale and level of prosperity even surpassed that of the Ming Capital!

Although Shrek Academy claimed to be a neutral soul master academy, ever since ten thousand years ago, their actions had never aligned with the identity they claimed.

Dressed in a light white casual outfit, Leng Hanyuan appeared in Shrek City.

If one ignored his superior face, he looked as relaxed as an ordinary tourist.

Walking along the streets, he surveyed the scene around him.

This was not his first time in Shrek City.

Ten thousand years ago, Leng Hanyuan had already visited several times.

However, those visits had not been particularly pleasant.

To be precise, they had not been pleasant for Shrek Academy.

After all, back then, as an exchange student, he had soundly beaten every genius at Shrek Academy, including that senior sister of theirs.

He had once made Shrek Academy unable to hold its head up high.

They had hated him to the bone.

This was his first time visiting Shrek City ten thousand years later.

Tsk tsk, it really is much more luxurious than it was ten thousand years ago.

One had to admit that Shrek Academy truly had something going for it.

Ten thousand years ago, the Tang Sect declined, yet Shrek Academy lived on comfortably under the title of the continent's number one soul master academy.

Ten thousand years later, the Body Sect had all but vanished, yet Shrek Academy continued to thrive.

To say they lacked the means to secure their own survival would be impossible.

"Night Color."

"According to the intelligence Little Yaozhu provided, this must be the place."

Leng Hanyuan stopped in his tracks and looked up at the small tavern before him.

A sign hung above the tavern, with the two large characters for "Night Color" written in shimmering, iridescent light.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he walked inside at a leisurely pace.

This was not Leng Hanyuan's first time in a place like a tavern.

Ten thousand years ago, that Miss Meng, who had been obsessed with his looks, had brought him to small taverns more than once, conspiring with Xiao Hongchen to try and get him drunk.

Unfortunately, alcohol had no effect on a wielder of Ultimate Ice.

Even if Leng Hanyuan did not actively use his soul power to purge the alcohol from his body, it was difficult for the spirits to make him feel intoxicated.

Consequently, Meng Hongchen's schemes always fell through, and in the end, it was always Leng Hanyuan who carried the two siblings back to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.

For this, the siblings were often scolded by Jing Hongchen for getting themselves dead drunk.

The tavern was lively.

The soul guidance sound system was blasting high-energy rock music.

The lights shifted and swirled, vibrant and colorful.

Combined with the scent of alcohol permeating the tavern, it was incredibly easy to stir up people's emotions.

On the central stage, many men and women were twisting their bodies, dancing.

Many looked quite young; they were likely students from Shrek Academy.

Soul masters matured early, and Shrek Academy had always upheld a rigorous elimination system.

It was perfectly normal for these students to come to such a place to vent their stress through alcohol.