Douluo Explorer, Descends into the World of Tales of Herding Gods!

Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy.

On the training field, the sunlight was just right, and a light breeze brushed through the leaves of the trees beside the grounds, making them rustle softly.

At this moment, it was the preparation period just before the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was about to begin.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the other Shrek Seven Devils were drenched in sweat, going through their daily sparring drills.

Suddenly, the originally clear sky rippled like water.

The ripples spread extremely fast. In just a few breaths, a massive light screen abruptly stretched across the sky over the entire Douluo Continent.

No matter where one was on the continent, all it took was a glance upward to see that light screen clearly.

"Teacher, what is that in the sky?" Seeing this, Tang San stopped practicing with his hidden weapons, a faint, crystalline purple gleam rising in his eyes.

He pushed the Purple Demon Eyes to the limit, trying to see the truth behind the light screen.

But no matter how he looked, he felt he could not see through it.

Not only that, his eyes began to sting sharply because of it.

After hearing his beloved disciple's question, Yu Xiaogang, who stood at the side of the field, also clasped his hands behind his back and frowned slightly.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he cleared his throat and said in a confident tone, "Little San, stay calm when something happens."

"Spirit abilities in this world are strange and varied. In my opinion, this phenomenon in the sky is most likely an ultra-large illusion cast by a Titled Douluo of the illusion category who excels at creating mirages, borrowing the momentum of heaven and earth."

"This sort of trick looks frightening, but in truth, as long as you steady your mind and do not let it confuse you, it has no killing power whatsoever."

After hearing Grandmaster's analysis, everyone from Shrek let out a breath of relief.

Because in their hearts, Grandmaster's theoretical knowledge had always been irrefutable.

At the same time, in Spirit City, inside the Supreme Pontiff Palace.

Bibi Dong, who had sensed the anomaly in the sky, abruptly stood up and could no longer remain seated.

She held a scepter inlaid with gemstones and wore a purple-gold crown, every bit the image of an empress.

"What terrifying pressure..."

Looking at the huge light screen that had suddenly appeared in the sky, Bibi Dong could not help muttering to herself.

She was already a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, only one final step away from becoming a god.

Yet before the aura emitted by that light screen in the sky, she actually felt as tiny as an ant gazing up at the bright moon.

At the same time, just as the entire Douluo Continent fell into panic because of the light screen, a vast voice suddenly rang out, falling beside the ears of every living being on the continent.

High-dimensional world sky-screen livestream activated.

The sky screen will randomly select five living beings from Douluo Continent to proceed to the world of Tales of Herding Gods for training.

Within the Great Ruins, fortune lies everywhere.

Heavenly treasures capable of allowing one to break through rank one hundred and shatter the shackles of mortals can be found in abundance.

Rules: Those selected who survive in the Great Ruins for a full year may choose on their own to return to Douluo Continent and take away all opportunities they have obtained.

If they unfortunately die during training, both soul and spirit will be destroyed, never to reincarnate.

The first batch of five names is now being randomly drawn...

Drawing complete.

As that vast voice fell, five names flickering with golden light, along with their basic information, slowly appeared on the enormous light screen in the sky.

Star Luo Empire, Zhu family collateral branch, Zhu Dazhi, rank forty-two Battle Spirit Ancestor.

Spirit Hall, guard of Cardinal Salas, Wang Xiu, rank sixty-three Battle Spirit Emperor.

Heaven Dou Empire, ordinary blacksmith, Chen Aniu, no spirit power.

Member of a spirit-hunting group on the outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest, Liu Dao, rank thirty-five Battle Spirit Elder.

Fasnuo Province, fallen noble, Li Ziyang, rank twenty-one Spirit Grandmaster.

Among these five people, there was a Spirit Emperor, a Spirit Ancestor, and even an ordinary blacksmith with no spirit power at all.

Seeing the information of these five people, the entire Douluo Continent instantly erupted.

"Break through rank one hundred? Doesn't that mean becoming a god?!"

"What kind of place is the Great Ruins, exactly? You can bring back divine objects just by staying there for a year?"

"Why them! Even that blacksmith called Chen Aniu gets to go, and I'm a proper Spirit Grandmaster! Why wasn't I chosen?"

In an instant, countless spirit masters' eyes turned red with envy. One by one, they went mad with jealousy, wishing they could immediately take their places.

The temptation of immortality and becoming a god was enough to drive anyone on the continent insane.

Back at Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun also swallowed with some envy and could not help asking, "Grandmaster, if that place in the sky really exists, then hasn't that Spirit Emperor from Spirit Hall struck it rich?"

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang let out a cold snort, his hands still clasped confidently behind his back.

Then he turned to look at everyone and spoke in a lecturing tone.

"Fatty, don't tell me even you believe that nonsense?"

"I already said it. This is nothing more than some method of creating an illusion."

"The path of cultivation is all about staying grounded. How could there be some higher-dimensional world where heavenly treasures are everywhere?"

"Just watch. Those five have probably been transported to some unknown corner of the Star Dou Forest. Facing those vicious soul beasts, whether they can even survive is the real question."

After hearing Grandmaster's words, the Shrek Seven Devils all nodded one after another, feeling that it made a lot of sense.

At that moment, on the enormous screen of light in midair, five beams of golden light instantly descended.

The next second, under the gaze of countless eyes across the entire continent, the five chosen people vanished into thin air.

Immediately after, the image on the screen shifted as well.

The sky screen did not broadcast all five of them at once. Instead, a single huge image lit up on its own.

Clearly, this livestream was only showing one person's first-person perspective at a time.

The one now appearing in the very center of the screen was precisely that rank sixty-three Battle Soul Emperor from Spirit Hall, Wang Xiu.

Once the image became clear, everyone on the Douluo Continent widened their eyes, wanting to see just what this so-called higher-dimensional world looked like.

In the image, Wang Xiu had been transported to the edge of an extremely ancient and ruined wasteland.

The environment here looked utterly desolate.

All around him grew unknown weeds more than half a man tall, and collapsed giant stone pillars could be seen everywhere on the ground.

In the grass not far away, several broken stone statues covered in moss were scattered about as well.

At this moment in the Great Ruins, the sun hung slanted in the west, and the sky looked as though it had reached evening.

"So this is the so-called higher-dimensional world, the Great Ruins?"

Wang Xiu stood in the middle of the ruins, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings warily.

First, he took a deep breath, but he did not sense any particularly dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Then he walked around the nearby area.

Aside from some broken walls and ruins, as well as a few ordinary insects crawling through the grass, he did not see so much as the shadow of half a soul beast.

"Hmph. Playing tricks."

Wang Xiu gave a cold laugh, and the vigilance on his face gradually eased.

As an elite guard of Spirit Hall, what kind of scene had he not witnessed before?

He halted his steps, and the soul power in his body surged instantly.

Two yellow, three purple, one black.

Six glowing soul rings instantly rose from beneath his feet, pulsing up and down around his body.

The powerful fluctuations of soul power directly pressed the surrounding weeds down low.

After his martial soul possessed him, Wang Xiu's hands became sharp leopard claws covered in black fur, and his entire person gave off a fierce aura.

"Whether it's the Great Ruins or the Star Dou Forest, as long as there are no hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, I, a rank sixty-three Soul Emperor, can walk all over this place."

"If His Holiness the Pope learns that I found something here that can grant godhood, once I return, he'll definitely promote me to platinum bishop!"

Wang Xiu muttered to himself with complete confidence, then strode straight along the edge of the ruins toward the outside.

At this moment, everyone on the Douluo Continent outside the light screen began discussing the scene one after another.

"This place doesn't look like anything special."

"Yeah. It feels about the same as those abandoned ancient city ruins in our Heaven Dou Empire."

"That Soul Emperor from Spirit Hall is really lucky. There isn't even a ten-year soul beast where he landed."

On the training field of Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang also revealed an expression that said he had expected exactly this.

Then, feeling utterly satisfied for the moment, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly as he pointed at the sky screen somewhat smugly and said, "Do you see now, Little San?"

"The environment in this place is so desolate, and there isn't even a decent soul beast. It is clearly a barren land."

"How could a place like this possibly contain heavenly treasures capable of granting godhood? The creator of that illusion clearly made the story far too exaggerated."

Tang San looked at the sky screen and nodded in agreement as well.

As time passed, Wang Xiu in the image had already walked outside the ruins for more than half an hour.

Along the way, he truly encountered no danger at all.

He did not even see a single proper medicinal herb.

But just as more than half the sun sank below the western horizon and the sky began rapidly darkening, a strange sound suddenly came from deep within the woods of the Great Ruins.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

"Flutter, flutter..."

Dense waves of sound came from every direction.

Wang Xiu stopped, frowning slightly as he looked ahead.

In the distant woods, a huge swarm of bizarre animals suddenly came charging out.

There were strange birds with four wings, giant beasts shaped like oxen but covered in scales, and hundreds upon thousands of insects he could not name.

All of these animals seemed to have gone mad, stampeding toward Wang Xiu from up ahead.

"Could it be a beast tide?"

Everyone on the Douluo Continent tensed at the sight.

Wang Xiu let out a cold snort as well. His fifth soul ring lit up instantly, and he readied himself for battle.

But then something strange happened.

When those charging monsters and birds passed by Wang Xiu, they did not even spare him a glance.

They simply fled for their lives toward the area behind Wang Xiu.

And the direction they were fleeing in was precisely the ruins with the broken stone statues that Wang Xiu had left earlier.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing these monsters completely ignore him and detour around him as they fled, Wang Xiu could not help bursting into laughter.

"Lucky for you beasts you ran fast."

"Looks like you were scared out of your wits by my powerful Soul Emperor-level soul power."