"Ancestors of Shrek, Mu En has come."
Mu En's voice suddenly rose, and an intense Golden Light burst from his aged body. He slowly rose from his reclining chair.
His hunched body straightened once more, and his face gradually regained its youthful appearance.
Two yellow, one purple, three black, and three red—nine soul rings appeared around him one after another. A platinum Dragon-Shaped Phantom emerged behind Mu En and let out an incredibly resounding Dragon's Roar.
At that moment, the entire Sea God Pavilion turned a brilliant gold. An enormous pillar of golden light shot into the sky, bathing all of Shrek City in gold.
Then a powerful, thunderous Dragon's Roar rang out from his mouth. With a single movement, Mu En's human body vanished, transforming completely into a white dragon that radiated intense Golden Light.
The bright holy dragon—this was the true appearance of Mu En's martial soul. The Golden Light shining from it was precisely why it had once been called the golden sacred dragon.
The enormous dragon burst out of the Sea God Pavilion and flew up until he reached the height of the Golden Tree. Only then did he stop, looming over all of Shrek Academy as the sky darkened.
A terrifying aura spread outward without pause, while that intense golden light shone straight down, enveloping all of Sea God Island and making Shrek Academy seem as though it were bathed in a golden ocean.
Even from a hundred li away, the enormous dragon could be seen clearly.
Outside Shrek City, on a small hill, Long Xiaoyao watched the scene before him, bitterness welling in his heart.
Fewer and fewer people from his era remained alive. Now Mu En, the person closest to him, had passed away too, leaving him with one less attachment to this