After the barrage of Soul Tool fire, Mu En's spirit slowly dissipated.
Mu En looked in the direction the others had fled and sighed softly.
Shrek Academy had been destroyed, and it had happened on his watch. Whether Shrek could be rebuilt now depended on those who had escaped.
Meanwhile...
High above, Tang San saw what had happened and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The two people who mattered most were Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, the incarnation of his daughter. As long as they escaped safely, Tang San had nothing to worry about.
But the Golden Ancient Tree was still there, and so was his mother, Ah Yin.
To keep his grand plan hidden, Tang San could only make the strategic choice to abandon Ah Yin.
I'm doing this for the greater good. That's why I can't save Mother. She won't blame me, will she?
As Tang San saw it, he had arranged for his mother to return to Douluo Continent and erode the ancient tree's will until she replaced it, but this could not be blamed on him.
If his mother, Ah Yin, had eroded the tree's will sooner, she would not be in such a vulnerable position now.
And then there was his father, Tang Hao.
If he had become the Plane Master sooner, he could have come to help his mother too.
More importantly...
In Tang San's eyes, the world knew what the Golden Ancient Tree could do, but no one knew there was a consciousness hidden inside it.
Even if someone seized the Golden Ancient Tree, the people of Douluo Continent would treat it like a treasure.
For the sake of its long-term benefits, they might even care for it diligently.
For those reasons, Tang San was not worried about the Golden Ancient Tree