Xu Tianran's measure left Shrek, still in the midst of rebuilding, thoroughly frustrated.
After taking that blast from the Sun Moon Divine Needle, Xuan Zi had realized that soul tools did have something to offer, so he planned to raise the Soul Tool Department's standing when rebuilding the academy.
After Shrek Academy was bombed, Xuan Zi had also intended to expand its scale.
It would still be divided into the Outer Court and the Inner Court, but the Outer Court would now house two major academies, the Soul Tool Academy and Spirit Hall Academy, in preparation for developing soul tools.
But the Sun-Moon Empire's measure caught Shrek completely off guard.
They had wanted to secretly learn from Sun Moon and arm themselves with the technology they stole, but that was no longer possible. They would have to find another way.
After discussing the matter, the Four Senior Elders decided to restart the Ultimate Individual Soldier Plan.
Naturally, Huo Yuhao became their choice for the Ultimate Individual Soldier Plan.
Huo Yuhao not only possessed twin martial souls, but also studied soul tool development.
Among the surviving students, Huo Yuhao was the best candidate.
However, to study soul tools, Huo Yuhao would have to go to the Sun-Moon Empire.
Thus, after deliberating, the Four Senior Elders concluded that they could implement the Exchange Student Program.
But the problem now was whether the Sun-Moon Empire would still be willing to implement the Exchange Student Program.
Had Shrek won the tournament, the Sun-Moon Empire would have believed that its understanding of martial souls was still lacking, and the Exchange Student Program would have gone ahead.
But Shrek had lost, so the Sun-Moon Empire would not believe that its soul tools were inferior to Shrek's martial soul research.
With Xu Tianran's ban added to the