Shrek Academy's annual admissions day had arrived.
The morning sunlight spilled across the earth, bathing all of Shrek Academy in a particularly dazzling golden glow.
At the gates of Shrek Academy, Li Qingming stood there, gazing at the grand and magnificent institution.
His steps were calm as he followed the flow of people into Shrek Academy.
Most of those who came to study at Shrek Academy had been recommended by various organizations or cities.
There were almost no commoners here, or rather, it was exceedingly difficult for commoners to enter Shrek Academy.
Li Qingming did not care about that.
With the Holy Spirit Cult's connections, arranging an identity for him to enter was not difficult.
The first things that caught his eye upon entering Shrek Academy were enormous statues.
The most conspicuous among them was a statue of a handsome young man.
Though the statue made it impossible to discern the young man's hair color, the familiar clothing still stirred the calm, water-like depths of Li Qingming's eyes.
It was the statue of Sea God Tang San, the culprit who had personally destroyed the entire Angel Clan.
Thinking of this, Li Qingming let out a soft sigh.
He had not wanted to come to Shrek Academy in the first place. After all, this academy had been founded by his enemy.
He and this academy had been headed in opposite directions from the very beginning, or rather, they stood on opposing sides.
Yet, coerced by Ye Xishui, he could only go with the flow and come to this academy to begin studying.
This grand academy was almost incomparable to the shabby academy of ten thousand years ago.
However, Li Qingming felt no particular sentiment about it.
Without stopping, he followed the crowd and soon arrived at the new student registration area.
The new student registration area was bustling with activity, packed with children who had come to enroll.
There were students from the Heaven Soul Empire and students from the Star Luo Empire. Other than those from the Sun Moon Empire, nearly everyone was represented.
As he quietly waited in line, time passed second by second, and he eventually followed the queue into the assessment room.
Shrek Academy's admission requirements were simple. Aside from a letter of recommendation, the more important requirements were one's age and talent.
Those under twelve had to possess soul power of at least Rank 15.
That requirement was not low, but it was nothing to Li Qingming.
He had just turned ten this year, yet his soul power had already reached Rank 28.
This was not because Li Qingming's talent was extraordinarily heaven-defying.
Besides his innate full soul power as a twin martial soul wielder, the more important reason was the cheat he possessed.
Other than accidentally taking Qian Renxue away, Li Qingming also had someone else with him.
Someone who should have died in the previous era, yet had escaped through astonishing wisdom and then remained by his side.
However, since Li Qingming had not used his Fallen Angel martial soul, that person most likely had yet to awaken.
After completing his enrollment, Li Qingming frowned when he saw that he had been assigned Room 108.
It was not that the room itself was bad. Rather, it had originally been Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's room.
Whether he came into contact with Huo Yuhao this time or shared a room with Wang Dong, he would feel rather uncomfortable.
Of course, this also confirmed one thing: the era Li Qingming was in truly seemed to be the beginning.
It was highly likely that he, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong had arrived in the same era.
Li Qingming had some guesses as to why he had ended up in the same era as those two.
However, those guesses could not currently be confirmed. Or rather, even he was uncertain.
For that very reason, he was not particularly willing to get involved.
Yet after he made the request to change dormitories to the teacher, Shrek Academy proved even more overbearing than he had expected.
Thinking of this, Li Qingming sighed again.
The sky was bright and sunny.
Upon arriving at the dormitory area, Li Qingming saw the old man living there and remained somewhat wary of this Rank 99 Holy Dragon Douluo.
He wanted to avoid him as much as possible, since he still possessed the Fallen Angel martial soul.
If he got too close, the old man might not fail to notice it.
Ye Xishui had been able to discover it initially because he had just revived, or rather, had just awakened and was unprepared.
But this man's strength should be even greater than Ye Xishui's, so Li Qingming had no choice but to remain cautious.
As he passed by the old man, the old man did not notice him at all.
The old man was simply basking in the sun. He paid no attention to whether the surrounding students passed by or greeted him.
Entering the building and arriving on the first floor, Li Qingming found Dormitory 108 and opened the door.
The moment the door opened, a pungent moldy smell wafted out. The room had clearly been vacant for a long time.
Li Qingming's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the room.
A massive Six-Winged Angel martial soul appeared behind him, the kind-faced angel clasping her hands before her.
As sacred golden light spilled from her eyes and spread through the entire room, all dust and haze were purified in an instant.
Yet Li Qingming's expression did not change in the slightest as he looked at the two yellow soul rings on his body.
They were not true yellow soul rings, but inheritance soul rings belonging to the Angel God.
Their actual color was orange-gold, like the light of the early morning sun.
With a little control, that color could be disguised as yellow soul rings.
But after the third ring, they would not be so easy to conceal.
Li Qingming did not care much about that.
In a place like Shrek Academy, revealing something unusual was often not a bad thing. On the contrary, it could spare him a great deal of trouble.
With that thought, Li Qingming slowly sat down.
He did not use his Fallen Angel martial soul, since Mu En was still outside basking in the sun.
If the other man discovered him using the Fallen Angel martial soul, the loss would far outweigh the gain.
Nor was Li Qingming in any hurry to awaken the one inside his body.
At the stirrings of his consciousness, a miniature figure appeared before him.
The little figure was currently looking at him with a bewildered expression.
It was none other than Qian Renxue, though only a fragment of Qian Renxue's remnant soul remained, leaving behind merely a soul spirit.
Li Qingming was actually somewhat helpless when it came to this cousin of his, who had been killed just after becoming the Angel God.
His reason for sealing himself away for ten thousand years was, in fact, somewhat related to her.
But he could not blame her. On the contrary, she had added to the glory of the Angel Clan.
It was only because of her feelings for Tang San that she had ended up like this.
Thinking of this, Li Qingming sighed.
He reached out and gently stroked the little figure's head.
The tiny figure, golden all over, glanced at Li Qingming.
Sitting there, she looked around in confusion.
As her form drifted about, the air around her seemed to be gradually purified, or rather, it gradually became purer.
Li Qingming did not pay much attention to the little figure.
He let her wander about the room while he sat cross-legged, power beginning to gather around him.
He was using the Angel God Art.
The Angel God Art was not the inherited cultivation method of the Angel Clan's Qian Family. Rather, it was an inherited method that came with obtaining the Angel God's inheritance.
It did not require one to undergo the Angel God's Nine Trials; one could innately become the Angel God directly.
Correspondingly, this incomplete Angel God inheritance did not possess any soul bones.
But that was already enough for Li Qingming.
With the Angel God Art, his cultivation speed would be very fast.
And unlike the angel martial souls of others, it would make his strength grow ever more powerful.
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