Five Years Later

Na Nali had long known that people from the Abyss were an unreasonable lot, so she did not argue with the Black Empress.

"Out with it. What did you risk coming to us for?"

Na Nali asked.

The Black Empress said, "I want to infiltrate the Douluo Continent. I need your help."

The moment those words left her mouth, Na Nali's voice rose.

"What?"

"Infiltrate the Douluo Continent?"

"Are you insane?"

The Black Empress said, "The Abyss reached this decision after careful deliberation! Since you can't deal with the Golden Dragon Princess, why not let me? No matter what, she must die!"

Na Nali frowned at that. Find the Golden Dragon Princess?

Finding her would be easy enough!

But what then? How would the Black Empress get close to her?

"Don't say I didn't warn you. She's the apple of the War God Temple's eye and the darling of the entire Federation!"

"The War God Temple, the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy, and even the Spirit Pagoda have sent people to protect her!"

"Are you really sure you can deal with her alone? Don't end up throwing your own life away. The Holy Spirit Cult won't clean up your mess."

"Hmph."

The Black Empress gave a soft snort.

"I don't need you to clean up after me. All I want is an identity!"

"That's easy! I'll give you an address. Come find me there, and I'll take care of it."

Na Nali agreed and sent a thread of spiritual power to the Black Empress.

"Leave first! I'm about to erase this person's memory. If he sees you still here, I'll have wasted my spiritual power."

The Black Empress frowned at that.

But she did not argue with Na Nali. She slipped into the shadows and left the Blood God Legion.

Abyssal creatures faced immense suppression from the plane when they entered the Douluo Plane!

The Black Empress could enter the Douluo Plane only because the Abyssal Sage King had placed a faint trace of divine power on her, helping her resist its suppression.

The Plane Master of the Douluo Plane was only at the level of a Second-Level God and had yet to awaken, so he naturally could not overcome that trace of the Abyssal Sage King's divine power.

Five years later.

Bright Capital, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy.

Crowds surged through the Great Soul Arena.

Today was the preparatory division's graduation assessment, and plenty of people had already arrived in the stands.

As the academy's dean, the Divine Light Douluo was there in person.

Beside him sat not only members of the major families, but also Chen Xinjie, Guan Yue, Zang Xin, Leng Yaozhu, and others!

Ordinarily, the affairs of Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy had nothing to do with Zang Xin or Leng Yaozhu.

But Yun Feng was there.

Wherever Yun Feng went, a fresh assortment of important figures always seemed to gather.

The Divine Light Douluo felt the pressure mounting.

He looked down.

"Hm?"

The Divine Light Douluo suddenly frowned.

He stared at the preparatory students' waiting area and counted them.

Why were two missing?

Looking closer, he saw that neither Tang Wulin nor Yun Feng was there!

What was going on?

"Hall Master Chen, where are Wulin and Feng'er...?"

At the Divine Light Douluo's words, Chen Xinjie and the others turned to look.

"Huh?"

Where were those two?

"There are so many people!"

Below, Xun Hongchen looked up at the stands, a little nervous.

"I saw my mom and dad!"

"Us too."

At Xun Hongchen's words, the three Xu siblings behind her nodded.

Though the three had not come from the same Xu Family, years of studying and spending time together in the preparatory division had forged a deep friendship between them.

The three families in the stands, however, felt nothing of the sort.

They could barely stand the sight of one another.

If they had not been mindful of Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy's reputation, they would probably have started arguing right there!

You call yourself a descendant of the imperial family?

"Huh?"

Xu Jiuyue looked around and suddenly noticed something.

She said, "Where are the class monitor and Wulin?"

Only then did everyone turn to look and discover that Yun Feng and Tang Wulin were nowhere to be seen.

"What's going on?"

"The assessment's about to start. Why aren't they here yet?"

"Maybe they don't need to take it?"

Someone ventured a guess.

After all, the two siblings came from the War God Temple and seemed to be among its core disciples. Whether they took Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy's preparatory assessment hardly seemed to matter.

But contrary to what everyone thought, Tang Wulin had not arrived because he was waiting for Yun Feng.

Yun Feng was late.

By the time she arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena with Bi Ji and Ya Li, Tang Wulin had been waiting outside for ages.

"Sister! You're finally here. The assessment's about to start."

Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her.

Yun Feng waved a hand and told him, "Don't worry. They won't start the assessment until we get there."

"You!"

Ya Li tapped Yun Feng on the forehead.

Yun Feng rubbed her forehead and smiled.

To put it bluntly.

No one else's results in this preparatory assessment mattered much. Tang Wulin's and Yun Feng's—especially Yun Feng's—were what mattered most!

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy could leave anyone else behind, but it would never start without her.

The cursed privilege of having connections!

Tang Wulin understood what Yun Feng meant and looked helpless.

"Let's go!"

Yun Feng waved, then entered the Soul Battle Zone with Tang Wulin.

Xun Hongchen and the others in the waiting area breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the pair arrive.

Xun Hongchen hurried over.

"Class monitor! Wulin! Why did you only just get here?"

"It hasn't started yet, has it?"

Yun Feng glanced at the arena and reassured everyone.

"No rush!"

Xun Hongchen looked helpless at those words.

Her reaction was the same as Tang Wulin's.

"You're not in a rush!"

"We were worried sick. We thought something had happened to you."

"My godmother and Aunt Qingyu were protecting me."

Yun Feng gestured to the two healing-type Super Douluo behind her.

Xun Hongchen: "..."

Everyone else: "..."

Must be nice being a big shot.

No wonder she's a big shot.

On the main platform, the others finally relaxed when Yun Feng and Tang Wulin arrived. They turned to watch Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun, who were responsible for Yun Feng's safety, approach the platform.

Chen Xinjie asked, "What happened? Why are you so late?"

Long Tianwu sighed.

Beside her, Su Mengjun explained.

"Qingyu Douluo suddenly made a breakthrough. Yun Feng refused to come ahead without her."

"We had no choice but to wait with Yun Feng."

"A breakthrough?"

The others were surprised.

Guan Yue's gaze fell on Bi Ji, who was accompanying Yun Feng. "Doesn't that make her a Super Douluo?"

"Another healing-type Super Douluo!" Chen Xinjie exclaimed.

Yun Feng and Bi Ji had agreed on this beforehand.

Bi Ji needed to stay by Yun Feng's side. Her actual strength was already comparable to a Limit Douluo's, yet she had been keeping it suppressed to the level of a rank ninety-four Titled Douluo.

That was hardly weak, but it left much of Bi Ji's power unusable.

It was good for neither Yun Feng nor Bi Ji, so Yun Feng had let Bi Ji make an appropriate breakthrough.