Target: Star Dou, Seize Its Fortune!

Although the Second Elder needed more than half a year to recover from his internal injuries, this was undoubtedly the perfect opportunity for the sect leader's branch to seize complete control of the sect.

After laughing, Yu Tianfeng's expression turned serious.

"Chen'er, what exactly was the martial soul you awakened today? That aura absolutely cannot be explained by a mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Before it, I even felt as if my martial soul were facing divine punishment."

Yu Chen pulled over a chair and sat down, casually pouring himself a cup of tea.

"Father, you don't need to know the specifics in too much detail."

"You only need to know that my martial soul stands above every beast martial soul on this continent. That is enough."

The origins of the two dragons involved the system and transcendent laws, so Yu Chen naturally would not reveal everything.

Yu Tianfeng nodded and did not press further.

Everyone had their own secrets, especially when it came to a god-tier martial soul of this caliber.

"Since you have awakened such a heaven-defying martial soul, it is time to consider your path of cultivation."

Yu Tianfeng said seriously, "I have already thought it through. With your talent, staying in the sect would be a waste."

"After some time, I will send people to escort you to enroll at Shrek Academy."

"It is the finest soul master academy on the continent, with the best resources and teachers. Although our Heavenly Dragon Gate is a reclusive sect, Shrek's Sea God's Pavilion is still worth learning from."

At the mention of "Shrek," Yu Chen's hand holding the teacup paused slightly.

Then, without hesitation, he set the cup on the table with a crisp clink.

"I'm not going."

Yu Chen's tone was final, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Not going?" Yu Tianfeng froze. "Why not? That is Shrek Academy! A holy land that countless geniuses across the continent would kill to enter!"

"A holy land?"

Yu Chen sneered, his eyes filled with mockery.

"Father, do you truly think Shrek is a good place for teaching and nurturing people?"

Yu Tianfeng frowned. "Isn't it? Over the past ten thousand years, how many powerful figures have they produced?"

"Because they know how to steal them!"

Yu Chen bluntly cut off his father.

"Under the banner of 'only accepting monsters,' Shrek gathered all the most gifted seedlings on the continent beneath its wing."

"A group of geniuses born with innate soul power at rank eight, rank nine, or even full innate soul power—without any teaching at all, as long as they were given enough resources, even a dog tied to a post could cultivate to Soul Sage!"

"Besides, their bandit logic of 'those who dare not cause trouble are mediocrities' is utterly ridiculous. Bullying the weak just because your fists are bigger—is that supposed to be a genius's pride? That is nothing but pure hooliganism!"

Yu Chen rose to his feet and stared intensely at Yu Tianfeng.

"They monopolize the continent's best resources, then use a rigid set of bullshit rules unchanged for ten thousand years to box in those geniuses' potential."

"They turn every genius who enters into a thug who can only chant 'Shrek's glory,' into a puppet used to uphold their hegemonic rule!"

Yu Chen's words were like heavy hammers, pounding again and again against Yu Tianfeng's heart.

The sect leader stood there with his mouth open, unable to speak for a long while.

He had never considered Shrek Academy from this angle. Everyone on the continent had always worshipped Shrek blindly, but after Yu Chen stripped away its veneer, it seemed... that really was the case!

"Most importantly..."

Yu Chen walked to the window and looked up at the brightest star in the night sky, his gaze turning incomparably cold.

"Behind Shrek stands the Tang Sect, and behind the Tang Sect stands the Sea God in the heavens."

"Father, if the Heavenly Dragon Gate wants to truly rise, there is no use following behind someone else like a lackey. That Sea God is exceedingly selfish. He only allows Douluo Continent to operate according to his will."

"The path I will walk is a path of invincibility. A path that does not require compromise with any rules or any gods!"

"Shrek is unworthy of teaching me."

A deathly silence filled the study.

Yu Tianfeng looked at his six-year-old son, his shock gradually turning into profound gratification and fervor.

This was his, Yu Tianfeng's, son!

This was the domineering presence the young sect leader of the Heavenly Dragon Gate should possess!

"Good! Since you do not wish to go, then we will not go!"

Yu Tianfeng swept out a hand, his spirit soaring to the skies.

"The Heavenly Dragon Gate's foundation is no worse than Shrek's! Whatever resources you need, even if I have to empty the sect treasury, I will get them for you!"

"There is no need, Father."

Yu Chen turned around, a mysterious smile curling across his lips.

If he wanted the two-dragon panel to advance quickly, ordinary soul beasts would be useless. What he needed was the greatest fortune and energy on this continent.

"I already have a target for my first soul ring."

"Oh? Do you need me to send several elders to help you hunt it?" Yu Tianfeng hurriedly asked.

"I do not need anyone to accompany me."

Yu Chen shook his head, declining his father's goodwill.

"Where I am going, outsiders would only get in the way. I alone am enough."

His two-dragon martial soul now possessed innate transcendent pressure. Unless he encountered some utterly unreasonable hundred-thousand-year savage beast, he had more than enough ability to protect himself in the outer regions of the Star Dou Great Forest. Moreover, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon's trait was devouring, so he had to act personally.

"Where are you going?" Yu Tianfeng asked with some concern.

"The Star Dou Great Forest."

Yu Chen answered casually.

He would go to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, intercept a big worm that was searching everywhere for someone to sacrifice itself to, and incidentally pick up the divine consciousness of the Necromancer Sacred Law God. For something like that, no number of bodyguards would help. It depended on "foreknowledge."

And Yu Chen just happened to know where this opportunity would appear.

Three days later.

At the foot of Heavenly Dragon Gate's mountain.

Yu Chen changed into a neat black outfit, carried a simple pack on his back, and set out alone for the Star Dou Great Forest.

There was no grand farewell, nor any elder secretly protecting him.

He looked back at Heavenly Dragon Gate's main peak, soaring into the clouds, and a confident curve lifted the corners of his lips.

Huo Yuhao, keep chopping firewood in the Duke's Estate.

This young master would accept your opportunity on your behalf.

Southern Heaven Dou Empire, Star Dou Great Forest.

As the most ancient and vast soul beast habitat on Douluo Continent, it was a land of opportunity for all soul masters—and a graveyard that had buried countless powerful figures.

The damp air was mixed with the earthy stench of soil and the smell of rotting vegetation. Towering ancient trees blotted out the sky, slicing the sunlight into scattered patches that fell across the thick carpet of dead leaves, creating a mottled scene.

A small figure darted swiftly through the forest.

Yu Chen had left the Heavenly Dragon Gate ten days ago.

A six-year-old body had its limits after all. Even with an adult soul and willpower far beyond ordinary people, traveling south from the Heavenly Dragon Gate in the north had taken considerable effort.

Along the way, he had not taken the main roads, instead choosing to pass through remote mountains and wilderness.

This was not to temper himself. He simply hated trouble.