The Unbreakable Friendship of Our Shrek Seven Monsters

[Even Tang San had to undergo political vetting. Being able to help the other six Shrek thigh accessories find suitable divine positions was already the utmost benevolence.]

[Of course, all of this was still paving the way for himself.]

[The Shrek Seven Monsters reuniting and becoming gods? In essence, it was just Tang San building up his own faction within the God Realm Committee!]

[Honestly, the God Realm Committee's setup was ridiculously absurd. After ascending to the God Realm and becoming a god, they still could not do as they pleased or roam free for eternity—they had to be monitored by the gods of the God Realm?]

[How was that any different from cultivating bitterly for a thousand years, surviving tribulation and ascending, only to be hauled off to the Heavenly Realm to mine for the rest of one's life without freedom?]

[Besides, Tang San was the shrewdest of them all. He spoke of close friends, saying that the friendship of the Shrek Seven Monsters was unbreakable, but in truth, they were no different from fair-weather brothers.]

[When his qualifications were still lacking in the early days, he respectfully called Dai Mubai "Boss Dai." After achieving fame and success later on, it became "Dai Mubai" this and "Dai Mubai" that. He made the distinctions of closeness, status, and rank crystal clear.]

[Compared to Xiao Yan, the protagonist next door on the Battle Through the Heavens Continent: when Xiao Yan was down on his luck in his early years, he respectfully called him Elder Hai. Even after later becoming a Dou Emperor powerhouse, he never forgot his original intentions and still treated him with the same respect, calling him Elder Hai every time.]

[Xiao Yan had always remembered those who helped him. Even a drop of kindness would be repaid with a gushing spring!]

Soul Land I Bai Chenxiang: ...

Soul Land I Zhu Zhuqing: ...

Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Mei: "What? Xiao Yan is actually the protagonist? Isn't he just some trash with three stages of Dou Qi?"

Battle Through the Heavens Nalan Yanran: "Xiao Yan is the protagonist? So what? I'm determined to break off that engagement. Even if my grandfather comes, it won't change anything!"

Battle Through the Heavens Gu Xun'er: "I knew it—Brother Xiao Yan was destined to become a powerhouse of the continent!"

Battle Through the Heavens Zi Yan: "Xiao Yan? A genius from where? Never heard of him. Let's eat first..."

[Later, when the God Realm fell into chaos, Ma Hongjun had a moment in the spotlight. The God King of Destruction launched a war against Sea God Tang San. The God of Desire, one of the God King of Destruction's underlings, had read every greedy, angry, and deluded thought, yet she was completely captivated by Ma Hongjun's melancholy gaze and nearly defected.]

[This part portrayed Ma Hongjun's misery to the fullest. Phoenix God Ma Hongjun relied on his profound love for Bai Chenxiang to break free from the God of Desire's Original Sin Judgment.]

[The former Evil Fire Phoenix had become the Phoenix God of today, with not a trace of evil fire remaining. This transformation shocked the God of Desire.]

[Phoenix God Ma Hongjun spoke with a face full of grief: "In the decades since becoming a god, my heart has contained nothing but hatred for my own helplessness, along with longing and love for her."]

["If I had known that failing to inherit the Fire God's divine position would mean I could not bring her into the God Realm, then I would rather not have become a god. I would rather have grown old alongside her..."]

["Until everything returned to dust..."]

[In the end, the phoenix became a god, lost the swift, and lost his soul.]

[Fortunately, the God of Wrath had been nearby. Otherwise, the God of Desire, a first-class god, might really have spared Ma Hongjun because of her own desire.]

Soul Land I, Speed Clan.

Within the quiet and elegant bedroom of a young maiden, Bai Chenxiang stood silently by the window. Her gaze rested on the diary's words, each seeming to weep blood, and she remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, Bai Chenxiang lowered her eyes gently and let out a soft sigh. "Thank you, Ma Hongjun."

With things having come to this, there was nothing left to say...

At this point, she did not know Ma Hongjun yet. She had only heard that Blue Tyrant Academy had suddenly changed its name to Shrek Academy, leaving many people curious about the reason.

Having now read of his lonely decades in the God Realm and witnessed the ending where he held fast for her for decades, the girl's emotions were indescribably complicated.

At that moment, the diary continued updating...

[As for another godly couple, War God Dai Mubai and Speed God Zhu Zhuqing, theirs was an entirely different scene...]

Soul Land I Zhu Zhuyun: "My little sister became a god. That's wonderful..."

[Yes, a miserable scene.]

Soul Land I Zhu Zhuyun: ...

[There was no need to mention how Huo Yuhao, a descendant of the Dai Family, was trained into a dog by Tang San. And there was no need to mention Boss Dai, Dai Mubai, either...]

Soul Land II Xu Jiujiu: "Huo Yuhao is actually from the Dai Family? The Dai Family produced a chosen protagonist, yet why is his surname Huo..."

[Eh, aside from those two matters, as the former eldest brother of the Shrek Seven Monsters, Tang San did not seem to have done anything excessively outrageous on the surface?]

[Although Dai Mubai had been promiscuous in his early years and had a long list of misdeeds, he was a noble lord. His status was right there, so that made it reasonable.]

[However, the God of Envy said something excellent—perhaps the clearest statement of all: "What virtue or ability does Sea God Tang San possess to rule the God Realm? He is simply not qualified! Since he took power, the God Realm has stagnated and has not made the slightest progress."]

[The God of Envy was right. This was the most satisfying part!]

[Just look at how Tang San forcibly turned the entire Douluo Continent into his own private backyard, and one could see what kind of person Tang San truly was at heart.]

[To put it bluntly, what fair and selfless bullshit God Realm? From the moment God King Tang San renamed the God Realm the Douluo God Realm, Tang San could no longer conceal his ambition and thirst for power!]

[If the two God Kings, Evil and Kindness, had not still been out farming monsters—actually, they were on their honeymoon—Tang San would have wanted to rename the God Realm the Tang Realm!]

Soul Land II Asura God Sword Scabbard · High-Grade Fusion Material Xiao Wu: ...

Soul Land II Goddess of Life: ...

[As for Nine-Colored Goddess Ning Rongrong and God of Food Oscar, this pair... honestly, what came next was a bit of a conspiracy theory.]

[Why could the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect change its name? Was it not because Tang San gave Ning Rongrong immortal herbs, making up for the martial soul defect of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda?]

[This immense favor was also why Ning Fengzhi had been willing to devote the entire sect's strength to supporting Tang San with unwavering loyalty.]

[Unfortunately, every gift bestowed by fate had long since had its price secretly marked. Often, what was free was the most expensive...]

[The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, once incomparably glorious and one of the continent's foremost auxiliary sects, was wiped out overnight. Only Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had lost an arm, remained. The sect's former glory withered away completely.]

[During the final battle, Tang San was killed by the combined forces of Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. Sword Douluo Chen Xin dragged his broken body and risked his life to forcibly retrieve Tang San's intact corpse from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.]

[If Tang San's corpse had not been intact at the time, then no matter how incredible Ning Rongrong and Oscar were, they would not have been able to use their martial soul fusion skill, Revival Divine Light. Tang San would undoubtedly have died.]

[And after completely subduing Spirit Hall and securing his position as the supreme ruler of the Douluo Continent, what did Tang San do for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which had poured all its strength into helping him?]

[No one knew, because the author never wrote it. Heh.]

[This part of history was not mentioned at all; it was simply glossed over.]

[Of course, from the scattered details in Soul Land II, it could be seen that of all the forces that once followed Tang San, only the flourishing Shrek Academy, the reclusive Clear Sky Sect, the declining Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and the Tang Sect on the verge of bankruptcy remained...]