"Oh, my old friend, my elder of Sea God's Pavilion, you've finally come! I missed you so much!" Xuan Zi embraced Zhongli Wu and gave him a passionate Brezhnev kiss.
"Is that so, my old friend, my Supreme Elder? I feel the same way." Zhongli Wu returned Xuan Zi's enthusiasm.
After a long while, the two finally parted reluctantly. Xuan Zi had specially arranged a grand banquet in Shrek to welcome the Holy Spirit Cult.
Once the reception ended, they discussed matters in Shrek's Sea God's Pavilion.
"We are all forces of the Sea God. Now that Spirit Hall is sweeping across the land and the Soul Beast clan is squeezing our living space, we should stand united and advance and retreat together in this time of crisis," Xuan Zi said.
"However, with the strength of our two factions alone, we stand to gain nothing whether we face the Sun Moon Empire and Spirit Hall or the Star Dou Great Forest. The continent is unsettled now. The Heaven Dou Empire has already sided with Spirit Hall, and both the Dou Ling Empire and Star Luo Empire are wavering as well. If those two empires also defect to Spirit Hall, there will be no place left on the continent for our Holy Spirit Cult or your Shrek," Zhongli Wu said. He sighed. "But if we wish to unite the other forces of the continent, the world is full of prejudice against the Holy Spirit Cult. What can we do?"
"That is no problem. Shrek Academy can handle it for you," Xuan Zi said.
"With Shrek Academy involved, that is reassuring." Zhongli Wu spoke with deep apprehension. "To wage war against those two great powers, we will need high-level Soul Master combat strength. But Spirit Hall is also the Angel Church; they