The clamor of winning the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament gradually subsided.
Shrek Academy returned to its former tranquility. Birds chirped through the woods, while Soul Power fluctuations rose and fell across the training grounds. The young students still honed themselves day and night in pursuit of strength, but the Shrek Seven Monsters had now become the academy's brightest stars, drawing envious gazes wherever they went.
Yet Tang Wulin had never indulged in the glory of victory.
After the bustle of the awards banquet faded, he went alone to the private training ground behind Shrek before dawn the next day. The place was secluded and deserted, rich in Soul Power, and equipped with a Gravity Amplification Array specially arranged by the academy. It was the perfect place to temper himself.
After taking off his flashy team uniform, Tang Wulin changed into a simple black training outfit. Sitting cross-legged on a bluestone, he closed his eyes and began circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Internal energy slowly flowed through his meridians, blending with the power of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline within him. During the championship battle, he had forcibly activated the Golden Dragon True Body. Though it had not damaged his foundation, it had stirred his bloodline power. This was precisely the crucial moment to calm his mind, regulate his breathing, and stabilize his cultivation.
A faint golden glow slowly seeped from his body, winding around the surface of his skin. He kept the Golden Dragon King's dragon might tightly contained within himself. Rather than radiating intimidating pressure as it had in battle, it gradually permeated his limbs, bones, and meridians, tempering every inch of them. He could clearly feel the vast power deep within his bloodline continuing to awaken and grow. Yet fully mastering that power would never be accomplished overnight.