Douluo Calendar Year 1: Asura God, Sea God Tang San Was Born

Today's class was the same as yesterday's: physical training.

"Lu Chen, don't you think Teacher Zhou is being too harsh?"

After school, Wang Dong came over to Lu Chen and voiced her concerns.

After this morning's training ended, two more students in their class had been expelled for failing to complete the training plan.

The reason those two students had been expelled left the entire class in a lifeless mood.

Expulsion was like a mountain weighing down on every one of them.

Honestly, she didn't like this atmosphere.

Huo Yuhao beside them said nothing.

If Wang Dong and Lu Chen hadn't helped him today, he likely wouldn't have escaped the same fate.

After hearing that, Lu Chen frowned and thought for a moment. "She is being a little harsh."

He could understand expelling two students yesterday.

On one hand, it had been to make an example out of them. On the other, those two students truly had attitude problems.

But the two students expelled today had already given it their all.

Yet they had been mercilessly expelled simply because they fell two laps short of the required target.

Lu Chen couldn't quite understand their Teacher Zhou anymore.

Protecting her own was one thing, but as Wang Dong said, her teaching methods were too harsh.

Poor physical fitness didn't mean their talent was lacking or that they weren't qualified to become strong.

Huo Yuhao was a perfect example. Anyone who knew the effects of Huo Yuhao's Soul Skills could see his potential.

"Let's wait and see. If it really doesn't work out, I'll talk to Teacher Zhou."

Lu Chen spoke thoughtfully.

His initial impression of Zhou Yi had been fairly good.

He wanted to learn more about Teacher Zhou's character before speaking with her.

"Do it soon."

Because of the class atmosphere, Wang Dong had no appetite either. She gave a casual wave and headed back to the dormitory on her own.

"Yuhao, go eat. If you need anything, find me at the library."

"Got it, Brother Lu."

After parting ways with Huo Yuhao, Lu Chen skipped lunch as well and headed straight for Shrek Academy's library.

The Shrek Library had five floors in total.

The first and second floors were open to all Outer Court students, and most of the books there covered Basic Spirit Master Theory, Continent General Knowledge, and Common Spirit Beasts Guide.

Starting from the third floor, entry required authorization. Only core disciples could enter with their Identity Tokens.

And that was merely the Outer Court's arrangement.

Shrek's true inheritance lay in the Scripture Pavilion-like inner library deep within the Inner Court.

Only Inner Court disciples could enter there.

Not only did it contain a complete High-Tier Martial Soul Cultivation System, it also held the Titled Douluo Secret Notes accumulated by the academy over ten thousand years.

Perhaps because it was noon, most students were eating.

The library was exceptionally quiet.

Only one senior student with long silver hair sat quietly reading in the reading area.

Lu Chen searched through the shelves for quite some time before finding a book titled General History of Douluo Continent. Then he found a secluded corner, sat down, and began reading.

The opening chapter stated that in Douluo Calendar Year 1, Asura God and Sea God Tang San was born.

The people of Douluo Continent called the year Tang San was born Douluo Calendar Year 1.

The opening chapters introduced the Shrek Seven Devils and the Golden Iron Triangle, which didn't surprise Lu Chen.

After all, the Shrek Seven Devils becoming gods was a legend and myth to Douluo Continent.

The book did, however, embellish those people and conceal much of their dark history.

But that wasn't the important part.

What truly caught Lu Chen's attention was what came later.

In Douluo Calendar Year 8, the evil Spirit Hall suddenly launched a war, plunging the continent into conflict.

The war lasted for seventeen years before finally ending when Tang San inherited the Dual God Positions.

That war also reduced the number of Spirit Masters on Douluo Continent by half!

The book recorded very little about this period of history.

Seeing this, Lu Chen closed the book and began calculating.

In Douluo Calendar Year 8, Qian Renxue was nine years older than Tang San.

By Douluo Continent's method of calculation, Qian Renxue and he should have traveled through time in Douluo Calendar Year 7.

In other words, one year after Qian Renxue and I traveled through time, Spirit Hall discovered that Qian Renxue had vanished from this world.

That was why the war had suddenly erupted.

Although the book didn't record it, Lu Chen could imagine the scene when Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue, in whom he had placed such high hopes, had suddenly disappeared.

Every Spirit Master on the continent likely came to know the terror of a level 99 Limit Douluo.

And there was Bibi Dong. Although she had always disliked Qian Renxue, Qian Renxue was still her daughter.

But Qian Renxue's disappearance and the premature outbreak of war seemingly hadn't changed the final outcome.

As if it had been fated, Spirit Hall was destined to perish.

"Ah, what a pity."

Lu Chen sighed and continued reading.

After ten thousand years of change on Douluo Continent, aside from the Sun-Moon Continent that had collided with it four thousand years ago, the original Heaven Dou Empire had split into the Tianhun Empire and Douling Empire.

The two empires restrained one another and no longer possessed their former unified splendor.

Although the Star Luo Empire had not split apart, its imperial family had long since changed.

The Dai Clan Imperial Family, which had once awed the continent, had retreated to the borderlands and become a family of military commanders guarding the nation's gates.

The ones now seated on the throne were the Xu Family, whose inherited Martial Soul was the Star Crown.

"The Dai Clan really is useless." Lu Chen tapped the page and couldn't help muttering, "They just threw away the empire their ancestors built, only to end up guarding someone else's borders. They might as well have let Spirit Hall unify the continent back then!"

Lu Chen was certain that if Spirit Hall had unified the continent, things would definitely have been better than they were now.

Three great empires being beaten down by a single Sun-Moon Empire was truly disgraceful.

Lu Chen quickly finished skimming through General History of Douluo Continent.

He then found books related to sects and Spirit Beasts.

From those books, Lu Chen learned about the continent's current top powers.

The Clear Sky Hammer, once hailed as the strongest Instrument Martial Soul, had its Clear Sky Sect living in seclusion.

The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda still firmly held its place as the continent's number one support Martial Soul.

Of course, some old powers had fallen as well. For example, the Tang Sect had actually had its territory seized by a sect called the "Iron and Blood Sect."

Among the many factions, only three caught Lu Chen's attention and made him take them seriously.

They were the Body Sect, which revered the Body Martial Soul; Mingdetang, which controlled the soul tool core of the Sun-Moon Empire; and the Holy Ghost Church, an Evil Soul Master organization that operated in secret.

All three were among the strongest organizations of the current era.

"This Body Sect is interesting. I can pay them a visit when I have time."

According to the book, every member of the Body Sect possessed a Martial Soul that was one of their own organs.

The more important that organ was to the human body, the greater the Martial Soul's potential.

Furthermore, the Body Sect believed that every Spirit Master had the potential to awaken a Body Martial Soul.

That philosophy happened to align with the path of Saint cultivation.

The core of the Saint system was awakening the Cosmo within the human body, using flesh and blood to bear the mighty power of the stars. It likewise viewed the human body as the source of power.

One followed the path of Martial Soul awakening, while the other followed the path of Cosmo tempering. Their origins and methods were entirely different, yet their fundamental understanding was surprisingly alike.

Lu Chen grew even more curious about this sect.

Besides the Body Sect, Mingdetang and the Holy Ghost Church also made him wary.

The former controlled the Sun-Moon Empire's soul tool core and represented the most advanced soul tool technology of this era. If he wanted to make progress in Soul Tools later, he couldn't avoid this massive obstacle;

The latter acted wickedly and was known for devouring Soul Power and cultivating evil arts. It was the public enemy of the entire continent, and forces like this that lurked in the shadows required the greatest vigilance.

More crucially, Light-Attribute Martial Souls were the nemesis of Evil Soul Masters.

"If I get a chance to see Xiaoxue, I have to make sure she's careful of Evil Soul Masters."

At this point, Lu Chen's expression turned serious.

Qian Renxue's Seraphim Martial Soul was undoubtedly the greatest nemesis of Evil Soul Masters.

If the Holy Ghost Church learned that a Six-Winged Angel had appeared, it would never sit back and watch Qian Renxue grow.

Lu Chen himself regretted it as well. If he had known Evil Soul Masters existed, he never would have let Qian Renxue reveal her Seraphim Martial Soul.