"Just Shrek Supervision Group"

Lin Wan'er's absorption of the power of faith was neither fast nor slow, but it was enough for the chatting crowd to notice something unusual.

Just as the quick-tongued Wei Na was about to ask, Yi Lisi extended her pale arm first, stopping the Heaven Dou Empire's little princess.

"The Holy Maiden is communicating with the Holy Image. We only need to wait and see."

With her long lifespan, Yi Lisi naturally knew that Lin Wan'er's Soul Power advancement differed from everyone else's. That was also why she could become the Holy Maiden of the Star Dou Great Forest, holding a status far above even the Auspicious Beast deep within the forest.

Seeing a Titled Douluo speak, no one dared to disrespect her. They quietly watched as differently colored motes of light emerged around Lin Wan'er.

The lights of various colors seemed to have been summoned, continuously striking Lin Wan'er's body and merging into her skin.

Before long, the Soul Power fluctuations in Paradise City's core area seemed far denser than elsewhere. Lin Wan'er's already fair and tender skin faintly took on the texture of jade marrow, making her seem inexplicably more sacred than those around her.

A pair of flawless white wings sprouted from her back, and the light clusters surrounding them shone far more brilliantly than anywhere else.

As Lin Wan'er's aura rose steadily, a cool fragrance carrying a faintly sweet floral scent washed over them.

At the same time, this fragrance emerged in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Body Sect, the Holy Spirit Cult, and even inside the home of a mature beauty somewhere in Shrek Academy's Inner Courtyard. It appeared wherever people and places bearing Lin Wan'er's mark had offered faith to her.

The Soul Masters fortunate enough to smell the fragrance felt as though they had instantly arrived among the stars of the universe. Crackling sounds came from within their bodies, and even their thoughts went blank for a second.

They felt as though they had soaked in a hot spring. Not only were the strains on their bodies and spirits greatly eased, but some shackles carried within them also vanished, while a powerful aura of life rushed toward them.

"So comfortable!"

Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Body looked at the Spiritual Sea transformed by the strange phenomenon, Brother Sky Dream swimming while taking a bath, and the old man whose phantom had condensed. He could not help but smile from the bottom of his heart.

After adapting to the fragrance, Huo Yuhao felt that his mind had become much clearer.

Far away on the other end, the young girl with unforgettable blue-pink hair fell soundly asleep for the first time in a hotel away from home, and she had a dream.

In the dream, her respected father revealed an incomparably ugly face and forcibly tore her soul from her body, splitting it into three and stuffing the pieces into different people's bodies.

The demon who had done all this still spoke as though he were a great philanthropist. "I did it all for you and your mother. Now it is time for this place to bear the Tang name. The other gods have long earned the path to death. They should never, ever have opposed me!"

What gods? What Tang?

Her name was clearly Wang Dong'er. Her father in her memories was not surnamed Tang, and neither was her mother...

Her once warm and comfortable sleep became restless. Struggling through the nightmare, Wang Dong'er shed tears and repeatedly murmured, "I don't have a father like that. It hurts so much, it hurts..."

The phenomenon that had essentially spread across the entire continent naturally could not escape the notice of the Just Shrek Supervision Group, which had once shaken every nation, nor the sharp eyes of those Sea God Pavilion core elders who had nothing better to do than ignore the continent's Soul Masters while focusing wholeheartedly on building up their own sect.

Their first reaction upon seeing the phenomenon was to wonder whether the royal families that had been suppressed beneath Shrek Academy for years had secretly come up with something—whether they had produced a rare genius or a Soul Tool capable of altering celestial phenomena.

They did not consider at all whether it might involve Evil Soul Masters, whether the continent's Soul Masters could be harmed by this power, or any of the other matters that a proper supervision group and the continent's foremost academy ought to care about.

After an intense discussion, both the members of the Just Shrek Supervision Group and those shameless Sea God Pavilion elders who liked to gather other people's talents, brainwash them into Shrek's own geniuses, and then send them back unchanged as pawns—

—unanimously agreed that they should adopt a tougher attitude toward other nations. Ideally, they would dig out the genius or treasure responsible for today's phenomenon and use it for themselves. If they could not obtain it...

Then they would simply destroy it and pin the blame on those lunatics from the Holy Spirit Cult.

At that moment, several young Soul Masters who had yet to experience the crooked ways Shrek had passed down since Ten Thousand Years ago worriedly asked, "What if the one who caused this commotion is an Evil Soul Master, and he intends to join Shrek Academy? What should we do then?"

A high-ranking official who had never cared about his figure immediately chuckled. "From the day the Shrek Supervision Group was founded until today, we have always held the final authority to define Evil Soul Masters. If the person responsible for today's phenomenon truly is an Evil Soul Master, then as long as he is willing to submit to Shrek, he is not an Evil Soul Master. He is a talent useful to the continent!"

The man was choked speechless by the official's words and did not dare speak for a long while.

Another newly promoted middle-ranking Soul Master, young and hot-blooded, quickly asked in return, "What if they are from another empire? How should we treat them after verifying it? Are we really supposed to find a way to destroy this person? Wouldn't that mean completely falling out with all the continent's Soul Masters and royal families?"

At those words, several Shrek higher-ups showed displeasure and stared at Yan Shaozhe, who had recruited these people.

Although Yan Shaozhe was a Super Douluo of the Assault System, known by the title Bright Phoenix, possessed the Light Phoenix martial soul, and served as the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department—

—and was also the eldest disciple of Mu En, the ninety-ninth-ranked Limit Douluo known as the Dragon God and master of Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, while his disciple was supposedly Ma Xiaotao, descendant of Ma Hongjun, one of the first-generation Shrek Seven Devils—

—he could not keep bringing brainless people in to discuss matters like this! What if these young people had not been thoroughly brainwashed and were unwilling to devote themselves to Shrek Academy until death?

Wouldn't their conversation then become known to outsiders?

Even if outsiders found out, it would not matter as long as they silenced them properly. But what higher-up would be willing to bother with something that consumed talent and resources?

For a time, more and more people became dissatisfied with Yan Shaozhe.

Seeing her husband remain silent, Cai Meier, who understood the darkness of officialdom, immediately pulled a long face at the man and coldly said, "Shrek's glory and status cannot be shaken by outsiders! Even if they are members of the royal family! The title of the continent's number one academy can belong only to Shrek. This is the result of the joint efforts of countless Shrek elders over hundreds and thousands of years!"

After laying down a long preamble, Cai Meier changed the subject and continued, "If there truly is someone like today's anomaly among the nobles or royal family, and they oppose Shrek taking in talented individuals and giving back to the continent, then directly deploy the Shrek Supervision Group. Accuse them of inciting continental war, sheltering Evil Soul Masters, and other crimes, and make them hand the person over!"

Having said this, Cai Meier seemed to brainwash herself as she shouted, "Everything is for Shrek's glory!"

With Cai Meier's embellished rhetoric, several foolish youngsters who had just entered Shrek's core circle were brainwashed. They hurriedly agreed, then left and headed for the core regions of various places to investigate whether someone had single-handedly caused this unusual phenomenon.

These two chapters mainly provide some explanation for the academy and the setting. After this, you'll get to see the satisfying face-slapping plot! Thank you all for keeping up with the story, qwq. Yesterday's extra chapter gained seventy or eighty readers in an hour, which truly shocked me. Thank you so much for your monthly votes and recommendation votes—I remember them all!