Di Qiu'er? Wang Qiu'er?

Ye Chen was stunned when he heard that.

???

Her surname was Di, not Wang?

Then why was she still called Qiu'er?

Could it be because when he touched the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the word Qiu'er had flashed through his mind?

Ye Chen was not the only one confused. Several Ferocious Beasts in the Dragon King Era, watching the Sky Screen, were equally bewildered.

"What is going on?" Ever since the Sky Screen appeared, Di Tian's head had practically been filled with question marks.

Others might not know what had happened during the Unrivaled Tang Sect era, but he knew it very well.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress were both Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirits.

Even the Auspicious Beast had been lured away by Huo Yuhao.

But now, Ye Chen had snatched Ice Empress and Snow Empress away first. And from the looks of it, he was even going to lure away the Auspicious Beast.

"That's impossible. Could my memories be wrong?"

At this point, Di Tian had even begun to suspect that he had remembered it incorrectly.

"No, Di Tian, you remembered correctly." At that moment, an icy voice sounded from behind them.

The Ferocious Beasts abruptly turned around and respectfully dropped to their knees.

"My Lord."

Gu Yue looked at them indifferently and slowly spoke.

"Ten thousand years ago, Ye Chen truly did not exist."

This was not merely her personal conclusion; it was also the conclusion of the entire Spirit Pagoda.

"Then what are we seeing?" Xiong Jun scratched his bald head. These past few days, he felt as though he was about to grow a brain.

"I don't know either." Gu Yue shook her head. She did not understand what was happening either.

"At least for now, no matter how the past changes, it has nothing to do with us in the present."

Even if Ye Chen killed Huo Yuhao, lured away the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and absorbed every Ferocious Beast as Soul Spirits—

During the Dragon King Era, the Spirit Pagoda would still have been founded by Huo Yuhao, and all records regarding Huo Yuhao would remain unchanged.

"However..." Gu Yue changed the subject.

"Through the Sky Screen, we can take this opportunity to see whether the God Realm left any contingencies behind on Douluo Continent."

"We may even learn why the God Realm suddenly vanished. That would help our plans," Gu Yue said.

She wanted to revive the soul beasts, and the God Realm was an obstacle she could not avoid.

The more intelligence she knew about the God Realm, the greater her advantage would be.

Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen.

At the gates of Shrek Academy, a pink-and-blue-haired youth had been waiting there for a long time.

"Damn Ye Chen, why hasn't he come yet?"

She had been waiting at Shrek Academy's entrance for several days!

Yet Ye Chen had never shown up!

"School starts tomorrow. Ye Chen... he isn't going to be late, is he?"

Wang Dong had already begun to let her imagination run wild.

"Or does Ye Chen think Shrek Academy has nothing to teach him and decided not to come?"

Wang Dong anxiously paced back and forth at the academy gates.

"Damn Ye Chen! Even if you're leaving the academy, at least tell me! I won't stay either!"

Just as Wang Dong's thoughts ran wild, she suddenly saw a golden-red-haired girl standing in the distance.

The girl's beautiful hair fell in large waves, though for some reason, it was wrapped in a plain cloth scarf.

Wang Dong could only see the girl's back.

But even so, Wang Dong was certain that the girl could not possibly be unattractive.

At that moment, Wang Dong suddenly noticed that someone familiar seemed to be standing opposite the girl.

When Wang Dong focused her gaze, anger immediately surged in her heart.

"Damn Ye Chen! Fine, fine! I waited here for you all this time, and you actually... actually went and hit on another girl!"

With that thought, Wang Dong directly released her Light Goddess Butterfly and swiftly flew over to Ye Chen.

Her fist, as large as a sandbag, smashed toward Ye Chen without hesitation.

"Ye Chen, you bastard! Isn't having me... isn't having me and Xiao Xiao enough for you? We haven't seen each other for a month, and you've already lured back another girl from who knows where?"

Ye Chen's face was full of question marks.

"No, how could you tell that I lured her back?"

Ye Chen had just wanted to point toward Di Qiu'er.

But Di Qiu'er's figure had already vanished.

"Hmph! How would I know!"

With that, Wang Dong walked into Shrek Academy without looking back.

At this point, she seemed to realize that she might have misunderstood Ye Chen.

But she had already hit him.

Surely they could not expect her to apologize?

Running away was the better option.

After turning around, an imperceptible smile appeared on Wang Dong's lips.

At least Ye Chen had not left Shrek Academy. They could attend classes together at Shrek Academy again!

Meanwhile, Di Qiu'er, who had left earlier, had already entered Shrek Academy and completed her enrollment procedures.

Twelve years old, three Soul Rings, and a Golden Dragon Martial Soul—she was immediately admitted to Shrek Academy as an exception and assigned to Class One, Ye Chen's class.

She would participate in Shrek Academy's opening assessment alongside them.

As for Huo Yuhao, he still failed to reach the academy in time by the start of school.

Just as expected, he was late.

When he returned to the academy, Zhou Yi immediately summoned him to her office.

The moment Huo Yuhao saw Zhou Yi, he began sweet-talking her.

"Teacher Zhou, it's only been a month, but you've become even prettier."

Zhou Yi was not wearing her old-woman mask at the moment, revealing her true appearance.

And Zhou Yi, who had originally been brimming with anger, had much of it dispelled by Huo Yuhao's words.

"Go close the door."

There was also a man beside Zhou Yi in the office. He was Huo Yuhao's teacher, Zhou Yi's husband, Fan Yu.

Whenever Fan Yu was present, Zhou Yi would rein in her sharp edge.

Fan Yu stepped forward and angrily demanded.

"Yuhao, what happened? Why did you return to school so late?"

The moment Huo Yuhao saw his teacher Fan Yu, he stepped forward and dropped to his knees with a thud.

"Teacher, I was wrong!"

After that, Huo Yuhao began his award-winning performance.

He lied that his Martial Soul seemed to have shattered. He had deliberately kept it hidden so Zhou Yi and Fan Yu would not worry.

Fortunately, Xu Xiaoyan did not witness this. If she had, she would surely have exclaimed—

"I never expected someone in this world to have acting skills comparable to mine!"

Watching Huo Yuhao's vivid performance, Zhou Yi and Fan Yu actually believed what he said.

They asked with concern, "Then how are you now?"

"I feel like I'm fine now, and I even obtained my second Soul Ring!"

Huo Yuhao began fabricating another story, claiming that some unseen guidance had led him to the Far North, where he awakened his second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion!

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao displayed his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul. At the same time, a purple Soul Ring appeared beneath his feet.

Of course, Huo Yuhao would never mention Ice Empress or Ye Chen, because this concerned his greatest secret: the Million-Year Soul Beast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm!

Once Huo Yuhao released his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, Zhou Yi and Fan Yu instantly stood up.

"It really is an Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, and it even has a Thousand Year Soul Ring!" Zhou Yi said in shock.

Huo Yuhao did not conceal the color of his Soul Ring this time, because his Ice Jade Scorpion truly was only a thousand-year soul beast!

Though Huo Yuhao appeared delighted on the surface, his heart was already bleeding!

His second Soul Ring should have been the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's! His Soul Ring should have come from a four-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast!

Ye Chen! Just wait! I already have Twin Martial Souls now, and one of them is even Ultimate Ice! I'm not much worse than you!

I will personally take back everything that belongs to me!