What wonderful news! The uproar Shrek had caused at Qi Ji's investiture ceremony had won more people over to the plan to destroy Shrek, which had already been under discussion.
Truly, a cause for celebration!
Everyone wanted so, so badly to drag Shrek down from its divine pedestal. Ever since its founding, Shrek had kept all the major powers of the Douluo Continent under its heel for twenty thousand years.
Twenty thousand years! How many powers had Shrek trampled underfoot? How many geniuses had been overshadowed by its halo? How many resources had it claimed first?
Now, it was time for it to disappear.
It wasn't as though people within the Federation hadn't tried to win Shrek over. Unfortunately, though they offered their hearts to the bright moon, the moon shone only upon the gutter.
Of course, Shrek paid them no heed. But Shrek was like a patch of psoriasis: impossible to shake off, impossible to avoid.
Originally, Shrek, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda had formed an unbreakable bloc, long since turning Shrek City into a state within a state.
The three powers supported and depended upon one another, running Shrek City so tightly that not a drop could leak through. The Federation's decrees couldn't enter, its laws held no sway, and its troops couldn't even pass through the city gates.
That lasted until several decades ago, when Long Yeyue slapped the previous Pagoda Master, Qiangu Dieting, across the face.
That slap had been loud and decisive, and it had made the Qian Gu Family mark Shrek down in its ledger of grudges ever since.
On top of that, Qiangu Dongfeng harbored a grudge against Yun Ming-the woman he longed for, Leng Yaozhu, had always held that Skycrosser Douluo in her heart. Yun Ming was also his inner