White Robes, Blue Sword, Heavenly Frost Dragon Ice! Is Gu Yuena in the Top Three?

[Yet tragedy struck again.]

[To stop two Level 12 Godslaying-Class Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and protect the students, Sky-Reaching Douluo Yun Ming, a quasi-god, endured attacks from several Titled Douluo. In the end, the shells killed him.]

[Wu Changkong led more than two hundred students into an underground shelter.]

[Before his death, his master Zhuo Shi had told him to protect Shrek's Core Flame.]

[In that lightless shelter, he gritted his teeth and kept everyone's hope alive.]

[Wu Changkong knew that although the academy was gone, its foundations and spirit remained. As long as they did, it could be rebuilt.]

[He trained desperately and reached Level 97 Super Douluo at thirty-two.]

[When he learned Dark Hummingbird was still alive, twelve years of suppressed rage erupted.]

[Clad in the Four-Word Battle Armor "Heavenly Frost Dragon Ice," he drove his sword through Dark Hummingbird's chest.]

[But it did not end there.]

[The Abyss Plane and the Holy Spirit Cult invaded together. Douluo Continent hung by a thread.]

[The Abyss Emperor descended, devouring everything. No one could stop him.]

[Wu Changkong stepped forward.]

[He gave up his chance to break through to Limit Douluo.]

[Instead, he gathered all his Soul Power and the Heavenly Frost Sword's strength, then perished together with the Abyss Emperor.]

[In his final moment, there was only relief on his face.]

[At last, I can see Long Bing again. I should have died long ago, Wu Changkong thought.]

[After the final battle,]

[Plane Master Tang Hao resurrected many people.]

[But Wu Changkong refused to return.]

[Tang Hao said Wu Changkong's heart had already died.]

[Wu Changkong had protected his students and the continent. At last, he could reunite with the woman he loved.]

[White robes, blue sword. Tian Bing endured forever.]

[Such was Wu Changkong's life, steeped in sorrow and devotion.]

The world of Douluo I.

Sunset Forest.

Even Tang Hao, powerful as he was, could not help murmuring:

"Do I become the Plane Master?"

Yu Xiaogang said as though it were only natural:

"Xiao San becomes a God King. Of course you become the Plane Master of Douluo Star."

Elsewhere, Ning Rongrong wore a wicked grin.

"The Sky Curtain doesn't seem to mention where our Grandmaster ends up working, does it?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression soured. "I must be guiding the gods in the Divine Realm."

He had watched so many revelations from the Sky Curtain, yet had found no trace of himself.

He could barely muster the confidence to argue with Ning Rongrong.

The world of Douluo II.

Sun Moon Royal Academy.

Mingde Hall.

While regretting the death of that quasi-god, Sky-Reaching Douluo, Level 9 Soul Engineer Jing Hongchen was also shaken.

"A Level 12 Soul Tool?"

"Even a quasi-god couldn't withstand it?"

"So the future world advances that far?"

"And that thing called Battle Armor—its enhancement is terrifying!"

"Did that Battle Armor evolve from humanoid Soul Tools?"

No one understood the power and potential of Soul Tools better than Jing Hongchen.

But every technological advance took time.

He had yet to prove the future of Soul Tools to everyone.

The Sky Curtain had done it for him.

He knew one thing.

From that day onward, Mingde Hall's standing in the Sun Moon Empire would rise another level.

The world of Douluo III.

The Star Luo Empire.

The Shrek delegation visiting the Star Luo Empire for an exchange was utterly stunned by the Sky Curtain.

"Shrek gets destroyed?"

"How is that possible?"

"The Sea God Pavilion Master is practically a quasi-god!"

"Are those Level 12 Godslaying Fixed Soul Cannon Shells really that powerful?"

"Or did we hold the Pavilion Master back?"

"Shouldn't you focus on the important part? The Holy Spirit Cult has already joined forces with the Abyss Plane!"

Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er went on alert the moment she saw the Sky Curtain.

She spoke decisively to Wu Changkong:

"There's no need to continue this Soul Master Tournament."

"What matters is what the Sky Curtain revealed. Shrek's survival is at stake."

"And we're isolated here in the Star Luo Empire. If the Holy Spirit Cult targets us to threaten Sky-Reaching Douluo and the others, we'll be in serious trouble."

Wu Changkong nodded.

He might eventually kill Dark Hummingbird, sacrifice himself for the greater good, and meet Long Bing in that other world.

But this was no time to sink into sorrow.

Shrek's survival was at stake, as was the life of its Sea God Pavilion Master, Sky-Reaching Douluo!

A mere tournament no longer mattered.

The two immediately went to find Tang Wulin and the others.

Tang Wulin's eyes were already red.

To him, Shrek had always been invincible.

He had never imagined it could face destruction, or that Teacher Wu Changkong would ultimately die resisting the Abyss Plane!

Why did the people around him always leave?

Even his parents had disappeared without a trace.

But he quickly mastered his emotions.

Then the group boarded an ocean liner bound for Shrek.

Every member of Shrek withdrew from the Soul Master Tournament, bringing its run to an abrupt end.

Shrek Academy.

The Sea God Pavilion.

Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu stared at each other, eyes wide.

Neither had imagined he would die in that future battle.

Yun Ming sighed.

He had never imagined that even with his quasi-god strength, he would fail to protect Shrek Academy.

The task of restoring Shrek would fall to the younger generation.

Ya Li turned to Yun Ming, her eyes red.

"Prepare for war. Tell every Shrek student away from the academy everything we've learned!"

Monster Academy.

Long Yue looked regretful.

"What a shame. I still haven't seen Shrek Academy's true foundations."

"I hope Shrek survives this."

Ci'en, the dean of Monster Academy, looked grave as well.

He had originally wanted to visit Douluo Continent and test himself against Yun Ming.

But the Sky Curtain had shown Yun Ming taking a Godslaying Soul Cannon Shell head-on to protect his students. That strength made Ci'en understand just how vast the gap between them was.

On the Holy Spirit Cult's side,

faces were grimmer than anywhere else.

Because of that damned Sky Curtain!

They had lost the initiative. If they attacked Shrek again, their chances of success might drop by more than half!

[This ranking has concluded. Wu Changkong receives the following rewards:]

[Two-Word Battle Armor Tian Bing upgrades to Four-Word Battle Armor Heavenly Frost Dragon Ice. A Four-Word Battle Armor Master is equivalent to a Limit Douluo.]

[Soul Power increases by five levels.]

[One opportunity to resurrect a person.]

After seeing the Sky Curtain's rewards,

the Holy Spirit Cult's members looked grim.

Four-Word Battle Armor.

Even though Wu Changkong was only nearing the Soul Douluo level and could not fully merge with Four-Word Battle Armor yet, he could still wield the power of Three-Word Battle Armor.

But once Wu Changkong reached Titled Douluo,

Shrek Academy would have another fighter on the level of a Limit Douluo!

They had gained another troublesome enemy and lost the initiative besides.

That damned Sky Curtain!

On Shrek Academy's side, meanwhile, faces brightened.

Zhuo Shi, still at the academy, was especially pleased.

He looked at Feng Wuyu and burst out laughing.

"My disciple is almost a Soul Douluo, and he has Four-Word Battle Armor!"

"The student has surpassed the master!"

Feng Wuyu snapped, "That came from the Sky Curtain, not from you."

Zhuo Shi laughed again.

"Oh, that got to you!"

Watching them, even the usually composed Yun Ming was speechless.

They were already at a moment of crisis, yet those two were still bickering.

Still, the Sky Curtain truly was miraculous.

Perhaps my chance to become a god lies with it!

Aboard the ship returning to Shrek Academy, Wu Changkong felt power surge within him.

The Two-Word Battle Armor Tian Bing, which had merged with him, transformed into Heavenly Frost Dragon Ice.

Yet none of it mattered beside the chance to resurrect that one person.

In the next instant, a beautiful figure appeared before him,

just as she had in the past.

Long Bing ran toward him as she always had and threw herself into his arms.

Her eyes red, Long Bing said,

"You're so much older than me now."

Wu Changkong blushed. "I've become an old man. But as long as you're back, nothing else matters."

Nearby, Tang Wulin and the others stared, dumbfounded.

It was the first time any of them had seen Wu Changkong blush like that!

The world of Douluo I.

Every faction was stunned. Could future Soul Masters truly become so fearsome with the aid of Battle Armor?

Four-Word Battle Armor was equivalent to a Limit Douluo?

Heaven Dou City.

Qian Renxue was astonished by the power of Battle Armor too.

A single suit of Battle Armor could rival her own grandfather, Qian Daoliu? How was that possible?

But the wonders of the Sky Curtain left her no choice but to believe it.

Phainon's attention, however, was nowhere near those tangible rewards.

He could not help sighing in relief:

"Thank goodness it didn't award Spacetime Travel this time. One more of those, and my shop won't survive it."

Qian Renxue rolled her eyes.

"You could ask the Sky Curtain to award Space-Time Travel again. See if it answers."

Huo Yuhao's expression turned strange.

From the sound of it, Qian Renxue thought...

So my arrival ten thousand years in the past was the shopkeeper Phainon's fault too.

Wang Dong joked:

"Shopkeeper, once we've paid off our debts, why don't you ask the Sky Curtain to send us back ten thousand years?"

Phainon played dumb the moment he heard that.

Once he learned Aha was behind the Sky Curtain, and Huo Yuhao really had come from ten thousand years in the future,

he knew Aha had set his sights on him.

He was not foolish enough to test Aha again.

Knowing that thrill-seeker, Aha might actually grant his wish.

Then Aha might send Wang Dong away—and toss Phainon ten thousand years into the future along with her!

Star Dou Great Forest.

Even someone as proud as Di Tian felt the pressure.

At this rate, Soul Beasts would only grow weaker in comparison.

Humans had Soul Tools and Battle Armor on their side.

Even so, Di Tian remained confident.

"Once Master awakens, everything will be all right."

[Douluo Continent's Top 3 Most Melancholy People: Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena]

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