The clamor within the Sea God Pavilion gradually faded, but Gu Yue's analysis of "ascending through faith" and "proving the Dao through strength" had struck like two heavy bombs, stirring towering waves in the minds of Yun Ming and Guan Yue, Shrek Academy's two strongest experts.
As Shrek Academy's undisputed white jade pillars holding up the heavens and purple-gold beams spanning the seas, Yun Ming and Guan Yue were its strongest experts apart from Long Yeyue, who no longer wished to intervene in any conflict on the continent. Though their temperaments were usually worlds apart—one imposing and domineering, the other gentle and reserved—the same fire now burned in their eyes. Gu Yue's words had made them realize that although they stood at humanity's pinnacle and had touched the threshold of demigodhood, an invisible veil still separated them from true gods. Now, Gu Yue had pierced that veil completely, revealing a clear yet thorn-strewn path before them. (A clarification here: according to the setting, Long Yeyue was actually still very strong. Personally, I felt her strength should have been below Yun Ming's but above Guan Yue's; she simply never had any standout moments. After all, her two Martial Souls would have been considered exceptionally powerful ten thousand years ago, and she also possessed the bloodlines of the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King. However weak she might have been, there was a limit to how weak she could get.)
"Junior brother, it seems these old bones of ours are still far from being able to take it easy." Yun Ming stood on the Sea God Pavilion's terrace, gazing at the stars filling the sky. The Heavenly God Spear in his hand trembled faintly, humming with longing.
Guan Yue stood beside him, his Heaven-Crossing God Spear radiating a gentle silver glow.