Night had fallen.
The Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, the Nameless Underground Palace, lay silent beneath the darkness.
Ghostly green flames danced in recesses of white bone along the walls.
Ha Luosa reclined in a broad chair, holding a sheet of paper. It recorded noteworthy events from the previous day.
His fingertips slid across the papers, picking up the first sheet.
"Di Tian left the Star Dou Great Forest, possibly heading east." Ha Luosa read the line aloud, then casually tossed the paper at his feet.
Not long ago, those soul beasts had clamored for participation in government, throwing the entire Federation into such turmoil that even the chickens and dogs knew no peace.
Now, that Beast God, who had lain low for so long, had suddenly left his lair instead of staying put.
They were making a lot of moves.
"Perhaps this is another age of great contention, one that comes only once in ten thousand years... good."
The more chaos, the better.
He continued reading.
"Powerful fluctuations briefly appeared in Eastsea City. A hidden powerhouse is suspected." Ha Luosa paid it no mind. No one beneath these heavens was stronger than him.
"A child from Eastsea City has appeared beneath the Golden Tree. Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion admitted him directly into the inner court."
The report listed a name: Tang Wulin.
Once he finished reading, a wisp of gray deathly energy emerged from Ha Luosa's fingertips, instantly reducing the paper to drifting ash.
Di Tian leaving his lair, an extraordinary child descending upon Shrek, mysterious fluctuations.
And all of them were in the "east."
Could there be some connection between the three?
Footsteps sounded in the passage outside the underground palace.
Two figures entered, one tall and one short.
The shorter one was a girl with conspicuous twin