The next day,
Luo Chen and Gu Yue boarded the massive ship bound for the Star Luo Continent.
Outside the sky screen, the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, who had risen early, froze.
"Why would they need to travel by sea to reach the Star Luo Empire?"
Xu Jiawei, from the era of Peerless Tang Sect, also noticed something was wrong.
"Could my Star Luo Empire be on another continent?"
As the exchange gathering began aboard the ship, the young students from the two continents gradually became acquainted.
Naturally, the teacher leading the Shrek Academy delegation was Cai Yue'er.
But at that moment, the look Cai Yue'er directed at Luo Chen was far from friendly.
Just then, Tang Wulin and the others got into a dispute with the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy students.
The short, stocky boy at the head of the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy students mocked Shrek's green uniforms.
"Shrek Academy's uniforms really are ugly. How can you stand wearing that muddy green every day?"
The surrounding Star Luo Empire students roared with laughter, their eyes full of contempt, their words insinuating that the Douluo Continent's leading academy had nothing but an empty reputation.
The short, stocky boy leading them even brought out footage of Luo Chen humiliating Shrek the day before.
The Star Luo Royal Academy students had been staying in the Douluo Federation lately, so naturally, they had paid some attention to matters concerning Shrek Academy.
The footage, however, showed only Luo Chen humiliating Li Qiankun.
The subsequent footage of him confronting Cai Yue'er, defeating Lan Muzi, and boldly challenging Yun Ming had been suppressed by the federation.
Shrek was, after all, the continent's foremost academy, and Yun Ming was its strongest man. They still had to be allowed that much dignity.
"You Shrek students really are trash. A Soul King couldn't even take a single move from his opponent!" the short, stocky boy sneered.
"What did you say?" Yue Zhengyu had a fiery temper and immediately stepped forward to snap back.
But the short, stocky boy ignored Yue Zhengyu outright. "If it were me, I could crush that Luo Chen guy with one hand."
"Looks like your Shrek Academy really is all reputation and no substance."
Yue Zhengyu paused, then immediately burst out laughing, backing away as he laughed.
Luo Chen was walking toward them, step by step. He had roamed unrivaled across the continent for tens of thousands of years, yet some short little Soul Elder actually dared to mock him?
The short, stocky boy thought the Shrek students were frightened and kept jeering, until a voice suddenly sounded behind him...
"I hear you could crush me with one hand? I'd certainly like to see you try!"
The short, stocky boy hurriedly turned around and eyed Luo Chen suspiciously. "Who are you?"
That question made Yue Zhengyu laugh even louder.
Even Luo Chen laughed in exasperation, though it made sense.
The footage showed only blurry figures; their faces could not be made out.
"Me? I'm the one who'll come to take your Star Luo Continent in the future. A country driven out of the Douluo Continent and left to scrape by on some untamed continent-what right do you have to mock anyone here?"
"If you ask me, you should surrender sooner rather than later. Save yourselves the humiliation of having me fight my way in."
Luo Chen sneered. In his view, what era was this? Yet the Star Luo Empire was still practicing slavery and feudalism, without the slightest ideological awareness.
"What do you mean?" Several Star Luo Royal Academy students' faces darkened.
"What do I mean?" Luo Chen gave a mocking smile. "I mean your Star Luo Empire is nothing more than a remnant of a bygone age."
[If Tang San hadn't deliberately interfered ten thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Empire would have unified the continent long ago. How would your Star Luo Empire ever have gotten the chance to flee to another continent?]
[But it makes no difference now. Within a hundred years, the Star Luo Empire will have no fate but annexation by the Sun Moon Federation.]
[Come to think of it, if Tang San hadn't forced the Sun Moon Empire to rename itself the Heaven Dou Empire, the Sun Moon Federation might not have emerged so soon.]
To the native people of the Sun Moon Empire, renaming their nation the Heaven Dou Empire was a profound humiliation!
Upon hearing this, the emperor of the Star Luo Empire from twenty thousand years earlier nearly spat out a mouthful of blood in fury.
"Impossible! My Star Luo Empire!"
"Damn that Heaven Dou Empire! I will halt all trade with them!" The old emperor was beside himself with rage.
If the Sun Moon Empire renamed itself the Heaven Dou Empire after unifying the continent, didn't that still mean the Heaven Dou Empire had unified the continent?
"Your Majesty, you must not! We are negotiating cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire to oppose Spirit Hall together," a minister below hurriedly urged.
The emperor of the Star Luo Empire grew even more furious upon hearing this.
"Didn't you hear what was said earlier? Spirit Hall will be destroyed in this era. Our enemy is the Heaven Dou Empire!"
Meanwhile, Xue Ye, emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, truly was coughing up blood nonstop.
In those few brief moments, he had experienced life's dizzying peaks and plunging depths, shortening what little time he had left even further.
If the Sun Moon Empire renamed itself the Heaven Dou Empire, would that still count as the original Heaven Dou Empire...?
Then what about the original Heaven Dou Empire?
Wouldn't that mean it would be destroyed ten thousand years later?
That was even worse than the Star Luo Empire's fate!
Unlike the two grieving emperors, someone in the Sun Moon Empire of the Peerless Tang Sect era was laughing wildly.
"The Sun Moon Empire ultimately unified the Douluo Continent under my leadership." Xu Tianran, crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire, laughed with unbridled madness.
The emperor of the Sun Moon Empire had little time left, and Xu Tianran believed the throne was already in the palm of his hand.
Beside Xu Tianran, Ju Zi remained silent. She kept feeling that things were not so simple...
Was Xu Tianran really the one who unified the Douluo Continent?
What about her own vengeance? Had she taken it?
Then the future empress remembered that Luo Chen had said Huo Yuhao also bore a grudge against Dai Hao.
"Since Huo Yuhao can become the continent's strongest man in the future, could I win him over now?"
Ju Zi did not feel safe at Xu Tianran's side. She understood him all too well!
If she lost her usefulness, Xu Tianran would cast her aside without mercy! She had to strike first!
Equally stunned was Xu Jiawei, emperor of the Star Luo Empire in the Peerless Tang Sect era!
"The Sun Moon Empire actually came close to unifying the continent? And Jiujiu's whereabouts are still unknown. What am I to do?"
Just then, Xu Jiawei suddenly recalled Luo Chen's words: if Huo Yuhao had not ascended to the Divine Realm, the situation might have been different.
"Pass down my command. I will visit Shrek in person!" Xu Jiawei intended to find Huo Yuhao at Shrek and ask him what conflict existed between him and Dai Hao.
If their hatred truly ran as deep as the sea, then for the sake of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Hao would have to be sacrificed!
"Your Majesty, Shrek has just sent a request for aid. They say a beast tide from the Star Dou Great Forest is about to attack."
"Mobilize all our retainers and prepare to reinforce Shrek!" Xu Jiawei ordered.
Meanwhile, the Body Sect in the Heaven Dou Empire had received the same message.
At that moment, Du Busi, the Body Sect's sect master, was caught in a dilemma.
On one side lay the threat of the beast tide and Shrek's crisis.
On the other lay the safety of the entire Heaven Dou Empire. From Luo Chen's words, Du Busi understood that the Sun Moon Empire had unified the continent and the Star Luo Empire had been driven to another continent. That meant the Heaven Dou Empire had probably already...
"All Titled Douluo of the Body Sect, join me tonight in storming the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Our target is Huo Yuhao!"
At last, the Body Sect's sect master made up his mind. This time, no matter what, he would bring Huo Yuhao back to the Body Sect!
While everyone was thrown into a boiling mess over Huo Yuhao,
within the Body Sect,
Vina, a princess of the Heaven Dou Empire who was gentle as water, quiet and shy, with a clear, soft voice, was gazing at Luo Chen on the sky screen with dewy eyes.
"Luo Chen, if only I could see you in person..."
Meanwhile, Spirit Hall had also tracked down Tang San's whereabouts. He was currently on his way to Sea God Island!
For Spirit Hall as it stood now, eliminating Tang San was far more important than swallowing up the two great empires!
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