Sky Screen
Soul Land: The Sky Screen Exposes My Relationship with Gu Yuena
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Sky Screen |
| Original Name | 天幕 |
| Entity Type | An enormous aerial screen broadcasting events across eras 1 |
| Occupation/Role | Broadcasts Luo Chen’s activities and inner thoughts in the Dragon King era to viewers in earlier eras 1 |
| Location | Appears above Douluo Continent in the Spirit Hall and Peerless Tang Sect eras 1 |
| Temporal Reach | Connects the Dragon King era with eras twenty thousand and ten thousand years earlier 1 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1, “A sky screen spanning three eras” 1 |
Appearance
- Scale: Enormous enough to attract attention across Douluo Continent in both receiving eras 1.
- Surface: Initially described as pitch-black, displaying the scene around Luo Chen 1.
- Manifestation: Unfurls in midair following a deafening sound 1.
- Broadcast state: Can cut off and later light up again; its images are not continuously available 10 33.
Abilities & Functions
Cross-Era Broadcasting
The Sky Screen shows events surrounding Luo Chen in the Dragon King era to audiences in the Spirit Hall and Peerless Tang Sect eras 1.
- Broadcasts conversations, battles, journeys, and personal encounters 1 6 14 23.
- Reaches mortal viewers and divine observers, including Sea God Tang San and the God of Destruction 8 19.
- Lets people compare their own era’s cultivation and technology with developments thousands of years later 13 38 66.
Transmission of Inner Thoughts
The screen transmits Luo Chen’s inner voice without omitting words, exposing information he has not spoken aloud 1.
- Reveals his criticism of Shrek’s historical account and its connections to the Holy Spirit Cult 1.
- Exposes his past relationships and his intentions toward Gu Yue to the women watching him 5 22.
- Broadcasts revelations about Tang San’s future plans and the anticipated destruction of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect headquarters 19 52.
- Also exposes Gu Yue’s thoughts concerning Tang San’s manipulation of Huo Yuhao and the soul beasts’ extinction 8.
Resistance to Divine Interference
Sea God Tang San attempts to shut down the screen as soon as it appears, but cannot close it despite repeated efforts 8.
- Its appearance coincides with the disappearance of the divine-consciousness traces he left on Wang Dong’er and Wang Qiu’er 8.
- Tang San explicitly regards the broadcast as a threat to his ten-thousand-year plan and his control over Douluo Continent 8.
Broadcast Restrictions
- No real-time connection feature: Viewers cannot use the screen as a direct communication channel 58.
- Selective coverage: Viewers miss Mu Ye’s earlier Four-Word Battle Armor display because Luo Chen’s attention is elsewhere 43.
- Abrupt interruptions: The broadcast cuts off when Luo Chen embraces Gu Yue before they miss the ball 10.
- Disclosure prohibition: When Xu Jiujiu tries to tell Luo Chen about the screen, a voice in her mind forbids her from telling anyone and threatens consequences. The passage does not identify the voice’s source 25.
Background / History
The Sky Screen first appears while Cai Yue’er is recounting Shrek Academy’s history to new students in the Dragon King era. Her account of Tang San’s victory over Spirit Hall reaches audiences twenty thousand years earlier, revealing Spirit Hall’s future defeat. Luo Chen’s subsequent inner criticism of that account is broadcast as well, immediately turning the screen into a source of conflicting historical revelations 1.
People who previously knew Luo Chen recognize him in the images. Qian Renxue watches while holding his handwritten marriage contract, and Hu Liena excitedly points him out to Bibi Dong. Luo Chen does not realize that his former romantic partners are watching his encounters with Gu Yue and Na’er; he instead struggles to explain their fluctuating affection scores 1 5 6 19.
Cross-Era Travel
Several people from the receiving eras subsequently appear in the Dragon King era. Their displacement occurs alongside the Sky Screen’s broadcasts, but the supplied passages do not establish that the screen caused every transfer 13 25 50 69.
| Person(s) | Documented Displacement | Connection to the Screen |
|---|---|---|
| Wang Qiu’er | Vanishes from the Peerless Tang Sect era and appears among the later era’s surviving ferocious beasts 8 | Gu Yue later confirms her arrival from ten thousand years earlier 32. |
| Tang San | Awakens twenty thousand years in the future after disappearing during the confrontation on Sea God Island 13 | Recognizes the future city’s architecture from the broadcast; the Divine Realm Hub cannot locate him 13. |
| Xu Jiujiu | Reunites with Luo Chen after traveling ten thousand years forward 25 | Is prevented from disclosing the screen’s existence 25. |
| Wang Dong’er | Appears in the Dragon King era as Zhen Hua’s new disciple 50 | Earlier-era viewers learn of her arrival through the broadcast 50. |
| Yu Xiaogang | Appears at Dragon King-era Shrek Academy seeking a teaching position 69 | Liu Erlong discovers his whereabouts through the screen 69. |
| Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun | Return to the Spirit Hall era after their defeat in the future 78 | Before returning, Ma Hongjun curses the screen and demands that it send them home 78. |
Major Effects on the Story
| Revelation or Broadcast | Consequence |
|---|---|
| Tang San’s poisoning of Slaughter City and Tang Chen’s impending death | Clear Sky Sect elders condemn Tang San; Qian Renxue resolves to speak with Bibi Dong about Spirit Hall’s future 2. |
| Huo Yuhao’s future ascension | The Body Sect’s master decides to recruit him, while Huo Yuhao considers joining the sect 2. |
| Tang San’s interference in the lower realm | The God of Destruction investigates and strips Tang San of control over the Divine Realm Hub 8. |
| Gu Yue’s identity as the Silver Dragon King | Earlier-era viewers learn that the woman beside Luo Chen is the soul beasts’ sovereign 19 20. |
| Luo Chen’s soul-core cultivation method | Bibi Dong chooses Yin-Yang Complementarity, while Qian Daoliu chooses Isotopic Resonance; both later form second soul cores 32 38. |
| Forging and mecha demonstrations | Lou Gao memorizes the forging process, while Jing Hongchen recruits blacksmiths and corrects Mingde Hall’s mecha research direction 34 49. |
| The Tang Sect’s use of Clear Sky Sect techniques and the subordinate clans’ apparent fate | Clear Sky elders reject Tang San’s conduct; Yang Wudi and Niu Gao leave the Tang Sect with their clans 56. |
| Tang San’s defeat by younger Dragon King-era opponents | Viewers who considered him invincible begin questioning whether the first-generation Shrek members deserve godhood 76 77. |
| The Ice and Fire Twin Dragon Kings at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well | The observing Silver Dragon King orders Di Tian to locate the well 80. |