In the blink of an eye, a full half month had passed since the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament ended.
After so many upheavals, the Sun Moon Empire had not launched any intensified retaliation. Instead, it seemed to have suddenly lost all desire to struggle and quietly gone to ground.
Such behavior was unsettling instead.
After all, a dog that bites does not bark.
Throughout that half month, the entire Douluo Continent had been frighteningly calm.
It did not feel like the arrival of peace, but rather the final calm before a storm.
The original Douluo Three Kingdoms had not looted a burning house by stirring up trouble, while the Sun Moon Empire was also doing its utmost to keep anything from happening.
Even the minor friction and clashes that frequently erupted along the borders had suddenly vanished during this period.
Within the Sun Moon Empire, internal strife was fierce. The Crown Prince Faction, leading a band of Evil Soul Masters and Mingdetang, was squaring off against the old emperor and the crown prince's other brothers.
As a result, there was not a single clear voice throughout the empire that could say what it wanted to do, and the march toward war was naturally delayed.
As for Shrek, neither they nor the Body Sect were inclined to sit and await death. With Princess Vina threading the needle between them in particular, they soon held an unprecedented meeting.
For these talks, Du Busi of the Body Sect would speak with Xuan Zi, while Chen Ping was responsible for speaking with Long Ao Tian and Vina about selling body-tempering potions and medicinal baths to the Body Sect's disciples.
Of course, Chen Ping also had something good he had just obtained from Qiankun Asking Love Valley, which he needed to discuss with Du