In the past, beneath the Heavenly Screen.
Xiao Wu saw that her cultivation level was still 0 and hadn't risen, and her lips turned down slightly.
"It's been a day, and my future self is still level 0..."
Xiao Wu bit her lip, anxious and aggrieved.
But when she saw Tang San still lying there on the Heavenly Screen, unconscious, she stopped worrying about cultivation. Her future self hadn't cultivated at all, so it was only natural that her level hadn't changed.
"Brother..." Xiao Wu looked up at the Heavenly Screen and muttered, "Wasn't your future self brought back to life by the Resurrection Divine Light? Your body has recovered, so why won't you wake up?"
Hearing that, Tang San raised a hand and patted her shoulder. "Xiao Wu, that's only my future self. Don't worry too much."
"But Brother, I... I can't help it." Xiao Wu's voice was muffled. "Seeing you lying there without moving makes my heart clench."
Tang San fell silent for a moment.
To tell the truth, he felt a little uneasy himself.
His future self on the Heavenly Screen had been killed by Bibi Dong, then brought back to life by Oscar and Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. His body had recovered, and he was breathing and had a heartbeat, yet he just wouldn't wake up.
He wanted to know why, too.
"Teacher." Tang San turned to Yu Xiaogang. "Why do you think my future self still hasn't woken up?"
Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Tang San lying on the stone platform on the Heavenly Screen, his brows knotted together.
"From what the Heavenly Screen showed us, the Resurrection Divine Light repaired the physical body," he said slowly. "The reason your future self can't wake up has to do with his soul. As for the details, I don't know."
"Then what do we do?" Xiao Wu asked anxiously.
"I don't know." Yu Xiaogang sighed, his voice soft. "We can only leave everything to heaven's will. Or rather, it depends on whether the future Tang San can pull through himself."
Xiao Wu's eyes reddened again.
Tang San put an arm around her shoulders. His voice wasn't loud, but it was full of conviction. "Xiao Wu, since my future self was brought back by the Resurrection Divine Light, there's still hope. Besides, that's only my future self. Now that we know the future in advance, we can change it. I definitely won't be killed like I was on the Heavenly Screen."
"Mm..." Xiao Wu answered softly and raised a hand to wipe the corners of her eyes.
The other members of the Shrek Seven Devils, who had already gone their separate ways, all looked displeased after seeing the attribute cards above their heads on the Heavenly Screen.
The pain of Shrek falling apart hadn't yet faded, and now that "level 0" had stabbed them in the heart again.
"Wait..." Dai Mubai clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on the Heavenly Screen. "How is that fair? That Wu Wei reached level 1 in a single day. We're level 95 Titled Douluo in the future, at least. Shouldn't we be able to recultivate faster than him?"
"Exactly!" Ma Hongjun shouted. "That Wu Wei was only level 84 before. He wasn't even a Titled Douluo. I'm a level 93 Titled Douluo in the future, yet I can't even reach level 1 after a whole day? That makes no sense!"
Oscar's expression wasn't much better. "In the future, I'm the first food-system Titled Douluo on the continent, yet I cultivate slower than a Soul Douluo?"
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, but her gaze turned cold as she stared at the Heavenly Screen, her fingers tightening slightly against her folded arms.
None of them could accept it.
Ning Rongrong, who was already flying toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Sword Douluo, couldn't accept it either.
In principle, the speed of recultivation depended on Martial Soul quality and the efficiency of one's cultivation method.
Their Martial Souls weren't bad, especially Dai Mubai's White Tiger and Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix. Both were top-tier Beast Martial Souls on the continent, so how could they possibly lose to Wu Wei's inexplicable Azure Dragon?
The Heavenly Screen paid no attention to the Shrek Seven Devils' feelings. The view moved away from the Shrek group and began showing how others were doing.
The first place to appear was the Pope's Palace in Spirit City.
Bibi Dong sat upright on the papal throne, clad in her papal robes, her face cold and severe beneath her purple-gold crown.
After retreating from Jialing Pass, she had remained in seclusion in the Pope's Palace to cultivate.
She had left the task of repelling the Heaven Dou Empire's army to others.
She knew very well that if the Spirit Hall Empire was to rise again, the most important thing was to cultivate back to her former level.
An attribute card appeared.
[Name: Bibi Dong] [Age: xx] [Cultivation: Level 0] [Soul Rings: None]
In the past, Bibi Dong tightened her grip on the throne when she saw this.
She said nothing, but the temperature throughout the Pope's Palace abruptly dropped several degrees.
"In the future, I am the Rakshasa God. It's one thing to cultivate slower than the original Angel God and Rakshasa God, but I'm actually slower than that Wu Wei too?"
The scene shifted.
It moved to Qian Renxue, the Angel God.
An attribute card appeared.
[Name: Qian Renxue] [Age: 35] [Cultivation: Level 0] [Soul Rings: None]
In the past, deep within the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince's residence, Qian Renxue's expression darkened when she saw this.
"With my talent, I actually failed to level up..." she murmured, a trace of gloom flashing through her golden eyes.
She was the Angel God's inheritor, and her Martial Soul was the Six-Winged Angel, a god-level Martial Soul.
By rights, she should have been able to recultivate far faster than ordinary people.
Yet after a day, she was still level 0.
Next, the scenes swept past like a revolving lantern, showing the major powers and every corner of Douluo Continent in turn.
Several of Spirit Hall's elders-Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo-had attribute cards that all showed level 0.
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi's attribute card showed level 0.
Several elders of the Clear Sky Sect: level 0.
Sea Dragon Douluo of Sea God Island: level 0.
Emperor Xue Beng of the Heaven Dou Empire: level 0.
Several powerhouses of the Star Luo Imperial Family: level 0.
Even the old monsters who lived in seclusion all had that glaring "level 0" on their attribute cards.
After the Heavenly Screen had shown them all, every living being on Douluo Continent, whether Titled Douluo or ordinary Soul Master, Soul Beast or human, had the same number written in their cultivation field.
[0]
Only then did the Heavenly Screen return to Wu Wei.
Wu Wei stood on the inn's balcony as his attribute card appeared.
[Name: Wu Wei] [Age: 19] [Cultivation: Level 1] [Soul Rings: None]
Behind him, Qian Yuhan's and Ye Si's attribute cards also appeared one after another.
[Name: Qian Yuhan] [Cultivation: Level 1] [Soul Rings: None] [Name: Ye Si] [Cultivation: Level 1] [Soul Rings: None]
All three of them were level 1.
In the past, everyone beneath the Heavenly Screen who saw this fell silent.
After the Heavenly Screen had shown them all, only three people on the whole of Douluo Continent had recultivated to level 1 in a single day.
Wu Wei, the Angel God, and the Rakshasa God.
Everyone else, including Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Tang San, Xiao Wu, every Titled Douluo, and every Soul Beast, was level 0.
"This... is ridiculous!"
"Only three people on the whole continent recultivated to level 1, and aside from those two goddesses, the only one left is Wu Wei?"
"Even Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue didn't level up?"
"Something's not right."
"The Angel God and the Rakshasa God are gods recultivating, so their Martial Souls must be of the highest quality. But Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor are top-tier Martial Souls too, and Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel is a god-level Martial Soul. Why couldn't they cultivate to level 1?"
"Who on earth is he?"
"That kid must have some incredible secret."
"No kidding. Who couldn't see that?"
At the bottom of the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
A group of powerful Soul Beasts led by the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena also fell silent after seeing what was on the Heavenly Screen.
Of course, more than anything, they couldn't accept it.