In the past, beneath the sky screen.
They saw Spirit City's gates tightly shut on the sky screen, its moat's drawbridge raised. Spirit Hall had announced that it was sealing off Spirit City and withdrawing from the struggle for supremacy on the continent.
The various factions had a surprisingly unanimous reaction: what a pity.
"They were just one step away!"
Flender looked up at Spirit City's gates slowly closing on the sky screen and slapped his thigh. "Why did the Heaven Dou Empire stop fighting? Spirit Hall had already pulled its head into its shell like a turtle. If they'd kept it under siege for another two months, they could surely have taken it!"
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi watched Spirit City close its gates on the sky screen, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
"The Spirit Hall Empire is gone, but Spirit Hall remains." Bone Douluo Gu Rong stood behind him, a trace of regret in his voice. "That woman Bibi Dong really isn't easy to deal with."
"The Heaven Dou Empire failed to seize the chance to destroy Spirit Hall. What happens after this is hard to say!" Ning Fengzhi sighed regretfully.
In the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had just returned to the imperial palace.
Dai Mubai's father sat on the throne, watching Spirit City's gates close on the sky screen with a complicated expression.
"Ah, even after all that, Spirit Hall wasn't destroyed. What a pity!"
He, too, sighed in regret.
Only then did he look at Dai Mubai. "The you on the sky screen cultivated to become a level 95 Titled Douluo at such a young age. I don't know how you did it, but I'll give you a chance. As long as you can break through to Titled Douluo in ten years, the position of crown prince will be yours."
"Imperial Father, I'll do my best to make it happen." Dai Mubai clenched his fists excitedly.
Beneath the sky screen, aside from Spirit Hall,
the various factions reacted almost identically to Spirit Hall's survival in the future shown on the sky screen.
Everyone regretted that Spirit City had not been taken, but soon, another image on the sky screen caught their attention.
The last figure to appear on the sky screen was Bibi Dong, silently biding her time.
She sat upright in a secret chamber in the Pope's Palace, cultivating with her eyes closed.
An attribute card slowly appeared.
[Name: Bibi Dong] [Cultivation: level 1] [Soul Rings: none]
Beneath the sky screen, everyone stared at the attribute card.
"Bibi Dong broke through!"
"It's been three days. Someone else finally broke through!"
"I almost thought no one except Wu Wei and those other two could break through..."
"Yeah, Wu Wei and those two were the only ones who broke through to level 1 in these three days. Now someone else has finally done it!"
"I can understand why Qian Yuhan and Ye Si broke through so quickly. They were both gods once, after all. But what gives Wu Wei the right?"
"Yeah, what gives him the right?"
"Even if his cultivation technique can cultivate automatically, he still shouldn't be that fast..."
"Unless the quality of his Martial Soul has evolved to the extreme!"
"..."
Seeing Bibi Dong break through, everyone began discussing Wu Wei again.
Because Wu Wei's cultivation speed really was too fast.
At first, everyone had thought Wu Wei was only a little faster than top geniuses like Qian Renxue. Only later did they learn just how much faster he was.
The sky screen then switched to Qian Renxue in the Worship Hall.
[Name: Qian Renxue] [Cultivation: level 1] [Soul Rings: none]
"Qian Renxue broke through too!"
"Looks like Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong are pretty evenly matched in talent!"
"What about everyone else?"
Seeing that Qian Renxue had also broken through, everyone immediately grew curious about the others.
Every one of them stared at the sky screen without blinking.
By now, they had gained some understanding of the sky screen. It was showing everyone's cultivation progress, so it would surely switch to the others next.
Sure enough.
The image soon moved away from Qian Renxue and switched first to the other experts and geniuses in Spirit City.
Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, Plume Light Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo...
Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan...
To everyone's surprise, though they also found it only natural, their levels were still at 0. None had broken through yet.
"Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others haven't broken through?"
"It's not that strange, really. Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue are geniuses capable of inheriting godhood. It's only natural for them to be a little more talented!"
"True..."
"What about the Shrek Seven Devils?"
"They all broke through to Titled Douluo at a young age. Going by their attribute cards, they weren't the least bit inferior to Wu Wei!"
"I wonder if they've broken through yet?"
Everyone then grew curious about the Shrek Seven Devils' cultivation progress.
After all, judging solely by the earlier attribute cards, everyone really did think the Shrek Seven Devils' talents should all be top-notch.
They shouldn't be inferior to Bibi Dong or Qian Renxue, and should be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Wu Wei.
Scattered in different places, the Shrek Seven Devils looked up at the sky screen, each fired up inside.
Dai Mubai paced back and forth in the courtyard, glancing up at the sky screen from time to time.
"Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue have both broken through. There's no way we can't even measure up to them." Dai Mubai clenched his fists, a hint of eagerness in his voice. "I'm a level 95 Titled Douluo in the future, after all, and the White Tiger Martial Soul is a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, at the very least. It's not too much to expect me to break through to level 1 in three days, is it?"
Zhu Zhuqing sat on a stone stool with her arms folded. She didn't answer, but her catlike eyes remained fixed on the sky screen, her fingers tapping lightly on her arm.
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong was in her own bedroom after Sword Douluo had brought her back to the sect.
She lay over the windowsill, looking up at the sky screen, her little face taut.
"My Martial Soul evolves into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in the future. It should have leveled up by now too, right?" she muttered.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar, who were elsewhere, also watched the sky screen with confidence.
They all felt that, given the achievements their future selves had shown, they should surely have leveled up by now.
Of course, that didn't include Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Because Tang San on the sky screen was still unconscious.
Xiao Wu on the sky screen had also stayed by Tang San's side the whole time, and no one had seen her cultivate yet.
So Tang San and Xiao Wu in the past knew that their counterparts on the sky screen definitely hadn't broken through.
Just as everyone was occupied with their own thoughts, the sky screen changed.
As everyone had expected, the image soon switched to the Shrek Seven Devils.
[Name: Dai Mubai] [Cultivation: level 0] [Soul Rings: none] [Name: Zhu Zhuqing] [Cultivation: level 0] [Soul Rings: none]
In the past, Dai Mubai stared at the words "level 0" three times in the Star Luo Imperial Palace, his expression changing from anticipation to shock, then from shock to stiffness.
"Level 0?" His voice rose. "I'm still level 0?"
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, but her fingers tightened visibly around her folded arms, and her catlike eyes narrowed slightly.
The sky screen continued.
Next came Ma Hongjun, Oscar and the others. Their levels were still at 0 as well.
Including Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu and Tang San.
The Shrek Seven Devils were all level 0.
Not a single one had broken through.
Ning Fengzhi, Flender, Zhao Wuji and the others were the same. They were all still level 0.
Seeing this, the people beneath the sky screen couldn't help complaining again.
"All the Shrek Seven Devils are level 0? Not one of them broke through?"
"No way. They all become Titled Douluo in the future, and at such a young age. Even if their talent can't compare to Wu Wei's, they shouldn't be this slow at least..."
"Even those Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall haven't broken through yet. Isn't it normal that the Shrek Seven Devils haven't either?"
"Normal, my ass! Wu Wei was only a level 84 Soul Douluo, while the Shrek Seven Devils all become Titled Douluo in the future!"
"And Wu Wei doesn't have a Godhood Inheritance. What gives him the right to be faster than the Shrek Seven Devils?"
"No, what gives him the right to be faster than Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong..."
"Yeah, what gives him the right?"
"Looks like this Wu Wei is even more of a genius than we imagined!"
"Find him. We have to find Wu Wei! Our sect is going to have that genius!"
"I wonder if you've noticed? These past few days, it seems we haven't seen Sword Douluo or Bone Douluo on the sky screen at all."
"Yeah, I noticed that too!"
"I don't think we've seen them since the very beginning!"
"Shouldn't they be following the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's master?"