The Federation, the War God Temple, and the Spirit Pagoda had not participated in this universal grand tournament, nor had they undergone any changes. After all, they had not put down roots ten thousand years ago.
And the Spirit Pagoda's master ten thousand years ago had been Xuan Zi. Xuan Zi himself was still at Shrek Academy, which meant the Spirit Pagoda had not undergone any changes either.
The only ones that had changed were the Tang Sect, Shrek, the Holy Spirit Cult, the Soul Beasts, and the Spirit Hall that had suddenly popped up.
At Shrek Academy, the many senior figures were still digesting that astonishing information. After all, this was gossip from the Divine Realm. It had truly shaken them.
"Xiaogang, are you all right?"
Just then, seeing Yu Xiaogang in such a wretched state, covered in blood, Liu Erlong immediately supported him and asked after him with concern. He, however, was very excited and immediately struggled to show off his Martial Soul.
"Erlong, I'm fine. I want to see my evolved Martial Soul right now!"
As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang strode over to an open patch of grass. Yun Ming, Mu En, and the others were also drawn over by the commotion.
Only then did they remember that Yu Xiaogang seemed to have made a wish for Martial Soul Evolution, and curiosity stirred within them.
"Martial Soul Evolution? Did it evolve into the Golden Sacred Dragon?"
Everyone guessed it must have evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon. After all, twenty thousand years ago, Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul had fully evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon, and he had then taken the title Dragon God Douluo.
Under everyone's gaze, Yu Xiaogang shouted:
"Martial Soul possession!"
As his words fell, a low dragon's roar sounded, and golden light blazed from Yu Xiaogang's body. The dazzling radiance stabbed at everyone's eyes, making them impossible to open.
"So... so bright!"
"Who threw a flashbang?!"
"Watch your eyes!"
The light soon faded. When everyone looked again, Yu Xiaogang was nowhere to be seen. Standing before them now was a purple pig-man on two feet.
Two words were inscribed on the pig-man's lower abdomen: Nine Cannons! Meanwhile, on the purple pig-man's right leg were one complete five-stroke tally character and another missing a stroke, making exactly nine strokes in total.
This seemed a little enticing~
Everyone fell silent when they got a clear look at the pig-man, but Yu Xiaogang himself said excitedly:
"My detached Martial Soul has finally become a Beast Martial Soul! I can feel the Beast Martial Soul strengthening my body. My Martial Soul has finally evolved! Hahaha!"
Yu Xiaogang laughed without restraint, seemingly ecstatic over his improvement. His level, however, was still stuck at twenty-nine. At the sight, the powerhouses of the Sea God Pavilion could barely keep their composure.
Especially Yun Ming. When he learned that the wish he had fought so painstakingly to win had been exchanged for something like this, despair filled his heart.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
He nearly failed to catch his breath and coughed himself to death on the spot. Ya Li immediately supported him.
"Brother Ming, let me help you back to rest."
"All right... sorry for the trouble, Li'er..."
Yun Ming sighed. In his battle with the Blaze Emperor, he had not only burned up his embryonic Demigod Godhood, but also his four-word Battle Armor. He had suffered serious injuries as well, and his strength had dropped from peak Quasi-God to Quasi-God. He would be weakened for a while.
Still, he had not come away empty-handed. After a battle to the death with an immensely powerful, top-tier peak Quasi-God like the Blaze Emperor, he felt as though he had taken another step forward.
Yun Ming extended his right hand, and a blazing white spear appeared in it. Although the spear did not look any different, Yun Ming could sense that his Martial Soul had ascended to a higher level and evolved into a divine artifact, the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd!
This was his gain. His Martial Soul had evolved into a divine artifact, a blessing amid misfortune. Lost Battle Armor could be remade. Losing his Demigod Godhood was somewhat troublesome, but having defeated the Abyss's Blaze Emperor, he would surely receive quite a bit of power of faith.
"Brother Ming, your Martial Soul seems to have become stronger."
Ya Li sensed some subtle differences too, and Yun Ming answered with a smile:
"That's right. My Martial Soul evolved. I suppose this counts as a blessing in disguise."
While the two were chatting, a powerful presence suddenly flew into Shrek Academy. Yun Ming, Mu En, Long Yeyue, and Xuan Zi all looked up. A figure with light blue hair slowly landed, bringing a white-haired old man with him.
The old man wore green from head to toe, and Soul Power fluctuations of roughly Level 92 emanated from him. The arrivals were none other than the Tang Sect's Amorous Douluo, Zang Xin, and Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
"Brother Ming, are you all right?"
Zang Xin immediately hurried forward and reached out to support him. But when Yun Ming saw Zang Xin approaching, he abruptly knocked his hand away as though he had seen a ghost.
"I'm fine. That Blaze Emperor was too strong. You could practically say he was infinitely close to godhood. I nearly lost."
Looking at Zang Xin before him, Yun Ming shook his head to indicate that he was fine, while also moving several steps away. After all, the fellow was gay.
Put it this way: Yun Ming was the strongest man in the world today, yet he absolutely dared not entrust his back to Zang Xin. Otherwise, his third eye might be forcibly opened.
That was why he had looked as though he had seen a ghost when the man approached.
Seeing Yun Ming's reaction, Zang Xin did not invite further rejection. Instead, he turned to look at the many figures nearby.
"How could this happen! Why is my Martial Soul still a farting pig?! Why?! That God of Games tricked me!"
At the same time, a miserable howl rang out, particularly piercing on the peaceful Sea God Island. Zang Xin surveyed the many unfamiliar figures.
"It looks like you've had seniors coming back to life here too."
"Too? Then... this gentleman is also one of our predecessors?"
Hearing Zang Xin's words, Yun Ming understood that the same thing must have happened at the Tang Sect, and his gaze landed on Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
"That's right. This is Senior Dugu Bo from twenty thousand years ago, Poison Douluo."
Zang Xin nodded slightly, confirming his identity. Poison Douluo, however, appeared very restrained. After all, Zang Xin and Yun Ming were both Level 99 Limit Douluos, beings who could slap him to death with one hand. Naturally, he had to be more reserved.
Soon, however, a question occurred to Yun Ming. Since so many people had been resurrected-even Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun-what about Ancestor Tang San? And the other ancestors, such as Spirit Ice Douluo and Dragon Butterfly Douluo?
"Zang Xin, hurry and use the Tang Sect's resources to find the other ancestors."
"I already mobilized the Tang Sect's resources to search for the ancestors scattered outside. Just focus on recovering."
Zang Xin nodded slightly, indicating that he had already arranged everything. Seeing this, Yun Ming relaxed, and anticipation flashed in his eyes.
If he could see the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils gathered together with Spirit Ice Douluo's generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, what a flourishing sight that would be. While Yun Ming was imagining this...
Elsewhere, Yu Xiaogang, whose detached Martial Soul Luo Sanpao had become the Beast Martial Soul Luo Jiupao, was half-dead with anger. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Yu Xiaogang was carried away. Because his Martial Soul had gone from a detached laughingstock Martial Soul to a possessing laughingstock Martial Soul, he had been angered straight into pregnancy. Hadn't you seen him cough up blood and miscarry?
Meanwhile, in the Sea God Pavilion's meeting room, the four Limit Douluos-Mu En, Xuan Zi, Long Yeyue, and Zang Xin-sat together. Yun Ming was too weak to attend this meeting.
"Greetings, Dragon God Ancestor, Taotie Ancestor. My name is Zang Xin. I am the current deputy hall master of the Tang Sect, titled Amorous."
Zang Xin introduced himself in the meeting room. Sensing yet another Limit Douluo stronger than themselves, Mu En and Xuan Zi could not help marveling. The era ten thousand years later truly was one of heroes vying for supremacy.
"Hello."
The two returned his greeting. Although Zang Xin was their junior, out of respect for a Limit Douluo, they still treated him as an equal.
The four were now sitting together to discuss matters concerning this period of all things returning to life.
Now that Spirit Hall from twenty thousand years ago had revived, along with many figures from ten thousand years ago, they needed a plan to respond. The Tang Sect had already begun searching for the various predecessors. They believed the first and second generations of the Shrek Seven Devils would soon be gathered.
Just then, Long Yeyue suddenly slapped the table and rose.
"Now that Spirit Hall has revived, and our Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect have a full six Limit Douluos between us, we should send troops into the Martial Soul Realm, exterminate Spirit Hall, and finally annex that new continent!"
Zang Xin, Mu En, and Xuan Zi were all shocked by such an aggressive proposal. This extreme?! Xuan Zi, however, was happy to see it happen and immediately expressed his support.
"Good! I support it! An evil force like Spirit Hall should be destroyed as soon as possible! When the time comes, I'll personally lead the force to wipe out Spirit Hall!"
He volunteered to lead the force, but Mu En and Zang Xin immediately chose to stop him.
"No! Spirit Hall is extremely powerful. According to historical records, Spirit Hall had three Limit Douluos: Angel God Qian Renxue, Rakshasa God Bibi Dong, and Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu."
"You all saw Qian Daoliu's combat strength. A god-level Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Ultimate Attributes, plus borrowed angel divine power and a divine artifact-his combat strength is no worse than a Quasi-God's."
Mu En was the first to object. The man had Ultimate Light and the sacred attribute, while he himself also had the light attribute. He would absolutely be suppressed.
Not to mention the man's divine power and divine artifact. It could be said that, throughout Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, probably only Yun Ming and Ruthless Douluo Cao Dezhi could solo Qian Daoliu.
Zang Xin was currently at the peak of Demigod, not yet a Quasi-God, and was no match for Qian Daoliu. Moreover, they had all seen that Bibi Dong was there too, and she was unquestionably a peak Quasi-God. Destroying Spirit Hall would likely be difficult, never mind Qian Renxue, who had yet to appear.
Of course, they could judge Qian Renxue's condition from the wish Qian Daoliu had made at the time. Qian Daoliu had wished to ask whether the Angel Godhood could be repaired.
This meant the Angel Godhood was still shattered. With the Angel Godhood shattered, Qian Renxue's level should, logically, be stuck at eighty-nine. But who knew? Perhaps she was also a Limit Douluo.
After all, everyone had been reborn in their peak condition. Mu En, for instance, had been strongest just after breaking through to Limit Douluo, which was also when he had first been injured by the Dragon Core's baleful Qi. He could still live for around thirty years now, which was decent enough.
Moreover, that very uncertainty was the most frightening part. Faced with Mu En's refusal, Long Yeyue snorted.
"So what? They're just old fossils from twenty thousand years ago. We should take advantage of the fact that they haven't encountered this era's Battle Armor and wipe them all out. At worst, I'll invite another peak Quasi-God to help."
With those words, Long Yeyue had insulted Mu En and Xuan Zi as well. After all, they were old fossils from ten thousand years ago.
"You can invite another Limit Douluo?"
The others were momentarily stunned by Long Yeyue's words. She nodded confidently, her face full of pride.
"Yes, I can call on a peak Quasi-God. Oh, and another Limit Douluo too. With a lineup of eight Limit Douluos, I refuse to believe we can't destroy a mere Spirit Hall!"
Icy killing intent filled Long Yeyue's eyes. She wished she could charge over and destroy Spirit Hall right then.
And the benefits of destroying Spirit Hall were far too numerous. First, Spirit Hall's headquarters stood on a new continent created by the God of Games.
If they could conquer Spirit Hall, all the resources of that continent would fall into Shrek Academy's hands. Furthermore, Spirit Hall was such a massive organization.
If they destroyed it, its treasury would certainly contain a great many things. When the time came, all of them would belong to Shrek Academy as well!
"Elder Long, please think twice. The price of destroying an organization is too great, let alone one that once produced two gods."
Zang Xin spoke up to stop her. He still felt Long Yeyue was far too extreme, wanting to destroy other organizations at the drop of a hat. That was no different from starting a war.
Looking at Zang Xin blocking her, Long Yeyue, who had been contradicted twice in succession, immediately became furious. She slammed the table and shouted:
"Useless! Zang Xin, you coward! You don't even dare start a war? How did you become the Tang Sect's deputy hall master? Did you sleep your way up through Cao Dezhi?!"
Faced with that insult, Zang Xin was utterly stunned. What? I wish that were true. The problem is, I haven't even managed to sleep with Cao Dezhi yet!
Long Yeyue's shrewish behavior shocked Mu En and Xuan Zi beside her. They had never imagined that Long Yeyue could be so extreme.
It was not as though the reason for Long Yeyue's extremism was impossible to understand. After all, so many resources, land, a new continent, and the god-bestowed Resurrection Coin in Qian Daoliu's hands were all treasures enough to drive countless organizations mad!
In the end, this Sea God Pavilion Meeting broke up on bad terms. Mu En and Zang Xin opposed starting a war, Yun Ming was absent, and Xuan Zi abstained. Obviously, the proposal failed.
This left Long Yeyue half-dead with anger. She did not understand. Counting herself, Mu En, Xuan Zi, Yun Ming, Zang Xin, Cao Dezhi, Guan Yue, and Chen Xinjie, they had a full eight Limit Douluos. That was enough to rule the entire Douluo Continent. What was there to hesitate over?
As long as they mobilized and brought the Douluo Continent to heel, wiping out Spirit Hall, the Federation, the Spirit Pagoda, and the War God Temple alike, the entire Douluo Continent would belong to Shrek Academy. She, Long Yeyue, would be everyone's retired emperor. Everything was for Shrek!
Honestly, Shrek Academy could indeed take on any organization alone right now. After all, it had a full eight Limit Douluos.
Currently, the Holy Spirit Cult had only five, the Star Dou Great Forest just three, the Clear Sky Sect four, the Spirit Pagoda four, Spirit Hall only two, and the present Joy Island only four. In terms of Limit Douluo numbers, the current alliance of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect truly had the most.
It could be said that Shrek Academy was now like the sun at its zenith. Unless the remaining major powers banded together in twos and threes, they could not possibly contend with Shrek.
Of course, the stronger Shrek Academy became, the more wary the Spirit Pagoda, the Federation, the War God Temple, and the Holy Spirit Cult would be of Shrek-and the more likely it would be to get blown up.