Reincarnation or...?

Xu Xingyu could tell what Mu En was thinking just by looking at him, who had already merged into the Golden Ancient Tree. Mu En planned to merge his soul into the Golden Ancient Tree so that when Shrek Academy faced an unavoidable crisis in the future, he could forcibly take control of the Golden Ancient Tree and provide support to the Shrek Academy.

To be honest, Xu Xingyu admired Mu En's actions. After all, Mu En's soul had already lost the right to reincarnate, and would eventually be absorbed as nourishment by the Golden Ancient Tree, also known as Buer. Therefore, this kind of enlightenment is admirable in the eyes of those who know about the existence of reincarnation.

Unfortunately, due to the relationship between Xu Xingyu and Buer, Xu Xingyu cannot simply do as Mu En wishes.

After all, if Mu En really merges with the Golden Ancient Tree, wouldn't that mean he'll merge with his daughter Buer? Xu Xingyu isn't some third-rate writer who likes to create Frankenstein's monsters or a hypocritical Little San, so why is she making trouble for no reason?

Furthermore, it's important to understand that fusing with another soul is an extremely dangerous matter, because it's a direct fusion that can lead to the weaker one being devoured, and the will of the stronger one taking over.

However, although the weaker party is eliminated in this process, the stronger party absorbs and integrates the soul imprint within, so the personality of the merged entity may undergo a significant change.

For example, if Buer successfully merges with Mu En's soul, she might be influenced by Mu En's obsession, namely, his desire to protect Shrek.

Even if he didn't actually care about Shrek's age, it would still motivate Buer to take action to protect Shrek, and it would take a long time to eliminate this influence.

In the original story, the Golden Ancient Tree developed its own sentience during the absence of the Divine Realm, and eventually became a servant of the Tang family because each generation of Sea God Pavilion Master would merge with the Golden Ancient Tree during this process.

This results in the Golden Ancient Tree being branded with the belief that it must protect Shrek Academy.

Fortunately, since Buer's spiritual intelligence was condensed with Xu Xingyu's help this time, there were no problems in this regard.

To prevent Buer from being influenced by Mu En's spirit during this incident, Xu Xingyu had no choice but to find a way to solve this problem.

Ultimately, Xu Xingyu asked Electrolux to take some time to help teach Buer how to use the Power of Purification, which is the true meaning of the Death Attribute.

The power of Power of Purification is to cleanse the soul; in simpler terms, it's to bleach it.

If a person's soul is blank at birth, then their life experiences are the paint applied to that blank space.

The Power of Purification can erase these colors from the soul one by one, eventually returning it to its original white color, and then allowing the bleached soul to go to reincarnation to experience the next life.

Originally, because of his fusion with the Golden Ancient Tree, Mu En would have lost the chance to reincarnate. However, because Xu Xingyu taught Buer how to use the Power of Purification in practice, Mu En regained the possibility of reincarnation.

From this perspective, shouldn't Mu En be grateful to Xu Xingyu? That way, if he's lucky enough to be reincarnated in his next life, he can continue to serve Shrek Academy!

Well, Xu Xingyu was actually aware that the other party would most likely insult her, after all, she had, to some extent, stolen the Golden Ancient Tree, Shrek's greatest guardian.

But it wasn't his fault. Your Shrek ancestor, Tang San, mistreated the Golden Ancient Tree in every way, causing it to automatically seek help, gain sentience, and then willingly become his daughter.

It can only be said that you Shrek Academy misunderstood the story of the Golden Ancient Tree protecting Shrek Academy, thinking that it was the Golden Ancient Tree's initiative because the Sea God Tang San gave it a place to grow.

However, the reality is that the Golden Ancient Tree was already living a peaceful life elsewhere when Tang San kidnapped it and forced it to protect Shrek Academy.

Considering that the people from the Sea God Pavilion even carved parts of the Golden Ancient Tree to represent the Sea God Pavilion, it would be problematic if the Golden Ancient Tree didn't complain, wouldn't it?

Therefore, besides purifying Mu En and sending him into reincarnation, Xu Xingyu also had Buer prepare another option for Mu En, and it would only be up to Mu En to choose which one.

At the same time Mu En's soul, now merged with the Golden Ancient Tree, arrived in a golden space. Somewhat bewildered, he scratched his head and said, "Is this the interior of the Golden Ancient Tree? I've never seen a space like this before when I explored it."

Just then, a soft voice suddenly rang in Mu En's ear. "This is my consciousness space."

A white-haired, green-clad girl appeared before Mu En. She seemed to be the embodiment of nature, and every step she took gave people a feeling of spring returning to all things.

However, what shocked Mu En the most was that although he had never seen this girl before, he was very familiar with her aura—it was the aura of the Golden Ancient Tree!

Mu En looked at the girl in astonishment and exclaimed, "Could you be the embodiment of the Golden Ancient Tree's consciousness?!"

The girl simply nodded to confirm the answer and said, "My name is Buer, the incarnation of the Golden Ancient Tree, and also the Child of Nature in this era."

That's right, this young girl is none other than Xu Xingyu's beloved daughter Buer!

Looking at the girl in front of him, Mu En's face turned bitter, and he said, "It seems my guess was right."

Upon hearing this, Buer frowned and said, "It seems you've already sensed my presence?"

"Hmm." Mu En nodded and said, "I vaguely sensed it after the Holy Spirit Cult's attack last time. After all, there are almost no people who can stop me from drawing energy from the Golden Ancient Tree, and the only one I can think of who can stop me is the Golden Ancient Tree itself. I just didn't expect your intelligence to have matured to this extent."

Looking at Buer had gained intelligence indistinguishable from that of humans, Mu En couldn't help but sigh. After all, the energy possessed by the Golden Ancient Tree was comparable to that of Limit Douluo, but due to its lack of intelligence, it could only instinctively resist.

Now that the Golden Ancient Tree has a complete Ganoderma lucidum, this defect no longer exists. The Golden Ancient Tree can now be officially considered a Limit Douluo- level powerhouse.

Normally, Mu En should be happy about this, because it means that Shrek has gained another guardian god at the Limit Douluo level. However, because of Buer's performance during the Holy Spirit Cult's attack on Shrek last time, Mu En also knows that the girl named Buer in front of him doesn't seem to have much sense of responsibility in providing protection for Shrek.

So Mu En a few sighs, Moon finally asked the question that had been bothering him, "Is there something about Shrek that you're unhappy with? Why haven't you done your best to help us?"

Ever since that poetry Ye Xishui, this question had been on Mu En's mind, because in his eyes, Shrek had never mistreated the Golden Ancient Tree over the past ten thousand years, and even if it had no merit, it had at least worked hard.

Without Shrek's protection Golden Ancient Tree would probably have been occupied and nested by other forces or Soul Beast long ago, and might even have had all its energy drained to improve their cultivation!

So he really couldn't understand why the Golden Ancient Tree would suddenly stop supporting Shrek Academy. Did it find a new backer?

When faced with Mu En's question, Buer didn't answer immediately. After a moment of silence, he said, "Are you sure you want to know? This could very well cause the collapse of the beliefs you've always held."

This answer left Mu En somewhat bewildered. He had expected it to be something like the Golden Ancient Tree being dissatisfied with Shrek's treatment of her, or pursuing freedom in the future and not wanting to be comfortable with Shrek.

So you're telling him this is actually related to Mu En's faith? You know, Mu En's only faith is in Sea God Tang San from ten thousand years ago. Does that mean the Golden Ancient Tree and Sea God Tang San aren't connected by some subtle, tangible relationship described in ancient texts?

If it wasn't that kind of relationship, then what exactly did Tang San's ancestor do to the Golden Ancient Tree back then that made her hold a grudge against him until now?

At this moment, for the first time in his life, Mu En felt that Sea God Tang San who dominated the world ten thousand years ago, was not as perfect as history described.

After all, history is ultimately written by the victors, and there are bound to be elements of embellishment and concealment in it.

Finally, Mu En gritted his teeth and said, "I want to know."

There was no way he could Mu En knowing how cruel the answer might be, because only then could she be sure whether the Golden Ancient Tree that Shrek had always protected would become Shrek's future enemy.

Seeing that the other party was already prepared, Buer stopped trying to persuade him and directly inputted her and Tang San Sanwang's memories into Mu En's soul so that he could experience them for himself.

At the same time, Buer also mixed in some of Tang San's other crimes against the Douluo Continent in this information, such as how he took away her Life Core God Position and the Plane Master God Position in the hands of the Star Lord.

Then, he secretly gave the God Position of the Plane Master and the Life Core to his parents Tang Hao and Ah Yin, without informing the Divine Realm. At this time, Tang San was being punished and imprisoned by the Divine Realm for this action.

After an unknown amount of Mu En, Moon finally digested all these memories. At this moment, he was pale and could not believe everything that Gan Cai had described in the memories he had browsed.

No wonder the Golden Ancient Tree said this would destroy his faith! It really would destroy his faith in Tang San!!!!

To think that someone who is an ancestor of Shrek would devise such a plan to turn the entire Douluo Continent into their own backyard! This completely violates Shrek's long-standing commitment to neutrality!

This kind of behavior, where someone in Shandong controls the fate of everyone on the Douluo Continent, is many times worse than the Spirit Hall launching a war to unify the entire Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago!

This plunged Mu En into despair, and he began to doubt whether it had been the right thing for him to do all this time to protect Shrek Academy.

Did everything I did truly have meaning? Or was my entire life actually guided by my ancestor, Tang San?

After a period of self-doubt, Mu En finally broke free from despair through sheer willpower, and the reason he was able to do so was because of everyone at the Shrek Academy.

Although everything he had always believed in about Sea God Tang San, had long been shattered, the choices and actions he made in the name of Shrek Academy were by no means false or useless.

While Shrek Academy 'Shrek Academy approach certainly needs improvement in many areas, it has undeniably eased tensions between nations.

Now that we know the truth about Tang San's ancestor, the next step for Shrek is to take the first step towards reform. Only in this way can Shrek break free from the shadow of Tang San's ancestor and truly become a force worthy of respect from the entire continent.

After figuring everything Mu En, Mu En looked at Buer and said, "As the current Sea God Pavilion Master, I deeply regret everything Tang San's ancestor did to you, and I also understand why you only gave him the bare minimum of help back then. But what puzzles me is why you're telling me so much? Wouldn't it have been better for you to just erase my soul without saying a word? That way, no one would have influenced you?"

To this, Buer simply crossed her arms and said, "I've only refrained from holding Shrek for what they did to me because you did act as good protectors while I was forced to be Tang San's Shrek. And the reason I'm standing before you is to give you a choice."

"Choose?"

"That's the right choice."

As soon as she finished speaking, a pure white light appeared in Buer's left hand, while at the same time a dazzling golden light appeared in her right hand.

From that white light, Mu En immediately felt a sensation that could directly send his soul into the cycle of reincarnation. If his perception was correct, his soul state would likely shatter upon being struck by that white light.

On the contrary, the golden light gave Mu En's soul an extremely comfortable feeling; if he could bathe in it for a long time, he felt that his soul would become more focused.

Then Buer's voice rang out again. "The white light in my left hand is the Light of Purification, which can allow your soul to directly enter the cycle of reincarnation, and under my control, you can retain the memories of this life in your next reincarnation. The golden light in my right hand is a puppet I created using bark and branches I shed in the past. I can store your soul in this puppet, and if Shrek Academy faces difficulties in the future, you can use the puppet's body to help Shrek overcome the crisis. Your strength will likely be around your peak. However, once you choose this method, you will be permanently bound to me, or to the person I have given the seed to."

Without hesitation, Mu En replied, "I'm willing to be your puppet."

This surprised Buer. She had considered that the other party might choose this option, but she hadn't expected them to be so decisive.

Seeing the doubt in the other party's eyes, Mu En explained, "I've never really believed in that illusory cycle of reincarnation, so if there's an opportunity to help Shrek Academy overcome its difficulties in the future, I will definitely seize it. As for being restricted by you, it wasn't unintentional; it's Shrek that has wronged you. My only request is that you don't make me do anything to harm Shrek Academy. I will do my best to fulfill your requests in everything else."

Seeing Mu En's resolute determination, Buer dispelled the white light in her hand and handed the golden light in her right hand to Mu En.

A golden wooden puppet appeared before Mu En, and at this moment, Mu En's story, which should have ended, continued once again.