Inside the Holy Law demiplane, Electrolux stood before the unfamiliar palace that had suddenly appeared in the demiplane, his face full of astonishment and doubt. He called out somewhat uncertainly, "Ziyang, is that you?"
"That's right, Teacher, it's me!" Zhu Ziyang walked out of the palace with a triumphant smile on his face.
"You succeeded!" Electrolux was overjoyed. He keenly sensed that Zhu Ziyang's aura had surpassed the level he could perceive, meaning Zhu Ziyang had stepped into the god level.
"Yes, Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang nodded in response.
"Great, truly great! You really didn't disappoint me, your teacher!" Electrolux shouted excitedly, laughing heartily. "Hahaha!"
In the Holy Law demiplane, Zhu Ziyang exchanged much knowledge about the god level with Electrolux. He was surprised to find that his teacher was truly a genius of astonishing talent. With just a few words, he could grasp the essence—it was simply unreasonable!
This made Zhu Ziyang think of the predecessor of the Holy Law demiplane, the Necromancy demiplane. After inheriting the divine position, Zhu Ziyang already knew how difficult it was to open a plane. Even a first-class god could not guarantee 100% success in creating one.
Yet his teacher had successfully opened a plane and made it capable of sustaining life. To achieve this, either Electrolux's original world was of a high enough level that his ninth-order, ninth-rank spiritual power made him equivalent to a first-class god in the Douluo starry sky, or his talent and comprehension were too heaven-defying, constructing a plane space with a mortal body.
If it were the former, Electrolux creating the Necromancy demiplane was still understandable. But if it was the latter, Electrolux was simply too terrifying. With a mortal body, he could already manipulate true god-level rules. If he truly became a god, Zhu Ziyang dared not imagine what that would be like.
Perhaps the innate creator mentioned in the Death God inheritance referred to people like Electrolux.
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Zhu Ziyang left the Holy Law demiplane and appeared in Tianyuan Pavilion.
Upon returning to Tianyuan Pavilion, his other teacher, Dragon God Douluo Mu En, immediately emerged from the Golden Ancient Tree. His face was filled with excitement as he said, "Ziyang, you succeeded?"
"Mm, Teacher, I succeeded." Zhu Ziyang looked at Mu En with a smile. "You can now be called the teacher of the God of Death."
"Hahaha! Good, good, truly great! Heaven truly blesses our Shrek Academy!" Mu En laughed excitedly upon hearing this, his soul fluctuating and distorting with laughter.
Seeing this, Zhu Ziyang quickly sent out a strand of divine power to stabilise Mu En's soul and proposed, "Teacher, I can actually resurrect you."
"Hahaha, Teacher thanks you for your kindness," Mu En said, a flicker of temptation in his eyes, but it was quickly extinguished by another emotion. He smiled contentedly, "But there's no need to trouble yourself. I am already a dead man. Being able to remain in the academy with my soul to protect it is already satisfying enough—let alone witnessing my disciple ascend to godhood with my own eyes.
Each generation has its own mission. As for this old antique like me, it's better to stay peacefully in the Golden Ancient Tree, carefree and content."
"This... I respect your choice, Teacher." Zhu Ziyang was not surprised by Mu En's decision, so he smiled in relief. However, there was still some regret in his heart. Fortunately, this teacher did not want resurrection, but he had another teacher. Compared to resurrecting Mu En, resurrecting Electrolux was more difficult. At least, Zhu Ziyang had no preparations to resurrect Electrolux on the Douluo Continent.
"Mm, you've been in seclusion for a year. Many major events have happened outside. Go take a look." Mu En reminded with smiled, then his soul submerged back into the Golden Ancient Tree.
Hearing Mu En's reminder, Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but feel curious. In the year he was in seclusion, inheriting the divine position, the continent must have undergone tremendous changes—otherwise, even Mu En wouldn't know about them.
He walked out of Tianyuan Pavilion. After becoming a god, everything on Tianyuan Island was clearly visible in his perception. He saw Xingcai playing with Big Bear and Little Bear on the grass under the Golden Ancient Tree. He saw Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er arguing about something. He also saw Princess Wei Na of the Tianhun Empire in a wooden house, her face haggard.
Zhu Ziyang was very surprised. The moment he saw Wei Na, he could vaguely guess why she was at Shrek Academy. Even before his seclusion, the Sun Moon Empire had already formulated a unification war plan. Whether it was the former Sun Moon Emperor or the current Zhang Lexuan, they adhered to the "Tianhun first, then Xingluo" strategy: first take the Tianhun Empire with lightning speed, then decapitate the Dou Ling Empire, and finally encircle and nibble away at the Xingluo Empire from three sides.
Now that Princess Wei Na was at Shrek Academy, the most likely scenario was that the Sun Moon Empire had just launched a war against the Tianhun Empire, and the Tianhun Empire, unable to resist, sent her to Shrek Academy for reinforcements. However, from her haggard face and despairing eyes, Zhu Ziyang felt that the Tianhun Empire was probably already destroyed.
Without delay, Zhu Ziyang immediately used his divine sense to summon lodge elders like Xian Lin'er to Tianyuan Pavilion for a meeting.
Zhu Ziyang flashed into the Tianyuan Pavilion hall. In a few breaths, all the lodge elders in the academy arrived: Xuan Zi, Elder Lin, Elder Zhuang, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, Qian Duoduo, Han Ruoruo, and Zhang Weiwei. The first few needed no introduction—they were the pillars of Tianyuan Pavilion. Han Ruoruo and Zhang Weiwei were new pavilion members, both the same age as Zhang Lexuan, with top-tier talent. Entering Tianyuan Pavilion naturally meant they had reached Title Douluo.
Han Ruoruo, level 92 control-type Title Douluo, title [Shaking Gold]; Zhang Weiwei, level 93 control-type Title Douluo, title [Demon Eye].
"Ziyang, when did you come out of seclusion?" Xuan Zi looked at Zhu Ziyang excitedly and asked. Xuan Zi's cultivation had now reached level 99, and he looked several years younger, though still slovenly.
"Just now." Zhu Ziyang smiled. "Alright, can someone tell me what major events happened in the year I was in seclusion?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, then pushed Xian Lin'er to explain the continental situation over the past year to Zhu Ziyang.
Things were as Zhu Ziyang had thought. Half a year into his seclusion—on New Year's Day—the Sun Moon Empire suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Tianhun Empire. The hundreds of thousands of Tianhun Empire troops stationed at the border were caught off guard and annihilated by the Sun Moon Empire. Except for high-ranking officers and Tianhun Empire nobles, nearly 80% of the soldiers were trapped in their camps and captured on the spot.
After dealing with the Tianhun Empire's border legions, the Sun Moon Empire's army advanced triumphantly, taking all of the Tianhun Empire's territory except Tiandou City in just three months. Tiandou City fell after two months of siege, as expected, and the Tianhun Empire was declared destroyed.
Except for Princess Wei Na and a few Tianhun Empire royals who escaped Tiandou City under the protection of the Body Sect, the rest—including the Tianhun Emperor himself—became prisoners of the Sun Moon Empire.
Princess Wei Na came to Shrek Academy not in hopes of Shrek helping her restore her country, but in hopes that Shrek could rescue her father, the emperor. As for why the Body Sect's experts didn't go—it wasn't that they wouldn't, but that they couldn't.
In fact, the Body Sect now existed in name only. Sect Leader Du Busi, in the second month after the war began, led the sect's main experts in another decapitation attempt to assassinate Zhang Lexuan. The result was predictable: including Du Busi, fourteen Body Sect Title Douluo all perished.
Shrek Academy neither agreed nor refused Princess Wei Na's request, simply leaving her in the academy. After all, the current Sun Moon Empire was controlled by their Shrek Academy disciples. From any angle, the Sun Moon Empire, unifying the continent, aligned with Shrek Academy's interests.
At the start of the Sun Moon-Tianhun war, Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo jointly issued a dean order, publicly stating that Shrek Academy would not interfere in this war and would not prevent any students from returning to their home countries. However, students who chose to return would no longer be Shrek Academy disciples.
This dean order spread across the continent at the fastest speed. Shrek Academy and Shrek City's population saw a sharp decline, mainly from outer court students—nearly 70% left. Most who remained were commoner disciples recruited through recent outer court reforms. Only a handful left the inner court.
It was clear that the remaining students and disciples would be the future pillars of the new Shrek Academy.
The Sun Moon Empire took five months to destroy the Tianhun Empire, causing both the Xingluo Empire and Dou Ling Empire to panic. The Xingluo Empire recruited soldiers overnight, realising that their development and preparations over the years were a joke before the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance legions. But besides recruiting to increase troop numbers, they seemed to have no other options.
The Dou Ling Empire was even more terrified. As the weakest, they had never fought the Sun Moon Empire, and the entire nation was filled with unknown fear toward them.
However, after annexing the Tianhun Empire, the Sun Moon Empire fell silent. The expected follow-up offensive did not occur, giving the Xingluo and Dou Ling Empires a moment of relief—while making them even more panicked internally.
The Sun Moon Empire was trying to digest the Tianhun Empire. This time, they were playing for real!
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