Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
After Xu Zihuang led the Sun Moon Empire to unify the Douluo Continent, almost everything about Shrek Academy was torn down and rebuilt from scratch.
The statues of the original Shrek Seven Monsters at the main entrance of Shrek Academy were all destroyed. Even Sea God Lake was filled in and redeveloped into the new campus of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Even the Sea God Pavilion was forcefully demolished by the Sun Moon Empire, leaving only the Golden Tree behind.
All traces of Tang San's influence were being erased. Moreover, the Sun Moon Empire exposed the sins Tang San had committed back then.
Tang San overthrew the Spirit Hall and destroyed Slaughter City, yet did nothing afterward, directly allowing the entire continent to be ravaged by evil soul masters for thousands of years. Perhaps in Tang Someone's eyes, the living beings of the continent were nothing more than tools to achieve his plans. In Xu Zihuang's memories from his previous life, ten thousand years later Tang San even deliberately brought the Abyss to the continent, plunging it once again into misery and suffering.
Today, the Sun Moon Empire had established the Angel Temple across the continent to search for and eliminate evil soul masters, forming a sharp contrast with Tang San's actions. It could be foreseen that Tang San would surely leave behind a stench that lasts for ten thousand years in later generations.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy naturally abandoned the original Shrek Academy emblem, replacing it with the golden sun and silver moon pattern symbolizing the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family.
Golden sunlight tore through the sky, pouring down from the clouds. Bathing in the brilliant golden light added a sense of grandeur and majesty to this vast Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Especially the towering gold-and-silver cloud-top building constructed on the original site of Sea God Island, its peak seeming to stand above the clouds.
Zhang Lexuan wore a bright silver long dress with luxurious silver moon patterns engraved on it, accentuating her perfect body curves. The passage of time had not left the slightest mark on her peerlessly beautiful face. A pair of silver-framed glasses rested on her fair and delicate nose, adding a sense of intellectual beauty.
This top-floor room was the dean's office belonging exclusively to Zhang Lexuan. The office covered an area of over five hundred square meters, with every detail utilizing the Sun Moon Empire's most advanced soul guidance technology. One entire wall was constructed from transparent deep blue crystal.
Zhang Lexuan rose from her chair and walked to the crystal wall, quietly gazing into the distance. Ten years had passed, and the scale of Shrek City had already expanded by nearly double. However, whether the name Shrek City could continue to be used was still unknown.
During these ten years, she had also clarified her true origins. Her mother had indeed come from the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family and shared a very close blood relationship with Kong Deming.
The reason the Sun Moon Empire had not been able to unify the continent before was not only due to wariness toward Shrek Academy, but more so because the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family had long been in turmoil. In the year He Caitou's father succeeded to the throne as emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, a major internal conflict had erupted within the imperial family. The royal member who rebelled possessed the Silver Moon martial soul, causing the entire Silver Moon family to be implicated.
This was also a historical legacy. The Sun Moon Empire's imperial family originally only inherited the Sun martial soul; the Silver Moon martial soul and the Purple Radiance Heaven-Destroying Dragon martial soul were both forcibly acquired later through marriage alliances.
Ten thousand years ago, the soul guidance technology of the Sun Moon Continent was far less advanced than it is now. Like the original Douluo Continent, everything was decided by martial souls. Mastering powerful martial soul inheritances naturally made the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family's rule increasingly stable. But similarly, because imperial family members inherited different martial souls, it easily led to different factions.
This was destined to cause turmoil.
Zhang Lexuan's mother had been implicated in this internal conflict of the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family. She fled all the way to the Heavenly Soul Empire, where she finally concealed her identity and married a minor noble of the Heavenly Soul Empire, giving birth to Zhang Lexuan.
Just as Elder Mu had said, tracing back to the roots, Zhang Lexuan and Xu Zihuang came from the same clan. However, the blood relationship between them was not that close, as they were separated by who knows how many generations.
Just then, not far behind Zhang Lexuan, the space suddenly twisted. Wearing a gold-and-silver long robe, Xu Zihuang quietly appeared.
Xu Zihuang's appearance was the same as ten years ago. Only because his understanding of his own god position and abilities had grown deeper and deeper did the ethereal and illusory feeling he gave off become increasingly strong. This was naturally also due to his having attained his second god position.
The phenomenon of dark clouds covering the continent and raging thunder at that time was caused by him reshaping the Lightning God's position.
However, his second god position was not a pure Lightning God. On this foundation, he had also integrated his own abilities and insights. His true second god position was named Annihilation Lightning God.
Upon achieving the Annihilation Lightning God divinity, eight black light wheels appeared behind Xu Zihuang. This meant that this Annihilation Lightning God position was far more powerful than an ordinary first-level god, possessing the potential to evolve into a Supreme God King.
As for the other two phenomena, they were due to Ye Guyi inheriting the Angel God and Ning Tian obtaining the Love God inheritance.
The Lightning God had fallen on the Douluo Continent in ancient times. Xu Zihuang could only reshape it, and he had even expended the faith power of the Douluo Continent. This was almost equivalent to a different kind of self-created god position.
The situation with the Angel God was different, however. Although Qian Renxue's god position had been shattered ten thousand years ago, the inheritance had not actually been severed.
Xu Zihuang had taken Ye Guyi across time and space to obtain the Angel God inheritance from Qian Renxue's hands. Afterward, Ye Guyi used faith power to complete the restoration of the Angel God position.
The Love God divinity that Ning Tian achieved was likewise a first-level god. The Love God inheritance was located within the Qiankun Love Valley.
Ning Tian's talent was even stronger than Ning Rongrong's back then, and she also had the ten-thousand-year-old Radiant Dragonfly Tulip as her soul spirit. Ah Yin's god-level soul ring and soul bones further greatly enhanced her foundation.
Later, Xu Zihuang took Ning Tian across endless time and space to train and temper her state of mind. In the end, Ning Tian lived up to expectations and successfully became the first-level Love God without any major incidents.
Sensing Xu Zihuang's arrival, Zhang Lexuan silently turned around and met his gaze. In her gentle, tranquil eyes, faint ripples emerged.
She had been bound by all kinds of constraints throughout her life. Ever since her entire family was exterminated, she had never lived a single day for herself.
At first, what bound Zhang Lexuan was hatred. But after she begged Elder Mu to help her take revenge, she became bound by her promise and gratitude toward Elder Mu. Although Elder Mu later said he hoped she would not care about that promise, she still devoted her heart and blood to Shrek Academy, wanting to repay Elder Mu's kindness. And in the end, at Elder Mu's request, she became the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Over these ten years, Xu Zihuang would often come to see her privately, talking like senior sister and junior brother from back then. Xu Zihuang had never said any words to comfort her, but she understood in her heart that Xu Zihuang was the only person who understood her, or rather, he empathized with her because of similar experiences.
"Senior Sister, it's enough already." Xu Zihuang slowly walked to Zhang Lexuan's side, taking in the magnificent sight of the entire Shrek City through the deep blue crystal wall.
"Are you really prepared to remain bound like this for the rest of your life?"
Zhang Lexuan lightly pressed her red lips together and pondered for a long time without giving a direct response to the question. Then, noticing Xu Zihuang's expression, her heart skipped a beat, as if she had guessed something.
"Tianhuang, you…"
"I'm leaving." Xu Zihuang said calmly, his eyes opening and closing.
"This world is ultimately not my home."
Zhang Lexuan's expression froze for a moment, but she quickly calmed her emotions and did not feel too surprised. Because she knew that Xu Zihuang's leaving the Douluo Continent was only a matter of time.
However, upon learning this news, she felt an empty sensation, as if she had lost something in an instant.
"Then where is my home?" Zhang Lexuan murmured in her heart. A touch of bitterness and self-mockery surfaced in the depths of her eyes as her mind recalled all the experiences of the past.
Having also suffered the extermination of her family in childhood, Xu Zihuang had firmly pursued his own goals and reclaimed everything that should have belonged to him. Yet she had never lived for herself in this life.
At this moment, Zhang Lexuan seemed to be touched by something. Her delicate body trembled slightly, and she involuntarily looked toward Xu Zihuang.
Even she herself had not realized that Xu Zihuang had already left a deep impression in her heart. Compared to Bei Bei, Xu Zihuang was undoubtedly far more outstanding. The change in her state of mind back then had also been because of Xu Zihuang's appearance.
The companionship over these ten years had made their hearts feel even more compatible.
While Zhang Lexuan was still in a daze, Xu Zihuang was the first to grab her fair, smooth wrist and press it against the crystal wall.
Xu Zihuang clearly knew what he wanted. He had always harbored good feelings toward his senior sister Zhang Lexuan. He would simply follow his heart; there was no need to deliberately suppress himself. With Zhang Lexuan's personality, she definitely would not take the initiative to break this layer of relationship, after all, the age difference between them was too great. Moreover, Zhang Lexuan had other concerns.
The usually dignified and gentle Zhang Lexuan was being touched like this by the opposite sex for the first time, forced into a somewhat humiliating posture. Her cheeks instantly flushed with a charming red, appearing even more shy. She subconsciously wanted to struggle.
"Tianhuang—"
"Senior Sister, stop deceiving yourself. Follow your true heart." A gentle smile appeared on Xu Zihuang's face as he lowered his head toward Zhang Lexuan's beautiful face.
His words seemed to carry an invisible magic, causing Zhang Lexuan to stop struggling. Her gaze became misty. The moment their breaths intertwined, Zhang Lexuan's entire body stiffened, but then relaxed again, no longer showing the slightest defense.
Zhang Lexuan thought of Xu Zihuang's imminent departure from the Douluo Continent and that today would be their last meeting. The emotions in her heart ultimately gained the upper hand. She would treat this as an indulgence before parting and no longer wanted to leave any regrets.
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