Inside the Saint Law Demiplane, Electrolux stood in the unfamiliar palace that had suddenly appeared within the demiplane, his face filled with surprise 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, a triumphant smile on his face.
"You succeeded!" Electrolux was overjoyed. He sharply noticed that Zhu Ziyang's aura had surpassed the level he could perceive, which meant Zhu Ziyang had entered the God-level realm.
"Yes, Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang nodded in response.
"Excellent, truly excellent! You really didn't disappoint me, Teacher!" Electrolux exclaimed excitedly, laughing heartily. "Hahaha!"
Zhu Ziyang communicated a great deal of God-level knowledge with Electrolux within the Saint Law Demiplane. He was surprised to find that his teacher was truly exceptionally brilliant; with just a few words, he could discern the essence of things, which was simply unreasonable!
This made Zhu Ziyang think of the Saint Law Demiplane's predecessor, the Undead Demiplane. After inheriting the God Position, Zhu Ziyang already knew how difficult it was to create a World. Even a First-Class Divinity couldn't guarantee 100% success in creating a World.
Yet, his teacher had successfully created a World and made it capable of sustaining life. To achieve such a degree, either Electrolux's original World was sufficiently high-tier, such that Electrolux, with his spiritual power reaching rank nine, level nine, was actually equivalent to a First-Class Divinity of the Douluo Star, or Electrolux's talent and comprehension were incredibly heaven-defying, allowing him to construct a World space with a mortal body.
If it was the former, then Electrolux creating the Undead Demiplane was understandable. But if it was the latter, then Electrolux was simply too terrifying. With a mortal body, he could already manipulate the rules of a true Divinity. If he really became a Divinity, what kind of scene would that be? Zhu Ziyang no longer dared to imagine.
Perhaps the 'innate creator' mentioned in the Death God's inheritance referred to someone like Electrolux.
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Zhu Ziyang left the Saint Law Demiplane and appeared in the Tian Yuan Pavilion.
After he returned to the Tian Yuan Pavilion, his other teacher, Dragon God Douluo Mu En, immediately appeared from the Golden Ancient Tree. His face also showed an excited expression as he said, "Ziyang, you succeeded?"
"Yes, Teacher, I succeeded." Zhu Ziyang looked at Mu En and said with a smile, "You can now be called the Death God's Teacher."
"Hahaha! Good, good, truly excellent! Heaven truly blesses my Shrek Academy!" Mu En laughed excitedly upon hearing this, his soul beginning to ripple and distort from the laughter.
Seeing this, Zhu Ziyang quickly sent out a divine force to solidify Mu En's soul, and at the same time, he suggested, "Teacher, I can actually resurrect you."
"Hahaha, Teacher thanks you for your kindness," Mu En said, a flicker of intention in his eyes upon hearing this, but it was quickly extinguished by another emotion. He smiled contentedly, "But there's no need to bother. I am already a dead man. To have my soul remain in the Academy and protect it is already very satisfying, let alone witnessing my disciple ascend to Divinity.
Each generation has its own mission. As for an old relic like me, it's better to stay in the Golden Ancient Tree and enjoy my leisure."
"This... I respect your choice, Teacher." Zhu Ziyang was not surprised by Mu En's decision, so he smiled with a sense of relief and said. However, there was still some regret in his heart. Fortunately, if this teacher didn't want to be resurrected, he still had another teacher. Compared to resurrecting Mu En, resurrecting Electrolux would be more difficult, at least, Zhu Ziyang was not prepared to resurrect Electrolux on the Douluo Continent.
"Mm, you've been in seclusion for a year. Many major events have happened in the outside World. Go out and see." Mu En reminded him with a smile, and then his soul submerged back into the Golden Ancient Tree.
Upon hearing Mu En's reminder, Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but feel a bit curious. During the year he had been in seclusion inheriting the God Position, the Continent must have undergone tremendous changes, otherwise, Mu En wouldn't have known about it.
He walked out of the Tian Yuan Pavilion. After becoming a Divinity, everything on Tian Yuan Island was clear and visible within his perception. He saw Xingcai and Xiong Da Xiong Er playing on the grass under the Golden Ancient Tree. He saw Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier arguing about something. He also saw Vina, the princess of the Tianhun Empire, appear in a wooden house, her face haggard.
Zhu Ziyang was very surprised. The moment he saw Vina, he vaguely guessed the reason for her appearance at Shrek Academy. Even before his seclusion, the Sun Moon Empire had already formulated a plan for the unification war. Whether it was the previous Sun Moon Emperor or the current Zhang Lexuan, they both adhered to the strategy of "first Heaven Dou, then Star Luo," meaning they would first swiftly take down the Tianhun Empire, then use decapitation strikes to take down the Douling Empire, and finally, encircle and gradually devour the Star Luo Empire from three sides.
Now that Vina appeared 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 annihilated.
Without hesitation, Zhu Ziyang immediately used his divine sense to summon Xian Lin'er and the other elders to the Tian Yuan Pavilion for a meeting.
Zhu Ziyang flashed into the Tian Yuan Pavilion's main hall. Within a few breaths, all the elders who were in the Academy had arrived: Xuan Zi, Old Lin, Old Zhuang, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, Qian Duoduo, Han Ruoruo, and Zhang Weiwei. The first few need no elaboration; they were the mainstays of the Tian Yuan Pavilion. Han Ruoruo and Zhang Weiwei were newly appointed members. The two women were the same age as Zhang Lexuan, and their talents were also top-notch. Their entry into the Tian Yuan Pavilion naturally meant that their cultivation had reached the Titled Douluo level.
Han Ruoruo, a Level 92 control system Titled Douluo, with the title [Shaking Gold]. Zhang Weiwei, a Level 93 control system Titled Douluo, with the title [Bewitching Eye].
"Ziyang, when did you come out of seclusion?" Xuan Zi asked, looking at Zhu Ziyang excitedly. Xuan Zi's current cultivation had reached Level 99, and he looked several years younger, though still disheveled.
"Just now." Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, "Alright, who can tell me what major events happened in the year I was in seclusion?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other, then pushed Xian Lin'er forward to explain the Continent's situation over the past year to Zhu Ziyang.
Things were just as Zhu Ziyang had thought. Six months after Zhu Ziyang entered 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 on the border were caught off guard and completely annihilated by the Sun Moon Empire. Except for the military high command and Tianhun Empire nobles, nearly eighty percent of the Tianhun Empire soldiers were trapped in their barracks by the Sun Moon Empire and captured on the spot.
After dealing with the Tianhun Empire's border legions, the Sun Moon Empire's army advanced victoriously. In just three months, they captured all of the Tianhun Empire except for Heaven Dou City. Heaven Dou City also fell after two months of siege, as expected, and the Tianhun Empire was declared defunct.
Except for Princess Vina and a small number of Tianhun Empire royals who escaped Heaven Dou City under the protection of the Body Sect, all others, including the Tianhun Empire Emperor himself, became prisoners of the Sun Moon Empire.
Princess Vina came to Shrek Academy not hoping that Shrek Academy could help her restore her country, but rather hoping that Shrek Academy could rescue her father. As for why she didn't ask the Body Sect's powerhouses to go, it wasn't that she didn't want to, but that they couldn't.
In fact, the Body Sect was now only in name. Sect Master Du Busi, in the second month after the war began, led the sect's main powerhouses in an attempt to launch another decapitation strike, aiming to assassinate Zhang Lexuan. The result was predictable: fourteen Body Sect Titled Douluo, including Du Busi, all perished.
Shrek Academy was noncommittal regarding Princess Vina's request and simply left her to wait in the Academy. After all, the current Sun Moon Empire was controlled by their Shrek Academy disciples. From any perspective, the Sun Moon Empire unifying the Continent was in Shrek Academy's best interest.
At the very beginning of the Sun Moon-Tianhun War, Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo jointly issued a Dean's Order, publicly stating that Shrek Academy would not interfere in this war, nor would it prevent any students from returning to their home countries. However, students who decided to return to their respective countries would no longer be disciples of Shrek Academy.
After this Dean's Order was issued, it spread throughout the entire Continent at the fastest speed. The population of Shrek Academy and Shrek City saw a significant decrease, mainly among Outer Courtyard students, nearly seventy percent of whom left. Most of those who remained were commoners recruited through the Outer Courtyard's reforms in recent years. Only a handful of Inner Courtyard students left.
It is conceivable that the students and disciples who remained would be the mainstays of the future new Shrek Academy.
The Sun Moon Empire took five months to annihilate the Tianhun Empire, which sent the Star Luo Empire and the Douling Empire into a panic. The Star Luo Empire urgently conscripted troops overnight because they only then realized that their development and war preparations over the past few years were a joke in front of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool legions. But now, besides conscripting more soldiers, they seemed to have no other method.
The Douling Empire was even more terrified because their strength was the weakest, and they had never engaged in combat with the Sun Moon Empire. The entire country, from top to bottom, was filled with an unknown fear of the Sun Moon Empire.
However, after the Sun Moon Empire annexed the Tianhun Empire, it fell silent. The anticipated scenario of a victorious advance did not occur, which, while relieving the Star Luo Empire and the Douling Empire, made them even more anxious internally.
The Sun Moon Empire was attempting to digest the Tianhun Empire; they were serious this time!