Chapter 309: The Dao of Fortune and Destiny! Shrek's Inevitable Decline
Shrek Academy.
Beside the Ancient Golden Tree, a graceful and elegant woman pushed an aged man sitting in a wheelchair.
"Lexuan, I entrust the future of Shrek to you. I hope you can take good care of it."
The aged man suddenly spoke.
"Elder Mu, I... I understand."
Zhang Lexuan stopped walking. As though she had thought of something, a trace of tears appeared in the corners of her eyes.
Ever since Young Master Wu had betrayed Shrek Academy, the burden on Zhang Lexuan's shoulders had grown heavier.
She was the successor Mu En had personally chosen to become the next generation's Master of the Sea God Pavilion.
As long as she reached the Super Douluo realm, she could become the Master of the Sea God Pavilion and the true leader of Shrek in every sense of the word.
Now that Mu En was saying these things to her, she realized what they meant.
In this era, time waited for no one.
Shrek's pillar, Mu En, did not have much longer to live.
According to Mu En's plans, once Zhang Lexuan became a Soul Douluo, he would pass on all of his accumulated foundations to her.
Not long ago, Zhang Lexuan had successfully absorbed a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, causing her soul power rank to soar to eighty-four.
Now that Mu En had little time left, he intended to pass all of his accumulated power and resources on to Zhang Lexuan.
Thinking of this respected elder who was about to leave the world, Zhang Lexuan's heart filled with sorrow.
Inside the Ancient Golden Tree, Zhang Lexuan pushed Mu En into a hollow within the tree.
"Lexuan, before I pass away, I will transfer my cultivation to you and help you condense your first soul core."
"At the same time, in the final moment of my life, I will remove my hundred-thousand-year soul bone from my body. Afterward, you will absorb all three of my hundred-thousand-year soul bones."
"With the foundation I leave you, it won't take long for you to reach the Super Douluo realm. You may even be able to reach rank ninety-six or ninety-seven. At that point, you will be strong enough to command the entire Shrek Academy and earn the confidence of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion."
Tears streamed uncontrollably down Zhang Lexuan's face.
"Elder Mu, I'll do my best to carry on Shrek's legacy."
Mu En began transferring his cultivation into Zhang Lexuan.
With the cultivation of a Limit Douluo being transferred into her, Zhang Lexuan's soul power rank began climbing rapidly.
Rank eighty-four, rank eighty-five...
It continued rising until she reached rank ninety.
Only then did Mu En stop.
He could continue transferring his cultivation if he wished, but doing so would damage Zhang Lexuan's future potential.
What he needed was at least a Peak Douluo as the Master of the Sea God Pavilion, not merely a Super Douluo.
However, the transfer had consumed part of his origin, causing Mu En's soul power rank to fall from rank ninety-nine to ninety-eight.
"Lexuan, follow what I taught you and condense your first soul core."
Mu En reminded her.
Feeling Mu En's life force rapidly fading, Zhang Lexuan had no time to grieve. She hurriedly followed his instructions.
Inside the Ancient Golden Tree, dense life force enveloped her, while the density of soul power was also far higher than outside.
Zhang Lexuan was already a gifted talent, and in such an environment, she quickly completed most of the steps required to condense her first soul core.
At the final stage, Mu En personally guided Zhang Lexuan step by step, preventing any accidents during the condensation process.
"It's done!"
Seeing Zhang Lexuan successfully condense her first soul core, Mu En finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, he only needed to remove his three soul bones, and he could leave this world without any regrets.
"I've finally passed on my legacy."
Just as Mu En relaxed, a deafening explosion suddenly rang out from outside.
"Elder Mu, we're under attack!"
Judging from the sound of the bombardment, it was probably a level nine soul-tool shell that had struck Shrek Academy.
Mu En sensed it as well.
"I've only just fallen from the Limit Douluo realm, and now a powerful enemy has invaded. Why do disasters keep descending upon Shrek Academy?!"
Mu En was bewildered.
Over the past few months, misfortune had struck Shrek one after another.
"Could it be that the gods truly no longer protect Shrek Academy?"
In reality, it was not that the gods had stopped protecting Shrek Academy.
Rather, Shrek Academy's fortune had already begun to decline.
In the original timeline, the Sun Moon Empire possessed a flourishing national fortune and was destined to unify the entire continent.
But Sea God Tang San intervened, causing the Child of Destiny to join Shrek, allowing Shrek to continue its legacy for another ten thousand years while also obstructing the Sun Moon Empire's path to unification.
Now, the Child of Destiny has changed from Huo Yuhao to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu had left Shrek.
Furthermore, the plane consciousness had never been particularly favorable toward Shrek.
Although the plane consciousness was currently controlled by Sea God Tang San and unable to interfere with the development of the Douluo Continent, the heavens themselves were subconsciously rejecting Shrek Academy.
Its fortune was declining.
Tang San was no longer intervening.
The plane consciousness was rejecting it.
As a result, Shrek began declining step by step.
Bibi Dong, the Fierce Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ye Qingxian's robbery had merely accelerated Shrek's decline.
But Mu En, a mortal cultivator who had yet to transcend the Soul Master stage, naturally had no way of understanding the deeper principles behind all of this.
He wanted to preserve Shrek's legacy through his own efforts alone.
It was nothing more than wishful thinking.
Above Shrek Academy.
A burly old man appeared in the sky.
In front of him floated a soul tool radiating silver light.
This soul tool was called the Silvermoon Divine Light Shield, a level ten soul tool.
And there was no need to guess who the soul engineer wielding a level ten soul tool was.
It was Kong Deming of the new Spirit Empire.
Ever since learning about his blood relative from the Empress of the Spirit Empire, he had been investigating the matter.
In the end, he had more or less uncovered what had happened back then.
The destruction of Zhang Lexuan's family was inseparable from Shrek!
And Zhang Lexuan was his blood relative!
He had discovered a familiar name among the members of Zhang Lexuan's exterminated family.
It was the name of his unfilial daughter!
Several decades ago, his daughter had traveled across the continent, only to disappear without a trace soon afterward.
When he first learned of her disappearance, he had nearly gone mad. He had mobilized the Sun Moon imperial family's intelligence network and searched continuously for several years, yet failed to find even the slightest trace of her.
Eventually, he had assumed that his daughter had died while traveling across the continent.
But he had never imagined...
His daughter had actually been swept away by some blond-haired brat from one of the three Douluo empires.
The relationship between the Sun Moon Empire and the three Douluo empires was self-evident.
His lovestruck daughter had abandoned the father who had worried about her day and night and chosen some blond-haired brat from the three Douluo empires instead.
Toward his rebellious daughter, Kong Deming felt both resentment and regret.
"If I had paid more attention to her back then, perhaps this never would have happened."
When he was young, he had been obsessed with researching soul tools and neglected his daughter's upbringing.
Her mother, meanwhile, had died in the war.
With her mother gone and her father obsessed with soul tools, sometimes staying away from home for several months at a time, a girl growing up in such an environment could easily be led astray by some blond-haired brat.
And, as it turned out, his daughter really had been swept away by one.
Now that Kong Deming had learned that Zhang Lexuan's family had been destroyed as a result of Shrek's schemes, the fury in his heart drove him completely beyond reason.
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