Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

What kind of person is Xu Tianran?

Perhaps his physical disability has caused some psychological distortion, but there is no denying that he is an absolutely capable person!

Even under the pressure of Jiang Ming, the strongest person in the world, wanting to kill him, he was still able to make clear plans and advance his plan to unify the continent step by step!

Inside the study, the dim light from the soul-guided lamp illuminated the map on the wall. Some corners and edges were not clearly visible, but the capital cities of the Sun Moon Empire (Mingdu), the Star Luo Empire (Star Luo City), the Heavenly Soul Empire (Tian Dou City), and the Fighting Spirit Empire (Ling Dou City) were clearly visible.

Besides these four capitals of the four great empires, there is another city that is highlighted on the map.

Shrek City, Shrek Academy.

Xu Tianran's gloomy eyes were fixed on the location of Shrek Academy on the map, his eyes filled with icy killing intent.

When the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent clashed, the Sun Moon Continent was more powerful than all the countries on the Douluo Continent!

At that time, the Sun and Moon Continent had been unified, and there was only one Sun and Moon Empire.

On the Douluo Continent, the Heavenly Dou and the Star Luo Empire remain hostile, and have been fighting wars of all sizes for over a thousand years.

It's fair to say that if Shrek Academy hadn't existed back then, Douluo Continent would have been renamed Sun and Moon Continent thousands of years ago!
However, Shrek Academy still existed, and at that time, Shrek Academy used its powerful appeal to mobilize all the Soul Masters above the Title Douluo level on the entire Douluo Continent, including the powerful figures from those hidden families.

As a result, the plan for the Sun Moon Continent to invade the Douluo Continent was originally going smoothly, but in the end, it was blocked by nearly sixty titled Douluo-level powerhouses.

It was around that time that the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire realized that there was a significant gap in combat power between Level 9 Soul Masters and top-tier Soul Masters.

A Limit Douluo can easily crush a Level 9 Soul Master in every sense of the word! Even a Super Douluo can suppress a Level 9 Soul Master.

Even at its peak, the Sun Moon Empire still couldn't find someone capable of withstanding sixty Title Douluos. That would mean needing at least one hundred Level 9 Soul Masters!

Obviously, this is unrealistic.

Therefore, the Sun Moon Empire had no choice but to withdraw its troops and change the name of the Sun Moon Continent to the Sun Moon Empire.

Even so, from that time until now, the Sun Moon Empire has always been the most powerful empire on the Douluo Continent, and its national strength has never declined.

Xu Tianran wanted to restart his plan to conquer the entire continent, and he had naturally read and studied this history.

The Sun Moon Empire's absolute resource allocation towards Soul Masters meant that it could not cultivate Soul Masters as powerful as Shrek Academy. Even if it reformed, it would be too late for Xu Tianran, so he chose to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Compared to traditional Soul Masters, the evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult are much stronger!
After cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult, enemies at the Soul Master level were dealt with using the Holy Spirit Cult's evil Soul Masters, while other enemies were crushed by the Sun Moon Empire's powerful national strength and massive number of Soul Masters.

This was Xu Tianran's original plan.

It can be said that, barring Jiang Ming's sudden rise to power, his plan could guarantee the annihilation of the other three empires on the Douluo Continent within ten years! He would even rename the Douluo Continent to the Sun and Moon Continent! He was confident of this.

but now.
"Jiang! Ming!"

Xu Tianran sat in his wheelchair, gritting his teeth as he said Jiang Ming's name. His expression made it seem as if he wanted to devour Jiang Ming alive!
Jiang Ming completely ruined his originally perfect plan!

The Holy Spirit Cult is now on the verge of collapse. Even though Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui are still alive, these two Limit Douluo are useless.

Putting everything else aside, Jiang Ming alone could suppress, or even kill, these two guys!
And Shrek Academy has many, many more powerful individuals!
According to the intelligence he received from his undercover agents within Shrek Academy, there are currently no fewer than fifteen individuals at the Super Douluo level or above at Shrek Academy! There might even be as many as twenty!

You must understand, this is a Super Douluo! A Title Douluo with a cultivation level of 95 or higher!
Hard to imagine.

Xu Tianran estimated that Shrek Academy currently has at least thirty Title Douluo-level fighters!

This is only Shrek Academy!
If we add the titled Douluos that the royal families of the three great empires can mobilize, as well as those titled Douluos from sects, academies, and hidden families...
Once the war begins, it is highly likely that more than eighty Title Douluo powerhouses will emerge from the original faction of Douluo Continent!
Moreover, there are even more Limit Douluo-level beings than there were thousands of years ago! Jiang Ming is far stronger than the Shrek Academy dean who rallied all the Title Douluos on the continent thousands of years ago!
Therefore, after the unexpected turn of events, Xu Tianran immediately adjusted his original plan.

Instead of engaging in direct combat, we should bypass the more powerful Xingluo and Tianhun empires and directly attack the Douling Empire!

This tactic has several advantages. First, the Douling Empire is located in the heart of the original Douluo Continent and is not bordered by the Sun Moon Empire. The Sun Moon Empire could not possibly have anticipated that it would cross the entire South China Sea of ​​the Star Luo Empire and launch an attack on the eastern coastline of the Douling Empire!
If they are fast enough, with the advantage of their elite soul tools, the soul master corps sent to attack the Douling Empire will definitely be able to take down the Douling Empire's capital, Lingdou City, in a short time.

Then he will use a portion of his forces to hold back the Star Luo Empire, and work together with the Soul Master Corps that has already occupied Lingdou City to take down the Heavenly Soul Empire first!

If successful, then only the Star Luo Empire will remain on the entire continent.

Taking over the Star Luo Empire wouldn't be difficult at all.
"Hopefully, nothing else goes wrong."

Xu Tianran leaned back in his wheelchair, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes slightly.

If another unexpected event occurs, his unification cause will be a long way off.

The southwestern coastline of the Sun and Moon Empire.

A massive fleet was anchored near a remote port. At a glance, there were many large ships, some tens of meters long, and even some giant ships, hundreds of meters long, moored on the sea, like a crouching behemoth!
"Starry Sky Douluo, what do you think is the success rate of our operation this time?"

A level nine Soul Master looked at Ye Yulin, the Starry Sky Douluo beside him, and said in a deep voice as he surveyed the massive fleet in front of him.

Ye Yulin sighed softly and said, "Logically speaking, the empire has gone through so much in the past few years and should be recuperating, but His Majesty insists on launching a war. Alas."

Having said that, he looked at the massive fleet before him and said in a deep voice, "Our fleet is equipped with the Empire's most advanced soul-guiding devices. Although it only numbers ten thousand, they are all elite soul-guiding masters. Based on my understanding of the Douling Empire, as long as we don't linger in battle and head straight for Lingdou City after landing, the chances of our operation succeeding are very high! But..."

Ye Yulin said that the chances of the operation succeeding were high, but the worry on his face did not ease.

"But that's just the beginning! The Douling Empire is nothing to fear. Whether it's the number of powerful Soul Masters or the development of Soul Tools, the Douling Empire is far inferior to the Tianhun Empire and the Xingluo Empire. Even if we take over the Douling Empire, it will only be the first step in a full-scale war."

The ninth-level Soul Master beside him said, "Even if it's just the first step, it's still good. The Douling Empire is still an empire. If we take over the Douling Empire, the morale of the empire's army will definitely be greatly boosted!"

Ye Yulin nodded and said, "Yes, no matter how insignificant the Douling Empire may be, it's still an empire! His Majesty's insistence on launching a war to unify the continent makes taking down the Douling Empire first a good idea. Alright, let's board the ship. In a month, we'll begin our first battle on the eastern coastline of the Douling Empire! No matter what happens later, we must win this first battle quickly! At all costs!"

His gaze gradually sharpened.

"If necessary, we can resort to some extraordinary measures!"

The ninth-level Soul Master standing nearby was shocked. He understood what Ye Yulin meant by "extraordinary measures." If this thing were used during the surprise attack on the Douling Empire, it would mean countless deaths and injuries!

Generally speaking, this method should not be used in this way, but if it is not used, their actions will be slowed down, and these 10,000 people could easily run into big trouble!
As they spoke, the two walked onto the deck of the fleet's flagship.

Soon, the fleet set sail.

As massive warships departed from the ports along the southwestern coast of the Sun Moon Empire, the sea began to calm again.

Over the next month, they would gradually move from the southwest sea area towards the south sea area, making a large detour deep into the sea, secretly crossing the sea, and reaching the east coast of the Douling Empire right under the noses of the Xingluo Empire's southern navy.

This is risky, and very risky!

To bypass the Star Luo Empire's naval defenses, one must venture deep into the sea. And venturing deep into the sea means facing the deep-sea spirit beasts.

It should be noted that, generally speaking, sea spirit beasts living in the deep sea are extremely powerful.

The risks involved are huge!
Even if the entire fleet is equipped with specially designed soul guides that can shield the senses of sea spirit beasts, the risk still exists.

It's fair to say that this operation required an element of luck.

Mingdu.

The spies of the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire in Mingdu are meeting in a small teahouse in western Mingdu.

The Ming Le Chamber of Commerce in Mingdu is located in the most prosperous area in the east of Mingdu.

Logically speaking, the Mingle Chamber of Commerce should have been a good meeting place, but Xu Tianran had already set his sights on the Mingle Chamber of Commerce when it entered Mingdu.

This was actually unexpected by Zhang Lexuan.

She allowed the Mingle Chamber of Commerce to enter Mingdu, originally just to test the waters, but she didn't expect Xu Tianran to actually allow the Mingle Chamber of Commerce to set up shop there.

However, while allowing them to move in is permitted, various forms of surveillance and difficulties are absolutely unavoidable.

In fact, the taxes that the Mingle Chamber of Commerce pays in Mingdu are almost twice as high as those in other places!
"Have you received the orders?"

The Star Luo Empire's spy, holding a teacup, looked at the Heavenly Soul Empire's spy.

They knew of each other's existence, but they would never normally meet.

If it weren't for orders from above, they probably would never have met before they died.

"Received. At all costs, publicize Xu Tianran's tyranny and incite resentment and resistance among the people of Mingdu."

They couldn't get close to Xu Tianran's core group, whether it was Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, or the several Guardian Hands-level Soul Master groups, or even the ninth-level Soul Masters. These were not people of their level who could come into contact with them.

But this wasn't the task that Xu Jiujiu and Vina gave them.

Their mission is to inspire the people.

Xu Tianran wanted to launch a war, and to this end, he began to gradually increase taxes several years ago, and even forcibly conscripted people into the army. The people of the Sun Moon Empire were obviously dissatisfied with this behavior.

However, because Xu Tianran is the emperor, they dare not resist, and they don't even dare to voice their dissatisfaction.

They are oppressed, so someone needs to liberate them!

Incite their inner discontent and make them roar in rebellion!

I don't need to accomplish anything, just make a big fuss! The bigger the better!
This is their mission!

The agents of both the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo Empires, both in the Sun Moon Empire and in the Ming Capital, were all receiving this mission.

Some of the more deeply hidden agents, some of whom have even risen to high positions, have other missions.

Even high-level agents cannot reach Xu Tianran's core group, but some peripheral members, such as members of the royal family's collateral branches, certain teachers in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, or even some senior soul masters in Mingde Hall, are all targets for action.

In short, we must let the people of the Sun Moon Empire know that Xu Tianran has gone mad! He is no longer fit to be the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, and if Xu Tianran continues to be emperor, the Sun Moon Empire will perish!

Following this approach, Xu Tianran and the vast majority of people in the Sun Moon Empire will become alienated from each other!

Of course, these things wouldn't have much effect, and Xu Tianran wouldn't care about those minor details. Even if he heard some rumors, he would just send someone to kill the person spreading them.

What truly matters to Xu Tianran is the core group.

Mingde Hall, the Royal Hall of Worship, the commander of the five major Soul Master Corps of the Guardian Hand, and Empress Ju Zi.

These are the things that Xu Tianran truly cares about.

However, the agents of the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire were simply unable to get involved in these matters.

Many of them had been lurking in the Ming capital for years, or even decades, yet they still couldn't get in touch with these core members.

These things can only be done by Mingjiang.

Others can only assist at most.

Mingjiang arrived at the western suburbs of Mingdu, the place where he had once self-destructed.

Now, he is here to discuss matters with the spies of the two great empires.

"Now I'm giving you a task: help me find Jing Hongchen's grandchildren, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen! Once you find them, don't alert them; just come here and tell me."

Mingjiang said in a deep voice. (End of this chapter)