Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 407 The Heavenly Soul Empire, which was swallowed up in less than half a year!

Within the Holy Law demiplane, Electrolux stood in the unfamiliar palace that had suddenly appeared in the demiplane, his face full of surprise and doubt. He called out uncertainly, "Ziyang, is that you?"

"That's right, teacher, it's me!" Zhu Ziyang walked out of the palace with a smug smile on his face.

"You succeeded!" Electrox was overjoyed. He keenly sensed that Zhu Ziyang's aura had surpassed the level he could perceive, which meant that Zhu Ziyang had entered the god-level.

"Yes, teacher!" Zhu Ziyang nodded in reply.

"That's wonderful! That's wonderful! You really didn't disappoint your teacher!" Electrox shouted excitedly, bursting into hearty laughter, "Hahaha!"

Zhu Ziyang exchanged a lot of god-level knowledge with Ilex in the Holy Law demiplane. He was surprised to find that his teacher was really too amazing. He could see through the essence with just a few words. It was simply unreasonable!

This reminded Zhu Ziyang of the predecessor of the Holy Law Demiplane, the Necromancer Demiplane. After inheriting the divine position, Zhu Ziyang already knew how difficult it was to open up a plane. Even a first-level god could not say that opening up a plane was 100% guaranteed.

His teacher, however, successfully created a plane that could sustain life. To achieve this, either the level of Electrox's original world was high enough that Electrox, whose spiritual power level reached the ninth rank, was actually equivalent to a first-level god in the Douluo Starry Sky, or Electrox's talent and comprehension were too heaven-defying, allowing him to construct a plane space with a mortal body.

If it's the former, then it's understandable that Electrox created the undead demiplane. But if it's the latter, then Electrox is far too terrifying. He can already manipulate the rules at the level of a true god with a mortal body. If he really becomes a god, what kind of scene would that be? Zhu Ziyang can't even imagine it.

Perhaps the "natural creator" mentioned in the Shinigami legacy refers to someone like Lex Luthor.

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Zhu Ziyang left the Holy Law Demiplane and appeared in the Tianyuan Pavilion.

Upon his return to Tianyuan Pavilion, his other teacher, Dragon God Douluo Mu En, immediately appeared from the Golden Ancient Tree, his face also filled with excitement, and 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 teacher of Death."

"Hahaha! Good, good, great! It's truly a blessing from heaven for Shrek Academy!" Upon hearing this, Moon laughed excitedly, his soul beginning to tremble and twist.

Seeing this, Zhu Ziyang quickly unleashed a burst of divine power, further solidifying Mu En's soul, and suggested, "Teacher, I can actually revive you."

"Haha, thank you for your kindness, teacher," Mu En said, a flicker of interest flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by another emotion. He smiled with relief, "But there's no need to trouble yourself. I am already a dead man. I am already satisfied that my soul can remain in the academy and protect it, let alone witness my disciple ascend to godhood."

Each generation has its own mission. As for this old relic, it's best for me to stay quietly among the golden trees and enjoy my leisurely life.

"This... I respect your choice, teacher." Zhu Ziyang wasn't surprised by Mu En's decision, so he smiled and said with relief. However, he still felt a little regretful. Fortunately, if this teacher didn't want to be resurrected, he had another teacher. Compared to resurrecting Mu En, resurrecting Ilex was more difficult. At least, Zhu Ziyang wasn't prepared to resurrect Ilex on the Douluo Continent.

"Hmm, you've been in seclusion for a year. A lot of big things have happened in the outside world. Go out and take a look," Mu En reminded him with a smile, before his soul once again immersed itself in 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 to inherit the divine position, there must have been tremendous changes on the continent, otherwise Mu En wouldn't have known about them.

After he left Tianyuan Pavilion and became a god, everything on Tianyuan Island was clearly visible to him. He saw Xingcai and Xiong Da and Xiong Er playing on the grass under the golden ancient tree. He saw Xianlin'er and Cai Meier arguing about something. He also saw Princess Vina of the Tianhun Empire appear in a wooden house, looking haggard.

Zhu Ziyang was quite surprised. The moment he saw Vina, he could vaguely guess why she had appeared at Shrek Academy. Long before he went into seclusion, the Sun Moon Empire had already formulated a plan for a war of unification. Whether it was the previous Sun Moon Emperor or Zhang Lexuan now, they all adhered to the strategy of "first conquering the Heavenly Soul Empire, then conquering the Douling Empire through a decapitation strike, and finally gradually eroding the Star Luo Empire through a three-pronged encirclement."

The most likely explanation for Vina's appearance at Shrek Academy is that the Sun Moon Empire has just launched a war against the Heavenly Soul Empire, which is struggling to withstand the attack and has therefore sent her to Shrek Academy to seek reinforcements. However, judging from her haggard face and despairing eyes, Zhu Ziyang felt that the Heavenly Soul Empire was probably already destroyed.

Without hesitation, Zhu Ziyang immediately used his divine sense to summon Xian Lin'er and other elders to a meeting at Tianyuan Pavilion.

Zhu Ziyang appeared in the main hall of Tianyuan Pavilion in a flash. Within a few breaths, all the elders who had been waiting in the academy had arrived: Xuanzi, Elder Lin, Elder Zhuang, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, Qian Duoduo, Han Ruoruo, and Zhang Weiwei. The first few need no introduction; they were all pillars of Tianyuan Pavilion. Han Ruoruo and Zhang Weiwei were newly promoted members. The two women were the same age as Zhang Lexuan, and their talents were also outstanding. Being able to enter Tianyuan Pavilion naturally meant that their cultivation level had reached the Title Douluo realm.

Han Ruoruo, a level 92 control-type titled Douluo, titled "Shining Gold"; Zhang Weiwei, a level 93 control-type titled Douluo, titled "Demon Eye".

"Ziyang, when did you come out of seclusion?" Xuanzi asked excitedly, looking at Zhu Ziyang. Xuanzi's cultivation level had now reached level 99, and he looked several years younger, although he was still slovenly.

"Just came out of seclusion," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. "Alright, can anyone tell me what major things happened during my year of seclusion?"

Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances and then put forward Xian Lin'er to explain the situation on the mainland over the past year to Zhu Ziyang.

Just as Zhu Ziyang had predicted, on New Year's Day, six months after Zhu Ziyang went into seclusion, the Sun Moon Empire suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Heavenly Soul Empire. The hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Soul Empire's troops stationed on the border were caught off guard and were completely annihilated by the Sun Moon Empire. Apart from the high-ranking military officers and the Heavenly Soul Empire's nobles, nearly 80% of the Heavenly Soul Empire's soldiers were trapped in the Sun Moon Empire's camps and captured on the spot.

After eliminating the border legion of the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Sun Moon Empire's army advanced triumphantly, conquering the entire territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire except for Heavenly Dou City in just three months. Heavenly Dou City also fell unsurprisingly after being besieged for two months, and the Heavenly Soul Empire was declared extinct.

Apart from Princess Vina and a small number of members of the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family who escaped from Heavenly Dou City under the protection of the Body Sect, the rest, including the Heavenly Soul Empire's emperor himself, became prisoners of the Sun Moon Empire.

Princess Vina came to Shrek Academy not hoping for their help in restoring her kingdom, but rather hoping they could rescue her father. As for why the experts from the Body Sect weren't allowed to go, it wasn't that they were forbidden, but rather that they couldn't.

In fact, the Body Sect is now practically defunct. In the second month after the war began, the sect leader, Poison Undying, led the sect's main experts in an attempt to carry out another decapitation strike to assassinate Zhang Lexuan. As expected, all fourteen Title Douluo of the Body Sect, including Poison Undying, perished.

Shrek Academy neither agreed nor disagreed with Princess Vina's request, leaving her stranded within the academy. After all, the Sun Moon Empire was currently controlled by the disciples of Shrek Academy, and from any perspective, the unification of the continent by the Sun Moon Empire was in Shrek Academy's best interest.

As early as the beginning of the Sun Moon Heavenly Soul War, Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, 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 student from returning to their own country. However, students who decided to return to their respective countries would no longer be disciples of Shrek Academy.

After the dean's decree was issued, it spread throughout the entire continent at the fastest speed. The population of Shrek Academy and Shrek City both experienced a significant decrease. The majority of those who left were students from the outer academy, with nearly 70% leaving. Most of those who remained were commoners who had been recruited through the reforms of the outer academy in recent years. Only a handful of students from the inner academy left.

It is easy to imagine that the students and disciples who remain will be the backbone of the new Shrek Academy in the future.

The Sun Moon Empire destroyed the Heavenly Soul Empire in five months, which infuriated both the Star Luo Empire and the Dou Ling Empire. The Star Luo Empire recruited soldiers overnight because they realized that their development and preparations over the past few years were a joke in the face of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Legion. However, they seemed to have no other choice but to recruit soldiers and increase their numbers.

The Douling Empire was even more terrified, because they were the weakest and had never fought against the Sun Moon Empire. The entire country was filled with unknown fear of the Sun Moon Empire.

However, after the Sun Moon Empire annexed the Heavenly Soul Empire, it fell into silence. The expected situation of launching a counterattack did not occur, which made the Star Luo Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire breathe a sigh of relief, but also made them more panicked.

The Sun Moon Empire is trying to assimilate the Heavenly Soul Empire; this time, they're serious!

(End of this chapter)