I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

Xu Xingyu could tell what Mu En was thinking just by looking at him, who had already merged into the Golden Tree. Mu En planned to merge his soul into the Golden Tree so that when Shrek Academy faced an inescapable crisis in the future, he could forcibly take control of the Golden Tree and provide support to Shrek Academy.

To be honest, Xu Xingyu admired Mu En's actions. After all, Mu En's soul had already lost the right to reincarnate and would eventually be absorbed as nourishment by the Golden Ancient Tree, also known as Buyer. Therefore, this awareness was admirable in the eyes of those who knew about the existence of reincarnation.

Unfortunately, due to the relationship between Xu Xingyu and Buyer, Xu Xingyu cannot simply do as Mu En wishes.

After all, if Moon really merges with the Golden Tree, wouldn't that mean he will merge with his daughter, Buyer? Xu Xingyu isn't some third-rate writer who likes to create Frankenstein's monsters or a hypocritical mistress, so why is she making trouble for no reason?

Furthermore, it's important to understand that fusing with another soul is an extremely dangerous undertaking. Because it's a direct fusion, the weaker soul will be devoured, and the stronger soul will become the dominant force.

However, although the weaker party is eliminated in this process, the stronger party absorbs and integrates the soul imprint within, so the personality of the merged entity may also undergo a significant change.

For example, if Buyer successfully merges with Moon's soul, she might be influenced by Moon's obsession, namely, his desire to protect Shrek.

Even if he didn't actually care about Shrek's age, it would still motivate Buyer to take action to protect Shrek, and it would take a long time to eliminate this influence.

In the original story, the Golden Tree developed its own sentience during the absence of the God Realm, and eventually became a servant of the Tang family because each generation of Sea God Pavilion Masters would merge with the Golden Tree during this process.

This results in the Golden Tree being branded with the belief that it must protect Shrek Academy.

Fortunately, since Buyer's spiritual intelligence was condensed with the help of Xu Xingyu, there were no problems in this regard.

To prevent Buyer from being influenced by Mun's soul during this incident, Xu Xingyu had no choice but to find a way to solve this problem.

Ultimately, Xu Xingyu asked Yin Lai Ke to take some time to help teach Bu Ye Er how to use the power of purification, which is the true meaning of the death attribute.

The power of purification is to purify the soul, or in simpler terms, to bleach it.

If a person's soul is white at birth, then their life experiences are the paint applied to that blank space.

The power of purification can erase these colors from the soul one by one, eventually returning it to its original white color, and then allowing the bleached soul to go to reincarnation to experience the next life.

Originally, Mu En would have lost the chance to reincarnate his soul because of his fusion with the Golden Tree, but because Xu Xingyu taught Buyer how to use the power of purification in practice, Mu En has regained the possibility of reincarnation.

From this perspective, shouldn't Moon be grateful to Xu Xingyu? That way, if he's lucky enough to be reincarnated in his next life, he could continue serving Shrek Academy!

Well, Xu Xingyu was actually aware that the other party would most likely insult her, since she had, to some extent, stolen the Golden Tree, Shrek's greatest guardian.

But it's not his fault. Your Shrek ancestor Tang San abused the Golden Tree in every way, causing it to automatically seek help and then, after gaining sentience, willingly become his daughter.

It can only be said that you Shrek Academy misunderstood the story of the Golden Tree protecting Shrek Academy before, thinking that it was the Golden Tree's initiative because the Sea God Tang San gave it a place to grow.

However, the reality is that the Golden Tree was already living a peaceful life elsewhere when Tang San kidnapped it and forced it to protect Shrek Academy.

Considering that the people of the Sea God Pavilion also carved parts of the Golden Ancient Tree into the Sea God Pavilion, it would be problematic if the Golden Ancient Tree didn't complain.

Therefore, in addition to purifying Mu En and sending him into reincarnation, Xu Xingyu also had Buyer prepare another option for Mu En, and it would only be up to Mu En to choose which one.

At the same time, Moon's soul, now merged with the Golden Ancient Tree, arrived in a golden space. Somewhat bewildered, he scratched his head and said, "Is this the interior of the Golden Ancient Tree? I've never seen a space like this before when I explored it."

Just then, a soft voice suddenly rang in Moon's ear: "This is my consciousness space."

A white-haired, green-clad girl appeared before Mu En. The girl seemed to be the embodiment of nature, and every step she took gave people a feeling of spring returning to all things.

However, what shocked Moon the most was that although he had never seen this girl before, he was very familiar with her aura. It was the aura of the Golden Ancient Tree!

Moon looked at the girl in astonishment and exclaimed, "Could you be the embodiment of the Golden Tree's consciousness?!"

The girl simply nodded to confirm the other party's answer and said, "My name is Buyer, I am the incarnation of the Golden Tree, and also the contemporary Child of Nature."

That's right, this girl is none other than Xu Xingyu's beloved daughter, Buyeer!

Looking at the girl in front of him, Moon's face turned bitter, and he said, "It seems my guess was right."

Upon hearing this, Buyer frowned and said, "It seems you've already sensed my presence?"

"Hmm." Moon nodded and said, "I vaguely sensed it after the Holy Spirit Cult's attack last time. After all, there are almost no people who can stop me from drawing energy from the Golden Ancient Tree, and the only one I can think of who can stop me is the Golden Ancient Tree itself. I just didn't expect your intelligence to have matured to this extent."

Looking at Buyer, who had gained intelligence indistinguishable from that of humans, Mu En couldn't help but sigh. After all, the energy possessed by the Golden Ancient Tree was comparable to that of a Limit Douluo, but due to its lack of intelligence, it could only instinctively resist.

Now that the Golden Ancient Tree has a complete Ganoderma lucidum, this defect no longer exists. The Golden Ancient Tree can now be officially considered a Limit Douluo-level powerhouse.

Normally, Mu En should be happy about this, because it means that Shrek Academy has gained another guardian god at the Limit Douluo level. However, because of Buyer's performance in the Holy Spirit Cult's attack on Shrek last time, Mu En also knows that the girl named Buyer in front of him doesn't seem to have much sense of responsibility in providing protection for Shrek Academy.

So after a few sighs, Moon finally asked the question that had been bothering him: "Is there something about Shrek that you're unhappy with? Why haven't you done your best to help us?"

Ever since that poetry exchange with Ye Xishui, this question has been in Mu En's mind, because in his eyes, Shrek has never mistreated the Golden Tree over the past ten thousand years, and even if it has not made any contributions, it has at least worked hard.

Without Shrek's protection, the Golden Tree would probably have been occupied and nested by other forces or soul beasts long ago, and might even have had all its energy drained to improve their cultivation!

So he really couldn't understand why the Golden Tree would suddenly give up its support for Shrek Academy. Did it find a new backer?

When faced with Moon's question, Buyer did not answer immediately. After a moment of silence, he said, "Are you sure you want to know? This could very well cause the collapse of the beliefs you have always held."

This answer left Moon somewhat bewildered. He had expected it to be something like the Golden Tree being dissatisfied with Shrek's treatment of her, or pursuing freedom in the future and not wanting to be comfortable with Shrek.

So you tell him that this is actually related to Mu En's faith? You know, Mu En's only faith is in Tang San, the sea god from ten thousand years ago. Does that mean that the relationship between the Golden Tree and Tang San is not the subtle planting relationship described in ancient books?

If it wasn't that kind of relationship, then what exactly did Tang San's ancestor do to the Golden Tree back then that made her hold a grudge against him until now?

At this moment, for the first time in his life, Mu En felt that Tang San, the sea god who dominated the world ten thousand years ago, was not as perfect as history described.

After all, history is ultimately written by the victors, and there are bound to be elements of embellishment and concealment in it.

Finally, Moon gritted his teeth and said, "I want to know."

There was no way he could escape it; no matter how cruel the answer might be, Moon had to know, because only then could she be sure whether the ancient golden tree that Shrek had always protected would become Shrek's future enemy.

Seeing that the other party was already prepared, Buer stopped trying to persuade him and directly inputted her and Tang Sanwang's memories into Mu En's soul so that he could experience them for himself.

At the same time, Buyer also mixed in some of Tang San's other crimes against Douluo Continent in this information, such as how he took away her life core godhood and the plane master godhood in the hands of the star lord.

Then, without the God Realm's knowledge, he gave the position of the Lord of the Plane and the core of life to his parents, Tang Hao and Ah Yin. At this time, Tang San was being punished and imprisoned by the God Realm for this action.

After an unknown amount of time, Moon finally digested all these memories. At this moment, he was pale and could not believe everything that Gan Cai had described in the memories he had browsed.

No wonder the Golden Tree said it would destroy his faith! It really will destroy his faith in Tang San!!!

How could someone who is an ancestor of Shrek Academy make such a plan to turn the entire Douluo Continent into their own backyard? This completely violates Shrek Academy's long-standing neutral stance!

This kind of behavior, where someone in Shandong controls the fate of everyone on the Douluo Continent, is many times worse than the Spirit Hall launching a war to unify the entire Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago!

This plunged Moon into despair, and he began to doubt whether it was right for him to protect Shrek Academy all this time.

Did everything I did really have meaning? Or was my entire life actually guided by my ancestor Tang San?

After a period of self-doubt, Moon finally broke free from despair through sheer willpower, and the reason he was able to break free was because of everyone at Shrek Academy.

Although everything he had always believed in about Tang San, the Sea God, had long been shattered, the choices and actions he made in Shrek Academy were by no means false or useless.

While Shrek Academy's approach certainly needs improvement in many areas, it has undeniably eased tensions between nations.

Now that we know the truth about Tang San's ancestor, the next step for Shrek Academy is to take the first step towards reform. Only in this way can Shrek Academy break free from the shadow of Tang San's ancestor and truly become a force worthy of respect from the entire continent.

After figuring everything out, Mu En looked at Bu Ye'er and said, "As the current head of the Sea God Pavilion, I deeply regret everything Tang San's ancestor did to you, and I also understand why you only provided the bare minimum of help back then. What puzzles me is why you're telling me so much? Wouldn't it have been better for you to simply erase my soul without a word? That way, no one would have interfered with you?"

To this, Buyer simply crossed her arms and said, "I've only refrained from holding a grudge against Shrek for what they did to me because you did act as good protectors while I was forced to be Tang San's puppet. Besides, the reason I'm here is to give you a choice."

"choose?"

"That's the right choice."

As soon as she finished speaking, a pure white light appeared in Buyer's left hand, while at the same time a dazzling golden light appeared in her right hand.

From that white light, Mu En immediately sensed a force capable of directly sending his soul into the cycle of reincarnation. If his perception was correct, his soul, struck by that white light, would likely shatter instantly.

On the contrary, the golden light gave Moon's soul an extremely comfortable feeling, and if he could bathe in it for a long time, he felt that his soul would become more focused.

Then Buyer's voice rang out again: "The white light in my left hand is the light of purification, which can allow your soul to directly enter reincarnation, and under my control, you can retain the memories of this life in your next reincarnation. The golden light in my right hand is a puppet I created using bark and branches I shed in the past. I can store your soul in this puppet, and if Shrek Academy faces difficulties in the future, you can use the puppet's body to help Shrek overcome the crisis. Your strength will likely be around your peak. However, once you choose this method, you will be permanently bound to me, or to the person I have given the seed to."

Without hesitation, Moon replied, "I'm willing to become your puppet."

This surprised Buyer. She had considered that the other party might choose this option, but she hadn't expected them to be so decisive.

Seeing the doubt in the other party's eyes, Moon explained, "I've never really believed in that illusory concept of reincarnation, so if there's an opportunity to help Shrek Academy overcome its difficulties in the future, I will definitely seize it. As for being restricted by you, it was unintentional; it's Shrek Academy that has wronged you. My only request is that you don't make me do anything to harm Shrek Academy. I will do my best to fulfill your requests in everything else."

Seeing Mu En's resolute attitude, Buyer dispelled the white light in her hand and handed the golden light in her right hand to Mu En.

A golden wooden puppet appeared in front of Moon, and at this moment, Moon's story, which should have ended, continued once again.