Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Dozens of hands reached out at the same time, pinning him to the ground. Fists and kicks rained down on him, and his faint cries for help were quickly drowned out by the silence and the torrent of anger, without even a splash.

The riots began.

On the other side of the screen, in the main hall of the Sun Moon Empire's palace, Xu Tianzhen watched the ministers gradually retreating, looked at the blood-stained steps outside the hall, and gazed at the rising sun in the distant sky, slowly suppressing his angry expression.

Instead, a profound sorrow filled the air, like water that had been soaking for too long finally overflowing its banks.

"Tianxu".

Her voice was very soft, as if she were afraid of disturbing something.

"Well, I'm here."

Kong Tianxu hugged her from behind.

"Even though he treated me badly afterward, I still feel terrible."

"I don't have a father anymore."

"It will pass. It will all pass."

The courtiers gradually withdrew, their footsteps and voices fading into the distance. The palace doors closed, shutting out the entire world.

Kong Tianxu held Xu Tianzhen tightly in his arms and whispered in her ear:

"But I will always be with you, just as the sun will rise as usual, and the sun and moon will forever protect the empire."

Outside the window, the sun is shining brightly; a new day has just begun.

……

However, for those who originally belonged to the Douluo Continent, the day of utter chaos had only just begun.

The Star Luo Empire, Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

The messenger stumbled and fell into the palace, his hat askew and one shoe gone. But before he could even speak, the emperor's roar echoed throughout the entire palace.

"Shrek, Shrek, Shrek!"

Xu Jiawei roared to the sky, sweeping all the documents on the table away. Memorials, brushes, inkstones, and teacups flew out with a clatter. Still not satisfied, he kicked over the eunuch in front of him.

The fluctuations of his soul power, which he had kept perfectly concealed, unconsciously leaked out. Sensing the formidable soul power, which was at least at the level of an eight-ring Soul Douluo, one of the royal guards behind him withdrew his gaze in surprise and lowered his head.

An elderly man dressed in a bright red civil official's robe immediately lowered his head even more respectfully, almost touching his knees, avoiding meeting Xu Jiawei's gaze, which seemed to be ready to devour him.

But his verbal response was quick, as if he had prepared his words in advance:

"Your Majesty, because our nation has sent the largest number of people to the Sun Moon Empire, our officials and people are most indignant. Prince Tianxing has even threatened to launch a military campaign and directly attack Shrek City. Our lack of substantial response to the Shrek Academy's cheating incident last time has already displeased some people. Regarding this incident, do you think we should make any statement to the Sun Moon Empire? And as for Shrek Academy, should we continue our previous cooperation or..."

"Cooperation? What kind of cooperation is that!"

Xu Jiawei slammed his hand on the armrest of the dragon throne, trembling with anger.

"Gluttonous beasts! Sea God Pavilion! A bunch of idiots! They don't even know they've raised an evil soul master! Killing a few hundred or a few thousand people is one thing, but a million lives! Prime Minister, you still want my opinion?"

Xu Jiawei's qualities were undoubtedly excellent. After a brief loss of control, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he quickly regained his composure, at least outwardly.

"Then I will tell you. Issue my decree: effective immediately, no, from this moment on! Cancele all cooperation with Shrek Academy. All businesses belonging to Star Luo shall withdraw from Shrek City. All goods from Shrek City shall not be allowed to enter the Star Luo Empire. Violators shall be punished as traitors. This shall remain in effect until Shrek Academy hands over Sea God Pavilion Master Xuanzi and the continental sinner Huo Yuhao."

"As for the Sun Moon Empire, do your best to win over those fallen nobles and their sons."

"Are you satisfied now?"

Xu Jiawei seemed to have given up entirely, coldly looking at the Prime Minister, both angry and exhausted.

The old prime minister sighed inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged. He continued to bow respectfully, his forehead almost touching the ground.

"This is the will of the people, and it is also your will, Your Majesty."

At this very moment, almost simultaneously, a similar scene is unfolding between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Battle Spirit Empire.

Xu Tianran's plan to capture the disciples of the participating academies and sects was undoubtedly extremely successful. Combined with Kong Tianxu's live-stream combo of thoroughly discrediting Shrek Academy, it completely plunged the original three kingdoms into an inescapable quagmire.

……

Shrek City, in front of Shrek Academy.

"Shrek, hand over the hostage!"

"Shrek, hand over the hostage!"

The protests continued to rage, but compared to the city's massive population of millions, the number of people gathered in Shrek City, which should have been the perfect place for the people to vent their anger, was actually not that large.

Most people are still driven by self-interest and avoid harm. Although they were equally shocked and disgusted by Shrek's actions, they were not familiar with most of the deceased.

Moreover, even if some of their relatives were to perish at Shrek's atrocities, knowing how powerful Shrek Academy was, they would hardly have the courage to confront it head-on, and would simply stand by and watch.

Therefore, in the end, only a few hundred people actually stood up.

However, the shouts of just a few hundred people made Shi Xing, the current city defense officer of Shrek City who had seen many grand scenes, feel a chill run down his spine.

Shrek has always had an excellent reputation everywhere, so how could they have been treated like this before?

He shouted again to the Shrek Academy Soul Guidance Department members who were busy behind him:

"Quickly shut down that Soul-Breaking Guide live streaming system!"

"I know, I know, but I can't cut it off, I can't cut it off! I can't even do any physical damage directly."

Fan Yu was sweating profusely from his work. Behind him, the students of the Soul Guidance Department had just completed a salvo of Soul Guidance shells, but they had no effect whatsoever on the Soul Guidance Live Streaming System, which was covered by a layer of blue-gold light.

As you can see, they are already switching to fixed-mount soul-guided cannons.

Because of concerns about causing excessive damage to Shrek City itself, it had not been used before, but now, in this urgent situation, it can't care about that anymore.

"Damn it, the Sun Moon Empire definitely planned this! They've built an unprecedented level eight invincible shield directly into this system! The energy source is probably just a sealed milk bottle that only exists in our imagination. The soul guide circuit diagram they gave us is completely fake too. Ugh, every test we did was exactly on Line 1! Did they set up multiple backup circuits? How come I didn't notice that?!"

He became increasingly agitated and irritable as he spoke, his voice rising higher and higher until he was almost shouting:

"Blast it open!"

Just then, a loud eagle cry rang out, and the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle, as if carved from jade, had reached its maximum speed, swooping down from the sky towards the live broadcast soul guide system.

Old Master Song's ninth soul skill, Emerald Sublimation.

Rumbling--

Shrek Academy's relatively weak soul guidance power was ultimately no match for the full-force attack of the 97th Super Douluo. Under the ninth soul skill of the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle, the soul guidance live broadcast system and the tall building supporting it finally could not bear the burden and began to gradually collapse.

However, its mission was complete, and the scene on the screen finally froze on the moment when Xuanzi transformed into Taotie and devoured tens of thousands of souls.

This is the fourth time it has been rebroadcast, and those who need to know already know.

Inside the rare metal shell that had blossomed under the sublimation of the emerald, the self-destruct program was also quickly activated, completely thwarting Fan Yu's idea of ​​scavenging cutting-edge soul guidance technology from the wreckage. He could only console himself by picking up a few scraps of rare metal from the ruins that had been destroyed beyond recognition by the wind element.

In the distance, Yan Shaozhe stared expressionlessly at the monstrous maw of the Taotie Divine Bull on the shattered Soul Guidance Screen, then slowly turned away, his steps heavier than ever before.

"Mei'er, pass on my orders: immediately seal off Shrek City. Suppress today's events with the highest intensity. Anyone discussing the matter within the city or among the teachers and students should be immediately expelled. Do not respond to or pay attention to any external questions or probing. Anyone who dares to directly attack Shrek personnel should be retaliated against with full force. Use our network of connections to find Bei Bei and the others."

"Hmm." Cai Meier's voice was also heavy.

"Also, Mei'er, when Old Master Song returns, please treat him to a meal."

"Hmm. Hmm? What's wrong, Shao Zhe? You want to..." Cai Meier stopped in her tracks.

Yan Shaozhe's figure descended the spiral staircase of the golden tree, half of his body in shadow, only his body bathed in light.

"I'm going somewhere. Wait for me to come back."

Yan Shaozhe stepped into the underground world of the Golden Tree, and the memories he had deliberately sealed away, along with the recent events, slowly surfaced.

After Xiao Tao's Evil Fire Phoenix encountered the Star Dou Great Forest, the evil fire remained stable, but after going out with that person, it mutated into a Black Phoenix...

Yuhao was such a good kid, but after going out with that person a few times, he became such a terrifying evil spirit master...

There's also the matter of Ye Huan, the matter of the Grim Reaper, and this matter of devouring souls...

He followed the path that Kong Tianxu had once walked, pushed open the door of the Wutong Pavilion, looked at the dark red futon, took a deep breath, sat down, and pressed his brow against the gnarled trunk of the golden tree.

On the continent, a vast sect of evil spirit masters lies hidden...

My spiritual energy slowly seeped into it, first into a warm golden ocean, then into an endless dark void.

When his consciousness seemed to break through a bubble and everything became clear, Yan Shaozhe, with his eyes tightly closed, arrived at the inner world of the Golden Tree that Kong Tianxu had once visited.

Yan Shaozhe muttered to himself:

"Teacher, I hope you can tell me the answer."

He opened his eyes somewhat timidly.

Then tears streamed down her face, and she shook her head in disbelief.

"Do not……"

Inside the Golden Tree, where the Dragon God Douluo Mu En's soul and life's worth of soul power should have been slumbering, was completely empty.

Only six large, golden, blood-stained characters remained—

Kill—Mu—En—Zhe—Xuan—Zi!

"It's inside the Sea God's Pavilion!"

A clap of thunder.

……

Above the frozen wasteland, Zhongli Yuan blinked as he gazed at the intertwined souls, which seemed like one person facing another in the dim moonlight.

"Okay, that passes the test."

Chapter 328 My name is Tang Wutong!

In Mingdu, Xu Tianzhen did not deliberately try to suppress the news of the emperor and crown prince's deaths. However, the city, which had just experienced a catastrophe, did not fall into chaos and turmoil as many people had predicted.

Regarding Xu Tianzhen's ascension to the throne as empress, some people were indeed eager to participate, but all their efforts amounted to little more than empty promises.

Within the Ming capital, dissenting voices were completely extinguished after Kong Tianxu thoroughly purged the two most stubborn social classes: the high nobility and the military. Small-scale rebellions in the provinces were swiftly suppressed and eliminated by the deeply entrenched Holy Spirit Sect, failing to even cause a significant disturbance.

With the strong support of the Holy Spirit State Church and the new Empress, the disaster relief and reconstruction work was completed faster than anyone had expected.

The people of Mingdu did not suffer any losses in the explosion. The only damage was to Pyongyang Avenue itself and the hundreds of giant hotels, which were all built with funds from the Empire and owned by the government. The merchants were just putting on a facade.

With a wave of its hand, the empire distributed the reparations in large sums.