Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Mu En originally planned to use his Limit Douluo mental power and his own powerful soul power to enter Xuan Zi's body without a physical body, forcibly suppress the bull-related part of his martial soul, and fully activate the Taotie bloodline, which would be enough to achieve the miraculous sight of Taotie's descent.

With the demigod-level energy of the Golden Tree, it is even slightly stronger than Taotie at its peak.

This move undoubtedly made the most of limited resources and killed two birds with one stone, simultaneously suppressing Kong Tianxu, who posed a great threat to Shrek Academy.

But he didn't expect Kong Tianxu to storm into his hideout and chop him into mincemeat...

Plans can never keep up with changes. Mu En's mental strength was defeated by Kong Tianxu, and his soul power also dissipated, so his plan to activate the Taotie bloodline also vanished.

Xuanzi was able to forcibly awaken the Taotie bloodline without Mu En's assistance, but he did so by using himself as fuel to forcefully rouse that dormant bloodline.

The strict hierarchical suppression among the dragon bloodline was on full display at this moment. Under the pressure of the Taotie aura, Di Tian's momentum had obviously weakened, and the purple-black lightning swirling around him had also dimmed a bit.

But Xuanzi felt no joy.

When he clashed with the Beast God Di Tian, ​​he felt Di Tian's power was as deep and boundless as an abyss. He couldn't sense any end in sight. This terrifying power instantly destroyed his attack.

His actions greatly angered Di Tian.

As a witness to the golden age of the Dragon Clan, when nine sons stood side by side and two kings ruled together, it was the most glorious and unforgettable memory in Di Tian's long life.

Xuanzi's actions are an absolute blasphemy!

The King of Beasts roared, and the scales on his massive body stood up one by one. Purple light swirled in his golden eyes, and the dark clouds that had brought darkness to the world below turned purple in an instant.

Vast sections of the sky collapsed, and purple cracks appeared. Thousands of dragon heads emerged from within, spewing terrifying purplish-black dragon flames straight at the Taotie's ever-expanding body!

Wanlongyan!

This is Di Tian's signature move. This strike possesses terrifying power capable of easily wiping out an entire city.

Even though Xuanzi has temporarily become a level 99 Limit Douluo, and even though Xuanzi is currently suppressed by the Taotie bloodline and the Sea God's Light attribute.

But the Emperor of Heaven was fearless.

Even more invincible!

It let out another deep roar, and a burst of intense golden light suddenly spewed out from the Taotie's roaring mouth, transforming into a gigantic head with a diameter of over a thousand meters.

With endless sorrow and determination, Xuanzi pushed Yan Shaozhe and Song Lao out from behind, and then suddenly lunged upwards, once again attacking Di Tian!

……

On a street in the southern part of Shrek City, a tall old man walked slowly, looking up at the magnificent scene of giant beasts fighting in the sky.

"The light of the sea god, I haven't seen it in a hundred years."

His gaze followed the golden Taotie figure, a complex emotion flickering in his eyes, and he sighed softly.

"Burning your life force to summon the Taotie bloodline, Xuanzi, you are still as upright and unyielding as ever."

Long Xiaoyao knew that although his cultivation was much higher than Xuanzi's, he would never be able to do better than Xuanzi in the same situation.

This is the fundamental difference in bloodline origin. Under the control of darkness, he will inevitably be completely restrained by the ultimate level of dark attributes of Emperor Tian.

"It's a pity that this era is no longer my stage. Otherwise, when Xi Shui arrives, I really want to test this strongest person on the continent."

With a soft sigh, he continued walking slowly along the street, his tall figure gradually disappearing into the shadows at the street corner.

……

On the other side, deep within several dark alleyways.

Several men in black gathered together, all wearing matching black cloaks with the hoods pulled low, obscuring most of their faces.

The high walls on both sides of the alley blocked the light of the battle in the sky, and only the occasional flashes of golden and purple lightning in the distance would cast fleeting shadows on them.

One of the men in black raised his head, revealing a gaunt face and eyes that gleamed with excitement.

He glanced at the strange sight in the sky with slight shock, and licked his dry, chapped lips:

"Master, we've intercepted Shrek Academy's distress signal. Should we proceed as usual..."

Zhongli Wu stood in the middle of several men in black. He was slightly shorter than the others, but the cold aura emanating from him was the strongest.

Upon hearing this, his face immediately turned extremely ugly, and he reprimanded sternly:

"Don't think about those things. Right now, even I am no match for Kong Tianxu, and Elder Long is unwilling to confront him directly. The most important thing right now is to clean up the mess left behind and not leave any leverage."

"Also, do the things he asked you to do well."

The excited man in black sheepishly shut his mouth, shrank his neck, and disappeared back into the shadows.

……

Another earth-shattering roar echoed through the sky.

The situation on the battlefield changed once again.

The Taotie's massive jaws opened and closed, its golden teeth snapping shut in mid-air, yet Di Tian, ​​whose size was no less than half that of the Taotie, dodged it once again with the agility of a ghost.

The next moment, a ghostly light flashed, and Di Tian's dragon claw followed closely behind.

Five claw-like beams struck simultaneously from five different angles, tearing a wound tens of meters long in the Taotie's chest, with golden light cascading down like a waterfall.

Old Zhuang and Xian Lin'er had just brought Yan Shaozhe and Old Song back to the city wall when they looked up and saw this scene, and immediately gasped.

Di Tian was indeed incredibly powerful. Even though he was weakened by both his bloodline attributes and the light of the sea god, each of his attacks was still like a mountain pressing down. Although the Taotie's giant mouth could devour darkness, it could not completely dissipate that terrifying power.

The Taotie, in pain, let out a deafening roar. Its huge mouth opened to its limit, and a beam of blazing golden light, hundreds of meters thick, shot out, blasting Di Tian's thousand-meter-long dragon body back more than ten meters.

The golden light emanating from Xuanzi began to flicker erratically, like an oil lamp swaying in a gale.

It's the final moment.

"Elder Mu..."

Xuanzi's murmurs emanated from the giant beast's body.

The Taotie has grown even larger!

The light from the Golden Tree shot into the sky from Poseidon Island, drawing a straight golden pillar in the air, which condensed into a golden veil draped over his body.

An indescribable suction force erupted from that gigantic maw, forming a massive vortex that pulled everything around it towards its mouth. Dark clouds, rubble, and even light were twisted and deformed within the vortex, sucked in one after another into that seemingly endless abyss.

Di Tian's dragon wings suddenly flapped, and his massive body performed a nimble flip in mid-air that seemed completely disproportionate to its size. His dragon tail lashed out horizontally with terrifying force, striking the side of the golden phantom of the Taotie.

The kilometer-long phantom head was covered in cracks by the sweep of the tail.

But the giant mouth maintained a terrifying stability. Even when the Beast God Di Tian's dragon tail swung over, the giant head suddenly twisted to the side, opened its mouth, and immediately bit Di Tian's tail.

He actually used his own body as a cage, devouring the heavens with gluttony!

The powerful strike was abruptly stopped, and moreover, more than a third of Di Tian's body, starting from his tail, was swallowed by the Taotie.

"Roar—" Di Tian roared in fury, and his body began to struggle desperately, trying to escape from the Taotie's mouth.

The enormous fangs were firmly embedded in the black dragon's scales. Although they could not cause any real damage, they prevented Di Tian from escaping. Golden light surged, sealing away the purplish-black dark power inch by inch.

Di Tian's body struggled violently, and his dragon tail lashed wildly at Taotie's body, almost tearing it to pieces.

But the Taotie held on tightly, refusing to let go.

The golden tree's light reached its peak at this moment. The golden pillar of light connecting the golden tree and Xuanzi suddenly thickened several times, appearing from a distance like a towering golden pillar connecting heaven and earth. Inside the pillar of light, countless tiny golden specks of light surged upwards from the direction of the golden tree like flowing water, continuously pouring into Xuanzi's body.

The devouring power within the Taotie began to operate at full capacity. The dark power from Di Tian was continuously drawn out, absorbed into the golden vortex, and transformed into the Taotie's own power.

At the same time, the Taotie itself also emitted a dazzling golden light, merging with the enormous golden head of the Taotie and no longer maintaining a specific form. The golden light continued to surge, gradually enveloping Di Tian's body.

Di Tian finally realized what Xuan Zi was trying to do. For the first time, a genuine look of shock and anger flashed in his eyes, his golden pupils flickering as if he were hesitating about something.

Ultimately, it underestimated Xuanzi, or rather, it underestimated the Golden Tree.

The true fifth son of the Dragon God, Taotie, was only about as strong as Di Tian is now, except that his bloodline was a bit purer.

But in this contest, Xuanzi, through his final madness, turned himself into a portal, and what he was fighting against Di Tian was the pure energy within the Golden Tree and all the light of the Sea God.

Finally, Di Tian's gaze calmed down.

"Xuanzi, how long can you keep burning? A day? Half a day? I want to see what power you have left to protect Shrek Academy. Star Guardians, attack! Attack! Destroy the city before you! Kill!"

With a final roar from Di Tian, ​​its massive body was finally swallowed whole by the Taotie. Golden light shone, turning the sky completely golden.

The golden light from the Golden Tree extended from within the city, wrapping around the ball of light and providing it with a continuous source of sealing power.

Yan Shaozhe struggled to his feet. He could no longer lift one of his arms, and his body was still being eroded by the remaining dark power of Di Tian. But he gritted his teeth and stared intently at the golden light in the sky.

Old Song stood beside him without saying a word.

The elders of the Sea God Pavilion stood side by side on the city wall, looking up at the sky, their eyes filled with the same grief.

Because they all knew the price of sealing Di Tian. Xuan Zi burned not only his soul power, but also his life force.

Once it burns out, it is a truly irreversible death. Even if a golden tree has accumulated energy for thousands of years, it cannot turn the ashes back into firewood.

Elder Xuan...

While everyone was still reeling from the shock of the scene, no one noticed that the light emanating from the golden tree was subtly changing.

……

"Elder Xuan—!"

Huo Yuhao's eyes were bloodshot, and a heart-wrenching cry burst from the deepest part of his throat.

He rushed as fast as he could, and finally saw this scene just before entering the academy.

He instinctively wanted to rush forward, even though he didn't know what he could do, but he just had to go.

Qiu'er kicked him to the ground.

Huo Yuhao felt his legs go weak, and he lost his balance, falling heavily into the mud.

"Huo Yuhao!" Her voice was icy cold. "You can't go there now! Look down there, even though Di Tian has been sealed away, the beast tide hasn't stopped!"

Huo Yuhao wiped the mud off his face and looked down at the city wall with bloodshot eyes.

Yes, although Di Tian was temporarily sealed away by Elder Xuan at the cost of his life, the army of hundreds of thousands of soul beasts did not stop.

Faced with such a near-mad army of soul beasts, rushing out to stop the war without Di Tian's leadership would be tantamount to suicide.

Moreover, given Huo Yuhao's current state and strength, it's impossible for him to attract the attention of those ferocious beast kings.

"Let's regroup in the city first. Then, perhaps we'll still have a glimmer of hope."

Huo Yuhao's fingers dug deep into the soil, and behind him, a voice, like a phantom, drifted faintly:

"Do you know that in the Star Dou Great Forest, there is actually a true ruler who is above Emperor Tian?"