"Then, student Huo Yuhao, how do you view obtaining the lifetime title of Shrek Seven Monsters?" Du Weilun read from the prepared script.
In the Soul Fighting Area, thousands of pairs of eyes collectively focused on Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and said, "I see it as a kind of responsibility. In the ten thousand years since the academy was founded, many generations of Shrek Seven Monsters have appeared, and they have brought indelible help to the academy. I hope that in the future, I can also become such a person."
Du Weilun asked, "The academy has many geniuses. Student Huo Yuhao, as a genius yourself—and even of the same age as everyone else—do you have anything you want to say to everyone?"
This question immediately piqued the curiosity of the audience of students. Many people knew that Huo Yuhao was a second-year student, but for him to become one of the Shrek Seven Monsters in his second year was truly baffling.
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "At Shrek Academy, everyone is a genius. But when everyone is a genius, it also means that everyone is standing on the same starting line, and the days of being praised by everyone back in your hometown are gone—of course, with the occasional exception."
"Since everyone is a genius, when you compare with one another, there will naturally be winners and losers. The freshman competition is like this. The advancement examinations every year are the same. This is also why the higher the grade, the fewer the students."
"I want to say something to those classmates who, after entering the academy, see their companions becoming stronger and stronger while they themselves gradually fall behind, becoming discouraged and increasingly frustrated."
"The road ahead does not fear ten thousand people blocking it; it only fears your own surrender. When you yourself choose to give up, that will be the first step toward failure in your life. What you lose to is never others, but yourself."
"And I also want to say something to those classmates with outstanding talent: do not let pride blind your eyes. The academy is merely the first great mountain. In the life ahead, there are many higher mountains waiting for you to climb. When you become arrogant and complacent, it becomes easy to fall. At that point, you will plunge into the abyss, with no strength left to climb again."
After Huo Yuhao finished speaking, the entire venue instantly fell into silence.
In a world without any chicken-soup-for-the-soul literature, words like these truly carried a certain special flavor.
Those students who had grown increasingly frustrated at the academy felt their pupils freeze, a certain tremor flashing through their hearts, as if some kind of shackle within them had been broken.
Some shackles were failures in the freshman competition; some were falling behind during the process of growth; some were inferiority born from comparing oneself with others.
But at this moment, perhaps because of those few sentences, or perhaps for other reasons, a kind of sudden, enlightening resolve surged up in their hearts.
And those students with exceptional talent felt their hearts quake even more, as if a switch deep within their souls had been flipped.
Very quickly, an astonishing scene appeared. Quite a few students who had been sitting upright suddenly, without knowing why, sat cross-legged on the ground. The glow of soul power flickered incessantly within their bodies, and their auras slowly began to rise.
Without exception, the classification of these students was extremely polarized: one group consisted of those about to fade out of the academy, and the other consisted of the most outstanding talents.
"This… this is?"
This scene drew the attention of everyone else, each person wearing a look of astonishment.
"An epiphany?"
On the主席席, the four deans collectively widened their eyes. This thing was not something unfathomably profound, but rather a kind of opportunity.
Some people could reach the level of Super Douluo and never encounter it in their entire lives, while others could obtain it at a young age. Each epiphany would bring tremendous enhancement to oneself.
Some would gain a stronger sense of integration between their martial soul and soul rings; some would experience a surge in spiritual power due to an epiphany; and a very small number of those who experienced epiphany could even use it to sense certain elemental attributes between heaven and earth to augment themselves.
In short, an epiphany was an extremely rare opportunity, one that could even turn an ordinary genius into someone on par with a top-tier genius.
Of course, these were rare cases, but epiphanies did indeed bring tangible and excellent benefits.
Seeing that at least three hundred students on site had entered an epiphany state, Yan Shaozhe did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered the lecture conference to end. Students who had not entered epiphany were to leave the Soul Fighting Area at once, leaving a quiet environment for those in epiphany. At the same time, he and Qian Duoduo personally stayed behind, waiting for the students to awaken.
As the students withdrew, the Soul Fighting Area became completely quiet.
Cai Meier and Xian Lin'er led Huo Yuhao and the others directly to the lounge.
Upon arriving at the lounge, everyone looked at Huo Yuhao with strange expressions. Back then, his sentence—"A true master always carries the heart of an apprentice"—had already brought them some gains. Who would have thought that today's conference would directly cause more than three hundred people to enter epiphany collectively? That was simply terrifying.
Was the power of words really that strong?
Still, everyone felt a bit regretful—unfortunately, they themselves had not entered epiphany; otherwise, they would have struck it big.
Huo Yuhao himself was even more bewildered than they were. How could just a few sentences cause people to enter epiphany?
Cai Meier and Xian Lin'er exchanged a glance, thinking of the same thing with unspoken understanding.
"Do you think the academy should produce more sayings like what Yuhao said today?" Cai Meier asked somewhat tentatively.
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao and the others were all stunned.
"I think it's feasible," Xian Lin'er nodded.
Cai Meier's gaze shifted to Huo Yuhao. "Yuhao, your master's wife is assigning you a task. From now on, write more of this kind of saying. When the time comes, we'll hang them around the academy to awaken the students. Can you do it?"
The corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. "Yes."
"Very good." Cai Meier nodded. "Next, except for Xiaotao and the others, everyone else will come with me to the Sea God Pavilion to receive the seclusion rewards."
"Yes," everyone answered in unison.
While Huo Yuhao and the others were heading toward the Sea God Pavilion, waves were already being stirred within Shrek Academy. Countless outer courtyard teachers hurriedly assembled, because some students who had not entered epiphany in the Soul Fighting Area inexplicably entered epiphany after leaving.
Some entered epiphany by Sea God Lake, some on the road, some in the corridors, and some in the toilets.
For a time, the entire academy's atmosphere became strange.
The outer courtyard teachers hurriedly led the students who had not entered epiphany to set up makeshift rain shelters on the spot and placed them beside the students in epiphany. The scene was extremely lively.
Returning once more to outside the Sea God Pavilion, Ling Luochen and the others went their separate ways. Huo Yuhao, meanwhile, reminded Ma Xiaotao not to cultivate or fight during this period before finally following the main group into the Sea God Pavilion with peace of mind.
Upon entering, Elder Mu was still there, looking at this group of juniors with a kindly expression.
"Elder Mu, everyone is here," Cai Meier and Xian Lin'er led everyone in respectfully saluting Mu En.
"Mhm." Elder Mu nodded, then stood up briskly and said with a smile, "Little ones, follow me."
Everyone respectfully followed behind Mu En as they walked, while Cai Meier and Xian Lin'er left the Sea God Pavilion.
Facing the upcoming seclusion rewards, everyone was quite curious.
Arriving before a wall, Mu En slowly raised a finger. Instantly, a wisp of golden light appeared. In the next moment, under everyone's gaze, the surrounding space seemed to ripple. Layers of golden light enveloped everyone, their vision becoming blurred. In the blink of an eye, the group vanished from where they stood.
When their vision recovered, everyone immediately widened their eyes. The place they were in was no longer the Sea God Pavilion, but an unknown hall. The surroundings were filled with ancient decorations, and passageways extended in all directions.
On one side of the hall stood statues of the first-generation Shrek Seven Monsters. The only difference was that these statues were made of wood.
"Divine soul seed?"
Suddenly, just as Mu En began to explain the history of the Golden Ancient Tree and the origins of the Sea God Pavilion, a voice appeared in Huo Yuhao's mind.
Huo Yuhao felt surprised, but recalling that in the original work Electrolux had mentioned that Mu En might discover the special existence within his Sea of Spirit, he did not make a sound.
"Children, within these passageways, there are rooms distributed on both sides. These will be your places of seclusion. According to my arrangements, enter them one by one," Mu En said.
After explaining the history of the Golden Ancient Tree, Mu En immediately assigned a cultivation room to each of the ten students present.
After saluting, everyone went their separate ways.
Huo Yuhao's cultivation room was at the very end of the rightmost passageway. When he walked in, his gaze froze in surprise.
The room was not large, about ten square meters. At the top, roots of the Golden Ancient Tree extended downward, with dense golden halos flowing through them. In the center of the room was a golden meditation cushion, brimming with astonishing life aura.
But these were not the most important. On the cushion, Huo Yuhao saw a soul bone.
It was the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
At the same moment, the other nine also opened their rooms. Among them, Wang Dong and Bei Bei felt it the most deeply, because the light-element power filling their rooms had absolutely reached an extreme level—far too beneficial for them.
"Sitting on the cushion, open your minds. The Golden Ancient Tree will bestow gifts upon you. Next, you will enter deep meditation. Inside your cultivation rooms, there are items specifically tailored to your martial soul mastery. Remember to sense them carefully."
Elder Mu's voice pierced through the walls and fell into everyone's ears.
Without delay, everyone hurriedly sat cross-legged on the cushions. The moment they opened their minds, in an instant, the roots above released one spherical halo after another, nearly filling the entire room, even giving the sensation of being liquid.
Wrapped in intense light-element power and life-element power, after only a few seconds, everyone entered deep meditation.
Visible to the naked eye, the two types of power continuously poured into each person's body.
Their spiritual power became extraordinarily active and clear, allowing their mental calculations of soul skills to flow seamlessly, without the slightest obstruction.
Their meridians were completely unobstructed, soul power circulating madly, while hidden injuries in their bodies were rapidly repaired.
Most importantly, during meditation, they seemed to enter a certain special space, within which were scenes or tools specifically designed to temper their martial souls.
Huo Yuhao did not immediately absorb the soul bone, instead choosing to enter seclusion as well, using the light-element and life-element powers to cleanse his body. However, unlike the original work, the scene of Mu En using the Dread Demon Dragon skull to temper him did not appear.
Huo Yuhao's spiritual power did not need the Dread Demon Dragon for further tempering; the Divine Thread skill was far stronger than the Dread Demon Dragon's tempering.
Although Mu En did not understand how Huo Yuhao had managed, at this level of cultivation, to temper his spiritual power to such strength, he did not ask. Some secrets were better left hidden.
"So it's a growth-stage Tree of Life. No wonder people have set their sights on it."
Suddenly, as Huo Yuhao relied on his powerful spiritual power to mentally calculate soul skills and how to operate them at optimal efficiency with minimal consumption, Electrolux's voice rang out.
"Set their sights on it?" The question had just formed in Huo Yuhao's mind when he immediately realized that their communication might attract Mu En's attention, and he instantly wanted to stop.
Electrolux laughed and said, "Alright. With the help of the Sun God Pillar, this teacher's spiritual power may not have returned to its peak, but it far surpasses this Mu En. He won't be able to detect it."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao finally relaxed. "Teacher, what do you mean by that?"
"I mean exactly what it sounds like," Electrolux chuckled. "When you entered the hall, you should have seen those wooden statues, right?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. "I saw them."
"The one standing in the foremost position, the statue called Tang San, contains within it a divine soul seed that does not belong to a mortal. This aura was calculated by this teacher based on Tang San's divine soul within that girl Wang Dong's Sea of Spirit. However, compared to that Tang San, the strength of this divine soul seed is so weak it's almost pitiful."
"However, this divine soul seed is currently in a dormant state, with no activity. Perhaps it is searching for some opportunity to seize this not-yet-complete tree soul of the Tree of Life in one fell swoop."
"I once found an ancient text from another world that recorded the Tree of Life. It is said that when this tree becomes a complete form, it can become the life core of a plane, able to merge with the plane's consciousness and continuously enhance the strength of that plane."
"And if someone succeeds in possessing it, the benefits the possessor gains will be astonishing."
Huo Yuhao's heart trembled.
Divine soul seed, possession?
This plot sounded familiar.
Isn't this damn well Ah Yin's story?
No, the original work never mentioned possession or divine soul seeds. It just jumped straight to the Dragon King Legend era, where the Golden Ancient Tree became Ah Yin.
But judging by the original timeline, during the Unrivaled Tang Sect era, Ah Yin should have been absolutely unable to possess the Golden Ancient Tree. What was going on here?
"Yuhao, since this divine soul seed is hidden inside that Tang San statue, that means they're together. Why don't we, master and disciple, find an opportunity to kill this divine soul seed?" Electrolux asked cheerfully.
Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. "But Teacher, if the divine soul seed dies, what kind of harm will that cause to the god?"
Electrolux thought for a moment and said, "This teacher isn't sure either. After all, the gods of your Douluo Continent and the gods of my Holy Demon Continent are not the same concept. But I think that if the divine soul seed shatters, the impact on the main body will definitely not be small."
Huo Yuhao's mind began racing. After a long while, he sneered inwardly. "Perhaps I've found a way to erase this divine soul seed."
"Oh? Let's hear it," Electrolux became interested.
"Teacher, weren't we planning to search for the plane consciousness? According to what you said about the records in that ancient text, this Golden… Tree of Life has a considerable connection with the plane consciousness. We can completely use the plane consciousness to deal with this divine soul—using god-level power to deal with a god-level soul. That way, we can also conceal my own identity."
"After all, right now I'm still just an ordinary person and cannot contend with Tang San."
"That idea is feasible," Electrolux said after some thought, "but the biggest problem is that you need to find a small plane where the plane consciousness can hide. Otherwise, if the plane consciousness is caught by Tang San for revenge, the trouble would be considerable."
"Perhaps I can help you."
Just as master and disciple were deep in thought, a clear and pleasant female voice suddenly rang out.
The expressions of master and disciple changed slightly—this voice belonged to the White Dragon.
A beam of dazzling white light descended from the air, spreading throughout the Sea of Spirit, as if everything had turned platinum-white.
The sleeping Ice Empress and Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm also abruptly awakened, rushing over to Huo Yuhao's side in a flash.
Following the white light upward, Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted. The previously dormant dragon pattern had now changed. A phantom white giant dragon condensed, currently lowering its head to look at him.
"White Dragon Soul," Huo Yuhao said solemnly. "You say you can help us? What do you mean?"
The white giant dragon said calmly, "Although I have been sleeping, I can still hear the outside world. I am fully aware of your conversation. If you want to find a small plane attached to this main plane, I can take you there. But you need to help me with one thing."
Huo Yuhao's heart stirred. He did not immediately agree, instead asking, "What thing?"
What surprised both humans and beasts was that a trace of sorrow actually appeared in the White Dragon's gaze.
"My parents died there. I hope you can help me bury their bodies, letting them rest in peace."
"You mean the Dragon Clan Graveyard?" Huo Yuhao blurted out in astonishment.
The White Dragon's sorrowful expression froze. "How do you know about the Dragon Clan Graveyard?"
Huo Yuhao's breathing quickened.
Oh my god.
It really is.
That place is basically a wholesale market for soul bones.
"So you're willing—"
"I agree," Huo Yuhao cut her off before the White Dragon could continue. "Not just your parents—your third aunts, eighth great-aunts, even you yourself, I can conveniently bury all of you together."
White Dragon: "..."
You're really a nice person.
"I just want to know one thing. Can you immediately open the entrance to the Dragon Clan Graveyard on the spot, or provide coordinates?" Huo Yuhao asked in a low voice.
"Yes," the White Dragon nodded solemnly.
"Very good." Huo Yuhao's gaze turned murderous.
Just when he needed a pillow, someone came to deliver one. The most difficult problem had instead become the first to be solved.
In that case, once the seclusion ends, he would directly find his teacher to take Xiao Xiao to hunt soul beasts for her third soul ring, then lure in the Auspicious Beast, preparing to erase Tang Wutong's main soul.
First shatter Tang San's daughter's soul, then destroy his mother's divine soul seed.
Only Tang Hao left.
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