Now that Elder Xuan has broken through to the Limit, and the competition has begun, it's time for the Sun Moon Empire to make their move.
Xu Tianran isn't too difficult to deal with, after all, he is only one person, and he isn't the Emperor yet, so the resources he can mobilize aren't as terrifying as in the original story. The key issues are Leaf Evening Water and Dragon Xiaoyao; those lunatics from the Holy Spirit Church are arguably the biggest problem for the Sun Moon Empire.
An Zhen intends to use others to drive them away or eliminate them. Evil Soul Masters are something everyone should unite against. As for having Teacher Electrolux make a move, Leaf Evening Water's Bright Light Phoenix Nirvana is a bit troublesome. Moreover, they are both Limit Douluo; using too little power would allow them to escape, and using too much power would draw attention from those above.
Usurping the Empire…
"Leaf Evening Water and Dragon Xiaoyao?!" Elder Xuan exclaimed in surprise.
"Dragon Xiaoyao? That name sounds familiar," Ma Xiaotao mused.
"Fool, he is the Dragon Emperor Douluo, who was once known as the Twin Light-Dark Saint Dragons alongside Dragon God Douluo," Ling Luochen said, her eyes filled with surprise.
Ling Luochen glanced at Elder Xuan and An Zhen with some surprise. Elder Xuan didn't seem to question the 'divine envoy' mentioned by An Zhen, as if he already knew of the so-called divine envoy's existence.
"So it was him!" Ma Xiaotao's eyes flashed with a look of disgust. "What Dragon Emperor Douluo? He has fallen so low as to associate with Evil Soul Masters. What right does he have to be on par with Grandmaster?"
Ling Luochen nodded in agreement.
Huo Yutong and the other girls were surprised.
"Brother An Zhen, who is that Leaf Evening Water?" Huo Yutong asked, looking at An Zhen with confusion.
"Let me tell you," Elder Xuan sighed softly. "I didn't expect those two to still be alive, and to have even become Supreme Elders of the Holy Spirit Church."
Elder Xuan's version: Mu En and two others were all top prodigies of that era. They met, became acquainted, and became good friends. Mu En and Dragon Xiaoyao both fell in love with Leaf Evening Water at the same time. They agreed to meet at a designated place after some time for a fight, and whoever won would get the girl. However, they didn't expect that both of them, unwilling to harm their good friend, chose to withdraw and didn't show up. Within ten years, they had even started their own families. Leaf Evening Water believed they had abandoned her and fell into depravity, becoming an Evil Soul Master. She brought a group of Evil Soul Masters to seek revenge, and Mu En's teacher was severely injured and died not long after.
Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yutong exchanged glances.
All this tragedy was due to a misunderstanding?
"No," An Zhen shook his head gently. "Elder Xuan, where did you hear such an absurd version?"
"It's not?" Elder Xuan was puzzled. Huo Yutong and the other girls also looked at An Zhen.
He didn't expect another reversal.
"Of course not." An Zhen began to shift the blame. "My divine envoy teacher, he possesses a special ability to perceive the past. I was curious at the time, so he used this ability to clear my doubts."
"Perceive the past?" Elder Xuan had never heard of such an outrageous ability before. However, if it was a divine envoy, or even a divine avatar, perhaps it was only natural.
Gu Yuena's eyes flashed with a speechless expression. "Keep bluffing, you can bluff all you want. A divine envoy doesn't have such powerful abilities. Unless there's some existence that used great divine power to preserve a segment of the past. The Time Dragon King could peek into the past at its peak, but you're not him. Most likely, you secretly ran to the Douluo Continent before and saw it."
Gods. This is a very special existence. In people's imaginations, they are often seen as omnipotent beings, even in a godless World, they would be endowed with various powerful and incredible abilities. What's more, in this World where deities exist.
Unless someone has truly seen a God and understood them.
"Actually, there was no great battle to decide who would get the girl," An Zhen slowly began to tell the story closest to the truth. "What my teacher and that Dragon Xiaoyao fellow understood at the time was this: Leaf Evening Water directly chose my teacher and traveled the Douluo Continent with him. At the time, they were an envied couple, and Dragon Xiaoyao was deeply saddened for a while."
"Until they met again, and the few of them got completely drunk. Dragon Xiaoyao had already let go. He and my teacher slept in the same room. He saw a note Leaf Evening Water left for my teacher and decided to see Leaf Evening Water one last time before leaving."
"But he didn't expect Leaf Evening Water to have put an aphrodisiac in her room. Dragon Xiaoyao thought it was something for Leaf Evening Water and Mu En to flirt with, but under the influence of the medicine, he was still forced to have a night with Leaf Evening Water. After waking up, he saw Leaf Evening Water trying to commit suicide. Dragon Xiaoyao felt that he had harmed her and also let down Mu En, so he stayed by Leaf Evening Water's side ever since, out of both love and a desire to make amends. As for my teacher, he found out, but to avoid awkwardness, he simply ran away, choosing to let them be together."
Everyone: …
What a juicy, big scoop.
Elder Xuan was also stunned.
An Zhen blinked, smiling as he said, "The affairs between three Limit Douluo, doesn't it feel incredibly melodramatic?"
The girls looked at each other, then nodded gently.
Are the older generation's gossips really this explosive?!
"Wait," Huo Yutong found a blind spot, her eyes, bright as stars, looking at An Zhen. "Brother An Zhen, you just said that this was the situation as understood by Elder Mu and the others at the time."
The others also recalled what An Zhen had just said.
That means this situation might not be the truth either.
"As expected of my little Yu Tong." An Zhen pulled the adorable Huo Yutong into his arms, gently rubbing her soft cheek, making the girl's cheeks flush red. "This is indeed the sequence of all events, but there are still some things that even my teacher and Dragon Xiaoyao don't know."
Another reversal?!
"Actually, that Leaf Evening Water was already a member of the Holy Spirit Church, which is the Evil Soul Master organization I just mentioned, even before she met my teacher and Dragon Xiaoyao," An Zhen began to reveal the truth that, among the living, only he and Leaf Evening Water knew.
"Leaf Evening Water actually liked Dragon Xiaoyao. The reason she chose my teacher was at the instruction of the then-Holy Spirit Church Master, Zhongli Lao Gui, to plot against Shrek Academy. Later that night, Dragon Xiaoyao sleeping with Leaf Evening Water was also part of this plan, intended to destroy the brotherhood between Mu En and Dragon Xiaoyao."
"The so-called Dragon Emperor Douluo, a Limit Douluo, was played by an Evil Soul Master woman his entire life, feeling guilty for over a hundred years. I'd call him the number one simp of the Douluo Continent."
This is truly outrageous.
An Zhen had only heard of commoners becoming simps. A Limit Douluo, in this era, is extremely prestigious, a favored son of an era. The Love Continent lives up to its name.
The living room fell silent for a moment.
It seemed everyone was recalling the explosive news they had just heard.
Leaf Evening Water, who was a victim in the previous two versions of the story, suddenly became the mastermind.
"An Zhen," Elder Xuan looked at An Zhen, a hint of disbelief still in his eyes. "Is this true?"
"Of course." An Zhen nodded gently, a hint of excited anticipation flashing in his eyes. "Actually, there are other explosive scoops, also concerning my teacher, Leaf Evening Water, and Dragon Xiaoyao."
"An Zhen, tell us."
Ma Xiaotao poked An Zhen's shoulder, her eyes full of excitement, her face filled with gossip.
The other girls were the same, including Elder Xuan, all looking interested. As long as it wasn't happening to them, no one would refuse such a big scoop.
"This next matter actually has a little something to do with you, Xiaotao." An Zhen looked at Ma Xiaotao.
"Huh?" Ma Xiaotao was puzzled. How did the gossip turn to her?
Ling Luochen's eyes showed a thoughtful expression, and she tentatively said, "Is it related to Dean Yan?"
Ma Xiaotao had almost always stayed in Shrek Academy before. At her age, it was impossible for her to be involved with those powerhouses from two hundred years ago. So, the only possibility was someone close to her.
"Indeed," An Zhen nodded gently.
"The Vice Master of the Holy Spirit Church, Evil Phoenix, Phoenix Ling, one of Dean Yan's former girlfriends."
"It's her?" Elder Xuan's eyes flashed with anger.
Elder Xuan spoke of past events. Phoenix Ling could be said to be Yan Shaozhe's first love. They wanted to emulate the Twin Light-Dark Saint Dragons, but Phoenix Ling's evil aura erupted. Although Yan Shaozhe suppressed it, he was soft-hearted and let her go. Elder Mu was even furious about this matter, making Yan Shaozhe seclude himself in Shrek Academy for three years.
"I didn't expect her to become the Vice Master of that Holy Spirit Church now. Who knows how many people she's killed over the years, that scoundrel. I'll go and slap her to death later!"
"Evil Phoenix…" Ma Xiaotao murmured softly, her phoenix eyes filled with affectionate longing as she looked at An Zhen. If she hadn't met An Zhen, would she have also become a loathsome Evil Soul Master due to her evil fire in the future?
"Don't think about such a future that won't happen." An Zhen gently patted Ma Xiaotao's fair hand, his eyes filled with affection as he looked at the Phoenix Girl beside him. "Xiaotao is now a Level 70 Extreme Fire, a Fire Phoenix. Her future is bright."
"Mm," Ma Xiaotao nodded vigorously.
Elder Xuan looked at this scene with relief. That child Shao Zhe had spent so many years and so much effort finding a method for Ma Xiaotao, not just because he considered her his own child, but also because he didn't want her to become like that Phoenix Ling.
"Oh, right," Elder Xuan remembered something. "How did those two girls, Xiaotao, acquire Extreme attributes?"
"Elder Xuan, we haven't finished the gossip yet. Please let me explain slowly." This was a large-scale ethical drama.
There's more?!
The girls perked up.
"Leaf Evening Water wronged my teacher, but as for Dragon Xiaoyao, how should I put it, she actually bore him a child. Later, to succeed as the Holy Spirit Church Master, she bore another child for the then-Holy Spirit Church Master, Zhongli Lao Gui. This child is the current Holy Spirit Church Master, Zhongli Wu, who is also Phoenix Ling's husband."
An Zhen looked at everyone. "No-prize quiz: Leaf Evening Water and Dragon Xiaoyao's child has a descendant. Who is that descendant? Hint: Leaf Evening Water allowed that child to use the surname he had before joining the Holy Spirit Church, which is Yan."
"Yan?"
"That's impossible!" Ma Xiaotao said, her emotions agitated.
It's related to her? The surname Yan? This almost spelled out her teacher's name.
"An Xiaozi," Elder Xuan's eyes flashed with a grave expression. "You can't just make up such things."
"Leaf Evening Water has twin spirits," An Zhen said, his expression becoming a bit more serious. "Elder Xuan, you are already a Limit Douluo. You can confront her later to verify this matter. Even Dragon Xiaoyao and Zhongli Lao Gui don't know about this. If it weren't for my divine envoy teacher, I wouldn't believe it either."
"What is her second Spirit?" Elder Xuan's eyes flashed with a complex expression. Shrek Academy, a dignified institution, was actually involved in so many scandals with some of the strongest Evil Soul Masters in the World.