However, over ten thousand years, humans have increasingly hunted Soul Beasts, and neither Di Tian nor the Evil Emperor has truly retaliated.
Di Tian did stir up several beast tides, but they seemed more like warnings.
Unlike human Soul Masters who, even after cultivating to Extreme Douluo, still doubt whether the divinity online is genuine, without historical records of Tang San's divinity, they might even think Extreme Douluo is the endpoint.
Soul Beasts are different; the higher their cultivation, the more they believe in the existence of Gods. However, Soul Beasts are too miserable, imprisoned, as if shackled, firmly binding all Soul Beasts.
...
Su Yu closed his eyes, sensing the changes in his Spiritual Power.
It was a feeling of oneness.
By projecting his Spiritual Power outward and enveloping a part of the world, he could construct a Pseudo Domain, which, apart from lacking unique abilities, was indistinguishable from a Domain.
"I didn't expect that this time you'd turn misfortune into a blessing, breaking through your Spiritual Power."
Kong Deming looked at his disciple with a mix of comfort and a trace of envy.
Back then, he had been stuck at this level of Spiritual Power for decades after reaching Level 94.
The process of manifesting Spiritual Power in Spirit Realm, from intangible to tangible, seems like a gradual materialization of Spiritual Power, but without opportunities, it is genuinely challenging to transcend.
There is still too little research into Spiritual Power among human Soul Masters.
Perhaps the emergence of the Spiritual Power Detector, Battle Armor, and the Soul Spirit System will drive development in this area.
As the cultivation of Soul Masters begins to require Spiritual Power, studies in this area will naturally progress faster.
"Teacher, it was thanks to you resisting part of the Evil Emperor's psychic attack this time."
Su Yu had also sensed his teacher's assistance back then.
He turned his head to look at the Holy Soul Grass Seeds that he had just invigorated.
The spirit was extinguished, life force dimmed.
It was already dying.
"Fate."
Su Yu enveloped the dead seeds with extreme Life Force and stored them in the Storage Soul-guiding Device.
"Teacher, did you have a conflict with the Evil Emperor?"
Kong Deming frowned deeply, sighed, and said, "Alas, to be honest, the recent hunts for the Evil Eye Race have indeed been severe. That Evil Emperor is probably on the verge of eruption, yet he forcibly endured it."
He also sensed the Evil Emperor's endurance process. If provoked further, it's likely that the Evil Emperor would go berserk.
The Sun and Moon Empire's reserves of Soul-guiding Devices are astonishing, even with a large number of Level 9 Fixed Soul-guided Cannon Shells, but they still need talents to deploy them.
An extensive psychic shock from the Evil Emperor could instantly kill any Soul Master below Soul Saint level.
This was still contingent on Kong Deming unfolding protection in the first moment.
If Kong Deming couldn't discover it in time, at the instant of the Evil Emperor's spiritual shock, using his Spiritual Power to counteract it, any Soul Master below Titled Douluo would face certain death, and even Soul Masters outside Ninth-Level Soul Guide would be slain.
This is the terror of the Evil Emperor.
The Evil Eye Race's strength till today is not without cause.
"In the coming century, hunting Soul Beasts in the Evil Demon Forest will become much more difficult."
Kong Deming never considered entirely ceasing the hunt for Soul Beasts in the Evil Demon Forest, just not those from the Evil Eye Race.
"Hunting Evil Eyes is practically impossible."
What a pity.
The Soul Ring of the Evil Eye Tyrant would suit that child Huo Yuhao well.
Kong Deming had also met Huo Yuhao and knew of his talent.
"Teacher, we are still in a period of ascent; the path ahead is clear. Sooner or later, we will widen the gap with the Evil Emperor and no longer need to worry about these."
Su Yu was not concerned.
There is a high probability that Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring will not be a problem.
An Eight Hundred Thousand Year Evil Emperor Soul Ring, Su Yu couldn't believe Huo Yuhao wouldn't be tempted. If his own Martial Soul was suitable, even he would want that Soul Ring.
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Shrek Academy.
Sea God Pavilion.
"Shaozhe, the participant selection for this Soul Fighting Competition needs to be decided quickly." Elder Xuan had a serious expression, showing significant importance to this Soul Fighting Competition.
In the last competition, the failure and all faults fell on him, Elder Xuan. It wasn't the teaching level of the Academy that was the problem but his oversight that caused severe team losses.
However, the next competition would be different.
There must be no mistakes.
Rising up from failure, Shrek's glory would be even more dazzling!
"Rest assured, Elder Xuan, ever since the last Soul Fighting Competition, we've been intensively training seed contestants," Yan Shaozhe said with a wry smile.
Compared to before, the overall quality of this generation of Shrek students was superior, a result of the Academy's substantial resource investment.
At appraisal meetings, even rare treasures appeared multiple times, offered to students as investments in the form of collateral loans.
The effects of this vast expenditure were astounding.
The students in the Inner Courtyard who were of age to participate in this Soul Fighting Competition had been under early intense scrutiny; even the tasks for hunting Evil Soul Masters were reduced, allowing them to cultivate peacefully in the Inner Courtyard.
"Hmm, this time sects are also allowed to participate. I'd like to have the Tang Sect form a team as well," Elder Xuan stated his plan.
It was about not putting all eggs in one basket, though spoken in grand terms.
For the revival of the Tang Sect.
The Tang Sect had once been an ally of Shrek.
Both...
"The qualification requires at least five Soul Sect level disciples, which isn't difficult, but can the Tang Sect gather the required team of fourteen?"
Participation requires official members and standby reserves for emergencies, totaling fourteen people.
Of course, choosing to enter the competition with fewer people is possible.
Even if you only register five Soul Sect members from your own sect, you can compete, but how to compete after taking the stage is another matter entirely.
Having the Tang Sect participate served as a backup plan, and their equipment couldn't be negligent.
At a minimum, a Soul Emperor should lead, and ideally, all members should be Soul Kings.
Otherwise, it would really be difficult to suppress the Sun and Moon Empire.
Thinking of the three colossal threats from the Sun and Moon Empire in the competition, Yan Shaozhe, Xuanzi, and even all the members of the Sea God Pavilion present felt profoundly heavy-hearted.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who had reached Soul King level early on, might now be Soul Emperors, and they possessed a Soul Fusion Skill.
Su Yu, back then, possessed Soul Sect cultivation at the age of thirteen, even with a Millennium Second Ring and Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring, capable of surpassing challenges one against seven.
Just these three alone warranted their gravity.
Especially Su Yu, who didn't come from the traditional Soul Guide path of the Sun and Moon Empire; his strength was heavily focused on the Soul Master direction, and with Soul-guiding Device armament, he practically had no weaknesses.
The terrifying endurance capability...
All these exert immense pressure on Shrek.
"Rest assured, Elder Xuan, Shrek doesn't lack geniuses."
Cultivating to Soul King before the age of twenty isn't difficult.
The challenge is primarily in resources.
"Wang Dong will join Tang Sect's team." At this moment, Titan, who had remained silent with closed eyes, spoke.
His voice was one of undeniable certainty.
Neither Elder Xuan nor the others had objections to his statement.
"Hmm, I also plan to have Ningtian from the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion join the Tang Sect, and Jiang Nannan will also join the Tang Sect," Yan Shaozhe said, continuing Titan's thought with his plan.
"Xiaoya's current Soul Power is at Level 49; I will assist her in breaking through to Level 50 before the competition, personally leading the team to participate. Together with Beibei, Tang Sect's seven main members will be complete."
"Hmm, is the team representing Shrek prepared?"
The Tang Sect's configuration was already luxurious, with Beibei, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan as the three Soul Emperors. Even in Shrek's past, not every occasion could boast of such a lineup.
Especially Jiang Nannan, a direct beneficiary of Shrek's resource allocation, her Fourth Soul Skill, Invincible Golden Body, was considered the best approach against Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's Soul Fusion Skill.
Of course, Wang Dong's strength was also not to be underestimated.
However, with Jiang Nannan participating in the Tang Sect team, how should Shrek's own team counter this Soul Fusion Skill?