Shrek City!
Just as Long Yeyue, Chen Xinjie, and the War God Temple experts had left Shrek City, Leng Yaozhu appeared in the underground shelter of Shrek Academy.
Located 300 meters underground, the shelter was protected by multiple soul tool formations. Not even a Spirit Domain level spiritual power could easily detect it—let alone one that had broken through to the Divine Source level.
But Leng Yaozhu had already broken through to the third level of the Divine Source Realm, and Leng Yulai had long since reached the second level. No matter how hidden the underground shelter was, it couldn't escape their spiritual perception.
In fact, no one at Shrek Academy even noticed when Leng Yaozhu entered the shelter.
As soon as she stepped into the underground refuge, Leng Yaozhu sensed a terrifying, murderous aura.
Following this aura, she eventually found the Eternal Heaven in a laboratory.
But now, Eternal Heaven was nothing more than a pile of parts.
"Let Shrek Academy, the Sun-Moon Federation, and the Spirit Pagoda all know this: once I finish dismantling the Eternal Heaven, I'll make them pay for killing my father," muttered Ling Zichen coldly, sitting among the parts.
Her eyes were icy.
In Mingdu, Long Yeyue had completely disregarded the two-thousand-year friendship between the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy and betrayed the Tang Sect without hesitation.
Now, Ling Zichen was the Tang Sect's only surviving member.
Unlike Zang Xin, she had never studied at Shrek Academy and held no affection for it.
She cared only about the Tang Sect and Zang Xin.
The Sun-Moon Federation had forced Zang Xin to his death.
Long Yeyue had betrayed both Zang Xin and the Tang Sect.
To Ling Zichen, they were both her enemies.
She had agreed to stay in Shrek Academy and help with the reconstruction just to get a chance to study Eternal Heaven.
And then, use Eternal Heaven to exact revenge on Shrek Academy, the Sun-Moon Federation, and, incidentally, the Spirit Pagoda.
"A little girl like you—what did the Spirit Pagoda ever do to you?" Leng Yaozhu asked calmly.
"Who's there?!" Ling Zichen broke into a cold sweat. Though she was just an ordinary person, even Long Yeyue wouldn't have been able to enter this lab undetected.
She spun around and saw the deputy tower master of the Spirit Pagoda, the now-famous Sky Phoenix Douluo—Leng Yaozhu.
"H-Heavenly Phoenix Your Grace!" Ling Zichen stammered, drenched in sweat. In front of Leng Yaozhu, she didn't even dare raise her head, let alone resist.
"You're from the Tang Sect?" Leng Yaozhu asked.
Looking at the dismantled Eternal Heaven, she felt fortunate.
Luckily, she arrived in time. If Ling Zichen had truly detonated Eternal Heaven, the entire Shrek City could've been reduced to rubble.
"Yes," Ling Zichen answered respectfully. "The Passionate Douluo is my adoptive father."
"Long Yeyue… should I say you're bold or foolish? After betraying the Tang Sect like that, you still handed Eternal Heaven to one of their own." Leng Yaozhu sighed.
If Long Yeyue were present and heard the conversation between Ling Zichen and Leng Yaozhu, she would surely berate Ling Zichen for being foolish.
She had betrayed the Tang Sect out of desperation, as a last resort—how could Ling Zichen blame her?
Wasn't this just hurting your own and delighting your enemies?
"I'm taking Eternal Heaven. As for you, you're coming with me to the Sun-Moon Federation." With a wave of her hand, Leng Yaozhu collected all the parts of Eternal Heaven.
She would bring them back to the Federation, where technicians would reassemble it.
There was no way she would be foolish enough to wait for Ling Zichen to finish assembling it herself.
Just to be safe, Leng Yaozhu decided to bring Ling Zichen along as well.
After all, she didn't know whether Ling Zichen had done anything else to Eternal Heaven.
"Yes, Your Grace," Ling Zichen replied, though her eyes were full of reluctance as she watched Eternal Heaven being taken away. She could do nothing in front of Leng Yaozhu.
Could she fight?
Even with a divine-level mecha, she was no match for Leng Yaozhu.
She could only obediently follow.
Fighting back would just mean death.
"I must stay alive to avenge my father," Ling Zichen thought bitterly as she left.
At this time, Yali formally announced the dissolution of Shrek Academy.
A student from the academy even uploaded a video of it online.
By the time Long Yeyue and Chen Xinjie found out, it was already too late.
"Damn Yali, I won't forgive you!" Long Yeyue roared at the sky.
Shrek Academy, with its twenty-thousand-year legacy, had just been disbanded. How could she possibly accept that?
"I didn't expect the Holy Spirit Douluo to be so ruthless. She even handed Tang Wulin over to the Sun-Moon Federation with his soul power sealed." Chen Xinjie sighed. The students who refused to leave Shrek Academy had all been sealed and given to the Federation.
Tang Wulin was among them.
Chen Xinjie sighed on the surface, but a glimmer of delight flashed in his eyes. How he wished the Sun-Moon Federation would give Tang Wulin a life sentence.
That way, Long Yeyue would be his—forever.
But his happiness didn't last long. His soul communicator suddenly rang.
Just as Chen Xinjie answered the call, before he could speak, Long Tianwu's panicked voice came through: "Don't come to Mingdu—it's a trap, ah—"
With a scream, the signal was cut off.
"Let's go back. Keep a close watch on Eternal Heaven. As long as we have it, the Sun-Moon Federation won't dare go too far." Gritting her teeth, Long Yeyue stood up, preparing to return to Shrek Academy.
Eternal Heaven was her only remaining trump card.
"It's too late. Eternal Heaven has already been taken by Leng Yaozhu." A figure appeared before Long Yeyue and Chen Xinjie—it was Tang Hao.
"You are?" Tang Hao's sudden appearance startled Chen Xinjie and Yuanen Zhentian.
Chen Xinjie instinctively shielded Long Yeyue.
For someone to appear silently before them, their power had to vastly surpass both his and Long Yeyue's.
Faced with such a terrifying existence, how could Chen Xinjie afford to be careless?
"Get lost." Long Yeyue, not at all appreciative of Chen Xinjie's protection, kicked him aside.
"Yueyue, I…" Chen Xinjie looked utterly dejected, pitifully gazing at Long Yeyue. Was it wrong to protect her?
"Shut up. Who's your 'Yueyue'?" Long Yeyue glared at him murderously.
She was already married to Tang Wulin, which meant Tang Hao was technically her grandfather.
She wouldn't dare get too close to Chen Xinjie in front of him.
After scolding Chen Xinjie, she turned respectfully to Tang Hao. "Grandfather, what you said just now—Eternal Heaven was taken by Leng Yaozhu—is it true?"
"Grandfather?!" Chen Xinjie was dumbfounded, staring at Long Yeyue and Tang Hao.
Long Yeyue and... grandfather?
Why had he never heard of this?
"It's true." Tang Hao nodded, ignoring Chen Xinjie's reaction. He said, "Shrek Academy is finished. You two should leave. The enemy is too strong right now—don't stir up more trouble. Wait until the child in your belly, the Sea God Poseidon, grows stronger. Then everything will fall into place."
"But—"
"No buts." Tang Hao cut her off immediately.
"I've already rescued Wulin. As for the others, I haven't fully recovered yet. I can't help them for now," he said.
"This senior, I don't care what your relationship with Yueyue is, but interrupting someone is rude," Chen Xinjie finally snapped, unable to watch Tang Hao ignore Long Yeyue's dignity.
Even if he was her grandfather, he shouldn't treat her like that.
"I am the Lord of the Douluo Plane." Tang Hao cast a cold glance at Chen Xinjie.
"You dared sleep with my grandson's wife. If you weren't still useful, I would've killed you a hundred times over," Tang Hao thought darkly.
"Plane Lord! Tang Wulin's grandfather—the Sea God Tang San's father!" Chen Xinjie froze, finally understanding why Long Yeyue had called him grandfather.
"That's right. That's me," Tang Hao confirmed, then turned away from him and continued speaking to Long Yeyue. "You two should leave now. No matter how strong the enemy is, once the child in your belly regains his Sea God powers, everything will resolve itself. If you want to rebuild Shrek Academy, it'll be as simple as a word from your child."
"I'll listen to Grandfather," Long Yeyue said reluctantly, but since Tang Hao had spoken, she had no choice but to obey. (End of Chapter)