The Legend of the Dragon King

“I pay my respects to Her Excellencies and my fellow seniors!” Tang Wulin’s voice was filled with emotion.

The Holy Spirit Douluo Yali’s emotions seemed much calmer than before. She nodded slightly acknowledging Tang Wulin. When the Light Dark Douluo saw Tang Wulin, her gaze brightened up.

Shortly after, Tang Wulin felt the air around him freeze over. It was not that time had stopped, but the elemental particles around him had stopped in that instant.

What was this? Shortly after, these elemental particles pressed against him. Tang Wulin instinctively commanded these elemental particles to stop. For a time, the elements in the air around him plunged into chaos. On the other hand, what the others saw was a shockwave which created a disturbance in the air. It was as if the air around them had turned dense.

The Holy Spirit Douluo’s initially lifeless eyes displayed a puzzled look. She looked at Tang Wulin with shock. However, the Amorous Douluo Zang Xin who stood half a step behind Tang Wulin had a grin on his face.

The shockwave in the air only lasted for a short while. The Light Dark Douluo Long Yeyue nodded toward Tang Wulin. “Very good! You didn’t let Yun Ming down. You’ve done well.”

Tang Wulin understood very well what had just transpired. The elemental changes he experienced was an assessment by the great Shrek Academy expert before him.

Without a doubt, Long Yeyue also had the Spirit Domain spiritual powers. They were of the same Domain, but she was much more powerful than him. She immediately sensed the rank of his current spiritual power.

After his cultivation during the past few days, Tang Wulin’s Spirit Domain spiritual powers had stabilized. However, he was unsure how far he could develop his Spirit Domain in the future. After all, it was not something he had learned before. Previously, he was leagues away from his current rank.

Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng walked up to him. As the great senior disciple brother of the inner court, Lan Muzi said with a smile, “Wulin, welcome back.”

Tang Wulin blurted, “It’s good to see you again, senior.”

Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng exchanged glances and smiled at each other. In the depths of their eyes, there was a tinge of sadness.

Long Yeyue asked Tang Wulin, “What did you come for today?”

Tang Wulin replied, “I’ve initially come to fetch Her Excellency the Holy Spirit Douluo. I didn’t expect to find the Tang Sect in such fine condition.” The conditions at the Tang Sect’s underground world were much better than the refugee shelter under the Sea God Lake. Without a doubt, it was a better choice to stay here. Moreover, the Light Dark Douluo and the other seniors were all here.

“Where to? Wu Zhangkong’s place?” asked Long Yeyue.

Tang Wulin was stunned, “Your Excellency, you know about Teacher Wu’s condition?”

Long Yeyue replied, “As the oldest person in Shrek Academy, how can I not know about the refugee shelter? Their every action there is under our supervision. That boy, Wu Zhangkong, is doing a fine job. We were worried that some of the outer court disciples were immature or inexperienced. That’s why we didn’t bring them here. It’s been a year. So, I think it’s time we brought them over.”

If they brought all the students here, it would be much better than leaving them at the refugee shelter. The Tang Sect had ample resources here. It would not be a problem.

Tang Wulin was overjoyed. “That’s great! I’ll go and fetch Teacher Wu and the others then.”

Long Yeyue waved her hand. “There’s no rush. You come with me.”

She then turned around and walked toward a room at the side. The Holy Spirit Douluo Yali nodded at him.

Tang Wulin followed the Light Dark Douluo into the room. The door automatically shut behind them.

“Let’s talk about your Spirit Domain. How did you attain it?” Long Yeyue asked directly.

Tang Wulin replied, “It happened when I was in the Blood God Army…” He then recounted his experiences in the Blood God Army, though he left out the part about the Life Seed. After all, the Life Seed was a sensitive topic. Before the Life Tree had fully grown, he thought it would be better to keep it a secret.

After she heard his account, Long Yeyue appeared a little shocked. “No wonder, no wonder…”

“What do you mean?” Tang Wulin looked at Long Yeyue with a puzzled expression.

However, Long Yeyue had a smile on her face. “No wonder Zang Xin told me the other day that you’re the current Tang Sect’s sect master. I was wondering why those two penurious men, Cao Dezhi and him, allowed you to utilize all the resources. Now I know it’s because you’ve received the plane’s approval.”

Tang Wulin was stunned. “I’ve received the plane’s approval?”

Long Yeyue said, “I see you don’t understand what it means to be approved by the plane yet. Every plane is an existing individual system in the world. Even the Divine Realm is a plane. Planes are divided into superior and inferior planes. The planes where higher intelligent beings are born are known as high-order planes. The plane which rules over and controls more than three high-order planes is known as the Divine Realm.”

Tang Wulin’s heart fluttered. He listened intently to Long Yeyue’s account.

As Shrek Academy’s elder, the oldest senior of the soul masters’ realm, the Light Dark Douluo had been a Limit Douluo for a long time. Undoubtedly, her understanding and experience of the high-order planes were the most complete. Listening to her would be useful for his future cultivation and goal-setting.

“Every plane is the result of the breaking of the universe’s energies. These energies have varying lifespans. Some would dissipate immediately, while some will end up being devoid of life and eventually die off. Others will become celestial bodies like the Douluo Star which we’re on.”

“This transformation process is measured in hundreds of millions of years. When some planes began to develop consciousness, they progressed to become a high-order plane. The primary characteristic of a high-order plane is, like I’ve said, the existence of intelligent life. Throughout the process, the plane itself must have a certain level of intelligence as well. The process is known as evolution.”

“Our Douluo Star is such a plane. It’s continuously evolving. Soul beasts are born, then the humans and all others continued to this day.”

“The lord of this plane is the entire Douluo Star. The Douluo Star can be considered as a high-ranking existence among the planes. Not only did it give birth to life and intelligence, it even formed laws that are unique to the Douluo Star. I’m referring to the martial soul. The martial souls we humans possess and the powers the soul beasts possess exist because of the planar laws. These laws control the intelligence of the entire celestial body and promote the development of the celestial body.”

“If everything went on as usual, humans will continue to evolve and eventually rise into the Divine Realm. With the Douluo Star’s potential, after countless years, the humans who’ve moved to the Divine Realm may gain control of the entire Divine Realm and make Douluo Star a part of the Divine Realm. This is the evolution path the Douluo Star has chosen.”

“Out of the blue, a disruption took place about ten thousand years ago. The Divine Realm vanished with no known reasons. Maybe the plane’s lord knows, but we’re not sure. What we know is, after the Divine Realm disappeared, it had a great impact on the Douluo plane as well.”

“If you study history, you’ll discover that the number of Limit Douluos appearing in the recent ten thousand years was more than the number in the previous ten thousand years. Although we may not be able to compare with any generation whose talents were produced in the multitudes, the human race have become stronger. The high-paced development of soul technology has consumed so many resources that they’re running low. You can say all this is somehow related to the lord of the plane. It’s precisely under the silent urging of the plane’s power that humans have progressed this quickly. This is especially true in the recent ten thousand years. With the maturity of the flying soul devices and mechas, humans have begun exploring outer space to look for other celestial bodies. All this is possible with the support of the plane’s lord.”