Although the Heaven Dou Empire had already heard fragments of news about the Star Luo Empire being conquered, the Spirit Hall still had not removed its blockade line.
On the tenth day of the Spirit Hall's attack on the Star Luo Empire, the blockade line was finally withdrawn. Immediately afterward, many curious soul masters and civilians from the Heaven Dou Empire entered the Star Luo Empire to learn about the situation.
What shocked them was that in the cities surrounding the Star Luo Empire, the authorities had all been replaced by people from the Spirit Hall.
The original Spirit Hall Main Hall, subsidiary halls, and branch halls located in the cities had directly become the City Lord's Mansions, managing the affairs within the cities.
Many soul masters from the Spirit Hall were patrolling the cities. There was no chaos; instead, everywhere one could see civilians excitedly discussing the new beneficial policies for the people.
The most frequently heard words by those who came from the Heaven Dou Empire were the four characters "Spirit Empire."
These people were deeply shocked and hurriedly rushed back to the Heaven Dou Empire to spread the news of what they had heard and seen in the Star Luo Empire.
On the same day, a message was issued from the Pope's Palace in Spirit City: the Spirit Empire was officially declared established. The first emperor was Queen Bibi Dong, the imperial capital was Spirit City, and the territory consisted of the former Star Luo Empire plus the original Spirit Hall's regions.
In just a few days, the news of the Spirit Empire's establishment spread across the continent through the Spirit Halls in various locations.
At the same time, the Spirit Hall promoted the various attractive laws and regulations of the Spirit Empire. While trying to minimize the reduction of benefits for the upper class, it greatly increased preferential treatment for the middle and lower class civilians.
In the Heaven Dou Empire, the middle and lower-class civilians immediately became envious.
On that very day, many civilians near the border even moved to the territory of the former Star Luo Empire, hoping to enjoy the generous treatment of the Spirit Empire.
To their pleasant surprise, the Spirit Empire truly welcomed everyone. As long as they joined the Spirit Empire, they could enjoy all the treatments given to its citizens.
In just a few days, a wave of enthusiasm for joining the Spirit Empire swept across the entire continent.
However, this was only among the middle and lower-class personnel; those from the upper class were still observing the situation.
The ones who least wanted the country to change were the wealthy.
During these days, a tall and sturdy figure wearing a black robe appeared outside Spirit City, gazing in the direction of the Pope's Palace for a long time without leaving.
In the territory of the former Star Luo Empire, a man and a woman were hurriedly fleeing for their lives. The man had golden hair and double pupils, handsome and extraordinary. The woman was as cold and elegant as an immortal, with agile movements.
In a city in the northern part of the Heaven Dou Empire near the Icebound Forest, a man with a full beard said goodbye to his adventure team companions and set off on his journey back to Heaven Dou City.
In a brothel, a fat man was embracing beauties on both sides, sipping fine wine passed from a beauty's lips, and murmured, "It's time for me to go back…"
Tang San stood on the top floor of Moon Pavilion, gazing south, murmuring in his mouth: "Dai boss, Zhuqing, are you two still alive?
"Spirit Hall!"
His hands clenched tightly, and the vast killing intent in his body suddenly could not be controlled and erupted outward.
"Little San, calm down!" A pleasant voice came from behind.
"Auntie, I want to return to Shrek Academy."
"No, unless you can pass my assessment, or your father comes to pick you up."
Tang San fell silent. In his eyes there was longing, along with threads of killing intent flowing.
…
On the tenth day after the fall of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing finally arrived at Heaven Dou City.
When they stood outside the academy and saw the huge plaque of Shrek Academy, the two of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Both faces were full of haggardness and exhaustion. During these days, they had been hiding and evading, afraid of being discovered by people from the Spirit Hall.
Now that they had finally returned to Shrek Academy, they could finally relax.
In the meeting hall of Shrek Academy, the atmosphere today was somewhat lively.
Fatty Ma Hongjun was proudly talking about his experiences during his years of training outside.
The Masters and the others listened with smiles.
Ning Rongrong nestled against the shoulder of a man with several scars on his face; their hands were tightly interlocked with fingers entwined.
Upon careful inspection, this man was clearly the Sausage Monopoly Oscar from back then.
He remained silent. His handsome face now had a few more ferocious marks, but his temperament had also become steadier.
Ning Fengzhi looked at his daughter leaning on Oscar's shoulder and felt some comfort in his heart, but also some worry.
It had already been more than ten days. He was very afraid that in a while his daughter would start showing signs of vomiting.
On the surface, everyone looked happy, but their hearts were heavy. No one spoke their worries aloud.
A moment later, when Ma Hongjun's throat became dry from talking and he stopped to drink water, Oscar spoke calmly: "The Star Luo Empire has been destroyed. Are Dai boss and Zhuqing dead?"
His voice was very calm, lacking fluctuation. This was related to his experiences over the years. Even after returning to this warm big family, he still lacked a sense of security.
As soon as Oscar spoke, everyone fell silent. Their faces showed grief that was hard to conceal.
After a long time, the Master sighed and said: "The Star Luo Empire has been destroyed. I heard that all members of the Star Luo imperial family were killed."
After the Master's words fell, there was another long silence.
A wave of sadness unconsciously spread.
A moment later, footsteps sounded, and a man and a woman appeared at the entrance of the meeting hall.
Their familiar appearances caused everyone in the hall to be startled. They immediately stood up.
"Mubai."
"Zhuqing."
"You're not dead?"
Ning Rongrong released Oscar's hand and rushed forward, hugging Zhu Zhuqing tightly.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar also quickly stepped forward, exchanging fist bumps to the chest with Dai Mubai.
The teachers of Shrek finally breathed a sigh of relief and revealed gratified smiles.
Not a single one of Shrek's most outstanding monsters had died.
A moment later, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing sat down. Under the questioning of the Master and the others, they recounted their escape process.
"After Zhuqing and I returned to the Star Luo Empire back then, we were conferred the titles of Crown Prince and Crown Princess. After four years, we both grew tired of the imperial family's scheming and deceitful days, so we escaped.
"We missed the life at Shrek Academy and the feeling of freedom. When the imperial family discovered we were gone, they would naturally pass the throne to my brother.
"After Zhuqing and I left the imperial family, we traveled within the empire. What we didn't expect was that the Spirit Hall would come and slaughter all the imperial family members in Star Luo City. By the time we rushed back to Star Luo City, it was already too late.
"So we could only flee, avoiding the Spirit Hall's sight all the way, and finally returned to Shrek Academy."
After Dai Mubai finished speaking, his eyes had already become moist.
Zhu Zhuqing, on the other hand, had long been in tears.
The Master and the others sighed with emotion. They had not expected Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to have escaped this calamity in such a way.
The Master said: "Since that's the case, you two should stay in the academy from now on. With us here, we absolutely will not let the Spirit Hall harm you."
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing nodded.
Dai Mubai looked around and asked in confusion: "Where's Little San? And Xiao Wu, haven't they returned yet?"
The Master replied: "Little San went training with his father and there is no news yet. Over these years, Xiao Wu has never returned to Shrek."
Ning Rongrong said: "It's a pity we don't know where Xiao Wu's home is, otherwise we would have gone to find her long ago."
Oscar said: "More than four years ago, didn't we agree outside Spirit City to meet again in five years? There's still about a year left. Little San will definitely come back, and he should know where Xiao Wu lives."
Flender spoke up: "Then it's settled. The world is so chaotic right now; you all should stay in the academy and wait for Little San and Xiao Wu to return."
"Okay." The Shrek Five Monsters agreed.
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Inside Spirit City, the Pope's Palace was still as magnificent and splendid as ever. Pope Bibi Dong had already become the first-generation emperor of the Spirit Empire.
In the imperial study, master and disciple were gathered together.
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