The livestream audience had no idea what was about to unfold, except for Lin Yu, who had a knowing smirk.
In the broadcast, after shaking off Xue Beng, Shrek Academy's crew, led by Sun Buyu, was taken to an office building at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, where they met Qin Ming.
Qin Ming, warm and welcoming, took the Shrek team out to a fine restaurant in Heaven Dou City for a proper meal. He even arranged accommodations for them. The next day, the group was led to the main office building, where they met the three deans of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy: Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin.
As the live stream continued, the deans of Heaven Dou were puzzled.
"Is Shrek Academy going to join us?" they wondered.
If so, Heaven Dou Empire could greatly benefit—these seven students from Shrek Academy were future gods, after all! But just as Meng Shenji and the other two pondered this, the stream progressed.
At the office building, Qin Ming introduced Shrek Academy's members to the deans, and both sides exchanged polite compliments. Then, following the original story, despite Qin Ming's endorsement and confirmation from the defeated Emperor Battle Team, the deans wanted to test Tang San themselves. Zhilin stepped up for the challenge.
As Zhilin unleashed his spirit power pressure, Tang San not only withstood it but exceeded all expectations. During the test, he also revealed his external spirit bone—the Eight Spider Lances, which further impressed the Heaven Dou deans.
Meanwhile, in the livestream chat, Tang San was dumbfounded to see the eight black-purple spider legs sprouting from his back.
"What the hell are these?"
Though spirit bones had been mentioned during previous stream giveaways, Tang San had only asked Yu Xiaogang about the basic types—head, torso, arm, and leg bones. He had never heard of external spirit bones because of their extreme rarity.
Yu Xiaogang then explained the nature of external spirit bones to him, mentioning how they evolve as the spirit master grows stronger. This only fueled Tang San's hatred toward Lin Yu even more.
"If it weren't for Lin Yu, I wouldn't be in this miserable situation. In the future, I had a girl I liked, brothers to trust, and even this rare external spirit bone…"
But just as everything seemed to be going well and Meng Shenji was about to sign Shrek Academy on to join Heaven Dou, things took a sudden turn.
Outside the office, a white-haired old man wearing a luxurious golden robe entered, accompanied by a young man with a swollen, bruised face, and another sinister-looking elder in green armor. The swollen-faced youth was instantly recognizable to the livestream viewers—he was none other than Xue Beng, the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, who had been beaten up by the Shrek team earlier.
When Dai Tianfeng of the Star Luo Empire saw this, he couldn't help but smirk.
"Looks like there's going to be trouble."
Dai Tianfeng knew how these arrogant, privileged nobles operated. Shrek Academy had humiliated Xue Beng, and there was no way this would end peacefully.
As predicted, things escalated quickly. With the interference of Xue Xing, the prince, and the poisonous Douluo Dugu Bo, Shrek Academy was expelled from Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
The Shrek group, furious at their treatment, vowed to make a comeback at the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament and slap Xue Xing in the face.
But for now, they needed to find another academy to join to compete. As they were leaving the city, Flender spotted a recruitment poster from the Blue Tyrant Academy looking for teachers. Seizing the opportunity, Shrek Academy successfully integrated into Blue Tyrant Academy.
At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yu's lips curled into a satisfied grin.
"Haha! Just when I thought I'd run out of ways to expose Yu Xiaogang, I remembered… I haven't revealed his relationship with his cousin Liu Erlong yet! The guy's a fraud, always putting on airs—let's see how he recovers from this."
In the livestream, after joining Blue Tyrant Academy, Flender and the others were led to the academy's secluded rear mountain, where they encountered Liu Erlong.
The moment Yu Xiaogang saw her, his face twisted in pain, and he immediately tried to flee, only to be stopped by Flender.
Their exchange, filled with cryptic remarks like "She's waited twenty years for you," and "We can't be together," left the livestream audience confused.
Then came the bombshell.
Yu Xiaogang's inner thoughts were suddenly broadcast to everyone watching the stream:
"We really can't be together… because we're first cousins, only one generation apart!"
The entire livestream audience erupted into chaos as the truth hit them like a ton of bricks.