Chapter 199: Chapter 199
**Chapter 199: Tang Wutong Travels to the Past**
Tang Wutong sat silently, processing her surroundings. Tiandou Royal Academy? The name sounded familiar, sparking a memory of her mother's stories.
Her mother had once mentioned that before becoming a god, she attended a place called Shrek Academy. Though Shrek Academy had been small and recently established, its students were exceptional—monsters, as her mother described them.
There were six of them: her mother, Aunt Zhuqing, Aunt Rongrong, Uncle Mubai, Uncle Xiaoao, and Uncle Hongjun. Together, they studied and trained at Shrek Academy, eventually elevating it to the number one academy in the Tiandou Empire.
However, before Shrek Academy's rise, Tiandou Royal Academy had held the title of the empire's top academy.
Tang Wutong's eyes sparkled with excitement. "I've really arrived on the Douluo Continent! Hahaha!" She leapt to her feet, thrilled by the realization.
But unknown to her, she had lost part of her memory. In her current recollection, her mother was the Sea God and God of Asura. She had no memory of her father or the Haotian Sect. She believed she had been born without a father and felt an inexplicable disgust at the very thought of the word.
The female students from Tiandou Royal Academy exchanged puzzled glances, watching her outburst.
What's wrong with this girl? one thought. "Finally arrived on the Douluo Continent"? Wasn't she born here?
After calming herself, Tang Wutong turned to the students and asked eagerly, "Sisters, can you tell me where Shrek Academy is? I want to study there!"
The students frowned, exchanging confused looks.
"Shrek Academy? What's that?" one asked. "I've never heard of it."
Tang Wutong froze in disbelief. "What? You haven't heard of it? That can't be right!"
Her mother had told her that Shrek Academy had won first place in the Pan-Douluo Soul Master Elite Competition. Even if time in the God Realm moved differently and 10,000 years had passed on the Douluo Continent, an academy with such a legacy couldn't have disappeared.
Disappointment settled in as she realized the academy might have faded into history. Shrek Academy, the institution her family had worked so hard to build, was no more.
One student, noticing Tang Wutong's sadness, tried to cheer her up.
"Don't worry, little sister. Even if you can't find that academy, you can enroll in our Tiandou Royal Academy! We're the number one academy in the Tiandou Empire. Only Xingluo Royal Academy and Spirit Academy can compare to us!"
"Spirit Academy?" Tang Wutong asked, startled. "You mean the Spirit Academy from Spirit Hall?"
"Of course! What other Spirit Academy is there?" one student replied, giving Tang Wutong a strange look.
Tang Wutong shook her head vehemently. "That's impossible! Spirit Hall was destroyed by Sea God Xiao Wu 10,000 years ago. How can it still exist?"
Her declaration shocked the students, who gasped audibly.
"Destroyed?" one student whispered. "What nonsense are you spouting? Spirit Hall is at the height of its power!"
"Little sister," another cautioned, "you shouldn't say things like that. Spirit Hall spans the Tiandou and Xingluo Empires. If they hear you, you'll be in serious trouble."
"The Spirit Hall even has Soul Saints and Soul Douluos stationed in its branch halls, let alone the main hall," added another. "Don't talk nonsense about them."
"As for this Sea God Xiao Wu you mentioned, we've never heard of her," one said dismissively.
Tang Wutong's confusion deepened. How could Spirit Hall still exist? How could no one know about her mother, Uncle Mubai, Aunt Zhuqing, or the others?
Could it be… had she traveled more than 10,000 years into the past? The idea seemed absurd, even impossible. Not even her mother, the Sea God, or her other relatives had such an ability.
She decided she needed answers. Perhaps she could find them at the Spirit Hall branch in Tiandou Imperial City. If her mother and her friends had truly been erased from history, she would ensure the truth was known when she returned to the God Realm.
Tang Wutong recalled vague stories about Spirit Hall, though her memories felt incomplete. She had heard that they hunted soul beasts and used their soul rings to strengthen their powers.
Her mother had been a soul beast before transforming into a human, and it pained Tang Wutong to imagine her kind being slaughtered.
Yet, wasn't absorbing soul rings the norm for humans striving for strength? If humans didn't absorb soul rings, how would they progress? Could Spirit Hall truly be blamed for something every human soul master did?
The contradiction left her conflicted, her thoughts swirling in confusion.
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