Chapter 174 Who needs exchange students? They all have to come to White Shrek Academy.
The scene shifts back to Shrek Academy in the white world.
After successfully forging his One-Word Battle Armor and completing a series of practical exercises on the Laws of Order, Huo Yuhao returned smoothly to the academy accompanied by the Tang Sect members. He showed no arrogance despite this breakthrough, quickly throwing himself into his daily theoretical courses and mental topology experiments.
The timeline then accelerates. In the scene, the inner and outer courtyards of White Shrek Academy each perform their functions, and everything unfolds normally within the established logical order.
Without Tang Ya's descent into darkness, without the despair brought on by the injuries of the main team members, each student was methodically improving their soul power and knowledge reserves according to their own talent sequence.
Upon witnessing this scene, the Soul Masters of the Underworld relaxed their tense nerves slightly, and discussions resumed.
"The way things have progressed here is pretty much in line with the timeline of the underworld," a veteran underworld Grand Soul Master stroked his beard and analyzed. "If we follow this timeline, we'll probably be getting to that so-called 'exchange student' process soon, right?"
"Exchange students?" Another Soul Master scoffed, his eyes full of disdain. "How could something like that possibly happen at Shrek Academy in the White World?"
"That's right. Shrek Academy in the underworld, which claims to be the number one academy in Douluo Continent, actually has to send its most core genius to the Sun Moon Empire to teach a so-called 'ultimate individual soldier'."
"This kind of situation, where one is arrogant on the one hand and has to steal the opponent's technology on the other, is a laughable joke from any perspective."
"You bet, that's hilarious. The logic itself is flawed that the First Academy can't teach students."
At this moment, in the ruined square of Shrek Academy, Hei Xuanzi, whose external injuries had been healed by a high-level medical soul master but whose spirit was still weak, was staring intently at the sky.
He listened to the mockery and ridicule from all over the continent, his face turning extremely ugly. He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself:
"What do you people know, all of you? I want to see what Xuanzi of the White World is up to!"
[The aerial footage continues to advance.]
Finally, the timeline of the white world precisely arrived at the day the black world launched the "exchange student program."
However, within Shrek Academy in the White World, no proposals regarding "sending spies" or "technology exchange" emerged.
The gates of the Sea God Pavilion opened to the entire continent, and an "Invitation to the Open Class on Order and Civilization," personally signed by Bai Xuanzi, was sent to every corner of the Douluo Continent.
[In the scene, Shrek Academy in the White World not only didn't send Huo Yuhao out, but instead formulated a set of rules called "Seven-Day Open Class":]
In other words, all advanced soul master academies on the Douluo Continent, including the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and the Body Sect, can select a maximum of three of their most outstanding students to attend classes at Shrek Academy's inner courtyard.
[Attendance is limited to seven days, and only these seven days are granted each year. However, during these seven days, Shrek Academy will publicly reveal the fundamental theories of core areas such as Order Armament, Soul Fusion, and Mental Power Solidification.]
This scene plunged the entire underworld into a deathly silence, followed by an overwhelming wave of emotions.
"This...this is the kind of prestige a true top academy should have!" A rogue soul master from the underworld slapped his thigh, his eyes filled with longing.
"It's not that I'm begging you to teach me, but rather that I'm sitting here magnanimously, inviting all the geniuses in the world to listen to my lectures."
"Not only do they not need to steal knowledge through exchange students, but they have also become the source of knowledge output. The Shrek in the white world don't need to worry about others learning anything because they have mastered the underlying logic. This kind of confidence is something that the conservative old-fashioned people in the black world can never understand in their entire lives."
"The Shrek Academy in the dark world is trying to 'study', while the Shrek Academy in the white world is setting the 'rules'. This difference in perspective is even more despairing than the difference in soul power level."
This move by the White World completely shattered the Black World Soul Masters' preconceived notions about the "First Academy".
In the underworld, soul skills are kept secret, and the core soul guidance array is top secret. Major forces will stop at nothing to maintain technological secrecy.
But Shrek from the white world has brought these theories, which the dark world has been dreaming of, to the forefront.
"Look at those invitations; even the rival Sun Moon Royal Academy received them," a teacher from the underworld said in a trembling voice. "This means that in the eyes of the White Order, the dissemination of knowledge is itself part of the order. They are not afraid of being surpassed at all, because while you are still studying their publicly available basic theories, they have already built a higher-dimensional civilization framework on top of these theories."
"This kind of overwhelming dominance is the real way to kill someone and destroy their spirit."
In the white world depicted in the scene, geniuses from various academies are stepping into Shrek Academy with a sense of pilgrimage.
They harbored no hostility, no scheming, only a thirst for truth. This peaceful and uplifting atmosphere stood in stark contrast to the suspicious and espionage-ridden "exchanges" of the underworld.
Hei Xuanzi trembled with rage as he watched the various geniuses respectfully bowing to Bai Xuanzi in the scene, and another mouthful of blood gushed out. This "orthodox" status, recognized by the entire plane, was a dream that his Black Shrek Academy could never reach.
[The scene shows the plaza in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard packed with people.]
[Bai Huoyuhao, as a teaching assistant, is assisting Bai Xuanzi in a live demonstration. He is not wearing any heavy or complex soul tools; he simply raises his hand, a faint light flashing at his fingertips, and a miniature prototype of an exoskeleton automatically assembles in mid-air.]
The students below the stage—including the elites from the Sun Moon Empire—held their breath, their recorders flashing wildly. What they were seeing wasn't just a soul tool, but a completely new logic capable of fundamentally changing the soul master profession.
"Look, aren't those Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen from the Sun and Moon Empire?" the audience in the Black World exclaimed. "They are in the White World, recording knowledge in such a humble and devout way. This is an absolutely impossible scene in the Black World."
This "all-out pilgrimage" achieved through public lectures instilled unprecedented shame in the elders of the underworld.
Moon closed his eyes in his wheelchair. He finally understood that Shrek Academy's strength lay not in its monopoly on martial souls, but in its absolute magnanimity—the ability to lead an era and dare to make it public. The moment Black Shrek sent Huo Yuhao to the Sun Moon Empire, they had already lost the soul of the First Academy.
Through these seven days of open classes, Bai Shrek has etched his name into every cornerstone of the Douluo civilization.
(End of chapter)