Douluo: Wuhun Qimen Formation, control everything!

"Let's go see Zhou Xuan. He's a very high-ranking person now, so it's not easy to get a meeting with him."

Wang Dong led Huo Yuhao toward Seagod Island.

Huo Yuhao nodded excitedly, wondering how Zhou Xuan was doing two and a half years later.

But judging from what Wang Dong said, it certainly won't be bad.

In a courtyard on Poseidon Island, a small building stands quietly. This is where Mu En died. At this moment, all the elders of the Poseidon Pavilion stand in the courtyard, silently looking at the tall, golden ancient tree.

Several figures stood quietly beneath the tree.

Zhou Xuan was among them.

He appeared even more upright, dressed in an elegant white robe, his long hair tied up with a simple jade hairpin, and his face was filled with sadness.

Huo Yuhao recognized him at a glance. In just over two years, Zhou Xuan had changed even more than he had imagined. He exuded a maturity and profundity that emanated from within.

Huo Yuhao couldn't contain his excitement, but he also noticed that the atmosphere was a bit off, so he didn't call out to him. Instead, he and Wang Dong stayed quietly to the side.

The atmosphere in the courtyard was stagnant, with the leaves of the ancient golden tree rustling in the breeze.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stood aside, not daring to disturb the solemn atmosphere.

Anyone with eyes can see that the atmosphere is very strange right now.

After a moment, Elder Xuan sighed softly, turned around first, and looked at Huo Yuhao: "Yuhao is back."

With their strength, it was impossible for them not to discover Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

Upon hearing the sound, Zhou Xuan slowly turned to the side.

When his gaze met Huo Yuhao's, Huo Yuhao felt that Zhou Xuan's demeanor had changed drastically.

The Zhou Xuan before him made him feel an indescribable distance. He was no longer the gentle and kind older brother in his memory who would occasionally show a boyish smile, but a king in a high position.

"Brother Zhou Xuan." Huo Yuhao's voice was slightly hoarse. After two and a half years of separation, he originally had a lot to say, but at this moment he didn't know where to begin.

A faint smile appeared on Zhou Xuan's face: "Yuhao, you're back?"

As soon as he spoke, Huo Yuhao felt that the familiar Zhou Xuan had returned, still as gentle as ever.

"You youngsters should catch up first. I won't bother you any longer." Elder Xuan gave a forced smile before leaving with the group of elders.

Although Moon had arranged most things before his death, there were still many things to do when the time came.

Now only Zhou Xuan, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao remain in the courtyard.

Jiang Nannan said softly, "Let's go inside and talk, don't stand here."

The group entered the small building. The furnishings inside were simple and elegant, reflecting Mu En's usual simplicity. After Mu En's passing, the small house naturally belonged to Zhou Xuan.

After taking his seat, Huo Yuhao looked at Zhou Xuan, who felt both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar to him.

"Brother Zhou Xuan, you...you really are..." Huo Yuhao was at a loss for words, and Wang Dong's words "the youngest member of the Sea God Pavilion" flashed through his mind.

Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, the smile softening the solemnity between his brows and adding his usual gentleness: "What, don't you recognize me?"

"No way!" Huo Yuhao quickly waved his hand and chuckled, "I just think that Brother Zhou Xuan, well, you're even more amazing now!"

He scratched his head and began to recount his experiences in the Sun Moon Empire.

"In the past two and a half years, I have indeed learned a lot at the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire."

At this point, Huo Yuhao sighed, "Their soul guidance technology has indeed developed rapidly. Many soul tools are ingeniously designed, and their power is naturally very great. In addition, there are various soul tools that are convenient for daily life."
"For example, soul tools for soul power testing, soul tools for bone age testing, and so on." Huo Yuhao recalled his experiences in the Sun Moon Empire and said slowly.

Zhou Xuan listened quietly, nodding occasionally.

"Brother Zhou Xuan," Huo Yuhao changed the subject, his tone becoming more eager, "Wang Dong said that our academy's Soul Guidance Department has changed a lot? How is it now? Can you tell me about it?"

Zhou Xuan picked up the cup of tea on the table and took a sip: "The changes in the Soul Guidance Department are indeed significant. It may soon catch up with the Sun and Moon Sect."

Huo Yuhao obviously didn't believe it, after all, he had personally witnessed just how advanced Sun Moon's soul tools were.

Zhou Xuan smiled, indicating his understanding. After all, people don't have much room for imagination when it comes to things they've never seen before.

"Now that you're back, come with me to take a look." Zhou Xuan put down his teacup and stood up.

He walked out of the small building, and Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan followed him.

Huo Yuhao followed closely behind, feeling a mixture of anticipation and doubt. He had personally witnessed the exquisite nature of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools, and it was no exaggeration to say that Shrek Academy's soul tool technology was worlds apart from that of the Sun Moon Empire. In his opinion, Shrek Academy could catch up.

impossible! Absolutely impossible!
The four of them crossed Seagod Island and headed towards the Soul Guidance Academy.
Along the way, Huo Yuhao hesitated several times before finally asking, "Brother Zhou Xuan, just now..."

Zhou Xuan paused slightly, his back view appearing somewhat heavy.

Her gentle expression turned somewhat sad as she whispered, "My teacher... he's gone."

He was taken aback, and a pang of sadness welled up in his heart.

Elder Mu already knew his true identity when he became a disciple of the elder of the Sea God Pavilion.

He never imagined that the old man guarding the entrance to the freshman dormitory would actually be the dean of Shrek Academy.

He respected Moon.

Hearing that he was gone suddenly made him feel a little sad. Although Moon was not his teacher, he had heard a lot about Moon's contributions to Shrek Academy over the past century from his own teacher.

Jiang Nannan also sighed softly.

"Let's go." Zhou Xuan patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder: "The future of Shrek Academy needs to be created by us young people. Our teacher should rest too."

Huo Yuhao nodded and followed Zhou Xuan.

Soon, they arrived at the Soul Guidance Academy.

This place is vastly different from the Soul Guidance System in Huo Yuhao's memory.

The Soul Guidance System still maintains the same style as the Shrek Academy's Martial Soul System, which is rather elegant.

Now, before me are several new buildings, each extremely tall, cast entirely from silver-gray metal, with sleek lines and a futuristic feel.

You can even see traces of the soul-guiding array in operation on the surface of the building.

"This is... the Soul Guidance Department?" Huo Yuhao asked incredulously. Zhou Xuan smiled slightly: "That's right, welcome to Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Research Center."

He led Huo Yuhao into the tallest building, which was also the core building of the Soul Guidance Department.

The doors slid open silently, revealing a spacious and bright hall.

Most notably, a huge soul-guided screen floats in the center of the hall, displaying various data streams and complex soul-guided device structure diagrams in real time.

"These are... Soul Tools?" Huo Yuhao leaned closer to a screen, on which were displayed Soul Tool design blueprints that were more complex and ingenious than any he had ever seen in the Sun Moon Empire.

Even some of the advanced soul tools he secretly "saw" did not have such a complex structure.

Zhou Xuan walked to a testing area where a Soul Master was operating a Soul Power Testing Device.

"Huo Yuhao, come and try this." Zhou Xuan pointed to the testing device.

Huo Yuhao stepped forward and, following the instructions of the Soul Master, placed his palm on the sensing area of ​​the testing device.

With a soft "beep," a gentle beam of soul power shot out from the device, instantly enveloping Huo Yuhao's arm.

On the screen, a series of data jumped rapidly before finally freezing.

"Huo Yuhao, Martial Soul: Spirit Eye, Soul Power: Level 41, Spiritual Power: Peak Purple Level." The Soul Master read out the data on the screen.

Huo Yuhao's heart skipped a beat. The accuracy and speed of this soul power testing device had surpassed those of the instruments he had seen in the Sun Moon Empire.

Moreover, it can even directly measure mental strength level?
I just don't know what this purple level means.

"How... how did you do that?" Huo Yuhao asked in surprise.

Zhou Xuan explained, "This is an auxiliary result of the Soul Guidance Computer. Through the Soul Guidance Computer's ultra-high-speed calculation, it can instantly analyze various basic data of a Soul Master. Through this data and the Soul Power fluctuations emitted by the Soul Master, it can detect the Soul Master's Soul Power more accurately than before. This is just the most basic application."

However, this machine still has some flaws. For example, it cannot detect twin martial soul masters like yourself with 100% accuracy.

Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, thinking that this was already extremely exaggerated, but he quickly noticed a new term.

"Soul-guided computer? What's that?" He felt that everything here was refreshing his understanding.

"A soul-guided computer, simply put, is a soul-guided device capable of performing ultra-high-speed calculations. The calculations I'm referring to here are not simple addition and subtraction of numbers, but a way of thinking similar to that of humans."

Although we can't achieve the level of artificial intelligence yet, to those who don't understand it, there's not much difference.

He pointed to the huge screen in the center of the hall, "The real-time data streams you are seeing now, as well as the simulated evolution of various soul tool structure diagrams, are all supported by it behind the scenes."

This entire building is dedicated to serving a super-large super soul-guided computer.

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened as he looked up at the nearly 100-meter-tall building, trying to process this entirely new concept.

"It can greatly improve the efficiency of soul guidance research, making the design of complex soul guidance arrays, material simulation, and energy conduction analysis faster and more accurate than ever before."

Zhou Xuan continued, "We no longer need to expend a lot of manpower and resources to repeatedly try and fail, as we did in the past. The soul-guided computer can simulate the vast majority of experimental results and even predict potential problems."

This greatly reduces the materials we need when researching new soul tools.

"This... is unbelievable!" Huo Yuhao murmured.

"Let's go, I'll take you deeper inside. That's where the core of the Soul Guidance Computer is." Zhou Xuan led Huo Yuhao toward the elevator.

However, it's not going up, but down.

After a few minutes, the elevator finally stopped.

The elevator doors made a soft hiss and then slowly opened.

A wave of scorching heat hit him, causing Huo Yuhao to instinctively take a step back.

"This is the core area of ​​the Soul Guidance Computer, where the heat generated by the energy circulation is enormous."

This is unavoidable. The soul-guiding array will inevitably dissipate soul power. Even if Zhou Xuan uses the Four Harmony Array to reuse this soul power, the heat generated by the dissipated soul power is still unavoidable.

As they stepped out of the elevator, the air distorted due to the high temperature, and countless intricate pipes and wires, emitting a faint glow of energy, meandered and clung to the walls and dome.

However, a chill soon swept over him, and Huo Yuhao looked around in surprise, trying to find the source of the coldness.

His gaze quickly settled on the deepest part of the vast space, where a thin, swaying mist partially obscured several enormous, crystal-clear structures.

"This is..." Huo Yuhao's tone was full of surprise and doubt.

"That's right, this is ten-thousand-year-old mystic ice."

"To alleviate the massive heat generated by the soul-guided computer during operation, we transported ancient ice from the far north. Combined with special soul-guided devices, they can maintain the temperature here within a controllable range."

Huo Yuhao felt a strange sense of comfort as he experienced the coolness.

Looking at Huo Yuhao's reaction, Zhou Xuan smiled knowingly. It's normal for someone of the Ultimate Ice to react like this.

"Won't this... alternating hot and cold temperatures damage the structure of the soul tool?" Huo Yuhao asked, looking at everything before him.

Zhou Xuan chuckled softly, his voice brimming with confidence: "Of course not. We've developed brand-new soul-guiding materials, which possess extremely strong temperature adaptability and energy conduction efficiency."

Furthermore, in conjunction with a specially designed soul-guiding array, the energy of the Myriad-Year-Old Mystic Ice does not directly impact the soul-guiding device. Instead, it is channeled through a circulation system, directing the heat energy to a designated area where it is absorbed and converted by the Mystic Ice.

He pointed to the winding pipes and added, "Look at these pipes. Inside them flows a special high-temperature energy-conducting fluid that can efficiently remove the heat generated by the Soul Guidance Computer and then cool it through the array, forming a complete energy cycle."

This not only solves the heat dissipation problem, but also converts some waste heat into auxiliary energy. The majority of the building's energy comes from this thermal energy.

Huo Yuhao was stunned.

Is this even possible? This is a path he never imagined.

He once thought that the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology was the pinnacle of the continent, but now he realized that Shrek Academy, under Zhou Xuan's leadership, had reached a height he had never imagined.

"Follow me." Zhou Xuan led them deeper into the cave, arriving at a huge, transparent crystal chamber.

Inside the crystal chamber, countless hair-thin soul wires intertwined to form a dense network, emitting a faint blue light.

"This is the core processing unit of the Soul Guidance Computer." Zhou Xuan couldn't help but feel a little proud, after all, this was the Douluo Continent version of the supercomputer core that he had personally created.

"It can process massive amounts of data at an extremely high speed. The soul power testing device you saw earlier is just one of its most insignificant applications; its main function is actually to assist us in optimizing itself." (End of Chapter)