Starting Over: Retiring from Shrek, A Nine-Choice Golden Finger

After a catastrophic accident destroys Gu Lan's martial soul and strips him of all cultivation ability, the one truly responsible—Xuan Zi—escapes any consequence. Worse still, Zhang Lexuan begs Xuan Zi to return as head of the Shrek Supervisory Group, as if nothing happened. Disillusioned and bitter, Gu Lan makes the decisive choice to withdraw from Shrek Academy. Yet just as he walks away, fragments of a past life surge back into his mind, awakening a extraordinary golden finger: a system offering nine supreme powers, from which he must select four. The options include twin god-level martial souls, the Blue Silver Domain, an Angel Suit spirit bone, a million-year soul beast origin, the Golden Dragon King bloodline, a Guardian, immortal spirit herbs, a divine artifact, and the Xuan Tian Bao Lu. Gu Lan wastes no time. He claims the Golden Dragon King bloodline first, then secures twin god-level martial souls—drawing the Body Martial Soul and the Necromantic Saint Sorcerer Martial Soul—alongside the Guardian, which manifests as the Snow Empress. With such overwhelming power now at his command, Gu Lan laughs with fierce satisfaction, vowing that Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy will one day face the judgment they deserve.