Shrek Seven Gods: Who Moved My Cheese

Yet for the general public who knew this history, it was an entirely different feeling.

When children turned six, they could awaken their martial souls for free. Soul Masters with Soul Power could obtain Work-Study Student slots, attend school, and receive a monthly stipend after becoming Soul Master students.

This...

Wasn't this a wonderful world? Why was it called the Dark Age?

If history had truly been like this, why had the era of Spirit Hall been ended by the Shrek Seven Devils?

What Hua Qiang did not know was that if He Hua's actions had been revenge against those nobles—endangering their lives and challenging the order they had established, thus causing all sides to unite and strangle her—then...

Hua Qiang's restoration of history and praise for Spirit Hall during the Dark Age had touched a taboo high above the nine heavens.

God Realm

Tang San's family lived happily together. He and the Shrek Seven Devils had formed a fairly influential circle within the God Realm.

Although Tang San was a First Level God, the Sea God, he had also inherited the God King Godhood. After nearly eleven years of consolidation—one day in the God Realm equaled one year on the mortal plane—Tang San's godhood had finally stabilized.

He had also begun to gradually make his own plans within the God Realm. His conflict with the Life God and the God of Destruction had begun to surface. The Shrek Seven Devils had always staunchly supported Tang San. Having followed behind him and reaped benefits all this time, they had become habitually dependent on him. They believed that their clever and exceedingly scheming San giegie could carve out a bright new world for them in the God Realm.

Just as Tang San's conflict with the God of Destruction erupted and both sides began laying out plans for their futures, he suddenly felt the power of faith upon him waver.

Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others also successively sensed a faint tremor in their own faith.

Though it was not obvious, it caught Tang San's attention.

The Shrek Seven Devils gathered once more.

"What happened? Why do I feel my faith wavering?" Ma Hongjun asked.

Dai Mubai, the God of War, said, "Something must have gone wrong over on Douluo Continent."

Tang San frowned. Unlike gods such as the God of Destruction and the Life God, who had become gods through laws, Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils had forged their godhood through faith. The stronger the faith, the more stable their godhood became, and the stronger their power.

Conversely, if faith wavered and people's beliefs became unsteady, their strength would become unstable as well.

Yet once a god completed ascension, they could not easily descend to the lower realm. No matter how many years of changes occurred below, gods found it difficult to interfere.

The Angel God had ascended, and after several thousand years, how much faith in the Angel God remained on Douluo Continent? Other than Spirit Hall's worship, there was practically none.

The same would happen to his faith as the Sea God. It would weaken with the passage of time. Douluo Continent was Tang San's foundation. How could he ensure that his faith would endure forever and continue spreading across Douluo Continent?

Before his ascension, he had divined that Evil Soul Masters would emerge in the future and bring calamity to the continent.

Clever, wise, and utterly scheming as he was, he immediately thought of using the Evil Soul Masters to perpetuate his faith. Thus, before ascending, he sent down a divine oracle to Flender, telling them that when Evil Soul Masters emerged in the future, they must be exterminated, but never completely eradicated.

The more Evil Soul Masters ravaged the world, the more Shrek would use the Sea God's name to wipe them out. People's faith in the Sea God would grow firmer and firmer. Over time, faith in the Sea God—and even faith in the Shrek Seven Devils—would take root in Douluo Continent for the long term.

But at this moment, a fluctuation in faith had appeared on Douluo Continent. It undoubtedly made Tang San realize that something had gone wrong with his plans.

Thus, the Shrek Seven Devils opened the Mystic Light Mirror to take a look. Only then did they discover the cause of the problem.

So it was related to Spirit Hall. Hua Qiang was exploring history, excavating the past, and restoring ancient systems.

Her actions were, in effect, acknowledging Spirit Hall. If Spirit Hall was acknowledged, then how were they—the people who had ended Spirit Hall—to position themselves?

With Tang San's victory and the end of Spirit Hall's era, the nobles naturally had to prioritize their own interests. Many systems that Spirit Hall had enforced would naturally no longer be carried out. Therefore, benefits such as the annual free martial soul awakening and monthly stipends for commoner Soul Masters were, of course, gone.

The Shrek Seven Devils needed the faith of these unruly commoners—and indeed all of Douluo Continent—to stabilize their godhood. But after Spirit Hall had been destroyed and the old systems abolished, it would have been strange if these unruly commoners did not resent them. And they still wanted faith? Dream on!

It was impossible to satisfy these unruly commoners and continue Spirit Hall's political system. Since ancient times, rank and status had been orderly. Peasants should honestly dig for food in the fields, obediently offer tribute to the nobles, and recharge the faith of the gods. Why fantasize about things that did not belong to them?

They wanted to suppress the unruly commoners while also needing their faith. What could they do?

The answer was a two-step plan. First, rewrite history. Smear Spirit Hall however they could. The past era was dark and ignorant, and Spirit Hall's brutality was far worse than the present. Naturally, the people would not yearn for the old days.

Second, raise bandits to bolster themselves. After Spirit Hall fell and Slaughter City was destroyed, Evil Soul Masters sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain. Whenever they brought calamity upon a region, Shrek would quell them once in the Sea God's name. The unruly commoners would naturally be deeply grateful to the Sea God, and an endless torrent of faith would come pouring in.

But Hua Qiang had uncovered the concealed history while implementing archaic systems, hoping that everyone could awaken a martial soul.

Wasn't that a denial of Shrek's glorious achievements of the past?

This move had undoubtedly touched the Shrek Seven Gods' cheese. Dai Mubai burned with rage, his fists clenched tight as he gritted his teeth and said:

"So it's some bug from the lower realm causing trouble. What is she trying to do by revealing Spirit Hall's history? Acknowledge Spirit Hall's history? Those peasants really are dreaming. Wouldn't it be better for them to just behave themselves?"

"Spirit Hall really is impossible to get rid of. It's been destroyed for so many years, and there are still people who miss them?" Thinking of how Bibi Dong had killed her mother, and of how Da Ming and Er Ming had been forced to sacrifice themselves, Xiao Wu was filled with hatred. "San giegie, once this matter is over, we need to purge Spirit Hall more thoroughly. An organization like Spirit Hall should be swept into the garbage heap of history."

"That's right. Spirit Hall should never have appeared in this history," Ma Hongjun said.

"I agree. If these people can think of Spirit Hall's history, perhaps they are remnants of Spirit Hall. Since they are remnants of Spirit Hall, we should thoroughly clean them up and return a pure land to Douluo Continent," Oscar said resolutely.