Destroying the Holy Spirit Cult and wiping out all Evil Soul Masters would absolutely count as a great achievement.
For at least a hundred years afterward, Evil Soul Masters would only be able to scrape by in scattered remnants, unable to form any significant force.
Even if Ye Xishui had made mistakes and killed many civilians back then,
the rest of the soul master world would still have to hold their noses and pin all those deeds on the other members of the Holy Spirit Cult.
How could Ye Xishui possibly have done such things? She had been forced!
Even if the truth came out later, with Shrek Academy vouching for her and the Dark Saint Dragon Long Xiaoyao supporting her, what would Ye Xishui have to fear?
The many soul masters of the world would only praise Ye Xishui as a true heroine among women, one who distinguished right and wrong, endured humiliation for revenge, a true hero.
It was never a question of whether she could. It was entirely a question of whether she wanted to.
But Ye Xishui simply refused.
After ascending to the throne of Evil Soul Master King, there were still several decades before Zhongli Old Ghost broke free from Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
Yet throughout those decades, she showed not the slightest sign of turning from darkness to light. She just fucking sat there, playing her role as the Evil Soul Master King.
Until Zhongli Old Ghost returned and forced himself on her, leaving her with Zhongli Wu and completely robbing her of any chance to turn from darkness to light.
Having sorted through all this, the three of them did not know what to say.
Everything pointed to one answer.
Other than Ye Xishui being a fucking innately evil little Death God brat,