The universe was balanced. Where there was yin, there was yang; where there was righteousness, there was evil.
The profession of Soul Master was no different.
One kind was righteous Soul Masters, which included the vast majority of ordinary Soul Masters. The other was Evil Soul Masters—the Blood Soul Masters Hu Liena had mentioned.
Although Evil Soul Masters were few in number, they could cultivate by devouring the flesh, blood, souls, and even Martial Souls of others. Thus, before becoming Titled Douluo, they advanced incredibly quickly and caused immense harm.
Often, just a few Evil Soul Masters could turn an entire city into a bloody hellscape.
Not only that, Evil Soul Masters could bewitch, tempt, or even directly use evil soul arts to corrupt ordinary Soul Masters into Evil Soul Masters.
Therefore, if no one eliminated them, Evil Soul Masters would spread rapidly like biohazard zombies.
Fortunately, Spirit Hall existed.
As the most powerful force on the entire Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall had always diligently purged Evil Soul Masters. Thus, for countless years, Evil Soul Masters had never grown into much of a force, and ordinary people did not even know they existed.
Hu Liena, for instance, had been sent ahead to investigate the Evil Soul Masters' movements so they could be wiped out.
However, after Tang San destroyed Spirit Hall in the original storyline, Evil Soul Masters were left unchecked. The major powers were unwilling to bear the responsibility of eliminating them, and some empires and sects even deliberately colluded with Evil Soul Masters to expand their own power.
Thus, by the era of Douluo II ten thousand years later, Evil Soul Masters had already grown powerful.
The Holy Spirit Church, the strongest Evil Soul Master organization, even possessed dozens of Titled Douluo and dared to directly confront the