He now completely understood why Empress Houtu had said those things to him. Deep down, she was helping Lu Xuelian.
Because this Earthly Soul was clearly an exceptionally powerful Vengeful Spirit, representing the most primordial evil corpse between heaven and earth.
Thinking of this, Li Changsheng spoke to Empress Houtu. "Empress Houtu, I now completely understand your intentions."
"Why did you keep his Earthly Soul in the underworld? If this Earthly Soul were in the Human Realm, it would bring immense disaster upon it."
"Whether it is the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain or the Heavenly Court, both would dispatch vast numbers of people to eliminate the Earthly Soul."
"Because even I can sense the baleful yin power being released from Lu Xuelian's Earthly Soul."
"This baleful yin power is extremely evil. I fear it would harm the human race. Even I have considered destroying it."
Hearing Li Changsheng say this, Empress Houtu smiled calmly at him. That was precisely why she had not allowed Lu Xuelian's Earthly Soul to return to the Human Realm.
Because once Lu Xuelian's Earthly Soul returned to the Human Realm, it would cause unrest there.
That unrest would directly affect Lu Xuelian's merit. After all, Lu Xuelian's Earthly Soul was no ordinary Earthly Soul.
For ordinary people, the Heavenly Soul and Earthly Soul differed somewhat. Even though the Earthly Soul carried some yin soul power, it would not possess such immense yin soul power.
Lu Xuelian had obtained this Earthly Soul during the era of the Heavenly Emperor, when heaven and earth had first opened. It was the Evil Thought she had severed away in order to return to her original state and attain the supreme Great Dao Fruit.
As for the Heavenly Soul, it was her benevolent thought. Now that the Evil