Expanding Their Influence, Tang Ya's Question About the Holy Spirit Cult Plaguing the Continent

"Tang Ya, call me Vice Pavilion Master obediently. When you become the Tang Sect's master in the future, if I descend upon your Tang Sect, I might give you some consideration."

Ye Guyi put her hands on her hips and smiled smugly.

She looked so arrogant that she might as well have written the word "arrogant" across her face.

Li Qingxuan helplessly spread his hands. Just how much grievance had Ye Guyi suffered in the Tang Sect before? This time, she had actually shown no mercy at all.

"Ye Guyi, in your dreams." Tang Ya let out a cold snort.

Back when they were in the Tang Sect, their relationship had been fairly ordinary, amounting to no more than that of superior and subordinate. Now that Ye Guyi had become her superior and she had become the subordinate, this was the treatment she received in return.

This is infuriating.

"You two, stop bickering here. Come inside with me first and take a look at Sky Mending Pavilion."

"Young Master, Sky Mending Pavilion appears to have only five floors, so why can I sense that it has more than five?"

Ye Guyi looked at the tall and magnificent Sky Mending Pavilion.

"Five floors aboveground and two underground. Every floor is different."

The three of them stepped into Sky Mending Pavilion, and the clouds and mist around their feet dispersed gently.

"Two floors underground and five aboveground. It seems that each floor is quite different." Tang Ya spoke up.

Even as it stood now, Sky Mending Pavilion's architecture would have been incredibly magnificent and spectacular on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later. Its scale was even greater than that of Shrek City and the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters.

The system had also transmitted information about the conditions on each floor of Sky Mending Pavilion into his mind.

The three of them soon toured the two underground floors and five aboveground floors, seven floors in total. This was the entirety of Sky Mending Pavilion.

The two underground floors occupied a vast amount of space. There was even a place for imprisoning criminals, and the restrictions within seemed capable of suppressing quite a few Soul Masters.

The five aboveground floors were especially quiet. However, upon reaching the top pavilion, they found a secret realm so beautiful that it was intoxicating.

[Ding! As the host expands Sky Mending Pavilion's influence, the functions of each floor will be unlocked, and the host can also obtain enhancements to Ye Guyi and Tang Ya's strength.]

[Quest issued: Reach the Soul Ancestor realm and receive another lottery opportunity.]

Listening to the system's voice, Li Qingxuan gained a general understanding. No wonder reaching the Soul Elder realm had not unlocked another lottery opportunity. It turned out that he needed to reach the Soul Ancestor realm.

"Tang Ya, your next task is to establish the Tang Sect and subdue the four great sects that were formerly affiliated with the Clear Sky Sect. Guyi, as I promised you before, you will be the Vice Pavilion Master."

Li Qingxuan decided to further expand the creation of his forces. Naturally, this would also require some time.

"Guyi loves Young Master the most."

Ye Guyi excitedly threw her arms around Li Qingxuan.

"All right, stop acting like a little girl all day."

Li Qingxuan pressed a hand against Ye Guyi's body, trying to put some distance between them.

"Does Young Master dislike Guyi?"

Looking at the look of distaste on Li Qingxuan's face, Ye Guyi immediately blinked her golden eyes and spoke pitifully.

"I don't. Guyi, you're always like this. You're a Titled Douluo, yet you still act spoiled around a young man like me. Is there any justice in this world?"

"Does Young Master really not like it? If you don't, I can become cold and aloof. But if I'm cold and aloof, I'm afraid Young Master will think that Guyi is deliberately distancing herself from you."

Ye Guyi voiced the thoughts in her heart.

Maintaining her cool and aloof appearance was truly difficult. Yet only by staying at the Young Master's side could she reveal her true inner self.

Li Qingxuan was also helpless against Ye Guyi. During these seven years, whenever he showed even the slightest hint of resistance, Ye Guyi would immediately start acting spoiled and cute.

Li Qingxuan was actually quite curious. If Ye Guyi reached level ninety-nine and became a Peerless Douluo, would she be able to crush the other Titled Douluo?

At present, there were only three Peerless Douluo: Bo Saixi, Tang Chen, and Qian Daoliu.

Generally speaking, whenever Peerless Douluo fought, the surrounding area would almost always suffer. Moreover, among Peerless Douluo, if there was no difference between their Martial Souls, winning would indeed require a certain amount of luck and trump cards.

"Guyi, could you act like this only in private?"

His thoughts returning, Li Qingxuan immediately pinched Ye Guyi's cheek.

"Guyi obeys the Young Master's orders."

Ye Guyi smiled slightly and released her arms from around Li Qingxuan.

Tang Ya had remained silent the entire time. Only after seeing the two of them finish fooling around did she ask the question that had been troubling her.

"Young Master, why did you say before that Tang San, the Tang Sect's master ten thousand years later, was one of the culprits responsible for the Holy Spirit Cult tearing the continent apart ten thousand years later?"

Tang Ya had always been puzzled. If Tang San, the Tang Sect's first master, was one of the culprits who had caused Evil Soul Masters to wreak havoc across the continent, why had no remedial measures been taken back then?

Tang Ya always felt that when it came to the establishment of the Holy Spirit Cult, not only Tang San but also forces such as Shrek Academy had not made every effort to hunt down Evil Soul Masters.

"Tang Ya, your question actually isn't difficult."

"Tang San destroyed the City of Slaughter. And what kind of people existed in the City of Slaughter? The fallen, the murderous, and those wanted throughout the continent who could only flee there for refuge."

"The City of Slaughter was born from sin and chaos. It would not be an exaggeration to call it the original Holy Spirit Cult."

"Back then, Tang San obtained the Asura Godhood there and completely blew the place apart in one fell swoop, causing all the fallen people to leave."

"Even if they began causing wanton chaos across the continent, they still had to deal with being wanted. Without the City of Slaughter, they could only establish a force of their own to provide them with protection."

"Ten thousand years ago, the Spirit Hall possessed Angel Martial Souls and had always carried out a comprehensive purge of Fallen Soul Masters. Ten thousand years later, there was no one like the Spirit Hall who listed Fallen Soul Masters among those who had to be killed."

"Angel Martial Souls were the greatest threat to Fallen Soul Masters. After the Jialing Pass Campaign, Angel Martial Souls had almost completely vanished.

"Ten thousand years later, Ye Guyi was the only one who possessed an Angel Martial Soul, yet the moment she appeared, she was besieged by all the Evil Soul Masters together."

Tang Ya's entire body trembled. No wonder Evil Soul Masters had run rampant across the continent. There were many reasons behind it in every respect, but the most fundamental cause still lay in what Tang San had done.

"The Angel God System completely vanished, the Top Three Sects and Shrek declined together, the two great empires split apart, and the Sun Moon Empire rose."

"The continent went from unity to division. Internal conflict far outweighed the suppression of external enemies. To contend for hegemony, the Sun Moon Empire took the initiative to ally itself with Evil Soul Masters, indirectly giving them legitimate space."

"With the reform of Soul Tools and their own technological breakthroughs, they completely evolved from rats into warlords."

What was most miraculous was that after Tang Ya was abducted into the Holy Spirit Cult, no one knew what method had been used, but her soul rings had directly become ten-thousand-year soul rings.

This was also one of the reasons the Holy Spirit Cult's technology had made such a breakthrough.

With their restrictions gone and the threats reduced, combined with the reform of Soul Tools, the Holy Spirit Cult had become a true overlord.

Zhong Liwu, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui—these three top-tier combatants would have been among the strongest even in the current era.

Unfortunately, ten thousand years later, the Angel Clan had withered almost completely. Without anything to suppress them, how could anyone suppress or exterminate the Evil Soul Masters?