Feng Ling

[Douluo II Period]

The atmosphere in the Sea God Pavilion lounge was frozen solid.

Xian Lin'er was already streaming with tears, her entire body trembling uncontrollably, as if she had been transported back to that heartbreaking night.

"Bang!"

With a loud crash, Qian Duoduo slammed his hand onto the table and stood up abruptly.

His face was now filled with monstrous rage.

A pair of eyes glared fixedly at Yan Shaozhe by the window, his chest heaving violently, like a lion provoked to fury.

At this moment, everyone's gaze was focused on Yan Shaozhe by the window.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations.

After his initial state of dejection, Yan Shaozhe actually straightened his body slowly.

The ashen color on his face faded, replaced by a calm that bordered on the twisted.

He even reached out to straighten his slightly disheveled robes, as if the man being condemned by thousands on the Sky Screen was not him at all.

He knew that these things could not be hidden.

Since they could not be hidden, there was no need to pretend anymore.

"So what?"

Yan Shaozhe muttered to himself, his voice low, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly.

He turned around abruptly, his gaze sweeping over Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, his eyes devoid of any guilt, instead carrying a self-righteous questioning.

"Who hasn't made mistakes when they were young? I admit I wasn't mature enough at the time, and the way I handled my feelings hurt Lin'er."

"But—does that justify me being placed on this Hypocrite Ranking?"

His voice grew louder, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"I have guarded Shrek for a hundred years, I have eliminated Evil Soul Masters for the continent, and I have cultivated so many outstanding talents!"

"Just because of these long-past romantic entanglements, you want to negate everything I've done?!"

"Ridiculous!"

Just as his voice defending himself was still echoing in the lounge.

The changes on the Sky Screen interrupted him directly.

On the Sky Screen, the images shifted.

In the scene was Yan Shaozhe, having just broken up with Xian Lin'er.

He did not stay depressed for as long as people imagined; instead, he quickly found Cai Mei'er, who had been secretly in love with him all along.

Under Yan Shaozhe's deliberate gentle offensive, Cai Mei'er, who already harbored feelings for him, quickly fell for him.

[Not long after, the two were wed under the witness of Mu En, the master of the Sea God Pavilion.]

A grand wedding appeared on the screen.

In the image, Yan Shaozhe was beaming with pride.

Beside him, Cai Mei'er, though dressed in bridal attire, wore a trace of unconcealable humility and unease on her face.

[Upon learning of this, Xian Lin'er, in a fit of anger and heartbreak, chose to accept Qian Duoduo, who had been waiting for her all this time, out of spite.]

The scene shifted to another wedding.

Qian Duoduo was ecstatic, while Xian Lin'er, standing beside him, had no trace of joy in her eyes, only coldness.

[Life after marriage was short and peaceful.]

[Until Yan Shaozhe's cultivation broke through to the six-ring Soul Emperor level, he went out on his own under the guise of training.]

In the image, the high-spirited Yan Shaozhe bid farewell to his wife, Cai Mei'er, and embarked on his journey alone.

[It was during this journey that he met a woman who would change his life forever.]

[He met her, Feng Ling.]

[Douluo II Period]

Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.

"Hmm?!"

The moment the name "Feng Ling" appeared on the Sky Screen.

Zhongli Wu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult sitting on the main throne, stood up abruptly.

"It's the Vice Leader!"

The elders and disciples below were all dumbfounded.

Zhongli Wu stared fixedly at the Sky Screen, his eyes filled with shock and uncertainty.

How could his wife possibly be involved with Yan Shaozhe of Shrek?!

The images on the Sky Screen soon provided him with the answer.

Above the Sky Screen, the narration continued.

[In a tavern within a bustling city, he met a woman.]

[She was a woman in a black dress radiating an aura of extreme allure, named Feng Ling.]

[As fellow possessors of phoenix-type martial souls, there seemed to be a fatal attraction between the two.]

In the images, Yan Shaozhe took the initiative to strike up a conversation, quickly winning Feng Ling's favor.

The two chatted about everything from poetry and songs to life ideals, from martial soul cultivation to the situation on the continent, feeling as though they had met too late.

[Even while knowing that the other party's martial soul aura was strange and highly likely related to an Evil Soul Master, Yan Shaozhe did not report it to the academy, choosing instead to conceal it.]

[In just three months, the two had completely come together.]

[Yan Shaozhe discovered that Feng Ling's martial soul aura was impure and mixed, carrying the risk of falling into darkness.]

In the images, Yan Shaozhe said to Feng Ling with a serious expression:

["Miss Feng Ling, although your martial soul is a phoenix, there is an underlying evil aura within it. If this continues, it will inevitably backfire and lead to your complete corruption."]

He put on the face of a compassionate, righteous man and spoke with righteous indignation:

["My martial soul, the Radiant Phoenix, is naturally inclined to restrain evil. If you trust me, I am willing to expend my own radiant origin to purify the evil aura within your martial soul!"]

On the Sky Screen, scene after scene flashed by rapidly.

[Three whole months.]

[Yan Shaozhe had forgotten all about Cai Mei'er, who was far away at Shrek.]

[However, Yan Shaozhe did not know that Feng Ling's martial soul was at a critical stage of mutation.]

[Yan Shaozhe's Radiant Phoenix soul power did not purify Feng Ling at all. Instead, it acted like the highest-grade nourishment, accelerating the process of her internal Evil Phoenix martial soul fully awakening.]

Finally.

["Ah--"]

Feng Ling let out a painful scream, and a massive, evil black-purple flame erupted from her body!

Behind her, a lifelike phantom of an Evil Phoenix soared into the sky, emitting a shrill cry!

She had completely awakened as an Evil Soul Master!

["An Evil Soul Master!"]

Yan Shaozhe's expression changed drastically.

[The first thing he thought of was not how to save her, but to silence her!]

[Once this matter was exposed, the charge of colluding with an Evil Soul Master would be enough to ruin his reputation and leave him beyond redemption!]

The Radiant Phoenix martial soul within him erupted suddenly, and the scorching golden flames instantly condensed into a sharp sword.

He thrust it mercilessly toward Feng Ling, who had just fallen and was in a weakened state!

["Shrek never shows mercy to Evil Soul Masters!"]

However, facing the threat of death, Feng Ling only gave a miserable smile.

["Do you really intend to kill both mother and child?"]

She gently stroked her lower abdomen, her eyes filled with a trace of desperate sorrow.

["I am already----carrying your child."]

[Douluo II Period]

BOOM!!!

This sentence exploded in the minds of Zhongli Wu and everyone at Shrek like a billion thunderbolts!

Inside the main altar of the Holy Spirit Cult.

There was dead silence.

The elders who had been smug just a moment ago were now as quiet as cicadas in winter, fearing they might provoke someone's wrath.

On the main seat, the face beneath Zhongli Wu's black robe was already deeply furrowed, appearing somewhat ferocious.

"Yan Shaozhe..."

"Hmph!"