Explanation

Seeing this explanation, Xiao Xiao froze for a moment, then hesitantly sent a message in the Group Chat.

[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: Wait a second. I heard before that Shrek Academy has an Inspectors Group that specializes in eliminating Evil Spirit Masters.]

[Ya: Bei Bei told me about that before.]

[Chu Mo: Then you should also know, Yaya, that the Inspectors Group has a very high death rate. Ultimately, that's because Evil Spirit Masters can grow stronger through evil methods, and they're generally stronger than ordinary Soul Masters. It's possible for one to fight two or even three opponents at once. On top of that, their evil techniques are all over the place, and might have nothing to do with their original Martial Souls.]

[Cat Who Controls Speed: So?]

[Chu Mo: Isn't it obvious? It's thankless work. And since Shrek has declared to the entire continent that it remains neutral, it can't make large-scale moves in other countries.]

[Chu Mo: That's why they do a halfhearted job, just letting their disciples get some practice. Some of the elders leading the teams don't even care, which leads to large numbers of disciples dying.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Hmm, that makes sense. But what's this prison you mentioned?]

[Chu Mo: If there were an extremely powerful place that people could enter but never leave, specifically for holding captured Evil Spirit Masters, they might believe that getting caught meant being imprisoned rather than killed. Some might then be inclined to surrender. But there's no such place now, so every time they're caught, they have to fight to the death. That makes the difference in strength even more obvious.]

This time, before anyone could ask in the Group Chat, Chu Mo went straight on to explain his second point.

[Chu Mo: Right now, ordinary people who awaken their Martial Souls have only one path: joining those organizations run by nobles and becoming their dogs. Even if you're strong enough to stand on your own, they have royal or noble blood, so you still have to bow your head.]

[Chu Mo: What's more, they bully men and women alike and use their power to crush others. No one stands up for ordinary people, because no one is willing to offend the nobles for their sake. So, aside from becoming Evil Spirit Masters, ordinary Soul Masters have no other way out.]

The people in the Group Chat fell silent after reading this. The chat was now completely quiet. A long time passed before a message finally appeared.

[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: Brother Chu Mo, that's a very convincing deduction.]

As an ordinary person, Xiao Xiao had heard the rumors too: Shrek Academy sent the Inspectors Group to hunt down the Evil Spirit Masters who wreaked havoc. But why were there more and more of them?

It couldn't be that the Evil Spirit Masters from the Sun Moon Continent were being mass-produced.

So she found his reasoning very convincing. No one would offend some noble to help an ordinary Soul Master in the name of so-called justice, and the only way for someone who had suffered injustice to get revenge was to become an Evil Spirit Master.

And ordinary people and ordinary Soul Masters still made up the majority of the continent.

[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: But why did you say just now that this had something to do with ten thousand years ago?]

[Cat Who Controls Speed: ? Why does it have something to do with ten thousand years ago?]

In the Divine Realm, Zhu Zhuqing heard this and immediately looked intrigued.

"Could it be two thousand years ago? Who exactly is the other person?"

After thinking it over, Zhu Zhuqing instinctively felt that it had to go back even further, and that there might be some hidden story behind it.

She had ascended to godhood ten thousand years ago, and she had spent time in the lower realm as well. The continent she had seen was peaceful and harmonious, with everyone living happily. People were enjoying the fruits of their victory over the evil Spirit Hall. How could Evil Spirit Masters have appeared?

Even if something had changed, it had to be what the group member called Ya had said: those Evil Spirit Masters had come from the Sun Moon Continent.

[Chu Mo: Of course it's related. The two reasons I mentioned both existed ten thousand years ago, but back then, there weren't large numbers of Evil Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent. Even when there were, people from Spirit Hall would capture them and put them in a prison called Slaughter City.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Uh, I've heard of Spirit Hall. But what I want to know is, why would they do something that loses them money? Besides, Group Owner, you also said that Evil Spirit Masters are generally stronger than Soul Masters of the same rank. Why would they do it?]

[Chu Mo: Because Spirit Hall wasn't made up of nobles as a whole. As for Evil Spirit Masters, they had the Angel Legion. The matchup favored them, so those Evil Spirit Masters couldn't cause much trouble.]

Zhu Zhuqing's pupils contracted violently when she read that. She absolutely didn't believe it. It was complete nonsense.

"Spirit Hall remnants!"

Looking at the screen, at Chu Mo, who seemed to be speaking up for Spirit Hall, Zhu Zhuqing bared her teeth and forced the words through them.

As the second daughter of the Zhu Family and an empress, she had later joined her friends in destroying Spirit Hall and eventually became a god. She had the status of a noble through and through. Now someone was telling her that she had been wrong. Wasn't that denying all the effort she had put in back then?

Ten thousand years had passed in the lower realm, but less than twenty-eight years had passed in the Divine Realm. Whenever she had nothing else to do, she reminisced about all her past struggles and efforts. They were still fresh in her memory, and these words were an insult to her!

The people in the lower realm had no idea that the other person's expression had changed and that she was seething with anger.

After reading this theory, Meng Hongchen rubbed her chin, shifted from lying on her back to lying on her stomach, tilted her head in thought, and then replied.

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: That makes sense.]

[Dong'er is Not a Girl: Heh. You're talking as if the continent can't function without Spirit Hall. Once I become a Titled Douluo, I'll wipe out every last Evil Spirit Master!]

Wang Dong'er had come from the Clear Sky Sect, so naturally she had no affection for that organization after Spirit Hall had oppressed them half a year ago.

But although she was also powerful and noble—even a pampered young lady who had been adored by everyone—she was young and still had a kind heart and a sense of compassion. She believed she wouldn't become like those people. Whenever she encountered an Evil Spirit Master, she would use all her strength to kill them!

Since Chu Mo had praised that organization called Spirit Hall, she would do an even better job than that so-called Spirit Hall and give him a humiliating slap in the face!

Zhu Zhuqing saw the message posted by the person she assumed was "Tang Wutong." Her eyes lit up, and she chimed in.

[Cat Who Controls Speed: Exactly! I refuse to believe the Douluo Continent can't function without Spirit Hall.]

[Xiao Who Plays the Flute: I'll work hard too.]

[Ice Frog is Stronger than Poison Frog: Then I'll work hard too.]

Chu Mo saw the three girls' inspiring messages and merely glanced at them before saying nothing more. His gaze was on the group member "Cat Who Controls Speed."

From her messages, she was clearly against Spirit Hall. And with the word "cat" in her name, she was most likely Zhu Lu, that supporting character.

He wasn't going to add her as a friend anyway. He liked pretty girls, but he wasn't about to become a simp, and a minor character wasn't worth his attention. Besides, she couldn't share anything from the Group Chat.

[Chu Mo: Heh. I'm not some huge admirer of Spirit Hall either. I just respect the way they did things. They were willing to send their subordinates to every village, regardless of the cost, to help the people there awaken their Martial Souls.]

[Chu Mo: As for their destruction, everyone has their own opinion. Either way, they're already gone, and there's no point saying more about it. But after Spirit Hall was destroyed, no one filled the gap it left behind. Now the nobles and powerful families, as well as the special sects, are even more deeply entrenched.]

[Chu Mo: I don't think your promises are insincere, but things don't always go as planned. A year or two—or even a single incident—is enough to change a person. What you think now doesn't necessarily reflect what you'll think in the future.]