Douluo Chat Group: They're Addicted to Gossiping

[Li Yuan: Of course not. If the Asura God were truly sexist, why would he choose Xiao Wu to be the Asura Scabbard? You must realize that Tang San alone cannot bear the weight of two god positions, so he needed someone else to carry the power of Asura.]

[Loves Eating Carrots: Huh?]

Notting Academy.

Xiao Wu's exquisite eyes widened instantly, and she didn't even notice the carrot in her hand drop to the floor.

No way, right?

Did the gossip end up being about her?

Asura Scabbard?

Just hearing the name, it didn't sound like anything good. Could it be that in the future, she gets captured by Tang San to be used as a puppet?

[Li Yuan: Think about it, why didn't he choose Tang Chen or Bibi Dong? Could he really have predicted Tang San's arrival decades in advance?]

[Li Yuan: Let's return to the Angel God. As everyone knows, the Angel God ascended a millennium ago. At that time, she swept away the fallen spirit masters across the world and used a millennium of faith to ascend in one stroke. But she succeeded because of the light, and she failed because of the light.]

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: No way, is there something wrong with doing good deeds?]

[Big Cat in the Night: I don't get it.]

[Li Yuan: Doing good deeds is certainly not wrong, but the mistake lies in the fact that the Asura God is the God of Slaughter. The City of Slaughter he governs requires fallen spirit masters to commit slaughter to provide him with faith. If there were no fallen spirit masters left in the world, and not enough slaughter, how could he collect faith?]

[Li Yuan: Now, let's look back at the previous events. The Sea God's humiliation of the Angel God and Qian Renxue—as an enforcer, the Asura God knowingly broke the law. Do you think there wasn't a hint of... using someone else's blade to kill in all of this?]

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Let me just say, is there a possibility that the Asura God has held a grudge against the Angel God since that very moment?]

[Big Cat in the Night: I think that's highly likely.]

[Child Without Parents: ...]

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Collecting faith through slaughter—are you sure this isn't something only an evil god would do?]

Using someone else's blade to kill?

Knowingly breaking the law?

Everyone gasped, feeling a chill run from the soles of their feet straight to their scalps.

Today's gossip was one piece bigger and more terrifying than the last!

[Loves Eating Carrots: I wish I hadn't been so curious about checking the group today.]

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Wuwuwu... me too. I never thought that the more I knew, the less happy I would be.]

Chapter 42 Qian Renxue: I Will Make the Martial Soul Hall Great Again

Notting Academy.

Xiao Wu looked at the discussions in the group regarding the Asura Scabbard and the dark secrets of the God Realm, and suddenly, the carrot in her hand didn't taste good anymore.

She had originally thought that becoming a god was a bright and glorious thing.

But after the group owner peeled back the layers like this...

How did it feel like the God Realm was even darker and more chaotic than the spirit beast circles in the Star Dou Forest?

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Rongrong was even more depressed, tossing the sunflower seeds she had just peeled back into the plate.

She had originally thought she was just eating some "two men and one woman" beach gossip.

But as she kept eating...

How did it turn into a shocking scandal about the dark secrets of the God Realm, the fall of the Angel God, and the filth of the Sea God?

This gossip was heavy and massive, carrying a stench of blood and conspiracy.

It made her heart race; she couldn't feel happy at all, and she even felt a lingering fear.

If even the Martial Soul Hall could be manipulated, wouldn't her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect be even more miserable?

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Tsk, I thought the God Realm was some kind of paradise, but it's full of hypocritical trash, even dirtier than the noble circles on the ground.]

[Ice-Snow Smart: It feels... a bit scary.]

[Single Academy-Running Housewife: Hmph, those high-and-mighty things—hardly any of them are any good!]

[Li Yuan: That is why ignorance is bliss.]

[Li Yuan: But don't worry too much; if the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up.]

[Li Yuan: Besides, knowing is better than being kept in the dark. At least... if you get sold out in the future, you'll know who did it, rather than dying without knowing why, right?]

Everyone: "..." (They were not comforted at all; they felt even more panicked!)

Crown Prince's Mansion.

Qian Renxue's expression grew increasingly ugly.

She never imagined that from beginning to end, she had always thought of herself as the chess player, the one secretly controlling the Heaven Dou Empire and planning for the future.

But she never expected that, including herself and her mother Bibi Dong, and even the entire Martial Soul Hall, they had been nothing but pawns meticulously calculated by others from the very start!

"Damn the Asura God, damn the Sea God! My Martial Soul Hall will never coexist with you!"

An unprecedented wave of fury surged into her heart, and a cold light flashed across the eyes of Qian Renxue.

"Even if the Heavens decree that my Martial Soul Hall must perish, I, Qian Renxue, shall surely win half a move against the Heavens!"

"I, Qian Renxue, will never be a pawn to be manipulated by others!"

"I will make Martial Soul Hall great again!"

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and refocused her gaze on the Brick in her hand.

This mysterious chat group was her chance to break the deadlock!

Since Li Yuan, the group owner, could reveal so many secrets of the future—even the sordid dealings of the God Realm—it meant he must have a solution, or... at the very least, he knew how to cope!

Thus, she sent a private message to Li Yuan.

Private chat interface.

[Child Without Parents: Li Yuan, can you teach me how to make Martial Soul Hall great again?]

A minute passed, but there was no reply.

Qian Renxue was not anxious, though her heart sank to the bottom.

[Li Yuan: In fact, the Asura God did indeed succeed. Without Martial Soul Hall, the entire Douluo Continent fell into darkness, filled with slaughter caused by fallen spirit masters everywhere...]

[Li Yuan: Can you imagine? In the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, a genius with Innate Full Soul Power cannot even save their own mother from illness, and is even forced to sell their body.]

These two sentences were like a basin of ice water poured over everyone's hearts.

Without Martial Soul Hall... the Douluo Continent would be plunged into darkness and filled with slaughter?

In the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, a genius spirit master with Innate Full Soul Power couldn't even save their own mother from illness?

And they had to resort to selling their body?

This... what kind of living hell would that be?

Everyone was stunned by the tragic future depicted by Li Yuan, and a chill rose from the depths of their souls, rapidly spreading throughout their entire bodies.

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: No... that can't be right? (Voice trembling)]

[Loves Eating Carrots: This is too miserable!]

[Big Cat in the Night: ...]

[Ice-Snow Smart: How could it come to this... (Unable to accept)]

[Single Academy-Running Housewife: Without Martial Soul Hall, the continent has become this chaotic? (Cannot believe it)]

[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: Is there really no one who would try to recruit them? They are an Innate Full Soul Power genius, after all!]

Saintess Palace.

Hu Liena was deeply confused by this.

One had to know that Innate Full Soul Power was a peerless genius, one in ten thousand!

Even within Martial Soul Hall, such a person would be treated as a precious treasure and cultivated with priority.

As the Saintess of Martial Soul Hall and the leader of the Golden Generation, she herself only possessed an Innate Soul Power of level nine.

Yet, even with that, she was appointed as the Saintess and became the candidate for the next Pope.

How could it be that ten thousand years later, an Innate Full Soul Power genius had become a pathetic wretch who "couldn't even save their own mother from illness," and no one would even recruit them?

[Li Yuan: The Douluo Continent of later generations is not like it is now. Currently, Martial Soul Hall looms over everyone, and these noble sects and factions dare not act too recklessly; at the very least, there is an order-maintainer on the surface. But in the later generations?]

[Li Yuan: Let me tell you a story and you will understand. You were born into a poor family, and by luck, you awakened a mutated Scorpion Tiger martial soul. Gifted with talent, you cultivated diligently and finally reached the Title Douluo rank, only to have your family destroyed because of a matter so small it couldn't be smaller! Even you were forced to flee for your life.]

[Li Yuan: And this small matter was simply because you had a little hobby of drinking spirit beast blood to cultivate—after all, your martial soul's characteristics required it, and you couldn't survive without it. But you never killed the innocent. And yet? You were judged as an evil spirit master by the greatest power in the world, wanted by the entire world, and hunted down!]

[Li Yuan: You might not know what an evil spirit master is; in fact, it is just another name for the fallen spirit masters of today.]

[Li Yuan: If even a Title Douluo can be insulted like this, what do you think happens to ordinary spirit masters?]

The group fell into instant silence.

Star Luo Empire.

Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

A dignified Title Douluo, just because their martial soul required drinking some spirit beast blood to cultivate, was judged as an evil spirit master by the world's greatest power and hunted down by everyone?

This is too... overbearing, right?!

Shouldn't a Title Douluo be treated as an honored guest?

In the future, even a Title Douluo is this miserable?

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: This... what kind of bullshit logic is this? We have plenty of people here who drink spirit beast blood to temper their bodies, and I've never seen anyone treat them as evil spirit masters!]

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Exactly! This is too unreasonable! They didn't kill the innocent, they just drank some spirit beast blood!]

[Big Cat in the Night: If that is truly the case, then the great powers of the future are just... terrifying.]