"W-waste my Soul Power?"
Inside the Spirit Beast Garden of the Primordial Immortal Court.
Hearing Nurse Wang's casual, even somewhat disdainful words, Zhu Zhuqing felt as if she'd been struck by lightning. She stood frozen on the spot.
Her usually cool, lovely face was now full of conflict and hesitation.
It wasn't just her. At that moment, all of Douluo Continent—and even the lofty Divine Realm—fell into dead silence!
Then came an uproar that swept across the land!
"She's crazy! Absolutely insane!"
On the Shrek Academy training grounds, Yu Xiaogang, who had been slumped on the ground, sprang up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Pointing at the Sky Screen, he spat as he shouted:
"Soul Power is the foundation of a Soul Master, the most sacred power heaven bestowed upon Douluo Continent!"
"Without Soul Power, a Soul Master is a cripple, less than an ant!"
"That old woman actually called Soul Power trash? And she wants to get rid of it? She's trying to ruin Zhuqing!"
Yu Xiaogang was beside himself with rage. It wasn't just because he cared about Zhu Zhuqing. Nurse Wang's words had fundamentally rejected the Martial Soul Theory he'd spent his entire life studying!
If Soul Power was trash, then after a lifetime of research, was this so-called Grandmaster nothing more than a garbage sorter?
That was worse than killing him!
Across from him, Tang San's face had turned grim after hearing the old wet nurse on the Sky Screen say that.
The Mysterious Heaven Skill he prided himself on was, at its core, a method of cultivating inner power and converting it into Soul Power. If Soul Power was a low-grade energy, then what did that make his Mysterious Heaven Skill?
And what did that make his Tang Sect Unique Skills?
"Zhuqing, whatever you do, don't listen to her!"
Of everyone there, Zhu Zhuqing's fiancé, Dai Mubai, had the strongest reaction.
Dai Mubai could no longer care about the pain of his injuries. He struggled to his feet and shouted at the utterly unreachable Sky Screen:
"That's the result of more than ten years of cultivation! It's your pride as a Soul Ancestor, Zhuqing!"
"If you abandon your Soul Power, you really will be nothing!"
"Come back! That world is too dangerous. This is a trap! It's all a trap, Zhuqing!"
At that moment, Dai Mubai's eyes were bloodshot. He was practically going mad.
He simply couldn't accept that his fiancée would cast aside the power system they'd always been so proud of just to conform to the rules of that world.
It was like watching the goddess you loved get plastic surgery and change her face just to please some other rich, handsome man.
He felt utterly humiliated!
Meanwhile, at Spirit Hall.
"Crack!"
Bibi Dong had actually squeezed a fracture into the scepter in her hand!
The usually elegant and aloof Pope's chest was heaving violently. Her beautiful eyes were full of uncertainty.
"Soul Power... loose and weak, full of impurities?"
"Using this energy to drive the body is like feeding pig slop to a True Dragon?"
Nurse Wang's contemptuous words were like sharp knives, stabbing into Bibi Dong's heart.
She had Twin Martial Souls and was a level-ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, just one step away from godhood.
The Soul Power within her was vast as the sea. She stood at the peak that all the Soul Masters on the continent looked up to.
And now someone was telling her that all the power she prided herself on was impurities? That it was all trash?
"No. I don't believe it!"
Bibi Dong gritted her teeth and stared hard at the Sky Screen.
"I'd like to see what Zhu Zhuqing has left after she gets rid of her Soul Power!"
"Could that world's cultivation system really be so much more exalted than ours?!"
Douluo Continent, the God Realm Committee.
As the highest point in the entire Douluo Plane, this was also the source of Soul Power for the whole continent.
Yet at that moment, the Five Great God Kings looked more miserable than if they'd swallowed a fly.
Asura God in particular—the Divine Realm's most powerful enforcer, and arguably the pinnacle of combat strength across Douluo Continent—was furious.
Red light swirled around him, and his killing intent surged. He wanted nothing more than to cut straight through the Sky Screen and tear that old woman's mouth apart!
"Hmph! This is utterly absurd!"
"Soul Power is formed from the union of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with the laws. It is the foundation of godhood!"
"What does that old woman know? How dare she declare that Soul Power is trash?"
"If I could descend in my true form, I'd show her the power of a God King!"
As Asura God finished speaking, God of Destruction slammed a hand down on the round table. His destructive intent surged wildly, making the entire hall vibrate and hum.
He looked at the old wet nurse on the Sky Screen, who'd scorned Soul Power as trash, and sneered.
"Exactly. A servant responsible for sweeping the floor dares to comment on the Great Dao?"
"Soul Power is one manifestation of the world's fundamental power. Though it may be somewhat thin in the Lower Realm, it shares the same origin as divine power!"
"Cultivate it to its utmost, and you can condense a godhood, command the laws, and become immortal!"
"And she calls that trash? She wants to get rid of it?"
"As I see it, this is a lie deliberately fabricated by that world to control the people of the Lower Realm!"
"They want them to cripple themselves and become useless, so they'll have no choice but to depend on that so-called Immortal Court and toil like oxen and horses for generations!"
Hearing his analysis, Asura God gave a slight nod. He toyed with the Asura Blood Sword as he chimed in:
"Destruction makes a good point."
"If Zhu Zhuqing really believes that slander and abandons all her Soul Power, she'll regret it before long."
"Besides, the meridians of a mortal body are already incredibly fragile. Once they lose the nourishment of Soul Power, something terrible could happen!"
"Even if she doesn't die, could a cripple with no Soul Power survive even one second in that terrifying gravity?"
"This is a road of no return. What a pity. She's too young to see it clearly."
As he said this, Asura God shook his head with a sigh, as though he could already see Zhu Zhuqing's body bursting apart.
"The people of that world are treating the people of our Douluo Plane like monkeys."
"And that so-called Primordial Body Tempering Technique is probably some kind of evil art that drains one's life force."
"One arm lifting a hundred and eight thousand jin?"
"Heh. Apart from Divine Beasts who prove the Dao through strength, how could a human possess such physical might in childhood? It defies the fundamental laws of the universe!"
God of Goodness was somewhat worried, but hearing both Supreme God Kings speak with such certainty, she too let out a soft sigh.
"I hope that girl doesn't do anything foolish..."
"Cultivating Soul Power is no easy matter. For someone her age to reach level forty-something makes her a genius even in the Lower Realm."
"If she abandons it, she'll truly be ruined."
By contrast, God of Evil seemed the most relaxed. He crossed one leg over the other and watched with amusement.
"Oh, don't be so serious."
"After all, it's only a choice made by a lowly creature in the Lower Realm."
"I'm looking forward to seeing how regretful she'll be when she abandons her Soul Power and turns into a heap of mush—and what that old woman will do then."
"Will she toss her into that garden full of monsters as feed, or drive her out and leave her to fend for herself?"
"Hahahaha!"
Hearing this, all the gods except Goddess of Life couldn't help bursting into laughter.
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