After a considerable period of time, nearly all evil soul master organizations colluding with local governments across the entire Douluo Continent had been wiped out.
More evil soul masters were exterminated in this operation than Spirit Hall had eliminated over the previous ten years. Among them were as many as five evil soul masters at the Titled Douluo level, along with over a hundred at the Soul Douluo and Soul Sage levels—something unseen in nearly a century.
Excluding the evil soul masters eradicated in this large-scale operation, Spirit Hall's previous record of a Titled Douluo-level evil soul master appearing dated back a full two hundred years, while Soul Douluo-level ones had last appeared over eighty years ago.
This was enough to show that evil soul masters had always been lurking across this continent, quietly developing and watching everything unfold in the shadows, waiting for their chance to rise again.
Without this purge, no one knew how much chaos they might have caused in the future.
Though a major disaster had been avoided, quite a few smaller troubles had emerged.
As everyone knew, this operation had not only wiped out evil soul masters, but had also exposed a large number of government officials who had maintained various connections and transactions with them.
Moreover, because all related operations were handled entirely by Spirit Hall and Grace Hall, the other soul master factions and nations had basically only cooperated with the effort.
After all, Spirit Hall was the strongest established power, while Grace Hall, though a newer force, possessed both a renowned Titled Douluo and actual control over more than half the former Star Luo Empire's territory. Neither was someone to provoke, and either had the ability to label them "evil soul masters" at such a time.
During such a sensitive period, it