The Butterfly Flapped Its Wings

After dealing with the enthusiastic villagers, Lin Bei helped Old Adam back home.

The old man looked very happy; the smile on his face had not disappeared since Su Yuntao left.

He looked at Lin Bei and said with relief:

"Little Bei, Grandpa doesn't know what to say, but as long as it's your decision, Grandpa will support you!"

Lin Bei knew Old Adam was talking about joining Spirit Hall.

He nodded slightly to the old man and said, "Grandpa, I know."

Lin Bei, who possessed the Time-Traveling Simulator, actually did not need Spirit Hall's cultivation resources.

Especially in the world of Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall was set up as the enemy of the protagonist, Tang San, and the enemies of the protagonist generally did not come to a good end. Hadn't Spirit Hall been destroyed in the original work at the hands of Tang San and the others?

Lin Bei had to think seriously—

Did the benefits he could gain from joining Spirit Hall outweigh the risk of becoming enemies with the protagonist?

If they did, then joining was naturally no problem.

If they did not, wouldn't joining Spirit Hall just be asking for trouble?

In the anime, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and the others were indeed very beautiful, but Lin Bei was not so shallow that his values would really run after their looks.

Besides, if he joined Spirit Hall, would he be able to win the favor of those beauties?

This was not some wish-fulfillment novel.

Where you shook with domineering aura and beauties threw themselves at you.

Everyone had independent thoughts and personalities. They would not be as brainless as in wish-fulfillment novels.

So Lin Bei had to think clearly about what benefits there actually were to joining Spirit Hall.

First was cultivation resources. In this regard, Spirit Hall was definitely the best—but it did not guarantee that you would become a god later on.

After all, in the original work, only Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue from Spirit Hall became gods.

As for Shrek's side.

In the early stage, they did not have many cultivation resources. Everyone struggled forward relying on their own talent.

It was not until Tang San returned from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that the Shrek Seven Devils truly entered their takeoff phase.

The advantage of joining Shrek was that, at the very least, you had a ticket to the divine realm.

The downside was that the way Dai Mubai and the others behaved was rather full of double standards. Their words and actions often contradicted themselves, and some of their views were also pretty off-putting.

But fortunately, they were not completely bad people or villains. As long as you could ensure that you "emerged unstained from the mud," joining Shrek was really much better than joining Spirit Hall.

"After thinking it over, following the protagonist Tang San is still the choice that maximizes a transmigrator's interests in the world of Douluo Continent..."

Lin Bei rubbed his brow and muttered to himself.

However...

"I'll still join Spirit Hall."

Lin Bei did not really like the values and ideals of Shrek's group.

Even if he joined Shrek, he would probably end up clashing with Dai Mubai and the others—after all, their values were different, so they simply could not get along.

Then why join?

He might as well join Spirit Hall.

Although Spirit Hall was set up as the enemy of the protagonist Tang San, and later launched a war that affected the entire continent, if you said Spirit Hall was evil, that was not necessarily true.

The two sides were more opposed in terms of stance.

Many of Spirit Hall's policies were extremely friendly to civilian soul masters, and this point made Lin Bei feel more inclined to approve of it in his heart.

Not to mention the unification war launched later on.

No matter what thoughts Bibi Dong and Qiandao Liu had when they launched the war, Lin Bei felt that if Spirit Hall had truly unified Douluo Continent, it would have been very good for most people.

After all, the two great empires, Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, could not remain at peace forever.

There would always come a day when war broke out between them.

When the two great empires went to war, it would still affect the entire continent.

"It's just that Bibi Dong still failed in the end..."

Lin Bei shook his head and sighed.

If that woman had not suffered such a tragic experience, if her heart had not been devoured by hatred, she really might have become the unprecedented Empress who was the first to unify Douluo Continent.

But that was hard to say too.

If she had not had such a miserable past, perhaps Bibi Dong would have become Yu Xiaogang's wife, and her highest achievement would have been nothing more than becoming a Titled Douluo.

Her tragic past had shaped the cold-blooded and heartless female pope, and at the same time, it had buried a woman's love and kindness.

"What a pity. What a pity."

Thinking of Bibi Dong's fate in the original work, Lin Bei sighed inwardly.

So-called beasts were the likes of Qian Xunji: though they wore human skin, they had no human heart, using a mouthful of excuses to cover up the filthy desires and sins within them.

The only ones they had ever cared about were themselves.

They never cared whether their actions and thoughts hurt others or destroyed them.

"I've decided. I'll join Spirit Hall!"

A sharp gleam flashed through Lin Bei's eyes.

The emperor Bibi Dong had failed to become—he would become instead!

"I want my name to still be sung across this Douluo Continent ten thousand years from now!"

"They will revere me as the First Emperor!"

Lin Bei clenched his fist and set himself a small goal.

He was going to unite this Douluo Continent and become its supreme emperor!

As for gods?

Fuck them!

The gods of Douluo were nothing but puppets of the Divine Realm's laws.

Could you believe it? After becoming a god, you were actually bound by the rules of the Divine Realm. You couldn't do whatever you wanted, and you couldn't leave the Divine Realm either.

The Divine Realm sounded lofty and grand.

But to many gods, it was more like a vast cage.

Otherwise, would the Shura God, the Sea God, and the others have passed on their god positions?

It was precisely because being in the Divine Realm was like being in prison.

What was the point of being that kind of god?

It would be better to be a carefree mortal emperor in the human world!

While Lin Bei made up his mind, Su Yuntao also returned to Notting City.

He went back to Spirit Hall and found Grandmaster Mashuno.

"Grandmaster, it's me, Su Yuntao."

"Yuntao, how did this year's awakenings go?"

Mashuno, his hair completely white, saw that it was Su Yuntao who had entered, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

Su Yuntao looked somewhat excited, like a child seeking credit, and said with a smile:

"Grandmaster, when I went to the countryside this time, I met two interesting children."

Mashuno was curious. "Two interesting children?"

"Mm. In Holy Soul Village, I met a child with Innate Full Soul Power. Unfortunately, his martial soul was Blue Silver Grass.

Grandmaster, isn't that completely mismatched? Blue Silver Grass is a trash martial soul. Even if that child has Innate Full Soul Power, what achievements could he have in the future?"

"What do you mean 'completely mismatched'? Is that how you misuse phrases?"

Mashuno didn't know whether to laugh or cry, then asked, "That child is indeed rather interesting. The trash martial soul Blue Silver Grass, yet he possesses Innate Full Soul Power..."

At this point, Mashuno suddenly frowned, as if he had thought of something.

Seeing Mashuno's expression, Su Yuntao couldn't help asking, "Grandmaster, what's wrong?"

"I've read a theory."

Mashuno was still thinking. Faced with Su Yuntao's question, he answered, "One point in that theory says this: the amount of Innate Soul Power is directly proportional to the quality of the martial soul."

The butterfly effect brought about by Lin Bei's transmigration had already begun to appear.

In the original work, Mashuno was very familiar with Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.

He had read Yu Xiaogang's writings and knew some of the theories inside.

But in the original work, after Su Yuntao returned from awakening Tang San, he did not tell Mashuno about Tang San's awakening results.

This meant that Mashuno in the original work never connected it to Yu Xiaogang's "Ten Core Competitiveness Theories of Martial Souls."

But now, after only a little thought, Mashuno noticed that something was off.

Su Yuntao listened in a daze. He scratched his head and asked, "Grandmaster, what does that mean?"

Mashuno shook his head, glanced at Su Yuntao, and explained, "It means that when a person awakens their martial soul, the higher the quality of the martial soul they awaken, the more Innate Soul Power they will have. Let me ask you, can the quality of Blue Silver Grass allow a child to possess Innate Full Soul Power?"

Su Yuntao shook his head decisively. "No. Blue Silver Grass is universally recognized as a trash—"

Before he could finish, Su Yuntao's mouth fell open, and he looked at Mashuno in disbelief. "Grandmaster, you mean..."

"Besides Blue Silver Grass, that child with Innate Full Soul Power likely has another martial soul."

Mashuno said it with a sigh.

Su Yuntao's eyes widened. "So that child actually has twin martial souls?!"

Twin martial souls were way more badass than any Innate Full Soul Power!

Mashuno looked at Su Yuntao faintly and asked, "Did you invite that child to join our Spirit Hall?"

Su Yuntao opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Invite, my ass!

Back then, he had thought that child only had the useless martial soul, Blue Silver Grass...

"M-Master, how about I go back now and look for that child?"

"Forget it."

Mashuno shook his head. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I'll go with you tomorrow."

Since they had noticed the other party's talent...

A genius like that naturally had to be brought into Spirit Hall.

That child with the Blue Silver Grass martial soul—if he truly had twin martial souls—was worth making the trip himself!