Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Holy Spirit Cult |
| Alias(es) | Holy Cult; 圣灵教 |
| Affiliation | Cooperates with the Sun Moon Empire |
| Occupation/Role | Evil soul master sect and continental militant organization |
| Status | Active; its surviving forces withdrew after the Battle of Shrek City, later maintaining covert influence through the Black Dragon Merchant Association. It is currently providing intelligence, personnel, and authority for Long Wushang's covert operation against Mingde Hall 25 71 143 149 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
Organization
| Position / Faction | Known Members | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Supreme Cult Master | Ye Xishui | The cult's true ruler and a pinnacle figure among evil soul masters. Her command token represents her will and must be obeyed by the Cult Leader, elders, and consecrates 1 6. |
| Cult Leader / elder faction | Zhongli Wu | The current Cult Leader and leader of the elder faction. Despite holding nominal authority, his position is constrained by Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Long Wushang 4 5 7. |
| Supreme Consecrate / consecrated elder faction | Long Xiaoyao | Dragon Emperor Douluo and leader of the consecrated elder faction. His backing gives Long Wushang decisive influence over the cult 4 6 7. |
| Holy Son | Long Wushang | Publicly acknowledged son of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. His status and talent cause many consecrates to regard him as Zhongli Wu's likely successor 1 4 5. |
| Saintesses | Tang Ya; Ma Xiaotao | Tang Ya is the Blue Silver Saintess and later becomes Long Wushang's Greed Divine Servant. Ma Xiaotao is the Fire Phoenix Saintess, whose corruption and Original Sin Contract elevate her into the Wrath Divine Servant and a Pureblood Dark Fire Phoenix 2 5 8 9 51 58. |
| Consecrated elders | Zhang Peng, Bone Flute Douluo, Magnetic Force Douluo, others | The cult fields numerous Titled Douluo-level consecrates. Zhang Peng serves as Sixth Consecrator; Bone Flute and Magnetic Force openly support Long Wushang 2 4 5. |
| Elder faction members | Masked Douluo, Abomination Douluo, others | Several elders remain wary of Long Wushang's growing intervention in cult affairs and align more closely with Zhongli Wu 5. |
| Commercial-front personnel | Tang Ya, Black Dragon Merchant Association members | Tang Ya serves as Executive Director of the Black Dragon Merchant Association, an organization secretly controlled by the cult despite its commercial façade 71. |
| Mingde Hall covert agents | Unnamed agents | Cult agents embedded in Mingde Hall provide intelligence on its underground treasury, defenses, and guard deployment for Long Wushang's operation to seize the God-Sealing Platform 143. |
The cult's upper ranks are divided between Zhongli Wu's elder faction and Long Xiaoyao's consecrated elder faction. Though both formally serve Ye Xishui, their rivalry is longstanding; Long Wushang's public recognition shifted substantial support toward the consecrates 4 5.
Bases and Resources
- Underground headquarters and main altar — Located in the Evil Demon Forest. Major assemblies of elders and consecrates are held at its main altar 4 5.
- Dragon Tomb — A highly restricted underground forbidden ground containing an altar built within an ancient dragon skeleton. It serves as Long Wushang's cultivation site and is guarded by formations and original-sin influence 1 2.
- Supreme Hierarch's Command Token — One of the cult's highest symbols of authority; it compels unconditional compliance with Ye Xishui's orders. Ye Xishui later entrusted it to Long Wushang to authorize the use of cult intelligence and resources for the Mingde Hall operation 6 143.
- Branch altars and covert channels — The cult's branch altars across the continent can collect rare texts, manuals, and herb records at Long Wushang's direction 33.
- Ye Xishui's private laboratory — A heavily restricted soul-tool laboratory beneath the Evil Demon Forest headquarters, accessible only to Long Wushang and a very small number of core higher-ups 47.
- Xi Shui Alliance — A Mingdu underground organization established by the cult as a revenue-generating front and source of influence within the Sun Moon Empire 60 67.
- Black Dragon Merchant Association — A commercial organization established in Mingdu under Long Wushang's public identity and secretly controlled by the cult. It provides access to underground markets, recruitment networks, and cross-border commercial channels 60 71.
- Mingde Hall intelligence network — Covert agents within Mingde Hall can investigate its treasury layout, defensive arrangements, and guard movements while concealing the cult's involvement 143.
- Evil soul master forces — Includes Titled Douluo, Soul Douluo, Soul Saints, elite evil soul masters, and large numbers of ordinary followers 7 8 11.
Methods and Capabilities
Covert Infiltration
The cult conceals personnel as mercenaries, merchants, wandering soul masters, hunting parties, caravans, and other civilian groups before an operation begins 12 14.
- Teams gather separately in forests, towns, and along roads to avoid exposing the operation 12.
- In the Shrek operation, infiltrators killed city-defense officers and exploited the resulting collapse of the defensive line 14.
- Its forces prioritize disruption and mass casualties among vulnerable targets, including student dormitories, teaching districts, and the outer court 14 15.
- The Black Dragon Merchant Association functions as a concealed commercial façade for cult influence, allowing its members to operate within Mingdu and recruit people through legal identities, employment, and underground-market connections 60 71.
- The cult maintains agents within sensitive Sun Moon Empire institutions, including Mingde Hall, who can supply intelligence for restricted operations without openly mobilizing the cult's main forces 143.
Evil Soul Master Corruption
The cult transforms and retains powerful soul masters through evil soul power and resentful spiritual energy.
- Tang Ya joined the cult as the Blue Silver Saintess and was later remade through Long Wushang's Original Sin Contract into the Greed Divine Servant 2 9.
- Ma Xiaotao was brought to the cult as the Fire Phoenix Saintess and subjected to continued corruption intended to strengthen and mutate her Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul 5 8 10.
- After forming an Original Sin Contract with Long Wushang, Ma Xiaotao became the Wrath Divine Servant. The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was intended to purge her unstable evil fire and evolve her martial soul into a Pureblood Dark Fire Phoenix 51 58.
- Long Wushang has considered breaking Xuan Zi's devotion to Shrek and transforming him into a peak combatant for the cult, though Xuan Zi remains unwilling to join it 46 86.
Military Coordination
The Holy Spirit Cult works with the Sun Moon Empire because both sides benefit from the arrangement: the cult gains resources, population, and an imperial war machine, while Xu Tianran employs the cult to remove political and military rivals 10 11.
- Sun Moon Empire soul-tool bombardment was used to pin down Shrek's defenses during the attack on Shrek City 14.
- The cult deployed more than ten Titled Douluo-level evil soul masters alongside Long Xiaoyao and a large infiltrated force for the operation 11.
- Long Wushang used the Supreme Hierarch's Command Token to direct the final withdrawal from Shrek City 23.
- Its relationship with the Sun Moon Empire also provides cover for underground commercial activities. Xu Tianran has permitted the Black Dragon Merchant Association to conduct business in Mingdu while remaining wary of its concealed backing and expansion 66 67.
- The alliance's value also limits the cult's freedom of action: Zhongli Wu opposed provoking Mingde Hall because an exposed operation could jeopardize the cult's cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire 143.
- For the operation against Mingde Hall, Long Xiaoyao acts as the overt assault and diversion force while Long Wushang infiltrates the underground treasury using intelligence supplied through the cult's covert network 143 149.
History
Long Wushang was recognized from birth as the cult's young master due to being the direct descendant of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. His exceptional twin martial souls and divine inheritance made him a central figure in the cult's future power struggle 1 4.
After Long Wushang emerged from seclusion, he invoked Ye Xishui's command token and ordered the cult to cooperate fully with the Sun Moon Empire in targeted attacks against the Three Douluo Kingdoms, with Shrek Academy as the immediate objective. Zhongli Wu and the elder faction initially attempted to minimize or adjourn the proposal, but Long Xiaoyao's arrival forced the upper ranks to comply 6 7.
The cult then mobilized nearly half of its deployable mid- and high-level strength, along with elite evil soul masters and ordinary followers. Its members infiltrated the Three Douluo Kingdoms in batches, waiting around Shrek City for the signal to strike 7 8 12.
Following the Battle of Shrek City, Long Xiaoyao ordered the injured elders and surviving forces back toward the Sun Moon Empire to recuperate and prepare for the next stage of their plans 25. During the subsequent period, Long Wushang returned to the headquarters and provided Ye Xishui with supreme immortal herbs intended to stabilize her foundation and repair her origin 47 49.
Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao later began arranging for Long Wushang to gradually distance himself from the cult's public identity. They prepared a clean Sun Moon Empire identity for him as a Long Family descendant whose parents had supposedly been killed by evil soul masters, believing that the cult could support him from the shadows without determining his future 57 58 59. Long Wushang, however, remained unwilling to relinquish a force as powerful as the Holy Spirit Cult and instead considered restructuring its control around his own interests 59.
The Black Dragon Merchant Association was subsequently established in Mingdu under Long Wushang's independent public identity. While it outwardly clashed with the cult-linked Xi Shui Alliance, it was secretly controlled by the Holy Spirit Cult and became another means of extending its influence into commercial and intelligence networks across the continent 60 67 71.
After Long Wushang learned of Yan Shaozhe's concealed family connection to Ye Xishui and the Long Family, he established contact with him and began drawing him gradually into his broader plans rather than forcing him to accept his ancestry or any association with the cult 141 142.
Long Wushang later sought the hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress embryo sealed in Mingde Hall's Level-Nine God-Sealing Platform. Although Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu recognized that an exposed attack could endanger the cult's alliance with the Sun Moon Empire, Ye Xishui ultimately authorized the limited operation through the Supreme Hierarch's Command Token. The cult's agents were tasked with investigating Mingde Hall's defenses, while Long Xiaoyao and Long Wushang undertook the operation themselves 143.
During the ensuing raid, Long Xiaoyao launched a direct assault against Mingde Hall's underground defenses, drawing away its defenders and surveillance. Long Wushang used the opening to infiltrate the treasury sector, locate the Snow Empress's aura, and eliminate two Level-Seven Soul Engineer guards outside the secured storage room 149.
Battle of Shrek City
The assault on Shrek Academy was the Holy Spirit Cult's first true full-scale offensive against the academy since the cult's founding 8.
- Sun Moon Empire soul-tool shells bombarded Shrek City while cult forces infiltrated through the city gates 14.
- The attackers targeted Shrek's younger generation, concentrating on the outer court, dormitories, and teaching district while stronger defenders were occupied or intercepted 14 15.
- Long Wushang used the Original Sin Demon Puppet to intensify greed, wrath, fear, and other impulses across the battlefield, breaking defender coordination and creating openings for cult members to kill 18 22.
- The attack severely damaged Shrek's outer academy, breached inner academy defenses, inflicted heavy student casualties, critically injured Huo Yuhao, and forced Mu En to expend his remaining lifespan 22 25.
- Sea God's Light killed or purified many evil soul masters and compelled a full retreat. Long Wushang and Long Xiaoyao issued the withdrawal order as divine radiance spread through the city 23 24.
The retreating force regrouped in the Star Dou Great Forest. More than half of the ordinary cultists involved were killed or injured; 672 cultists returned, while more than 300 remained unaccounted for. Two consecrated elders and three elders were grievously injured, and dozens of Soul Saints or stronger were lost 25.
Relationships
- Ye Xishui — Supreme Cult Master and true ruler of the cult; mother of Long Wushang and issuer of the command token used to launch the Shrek operation. She later prioritized Long Wushang's plan to seize the God-Sealing Platform over the political risks to the cult's imperial alliance 1 6 143.
- Long Xiaoyao — Supreme Consecrate whose authority over the consecrated elders supports Long Wushang and suppresses Zhongli Wu's faction. He also serves as Long Wushang's principal combat support during the Mingde Hall operation 4 7 149.
- Long Wushang — Holy Son and prospective successor whose rise has altered the cult's internal balance of power. Although his parents seek to separate his public future from the cult, he remains deeply entangled with and reliant on its resources 4 5 59.
- Zhongli Wu — Current Cult Leader and head of the elder faction; nominally leads the cult but faces pressure from Long Xiaoyao and Long Wushang. He reluctantly provided Mingde Hall agent contacts after being assured that the raid would be limited to Long Wushang and Long Xiaoyao 5 7 143.
- Sun Moon Empire — Strategic partner supplying political backing and military support; the cult, in return, serves Xu Tianran's ambitions for the throne. The Mingde Hall operation risks straining this partnership if the cult's involvement is exposed 10 11 143.
- Mingde Hall — A Sun Moon Empire institution targeted by Long Wushang for its Level-Nine God-Sealing Platform and the Snow Empress embryo within it. The cult has embedded agents there, but an open conflict threatens its wider imperial relationship 143 149.
- Xi Shui Alliance — A cult-created Mingdu underground front whose interests conflict openly with the rapidly expanding Black Dragon Merchant Association 60 67.
- Black Dragon Merchant Association — A merchant organization secretly controlled by the cult, despite being publicly presented as an independent force under Long Wushang 60 71.
- Xuan Zi — A Shrek powerhouse whom Long Wushang has identified as a potential high-level recruit or transformed combatant; Xuan Zi remains fiercely opposed to joining the cult 46 86.
- Yan Shaozhe — A Shrek Super Douluo with a concealed blood connection to Ye Xishui and the Long Family. Long Wushang has contacted him and intends to guide him gradually into his plans, though Yan remains conflicted by his ancestry and longstanding Shrek loyalties 141 142.
- Shrek Academy — Longstanding enemy. The cult views Shrek's inspection corps and anti–evil soul master activities as irreconcilable threats 6.