Ma Xiaotao's Contempt, Xiao Changge's Fury

"Xiao Changge, that trash, took the wrong path and sank deeper and deeper. Resisting Shrek had no future.

Shrek was the academy that produced Sea God Tang San. That proved Shrek Academy was right.

And what happened? Xiao Changge actually had Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire help him awaken his Martial Soul. After awakening it, he even chose to join the Sun Moon Empire. What an act of betrayal against the Douluo Three Kingdoms! An act of betrayal against the Douluo Continent!

I despised people like him. And Shrek having him help me solve my Martial Soul problem could count as punishment for him, making him understand what was right and what was wrong. But what happened? He actually thought he was the one being wronged.

Anyway, he was already crippled. For the rest of his life, he could only be an ordinary person. Giving him 100 Gold Soul Coins was already showing him respect."

Ma Xiaotao's words were filled with contempt, mockery, and scorn for Xiao Changge. In her eyes, Shrek was right.

Ma Xiaotao was also a staunch supporter of the distorted system of the Douluo Continent and the Douluo Three Kingdoms, because they were Soul Master nobles. Only this way could they ride roughshod over the commoners they looked down upon.

They also rejected the Sun Moon Empire, because the Sun Moon Empire gave commoners enough to eat, and nobles could not casually kill ordinary people either.

Although it still lagged far behind the world of Xiao Changge's previous life, in this distorted world, the people of the Sun Moon Empire being able to scrape together a living, afford medical treatment and food, and even awaken Martial Souls for everyone was already quite remarkable.

It was far stronger than the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Back when the Douluo Three Kingdoms—or rather, when the two major empires of Douluo were still the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire—they defeated Spirit Hall and ruined its reputation. At the same time, Spirit Hall's remnants chose to stop involving themselves in the disputes of the Douluo Continent. But the problem was that after Spirit Hall was gone, no one or no force was willing to help children awaken their Martial Souls for free.

Nor did anyone provide subsidies to commoner Soul Masters.

No one suppressed Evil Soul Masters, and Tang San had destroyed the Capital of Slaughter, releasing those Evil Soul Masters—those Fallen Soul Masters—upon the world. The continent was left devastated, nobles ruled unchecked, and the common people lived in misery.

The Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek both knew about this situation, yet they stood by and did nothing, because it benefited them more this way—when the people found it harder to survive, they would place more faith in Shrek and those nobles.

The Sun Moon Empire knew about the Douluo Three Kingdoms' situation, so it often mocked their absurd systems through public opinion.

It also declared that if it unified the commoner class of the Douluo Continent, commoners would be able to live good lives, would not be casually exploited by noble Soul Masters, and could live like human beings.

At the same time, it would prohibit Soul Masters from casually harming ordinary people, among other things.

Thus, in the eyes of Douluo Soul Master nobles like Ma Xiaotao, the Sun Moon Empire was a band of thugs threatening their interests and seeking to destroy their legitimate, sacred, noble status.

So Xiao Changge going to the Sun Moon Empire with the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers to develop himself, become strong, and aid the Sun Moon Empire was, in their eyes, simply an act of betrayal against the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Moreover, Xiao Changge's fury toward Shrek was written all over his face. If such a genius were allowed to join the Sun Moon Empire, or if they were allowed to nurture him into greatness...

The moment Xiao Changge became strong, he would certainly join the Sun Moon Empire and hold a blade to Shrek Academy and the Douluo Three Kingdoms. So how could they possibly nurture him into greatness?

In the eyes of Shrek, that distorted, laughable organization, dealing with someone like Xiao Changge only required crippling him outright.

Star Dou Great Forest.

"Teacher." Xiao Changge arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest, where Shrek Academy was located.

Or rather, it was located near the Star Dou Great Forest. Ten thousand years ago, only Spirit Hall would have established its headquarters near the Star Dou Great Forest.

The moment Xiao Changge thought of approaching Shrek, he felt sick enough to vomit. Thinking of his days in Shrek filled him with even greater fury.

Although he had no problems with food or shelter, he was looked down on, despised, had his Soul Power drained, and was exploited.

And it felt as though everything he possessed had been bestowed upon him, as if he were Shrek's slave—just as those people's faces seemed to say: you chose this yourself.

"Whenever I see someone from Shrek now, I want to kill them all. Whenever I see the faces of those Shrek elders, I want to flay them, then sever their limbs and hang them from the city walls."

Xiao Changge's anger was still intense. He was furious because of his future. If not for Electrolux and the system, his future would only have been destroyed. He might not even have had a future at all, condemned to be an ordinary person for life, exploited and bullied, unable to resist no matter where he went.

If the Douluo Continent had been a harmonious, peaceful society like Xiao Changge's original world, one with laws and equality for all, he would not have objected to being an ordinary person. But what kind of society was the Douluo Continent?

It was a completely unequal society where bloodlines reigned supreme. In this society, ordinary people would only be exploited. If the Douluo Continent had a fair organization like Spirit Hall, where one could appeal to Spirit Hall after being wronged and have it uphold justice, perhaps he could have endured it.

But Spirit Hall no longer existed on the Douluo Continent. Evil Soul Masters ran rampant, and noble Soul Master factions exploited the common people. He had originally possessed a top-tier Martial Soul and could have lived freely and enjoyed a good life, yet Shrek had destroyed it all. How could he possibly be happy?

"Changge, I understand your anger. Shrek destroyed you, and during your time there, many people mocked you. They did not know the truth. They thought you were trash, so they often ridiculed and bullied you. But many innocent people are involved as well. You cannot harm them—for example, those ordinary residents. You cannot go and kill them, can you? Those ordinary residents have nothing to do with you.

If you want revenge, I do not mind. But you should not vent the fury of your revenge upon ordinary people.

Shrek Academy, and even Shrek City, have many ordinary people. If you vent your anger on ordinary people, how would you be any different from those nobles of Shrek?

How would you be any different from the people you hate? So you must learn to remain rational. You must learn to distinguish what should and should not be done. You cannot let anger cloud your judgment and make you do things you will regret for the rest of your life. You have also received help from many ordinary people in this world, so you should not harm ordinary people either."

Electrolux was speaking of his own past, and the mistakes he had once made.