Because of that group of self-proclaimed righteous, hypocritical, narrow-minded, and stubbornly biased soul masters from Shrek Academy!
Simply because Li Changsheng had awakened a martial soul with the attribute of destruction, whose aura was domineering and strange, failing to fit their rigid notions of righteousness.
Those mortals, those lower-realm ants whose lifespans did not even exceed a century and who could not even touch the threshold of godhood!
They had actually acted so brazenly and recklessly, branding the true biological son of a Divine King as an evil soul master whom everyone had the right to kill!
At that thought, Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Zhongli Wu completely lost it!
Their chests filled with utter absurdity, speechlessness, horror, and a laughable disbelief!
Ridiculous!
So ridiculous it shook the heavens!
There could be no greater joke in all eternity!
The God of Destruction, who controlled the Great Dao of universal annihilation and stood as one of the God Realm's five supreme Divine Kings—his only biological son, conceived with all of his origin power, the God Realm's most legitimate and noble second-generation god—
Had actually been labeled an "evil soul master" by a tiny academy in the lower realm and a group of mortal soul masters!
He had even nearly been executed on the spot!
Ye Xishui's mouth twitched wildly. Having lived for centuries, she felt an absurd sense of having her horizons broadened for the first time.
Long Xiaoyao's eyes were filled with shock, leaving only boundless relief and lingering fear in his heart.
He was relieved that they had encountered Li Changsheng today and had chosen to treat him well and investigate further, rather than rashly attacking as Shrek had.
If they had just now overestimated themselves and convicted him based solely on his martial soul aura before making a move to offend him...
The entire Holy Spirit Cult would likely have already been reduced to ashes, without even a trace of residue left behind!
Zhongli Wu's back turned cold, and a layer of sweat broke out across his body.
A terrifying image had already surfaced in the minds of the three—
If the God of Destruction, far away in the God Realm, learned that his beloved son had been slandered as an evil soul master in the lower realm by a group of ants, wantonly hunted down, and marked for death—
How furious would that supreme Divine King, who controlled the annihilation of all things and possessed such a domineering, murderous temperament, become?
With a single thought, he could overturn the lower realm!
With a single burst of rage, he could shatter mountains and rivers!
Forget a mere Shrek Academy!
Forget the three nations of Douluo Continent—even the entire continent!
Even this world and plane itself would likely be completely overturned by the Divine King's fury and ground into nothingness!
Shrek...
This time, it had truly, utterly kicked the hardest iron plate in all eternity!
It was doomed!
Completely and utterly doomed!
At this moment, the state of the three of them could no longer be described as mere shock.
Their CPUs had completely burned out, their brains had crashed, and their entire worldview had shattered into pieces right where they stood!
Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu!
Three monsters who had lived for over a century and stood at the absolute pinnacle of Douluo Continent, at the very end of mortal cultivation!
Who would not have trembling legs and lower their heads without daring to breathe loudly upon seeing them?
Two Limit Douluos and one peak Rank 98 Titled Douluo—if they took a casual stroll across the continent, righteous sects, imperial families, and Shrek elders would all have to fawn over them politely!
In the past, they had been aloof, domineering, profound, and in control of everything, carrying themselves like great figures for whom all worldly matters were beneath notice.
Yet now, the three great figures stood frozen in place, their six eyes widened like bronze bells.
Their bodies had stiffened, and they did not even dare breathe too heavily!
The silence in the air was awkward to an absurd degree!
The next second, Ye Xishui's beautiful face completely fell apart.
Her cold, regal bearing and the imposing aura of the Death God Douluo shattered into nothing, while the corners of her mouth twitched wildly and her mindset completely collapsed.
Just moments ago, she had been sitting with one leg crossed over the other, watching with amusement as someone pretended to be a child and boasted, even demanding that he show his real trump card!
Thinking back on it now, she only wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it!
This was too socially humiliating!
It was practically a public humiliation of epic proportions!
One casual finger from him could crush her eight hundred times over!
And she had actually asked the Divine King's young heir to provide proof!
Long Xiaoyao beside her was no better off.
That steady old man and seasoned schemer who had lived for over a century now had twitching eyelids, while his back was instantly soaked in cold sweat.
Just now, he had been seriously and solemnly discussing whether they could overturn the current order and replace Shrek.
The current order?
His father was the current order itself!
Why would they need to overturn anything?
As long as he returned to the God Realm and casually lodged a complaint, the God of Destruction could lower his eyelids, and Shrek would vanish directly from history without even ashes remaining!
Zhongli Wu had it the worst!
He wanted nothing more than to slap himself twice on the spot!
At first, he had dared to speculate about Li Changsheng's identity, probe into his background, and had even vaguely entertained thoughts of gaining leverage over him!
He had even stupidly asked just now, "Do you simply want revenge against Shrek Academy?"
Revenge?
For Young Master Changsheng to even glance at Shrek would be an act of condescending charity!
Who was worthy of being avenged by a Divine King's son?
In an instant, every trace of pride, shrewdness, restraint, and lofty bearing in the hearts of the three was shattered completely!
Gone!
Not a single trace remained!
All that remained was extreme cowardice, extreme relief, and an extreme urge to cling to his thigh!
Fortunately!
Fortunately, they had been polite from beginning to end!
Fortunately, they had not offended him in the slightest!
Fortunately, that idiot Lin Chen had been killed on the spot before it was their turn to court death!
Otherwise, the Holy Spirit Cult's century-long foundation and the three of them would have all been finished on the spot!
They would not even know how they had died!
After a brief system crash, the three reacted almost instinctively, scrambling to move with absurdly perfect uniformity!
"Greetings, Divine Son!"
Seeing their formal bows, Li Changsheng waved a hand and said, "No need for such ceremony."
"May I ask whether the Divine Son has any business to attend to in the lower realm?"
Ye Xishui looked at the fair, clean child before her, bowed slightly, and said softly, "If so, we can help you take care of it."
"Yes, yes. Leave any dirty work or hard labor to us. We can do anything."
Zhongli Wu in particular was practically no different from a lackey.
He could not help it. He wanted to advance too badly.
Not to ask for much—even a tiny bit of divine power could help him break through to Rank 99, perhaps even touch the threshold of the God Realm.
"No."
Li Changsheng shook his head and said in a maddeningly casual tone, "I came to the lower realm simply because I had stayed in the God Realm for too long and wanted to come down and have some fun."
Upon hearing that, the three of them were completely speechless.
What did he mean, he had stayed in the God Realm too long, so he wanted to come down to the lower realm for fun?
Was that even something a person would say?
The God Realm, where others desperately wanted to go, was merely a place the children of the heavenly palace had grown tired of staying in.
They had truly stumbled into the heavenly palace this time; they should have asked about the palace towers in the sky!
"Therefore, starting now, the Holy Spirit Cult will begin reforming. Put away those shameful methods you used in the past, especially cultivating with the souls of mortals."
Li Changsheng looked at the Holy Spirit Cult's higher-ups and voiced his first demand.
"No problem."
The three spoke in unison. Then Ye Xishui smiled and hinted, "It is just that, Divine Son, you know as well that without mortal souls, our cultivation will slow down considerably. And once it slows, if the forces led by Shrek Academy suddenly launch an attack against us someday, things could become troublesome. No matter how strong the Holy Spirit Cult is, we cannot possibly be a match for Shrek Academy and the original three nations of Douluo Continent."
Zhongli Wu and Long Xiaoyao nodded along, expressing their complete agreement.
The same thought was written across all their faces: reforming was fine, and obeying was no problem, but they needed some benefits in return.
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