Sinner

Her expression was not good; her brows were furrowed and her lips were pressed tightly together.

"The matter of the Slaughter City is recorded in the sect's records, and what Lin Ye said is largely the same, so it's not without reason."

Ning Tian put down her teacup, her tone as calm as ever, but there was a hint of deep thought in her eyes, "I have seen relevant records in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School's library. The Slaughter City was indeed a prison created by a certain Deity to imprison the fallen."

Before that place was destroyed, the number of Evil Soul Master on the continent was always under control.

Less than a century after the collapse of the Slaughter City, the number of cases involving Evil Soul Master increased nearly tenfold in the Ministry of Justice archives of the Two Great Empires.

Wu Feng slammed his teacup on the table, the force so great that tea splashed out. "Why did Tang San destroy it? Was he just bored?"

"In order to pass the test of the Asura God."

Ning Tian picked up the teapot and refilled Wu Feng's cup. "The Nine Trials of the Asura God, one of which is to destroy the Slaughter City, Tang San merely carried out the requirements of the trial."

"Forget about any assessments or anything like that, the result is there. He released a bunch of murderers, then just walked away and ascended to heaven. Who's going to clean up this mess? The Two Great Empires? Can they even manage it?"

Wu Feng sneered, "In the end, it's the common people who suffer. Those who were killed to claim credit, those whose villages were massacred, those who were captured to be used as blood sacrifice materials—every single one of them will be held responsible for the consequences of this incident."

Ning Tian did not refute.

She picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and gazed at the street scene outside the window.

People came and went downstairs at the teahouse, the shouts of vendors and the laughter of children mingling together, creating a scene of peace and prosperity.

But she knew that behind this peace, how many shadows were cast by those roaming Evil Soul Master.

Lin Ye was right; one of the sources of these shadows was the collapse of the Slaughter City.

"Tang San's actions are too goal-oriented."

Ning Tian slowly spoke, "He is willing to pay any price to achieve his goals, and he seems to rarely consider the consequences."

When he destroyed the Slaughter City, he was probably only thinking about completing the test. As for what would happen if the Evil Soul Master inside escaped, he probably didn't even consider it.

Perhaps he had thought about it, but felt that these costs were acceptable in order to pass the assessment.

Regardless of the situation, it all points to one thing: there's something off about him deep down.

Wu Feng glanced at her, unusually not speaking in a teasing tone, "What is it?"

"To achieve their own goals, they can justifiably make innocent people bear the consequences."

Ning Tian put down his teacup and turned to look at Wu Feng: "The difference between this way of thinking and the Evil Soul Master devouring innocent people to become stronger is that one directly takes action, while the other causes it indirectly."

The methods may differ, but in essence, they are not much different in using other people's lives as fuel for their own advancement.

Wu Feng remained silent for a while, then picked up his teacup and drank it all in one gulp. "You're right, I'll never admire Tang San again."

Ning Tian's lips curved slightly, but he didn't say anything more and continued reading his diary.

[The third, and most fatal, rule.]

Tang San destroyed the Spirit Hall and shattered the Angel God's Inheritance.

When the Spirit Hall still existed, there was a complete system for controlling Evil Soul Master on the continent.

From which stage does this system begin? It begins with the Martial Soul Awakening at the age of six.

Every year, the deacons of the Spirit Hall travel to every corner of the continent to Martial Soul Awakening of all six-year-old children.

During the awakening process, if an evil Martial Soul is discovered.

For example, creatures like Evil Phoenix, Evil Eyes, and Blood Fiend will be marked on the spot and entered into the Spirit Hall's surveillance files.

These children are closely monitored from a young age, and if they show any signs of moral decline, the Spirit Hall's enforcement team will intervene to nip the Evil Soul Master in the bud.

In addition, the Spirit Hall also has a special agency responsible for hunting down and controlling Evil Soul Master.

Few people may remember the name of this organization anymore; it is the Martial Soul Tribunal.

Its function is to hunt down Evil Soul Master throughout the entire continent. No matter where you hide, the people of the Martial Soul Tribunal can find you.

This system has been operating for over a thousand years. While its efficiency is not perfect, it has at least kept the number of Evil Soul Master at an extremely low level.

How low is it? So low that an ordinary person would never encounter a single Evil Soul Master in their entire life.

[Then what did Tang San do? He uprooted the Spirit Hall completely.]

After the Spirit Hall was destroyed, the control system that had been operating for thousands of years collapsed overnight.

No one goes to different places to awaken the souls of six-year-olds anymore, no one goes to screen for evil Martial Soul anymore, and no one goes to hunt down Evil Soul Master anymore.

The Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire Two Great Empires did take over some of the functions of the Spirit Hall, but they did a terrible job of it.

With the imperial court busy vying for power and local officials busy lining their own pockets, who has time to care about Evil Soul Master?

The collapse of this control system directly led to one consequence: Evil Soul Master entered a golden age of unbridled growth.

No one cares, no one chases, no one kills; they can freely grow and thrive.

But simply destroying the Spirit Hall wasn't enough.

Tang San did something else: he interrupted the Angel God's Inheritance.

Qian Renxue was defeated by Tang San in the Angel God Trial, thus shattering her Angel Godhood and completely severing her lineage.

The sacred power of the angelic lineage is the most natural enemy of Evil Soul Master.

The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul possesses an inherent divine purification power that has an absolute suppressive effect on all evil spirits.

Even a mere descendant of an angel with diluted bloodline, relying on that remaining divine aura, can strike fear into the hearts of low-level Evil Soul Master.

It can be said that as long as the legacy of the Angel God continues, Evil Soul Master will never dare to openly develop their power.

But Tang San destroyed the Angel God's legacy.

The divine power is gone; the thing that Evil Soul Master feared most has vanished from the continent.

Without natural enemies or suppression, these desperados who had been lurking in the shadows for years could finally emerge with impunity.

They no longer needed to hide, no longer needed to fear the judgment of divine power. They could operate day and night, openly recruit followers, and gradually build a vast and organized force of Evil Soul Master —this was the later Holy Spirit Cult.

So you see, this causal chain is as clear as it gets.

First, Tang San grew stronger by relying on the devouring ability of the Eight-Spider Lance, planting the seeds of devouring in the Tang Sect bloodline, which indirectly affected Tang Ya and other descendants, causing them to fall into Evil Soul Master.

Secondly, Tang San destroyed the Slaughter City, releasing a large number of Evil Soul Master and Fallen Soul Master imprisoned inside, directly injecting the seeds of Evil Soul Master into the continent.

And most importantly, Evil Soul Master no longer have natural enemies, and things without natural enemies develop incredibly rapidly.