Arc 13The Weight of Choices
Lin Ye’s diary traces the Holy Spirit Cult’s rise to the collapse of forces that once restrained Evil Soul Masters, while readers reconsider Tang San’s legacy and the costs of war. It then weighs He Caitou’s revenge and Bei Bei’s lost potential, leaving Xiao Xiao determined to train harder.
- Lin Ye argued that Tang San’s destruction of Slaughter City and Martial Soul Hall helped Evil Soul Masters spread and eventually form the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting readers including Juzi, Gu Yuena, and Zhang Lexuan to question the consequences.
- Lin Ye recounted the Holy Spirit Cult’s later atrocities, its alliance with Xu Tianran, and Zhongli Wu’s disastrous attempt to kill Di Tian, which cost the cult its elite forces.
- Lin Ye compared the Holy Spirit Cult with Martial Soul Hall, Sea God Island, and the Haotian Sect, concluding that those powers could defeat or contain it, while Tang San’s era left it room to grow.
- Lin Ye revealed that He Caitou was the former Sun Moon Empire crown prince and explained how the empire’s persecution drove him to Shrek, where he built weapons used against his homeland.
- Lin Ye questioned whether He Caitou’s personal revenge justified weapons that killed civilians, leading Juzi, Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wang Dong'er to consider betrayal, responsibility, and the limits of revenge.
- Lin Ye explained that Bei Bei’s ordinary Soul Rings and the loss of Mu En’s Dragon Core to Huo Yuhao limited Bei Bei’s potential, though his leadership kept him important to the Tang Sect and Shrek Seven Monsters.
- Xiao Xiao resolved to take cultivation and future Soul Ring choices seriously, then ran through the rain to the training grounds.