"Useless! Useless! You couldn't even kill Xu Tianran! Every last one of you is useless!"
In the spacious council hall at the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, Zhongli Wu's refined-looking face was twisted with fury. Before him lay a table he had overturned, its papers scattered across the floor.
The elders and offerings in the council hall wore varying expressions. Wuyun, an offering who had only recently joined the Holy Spirit Cult, looked particularly bemused.
Zhongli Wu had decided to assassinate Xu Tianran over everyone's objections, without even informing Supreme Cult Leader Ye Xishui or Chief Offering Long Xiaoyao. To ensure nothing could go wrong, he had specifically dispatched several Soul Douluos along with Myriad Souls Douluo.
Myriad Souls Douluo was one of Zhongli Wu's trusted confidants.
Yet now, the operation had been thoroughly botched.
The chain reaction from this failure was... security throughout Mingdu had immediately tightened. The Sun Moon Imperial Family had taken action almost at once, with the Body Sect assisting them as they scoured Mingdu for traces of Evil Soul Masters.
The underground organization that had already secretly recruited some Soul Engineers and was about to establish the Xishui Alliance now had no choice but to halt its activities.
Nangong Wan, the elder responsible for establishing the Xishui Alliance, had even come dangerously close to being discovered by the Body Sect's Golden Body Douluo, Jinpeng, and had nearly lost his life.
This was undoubtedly a devastating blow to the Holy Spirit Cult.
In Zhongli Wu's original plan, assassinating Xu Tianran and pinning the blame on the Sun Moon Empire's other princes would have plunged the entire empire into chaos. Then the Holy Spirit Cult, which had failed to secure a partnership with Crown Prince Xu Tiance, could operate in secret and even seize the opportunity to seek