Holy Spirit Cult

Biodata

Background / History

Before the current tournament conflict, the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Shrek Academy and forcibly took Ma Xiaotao away. Her transformation into an Evil Soul Master had been triggered by Ma Rulong’s Sword of Judgment during the previous tournament; the cult subsequently invested heavily in developing her as its Fire Phoenix Saintess 22 23.

During the Continental Soul Master Tournament in Mingdu, the cult operates through both registered contestants and experts stationed in the shadows. Zhongli Wu’s position as the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial preceptor gives its leadership access to the tournament’s VIP stands and direct coordination with Crown Prince Xu Tianran 14 17.

Organization and Members

The cult’s documented hierarchy includes a Cult Leader, a Great Enshrined, numbered elders, and saintesses. Its tournament representatives also serve as combat operatives outside the arena 13 15 17 21 23.

Long Xiaoyao is explicitly distinguished from the cult’s Evil Soul Masters: he serves as Great Enshrined to protect a woman and retains personal ties to Shrek’s late leader, Mu En 21.

Strength and Methods

Combat Forces

• Elite leadership: The cult fields a level-99 Limit Douluo, a level-98 leader, and multiple Titled Douluos 16 20.
• Young operatives: Yan Feng’s capture squad consists of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage supported by Six-Ring Soul Emperors 17.
• Saintess development: Ma Xiaotao is cultivated as a hidden asset, but the losses against Luo Feng force the cult to reveal her earlier than intended 23.
• Death-warrior training: Lu Genggeng is trained as a frontline meat shield who is not permitted to retreat, even when warned against taking an attack head-on 18.

Recruitment and Coercion

• Zhongli Wu first seeks to bring Luo Feng into the cult after observing his unusual domain skill 14.
• Tang Ya is dispatched to make contact because Luo Feng continues concealing his other abilities 15.
• After Tang Ya reaches Shrek’s camp, Zhongli Wu orders her recovery “by any means necessary” and sends contestants to capture Luo Feng alive 17.
• Yan Feng’s squad is permitted to kill Nan Qiuqiu and Wang Qiu’er if possible, despite operating in a crowded civilian district 17.

Political and Tournament Maneuvering

• The cult coordinates with Xu Tianran to merge its surviving tournament personnel into the Sun Moon team 23.
• Ma Xiaotao replaces Ma Rulong, while two additional Evil Soul Masters replace the team’s support players 23.
• Tournament officials defend the altered roster as approved outside assistance for supposedly ill competitors 24.
• When faced with an opponent it cannot control, the cult suppresses its losses and postpones revenge rather than continuing an immediately costly confrontation 22.

Relationships

• Sun Moon Empire / Xu Tianran — Political partner. Zhongli Wu serves as imperial preceptor, and both leaderships authorize the combined tournament lineup 14 23.
• Luo Feng — Recruitment target turned enemy. His rescue of Tang Ya and destruction of the cult’s forces lead to a retaliation campaign, followed by a temporary prohibition on provoking him 14 16 20 22 23.
• Shrek Academy — Adversary. The cult previously abducted Ma Xiaotao and later besieges Shrek’s tournament quarters to recover Tang Ya 21 22.
• Earth Dragon Sect — Drawn into the conflict through Luo Feng. Nether Thunder Douluo’s attachment to Nan Shuishui leads him to warn her family rather than attack them during his appearance 13.
• Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy — Tournament collaborator. Its team accepts cult reinforcements under orders, although Xiao Hongchen objects and Meng Hongchen openly clashes with Ma Xiaotao 23 24.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Initial Contact and Recruitment

• Tang Dai spies on Luo Feng and Nan Qiuqiu at their hotel. Luo Feng spares him to avoid drawing the cult’s attention, but strips out much of his hair, breaks his front teeth, and kicks him into a fishpond 9.
• Nether Thunder Douluo warns Nan Shuishui that Luo Feng’s public success has attracted dangerous attention 13.
• Zhongli Wu watches Luo Feng defeat the Heavenly Dragon Sect and sends Tang Ya to approach him 14 15.

Tang Ya’s Return to Shrek

• Luo Feng uses Time Stop to carry Tang Ya and Bei Bei into Shrek’s camp without the cult’s observers noticing the transfer 16.
• Zhongli Wu initially forbids an immediate retrieval attempt to avoid disrupting the tournament, but suspects Luo Feng’s involvement 16.
• The cult then divides its forces: senior experts watch Shrek, while its young contestants pursue Luo Feng and Wang Qiu’er 17.

Shopping-District Ambush

• Yan Feng’s group exposes its Martial Souls among hundreds of civilians, causing vulnerable bystanders to faint 17.
• Luo Feng kills Tang Dai and Lu Genggeng. Yan Feng escapes, returns claiming to be a victim, and is killed despite invoking Zhongli Wu’s name 17 18.

Failed Siege of Shrek

• The recovery operation escalates into a siege while Long Xiaoyao keeps Xuan Zi occupied away from the students 20 21.
• Luo Feng attacks from behind, traps the clustered fighters in his time domain, and draws roughly seventy or eighty enemies into a black hole 19.
• He then kills Masked Douluo, Sleep-Dream Douluo, and Abomination Douluo during Time Stop, breaking the pressure on Shrek’s team 20.
• Survivors report more than eighty deaths among experts at Soul Saint rank or above, including three Titled Douluos—the worst losses in the cult’s history 22.
• Long Xiaoyao warns Zhongli Wu against revenge. Zhongli Wu orders the incident concealed and threatens death for anyone who provokes Luo Feng again 22.

Renewed Confrontation Through the Tournament

• Despite the prohibition on direct provocation, Zhongli Wu uses the merged Sun Moon–Holy Spirit lineup to pursue revenge and uncover Luo Feng’s remaining abilities 23.
• Ma Xiaotao demands Luo Feng as her opponent and questions how he killed the cult’s elders 23 24.
• Their duel begins with Luo Feng defending against her Evil Fire Phoenix techniques; its outcome is not established in the provided chapters 24.