Inside the secret chamber of the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, in Accumulated Yin Cave on Howling Mountain, within the Evil Demon Forest.
"Son, the hour has come. Light the incense."
Upon the altar, a woman dressed in black robes knelt before a prayer cushion, neither joy nor sorrow in her eyes. Two people knelt behind her, a man and a woman, both likewise clad in black robes.
Had Chen Ping been there, he would certainly have recognized the people kneeling to the black-robed woman's left and right. Were they not Zhongli Wu, the Sun Moon Empire's imperial preceptor, and Feng Ling, who had watched the entire Mingdu Elite Soul Engineer Competition?
One was the Holy Spirit Cult's Cult Master, and the other its Vice Cult Master, yet here they knelt so devoutly, even taking their places behind this woman. Coupled with the way she addressed Zhongli Wu, her identity was all but apparent.
The Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Supreme Elder, the Sun Moon Empire's Supreme Consecrated Elder, a Level 99 Power Attack System Limit Douluo-the Death God Douluo, Ye Xishui!
"Yes."
Zhongli Wu voiced his assent and nodded respectfully. He took out three sticks of incense, lit them, and respectfully placed them before the offering table at which the three knelt in worship. Then he took out three fragrant wreaths woven from flowers and grasses that grew in the Evil Demon Forest and placed them on their heads.
Before the three, a stone tablet had been reverently enshrined upon the table, inscribed with the words "Holy Emperor, God of Slaughter, Supreme God Shura."
"Feng Ling, although you and my son have yet to have a child even now, you are, after all, a daughter-in-law of the Zhongli Family. And although the people from Shrek outmaneuvered you this time, you did