Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 334 Beginning and End
The sound echoed in the stone chamber, its momentum surging as if it came from the heavens. With just one word, an invisible pressure descended from the sky, causing Lin Xiao's bones to creak.

The statue of the Holy Emperor before them gradually shattered, countless cracks appeared, and fragments kept falling from the weapon in his hand.

Golden light emanated from the crack, not dazzling, but endless and boundless like a vast ocean.

Looking again at the statue's hand, the weapon that was originally unrecognizable gradually took on a concrete form. It was not Elex's staff, but a halberd, as if it were about to be thrown at any moment.

Lin Xiao heard nothing but the sound of her own heartbeat; it was as if time and space had stood still in that instant.

The statue in front of me seemed to come alive in that instant. It hadn't changed much, but it was as if it had come to life, and a unique charm surrounded me.

Lin Xiao could feel an invisible gaze sweep over him, then extend into the distance, seemingly pausing for a moment somewhere before quickly moving away.

From initially being wary of the "Holy Emperor's" existence, they gradually lowered their guard after discovering that the Holy Emperor possessed the power of Electrox.

Now, the facts before his eyes tell Lin Xiao that his intuition was right: the "Holy Emperor" possesses not only the power of Electrolux, but is also closely related to the gods high in the heavens.

This terrifying aura was something even a Limit Douluo couldn't possess; this power surpassed that of Soul Masters and the entire world. He even guessed who the deity before him truly was.

With his limbs numb and his body almost unable to move, Lin Xiao felt as if he were in a turbulent sea. His mental and spiritual power surged like instinct, but it only prevented him from being swallowed by the sea and he still could not find a shore to land on.

Do you know what mistake you have made?

A muffled voice emanated from the statue of the Holy Emperor, the sound so real it seemed to pierce Lin Xiao's ears, its sharp aura sending shivers down his spine.

Lin Xiao lowered her head slightly, opened her mouth, but could not make a sound.

The deity in the statue didn't seem to be waiting for Lin Xiao's answer. After a pause, it spoke again.

"On the Douluo Continent, there are countless Soul Masters. All humans only know how to take, but have nothing to give back to the continent."

"After the emergence of soul tools, resources were exploited without restraint, and the continent beneath your feet is gradually becoming depleted."

"I searched through countless worlds and finally found a deep abyss plane. The beings in that plane only knew how to fight and be violent, had no empathy, and did not know what love was."

"If it remains in the world, it will only bring more disaster. Therefore, I have searched far and wide for a way to lure the abyss here, so as to quell the calamity of all worlds and replenish the depletion of the Douluo Continent."

"Now, because of your mistake alone, my grand plan has been ruined... Do you know your mistake?"

The voice from the Holy Emperor statue recounted the beginning and end of the Holy Spirit Cult. Although the language was simple and the explanation was not very clear, Lin Xiao, who possessed memories of his past life, still understood many things from it.

On this Douluo Continent, the power of Soul Masters and Soul Beasts comes from the Yuan Power of Heaven and Earth. As the cultivation level of Soul Masters and Soul Beasts increases, the Yuan Power of Heaven and Earth they need will also increase.

Moreover, as time goes by, all Soul Masters have a deeper understanding of Martial Souls, and Soul Masters with higher Soul Power levels appear more frequently.

With the development of soul tools, the power of Douluo Continent began to dry up.

Perhaps the Soul Masters of today are unaware of this, but in a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand years, this continent may no longer have any Soul Masters. And the Holy Spirit Cult, to which Lin Xiao belongs, is the key to this deity's solution to this matter.

Although Lin Xiao didn't know the specifics of what would happen ten thousand years from now in his previous life, he had heard some general rumors. The Golden and Silver Dragon Kings, the Abyss Plane—even if he didn't know the details, he could guess what they were just by hearing their names.

The deity before them wanted Douluo Continent to absorb the power of the Abyss Plane to compensate for the damage caused to it by the Soul Masters.

"Knowing only how to fight and be violent, lacking empathy, and not knowing what love is," these few words describe the situation in that abyss plane, and also the situation of the Holy Spirit Cult.

To lure the Abyss Plane to the vicinity of Douluo Continent, the existence of the Holy Spirit Cult is necessary.

Lin Xiao immediately realized that the "Holy Emperor" worshipped by the Holy Spirit Cult was not just Ilex, nor just the deity in the statue, but also something from that abyss plane.

Zhong Liwu's constant statement, "Let evil spirit masters walk in the sunlight," is not just about allowing evil spirit masters to appear openly and honestly, but also about wanting the violence, bloodshed, and selfishness of evil spirit masters to be seen by everyone.

Only in this way, only when the Douluo Continent exhibits characteristics similar to the Abyss Plane, can that plane be attracted to come forward, giving the Douluo Continent the opportunity to devour the Abyss.

The emergence of the Holy Spirit Cult was not accidental, nor was their ability to find the fragments of Elex's consciousness by chance; it was all meticulously arranged by a deity.

Lin Xiao's mind was in turmoil, and her eyes flickered slightly.

In that instant, he realized that Electrox's power, and the countless ascension rituals that had been performed in this stone chamber, might not have come from any exceptionally talented evil spirit master at all, but from the handiwork of a deity.

The Holy Spirit Cult cannot be eradicated, nor can the Evil Soul Masters. As long as someone wants to draw the Abyss Realm to Douluo Continent, not only will they not stop it, but they will also allow countless negative emotions to flourish.

Thinking about this, some of Lin Xiao's doubts were finally gradually resolved.

In his original memory, why was Huo Yuhao only able to level the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and not have time to completely resolve the issue of the evil soul masters before being hastily brought into the God Realm?

Because there is someone who doesn't want the evil spirit masters to be wiped out; he wants them to continue to exist, and he wants the Holy Spirit Cult to continue to exist, in order to complete his "eternal plan".

The ascension ceremony performed using fragments of Electrolux's consciousness was an "opportunity" prepared by this deity specifically for the development of the Holy Spirit Cult.

By absorbing the fragments of Electrolux's consciousness, he inadvertently destroyed the very foundation of the Holy Spirit Cult and the Evil Soul Masters, thus undermining the very basis of the "Ten Thousand Year Plan."

So, this was my own "mistake".

Lin Xiao kept his head down, remaining silent, but in his heart he had figured out the whole story of the Holy Spirit Cult.

The deafening sound had not yet faded, and the deity in the statue of the Holy Emperor seemed to still be waiting for his response.

Lin Xiao lowered her eyes slightly, her mind filled with countless thoughts.

(End of this chapter)