In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

In Tiandou City, within the Imperial Palace, specifically in the Liyue Palace.

Yin Hongchen scanned the news from Lingdou City with a strange expression. Large Soul Master families always bet on both sides. Whether it is Ningyun Sect or Sun Moon Empire, they have turned many Soul Masters against each other in Lingdou City and Xingluo City. It may be difficult to get those people to turn the tide on the battlefield, but it is easy to spend some money to buy some information from them.

Ever since the three scoundrels of the Tang Clan moved into Lingdou City, news about Huo Yuhao's movements has been constantly reaching Tiandou City. Even how much toilet paper Huo Yuhao used or how many bowls of rice he ate each day has been recorded.

Of course, this also includes the untold story of Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya.

Yin Hongchen frowned and said, "Has Huo Yuhao gone mad? He's been a god-king for tens of thousands of years, what beautiful women hasn't he seen? It's one thing to have designs on Tang Ya, but to eat dorayaki (sandwich pancakes) with Bei Bei? Has he abandoned even the most basic sense of propriety and shame?"

Zhu Ningyu said thoughtfully, "Vice Hall Master Yin, in your eyes, do justice and evil, light and darkness, angels and demons have clear definitions?"

"That's definitely not the case," Yin Hongchen replied. "What justice and evil, light and darkness, are just man-made definitions... terms. Take the conflict between the Sun Moon Empire and the Sea God Pavilion, for example. Which side is absolutely righteous, and which side is absolutely evil?"

Zhu Ningyu said calmly, "But in his previous life, the Great God King Huo stubbornly believed that the Sea God Pavilion was absolutely righteous and that the champion of the Soul Master Competition could only be the Shrek team. For this reason, he did not hesitate to create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could be used both on and off the field, and shamelessly boasted that he was doing it to maintain Shrek's eternal glory. He was completely obsessed."

"What does all this have to do with Huo Yuhao's recent behavior?" Yin Hongchen asked tentatively.

"Of course it's related." Zhu Ningyu said expressionlessly, "In both his past and present lives, Huo Yuhao has dedicated all his efforts to the Sea God Pavilion and the Tang Sect. Perhaps he suddenly realized that... he shouldn't live only for the Tang Sect and the Sea God Pavilion."

"It's like a beggar who's always hungry, and suddenly one day, because he looks exactly like the emperor, he's brought into the palace to act as the emperor's stand-in. After eating all the delicacies, he'll realize that the emperor's value is more than just having a full meal; he'll want to pursue a higher level."

"That's Huo Yuhao's mindset right now. He's been a god, a god-king for tens of thousands of years, so becoming a god is no longer his dream. People are always interested in things they haven't experienced. Huo Yuhao is also a person, a person of flesh and blood. Without the restraint of elders, it's not surprising that he would do anything, right?"

Zhu Ningyu slumped onto the sofa, looking utterly hopeless. At this moment, she was an independent individual, a clone of Qin Yi in the mortal realm, while Qin Yi himself had taken his wife and daughter to cultivate in the newly acquired divine realm.

Qin Yi has already achieved the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, and can now stand undefeated against the five great god kings of the current Douluo God Realm. However, he is not in a hurry to start this god war. Since he is going to be the mastermind behind the scenes, he might as well go all the way and let his clone cause a lot of trouble, create a strong female lead persona, and serve as an example to prevent female soul masters in the Douluo Continent from being obsessed with romance.

As the situation has developed to this point, Huo Yuhao's protagonist aura has been almost completely exhausted. From the moment the other party stopped caring about the world, abandoned all moral principles, and started to find his own fun, Huo Yuhao became just another ordinary person.

But... Zhu Ningyu couldn't quite figure out what the world consciousness was thinking. Its own eldest son had given up on himself, so why didn't it step in and show some concern?

Or... do you feel your main account is useless and want to create a new one?

Thinking of this, Zhu Ningyu sat up again, resting her chin on her hands, feeling somewhat downcast.

She knew all too well the true form's methods. Once their camp achieved final victory, the true form would inevitably destroy the current world consciousness, then re-condense one, and incidentally create a clone to merge with the Heavenly Dao and completely control the power of this world.

After all... Qin Yi will not be confined to this one world. He will definitely try to expand outwards. Before waging war abroad, he must ensure internal stability.

Zhu Ningyu did not believe that the world's consciousness had not sensed the crisis and would definitely have a backup plan.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded. Zhu Ningyu hurriedly looked up and saw that Aying, dressed in military uniform, ran in from outside the hall.

Aying, breathless, said, "My lord, the staff of those Sea God Pavilion's businesses insist that they were just following orders and refuse to admit that the Sea God Pavilion is exploiting the Heavenly Soul Empire. They're trying to use this to exonerate themselves. What do you think..."

Zhu Ningyu curled her lip and said irritably, "What is a fact? Whether it's true or not, as long as everyone agrees on it, it's a fact. With Xian Lin'er as a witness, and Lan Feng and the others guiding public opinion within the former Tianhun Empire, it doesn't matter whether they come forward to testify or not. Hmph, they could have lived, but they didn't know what was good for them and went straight for their deaths."

"Pass on my order: send all those ungrateful bastards to the judgment seat. Let's use the pretext of them being spies from the Abyss Plane. The Abyss Plane sent a large number of elite troops to Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago to pave the way for their invasion. Tang San, the Sea God, was just a puppet they put on to weaken the strength of the Douluo World. Hmm... I don't need to say more about how the plot will develop, right?"

"In addition, inform Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling to testify that the mastermind behind the Holy Spirit Cult is the Sea God Tang San. It was the Sea God Tang San and the Sea God Pavilion who instigated them to wreak havoc on the continent, so that the Sea God Pavilion could reap a continuous stream of faith power."

Zhu Ningyu revealed a villainous smile.

This war... probably won't start for at least a year or two. Take advantage of this lull to wage a propaganda war, disgust the Sea God Pavilion, and let the Sea God Pavilion taste the bitterness of being condemned by thousands.

Thus, after receiving Zhu Ningyu's order, A Ying began to operate this matter through Ningyun Sect's intelligence network. In less than seven days, the news that Shrek City was the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Sect spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent.

Along with this, a comic version of "Liuli Sacrifices Himself to Revitalize the Sect" also spread.

Originally, A-Ying wanted to create a comic about the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons, but Zhu Ningyu stopped her. Although Mu En was a bit of a womanizer in his youth, he did promote the reform of Shrek Academy and can be considered a normal person who was not completely corrupted by Shrek's ideology.

The deceased are gone, so there's no need to persecute them.