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

After thinking for a long time, Huo Yuhao still couldn't figure out a solution, so he simply stopped thinking about it, quickly got up from the ground, and headed south on his own.

The answer to the question "Why do soul masters from commoner backgrounds disdain playing the victim?" is no longer important. For Huo Yuhao, replicating the peasant association system is the most important thing right now.

Upon returning to Shrek City, Huo Yuhao immediately sought out Chen Yu, briefly recounted the situation of Beidou Ling, and shared his own thoughts.

Huo Yuhao said with a solemn expression, "Sister Yu, in my opinion, Zhu Ningyu simply wants to become a god by gathering the faith of Douluo Continent. Everything she does is to harvest faith. Why don't we follow the example of Ningyun Sect, awaken martial souls for ordinary people for free, and build factories on a large scale to give those people a chance to have enough to eat, so that they will be grateful to us?"

"I don't understand other reasons, but isn't it enough that spending just a little money can make those common people grateful to us and support the Sea God Pavilion without reservation?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu curled his lips and stared coldly at Huo Yuhao in front of him, saying, "Huo Yuhao, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time... there was a female Soul Master who was an outstanding worker when she served as the captain of the law enforcement team. There was no case she couldn't solve, and her case-solving rate was as high as 100%. Soon, under the influence of her superiors, she was successfully promoted."

"Later, someone revealed that the 100% case-solving rate was fake, and that the female soul master had obtained the cases through torture and coercion, without actually bringing the real culprit to justice. Suddenly, the female soul master was thrust into the spotlight."

"Surprisingly, the female Soul Master's superior, who clearly had no personal relationship with her, took this matter very seriously but then let it go lightly, without imposing any substantial punishment on her. Do you know why?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head.

Chen Yu explained, "It's very simple. If the female Soul Master who was personally promoted by her superior receives excessive punishment because of it, how will he face himself?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's expression changed instantly. The logic was sound, but why did it sound a little uncomfortable?

Chen Yu said with a helpless expression, "I also want those commoners to be grateful to me, Chen Yu, but the problem is... the so-called farmers' association is just the Spirit Hall with a different name."

"There was a time when many conscientious elders proposed ideas at the Sea God Pavilion meetings to awaken martial souls for ordinary people for free and to provide subsidies for low-level soul masters. However, they were all killed by the current Sea God Pavilion Master, who labeled them as remnants of the Spirit Hall."

"From the perspective of the Sea God Pavilion, the Angel God and the Rakshasa God are undoubtedly evil gods, and the Spirit Hall is an unadulterated evil force. Now that you have suddenly repented and are activating the Spirit Hall's system, how should the past Sea God Pavilion masters conduct themselves? How should the Sea God Pavilion conduct itself? And how should the original Shrek Seven Devils conduct themselves?"

"It's not that we can't do it, or don't want to do it, but that we cannot do it. From its inception, the Sea God Pavilion completely rejected the Spirit Hall and slaughtered tens of thousands of so-called remnants of the Spirit Hall. I can tell you definitively that the Sea God Pavilion is... beyond redemption!"

Hearing Chen Yu's words, Huo Yuhao sniffed and said with a resentful look, "Sister Yu, at a time like this, what do you care about reputation? Limit Douluo and Level 100 are two different concepts. In order to achieve final victory, shouldn't we slow down Zhu Ningyu's ascension to godhood?"

"Do you really think you, Huo Yuhao, are the protagonist of this battle of faith?"

Seeing that Huo Yuhao was unmoved by reason, Chen Yu's negative emotions finally erupted.

"If there were only one Zhu Ningyu, the teacher would have slapped her already. Why would you, Huo Yuhao, need to make such a fuss here, trying to copy this peasant association system?"

"Wrong! Utterly wrong! You, me, Mo Lian, Xue Qingfeng, Xu Jiujiu—we're all just high-ranking pawns. Anyone with eyes can see that Zhu Ningyu is clearly not alone. The future war could even escalate to the level of God-Kings. And you're still deluding yourself, thinking you're so powerful?"

"Are you done talking? If you're done, get the hell out of here! I need to cultivate; I don't have time to play house with you!"

As she spoke, Chen Yu felt a surge of anger, so she ripped off her boots and smashed them over Huo Yuhao's face.

"This woman has gone completely insane."

Huo Yuhao cursed under his breath and hurriedly got up and left Chen Yu's room.

As the door closed again, Huo Yuhao seemed to suddenly remember something. He rubbed his palms together and asked expectantly, "Brother Tianmeng, what's your relationship with the Sea Princess clan like?"

Tianmeng Bingcan subconsciously replied, "I don't have much of a relationship with the Sea Princess clan. Bingbing and Xue Di should have a good relationship with the Sea Princess clan. Why are you asking this?"

Huo Yuhao: "..."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor, Snow Emperor, Ice Bear King Xiaobai, Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, Mermaid Princess Liya, Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord... It seems that five of the seven great soul spirits from the previous life have already disappeared.

Is only the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass left?

It's time to make a trip to the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

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The immortal herb spirit beasts in the Yin-Yang Well rarely interact with humans. As long as Huo Yuhao is sincere, he should be able to move (or deceive) those immortal herb spirit beasts into offering sacrifices to him, right?

Hmph, Huo Yuhao is now the inheritor of the Emotional Godhood, and can be considered a quasi-god. Those immortal herbs and soul beasts who have never seen the world will definitely not be able to resist the temptation of becoming a god!

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's smile grew even wider, and all the negative emotions in his heart were instantly swept away.

And so, Huo Yuhao, who had just returned to Shrek City less than half an hour earlier, left Shrek City once again and headed to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, located in Sunset Forest.

Huo Yuhao's desire for soul spirits bordered on madness. Even though he had already obtained the Nine Trials of Emotions, instead of seriously cultivating and breaking through to the Soul Saint level to unlock the Divine Trial, he still couldn't forget about soul spirits and was always thinking about where to trick a 100,000-year-old soul beast into offering itself to him.

This... is a common problem for second-runner players. As a victor, Huo Yuhao can never escape the framework of the previous playthrough. It's as if he won't feel at ease until he has reassembled all seven soul spirits.

Huo Yuhao would never have imagined that this trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well would bring him the scene he least wanted to see in his life: the person he had always cherished in his heart was actually… (End of Chapter)