"The remaining forces of the Sun Moon Empire are actually stronger in raw power than the Evil Soul Master forces in the north?"
He hadn't expected that after the arrival of the gods and their slaughter within the Sun Moon Empire...
The current Remnants of the Sun Moon Empire would actually be stronger than the northern Evil Soul Masters.
For a moment, Xie Yue found it hard to believe.
"This isn't hard to understand!"
Qian Renxue analyzed calmly.
"Before the Sun Moon Heavenly Collapse, the Evil Soul Masters colluded with experts from the Overseas Kingdoms, the Losers Alliance, and many Capitalist Spirit Master Sects, great families, and nobles within the Sun Moon Empire who acted as moles and traitors."
"Even so, that battle almost resulted in a victory for the Sun Moon Empire."
"In the end, it was the arrival of the Gods of the God Realm that turned the tide and allowed them to snatch victory from defeat."
"But afterward, the Gods of the God Realm slaughtered the Losers Alliance, as well as the moles and traitorous experts on our side!"
"Only the experts from the Overseas Kingdoms and the Evil Soul Masters remained."
"However, those experts from the Overseas Kingdoms likely left later on."
"With only the Evil Soul Master forces left, they naturally might not be a match for the Sun Moon Empire's Remnants."
"After all, with a similar degree of weakening, if the Sun Moon Empire originally held an advantage over these Evil Soul Masters, the current Remnants naturally maintain that advantage as well."
"Then what's going on? Why are these Remnants of the Sun Moon Empire still only able to defend passively?"
Xie Yue was very confused.
["What happened?"]
[Hearing Qian Yanwu say that the moles and traitors were practically endless and that internal problems had also arisen, I immediately frowned and inquired.]
["It's like this..."]
[Qian Yanwu gave a bitter smile and began to speak, his voice filled with anger.]
[It turned out that after the Evil Soul Masters occupied the north...]
[The commoners of the northern Sun Moon Empire, as well as the former Spirit Master Sects, families, and Great Nobles, were resisting one after another and fleeing toward the south.]
[This situation was actually advantageous for the Southern Sun Moon Empire.]
[But the Eight Great Forces of Evil Soul Masters in the north, after some deliberation, formulated a policy.]
[That was to bribe the northern Spirit Master Sects, families, and Great Nobles, promising that they could exploit the commoners as they pleased in exchange for their support.]
[And many Spirit Master Sects, families, and Great Nobles, blinded by greed, actually cooperated with these Evil Soul Masters.]
[Even if the price of surrender was having to wear slave-like braids, they did so with pleasure.]
[Furthermore, the Evil Soul Masters were incredibly fierce and inhumane; the Spirit Master armies and Barbarian armies they formed could feed on human flesh and had no need for grain.]
[If there wasn't enough food, they would simply kill people for meat!]
[In contrast, our side needs to maintain civilization; whether attacking or defending, the soldiers require sufficient rations and pay.]
[Besides that, they didn't dare to exploit the commoners too excessively.]
[Otherwise, once the commoners are bankrupted and can no longer survive, the economy here will collapse, and the situation will only grow worse.]
[Since the commoners couldn't be exploited at will, they naturally turned their taxation targets toward the Spirit Master Sects, Spirit Master families, nobles, wealthy merchants, and others with money and land.]
[However, doing so caused dissatisfaction among these people, who began to secretly sabotage efforts and sell out information.]
[On the other hand, the former Sun Moon Empire always had overseas trade to supplement its economy.]
[But after the Sun Moon Heavenly Collapse...]
[Those overseas Barbarian Kingdoms began to settle old scores, plundering Sun Moon Empire outposts everywhere, wantonly slaughtering and robbing the local Remnants of the Empire, and destroying its overseas trade.]
[At the same time, those overseas Barbarian Kingdoms even formed sea pirate groups, frequently harassing the coastal waters of the southern Empire.]
[This series of factors eventually led to the Southern Sun Moon Empire being unable to exert its strength despite possessing it, leaving it only able to defend passively.]
[After listening, I was extremely furious, practically laughing from anger.]
["Have those moles and traitors still not come to their senses even now?"]
["To actually scheme with those Evil Soul Masters is truly short-sighted; they've forgotten who they are!"]
[Later, I asked Qian Yanwu who the highest-ranking moles and traitors among the Evil Soul Masters were, and I learned they were some Remnants of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect.]
[Coincidentally, on the Southern Sun Moon Empire's side, those leading the sabotage and selling out information were also people from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect.]
[My gaze turned cold, and a chilling smile appeared on my lips.]
["It's those people from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heart Begonia Sect again; these fellows are truly beyond saving!"]
["As for those standing with the Evil Soul Masters, continuing to act as moles and traitors..."]
["Since they don't know how Ning Tianchou and Ye Shouxuan died, I'll go help them remember!"]
["And as for the people from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect on our side, since they haven't learned their lesson, I'll give them a punishment they will never forget!"]
[Ever since accepting the sacrifice of Miss Three-Eyed Golden Ferret Ming Lingxiang and obtaining the Ninth Spirit Ability: Curse of Destiny...]
[I haven't used it even once!]
[Since the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul inherited by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School turned into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul ten thousand years later...]
[And since the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul that the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect could normally pass down also ran into problems ten thousand years later, becoming a Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul that could only exist in two people at once...]
[Then it seems that I am the one meant to create this future!]
"It appeared!"
Seeing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo's effeminate voice couldn't help but become instantly filled with excitement.
"Could it be that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect were both under the Curse of Destiny of His Excellency Lin Hanjue..."
"And finally became the current Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and the Nine Heart Begonia Family where only two Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Masters could exist at the same time?"
Under everyone's expectant gazes...
Line after line of content continued to emerge on the notebook.
[Afterward, through Qian Yanwu, I obtained the locations of various Remnants of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School within the Southern Sun Moon Empire.]
[Through the Eighth Spirit Ability of the Double Pupil Martial Soul: Curse of Destiny...]
[I directly applied the Curse of Destiny to these people from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect in the Southern Sun Moon Empire.]
[Because the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect took the lead in betraying the Sun Moon Empire back then, leading to the current state of misery on the continent...]
[The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect may have been destroyed now...]
[But those Sins and Karma did not disappear; instead, they all gathered upon these Remnants of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect.]
[Therefore, under my Curse of Destiny...]
[These Remnants of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect were all as if struck by lightning, letting out shrill screams in their homes one after another as they rolled frantically on the ground.]
[Under the Curse of Destiny...]
[Among the Remnants of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, those possessing the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul all saw their Martial Souls degenerate into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.]
[Even if they break through to become Soul Heavenly Sovereigns or Titled Heavenly Sovereigns, those extra spirit rings will be forced out!]
[At the same time, based on the specific Sins and Karma they carried...]
[These people either had decades of their lifespan burned away, their black hair instantly turning white, or they went blind, became lame, or had their mouths twisted... every one of them received a permanent negative buff.]
[And the terrifying Sins and Karma directly erased the inheritance of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul from their bloodline, causing it to fall to the level of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.]
[As for the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect, it was the same.]
[Except the Remnants of the Nine Heavens Begonia Sect did not have their Martial Souls degenerate; instead, their healing ability was weakened, and they were cursed such that only two Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Masters could be born at the same time.]