Gu Shanhai had uninstalled the core function and replaced it with a notion of sentiment. So now, when Wang Qi and others who practiced Spirit Martial Arts killed a Divine, it would still resurrect, but their restraining power was enhanced even further.
The reason he did this was simple. If he truly killed the Divines, how could Gu Shanhai assemble all the Divines to create the manifestation of heaven and earth? It was precisely because of the vested interests that he acted as he did.
As for the wellbeing of the world's populace, what did that have to do with Gu Shanhai? If there weren't any benefits in this world for him, he wouldn't have come, and none of the subsequent events would have happened.
Besides, he wouldn't bother with things that brought no benefits.
"The number of Divines is really not small. I... Eh, who's looking for me now?" Gu Shanhai discovered that someone was scouting him, likely through Prophetic Divination.
