Chapter 310: Tang San Is the Shit-Stirrer of Douluo Continent, I'm Not Taking the Blame for This!
[Lin Yu (sighing): Heh, Sect Master Ning, this answer is actually pretty easy to deduce. Even just from the livestream, anyone can see that compared to spirit rings of the same level, soul spirits clearly provide a greater boost to a soul master's combat strength!]
[In theory, the emergence of soul spirits could indeed enable peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts—but Sect Master Ning, you're not taking into account the inherent flaws of human nature!]
In Lin Yu's eyes, the most complex thing in the world is human nature.
In his past life, Lin Yu was a fan of Pokémon. He envied the protagonists in the anime who had their Pokémon companions.
But in the Pokémon world—
The whole society promoted mutual care between humans and Pokémon, and they coexisted peacefully.
Even so, it couldn't avoid issues like poaching.
That's why characters like Officer Jenny and organizations like the Pokémon League's Investigation Corps existed to prevent such incidents.
It just goes to show how deeply rooted the dark side of humanity is!
And as for the Douluo Continent, compared to the Pokémon world—
The prevailing culture here has always been soul masters hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings, break through, and become stronger.
To many soul masters, hunting soul beasts is as natural and justified as breathing!
If there's no powerful institution to stop humans from wantonly slaughtering soul beasts, then what difference would the existence of soul spirits make?
If all soul beasts had high intelligence, and after becoming soul spirits could unite and firmly refuse to serve soul masters who casually hunted their kind—even if they were forced to become soul spirits, they would refuse to fight for them—then that would be a different matter.
Unfortunately, soul beasts under 100,000 years of cultivation have very low intelligence!
Across the entire Douluo Star, for the billions of soul beasts under 100,000 years, those above that threshold might not even number a thousand.
Most soul beasts have animalistic thinking and believe in the law of the jungle.
Without guidance from 100,000-year soul beasts, they might not even care if humans hurt their fellow soul beasts.
Wouldn't such soul beasts be at the mercy of humans?
Human flaws?
Seeing Lin Yu's answer, Ning Fengzhi was momentarily stunned.
But upon further reflection, Ning Fengzhi immediately understood—it's due to human greed and the desire for victory, isn't it?
Compared to soul rings, soul spirits may indeed be better.
But according to what that Death Spirit God, Electrolux, left for Huo Yuhao in the livestream, soul spirits require the soul of a soul beast to be created.
Which means, if everyone wants to obtain better soul spirits, it inevitably requires the souls of more and stronger soul beasts.
But the stronger the soul beast, the longer its lifespan. Meanwhile, human lives are too short!
So if the Spirit Transmission Tower cannot maintain its moral bottom line and becomes corrupted, it would absolutely resort to slaughtering soul beasts for profit—to obtain more and stronger soul beast souls.
That would only accelerate the extinction of soul beasts!
At this thought, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but gasp.
And upon seeing Lin Yu's answer to Ning Fengzhi—
On the soul beast side, Xue Di, Di Tian, and Gu Yuena all couldn't help but realize the same thing. Their brows furrowed, and their hearts grew heavy.
Even with the existence of soul spirits, could soul beasts still not coexist peacefully with humans?
Does it really have to be one or the other?
In truth, Xue Di, Di Tian, and Gu Yuena were never fond of humans.
But the problem is, humans are protected by the Divine Realm, while soul beasts are despised, feared, and even tightly guarded against by the Divine Realm!
Just like the livestream had mentioned earlier—
After a soul beast reaches 100,000 years of cultivation, they must endure a heavenly tribulation every additional 100,000 years. Meanwhile, human soul masters have to hunt soul beasts and absorb their rings to advance.
These are all conspiracies of the Divine Realm!
Compared to humans, soul beasts are undoubtedly stronger in terms of power.
Right now, if Di Tian raised his arm, humanity couldn't possibly withstand the onslaught of countless beast hordes—but if soul beasts rebelled against humanity, the Divine Realm would surely intervene.
So the best path forward is still peaceful coexistence and even mutual benefit.
Originally, they thought the appearance of soul spirits would change the relationship between humans and soul beasts. But now, it seems that hope was in vain.
For a moment, both Di Tian and Gu Yuena felt heavy-hearted.
After enlightening Ning Fengzhi about why the Spirit Transmission Tower's emergence might actually hasten the extinction of soul beasts, Lin Yu couldn't help but want to roast Tang San again.
In Lin Yu's opinion, Tang San is undoubtedly the biggest shit-stirrer in the Douluo World!
Like in Douluo 1, if Tang San hadn't transmigrated, the future would've surely seen the Spirit Hall successfully unify the continent.
Although a blackened Bibi Dong wouldn't have made life easy for the continent—
There was still Qian Renxue, who had been sent to pose as Prince Xue Qinghe and infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire!
In Lin Yu's view, Qian Renxue had proper morals and the ability to govern a nation. With her bloodline, she was more than capable of leading the Spirit Hall.
So if Tang San hadn't transmigrated, the final outcome of Douluo 1 would likely have been a royal showdown between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to determine the continent's future!
And Bibi Dong actually cared for Qian Renxue.
So regardless of whether Bibi Dong was stronger or weaker than Qian Renxue—
The likely ending would've been Bibi Dong willingly dying by her daughter's hand, bringing her own tragic life to a close.
Then, Qian Renxue would take over, leading a unified Douluo Continent into a brighter future.
But once that bastard Tang San transmigrated—the entire future of Douluo Continent was ruined!
And the same goes for Douluo 2!
If it weren't for Tang San's interference, there wouldn't have been Wang Dong, Wang Dong'er, or Tang Wutong!
That way, Huo Yuhao wouldn't have gone to the Clear Sky Sect, and the Death Spirit God Electrolux wouldn't have burned his divine consciousness fragments to stop Xue Di's self-destruction.
With Electrolux still around—
Huo Yuhao would've grown up normally, becoming an outstanding, intelligent, and resourceful youth under Electrolux's tutelage—not some brainless simp.
In the end, the conclusion of Douluo 2 should have been Huo Yuhao and Juzi becoming a couple, with Wang Qiu'er possibly turning into Huo Yuhao's soul spirit—staying by his side in another form.
And with no interference from Tang San—
With Electrolux's foresight and strategic mind, the internal power structure of the Spirit Transmission Tower would have checks and balances.
Huo Yuhao wouldn't have ascended to the Divine Realm too quickly either.
Because of his bond with Wang Qiu'er as a soul spirit, Huo Yuhao might have spent a thousand years promoting peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts through the soul spirit system—realizing that beautiful ideal.
That way, Douluo Continent could have truly entered a golden age!
But thanks to that damn Tang Dog, Douluo 2—which was supposed to have a beautiful future—was ruined too!
[Lin Yu (displeased): Hmph! Actually, this isn't all humanity's fault. The reason the emergence of the Spirit Transmission Tower leads to the accelerated extinction of soul beasts—Tang San, that hypocritical and shameless bastard, absolutely bears the greatest responsibility!]
"???"
In the Slaughter City, seeing Lin Yu suddenly post this on the illusory screen—randomly dissing him again—Tang San was utterly dumbfounded, his mind filled with question marks.
What the hell? Why is it my fault again!?
Why do people keep blaming me out of nowhere? This is clearly caused by human nature! What does it have to do with me, Tang San!?
I'm not taking the damn blame for this!
(END CHAPTER)
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