After the Shrek team left, none of the young people present dared to continue challenging on stage.
Go up there? How is that different from seeking death?
They were all well aware of their own abilities.
After Chi Yu received her reward, the disciple acceptance ceremony also ended perfectly at that moment.
Time flew by, and after about a month, the name "Xiao Feilian" had spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent.
A Soul King under the age of sixteen, with two purple and three black spirit rings, wielding an ancient soul tool, cutting through spirit bones and even the Clear Sky Hammer.
Even if this "genius" had some spirit power gap compared to her, this "genius" had twin martial souls!
After the Martial God Douluo, here was another owner of twin martial souls.
Unlike the Martial God Douluo, this was a "genius" who had not yet fully matured!
The War God Douluo could easily crush mountains!
The theoretical knowledge that Zhongli had shared at the disciple acceptance ceremony had also spread widely.
People were both surprised and grateful to Zhongli, even if most of the knowledge was related to body martial souls.
Yet, the idea that strengthening the body could allow one to absorb stronger spirit rings was something they took seriously.
The knowledge Zhongli provided greatly impacted commoner spirit masters, giving them more hope.
Among them, the spirit masters with body martial souls were the most affected!
The spirit masters with body martial souls were almost "going crazy!"
From the time of spirit awakening, even if their innate spirit power wasn't inferior to others, no force had ever paid attention to them!
A part of the body? Wasn't that a "useless" martial soul?
Of course, "useless" didn't mean completely useless, but it wasn't seen as very valuable.
Training such a spirit master was far less rewarding than training a random beast spirit master.
"Hahaha..."
"Sixty years... I've been laughed at for sixty years!"
As he spoke, a tear rolled down the old man's cheek.
They say men don't cry easily, but it was simply because their hearts hadn't been broken. Now, at his advanced age, he shed tears filled with indescribable emotions.
"Body Martial Soul's second awakening!"
"Lord Martial God has achieved it!"
"Brothers, I am Du Bafang, a Level 76 Power Attack System Battle Soul Saint!"
"My body martial soul: my own body!"
"Now, the forces of Douluo Continent want to recruit us, but they've forgotten how they treated us back then!"
"Can we accept their recruitment?"
Du Bafang spoke passionately, and any spirit master with a body martial soul could resonate with his words!
"No!"
"Anyone who dares to join them is a traitor to body martial souls!"
"Right, we cannot!"
"I intend to establish a sect solely for those with body martial souls, with Lord Martial God as the Sect Master. Are you all willing to join?"
Hearing this, everyone responded in unison without a second thought: "We are willing!"
"Good!"
"Our sect will be called the Body Sect!"
"All those with body martial souls in the world are brothers and members of the Body Sect!"
"Each generation of Sect Master will take the title of Body..."
"We were once discarded, but now we have gained a bit of status, and it is all thanks to Martial God Douluo!"
Everyone present possessed a body martial soul.
At first glance, it was quite surprising — there were more than a thousand of them!
Body martial souls had been despised, considered only slightly better than waste martial souls.
When these people met, they would support each other: today you help me obtain a spirit ring, tomorrow I help you regain your honor.
Du Bafang was the one with the highest spirit power and prestige among them!
This was also why he was able to gather so many people.
Zhongli did not know that, because of his actions, the Body Sect emerged five thousand years earlier than it should have, and he inadvertently became the first-generation Body Douluo!
The members of the Body Sect also did not know just how powerful their sect would become in the future due to their decision today.
"Our goal this time is Heaven Dou City. Everyone, go back and gather other brothers with body martial souls. If they have joined other forces..."
At this point, Du Bafang paused, then continued, "Let them be. One day, they will regret it!"
"Follow me to Heaven Dou City to welcome the first Sect Master of our Body Sect!"
"Yes, Acting Sect Master!"
Everyone quickly responded in agreement.
Soul masters are a group of obsessives by nature.
And those with body martial souls are even more extreme!
Even Huo Yuhao, before being enlightened by Electrolux, was also a "crazy" person!
This is the "nature" of soul masters with body martial souls!
There were almost no body martial soul masters who accepted recruitment from other forces...
In Heaven Dou City, Zhongli, who was currently listening to music in a pavilion, suddenly frowned...
His expression startled everyone around him!
Did Lord Martial God think today's performance wasn't exciting enough?
But today's performance was supposed to be the best of the month!
"Why has there suddenly been such an increase in faith power?"
"And it's so pure..."
Faith power can indeed enhance the strength of a god, but for Zhongli, whether this faith existed or not made little difference.
For such a substantial amount of pure faith power, there had to be at least three thousand people who genuinely believed in him.
Zhongli stroked his chin, lost in thought.
Now that he was on the Douluo Continent, was he going to end up working again…?
Those who believed in him, whether he acknowledged it or not, were his followers.
Regardless of their goodness or evil, regardless of their birth.
Of course, if his followers did something wrong, they would still need to face the necessary consequences.
"Zhongli, Zhongli, what's wrong?"
Paimon flew to Zhongli's side, nudging his shoulder and calling out in concern.
Hearing her, Zhongli snapped out of his thoughts and waved his hand, saying to Paimon, "It's nothing, I was just thinking about a few things."
"Don't say it's nothing, you looked so serious!"
"I called out to you several times, and you didn't hear!"
Paimon put her hands on her hips, looking both haughty and worriedly at Zhongli.
Hearing this, Zhongli fell silent again.
He was unsure where this surge of faith had come from.
Recently, he hadn't done anything earth-shattering.
Suddenly, a light flashed in Zhongli's eyes, and he realized!
Judging by the timing of the information spreading across the Douluo Continent and the "explosive" nature of the news, it must be related to the disciple acceptance ceremony from a while ago.
With that in mind, Zhongli nodded to himself; his reasoning, based on common logic, was likely correct.
It had already been more than a month since the disciple acceptance ceremony.
"We'll see as things go."
Having finally stepped down, he wasn't planning to climb back up so easily.
Not thinking too much about it, just as Zhongli was about to continue listening to the music, an old acquaintance appeared before him.
This surprised Zhongli slightly.
"Grandpa Yue Guan, why are you here?"
Paimon exclaimed excitedly to the visitor.
After all, when Yue Guan left last time, they had made a promise.
"Of course, I came to see Paimon!"
Yue Guan replied warmly, and if one didn't listen to the voice, they might have mistaken him for a kind old grandmother.