Powerful beings of the older generation like Chen Xinjie all understood that the seemingly irreversible worsening of the ecosystem was, in very large part, due to the gradual decline of soul beasts.

Soul beasts had actually existed in this world before humans did, but humans had since slaughtered soul beasts with reckless abandon, and the situation worsened significantly after the founding of the Spirit Pagoda.

The Spirit Pagoda's past goal was to facilitate peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts, but at some point, research into man-made soul spirits became a priority.

This research required a massive number of soul beast specimens, and the Spirit Pagoda used this reason to dispel the parliament's doubts and began to capture and slaughter...