Translated by Eve

　　Edited by Wuxian

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　　Since they've confirmed their suspicions on An Qi, Sui Yuan and Zhao Xihe naturally sent back information to the Original World via 5237 and 0007. Without delay, they received the notice that their mission had changed: they were now permitted to eliminate the Destroyer's consciousness.

　　Sui Yuan perceived the all-new, completely foreign power transfer through 5237 and into himself. He didn't know why but he felt a kind of sympathy arise unbidden within him, as he had been in this kind of situation before. This was the power that could destroy someone's consciousness and the only way to thoroughly kill them off.

　　Do we have to return this power after eliminating the Destroyer?" Sui Yuan turned to look at Zhao Xihe.

　　"Of course. If we don't, then we'll be blacklisted and be considered a potential, or even official Destroyer," Zhao Xihe nodded and absentmindedly fiddled with the orb of power in his hand, "Where did you think a Destroyer's power to collapse worlds and eliminate Actors' consciousness came from? They had refused to return this power and took it for their own, so that they could utilize it for their own purposes."

　　Sui Yuan furrowed his brows and felt that this was an unsolvable predicament. Without this power, Actors could only sit with their hands tied and wait for death. But once they've used this power, Actors may be enticed and choose to become new Destroyers.

　　Anyway, Sui Yuan was disinclined to delve too deeply into this kind of deeply profound matter. He only sighed before tossing it to the back of his head. Right now, the pressing matter they had to settle was the Destroyer of this world.

　　The best method to go about it would be for Sui Yuan and Zhao Xihe to directly battle An Qi. However, An Qi was slippery. Everyday, he hid within the House of Profound Theory and never moved on his own. Thus, they could only temporarily shelve this idea. Or rather, this was the final goal of Zhao Xihe's preparations.

　　Although the An Qi of the original plot by no means had a low rank, he was still but an a.s.sa.s.sin. If he provoked the Lord of the House, he could completely be exterminated—turned to cannon fodder. But now, the An Qi they had to deal with at present had long since killed off the original Lord of the House and truly became the one who controlled the entirety of the House of Profound Theory. Although the House of Profound Theory was more hidden and discrete, in reality, it was not at all inferior to the Demonic Cult that was under Zhao Xihe's control.

　　Moreover, An Qi's goal was to kill more people. Meanwhile, Sui Yuan and Zhao Xihe needed try their best to limit the number of casualties so that it didn't exceed the range that was stipulated by the original plot. Thus, the benefits gained from using the Demonic Cult in dealing with the House of Profound Theory would not be worth the losses incurred.

　　What Zhao Xihe needed to do was to mobilize the entirety of the Wulin, like how it was done in the original struggle between the righteous and demonic factions, pulling into the water those fellows who claim to be on the 'righteous path'.

　　Very soon, when the Demonic Cult began to relentlessly destroy all of the House of Profound Theory strongholds, a rumour circulated amongst the Jianghu: The box of ashes that the Demonic Cult Leader has are fake and the real ashes are in the hands of the House of Profound Theory's leader, An Qi. When the Demonic Cult Leader found out, he was extremely outraged and decided to seek justice for himself while giving the House of Profound Theory a profound lesson. Otherwise, why would the Demonic Cult, who had always minded their own business with regard to the House of Profound Theory, be this fierce towards them?

　　It is better to be safe than sorry. Seeing how the Demonic Cult spared no expense in either manpower or resources, exterminating every last member of the House of Profound Theory, the majority of people began to believe in the rumour to some degree. Therefore, the position of being the common enemy of society that the Demonic Cult originally held was taken by the House of Profound Theory.

　　Not only was it because they had the ashes that incurred jealousy from others, but the House of Profound Theory's style of work was denounced by many within the Wulin's Righteous faction. The existence of an a.s.sa.s.sin organization that took commissions was a sort of an open secret within the Jianghu. Although it was necessary, it was never popular with the people. After all, no one wanted to die because someone had commissioned a kill on them—to be sitting at home, only for misfortune to suddenly befall them.

　　The House of Profound Theory was well-established and was growing strongly. Those with mediocre strength did not dare to touch them. However, when a wall is about to fall, everyone will come to push it down. If someone took the initiative to crusade against the House of Profound Theory, many people will naturally respond, coming to help with all sorts of different goals. Moreover, recently, the House of Profound Theory's actions had become increasingly insolent. More and more people died at their hands. It was almost to the level of inciting the wrath of the public.

　　Some came for the sake of reputation, some for the benefits, and some came to take revenge for loved ones. Under Zhao Xihe's incitement, the House of Profound Theory quickly came under attack on all sides. One after another, their strongholds were felled, and their strength dwindled greatly.