For a time, the direction of public opinion changed drastically.
Even if the troll army raised by the strongest faction went all out and racked their brains to cover up for Kong Shenglin, and even tried to create trending news to shift the public's focus, it was useless in the face of the overwhelming tide of public opinion.
There was no other way. The strongest faction had committed too many sins. It was fine usually, but once public opinion began to backfire, it was not something that could be manipulated by human means.
In the end, there were too many people who wanted to see the strongest faction suffer.
However, if it was just the backlash of public opinion, it would not hurt the bones of the strongest faction.
What really hurt them was the defection of a group of divine academies!