Tongue Blooming Lotus

The lake surface suddenly rippled with golden light, each wavelet seeming to flow through endless ages.

The lotus at Ye Su's fingertips bloomed with nine layers of radiance, corresponding to the Nine Heavens recorded in the Book of Enoch.

"Lost lamb." His voice was like the first ray of light at the Morning Star's dawning, both gentle and carrying an irresistible majesty, "You seek the path of vengeance, yet you do not know it will only plunge your soul into eternal darkness."

Xiao Wu's entire body stiffened; the instinct of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast made her sense the terror before her.

But what shocked her more was that he had seen through her deepest secret with a single glance.

Just who was this person, to see through her secret at a glance?

She instinctively stepped back half a pace: "You... who are you? What nonsense are you spouting? I don't understand a word!"

Ye Su slowly rose, his white robes stirring without wind.

A soft Holy Light manifested around him, making him more dazzling than the sun, more eternal than the earth.

"I am the Beginning, and I am the End." He reached out to catch a drifting feather, which turned into a burning thornbush the moment it touched his palm. "Your mother Ah Rou's soul is now sleeping beneath the Tree of Life. It is for this reason that I have come to see you."

The system hidden deep within Ye Su's soul curled its lip in disdain, [You really know how to put on an act.]

"Mom?!" Xiao Wu's pupils violently contracted, tears instantly filling her eyes. How could this human possibly know what she truly wanted to do? Wait—she suddenly remembered the anomaly from some time ago, that voice that had resounded through heaven and earth, proclaiming its own birth.

"You, you are..." Xiao Wu's eyes were filled with disbelief. She looked at the youth before her, no older than herself, and had already guessed his identity.

He was a god.

"Do not be afraid." Ye Su's voice carried a strange rhythm. "Long ago, Gabriel announced the good news to Mary. Today, I have come to tell you: true vengeance is not slaughter, but giving both sides a chance to make amends."

He lightly tapped his fingertip, and the lake water revealed Bibi Dong's current transformation. "Look, your former mother-killer Bibi Dong has long since transformed into Lucifer. Her sins have been washed clean by Holy Light, and even your mother's soul has regained its freedom. Perhaps you would be willing to let your mother be reborn as a child?"

Xiao Wu stared in shock at the scene in the lake, then looked at Ye Su. A ball of spiritual light appeared in Ye Su's hand, and that light was exactly the form of her mother's soul.

"...What do you mean, let my mother be reborn as a child? How is that possible?" Xiao Wu stammered. It seemed that understanding this scene was indeed a bit too much for her intellect.

Ye Su chuckled softly. "Child, I am the Omniscient and Omnipotent God. At this moment, I promise you that your mother will be reborn as my child. She will be born again, taking a new form and coming into the mortal world..." As Ye Su spoke, the spiritual light in his hand transformed again, spinning and condensing until it finally became a white egg.

Xiao Wu stared fixedly at that egg. Only now did she finally understand that her mother would break out of that egg and be reborn.

And the one who had done all this was the god before her!

But why would a god choose them, soul beasts?

Shouldn't gods favor humans?

Why would he help a soul beast like her?

"I..." Xiao Wu's voice was hoarse. She looked at Ye Su, tears streaming down her face.

The system's prompt sounded at that moment: Detected Xiao Wu's Favorability skyrocketing from zero directly to 50%!

"Come with me to the Promised Land." The pattern of the Kabbalah Tree of Life appeared beneath Ye Su's feet. "You will gain true power in New Jerusalem."

Then he suddenly changed his tone, speaking like an elder coaxing a child. "And the carrots in the Promised Land are a hundred times sweeter than those in ordinary human villages."

Xiao Wu burst out laughing, then quickly covered her mouth. She suddenly realized that since her mother's death, this was the first genuine smile she had smiled.

"I... can I really see Mom again?" Xiao Wu pinched the corner of her clothes and asked softly. At this moment, she finally showed the childishness befitting her apparent age.

"Of course. God never lies."

[...I don't know if God lies, but you're full of lies. Not a single word out of your mouth is true.] The system couldn't help but complain again. It couldn't figure out how it, a female-oriented Role-playing System, had been played like this by Ye Su. So far, the effect actually seemed pretty good?

The Favorability had risen faster than when he was being a simp!

Damn, had the old courting methods really fallen behind?

"I told you, mind your own business about God's affairs!" Ye Su shot back in his mind.

Ye Su cradled the pure white Soul Egg in his arms and extended his right hand to Xiao Wu. "Return with me, child."

Xiao Wu glanced at the pure white Soul Egg, then without any hesitation, reached out and grasped Ye Su's warm hand.

Before leaving, Ye Su looked back once more toward the center of the Star Dou Forest. He sensed that the Silver Dragon King had already awakened, and even felt the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped in the heart of the Star Dou Forest.

He lowered his eyes slightly and thought to himself, Slowly, no rush.

Then, holding Xiao Wu's hand, he flashed back to Martial Soul Hall.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

In Holy Soul Village, Tang San, who had been searching everywhere for his father, suddenly shuddered. He felt as if something important had vanished.

He instinctively looked toward the horizon, where a bright Morning Star streaked across the sky.

What could he have lost?

Tang San was confused, unable to figure out what had disappeared.

It couldn't be his dad, could it?

But his dad had disappeared days ago!

Ever since Tang Hao learned that Tang San had awakened the Blue Silver Grass spirit and planned to attend the Spirit Academy, he had vanished a few days ago.

And before disappearing, he had even taken all the money from the house.

Tang San had searched for days without finding a single trace of him. He understood in his heart that his father had probably completely given up on him. Was it just because he had awakened the Blue Silver Grass spirit?

But Sister Eliza had said that even with the Blue Silver Grass spirit, he could still become a proper soul master. Sister had said that Blue Silver Grass was not a waste spirit.

And as long as he entered the academy, the teachers would help him hunt for spirit rings for free. Then he could even join Martial Soul Hall... Wasn't that future bright and glorious enough?

He couldn't understand why Tang Hao had disappeared. In the end, he just sighed and trudged back to his long-empty home with weary, heavy steps.