The Third Reveal on the Golden Ranking! Asura Demon Sword!

Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, and a violent murderous aura radiated from his entire body. He glared viciously at Ah Yin, the threat in his words undisguised.

He attempted to use his past tyranny to force Ah Yin to shut up.

Sure enough, feeling that familiar, brutal gaze of Tang Hao, Ah Yin's body trembled uncontrollably, and a fear that had seeped into her very marrow surfaced on her face.

That was an instinctive reaction formed after years of prolonged torture.

"Sister Ah Yin, don't be afraid!"

Seeing this, Ye Lingling hurriedly stepped forward, shielding Ah Yin behind her, and glared angrily at Tang Hao.

She comforted Ah Yin in a soft voice, while simultaneously asking the question that had been weighing most heavily on her heart.

"You... where is your son, Tang San? Could it be that he just watches you being treated like this and does nothing?"

As soon as this question was asked, everyone pricked up their ears.

Indeed, even a tiger would not devour its own cubs, and the bond between mother and son is deep.

As the successor to the Sea God and a future God, could Tang San really remain indifferent to his mother's tragic plight?

At the mention of the name "Tang San," the tears that had just stopped flowing from Ah Yin's eyes broke their banks once again.

She shook her head in agony, tears mixed with endless sorrow sliding down her pale cheeks.

"He... how could he care about me..."

"What?"

Ye Lingling's eyes widened abruptly.

"He is your own flesh and blood! How could you say such a thing?"

The others in the hall were also filled with confusion.

Seeing their mother imprisoned, abused, and covered in wounds, shouldn't a son be filled with righteous indignation and seek revenge for her?

How could he not care?

Was he even human?

Ah Yin's sobbing grew increasingly sorrowful. Choking back tears, she revealed an even more cruel truth in broken sentences.

"In the eyes of that father and son... a Soul Beast is always a Soul Beast."

"Those who are not of our kind will always have a different heart!"

"No matter how well I treated Tang San, or how much I sacrificed for him, in his eyes, it was all with ulterior motives—all an attempt to use him!"

"My son, Tang San... he... he has always been ashamed of his identity as the son of a Soul Beast!"

"He said it was a mongrel bloodline, a stain on his noble status, and a massive loss of face for him!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall was shocked!

Everyone felt their scalps tingle.

A son, actually feeling ashamed because his mother was a Soul Beast?

Even using a vicious word like "mongrel" to describe his own bloodline?

How cold-blooded! How utterly deranged!

Ah Yin's tears flowed even more fiercely, as if she had fallen into her most painful memories.

"I once knelt down and begged him. I told him that I was his mother..."

"I pleaded with him, for the sake of the bond between mother and son, to let me go, to let me return to the Star Dou Great Forest..."

"But he pointed at my nose and retorted loudly, saying..."

Ah Yin's voice trembled uncontrollably; every word seemed to drain the last of her strength.

"He said that I was not worthy of being his mother!"

BOOM!

This sentence exploded in everyone's mind like a thunderclap from the heavens.

Not worthy of being his mother?

Is this something a son could say to his own birth mother?!

"And that's not all..." Ah Yin's eyes were hollow, filled with despair.

"There was a little girl, just like me, who had transformed from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Her name was Xiao Wu. I knew that Tang San also wanted her to sacrifice herself, to become a stepping stone for his own growth."

"I wanted to save Xiao Wu. I didn't want her to follow in my footsteps, to repeat my tragic fate..."

"But..."

Ah Yin did not continue.

But everyone understood.

That Soul Beast named Xiao Wu must have sacrificed herself as well.

And for her "meddlesome" actions, Ah Yin had undoubtedly been met with even more intensified torture and retaliation from Tang Hao and his son!

"They are practically subhuman!"

"Tang Hao, Tang San! You father and son both deserve to be hacked into ten thousand pieces and die without a burial ground!"

"To think Tang San is the successor of the Sea God, yet his heart is so vicious!"

"Heartless wretches! Vipers and scorpions!"

The members of the Ye family could no longer hold back, erupting into curses.

The entire hall was filled with fury and vitriol directed at the father and son of the Tang family.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

The sky outside the mansion lit up without warning.

A brilliant golden light tore through the clouds, enveloping the entirety of Tiandou City.

The Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking had updated once again!

Everyone froze in their tracks, instinctively looking up toward the horizon.

They saw that on the massive golden Sky Screen, the original text of the ranking gradually faded away, and new, even more magnificent and imposing characters slowly emerged.

Accompanying the appearance of the text, the phantom of a sword manifested in the center of the Sky Screen.

It was a long, blood-red sword. Its blade was narrow and long, its design archaic, yet it exuded a monstrous killing intent capable of making even gods and demons tremble!

Merely looking at the phantom made one's soul shiver, as if billions of living beings were wailing beneath the blade, with rivers of blood flowing and corpses piling up like mountains!

Streaks of blood-colored lightning coiled around the blade, crackling as if they intended to tear the very firmament apart!

Beside the blood-red sword, lines of golden ancient characters on the Sky Screen clearly imprinted themselves into everyone's eyes.

[Douluo Exotic Treasures Ranking, Third Place, Asura Sword!]

[Origin: The life-bound weapon of the Asura God. The Asura God is the enforcer of the God Realm and one of the five supreme God Kings! This sword has slain countless gods and, during the ancient God War, personally struck down the Dragon God, bathing in the blood of the Dragon God!]

[The blade is shrouded in an endless, never-dissipating aura of slaughter; it is the top-tier killing treasure of the God Realm!]

[Aftermath: This sword fell into the hands of Tang San, becoming a Super Divine Artifact under his command!]

[Grade: Super Divine Artifact!]

[Master: Tang San!]

[Heavenly Dao Reward: Reward the master, Tang San, with an eight-level increase in Soul Power!]

[His Asura Domain has been strengthened to the extreme!]

Reward: God-tier skill: Star-Sucking Great Skill (can forcibly devour others' soul power, life force, and even the origin of their soul for one's own use; it is peerlessly tyrannical!)

Meanwhile, Jialing Pass.

Above the majestic city walls, an aura of slaughter intertwined with the golden light descending from the firmament, forming a bizarre yet magnificent tapestry.

Bibi Dong stood quietly on the battlements, dressed in a luxurious purple-gold gown.

The slit of the gown was extremely high, perfectly outlining her breathtakingly long, jade-like legs.

The rounded, firm curves were faintly visible beneath the hem of the skirt, exuding an extreme temptation that blended maturity with majesty.

However, at this moment, her flawless, beautiful face was covered with a heavy layer of gloom.

Her gaze was locked firmly onto the blood-colored phantom of the divine sword in the sky. Within her beautiful purple eyes, shock, jealousy, and a trace of indescribable irritation surged.

"Asura Sword..."

Bibi Dong parted her vermilion lips slightly, her voice carrying a hint of imperceptible trembling.

"It's Tang San's divine artifact again."

"This Tang San is truly stealing the limelight! The third and fifth places on the Exotic Treasures Ranking are actually both his!"