Spirit City, Pontiff's Palace.
Within the vast, majestic hall, only faint breathing could be heard.
The startling rows of question marks on the Chat Group screen eventually became a question from Bibi Dong.
[ Pontiff: It was precisely because she was pregnant that she was exposed?! If she hadn't been pregnant, wouldn't that mean she never would have been exposed at all? ]
Upon the high-backed Pontiff's Throne, Bibi Dong leaned forward slightly.
She wore a Purple Gold Crown and a luxurious robe embroidered with gold and silver patterns. Its hem cascaded down like a waterfall, covering the entire staircase.
Beneath the robe was her flawless, almost inhuman figure, with a slender waist and breathtaking curves.
Through the slit in her robe, a pair of long, jade-like legs wrapped in Purple Stockings appeared and disappeared from view. Their lines were smooth yet full of strength, and the delicate High Heels on her feet added even more pressure to her already tall figure.
At that moment, all color had drained from her noble, peerlessly beautiful face.
She had always believed Tang Hao and Ah Yin's story was a stirring tragedy of love, while Qian Xun Ji had been the villain who tore the lovers apart.
But now, Lu Ming's words were like a key, unlocking every overlooked doubt in her memories.
Right.
If she had not become pregnant, Ah Yin would not have been exposed.
If Ah Yin had not been exposed, Qian Xun Ji would not have led people after her.
Without the pursuit, Ah Yin would not have sacrificed herself.
The root of the entire incident had actually been that "crystallization of love" praised by countless people!
How absurd! How ironic!
Once that thought arose, it multiplied wildly like vines, wrapping around her heart and nearly suffocating her.
In the Chat Group, the others also recovered from their initial breakdown and began following this line of thought.
[ Fox is Most Pure: My scalp is tingling. ]
[ I Have No Mother: It itches. Am I growing a brain? ]
Eastern Palace, Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue looked at the message she had sent, and a flash of self-deprecation crossed her golden eyes.
Yes, she had always been taught about Spirit Hall's righteousness and Tang Hao's wickedness.
Yet she had never considered that another, even deeper evil lay hidden behind that wickedness.
[ Little Witch: One coincidence might be a coincidence, but there are far too many of them?! How could everything possibly be so convenient? ]
[ My Cat is White and Big: ... ]
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing. She merely stared silently at the screen, her purple pupils shrinking to needlepoints.
She thought of Dai Mubai and the brutal struggle for the Imperial Throne within the Star Luo Empire.
For power, even blood brothers could turn against one another.
Then for godhood, what was impossible about a man plotting against his own Lover?
The sentiment in the group had completely turned toward Lu Ming.
Blue Tyrant Academy, cultivation chamber.
Lu Ming watched the frantically soaring numbers on the Chat Group activity panel, and the smile on his face grew increasingly obvious.
He knew the heat was right.
It was time to rip away Tang Hao's final fig leaf completely.
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): You've finally started using your brains. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Tang Hao, the greatest genius the Clear Sky Sect had seen in a century, the youngest Soul Douluo on the continent. Do you think he wouldn't know the difference between a top-tier Titled Douluo and an ordinary Titled Douluo? ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): The difference lies in whether the ninth Soul Ring is a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): So when he encountered Ah Yin, an innocent and kind-hearted girl inexperienced with the world whose true form was a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor, what do you think he felt? ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Ecstatic. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): A perfect, mobile Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone had been delivered right to his doorstep. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): All he needed to do was fabricate a tear-jerking love story and make this prey willingly walk into the trap he had carefully laid. ]
Every sentence from Lu Ming was like a heavy hammer smashing ruthlessly into everyone's hearts.
That supposed love at first sight, that supposed devotion through life and death, had been dissected until it was bloody and raw, leaving behind nothing but calculation and greed.
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): But he encountered a problem. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Ah Yin's Soul Power was constantly increasing. She would soon break through Level 70 and enter the true Maturity Period. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Once she entered the Maturity Period, she would be no different from a true human. Tang Hao would no longer be able to obtain her Soul Ring and Spirit Bone by hunting her. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): So he had to act before then. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): How could he act in a way that made himself appear the most noble and innocent, while gaining the greatest benefit? ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): The answer was simple—make Ah Yin "willingly" sacrifice herself. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): How could he make her willing? Naturally, by forcing her into a desperate situation and making her believe that sacrifice was the only way to save her "beloved." ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): So he got Ah Yin pregnant. Right at that crucial juncture, when she was about to break through Level 70. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Then, the soul beast's source aura leaked out, and Spirit Hall "just happened" to discover their trail. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): He was already Level 89 then, only one step away from becoming a Titled Douluo. When Qian Xun Ji arrived with people to hunt him down, he pretended to be outmatched and cornered, pushing all the pressure and hope onto Ah Yin. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): In the end, the script played out perfectly. ]
[ Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Ah Yin sacrificed herself. He absorbed her Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, soared to the heavens in a single step, and became the youngest Titled Douluo in the history of the Douluo Continent. ]
When Lu Ming's final message was sent,
the entire Chat Group fell deathly silent.
If before, they had been shocked and doubtful,
then now, they felt Bone-chilling cold.
For his own strength, a man could actually scheme against the person beside his pillow to such an extent.
He was no longer merely a conspirator. He was a complete and utter devil.
After a long while.
Heaven Dou City, Shrek Academy's temporary residence.
Ning Rongrong sat by the window in her room, looking at the Chat Group's contents with an icy expression on her little face.
[ Little Witch: Yes, I was also puzzled about why the Clear Sky Sect didn't help and chose to stand by. Now everything makes sense. ]
She had long felt that something was wrong with this matter.
What kind of existence was the Clear Sky Sect?
The number one sect under heaven!
Tang Hao was the sect's most outstanding genius, its future hope, and the Sect Master's own son!
Such a person was being hunted by Spirit Hall, yet the sect chose to watch him die without lifting a finger?
That simply made no sense.
Unless all of this had been part of Tang Hao's plan from the very beginning!
He did not need the sect to intervene, because if it did, his act of being "cornered with nowhere to go" would fall apart. How else could Ah Yin have been "forced" to sacrifice herself?
So it was not that the Clear Sky Sect was heartless. Tang Hao was simply too ruthless!
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