Everyone's Panicking! A New Task Has Arrived!

Meanwhile, Holy Soul Village and the surrounding villages could no longer remain calm.

The villagers who came out stared at the vast, empty expanse before them and fell into a dazed state, completely dumbfounded.

The places that had originally been covered in Blue Silver Grass now had not a single blade left, only bare earth.

The only plants that remained were not Blue Silver Grass.

Everyone had the same question: where had all the Blue Silver Grass gone?

"Village Chief, Village Chief, this is bad! Something major has happened!"

Old Jack was leisurely drinking tea while sitting in his armchair.

The sudden shout startled him.

He stood up.

"Tie Zhu, what happened? Why are you so flustered?"

"Could it be that the sky has fallen?"

Old Jack said unhappily.

His pleasant leisure time had been interrupted.

Anyone would have been unhappy about that.

Tie Zhu spoke up. "Village Chief Jack, something major has happened. The Blue Silver Grass in the village suddenly disappeared. We sent people out to investigate and found that within a Hundred Li Radius, and even farther out, all the Blue Silver Grass has vanished as well. There's a vast stretch of wasteland, with only plants that aren't Blue Silver Grass remaining!"

"The other villages are the same!"

At these words, Old Jack was shocked.

"What?!"

He immediately hurried over to inspect the situation.

Surrounded by the villagers, he examined the area piece by piece.

He discovered that the soil was perfectly fine.

There were no signs that anything had been uprooted, either.

The same was true of Holy Soul Village Back Mountain.

The ocean of Blue Silver Grass that had originally stretched out like a sea had completely vanished.

"Village Chief, what's going on?" a villager asked.

"How would I know? This is the first time I've ever encountered something like this."

Village Chief Old Jack shook his head, his brows tightly furrowed.

"This matter isn't simple. It seems we must report it to Spirit Hall and have them arrange for a soul master to come take a look."

"This is no small matter. They should take it seriously."

Suddenly, Old Jack thought of an excellent solution.

Since he couldn't solve it himself, he might as well leave it to someone or some force with the ability to handle it.

Spirit Hall was the best choice.

At the same time.

Far away, five thousand kilometers away in Heaven Dou City.

The Continent's High-Level Soul Master Elite Competition was in full swing.

The Shrek Seven Devils, dressed in green clothes plastered with advertisements, were engaged in an intense battle with Blazing Fire Academy.

They had now reached the Promotion Tournament.

As long as they defeated Blazing Fire Academy, they could become second place in the Heaven Dou Tournament Area.

At the critical moment of Tang San's battle with Huo Wu.

His heart suddenly clenched violently.

This made him hesitate for a moment.

He was struck by Huo Wu's attack and sent flying backward.

Bang!

Fortunately, he didn't fall outside the competition area and wasn't eliminated.

"Xiao San!"

"Third Brother!"

"What's going on? Everything was clearly going smoothly just now. With Third Brother's strength, there's no way he should have failed to dodge even this move from Huo Wu!"

"How did it suddenly become like this?"

The people from Shrek Academy who had been watching the match were shocked, their faces filled with confusion.

The other spectators were puzzled as well.

"Hey, Tang San, if you're sick, you shouldn't have come to participate. Hurry up and get down there so you don't waste my time."

Huo Wu, who was fighting Tang San, was also confused and mocked him.

Something seemed wrong.

At that moment, Tang San covered his body and climbed up from the ground.

Something's wrong...

What happened just now?

Why did I suddenly feel my heart constrict?

It felt like... something had left me.

Something that would never return...

Something very important... incredibly important...

Tang San stared at his trembling hand. Recalling the emptiness he had felt just now, as well as the sense of loss that came from within his bloodline, he fell into a dazed state.

"No, I'm probably just too tired."

"It must have been an illusion..."

In the end, he shook his head and continued battling Huo Wu.

"I'm not sick. I just let my guard down. Again."

Tang San took a deep breath and looked at Huo Wu.

He intended to give it his all and take Huo Wu down.

Of course, he didn't mean kill her, but defeat her.

The next second, he unleashed Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and struck first.

The battle began once again.

Clatter!

"Phew! Phew! Phew..."

"Something's happened..."

"Xiao San is fine. It's not him..."

"Then it must be Ah Yin. Something happened in Holy Soul Village..."

Outside the competition venue, in an inn, a man wearing a brown robe and covered in stubble had been perfectly fine at first. Suddenly, he could no longer hold the cup in his hand, and it fell onto the tabletop.

At that instant, he seemed to sense some extremely important thing leaving him.

Hao...

Deep within his mind, the image of his beloved, Ah Yin, suddenly appeared.

Although he had his own selfish motives back then, he truly did love Ah Yin.

Ever since he had personally watched Ah Yin sacrifice herself and obtained his Ninth 100,000 Year Soul Ring.

He hadn't been happy. Instead, he had been filled with deep guilt and regret.

He regretted taking Ah Yin everywhere with him while she was pregnant.

He had even hoped that Spirit Hall would discover her through this opportunity.

He had been handing them the benefit.

But once it had really happened, he had truly regretted it completely.

"Not good! Something has happened to Ah Yin!"

"Something must have happened to Ah Yin!"

"Xiao San is in Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others are looking after him. He should be fine."

"I have to return to Holy Soul Village."

"Xiao San, take care of yourself. Wait for your old man to come back."

Tang Hao took a deep look in the direction of the competition venue before vanishing from Heaven Dou City in an instant.

With a Title Douluo flying at full speed, a distance of five thousand kilometers could be covered in a single day.

However, even if he could make it back, it was already too late.

Everything was beyond saving.

The world no longer had Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, nor the 100,000 Year Right Leg Soul Bone she had left for her son.

All that remained was the ninth soul ring that she had sacrificed to Tang Hao.

If Tang San couldn't become a god, it would be impossible for him to use the slumbering consciousness of Ah Yin stored within this 100,000 Year Soul Ring to revive her.

Elsewhere.

Blue Aotian, who had broken through to become a Ninety-Rank Title Douluo, moved at astonishing speed.

After roughly an hour, he successfully returned from Holy Soul Village to his old home in Star Dou Great Forest—the Blue Silver Forest.

At the same time, all the places he passed through had already lost their Blue Silver Grass.

Only plants belonging to clans other than the Blue Silver Grass Clan remained.

When he left, he had been a king.

When he returned, he was an emperor.

Their statuses were worlds apart.

Emperor! You're back!

At that moment, the entire Blue Silver Forest rejoiced at the birth and return of their New Emperor. They bowed in ceremony and offered him their loyalty.

Mental consciousness in the form of brainwave exchanges, audible only to him, appeared within his sea of spirit.

"My subjects, your emperor has returned."

"From today onward, we will leave this place."

"I will lead you to rise."

"Come inside. I'll take you to see this world."

Blue Aotian revealed a gentle expression.

The memories accumulated over Eighty-Five Thousand Years surged forth.

These Blue Silver Grass plants were his bloodline descendants.

The Blue Silver Realm appeared in his hand.

With a flash of light.

The enormous Blue Silver Forest instantly vanished, transforming into streams of light that entered the Blue Silver Small World.

At the same time, the system's notification appeared once again.

[Quest Released: Organize and create a complete cultivation system belonging to the Blue Silver Grass Clan, including but not limited to realm divisions, titles corresponding to the number of years...]

[Quest Reward: Blue Silver Creation Technique ×1, all soul ring ages increased to One Hundred Thousand Years.]