"Congratulations, Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin. You have become the host of this system."
System?
Host?
What was that?
And...
Where was this?
How had she ended up here?
Hadn't she sacrificed herself for Ah Hao?
"Where is this?"
"And who are you?"
"Why am I here?"
After waking, Ah Yin looked around the dark space, a trace of wariness in her beautiful eyes.
But then she realized that the voice she'd just heard seemed to have come from inside her mind.
"I have no name. My technical designation is 'system.'"
"You can think of me as a tool that helps you."
"As for where you are..."
The system fell silent for a moment before finally speaking. "This is the Martial Soul Space inside Su Yun."
"Your true form, the Blue Silver Emperor, has now become Su Yun's Martial Soul."
What?!
Ah Yin's pupils contracted!
"Impossible!"
"I clearly sacrificed myself for Ah Hao. I died a long time ago!"
"How could I have become someone else's Martial Soul?!"
"That's impossible!"
Ah Yin shook her head again and again.
She refused to believe that she had become someone else's Martial Soul.
"It's simply how fate would have it."
"Sometimes, things in this world can't be explained by common sense."
"Just as you became this boy's Martial Soul, you also became my host."
"Whether or not you believe it, that's the truth."
The system replied calmly.
Not a trace of emotion colored its voice.
Faced with the system's cold tone, Ah Yin fell silent for a long time.
The air between them seemed to freeze.
After who knew how long, Ah Yin finally asked, "Are you a god?"
She had once been the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Blue Silver Emperor.
When she chose to take human form, she'd naturally intended to cultivate her Soul Power to level one hundred, just like a human.
Even to break through level one hundred!
It was said that anyone who broke through level one hundred could live forever and become an existence like a god.
"No. I'm not what you call a god."
"I came into being through an unknown force that I can't perceive. Perhaps that force originated from the gods you speak of."
"My purpose is to help those with strong desires fulfill their wishes."
"And you're the first person I've encountered."
The system's tone remained calm.
Wishes?
As if the word had stirred a memory, Ah Yin's expression changed abruptly.
She hurriedly asked, "Do you know what year it is?"
"Are my husband, Ah Hao, and my child still alive?"
"Have they been captured by Spirit Hall?"
Ah Yin had willingly sacrificed herself and died to protect her husband, Tang Hao, and their newborn child from Spirit Hall.
To her, her husband and child were more important than her own life!
"By my calculations, six years have passed since your death."
"Your husband, Tang Hao, and your child, Tang San, are both still alive, and neither has been captured by Spirit Hall."
"By coincidence, they both live in the same village as Su Yun."
"Today, Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power, just like Su Yun."
After a brief silence, the system replied calmly.
"Really?!"
"My child... Tang San."
Ah Yin's eyes grew moist, filled with boundless tenderness.
She smiled and murmured, "That's wonderful."
Ah Hao was alive.
Her child was alive, too.
He'd even awakened the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
This was the best news she could have hoped for.
"They're both still alive."
"But if you want to reunite with them, that's impossible for now."
The system's voice was cold.
"Why?"
Ah Yin's smile froze. She looked up sharply.
"Because right now, you can only entrust your soul and consciousness to Su Yun's Martial Soul. Apart from Su Yun, no one else can see you."
"You can't communicate with them, either."
After hearing the system's explanation, Ah Yin fell silent once more.
At length, she finally spoke. "Then... can you help me?"
"Of course. I appeared to help you."
Ah Yin asked, "What should I do?"
The system replied, "After your sacrifice, your soul separated from your former body and drifted through the world."
"When Su Yun awakened the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, his presence drew you in. By a twist of fate, your soul merged with it, allowing you to regain consciousness."
"If you want to regain human form, there are only two ways."
"First, find the seed you left behind after your death and plant it."
"Then find a blessed land and gather a great many heavenly treasures to make it grow quickly."
"When the time is right, if your soul is strong enough, you may be able to quickly regain the strength of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and take human form."
After hearing the system's first suggestion, Ah Yin nodded slightly.
But then she shook her head, her brows furrowing.
Putting aside the challenge of finding the seed she'd left behind, even gathering a blessed land and heavenly treasures would be incredibly difficult.
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