Ah Yin: Tang San, you son of a bitch!

Ah Yin recalled the vows Tang Hao had whispered to her while drunk, the way he looked at her, and the earnest expression he wore when he said, "Even if you are a soul beast, I love you."

Ah Yin's leaves slowly drooped, wilting like an eggplant struck by frost.

[Later, Tang Xiao chose to withdraw to fulfill Tang Hao's wishes and returned to the Clear Sky Sect alone. You and Tang Hao spent your days together, and your feelings for each other deepened.]

[One night, you finally gathered the courage to tell Tang Hao your true identity—a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor soul beast who had taken human form.]

[Tang Hao froze for a moment, then pulled you into a tight embrace.]

["I don't care," his voice was low and trembling. "No matter what you are, I love you."]

[You buried your face in his chest, your tears soaking his lapels.]

[Tang Hao's gaze drifted past your shoulder, landing on the darkness in the distance.]

[The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his lips moved silently.]

[I love this hundred-thousand-year soul ring.]

Ah Yin's entire plant body stiffened, her three leaves standing straight up like nails driven into a board.

After a long while, the leaves began to curl slowly, twisting into three small, tightly clenched fists.

[At age 22, you were attacked by the Martial Soul Hall while traveling back to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao.]

[After repelling the enemy, the Martial Soul Hall Pope Qian Xunji issued a decree denouncing the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Hao's father died of anger, coughing up blood, and Tang Xiao succeeded as Sect Master.]

[You and Tang Hao married, and from then on, you lived in hiding, drifting from place to place.]

Ah Yin's leaves curled slightly, as if recalling those days.

Back then, she thought Tang Hao had made an enemy of the entire Martial Soul Hall for her sake, and she believed he truly loved her.

Thinking back now, he was merely protecting his future soul ring.

[At age 31, you became pregnant. The day of the birth coincided with the maturity period of your human form, and Tang Hao had just reached the ninety-level bottleneck.]

["Once she gives birth, her vitality will be severely damaged; it will be the perfect time to act," Tang Hao's voice was very low.]

Ah Yin's entire plant body was trembling.

[Your son, Tang San, was born. You had just finished labor and were completely exhausted, struggling to even move a finger.]

[At that moment, the Martial Soul Hall Pope Qian Xunji led two Title Douluo and a large number of soul masters to surround your residence.]

[Tang Hao grabbed his hammer and rushed out, blocking the doorway.]

["How could I ever hand over a soul ring I've raised for so many years to you people?" he roared, engaging the three Title Douluo in battle.]

Ah Yin's leaves shot up violently. A soul ring he'd raised for so many years—were those his exact words?!

[On that same day, to protect Tang Hao and the newborn Tang San, you committed suicide and sacrificed yourself, using your hundred-thousand-year cultivation to inject your soul ring into Tang Hao's body.]

[You left behind a single grass seed and your Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone. Tang Hao used this to break through to the Title Douluo realm, killing one Title Douluo and severely wounding Qian Xunji.]

Ah Yin's leaves slowly drooped.

She remembered that moment—the agony of her soul power being stripped away, and the final sight before her consciousness faded: Tang Hao holding the child in a pool of blood, his face devoid of sorrow, filled only with the ecstatic joy of having his wish granted.

[Tang Hao laughed toward the sky: "Hahahaha—just as I intended!" He looked down at the Tang San in his arms, then glanced at the Blue Silver Emperor seed on the ground, a smile hanging on his lips. "Ah Yin, I will take good care of our child."]

[Tang Hao planted the seed in the forest near Holy Soul Village, living in seclusion there and working as a blacksmith to raise Tang San.]

[He would often come to the cave to sit and speak to that tiny Blue Silver Grass.]

["Ah Yin, I hope you can grow a little faster." He stroked her leaves, his tone as gentle as if he were coaxing a lover.]

["That way, Tang San's future soul rings can also be obtained directly from you."]

Ah Yin was so angry that her entire plant body was shivering.

Tang Hao—she had thought he had at least cherished her with care, but it turned out that even now, as a small plant of only a dozen years, she was merely another soul ring he was raising.

[When Tang San was twenty, Tang Hao brought him to the cave and revealed the truth of what happened back then.]

[Upon learning that you had only lost your cultivation and needed to regrow, Tang San knelt and kowtowed: "Mother, I will definitely restore you."]

Ah Yin's leaves unfurled slightly.

She was moved by Tang San's filial piety.

[At age twenty-one, Tang San transplanted you to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where the cold and hot springs converge.]

[Nourished day and night by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth treasures, your leaves grew from three to seven, then to over a dozen, and you finally began to slowly regain your consciousness.]

Ah Yin felt her current fragile body, which possessed only a dozen years of cultivation.

It seemed that her ability to recover quickly in the future was because her son, Tang San, had sent her to that place.

[At age twenty-five, under the nourishment of your spiritual energy and his heaven-defying talent, Tang San reached level ninety.]

[He stood by the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, looking down at you, who had regrown a human phantom.]

["Sacrifice yourself, my mother." His voice was calm, as if he were stating something that was only natural.]

[You were stunned: "But then you won't have a mother anymore!"]

[Tang San looked down at you, the corners of his mouth curling slightly—the exact same expression Tang Hao had worn all those years ago.]

["You are nothing more than a spirit ring prepared for me by Father."]

Ah Yin's entire stalk trembled.

"That motherless wretch!"

If she had hands, she would have likely shattered the rock in front of her.

[You are unwilling to sacrifice yourself. But Tang Hao arrives. With the father and son working in tandem, you are utterly powerless to resist.]

[The moment the spirit ring is stripped away, you watch the brand-new red spirit ring on Tang San's body and hear Tang Hao say from the side, "Well done, son."]

["Father taught me well," Tang San replies with a smile.]

Ah Yin's entire stalk wilted into the crevice of the rock, her leaves splayed out like someone lying flat on a bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

After a long while, her leaves slowly curled up, clenching into three small fists.

Tang Hao. Tang San.

She recited these two names in her consciousness, one syllable at a time, clenching a fist for each.

Then, she began to shake her leaves frantically, like someone stomping their feet in place.

No, she had to find a way!

She was currently nothing more than a small, dozen-year-old Blue Silver Grass; she couldn't even move, let alone run.

She stopped shaking and held her leaves upright.

This Simulator was her opportunity.

She had to make good use of it; she absolutely could not let those two ingrates succeed again.

[Simulation ended, rewards settling--]

[Reward One: One drop of Ripening Spirit Liquid! (Pouring it on a plant allows it to mature rapidly!)]

[Reward Two: Spirit Beast Sensing! (Allows you to sense the presence of all spirit beasts within a large radius based on your own age!)]

[Reward Three: Nutrient Absorption! (When spirit power is lacking, you can sense the power of the earth and replenish your spirit power from it!)]

Ah Yin froze for a moment.

Then, her entire stalk exploded with excitement.

Her leaves shook wildly, and her roots trembled in the rock crevice, like someone spinning in circles and jumping for joy.

A heaven-sent opportunity! This was truly a heaven-sent opportunity!