Test, Tang Hao's Tearful Repentance

Outside the cave, Tang Hao, dressed in rags, stood there in silence for a long time.

He had not come here for many years. He wondered how Ah Yin was doing.

Surely, when she saw him in his battle-worn state, she would not suspect anything, right?

He was now filled with the weariness of age.

After steadying himself, he entered the cave with a somber expression.

The cave was very dark.

This was a place he had carefully selected.

Here, Ah Yin had lived a life without sunlight.

But at least there was still a little light shining down from above the cave.

"Ah Yin, I came to see you."

Tang Hao's voice rang out as he trudged heavily toward the depths of the cave.

Hearing him, Ah Yin, deep within the cave, hurriedly curled herself up and hid in a dark corner.

Without close inspection, she would have been impossible to spot.

When Tang Hao reached the depths of the cave, the first thing he saw was the Blue Silver Grass bathed in moonlight.

But it was different from what he had imagined.

The Blue Silver Grass no longer possessed its former glory.

Its leaves and stems had withered yellow!

"Th-this, what happened?"

Upon seeing it, Tang Hao rushed over and fell to his knees.

Besides being yellowed and withered, the Blue Silver Grass before him also bore traces of insect bites.

"Ah Yin, Ah Yin, what happened to you?"

"Ah Yin!!!"

Tang Hao threw back his head and howled, seemingly overcome with grief and indignation.

Tears even streamed down from the corners of his eyes.

Watching this from the darkness, Ah Yin felt waves of piercing pain in her heart.

She should not have doubted him. She should not have so readily believed what the Storybook said!

He was her lover. How could he possibly harm her?

She had even been thinking of going out to see the lover she had not seen in years.

But just then, Tang Hao suddenly let out a long breath.

"Ah Yin, although you are dead, our child is doing very well."

"Little San is a very clever child. In the future, he will inherit your Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Hammer!"

"He will surely become the sect's pride and a Titled Douluo!"

"Ah Yin, I wronged you back then. But everything was for our child, everything was for the Clear Sky Sect."

As Tang Hao spoke those words,

the beginning sounded normal enough.

But the latter half was clearly wrong.

He had wronged her back then?

Everything had been for their child, for the Clear Sky Sect?

Ah Yin, who had been about to step out, halted and felt that something was terribly off.

She stayed behind to keep listening, wanting to know what had truly happened.

"I was the one who harmed you back then, but it was for the sect!"

"The sect raised me. I had to repay it. I had to become a Titled Douluo, and an absolute powerhouse at that."

"Although I took you to Qian Xunji, the outcome was still a good one."

"Your spirit in heaven will understand my painstaking intentions too, right?"

Tang Hao's voice was low as he finally revealed what had happened back then.

It was exactly as the Storybook had described.

When the Pope went on an inspection tour, nearly all of Douluo Continent knew his route.

After all, an inspection tour was not some secret mission. It was meant to promote Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao had spent so long in the Soul Master World and was a member of the Clear Sky Sect. How could he not have known Qian Xunji's whereabouts?

After learning Qian Xunji's route, he decisively led Ah Yin on a detour.

His purpose was to expose Ah Yin's identity.

Then, a fierce battle would break out with Qian Xunji.

In the end, everything unfolded exactly as he had planned.

Qian Xunji truly did pursue them, and Ah Yin sacrificed herself.

However, Tang Hao did not know that his son's soul had long since been replaced.

The soul inside Tang San now belonged to a transmigrator.

Tang Hao knelt on the ground in repentance, repenting before Ah Yin's "corpse."

These words had weighed on his heart for more than a decade, and today, he could finally speak them.

Because he felt guilty, he had not even dared to come here all these years.

He had passed by this place many times, but always chosen to take a detour.

"Ah Yin, Little San has grown up now. When the chance comes, I will take him to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. He will inherit your strengths and eventually become a pillar of the Clear Sky Sect!"

"The sect will be proud of him, and he will lead the sect toward glory!"

Tang Hao spoke every thought in his heart.

Strictly speaking, he was nothing more than a slave to the sect.

The sect mattered more to him than anything else.

A lover?

Before the sect, even she had to step aside.

As long as the sect could prosper, that was all that mattered!

Hearing his words from the shadows, Ah Yin's mind went completely blank.

Sure enough, it was exactly as the Storybook had described.

Tang Hao knew Qian Xunji was there and deliberately took her on a detour to parade before Qian Xunji.

That was what ultimately led to her being discovered.

He had been plotting against her from the very beginning!

He must have discovered her identity after advancing to Soul Douluo.

After discovering her identity, their so-called love had ceased to exist.

He had been plotting for her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.

How laughable that she had never noticed his schemes at all.

She had even thought he was wonderful back then, willing to take her to see different places.

In the end, it had all been a calculation.

How tragic!

If the Storybook had not exposed it, her future fate would likely have been to remain deceived.

She might even have stayed with him after being resurrected!

How terrifying would that have been!

Tang Hao was utterly terrifying!

The sect held far too important a place in his heart.

He, he...

Ah Yin muttered to herself, not knowing what to say.

After repenting, Tang Hao seemed to feel as though a burden had been lifted. He slowly rose to his feet.

"Ah Yin, now that I have repented to you, you will surely forgive me."

"The person you loved most was me. You will definitely forgive me, right?"

"When Little San truly grows up, I will bring him to your grave."

Hearing those words, Ah Yin nearly could not stop herself from rushing out.

He still had the nerve to bring Tang San to her grave?

What gave Tang Hao the right to think she would definitely forgive him?

At this moment, her heart held nothing but hatred.

Love?

He was just a scumbag. There had never been any love at all.

Her sincere heart had been fed to a dog!

Tang Hao! One day, I will kill you!

The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.

Tang Hao's schemes against her had completely awakened her.

Even if he had once been her lover, she would never let him off easily.

Tang Hao remained in the cave for a long time.

Perhaps because he had already found peace in his heart, he never noticed the Blue Silver Grass in the corner.

Even if he had noticed it, he probably would not have thought much of it.

Blue Silver Grass was merely a weed that could be found everywhere.

After leaving the cave, Tang Hao stretched lazily.

The massive weight that had pressed on his heart for years had finally been removed.

Before coming here, he had been both nervous and expectant.

He had been nervous about what he should say when he saw Ah Yin.

He had looked forward to whether Ah Yin might have met with some accident after so many years in such a dark cave.

So far, the outcome was the best possible one for him.

Ah Yin was "dead," truly dead.

No one would ever again learn what had happened back then.

He could finally relax completely.

At the cave entrance, Ah Yin watched Tang Hao's retreating figure, and the hatred in her heart nearly erupted.

The Blue Silver King appeared beside her at that moment.

"My Emperor, do you need me to help move you somewhere else?"