How dare you! Disrespect my master, Blue Silver King, you are courting death!

A few days later, the master and disciple followed the guidance in Tang San's mind to an unknown, ancient forest.

The number of Blue Silver Grass here was immense, resembling a vast blue ocean. Every plant was tall and thick, and at a single glance, one could tell this was a primitive forest, rarely visited by humans and ancient in origin.

The moment he stepped into this place, Tang San shuddered. A sense of familiarity, bordering on instinct, washed over him, as if the entire expanse of Blue Silver Grass was bowing in the most devout posture to welcome him.

That feeling, like returning to a mother's embrace, made his heart ache inexplicably.

Jiang Li, whose martial soul was also a Blue Silver King, felt a similar vibration at almost the same time, his bloodline resonating faintly within him.

Just then, a trembling voice, as if coming from the depths of an abyss, echoed in the minds of both Tang San and Jiang Li.

"Emperor... Great Emperor! Is it truly you? You have finally come here!"

"Eh? There is actually another King of our Blue Silver Grass clan here?"

"What a tremendous honor it is to be able to guard the Emperor's side!"

Hearing this strange voice treat his master as a mere follower, Tang San's brows furrowed instinctively.

If his master hadn't relinquished the opportunity to become the Emperor, how could he have achieved such a transformation?

For this strange voice to speak this way now, wasn't it trying to place him in a position of disloyalty and unfilial conduct?

This was truly a path to self-destruction!

Tang San instinctively turned back, only to find Jiang Li shaking his head gently to indicate he didn't mind.

"It's fine, San. I don't sense any malice in that voice. Since it keeps calling out to you, perhaps there is a destiny waiting for you. Come, enter with me."

"Understood!"

Tang San nodded obediently and followed behind Jiang Li into the ocean of Blue Silver Grass.

The moment the two stepped into the Blue Silver forest, the grass beneath their feet swayed and retreated, as if summoned, parting automatically and trembling as they bowed to greet them, as if welcoming the return of a new king.

Before long, they arrived at the location of the Blue Silver King.

It was an extremely ancient vine, ten meters tall, its branches gnarled like the rings of a tree.

Soon, an aged face slowly emerged from the center of the vine, its features gentle, gazing at Tang San with a benevolent expression.

"Emperor... my great Emperor, you have finally come! The children of the Blue Silver Grass clan have waited for you for nearly six years!"

The aged face trembled slightly, every word uttered filled with irrepressible excitement and urgency.

Six years was merely the length of a single slumber for an ancient existence like the Blue Silver King, but for the Blue Silver clan that had lost its mother, it had been a long and agonizing wait.

The previous Blue Silver Emperor was the common source and mother of all the Blue Silver Grass in the entire Blue Silver Ancestral Land; her fall had left all the Blue Silver Grass feeling as if they had lost their home.

"Six years?" Tang San's heart stirred. "Do you mean that six years ago, the previous Blue Silver Emperor had already fallen?"

Through the knowledge imparted by his master, Tang San knew his Blue Silver Grass martial soul was inherited from his mother.

But as this massive Blue Silver Grass before him said, had the previous Blue Silver Emperor—his mother—really fallen six years ago?

For a moment, Tang San's heart became incredibly anxious, and countless questions flooded his mind.

Why did his mother fall?

What was his father, Tang Hao, doing at that time?

"That is correct, Emperor."

The blue light in the Blue Silver King's eyes flickered, and crystalline tears fell. "Six years ago, the previous Blue Silver Emperor completely vanished. From that moment on, we became children without a home."

The surrounding Blue Silver Grass trembled in the breeze, as if weeping along with it.

A moment later, the Blue Silver King raised its aged face, covered in tree rings, and revealed a gentle smile: "Emperor, you are the bloodline of the previous Blue Silver Emperor. Compared to a mere Blue Silver King like me, the lineage you carry is far more noble!"

"But what this subordinate did not expect was that you would obtain the Emperor's throne early through your own efforts!"

"With the new Emperor back today, we are no longer children without a home!"

Tang San paid no mind to the Blue Silver King's excitement; he was now desperate to know everything about his mother.

In this life, he had already experienced the fatherly love he had once craved from Jiang Li, and he truly longed to feel his mother's gentle embrace!

"Blue Silver King, tell me about my mother."

The Blue Silver King was about to speak, but was stopped by Jiang Li raising his hand. "San, the truth about your mother is too cruel for you right now. Do you really want to know?"

The interrupted Blue Silver King was instantly enraged. "Audacious! As a fellow Blue Silver King, how dare you be so disrespectful to the Emperor!"

Tang San, who had been immersed in longing for his mother, heard this Blue Silver King repeatedly show such disrespect to his master and immediately retorted, "You are the one who is truly audacious! This is my master, a presence like a father to me. Who gave you the gall to speak to my master like that!?"

The Blue Silver King was left completely stunned by Tang San's sudden reprimand.

Good heavens, did that mean this Blue Silver King had effectively become the Grand Emperor of their Blue Silver Grass clan?

Damn it, why wasn't it him who met the Emperor back then!

This Blue Silver King signaled that while he was very loyal, he was also very eager to advance!

"Apologies, Emperor. It was this old one's oversight."

The Blue Silver King immediately recognized his mistake and offered an apology.

Tang San raised a hand, indicating he didn't want to say more. He turned around, looked at Jiang Li with burning eyes, and dropped to his knees with a thud.

"Master, although Tang San knows that you are keeping this from me for my own good, I truly yearn to know everything about my mother. I implore you, Master, please grant my wish!"

"No matter what the final outcome may be, Tang San can endure it."

After saying this, Tang San bowed his head and knocked it against the floor with a series of loud thuds before Jiang Li.

Is... is he really this filial?

Seeing this, Jiang Li cast a glance at the Blue Silver King, signaling for it to reveal everything regarding the Blue Silver Emperor.

The latter understood and began to speak slowly of the events concerning Ah Yin from years past, "Your Majesty, your mother—the previous Emperor—chose to take on human form after reaching the hundred-thousand-year level of cultivation. While traveling across the continent, she journeyed alongside your father and another man who was likely your father's elder brother."

"A few years later, you were born. However, shortly after giving birth to you, the previous Emperor chose to sacrifice herself for your father. As for what followed, this subordinate is not entirely certain."

"But through the unique connection shared by our Blue Silver Grass clan, I can sense that the previous Emperor has not truly perished."