Tang San was completely stunned after hearing the Blue Silver King's account.
He had never imagined that his mother had been a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast who had undergone Soul Beast Transformation!
Didn't that mean he had half Soul Beast blood running through his veins?
Was he not a whole person!?
But he quickly suppressed the thought, which felt profoundly unfilial to him. Tang San, oh, Tang San. After living two lifetimes, how could you just now feel bothered by your mother's identity?
"Have you forgotten such a simple truth as 'your body and hair come from your parents'?"
"But whether my mother was human or a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast who underwent transformation, she was still my mother in this life."
Tang San's gaze grew resolute again. "So, Blue Silver King, can you tell me why my mother suddenly chose to transform into a human? And what does 'sacrifice' mean? Why did my mother sacrifice herself to my father? And what did you mean when you said my mother's life force hadn't vanished?"
Tang San instinctively sensed that something was amiss, but he still knew too little about the Douluo Continent.
"Master, do you know what happened?"
If it turned out that his mother was still alive in this world, then he would do everything in his power to restore her to the way she had been!
"Xiao San, let's hear what the Blue Silver King has to say first. Once he's finished, I'll tell you everything I've learned as well. You can judge the truth of it all for yourself."
"You're a clever boy. I believe in you."
"Okay!"
The Blue Silver King slowly told Tang San some of the Blue Silver Grass Clan's secrets. "Emperor, every hundred thousand years, we Soul Beasts face a heavenly tribulation. If we survive it, we can cultivate for another hundred thousand years. If we fail, we perish beneath the tribulation."
"Actually, if the previous Emperor hadn't transformed and started cultivating anew, with her foundation, she should have had little trouble surviving her next tribulation and reaching a cultivation level of over two hundred thousand years."
"To be honest, I still don't understand why the Emperor chose to transform back then."
Jiang Li muttered inwardly, Why did she transform? Wasn't it that hypocritical Asura God's doing?
The Blue Silver King wasn't making things up about the Blue Silver Emperor being able to reach a cultivation level of over two hundred thousand years. The Blue Silver Emperor on the neighboring Sun-Moon Continent had a cultivation level of around a hundred and ninety thousand years.
As for why she'd been stuck at a hundred and ninety thousand years without breaking through during Peerless Tang Sect...
That was a real head-scratcher!
Tang San understood. The tribulations Soul Beasts faced must be like the heavenly tribulations that the spirits from his past life had to overcome once they reached a certain level of cultivation. As for why his mother had chosen to transform and cultivate anew, he felt that only she herself could answer that.
The Blue Silver King continued, "Although the previous Emperor successfully transformed into a human, and the last time we sensed her, she had already reached level seventy and entered her mature stage, she still chose to sacrifice herself to your father."
"My humble guess is that she must have faced some insurmountable difficulty and chosen to give up her life."
Tang San's mind rapidly conjured a story: after giving birth to him, his mother had been hunted by a group of evil people for reasons unknown.
When she'd been driven into a dead end, she'd resolutely sacrificed herself so that his father and he could live, leaving them their chance at survival.
At the thought, his heart twisted with pain. "Mother!"
"Mother, you've suffered so much!"
Seeing Tang San weep so bitterly, the Blue Silver King was deeply moved. Their Emperor truly was a person of utmost sincerity and filial piety!
"Emperor, there's no need to grieve so. After we of the Blue Silver Grass Clan sacrifice ourselves, we leave behind a Seed of Life. I can sense that your mother is still alive."
Jiang Li comforted him as well. "Xiao San, it seems that the other summons you felt in your mind earlier must have come from your mother."
Hope flared in Tang San's heart!
If his mother had merely regressed into a seed, then once her age had grown back to a hundred thousand years, could she truly come back to life?
"Master..."
"Xiao San, I understand what you mean. The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well can indeed help plants grow ten times faster."
"Once we find your mother, I'll find a way to transplant her there."
At his master's words, warmth flowed through Tang San's heart once more.
Without his master, he would never have awakened his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline so quickly, nor would he have come here and learned about his mother.
At the thought of not knowing how his mother was faring—perhaps she was still suffering—his heart ached terribly.
If he could transplant his mother to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well even one day sooner, he could see her one day sooner!
He could never repay his master's kindness!
Jiang Li turned to the Blue Silver King. "Blue Silver King, once we find Xiao San's mother, we'll transplant her main body to the place we just discussed."
"I need you to summon every Blue Silver King who's lived for more than ten thousand years. I'll transplant all of you there as well."
"Once you're there, your cultivation will progress ten times faster. At the same time, I hope you'll protect Xiao San's mother well."
The Blue Silver King's enormous phantom nodded. Protecting the Emperor was their duty. They would do so without hesitation.
"All right, Xiao San. What the Blue Silver King knows is pretty much the same as what I know. But there's one thing I don't know whether it's rumor or truth. We'll have to find your mother's main body before we can confirm it."
"So I won't tell you now, lest it lead to any unnecessary misunderstandings."
Tang San naturally nodded in agreement. He already knew more than enough.
What he wanted most to know now was why his mother had chosen to sacrifice herself!
But whoever had hurt his mother, he wouldn't spare a single one of them. They all deserved to die!
Just then, the Blue Silver King's expression suddenly turned solemn. "Emperor, are you willing to protect your people as the previous Emperor did?"
"I am!"
Tang San nodded without hesitation.
It might sound strange, but weren't his mother's people his people too?
Besides, he wasn't a whole person either. Half of the Blue Silver Emperor's blood ran through his veins.
Hearing Tang San's resolute answer, the solemn Blue Silver King seemed to let out a great sigh of relief.
"Great Emperor, since that is so, please accept your people's blessings!"
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