Gu Yuena: Planting It in a Cave Without Sunlight-What Was Tang Hao's Intention? (Please Follow!)

Although the Sky Screen had shown his earth-shattering romance with a Soul Beast, b-but he was still one of the mightiest humans.

Could she really hide her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from someone as powerful as him?

At the thought of that man swinging his hammer like a demon god, Xiao Wu felt as if she could hardly breathe.

Under everyone's tense gaze, Tang San slowly and solemnly nodded.

His eyes were still red-rimmed, but they now held a resolve unlike anything he had ever shown before.

He finally understood the depths of the pain and protection hidden behind his father's years of despair and drunkenness.

Tang San answered hoarsely, one word at a time, as if using every last ounce of his strength:

"Yes. He's my father."

"Boom!"

That simple admission hit harder than any scene on the Sky Screen!

"My goodness!"

The sausage fell from Oscar's hand and hit the ground.

"Boss Dai, I'm not dreaming, am I?

This guy is actually the son of the Clear Sky Douluo?

And he's coming to our run-down little academy, Shrek?"

Dai Mubai was equally stunned. He murmured:

"No wonder... no wonder this kid's so freakish!

Turns out his father's even more of a freak!"

Ning Rongrong's mouth formed an 'O'. As a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she knew better than anyone the weight carried by the title "Clear Sky Douluo."

Zhu Zhuqing's cool eyes were also filled with shock. She simply watched Tang San in silence.

It was as if she wanted to take another look at this ordinary-looking young man she had just met, and get to know him all over again.

Meanwhile, at the edge of Life Lake in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest,

Gu Yuena, peerlessly beautiful in a silver gown, stood quietly beside the handsome and incomparable Gu Yuan.

Watching the scene on the Sky Screen, Gu Yuan furrowed his delicate brows and said softly:

"Ah Yin really was pitifully foolish.

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she was at her most vulnerable after taking human form. And she was carrying a child, too. Instead of finding somewhere absolutely safe to hide, she ran around until Spirit Hall could easily track her down.

It makes no sense. Could there be some hidden circumstances we don't know about?"

At her words, Gu Yuan merely smiled calmly and did not answer. A glint of amusement flashed through his deep eyes.

Gu Yuan could sense that the Sky Screen's recounting of Tang Hao's story was about to end.

That wouldn't do. The real show had only just begun.

Gu Yuan thought to himself. Then, with a movement of his mind, he connected to the Sky Curtain System and continued the review with two more scenes.

Just as the people of the Douluo Continent thought the review had come to an end,

the Sky Screen, which had already dimmed, suddenly blazed with brilliant light once more!

"It's not over yet?!"

"Look! There's another scene!"

Everyone's hearts tightened again.

The scene shifted. It was no longer the shabby blacksmith's shop in Holy Soul Village, but a quiet mountain valley.

A waterfall poured down like the Milky Way hanging upside down. Behind it lay a hidden cavern, dry and secluded.

Tang Hao appeared in the scene once again.

The numbness and despair of a man who drank himself into a stupor day after day were gone from his face. In their place were endless sorrow and longing.

He seemed to have become the man who had loved his wife so deeply once more, rather than a broken drunkard.

Tang Hao carefully carried the faintly glowing Blue Silver Grass seed to a patch of damp soil in the middle of the cavern.

He loosened the earth and buried the seed left behind after Ah Yin's sacrifice.

When he was done, Tang Hao took from his clothes the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, translucent and filled with immense life force.

He found a plain wooden box, solemnly placed the Soul Bone inside, then discovered an inconspicuous recess in the cavern wall and hid the box deep within it, sealing it with a stone.

He chose to leave this Soul Bone to his son, Tang San.

In the final scene, Tang Hao sat quietly beside the patch of earth where he had planted the seed. He pulled a flask from his clothes and drank in silence.

His back looked desolate and lonely, while outside the cavern, the waterfall thundered down.

At the edge of Life Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest,

Gu Yuena watched Tang Hao's lonely yet devoted figure on the Sky Screen. Far from being moved, she furrowed her brows even more.

A note of puzzlement and scrutiny entered Gu Yuena's cool voice:

"Ah Yin's sacrifice meant the complete burning of her soul and cultivation. Her spirit was annihilated.

Even if this seed can sprout again, grow, and eventually take human form, it will only be a new life with Ah Yin's memories and appearance. It won't be the same person she was.

Tang Hao is merely deluding himself."

Gu Yuena paused, her gaze turning sharp as she pointed out a fatal flaw.

"Besides... the cavern behind this waterfall is dark and damp, and never sees sunlight.

Though the Blue Silver Emperor is a Plant-type Soul Beast, its growth still requires sunlight and rain.

By planting the seed here, isn't he keeping her imprisoned?

He isn't helping her recover. If anything, he's slowing her growth—or even strangling the life from her."

"He could have planted the seed anywhere sunny on the mountain behind Holy Soul Village.

Until she grew into a true Blue Silver Emperor, she would be no different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass, and would attract no attention.

Tang Hao—what exactly is his intention?"

Gu Yuena's voice now carried a trace of icy accusation.

The humans on the continent might be so moved by this display of devotion that they could hardly contain themselves.

But as the Soul Beast Co-Lord, she saw only a callous disregard for the most basic needs of life.

At her words, a cold, mocking smile touched Gu Yuan's lips.

"Na'er, you're only half right.

He isn't deluding himself. He knows exactly what he's doing."

Gu Yuan turned and gazed toward the Sky Screen, as if he could see through the scene and straight into the darkness at the heart of the man sitting in the cavern.

"He isn't trying to 'bring Ah Yin back to life.' He's trying to 'store' her."

"Store her?"

A trace of confusion flashed through Gu Yuena's eyes.

"Exactly."

Gu Yuan's voice was calm, yet utterly scathing.

"A living, growing, changing Ah Yin would be too much trouble for him—and too unpredictable.

All he wants is a 'keepsake' he can mourn over whenever he pleases, a 'hope' he can keep firmly under his control."

"Think about it. If he planted the seed outside, what if a Soul Beast ate it?

What if it grew too quickly and took human form before he was ready to face a new 'Ah Yin'?

What if the 'she' who took human form no longer loved him as she once had? What then?"

"So planting it in this lightless cavern was the best choice.

Here, her growth would slow to a crawl, nearly stopping altogether.

Everything would remain under his control. He could mourn the past over the seed and play the role of a devoted man, without having to take on any risk or responsibility for the future.

How is that love? It's nothing but the most extreme selfishness."