Journey to Sunset Forest, Ah Yin's Reaction, the Tang Hao and Tang Xiao Brothers!

Lan Lingcang nodded in deep agreement with Lan Sen's words and did not explain further.

Then, he transformed into a streak of blue-gold light and rapidly flew toward the outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest.

While in midair, he resonated with the Blue Silver Grass scattered everywhere across the ground.

He was quickly able to pinpoint the exact location of Sunset Forest.

That was right. His primary purpose in leaving Star Dou Great Forest now was not to find Ah Yin first, but to make a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

According to Lan Sen, Ah Yin had only just left with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. She would not encounter any danger for the time being, much less have formed any deep bond with the two of them.

Moreover, with his current cultivation, he had already learned Ah Yin's location and condition through the Blue Silver Domain, so there was no rush.

After sacrificing his lifespan to reach a cultivation of 200,000 years, Lan Lingcang did not feel much joy.

Because he could sense that the next Death-Life Heavenly Tribulation was not far away!

A soul beast's first Heavenly Tribulation came at the threshold of 101,000 years.

But the second, the 200,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation, was entirely different. It came shortly after reaching 200,000 years!

The exact timing of that "shortly after" could be just a few days away at the earliest, or several months at the latest, but it would never exceed a year!

Those extra thousand years before the first Heavenly Tribulation were more like an opportunity granted by the heavens to weigh one's options and think things through.

It allowed one to decide whether to take human form or rely on one's physical body to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation.

Now, of the [Nine Lives] Hextech, he only had eight lives left to use.

Setting aside the final life, he could at most reach a cultivation of 890,000 years.

Then, when the 900,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation and the million-year Heavenly Tribulation came, he would have no more "protective talismans" to withstand them.

Therefore, while the earlier Heavenly Tribulations were still relatively "weak," he needed to fundamentally improve the "quality" of his bloodline.

He currently had two clear ways to improve it.

First, he could seize top-tier immortal herbs and other heavenly treasures across Douluo Continent to further temper his own origin bloodline—the Blue Silver Emperor Sovereign Bloodline.

Second, he could continue relying on the Golden Spatula Hextech System and see whether he might be lucky enough to obtain some heaven-defying treasure capable of copying another's bloodline.

If he got such an opportunity, the first bloodline Lan Lingcang would choose to copy would be that of the Silver Dragon King, currently sleeping beneath Lake of Life!

Although, in the original setting, the Silver Dragon King commanded the seven fundamental elements, seemingly different from the "path of life" he followed.

But what was the Silver Dragon King's core authority over?

Creation!

And creation and life were inextricably linked!

The reason Lan Lingcang coveted other bloodlines was not because he believed in his own potential.

It was because he believed in it too much!

Tang Wulin had personally proven one truth with his entire life: the Blue Silver Emperor was a useless martial soul!

No matter how high a human Soul Master's rank became, a pure Blue Silver Emperor martial soul was still inadequate!

One had to know that Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul had been inherited from Tang San, who had already become a god.

Logically speaking, the quality of Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor should have long since ascended into a true god-tier martial soul.

Yet even so, when it reached Tang Wulin, that so-called god-tier martial soul had only given him an innate talent of rank three Soul Power...

But what if the bloodline power of the Golden Dragon King or Silver Dragon King were added atop the Blue Silver Emperor?

The result would be completely different!

The two types of Blue Silver Grass possessed by the future Lan Xuanyu could only be described as heaven-defying existences!

That was because the bloodlines of the two Dragon Kings had attached themselves to his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

If they had attached themselves to some other martial soul that was already top-tier, would Lan Xuanyu have gained godslaying combat power even earlier?

And even if the Hextech System did not grant him a treasure capable of copying bloodlines later on, he believed that, as he continued evolving, he might eventually develop such an ability himself.

After all, he possessed devouring power as well!

Elsewhere.

Night had long since descended quietly, and sparse stars dotted the ink-black sky.

At the center of the wilderness, someone had deliberately cleared out a clean patch of open ground.

A vigorous bonfire blazed fiercely, continuously radiating light and heat, driving away the chill of the wild night.

Beside the fire sat two men and one woman.

They were Ah Yin and the Tang Hao and Tang Xiao brothers.

Two tents had already been set up nearby. Ah Yin had one to herself, while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao shared the other.

The three sat around the bonfire, eating roasted meat and chatting warmly.

But just then, Ah Yin suddenly felt something. The absolute control over her Blue Silver Emperor had vanished!

Or rather, it had been taken away by another member of her clan!

This left her deeply confused. The Blue Silver Clan was weak to begin with. Aside from her, who had reached a cultivation of 100,000 years, only the Blue Silver King had the highest cultivation, at 80,000 years.

Not to mention that the Blue Silver King had not reached a cultivation of 100,000 years, even if he had, his control over the clan could not possibly surpass hers.

Unless... the other party was stronger than her—meaning... he had survived the 100,000-Year Heavenly Tribulation!

Ah Yin's mind was in complete turmoil. She had only just taken human form and left Star Dou Great Forest, yet such a change had occurred in the Ancestral Land?

"Ah Yin? What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Just as Ah Yin was feeling somewhat at a loss, two urgent voices filled with concern sounded beside her ears.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had both keenly noticed that something was clearly wrong with Ah Yin's expression.

After all, the Tang Hao and Tang Xiao brothers were no longer inexperienced young fools fresh out into the world.

The two brothers had traveled Douluo Continent together for a full five years by now.

Tang Hao, now thirty-five, was already a formidable Soul Douluo.

As the elder brother, Tang Xiao was somewhat inferior to his younger brother in cultivation talent, but at fifty years old, he too was already a mid-stage Soul Douluo.

The reason they had met Ah Yin in Star Dou Great Forest was that they had happened to be there searching for a soul beast suitable to serve as Tang Hao's eighth Soul Ring!

Then, after Tang Hao absorbed his eighth Soul Ring and his Soul Power reached rank eighty-one, they were preparing to leave Star Dou Great Forest when they happened upon Ah Yin and invited her to travel with them.

Put nicely, it was love at first sight.

Put bluntly, they had been captivated by her beauty.

It was precisely because both brothers secretly had a competitive drive, wanting to show their best side before this beauty.

That both their attention remained fixed on her.

Seeing the concern on their faces, Ah Yin shook her head. "It's nothing. Maybe I'm just a little too tired."

Ah Yin could not possibly tell them about this. She thought that perhaps she should find an opportunity to return to the Ancestral Land first. She had to see what had happened there after she left.