Gu Yuena muttered under her breath, the shock in her eyes growing ever more intense.
As the progenitor of the Dragon Clan, her perception of power was incredibly keen.
That brief moment of contact had let her clearly sense that the power contained not only endless vitality, but also an aura of supreme imperial authority that stood above all things.
It was as if every plant beneath the heavens was bowing in submission to the master of that power.
"This isn't a power native to Douluo Continent."
"That direction... it's that Sun Moon Continent that just revealed itself."
Gu Yuena drew back her hand and slowly curled her fingers into a fist.
"Could a supreme deity who commands the laws of life have been born on that continent?"
"But the Divine Realm is clearly sealed off. Without the Divine Realm's permission, mortals simply can't break through level one hundred and become gods."
"What's more, the vastness of this power far surpasses that of an ordinary deity."
She stood atop the lake, her thoughts churning like a storm-tossed sea.
She had once believed that, with her Dragon Emperor Bloodline and strength, she was invincible in this world.
But now, this sudden, terrifying power had shattered all her pride to pieces.
"Sun Moon Continent... the Blue Silver Empire?"
Gu Yuena gazed west, complex emotions flickering in her violet eyes.
"It seems this world holds more secrets than I imagined."
At that moment, high above the Blue Silver Temple on Sun Moon Continent, thousands of miles away.
The vast, boundless life ceremony had reached its most crucial moment.
The life essence offered by countless Blue Silver Grass plants across the continent had gathered into a massive blue starry river, engulfing Ah Yin.
At the heart of the energy, Ah Yin felt the blood in her body begin to boil.
That supremely pure energy was not only nourishing her soul, but also reshaping her very essence.
"Xiao'er... this power is too immense. It feels like my body's about to burst!"
Ah Yin couldn't help crying out in alarm.
She could feel every cell in her body undergoing earth-shaking changes as the power poured into her.
Tang Xiao stood nearby, his deep-blue hair streaming in the divine power.
He looked at his mother, whose face was filled with pain yet seemed to radiate holiness, and spoke in a gentle but resolute voice:
"Mother, don't resist this power."
"You are the Blue Silver Emperor. This power shares your roots."
"Embrace it and release your essence. Only by breaking free of the cocoon can you be reborn."
Hearing her son's words, Ah Yin gritted her teeth and let the immense energy engulf her.
The next moment, a strange scene unfolded.
In that instant, enormous blue roots began to appear from Ah Yin's body.
They spread through the air like swimming dragons, wildly absorbing the life energy around them.
In the blink of an eye, Ah Yin's physical body vanished, replaced by a giant Blue Silver tree that glowed with a soft blue light.
Its trunk was so thick that ten people would have to join hands to encircle it, and its surface was covered in ancient, mysterious golden patterns.
Rustle!
As the life energy continued to pour in, the Blue Silver tree began growing upward at an astonishing speed.
Ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters!
In mere moments, a towering tree that pierced the clouds stood at the center of the capital of Sun Moon Continent.
Its enormous canopy blotted out the sun, casting the entire temple into shadow.
Every leaf looked as if it had been carved from the finest blue crystal, shimmering with dazzling divine radiance.
"In my name, all things unite!"
Tang Xiao pressed his palms together and uttered an ancient divine incantation.
The vast blue starry river in the sky began to converge furiously toward the center of the towering tree.
Countless branches and leaves folded inward, wrapping layer after layer around the central trunk.
At last, before the eyes of the astonished crowd, the towering tree vanished, replaced by a gigantic blue cocoon of light suspended high in the air.
Its surface was densely covered in golden divine patterns. With each flash came a deep, muffled sound, like a heartbeat.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
With each beat, ripples spread through the surrounding space. Pure life energy turned into dense mist, blanketing everything within a hundred miles.
On the ground, countless citizens of the Blue Silver Empire gazed at the miracle in the sky, their faces alight with fervent devotion.
"Long live His Majesty! May the Empire prosper forever!"
Their earthshaking cries echoed across the continent.
Tang Xiao stood silently in the air, gazing at the enormous cocoon of light. A glimmer of anticipation crossed his eyes.
He could feel a new and unimaginably powerful life force taking shape inside the cocoon.
Crack.
A crisp sound of splitting rang through the silent sky.
Then a blinding golden-blue light shot from a crack in the cocoon.
Crack! Crack!
A dense web of fractures instantly spread across the entire cocoon.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, the enormous cocoon burst apart, turning into a shower of golden-blue light that drifted down to the earth.
At the heart of that radiant rain, a breathtaking figure slowly emerged.
The woman's deep-blue hair fell like a waterfall to her ankles, its tips glimmering with a faint golden light.
Her skin was fair, and her features were so exquisite that not a single flaw could be found. She radiated an aura of nobility and holiness, untouchable and inviolable.
Her clear, sapphire-blue eyes reflected the world before her.
Ah Yin hovered silently in the air, staring at her hands, her eyes full of bewilderment.
She could feel the terrifying power contained in her body now.
It was no longer ordinary Soul Power, but supreme divine power.
Her meridians were broad as rivers, her bones hard as divine iron. With every breath, she could draw in the purest natural energy between heaven and earth.
"I... really came back to life?"
Ah Yin murmured to herself, her voice clear and melodious, like a spring bubbling through the woods.
She tried circulating the power within her. In an instant, rings of brilliant Soul Rings slowly rose from beneath her feet.
Yellow, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red, red...
All nine Soul Rings radiated a formidable pressure. The last few red ones, in particular, carried a rich, sacred aura.
At that moment, her cultivation had surpassed the limits of mortals and reached the Quasi-God realm!
"This... how is this possible?"
Ah Yin stared at her hands in disbelief, her body trembling slightly with excitement.
She had thought that recovering her physical body and becoming an ordinary person again would already be an incredible gift.
She had never imagined that her eldest son would reshape a god-tier body for her, allowing her to ascend in a single step and attain Quasi-God strength.
"Mother."
"Congratulations..."
A gentle voice came from beside her.
Ah Yin's body trembled, and she abruptly turned around.
Tang Xiao stood not far away, his deep-blue hair streaming in the wind and his peerlessly handsome face wearing a gentle smile.
As she looked at her eldest son, Ah Yin felt her nose sting, and all the emotions she had held back burst forth.
She remembered the man's cold, disgusted gaze when this child had just been born.
She remembered how the child had been callously abandoned on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Surrounded by countless Soul Beasts, what hardships had he endured just to survive?
All these years, she had been turned into an ordinary Blue Silver Grass and imprisoned by that man in a sunless valley, while her eldest son had built such a vast empire all by himself on a strange continent.
How many grievances had this child suffered?
How much hardship had he endured to reach where he was today?
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