The Cruel Truth

Ah Yin knew that sacrificing her life and cultivation to a human had violated one of the soul beast clan's greatest taboos.

Lord Di Tian, Lord Bear Lord, and Lord Red King had surely captured Tang Hao because of this.

That was why she was so anxious to explain herself.

Red King shook his head in disappointment. "Blue Silver Emperor, Blue Silver Emperor... I never expected you to do something like this!"

"You sacrificed your life and cultivation to that human, yet you didn't know that he turned around and imprisoned you in a stone chamber."

"If the Dragon God hadn't rescued you, you would already be dead."

"What?!" Ah Yin's entire body shuddered. She simply could not believe it.

Ah Hao had imprisoned her true body inside a stone chamber?

How was that possible?!

Bear Lord snorted coldly. "What are you shouting for? Hurry up and thank the Dragon God!"

"The Dragon God?" Ah Yin was startled again. Had this matter actually alarmed the Lord?

Xiao Wu sprang out at that moment and introduced Huang Long with an outstretched hand. "This is the Lord, the Dragon God reincarnated."

"It was also the Lord who used a drop of his own blood to revive you, Blue Silver Emperor."

Seeing this, Sea Maiden Douluo hurriedly added, "And he's also the Holy Son of our Sea God Island!"

Upon hearing this, Ah Yin hurriedly controlled her true body and bowed slightly toward Huang Long.

"Ah Yin thanks the Dragon God for this gift."

"But please believe me, Dragon God. Ah Hao is truly innocent!"

Huang Long merely waved his hand. "Don't call him innocent just yet. I don't think Tang Hao is all that innocent."

"If you don't believe me, tell everyone about what you went through and let them judge for themselves."

"Alright!"

Ah Yin nodded softly, then recounted everything that had happened after she took human form and left the Star Dou Great Forest.

From the time she left the Star Dou Great Forest and met the brothers Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, to when the three of them became sworn siblings and continued traveling across Douluo Continent together.

As everyone listened to her story, they initially found nothing unusual.

But gradually, they began to notice that something was off!

Especially after Ah Yin revealed to Tang Hao that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form—after that, everything became deeply suspicious!

Sea Dragon Douluo frowned slightly and turned to Di Tian. "From revealing her identity to being attacked by Spirit Hall, they hid outside for nine years without being discovered, yet she was found on the very day she gave birth."

"I can't help feeling that something is strange. There are simply too many coincidences."

Red King nodded slightly. "Too many coincidences. It feels like everything was arranged in advance."

Xiao Wu curiously leaned closer to Ah Yin and asked, "Auntie Blue Silver Emperor, didn't you ever suspect anything?"

"This..."

Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin was immediately at a loss for words.

Huang Long smiled at that moment. "That's what they mean by becoming foolish for three years after getting pregnant."

As soon as he said this, everyone's attention turned toward him.

Foolish for three years after getting pregnant?

That description was quite fitting!

Huang Long continued, "Ah Yin, you lived in the human world for quite some time, so you should have known who your enemies were."

"But since you were pregnant and could no longer conceal your aura, why didn't you find a place to settle down instead of running around everywhere?"

Ah Yin hesitantly replied, "Well... perhaps my emotions were unstable during that time, so Ah Hao suggested taking me around to relax."

Upon hearing that, Sea Maiden Douluo spread her hands helplessly.

"Isn't it obvious? It was clearly a trap deliberately set by Tang Hao!"

"No soul master could refuse the soul ring and soul bone of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast."

"Sea Dragon and I would be no different."

"If the Holy Son hadn't taken a liking to your soul bone, Sea Dragon and I would have already tried to snatch it."

"He tricked you into going out, then leaked your whereabouts to Spirit Hall. That's what led to everything that followed."

Sea Dragon Douluo glanced at Sea Maiden Douluo and nodded in agreement.

The moment her words fell, Ah Yin became agitated.

"No! Ah Hao isn't that kind of person!"

But Huang Long suddenly asked, "Then do you know what rank Tang Hao had reached on the day the incident happened?"

"Rank eighty-nine. Why?" Ah Yin asked in confusion.

As soon as the words fell, the room plunged into deathly silence.

Everyone looked at one another, their expressions saying, Just as expected.

A human soul master on the verge of entering the Title Douluo realm, with a wife by his side who had transformed from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

And that wife was about to give birth, at her weakest.

In order to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone without bearing the disgrace of murdering his wife, he had used Spirit Hall to orchestrate that sacrifice.

Bear Lord gritted his teeth viciously and raised his clenched fist. "Humans truly are a race of cunning creatures."

But the moment he finished speaking, he immediately turned to Huang Long with a fawning smile.

"Of course, that does not include Lord Dragon God!"

Hearing this, Sea Maiden Douluo put her hands on her hips, her face full of indignation. "What about us?"

To her surprise, Bear Lord answered her with a look of utter disdain.

"You're all the same! Despicable and shameless!"

Sea Maiden Douluo was so furious that she ground her teeth.

If she could beat this big dumb bear, she would have fought him to the death!

Xiao Wu moved over to the table and gently poked Ah Yin's stalk. "Auntie Blue Silver Emperor is so pitiful. A human tricked her out of her soul ring and soul bone."

"And she was locked inside a pitch-black stone cave, never seeing sunlight all year round."

Ah Yin said nothing more.

After what everyone had just said, she had fallen deeply into self-doubt.

Scene after scene from those years flashed endlessly through her mind like a film.

Their first meeting, and the sweetness of when they had just married.

Even Tang Hao's heart-rending cries before her sacrifice.

Could it be that all of it... had only been meant to deceive her?

Impossible!

How could Tang Hao treat her like that?

Weren't they husband and wife?!

Seeing Ah Yin's body trembling slightly, Huang Long stepped forward and gently pinched one of her leaves.

"Don't think too much about it. What we've said so far is only speculation."

"When the time comes, I'll help you find out the truth."

Ah Yin suddenly raised her head. "Lord Dragon God, really?"

Huang Long nodded lightly. "Yes. When we meet Tang Hao again, I'll ask him for you."

"Thank you... Thank you, Lord Dragon God." Ah Yin's voice choked as she bowed to Huang Long once more.

Di Tian spoke up then. "Enough, Blue Silver Emperor. I won't concern myself with that human for now, but I will truthfully report your sacrifice to the Silver Dragon King."

"When the time comes, how you will be punished shall be decided jointly by the Silver Dragon King and Lord Dragon God."

With that, he turned to Huang Long. "Lord Dragon God, I plan to return to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow to meet the Silver Dragon King."

"Bear Lord, Red King, and Xiao Wu will accompany you and protect your safety."

However, Huang Long waved him off at once. "There's no need for so many people to follow me. Have Bear Lord and Red King return with you as well."

He turned to Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Maiden Douluo with a smile. "With Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Maiden Douluo, and Xiao Wu by my side, that's enough."

"If all of you stayed with me, this journey would be far too safe."

The moment Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Maiden Douluo heard that, they instantly stood a little taller.