Ah Yin (A-Xi)'s Sacrifice

He instantly killed two Title Douluo.

Tang Hao's ninth soul skill was not actually that outrageous. What was truly outrageous was the enhancement brought by his Divine Slaughter's Domain, which allowed his ninth soul skill to display such terrifying power.

The power was there, but the sight of it was unpleasant enough that even Tang Hao, its caster, felt sickened.

After withdrawing his hand, Tang Hao's small brain was filled with a huge question mark.

What the hell, Scabby Hammer? Why did Ah Yin give me a soul skill like this?

Wasn't Ah Yin the Blue Silver Emperor? She smelled of grass and trees from head to toe. Shouldn't she have had some life-attribute healing soul skill? How did she end up with something like this?

"Tang Hao, you killed another Title Douluo of my Spirit Hall!" Qian Xunji panicked. He summoned his Martial Soul and decided to use his ultimate move.

"Ninth Soul Skill—Angel's Glory!"

The Six-Winged Angel behind him brought its hands together, gathering a beam of sacred radiance.

On the other side, Tang Hao also snapped back to his senses. Never mind what his ninth soul skill was like—he had to get through this first. Besides, he had never relied on soul skills to make a living.

"Ring Detonation—"

He detonated several Soul Rings in succession. As the rings shattered, Soul Power poured into the Clear Sky Hammer, which had already turned blood-red.

The Clear Sky Hammer expanded again and again.

"Great Sumeru Hammer—"

Both sides unleashed their skills at the same time.

The angel's light shot toward Tang Hao, while Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer wrapped in crimson lightning at Qian Xunji.

The Clear Sky Hammer smashed through the angel's holy light and arrived before Qian Xunji.

"This is impossible..."

Qian Xunji took the blow head-on. His Martial Soul instantly collapsed, and his body was sent flying as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The surviving Spirit Hall subordinates pulled Qian Xunji from the pile of rubble. In the next instant, Tang Hao appeared before him.

The Clear Sky Hammer was pressed against Qian Xunji's forehead.

He had lost—

Qian Xunji accepted it as well. He said stubbornly, "Tang Hao, you won. Kill me or torture me, do as you please."

Suddenly, the Clear Sky Hammer shrank and returned to Tang Hao's hand.

Tang Hao naturally knew that he could not kill Qian Xunji now.

In his previous life, Qian Xunji had also died. Everyone believed he had died by Tang Hao's hand, but when Spirit Hall was later destroyed, the truth was revealed: Qian Xunji had died at Bibi Dong's hands.

That was precisely why Qian Daoliu had shown mercy to him and the Clear Sky Sect.

If he truly killed Qian Xunji, it was hard to imagine what Qian Daoliu, grieving the loss of his son in this life, would do.

Bibi Dong had Qian Renxue as a shield. He did not.

Although he was not afraid with Divine Slaughter's Domain, he could not drag the Clear Sky Sect down with him.

"Qian Xunji, go. I won't kill you, but remember this: I will remember this debt. Spirit Hall's good days won't last many more years."

Qian Xunji coughed blood and said weakly, "Fine, Tang Hao. Spirit Hall will remember this debt too. Just you wait."

Tang Hao returned to the site of the earlier battle, dug up the Seed of Life left behind after the Blue Silver Emperor's sacrifice, held it in his arms, and took it away.

Within Ah Yin's spiritual space, she should have fallen asleep after sacrificing herself. Yet she was exceptionally clear-headed now. Through her body, she could sense what was happening outside from within her Mental Sea, but she could not control her own body.

Now, she was merely an ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

The key was that Ah Yin had seen the truth...

She saw the day she married Brother Hao. Brother Hao happily held that girl in his arms. Ah Yin could see her true form: she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Scabby Giant Lizard. Meanwhile, she herself nestled happily in the arms of a man with purple-gold hair, whose face was a hundred times more handsome than Tang Hao's.

He and she had each mistaken the two uninvited guests for the other.

Brother Hao and that girl entered the bridal chamber, while she and that unfamiliar handsome man did the same.

Afterward, she and Brother Hao both spent several years within that illusion, until that girl became pregnant.

Then Tang Hao even treated the child that girl gave birth to as the child Ah Yin had borne. Later, they encountered Spirit Hall's pursuit. When Tang Hao had reached the end of his rope, that girl sacrificed herself to him. Tang Hao killed Spirit Hall's Title Douluo, heavily wounded the Pope, then left with her Soul Bone and Seed of Life.

But... Ah Yin had also experienced Spirit Hall's pursuit. Not only that, she had sacrificed herself to Brother Hao as well... It was not until the final moment of her sacrifice that Ah Yin saw clearly who she had sacrificed herself to.

It was a dazed little blonde girl who looked as though she had not yet woken up.

In other words, everything she and Brother Hao had experienced was fake???

"How could this be?" Ah Yin said in grief and fury.

"Kehehehe."

A voice entered her Mental Sea.

"Who?" Ah Yin became alert.

A gigantic eyeball emerged within Ah Yin's spiritual world.

The eyeball was enormous, with hundreds of tentacles extending around it. The sight was horrifying.

"Y-you are..."

"The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, Evil Emperor," Evil Emperor said.

"It was you! You manipulated all of this behind the scenes?" Ah Yin asked, shocked and furious.

"You can think of it that way."

"Why? Why did you do this?" Ah Yin demanded.

The giant eyeball said in a delighted tone, "For fun, of course. Master said that if one day Rat discovers that the woman he has been intimate with all this time was not you, but a Hundred-Thousand-Year Scabby Giant Lizard, and that his son was also born from that Scabby Giant Lizard, just imagine how interesting his reaction would be."

"Why are you playing with Brother Hao's and my love?" Ah Yin said bitterly. "Is playing with other people's feelings really that entertaining to you?"

"Love? Kehehehe..." Evil Emperor let out a strange laugh. "Do you think what you and Brother Hao had was truly love?"

"Wasn't it?"

The next moment, Ah Yin saw more scenes.

It was the moment she confessed to Tang Hao.

Tang Hao tossed and turned in bed, conflicted, agonized, then relieved. At last, he took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, Ah Yin. I bear the future of the sect on my shoulders. The sect expects my ninth Soul Ring to be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. And our son may inherit your Martial Soul in the future, but there can only be one Blue Silver Emperor. So you'll have to suffer for now."

Ah Yin froze. Shaking her head, she said, "No, this is fake, right? This must be fake."

"Then let's look at the next one," Evil Emperor continued.

The scene shifted.

A-Xi was pregnant. While Tang Hao was excited, he began making plans. He calculated, "Ah Yin said that a transformed Soul Beast at the Soul Sage level generally cannot be seen through by a Title Douluo. Only after becoming pregnant will a Soul Beast's aura leak out, so this is my chance."

After Tang Hao persuaded her, he took Ah Yin (A-Xi) wandering around everywhere. In the end, they attracted the covetous attention of a Spirit Hall Title Douluo. Tang Hao ultimately crippled that Title Douluo, spat out a string of threats, and left with Ah Yin (A-Xi).