Once I Break Through, Your Time to Die Will Come

"I have no reason to lie to you."

"If you still want the Blue Silver Emperor to return to life..."

Jin Jiuxiao left the rest unsaid.

Now it depended on whether the Blue Silver King took the hint.

The Blue Silver King was an old hand, seasoned enough to have become a fox. How could he miss the meaning behind Jin Jiuxiao's words?

He immediately declared his position. "Whatever you need, whatever must be done, just give the word, my lord. As long as our emperor can be revived, we will agree to anything!"

It was just as Jin Jiuxiao had said: a ferocious beast king and a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form.

There was simply no reason for such a pair to deceive him.

What could they gain by lying to him?

At least, after thinking it over, the answer he reached was: nothing.

"It's just..." The Blue Silver King changed tack.

Jin Jiuxiao finished the Blue Silver King's unspoken words. "It's just that you don't understand why we would help you, correct?"

"Yes, my lord," the Blue Silver King answered affirmatively.

He truly could not understand why these two would help them.

"Having the Blue Silver Emperor alive is the greatest help you can give us."

As for the rest, he would leave the Blue Silver King to fill in the blanks himself.

"..." The Blue Silver King's heart jolted, and countless possibilities sprang into his mind.

In the end, he settled on their emperor's unique nature.

Only one Blue Silver Emperor could exist.

In other words, as long as their emperor could be revived, no one else could become the Blue Silver Emperor!

At that thought, everything fell into place for the Blue Silver King.

Most likely, someone with the potential to advance into a Blue Silver Emperor had appeared, and these two intended to... strangle that person's future in its cradle!

But what did that have to do with him?

If the Blue Silver Emperor had died completely, he might still have placed his hopes in a new emperor.

But now he knew their emperor had not truly perished and still had a chance of revival.

Of course he would choose their original emperor. There was no way he would support a new one.

"Please give us your instructions, my lord." The Blue Silver King adopted a deeply humble posture.

"I want your entire clan to relocate to the Star Dou Great Forest. I'll find you a habitat near the core region, where no other soul beasts will disturb your lives."

"I'll bring your emperor back within a year at the latest."

"When the time comes, I'll need you to help her recover."

The Blue Silver King's eyes lit up. A year at the latest?

Did that not mean they would soon be reunited with their emperor?

"No problem, my lord."

The Blue Silver King agreed outright, then added, "It's just... if we rely solely on ourselves, the relocation will take a very long time."

Wherever their emperor was, that was their clan's home.

If moving the entire clan would reunite them with their emperor, then their habitat in the Star Dou Great Forest would be their true homeland.

Thus, the Blue Silver King agreed decisively, without any reluctance to leave.

Jin Jiuxiao thought it over. That was indeed true.

Plant-type soul beasts were slow to begin with. Moving an entire clan would be like watching a tortoise crawl.

"Other ferocious beast kings will help you relocate, so don't worry." Jin Jiuxiao decided he would have to trouble Bi Ji to make the trip after all.

He would ask Bi Ji to help move the Blue Silver clan into the Star Dou Great Forest as quickly as possible, just in case.

"Yes. Thank you, my lord."

Jin Jiuxiao nodded slightly. "You can start preparing now."

With that, he left with Xiong Jun.

Only after they had walked out of the Blue Silver clan's territory did Xiong Jun speak. "That went pretty smoothly."

He had thought there might be a little "unexpected incident."

With their business finished, it was time to go home.

Xiong Jun returned to his true form and placed Jin Jiuxiao on his shoulder.

"That was mostly thanks to you being here, Uncle Xiong. The gap in strength was too great."

"Even if he suspected we had ulterior motives, he could only keep those suspicions to himself. He still had to obey our orders."

Jin Jiuxiao knew that until the Blue Silver King saw the Blue Silver Emperor, he could not possibly trust them completely.

But his remark had given the Blue Silver King a rough idea of their purpose.

The logic made sense, and the objective was clear.

On top of that, Xiong Jun's strength utterly overwhelmed the entire Blue Silver clan.

If they really wanted to do something to the clan, its members would be powerless to resist.

"As long as they do what we say, it doesn't matter whether they believe us." Xiong Jun did not care in the slightest.

He could not care less whether these blue silver grasses believed them. They only needed to follow their instructions and move their clan's home to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Then, as though something had occurred to him, Xiong Jun asked another question. "Little Jiuxiao, could Tang San awaken his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul on his own?"

"Absolutely not."

"Why?" Xiong Jun did not quite understand why Jin Jiuxiao was so certain.

Jin Jiuxiao smiled. "Because Tang San has such a 'good' teacher."

Xiong Jun heard the extra emphasis Jin Jiuxiao placed on "good." "How so?"

"The Blue Silver Emperor is a top-tier plant soul beast with the life attribute."

"As a martial soul, it's likewise a top-tier plant-type martial soul with the life attribute."

"Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor is still at the blue silver grass stage. It hasn't fully awakened."

"He doesn't even know his martial soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, much less his teacher."

"So Tang San's first martial soul, the Blue Silver Emperor, hasn't followed a life-oriented development path. He's been developing its poison attribute instead."

Now Xiong Jun understood. "I see."

"If he keeps adding soul rings with the poison attribute, he'll actually contaminate the Blue Silver Emperor's life attribute."

"Without outside help, that Tang San will never be able to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor on his own. Is that right?"

Jin Jiuxiao nodded. "Exactly."

Without adding even a single soul ring with the life attribute, how could Tang San achieve the Blue Silver Emperor's second awakening on his own?

The two chatted as they traveled.

Before long, they returned to the Lake of Life.

Jin Jiuxiao jumped down from Xiong Jun's shoulder and walked over to Bi Ji and Zi JI in the pavilion. "Sister Bi Ji, sorry to trouble you, but there's something I need your help with."

"No problem. What is it?" Bi Ji would naturally never refuse Jin Jiuxiao's request.

Jin Jiuxiao explained the matter of the Blue Silver clan to Bi Ji. "That's the situation."

Bi Ji nodded slightly. "All right. I'll head over in a little while."

"Are you going back to the human world now, then?"

Jin Jiuxiao considered it. "Not for now. I've already taken leave from the academy anyway."

"I plan to break through to Soul Elder here at home before going back."

His reason for taking leave had been to obtain his second soul ring.

Spending a month finding a suitable soul ring and another month stabilizing his cultivation was perfectly reasonable, right?

If he returned to the academy two months later, it would be just in time for the holidays again.

Besides, he only needed one more level to reach level thirty.

"Huh?" Zi JI let out a startled sound.

"Wonderful!" Bi Ji was overjoyed.

Their reactions were completely different.

"Rather than make another trip, I might as well cultivate at home."

"Once I break through to level thirty, we'll begin."

If he went back to the academy now, would he have to return home again once he reached level thirty?

Running back and forth would be far too troublesome. If he could arrange everything in one go, there was no need to add all those pointless steps.

Tang Hao, once I break through, your time to die will come.