[Deep within the core of the Star Dou Great Forest.]
["Human, you have some nerve!!"]
[A gigantic black dragon circled high above, his enormous body blotting out the sky and sun. His golden, slit-pupiled eyes burned with fury as he stared at the tiny human below.]
["...Uh." The boy with blue-green hair glanced at the enormous black dragon before him, then at the black Soul Ring floating above the emerald-green swan's corpse beside him.]
["Hey! Can we settle this peacefully?"]
["ROAR!!"]
[The black dragon answered the boy with a sky-shaking roar.]
[The powerful sonic attack blanketed the sky, crashing toward Ye Wuhen's position like an ocean wave.]
["CRASH!!"]
[The enormous ancient trees, along with the ground itself, were ripped up by that dragon's roar. Countless roots mingled with dust, whipping wildly through the air.]
[Yet amid that sky full of dust, a green radiance remained unmoved, enduring the onslaught of the dragon's roar like wild grass rooted in the earth.]
["Hmm? A mere ant at the Soul King level, and he survived?"]
[A trace of confusion flashed through Di Tian's eyes.]
[At such close range, that roar of his would have shattered even a human Titled Douluo's liver and gall.]
[How could a mere human Soul King still be alive?]
["No! That aura is... the Blue Silver Emperor?!"]
[The dust gradually settled, and the green radiance slowly faded, revealing a massive cocoon wrapped in countless strands of emerald-green Blue Silver Grass.]
[It was this very cocoon that had protected the human boy.]
[The cocoon formed from emerald-green Blue Silver Grass slowly dispersed, revealing two figures, one large and one small.]
["I really almost died there... Grandfather never said killing an Emerald Swan would get me attacked by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."]
[Ye Wuhen clutched his emerald-green Blue Silver Grass, with the target of this trip at its other end: an exceptionally rare Ten-Thousand-Year Emerald Swan.]
[Beside him, a barefoot woman with loose, long green hair and a grass skirt woven from green Blue Silver Grass hovered in the air, holding Ye Wuhen up with her other hand as she stared silently at Di Tian.]
["Thanks a lot, Aunt Yin."]
["I don't want to spend another seven days and nights buried in the dirt. That was so boring."]
[Ye Wuhen glanced sideways at that breathtakingly beautiful profile, his eyes filled with gratitude.]
["You're... the Blue Silver Emperor? No, that's not right! What on earth are you!"]
[The enormous black dragon shifted slightly, transforming into a middle-aged man with black hair and golden eyes. Di Tian studied the woman in the green skirt, his eyes filled with disbelief.]
["The Blue Silver Emperor died years ago. Even if she could revive through a seed, she couldn't possibly look like you!"]
["What on earth are you!"]
[Through Di Tian's eyes, the woman before him had long, loose hair of pure green, but countless tiny insects could faintly be seen wriggling among its strands.]
[Moreover, the grass skirt she wore occasionally writhed with her breathing. On closer inspection, copious green liquid was actually seeping from her skin, running down skin so pale it was rather frightening before dripping onto the ground with a corrosive hiss.]
["Hmm?"]
[As Di Tian watched the green liquid warily, he felt as though a blue light flashed before his eyes, after which the corroded earth instantly returned to normal.]
["Were my eyes playing tricks on me?!"]
[Di Tian stared at the earth beneath the 'Blue Silver Emperor's' bare toes for a long while. Although liquid continued dripping onto the ground, nothing unusual happened.]
[He had originally thought a human had merely gotten lucky and killed an already exceedingly rare Emerald Swan, but now it seemed the other side had come prepared.]
[Slowly extending a hand, his Dragon God Claw poised to strike, Di Tian asked in a low voice:]
["Human, where exactly do you people come from? And you, 'Blue Silver Emperor,' what on earth happened to you?!"]
[Even he had never seen the 'Blue Silver Emperor' in such a state.]
[And he certainly did not believe this was some hidden talent of the Blue Silver Grass Clan.]
[Whatever else Blue Silver Grass might be, it only had those few talents. No matter how it changed, it could never become this ghastly thing.]
["Tsk, this guy looks pretty tough."]
[Ignoring Di Tian's questions, Ye Wuhen narrowed his eyes as he studied him, then tugged at the 'Blue Silver Emperor' beside him.]
["Aunt Yin, I'm leaving first. Blow yourself up on him!"]
["I'll wait for you in the Garden of Nurgle."]
[After saying this, Ye Wuhen pulled on the Blue Silver Grass in his hand, and five Soul Rings appeared around him in succession.]
[Apart from the first Soul Ring, which carried a faint yellow glow, the other five Soul Rings were all an almost unheard-of green.]
["How is that possible?! Human Soul Rings can look like that?"]
[The next instant, beneath Di Tian's stunned gaze, Ye Wuhen suddenly reached out and gave the Ferocious Beast the middle finger.]
[But before Di Tian could erupt in fury, the 'Blue Silver Emperor' suddenly struck. Her entire body turned into a streak of green light and hurtled straight toward him.]
[Vast amounts of Soul Power surged-she actually intended to self-detonate!]
["BOOM!!!"]
"Ah Yin!!"
In the forest, Tang Hao stared at that familiar yet unfamiliar figure on the Celestial Screen and suddenly let out a grief-stricken cry.
"I've failed you!!"
Tang Hao had previously been letting his imagination run wild, wondering what his Ah Yin would become. Now he no longer needed to wonder.
Not only had she become that sort of... that indescribable thing, but that bastard Ye Wuhen was even using her as a throw-down firecracker.
"What?! Could that be... could that be my mother?!"
Seeing his father fall apart, the clever Tang San instantly realized the identity of the "Aunt Yin" Ye Wuhen had mentioned on the Celestial Screen.
His eyes immediately turned bloodshot, and he panted like an ox.
"Damn you, Ye Wuhen! How dare you control my mother!!"
"Aaaah! You've already given me cause to kill you!!"
"Ye Wuhen! Whether it's you or the Deity behind you, I'll destroy you at any cost!!"
Rage made Tang San lose all reason. He swore that he would kill Ye Wuhen at any cost and wipe out the Deity behind him as well.
Just you wait!
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.
Whether you're a Deity or something else, if you dare hurt my family, I'll make you pay!
Tang San refused to believe that the Deity behind Ye Wuhen was the only god in this world.
"Sea God Island! That's right, Sea God Island!!"
"Sea God Island must have a Deity's legacy. As long as I can also gain a Deity's favor."
"Ye Wuhen is just a pure Blue Silver Grass Soul Master. How could he compare with my Twin Martial Souls and Tang Sect Secret Arts!"
Watching his father fall apart and thinking of his mother, Tang San resolved that he had to seize the opportunity to obtain the Sea God's legacy.
They were both gods. The Sea God surely would not be weaker than the being behind Ye Wuhen.
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