Chapter 1

In the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, a stalk of Blue Silver Grass that could reach the heavens wound around an ancient tree ten thousand years old.

Its entire body was silver, its roots burrowing thousands of meters underground and covering the entire core region.

At that moment, he was attempting to ascend to the Godhood of the God of Life!

A golden pillar of light descended from the heavens, piercing through the entire Star Dou Great Forest. Even hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts had to prostrate themselves, not daring to raise their heads, for that was the pressure of a god.

Lan Changsheng gathered all his life force into a single point and charged toward that golden light. A million years of cultivation condensed, compressed, and sublimated at that moment!

Just one more step, and he could break through that final barrier!

After the golden light poured into his body, an explosive force erupted within him. Lan Changsheng felt as though countless knives were slicing through his insides. The Blue Silver Grass wound around the ancient tree contracted ceaselessly in pain, sinking into the trunk.

Just as Lan Changsheng felt the energy inside him about to break through that barrier, all the beams of light began to contract, slowly forming a golden ball of light within him.

Yet the sensation of breaking through had vanished...

Lan Changsheng assumed the form of a young man with silver hair, green eyes, and a Blue Silver Emperor Pattern between his brows. His aura was somewhat disordered, his chest heaving ceaselessly. He clenched his fist in confusion. "Did I still fail?"

[Ding. The For Your Own Good System has been bound.]

[Host identity: Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Grass, a million-year Soul Beast in human form.]

[Host detected attempting to ascend to Godhood. Attempt forcibly interrupted. This attempt has been declared a failure.]

Lan Changsheng shuddered all over. A million years of preparation, just one final breath away, and now it was all ruined!

[The For Your Own Good System absolutely upholds its fundamental principle of acting for your own good. Since the Dragon God was killed, the path for Soul Beasts to become gods has been severed. Forcing an attempt to ascend to Godhood may cause irreversible harm. Breakthrough forcibly interrupted.]

[The path to godhood has been incorporated into the Godhood Nine Trials. Complete every trial to become the God of Life!]

Lan Changsheng felt that events had developed beyond his expectations. If what the system said was true, then this breakthrough attempt could still be considered a success.

[Beep. System mission issued.]

[During these sixty years of seclusion, your younger sister Ah Yin took human form. While traveling the continent, she met Tang Hao and fell in love with him, and they had a son. However, six years ago, people from Spirit Hall discovered her identity as a Soul Beast. During their pursuit, she sacrificed herself to your brother-in-law Tang Hao to raise his cultivation, allowing him to break through their encirclement with their child, Tang San.]

[She is currently in seed form, on Tang Hao's person.]

[The For Your Own Good System is wholeheartedly at your service, so go see her.]

"Sixty years, it's only been sixty years. How could..." The sudden news shook Lan Changsheng so badly that he nearly failed to maintain his human form.

[That's right. You came too late.]

Lan Changsheng fell silent. The composure he had cultivated through a million years of training was cracking. His fingers trembled, and the towering tree beneath him shattered with a crash, frightening countless Soul Beasts into scattering in every direction.

"Back then, was she... afraid?"

[Tang Hao was there too, but he had only just advanced to a Level 90 Titled Douluo and had yet to obtain his ninth Soul Ring, so he could not defeat those people from Spirit Hall. Would you like to hear the detailed record?]

"Where are they now!"

[Your nephew Tang San is six years old this year. He has just awakened his Martial Soul. He is currently at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.]

[Tang Hao is also in Nuoding City.]

Before the system finished speaking, Lan Changsheng had already turned into a silver flash, flying swiftly toward Nuoding City.

"Tang San, so what if you have Innate Full Soul Power? Blue Silver Grass is still trash!"

Inside the boys' Dorm Seven, Wang Sheng was looking at Tang San with disdain. Several of his lackeys surrounded Tang San as well, blocking his retreat.

"Then beat me in a fight. That's the rule in our dormitory. Otherwise, from now on, you'll stand while we eat!"

When Lan Changsheng arrived, he happened to see the black-haired boy surrounded by the others. Though small and thin, the boy wore a resolute, composed expression, his gaze calm and deep. His short black hair was neat and tidy, the contours of his small face clean-cut, with none of the boisterousness of other children his age.

"Is this Ah Yin's child? It seems he's suffered quite a bit. He's far more mature than others his age."

Lan Changsheng thought of how he had never managed to see what Ah Yin looked like in human form, nor did he know how much this child took after her. The fingertips hidden in his sleeves grew increasingly pale.

Yet with just one glance, he confirmed the incomparably familiar bloodline within Tang San-the bloodline of the Blue Silver Clan!

The slender boy did not submit to the bullying might of Wang Sheng and his companions. Instead, he bravely challenged them.

"Take my punch!"

Wang Sheng activated his Martial Soul first. The phantom of a fierce tiger appeared behind him, and a yellow Soul Ring lit up beneath his feet. The muscles throughout his body abruptly swelled, and a fierce tiger's aura surged straight toward Tang San.

Tang San remained composed. Pale blue patterns lit up on his right hand, and countless slender strands of Blue Silver Grass spread across the ground.

As Wang Sheng swung his heavy punches, Tang San's eyes glowed faintly purple. His steps followed a special rhythm, his figure becoming elusive and unpredictable, making every one of Wang Sheng's heavy punches miss. He could not even touch the hem of Tang San's clothes.

As Tang San dodged and weaved, he seized the moment when Wang Sheng threw a punch, his old force spent and new force yet to arise. Tang San waved his hand and clenched his fist, and Blue Silver Grass swiftly wound around Wang Sheng's limbs, waist, and abdomen, binding him tightly and restricting his movements.

"Ah!"

The bound Wang Sheng let out a sound like a tiger's roar. Veins bulged on his forehead as he exerted his strength in fury, snapping the Blue Silver Grass wound around him. The instant he broke free, he charged forward again.

Tang San's hands took on the color of dark jade. He blocked his opponent's tiger claw with one hand, taking the blow head-on without suffering the slightest injury!

Following the momentum, he closed in, locked both hands around Wang Sheng's arm, and gave it a gentle twist. Wang Sheng cried out in pain and dropped to his knees, his strength gone.

"Stop, stop, stop! I yield, I yield! From now on, you're the dormitory boss! Don't just stand there. Hurry over and greet the new boss!"

Watching this, Lan Changsheng could only feel that Tang San was richly blessed with good fortune, knowing so many abilities that even he had never seen at such a young age.

"Those eyes, that footwork, and the changes to his hands-where did this child of Ah Yin's learn them?"

"Never mind. Perhaps they're ancient legacies even I know nothing about."

Lan Changsheng was still very happy that Tang San possessed such talent.

In Lan Changsheng's million-year life, the only things he cared about were becoming a god and Ah Yin.

That had happened ninety thousand years ago. He had sensed a faint call from his bloodline in the unseen depths, and followed that sensation deep into the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Are you the one who's been bothering me all this time?" A young girl's voice rang out. She was a giant Blue Silver Willow Tree covering dozens of square meters, her leaves transparent as sapphires and marked with golden patterns. Blue Silver Grass vines wound around her, and she gave off a faint, delicate fragrance.

Lan Changsheng found it amusing. "Weren't you the one who called me through our bloodline first?"

"I was just curious and wanted to try. I didn't think anyone would actually answer..." The Blue Silver Willow Tree shyly twisted her trunk.

"So you called me here just to play?" As Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Grass, Lan Changsheng naturally would not get angry over such a small matter upon seeing another awakened Blue Silver Emperor.

Instead, he casually sat down beside her, listening to her chatter.

"Are you a Blue Silver Emperor too? Do you have a name?"

"I'm Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Grass. My name is Lan Changsheng."

"Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Grass, what an imposing name! Are there any other Blue Silver Imperial Emperor Grasses besides you?"

"There might be, but I've never met any, just as you're the only Blue Silver Emperor I've ever seen."

"Then can you give me a name?"

"You're a strong child. You've survived through tenacity and effort, so let's call you Ah Yin."

"How can you give me such a casual name! And what does that name have to do with being strong and hardworking?"

"Haha!"

And so, Lan Changsheng guarded this Blue Silver Emperor who had only just reached ten thousand years of age.

The years quietly flowed past the two of them like that, and the Blue Silver Willow Tree grew ring after ring.

Lan Changsheng withdrew from his memories and, with a brief moment of sensing, located Tang Hao nearby.

Next, Lan Changsheng was going to meet his "dear brother-in-law"...