This Soul Ring was entirely emerald green, devoid of the violent aura common to ordinary Soul Rings, instead brimming with the breath of life!
Su Yu felt the Soul Ring before him, a flash of enlightenment in his eyes—this was a gift from nature.
The Soul Ring fell upon Su Yu without the slightest hesitation, directly absorbed by him.
Su Yu sensed the power within his body, gently clenching his hand.
With his movement, the ground before him trembled slightly as a tender green sapling broke through the soil.
In just a few breaths, this sapling had grown into a towering tree thick enough for three people to embrace, its leaves rustling in the breeze, radiating vigorous vitality.
Su Yu walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Not far in, he saw the Blue Silver Emperor, A Yin.
Six years had passed, and the current A Yin was nothing like the tiny Blue Silver Grass of six years ago.
Under the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, in just six years, A Yin had grown into a Soul Beast over five thousand years old.
Sensing Su Yu's presence, A Yin's branches and leaves swayed gently, as if expressing welcome.
Su Yu instinctively reached out, wanting to touch the familiar blue-silver leaves.
But a branch coiled around his finger first, its movement gentle, carrying a hint of intimacy.
At that moment, a clear, ethereal female voice sounded directly in his mind:
"Thank you... thank you..."
Su Yu was slightly taken aback, instinctively looking around but seeing no one:
"Who? Who's speaking?"
The female voice spoke again, tinged with gratitude and warmth:
"It's me, the Blue Silver Emperor A Yin. Thanks to you placing me in this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, I've been able to recover so quickly."
Only then did Su Yu realize it was A Yin communicating with him. Gazing at the thriving Blue Silver Emperor before him, his heart stirred slightly:
"You've already condensed your consciousness and can speak?"
"The moment my true form broke through the soil, my consciousness awakened."
"Before, my soul was too weak to communicate with the outside world!"
Su Yu sat cross-legged beside her true form, his gaze resting on the blue-silver vines:
"A Yin, since you can perceive the outside world, you must be aware of Tang Hao's actions toward you."
"Yes, I know everything."
A Yin's voice carried a barely perceptible tremor.
"A Yin, if I told you that everything Tang Hao did for you back then was for your Soul Ring, would you believe it?"
Su Yu's voice was calm yet penetrating.
"No! Impossible!" A Yin's vines tightened abruptly, her voice filled with resistance.
"Ah Hao wouldn't do that to me! We truly loved each other, and we even have a son, Tang San!"
"Hah!" Su Yu chuckled softly, his tone laced with sarcasm.
"A Yin, sometimes I really wonder if you're a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, to be so naive."
He paused, then fired off questions in succession: "If Tang Hao loved you, why would he plant your true form in such a desolate place, leaving you to fend for yourself?"
"If he loved you, would he let you get pregnant when you were about to enter your mature period, at your most vulnerable, needlessly adding risk?"
"If he loved you, why would he take you to the Martial Soul Holy City when you were nearing childbirth, when your Soul Power was most unstable?"
"He clearly knew that Martial Soul Holy City was the core of Spirit Hall, a forbidden ground for Soul Beasts, yet he still took you there."
"Is this what you call love?"
"I..."
A Yin was left speechless by the question. Her vines trembled slightly, as if desperately trying to refute the claim but unable to find the right words.
"A Yin, just admit it." Su Yu's voice turned colder. "Tang Hao never loved you - he only wanted the Soul Ring of your hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, the power that would allow him to break through his limits."
The Blue Silver Emperor's branches instantly drooped, its silver-blue leaves losing their luster as if drained of strength.
A Yin's voice was thick with pain and disbelief: "No... that can't be... He was willing to confront the entire Spirit Hall for me, how could it be for my Soul Ring..."
Her voice grew weaker, filled with inner turmoil.
"Confront the Spirit Hall? Interesting." Su Yu's voice carried a cold sneer. "Then what did he gain in the end? Did he obtain your Soul Ring?"
"If he hadn't resisted the Spirit Hall, would he have been able to legitimately claim your Soul Ring?"
A Yin's vines shuddered violently, leaves rustling as if struck by the painful truth in his words.
"No... that was because the Spirit Hall wanted to kill me... He was protecting me..."
Her voice grew increasingly faint, carrying a panic even she couldn't convince herself of.
"Protecting you?" Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "Protected you until your Soul Ring became his possession, your sacrifice became his stepping stone to breakthrough? Is this what you call protection?"
He looked at the drooping Blue Silver Emperor branches, his tone growing even colder: "If Tang Hao truly wanted to protect you, why didn't he take you far away? Why did he bring you to Martial Soul Holy City?"
A Yin fell silent, the entire plant trembling slightly. Crystal dewdrops even formed on the silver-blue leaves, like silent tears.
She couldn't refute him. Those details once concealed by love were now being peeled away one by one, revealing a truth too sharp for her to bear.
"What you thought was deep affection might have been a calculated scheme from the very beginning."
"He needed a powerful Soul Ring to break through, and you happened to be the most suitable choice."
The Blue Silver Emperor's branches slowly drooped until they touched the ground, as if having lost all strength.
Su Yu looked at A Yin, thinking about how in the original story, after her revival, she still ended up with Tang Hao.
But did she really have a choice back then?
With a god-level son and Tang Hao approaching godhood himself, what choice did a newly revived Soul Beast like her have?
"A Yin, if not for me, you would have died in that cave!"
"A Yin, Tang Hao deceived you. Think back to all those years you spent cultivating - don't you want to take revenge on him?"
Su Yu's voice carried a bewitching curse that echoed repeatedly in the depths of A Yin's consciousness.
Revenge... revenge...
These two words wrapped around her heart like vines, making it impossible for her to break free.
Suddenly, the Blue Silver Emperor before Su Yu underwent a drastic mutation!
The originally pure silver-blue form visibly faded, replaced by a deep black color.
The originally brilliant golden patterns transformed into eerie gold-red markings that looked as if they were stained with blood!
This is... Dark Blue Silver Emperor?
Su Yu's pupils contracted slightly as he watched the Blue Silver Emperor whose aura had completely transformed before him.
A Yin's consciousness twisted in agony, her voice carrying an unprecedented chill and venom as it exploded directly in Su Yu's mind:
"Tang Hao... I'm going to kill him!"
Su Yu watched everything unfold, never expecting that just a few guiding words would cause the Blue Silver Emperor to directly fall into darkness and become the Dark Blue Silver Emperor!
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