Battle Through the Heavens: Starting with Cao Ying as an apprentice

A 100,000-year-old soul beast can be sacrificed without hunting it, and soul rings and soul bones will be given voluntarily.

Blue Silver Emperor burned his very essence, pouring all his life's cultivation into Tang Hao's body—his wife sacrificed herself to the heavens, granting him boundless magical power.

Tang Hao not only recovered from his injuries, but his soul power also broke through the bottleneck, making him a true Title Douluo, and he also possessed a 100,000-year soul ring.

Logically, what should follow is a dramatic comeback.

However, Qian Xunji had cultivated the cultivation technique that Su Baichen had casually given him years ago, and his strength was now vastly different from what it used to be.

Tang Hao activated the Clear Sky Sect's secret technique "Ring Explosion," shattering four soul rings in a row, which gave him a brief burst of power, but he still couldn't defeat Qian Xunji.

【No, bro, are you cheating?】

[This script is wrong! Shouldn't I be severely injuring you with my explosives, then gracefully leaving?]

【I've already destroyed four spirit rings!】

In the end, Tang Hao made a desperate gamble and forcibly shattered three more spirit rings.

The simultaneous explosion of all seven rings unleashed a devastating attack, severely injuring Qian Xunji. Qian Xunji then fled in disarray with the infant in swaddling clothes, disappearing without a trace.

Su Baichen put down his teacup and tapped his fingertips lightly on the stone table.

“Ah Yin,” he suddenly spoke.

"Yes," Ah Yin replied quickly.

"Where did this Blue Silver Emperor come from?"

Ah Yin was taken aback, seemingly not expecting her master to ask this.

She tilted her head and thought for a moment before answering, "The position of Blue Silver Emperor has been vacant ever since I evolved into Blue Silver Emperor."

"I then found a promising junior in the clan and bestowed upon her the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, helping her to inherit the throne."

She spoke casually, as if she were talking about what she had for lunch that day.

"That child did not disappoint me. Under my guidance, he stabilized his cultivation level in just a few years and became the new Blue Silver Emperor."

"She even takes me as her role model, trying to emulate my transformation into human form back then, saying she wanted to find an opportunity for her bloodline to break through again."

As Ah Yin said this, a hint of regret flashed in her eyes: "It's just that she wasn't as lucky as me, and she encountered such a thing..."

Su Baichen stared at her, then suddenly smiled.

That smile contained three parts amusement, three parts helplessness, and four parts knowing "as expected."

"Ah Yin, Ah Yin." He shook his head, his tone full of emotion.

"Now I understand, sometimes there really is a reason why people are stupid... no, grass is stupid."

Ah Yin blinked her deep blue eyes, her face full of confusion.

"You, the Blue Silver Emperor, aren't very bright. How smart can your successor be?" Su Baichen sighed.

"Your years of experience have been wasted; you haven't made any progress at all."

"What?!" Ah Yin puffed out her cheeks, somewhat unconvinced.

"I'm very smart! Yue'er, Miss Ling'er, and all the people down the mountain say I'm smart!"

She puffed out her chest, her face full of pride, as if stating an undeniable fact.

Su Baichen held his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.

“Okay, then tell me—” He lowered his hand and looked sharply at Ah Yin.

"Don't you think there's something fishy about your status as heir?"

"Strange?" Ah Yin asked, bewildered.

"What a coincidence," Su Baichen said, emphasizing each word.

"The whole thing is so coincidental, it's like a carefully scripted play."

He stood up and slowly paced around the courtyard.

"First, this Blue Silver Emperor hid her pregnancy so well before giving birth, why was she discovered so soon after giving birth? No matter how powerful the Spirit Hall's spies are, they can't be that accurate."

Ah Yin opened her mouth, as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.

"Secondly, since Tang Hao married a wife who was a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form, didn't he know how sensitive her identity was? Instead of hiding her and his wife and children, he swaggered around and was eventually discovered—was he afraid that his wife wouldn't die quickly enough?"

“Third.” Su Baichen stopped and turned to look at A Yin, his eyes blazing.

"The people from the Spirit Hall seem to have supernatural vision; they can always pinpoint their hiding places with pinpoint accuracy. Once is a coincidence, twice is luck, three or four times... that means someone is tipping them off."

Ah Yin's face turned slightly pale.

"Finally, and most importantly," Su Baichen's voice turned cold.

"Why is Tang Hao's soul power stuck at level ninety? Why didn't he hunt soul beasts to obtain his ninth soul ring, but instead waited for his wife to sacrifice herself?"

The courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Then, Su Baichen's next words shattered all of Ah Yin's illusions!

"And if I'm not mistaken, the Blue Silver Emperor didn't send the life seed he left behind back to the old Blue Silver Forest, did he?"

"That should be the best place for the Blue Silver Emperor to recover!"

"But now he has disappeared!"

At this point, Su Baichen glanced at Ah Yin.

Upon hearing this, Ah Yin instantly guessed Tang Hao's purpose!

"This, this bastard, he, he wouldn't want the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline, would he?!"

Chapter 303 Family Fate!

After saying this, Ah Yin's face turned pale, and she stood there blankly, her blue eyes flashing as if something was shattering and reforming.

Her lips moved, but no sound came out.

Seeing her like this, Su Baichen simply shook his head and sat back down on the stone bench.

"That's enough." He picked up the now-cold tea and drank it all in one gulp.

"Some things lose their meaning once they're explained."

He gently placed the empty teacup on the table, making a crisp sound.

"But Ah Yin, you must remember this." Su Baichen raised his eyes, his gaze deep and unfathomable.

"The most terrifying thing in this world is never an enemy with open swords and spears, but the scheming hidden behind warmth, and the daggers in the name of love."

Ah Yin remained silent for a long time.

Finally, she lowered her head deeply, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible.

“Ah Yin… I understand.”

But Su Baichen knew that she didn't actually understand completely yet.

Or rather, she didn't want to understand.

Because once some truths are revealed, those poignant stories become ugly conspiracies, and those touching love stories become cold transactions.

Human nature often prefers to believe beautiful lies rather than face the cruel reality.

“Master,” Ah Yin suddenly spoke, her voice trembling slightly, “If… if it really was a scheme, then Tang Hao…”

"He obtained a 100,000-year-old soul ring and soul bone, becoming one of the young Title Douluos on the continent."

Su Baichen said calmly, "Although the seventh ring was destroyed and his cultivation was greatly damaged, his foundation is still intact. Given time and some good medicine to heal his injuries, he may be able to recover, or even advance further."

"As for whether my conscience will hurt—" He smiled, but there was no warmth in his smile.

"Only he himself knows."

…………

The Star Luo Empire, the Zhu Family Mansion.

Inside the Martial Soul Awakening Hall deep within the courtyard, the air was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood.

Six-year-old Zhu Zhuqing stood in the center of the awakening array, and a phantom of a dark purple spirit cat slowly appeared in her palm—the Netherworld Spirit Cat, the martial spirit passed down through generations of the Zhu family.

As the light from the magic circle gradually faded, she raised her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at her sister by the palace gate.

Zhu Zhuyun wore a long crimson dress, her fingertips silently clenching the tassels on the cuffs.

She watched her younger sister run towards her excitedly, and the words "Sister, I have awakened just like you" were like a fine needle, gently piercing the softest part of her heart.

Being the same... means having the same fate.

The Star Luo Empire's strict royal marriage system, the fate of sisters vying for power, the victors enjoying glory and the losers perishing.

She knows better than anyone.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Zhu Zhuqing tiptoed and tugged at her sleeve. "Are you unhappy?"

Zhu Zhuyun squatted down, her fingertips brushing across her younger sister's tender cheek, her smile concealing a bitterness only she understood.

"Happy, of course I'm happy."

Her voice was very soft, as if she were talking to herself.

Dusk was falling outside the window.

Zhu Zhuqing was completely unaware that the gears of fate had begun to turn. She simply clung to her sister's arms and pleaded softly, "Sister, please tell me the story of Sword Immortal Douluo, okay? We didn't finish telling it last time!"

"it is good."

The warmth emanating from her fingertips made her heart ache.

She had already decided on the path—the only one that might allow her to break free from the predetermined trajectory.

Even if the hope is slim, even if that person is rumored to be cold-hearted and indifferent to worldly affairs.

But that was the farthest and brightest ray of light she could think of.

"Sister, shall I tell you the story of Sword Immortal Douluo?" Zhu Zhuqing tugged at her sleeve, her eyes sparkling.

“Okay,” Zhu Zhuyun squatted down and looked at her younger sister at eye level. “I love listening to Sword Immortal Douluo the most.”