Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 216: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

"As you can see, I'm just a naturally gifted soul master," Chen Ming said gently, though the content of his words was harder to accept than the idea that he was Ultimate Douluo who had turned back the hands of time. "I'm curious—who exactly did you offend to end up imprisoned in that stone chamber, stuck in a state of neither life nor death?"

Hearing Chen Ming's words, Ah Yin remained silent for a moment before a bitter smile appeared on her face.

"I... I'm just confused, that's all. Hao... he loves me."

"Oh?" Chen Ming put down his teacup, his eyes fixed on Ah Yin, who had nearly buried her head in her chest. His lips curled into a peculiar smile.

"I recall a major event that occurred when I was a child. A traitor to the Clear Sky Clan, Tang Hao, killed the Spirit Hall's Pope, Qian Xunji, for the sake of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast that had taken human form. It was said that the soul beast was the Blue Silver Emperor."

"The Blue Silver Grass is a unique species of soul beast, connected by a spiritual bond. All the Blue Silver Grass on the continent constitutes a single clan, and there can only ever be one emperor among them. That emperor must be you, correct?"

"You were one of the key figures in that incident? The soul beast that took on human form, the Blue Silver Emperor? You sacrificed yourself for someone else but managed to survive as a seed thanks to the unique abilities of the Blue Silver Grass?"

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"Yes, I am the Blue Silver Emperor," Ah Yin said, the bitterness on her face deepening as she looked down at her seemingly human hands. It seemed as though memories of that fateful day had surfaced in her mind.

That day, she sacrificed herself for the one she loved. Despite many things she would rather not recall, for the sake of her lover and their child, she had no regrets.

She had originally thought that thanks to her unique abilities, she might live to see the day she could once again embrace her beloved. But she never imagined that when her consciousness reawakened, she would find herself trapped in a hopeless prison.

The stone chamber allowed sunlight to filter through for only three months out of the year. The rocky walls provided no nourishment for her growth, and the excessively humid air made her feel as though she were rotting away.

If there had been even a single other stalk of Blue Silver Grass by her side, she could have drawn upon the collective strength of her clan to grow. But in that stone chamber, she was the only living thing. In her weakened state, she couldn't even extend her spiritual power to contact her clan.

For nearly ten years, Ah Yin was trapped in that desolate stone chamber. Her growth over those ten years was slower than what she had achieved in a single year in the Blue Silver Forest.

For most of the year, all she could do was rely on her innate ability to force herself into a state of suspended animation to conserve energy. Only during the three months of sunlight could she think clearly, spreading her leaves to absorb as much sunlight as possible to ensure she wouldn't perish during the months of darkness.

Ah Yin often thought about her predicament and even felt hatred for her circumstances. But given her condition, she couldn't afford to expend the mental energy to dwell on her hatred. Doing so would only worsen her weakness and bring her closer to death.

So when Chen Ming pulled her out of the stone chamber, she was too powerless to resist. After Chen Ming infused her with life energy, she instinctively wrapped her body around his fingers, desperately seeking more of the life force her starving body craved.

Had Chen Ming not drawn her consciousness into the spiritual realm, her thoughts would have remained clouded. Her body would have continued to act on pure instinct, yearning for his gift of vitality.

"So, you still haven't answered my question. Were you captured by an enemy? The environment of that stone chamber wasn't designed to let you survive," Chen Ming pressed, his tone growing sharper. "With the vitality of Blue Silver Grass, even if you were planted casually in the ground—or even on a rock—you wouldn't have ended up like this. Even though you were once a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and are now weakened without your soul ring or bone, your innate nature wouldn't let you deteriorate so far. Even if you stayed in that stone chamber for a hundred thousand years, you wouldn't recover to even a fraction of your former strength."

"That stone chamber—you couldn't even contact your clan from there, could you? After losing their emperor, the Blue Silver Grass clan might have searched for you for centuries or even a millennium. But over time, a new emperor would inevitably emerge in your place."

"And for you, in your current state, the moment a new emperor of the Blue Silver Grass clan takes their place is the moment your existence—both body and soul—will come to an end."

Chen Ming spoke a brutal truth.

No matter how united the Blue Silver Grass clan might be, they needed an emperor. If one emperor was lost, another would rise to take their place for the sake of the clan.

Ah Yin had lost the essence of her hundred-thousand-year soul beast form and was now barely clinging to life through her innate powers as the former emperor. Without her position as their ruler, she could barely survive.

"I'm very curious—who planted you in that stone chamber, leaving you to suffer such a fate? Who didn't absorb the soul bone you produced but instead sealed it in a lead box and left it by your side?"

"If they didn't want you dead, I can't imagine why they'd go to such cruel lengths."

As Chen Ming spoke, tears rolled down Ah Yin's face. She hesitated, her inner turmoil evident, but in the end, she kept her mouth shut.

Helpless, Chen Ming quietly tapped into a fragment of the Evil God's power, using it as a catalyst to amplify Ah Yin's negative emotions.

What Chen Ming didn't expect was that the slight surge of negative emotion overwhelmed Ah Yin's rationality entirely. Her composure shattered in an instant, and she could no longer hide the emotions buried deep within her heart.

She collapsed onto the table, her eyes reddened, tears streaming down her face like a waterfall as she cried out in a voice tinged with hysteria.

"I knew it! I knew it! I always knew!"

"When I was pregnant, the day I told Hao I was with child, I noticed his expression change—it became so strange. From that day on, he cared for me attentively, but in his eyes... there was a trace of malice I had never seen before."

"I thought he wouldn't... I thought I could truly live like a human. I avoided people as much as I could and had my clan watch over me. But when I was about to give birth, my identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was exposed."

"At first, he had every chance to take me away from the encirclement. I even suggested returning to the Blue Silver Forest. There, no one would have been able to harm me. But..."

PS: Lol. Poor Tang Hao. His love for Ah Yin was genuine. But it was still questionable how Ah Yin's identity was exposed.