However heated the battle on Sea God Island was, the Sea God Pavilion remained just as quiet...
Baili Yuan disguised himself as a plant evolved from the roots of the Ancient Golden Tree and calmly began to live like a parasite, absorbing the surrounding life force.
In the meantime, he observed the situation inside Shrek Academy. There wasn't much to see in the Sea God Pavilion; the elders were all gone, leaving only the Ancient Golden Tree that was about to be possessed by Ah Yin.
Speaking of Ah Yin, the Core of Life... one had to mention her life experiences.
As a grass-attributed Blue Silver Grass, being able to cultivate for 100,000 years to become the Blue Silver Emperor meant she had stood out from the multitude of Blue Silver Grass, collectively nurtured and worshiped to bear the responsibility of protecting the Blue Silver Grass clan. And the result? Just as she achieved her 100,000-year cultivation, she ran into the two brothers of Tang Hao and was successfully pulled into the human world.
Then, washed by the rolling red dust, she successfully fell in love with Tang Hao. To say that the two Tang brothers hadn't reached the Titled Douluo realm at that time and couldn't distinguish the Blue Silver Emperor transformed into a human--surely their elders would have known, or they themselves knew from the start that this was a 100,000-year Soul Beast.
And this Ah Yin was even more incredible. Right during her perinatal period, when her aura was already unstable, she still followed Tang Hao to a place like Spirit City where Titled Douluos gathered, and there was even a Divine Officer inside Spirit Hall...
Ultimately, she successfully delivered herself right to them and was discovered by the Titled Douluos of Spirit Hall. One must know that the cultivation system at that time was not very advanced, and the ninth soul rings of many Titled Douluos were only around 50,000 years. The appearance of any 100,000-year Soul Beast meant that several Titled Douluos needed to join forces to defeat it. If humans encountered a 100,000-year Soul Beast in the forest, there was only one word--death. In that era, humans truly held a blood feud against Soul Beast.
A 100,000-year Soul Beast delivering herself right to their doorstep was extremely dangerous, yet it was also an immense opportunity. Thus, the Supreme Pontiff of that generation led a team of several Titled Douluos, intending to take them down together.
Unfortunately, having fallen deeply in love with Tang Hao, she preferred to sacrifice herself, while her lover happened to be at rank 90 at this moment and needed a ninth soul ring...
Whether it was the arrangement of fate or the calculation of a conspiracy...
In the end, Tang Hao became the youngest Titled Douluo of his generation, and naturally the strongest one as well. Unfortunately, he miscalculated the weight of this 100,000-year soul ring in his heart, and the Supreme Pontiff of that generation died in this disaster.
His father was angered to death, the four major clans under the Clear Sky Sect located in mortal cities were slaughtered to the last man, and her biological son should have also died on the spot.
Subsequently, after many twists and turns, she was successfully resurrected, and along the way, the Blue Silver King was given to her son. Whether she, as the Blue Silver Emperor, fulfilled her responsibility to protect the other Blue Silver Grass remained unknown.
Anyway, by the era of Peerless Tang Sect, the Blue Silver Grass once again contributed their life force and chose another Blue Silver Emperor...
This woman! For the sake of love, she abandoned her identity, abandoned her responsibilities, obtained a love that made her happy, and chose to forget the countless problems involved. Whether it was a conspiracy or a coincidence, as long as she loved this person and this person loved her back, that was all that mattered.
Since she chose to let love and family affection fill her life and chose to abandon everything of her own, she had to be responsible for her choice.
"Yuan-zi, as for me! I can't quite agree with such values, but your ending wasn't very happy either!"
Countless Sea God Pavilion Masters' powerful spiritual energy, soul power, and even martial souls were all sacrificed to the Ancient Golden Tree, turning into its foundation just to protect Shrek Academy. For you, a thief, wanting to directly absorb it and turn it to your own use would be extremely difficult.
Otherwise, relying solely on these high-level energies, becoming a god would be a certainty. Unfortunately, the individual minds within these energies were too powerful, so you could only slowly devour the original soul of the Ancient Golden Tree, wanting to usurp the nest.
A pity! A pity! Things like the Core of Life have no direct consciousness unless you possess an extremely high level of life energy. After all, not everyone is a fellow like Long Tianyang (in Douluo IV, the initial Core of Life within the Dragon-Horse Twin Planets was also an extremely abstract fellow; selfless devotion doesn't even begin to describe that guy).
Therefore, ten thousand years later, she was washed by endless consciousness and high-level life energy into a Core of Life that could only babble incoherently.
Baili Yuan's rootlets twitched twice at this moment, as if he were thinking.
"It seems that after the Ancient Golden Tree was destroyed, the Sea God Pavilion changed its name to the Eternal Sky Tree... It looks like there are no fools in Shrek either."
In the end, after Tang Hao and Ah Yin followed the ascension of the plane, they fell into a complete slumber, and it seemed they didn't wake up afterward.
Forget it, forget it! Two people who selflessly sacrificed themselves for their 'son's' grand plan!
Truly a touching family affection that makes some people envious for a lifetime!
While Baili Yuan was still thinking about future matters, the Ancient Golden Tree suddenly burst into radiant light, and its rootlets began to fiercely absorb the abundant life force of the surrounding heaven and earth.
Baili Yuan sensed the chaotic laws of energy around him, and after confirming that even Tang San's God King divine sense wouldn't notice him here, he merged into the Ancient Golden Tree along with the fiercely absorbed life force.
At this moment, Ah Yin did not know that the Ancient Golden Tree had absorbed some bad things. She was responding to the God King Tang San's divine sense hidden deep within the Ancient Golden Tree just in case.
"San-er! Is that newly born Sea God really that powerful? This time will mobilize nearly 40% of the energy inside this Golden Tree. Doing so will cause the Douluo Planet to disintegrate." Having served as the Core of Life for several years, Ah Yin also well knew the importance of these energies.
After all, when they merged into the Core of Life and the Spirit of the Plane, the goal they set was to prevent humans from over-exploiting resources, using the disintegration of the Douluo Planet as their reasoning.
"Mother, it matters not! Nature will naturally regulate all of this! That newly born Sea God is the true evil god; she can devour all organic energy to create a massive number of retainers. Only by destroying her and letting me take control can the ascension of the Douluo Planet be guaranteed beyond doubt." The radiant and majestic divine sense of Tang San seemed to envision a glorious future.
"Moreover, she destroyed Sea God Island! Disrupted my ten-thousand-year layout! And even killed my Sea God High Priest to slap my face! This woman already has a path to death."
"Mother, do not worry! The Douluo Planet is not that fragile; there will only be some earthquakes, droughts, and extreme weather."
Tang San's divine sense wasted no more words, immediately taking 40% of the Douluo Planet's life energy, converted into the Sea God's Light, and flew off in ascension together.
'This new Sea God--whether it is authority or capability, is extremely suited to me!! Except for being a woman, she completely fits my expectations for possession! The moment this woman became the Sea God, she already had a path to death! Haha!'
Ah Yin only gazed at her son with some worry, unsure whether she was worried about the future of the Douluo Planet being plagued by disasters, or her son's safety, and merely watched silently.
"Haha! Madam is truly generous! Directly handing over the 40% you could directly control. That remaining 60% of foundation is all the energy of past generations of Sea God Pavilion Masters, you know? Aren't you afraid the Golden Tree spirit and those consciousnesses will strike back?"
"That tree spirit is already on its last legs, no need to wor--" Before Ah Yin could finish her sentence, she immediately reacted to why someone would be in this space of the Ancient Golden Tree.
As she turned her head, she was instantly grabbed by the neck by Baili Yuan, and countless Anatta Avatar began to merge into her.
Even though she was just a spiritual body, after the Anatta Avatar merged into her body, they were like blood vessels, spreading from her neck across her entire body, and several avatars began to bore into Ah Yin's brain.
Subsequently, Baili Yuan disappeared, leaving only a blue-haired beautiful woman twitching all over on the ground. A entanglement originating from the soul was not something this large blood bag, achieved purely through devouring, could contend with.
"Oh my! You're already close to becoming a Core of Life? Even the Seed of Nature has been successfully condensed? With this kind of status! It is indeed a bit difficult to possess you." An avatar suddenly popped out from Ah Yin's head, and a tentacle extended from this avatar stroked it.
Then, turning his gaze toward the remaining 60% of life energy within the Golden Tree, looking at the multicolored contents filled with all kinds of individual wills, Baili Yuan realized the reason why she would be washed into a fool.
"Madam! Come take a bath with me, Yuan-zi! After this, you are me, and I am you!" Even though it was just a lump of flesh, it let out a sinister, cackling laugh as if it were a face.
Amidst Ah Yin's loud screams, they bathed together into those energies. The energy, filled with various categories of memories and beliefs, was washing over Ah Yin's soul body.
Following this, Baili Yuan's soul body also emerged, and five powerful soul body afterimages manifested behind him. This was the glorious years of Six Lives and Five Realms! Containing endless karma! This was the supreme will of one who desired to be the master of destiny!
Then come on! Powerhouses of the Douluo Plane! Let us fight to the death, until death do us part!!
This is a wrestling match of souls!!!