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"My King, please come to me, okay?" The voice was sudden and desperate, thick with a deep, consuming longing.
Hearing the plea, Tang Chen slowly opened his eyes, his gaze turning deep and calculating. It's finally here, he thought. This world can only have one Blue Silver Emperor. Once I awaken my Spirit today, Tang San's only path to becoming the Blue Silver Emperor is to kill me.
He rose to his feet, allowing his aura to slowly recede. He looked in the direction the voice had come from and stepped forward without hesitation.
Seeing this, Xiao Ruier tightened her grip on her Golden Dragon Spear, her expression serious. Although she hadn't heard the voice, she sensed from Tang Chen's demeanor that this was an important matter. She stayed silent and followed closely behind him.
They walked deeper into the forest. In the shadows behind them, a crimson figure—Chi Wang—also followed.
From the moment he stepped into the forest's depths, Tang Chen felt completely unified with the surrounding energy of the world. His mental force connected and merged with the Blue Silver Grass everywhere. Every leaf and tendril transmitted subtle emotions and images to him. He could even use them as his own eyes, clearly seeing everything around him. Through the Blue Silver Grass, the range of Tang Chen's perception grew exponentially.
As he walked, the Blue Silver Grass along the path bent to the sides, as if subjects welcoming their King's return, spontaneously clearing a straight path. That overwhelming reverence and anticipation sent an inexplicable tremor through Tang Chen's heart.
A few minutes later, he stopped in an open clearing.
Not far away, a giant Blue Silver Grass grew. Its surrounding vines coiled upward like dragons, and a strange, human-like face was visible at its center. Its deep eyes seemed capable of piercing one's Soul, quietly observing Tang Chen's arrival. The Blue Silver Grass around it was exceptionally lush.
The giant Blue Silver Grass then spoke in human language: "King, I am here".
A subtle light flashed deep in Tang Chen's eyes as he looked at the strange human-faced Blue Silver Grass, but it quickly faded. This giant Blue Silver Grass must be the Blue Silver King, right? he pondered.
He took two steps closer, pretending he had just arrived and was completely unaware. "Are you calling me?" he asked indifferently.
"Yes, my great King. It is I who am calling you," the human face on the vine moved, showing a very human expression, and spoke again.
"Who are you? Why do you call me King?" Tang Chen maintained his pretense, waiting a moment before asking suspiciously.
The giant Blue Silver Grass with the human face at its center gently trembled, then gave a low, respectful answer: "Because the noblest Bloodline of my Blue Silver clan flows within you."
"If I am the King of Blue Silver Grass, then you are the Emperor among Blue Silver Grass !" Before Tang Chen could speak, the Blue Silver King continued, "I still need to Cultivate for at least another fifteen thousand years to reach a Bloodline Realm like yours. I feel extremely honored to be able to see you and feel your Bloodline aura".
Tang Chen lowered his head, still feigning ignorance and frowning slightly. "I'm sorry, you must be mistaken. I am not your King. I am a human, not a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Beast. I merely possess the Blue Silver Grass Spirit".
On the surface, Tang Chen wore a slightly puzzled expression, as if still processing what the Blue Silver King had said, but in his heart, he was silently urging, Why don't you hurry up and help me with my second Spirit Awakening? I can barely keep up the act... In his opinion, though he possessed the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, if he didn't pretend to be completely ignorant, the other party would likely grow suspicious, causing more trouble than it was worth.
"No, my great King, it's impossible for me to be mistaken," the Blue Silver King insisted, sounding somewhat eager. "You possess the Bloodline of the Blue Silver Empress. I can never be wrong in my sensing. If you only had the Blue Silver Grass Spirit that ordinary humans possess, do you think you could Cultivate to your current level? You possess the Bloodline of the Blue Silver Imperial Family! Oh, my great King!"
Tang Chen looked incredibly shocked. "Are you saying that my Blue Silver Grass is not ordinary Blue Silver Grass?" he exclaimed.
"Yes. What you possess is the purest Blue Silver Imperial Family Bloodline. If I had to describe your Spirit, I think Blue Silver Emperor would be more appropriate than Blue Silver Grass. All of the Blue Silver lineage are your subjects. Haven't you felt their call to you?" the giant Blue Silver King asked.
The Blue Silver King paused for a moment, then continued: "The Blue Silver Emperor is always passed down in a single lineage in this world. Only when the previous Blue Silver Emperor dies will the next one appear. Although you are human, the Bloodline of the Blue Silver Imperial Family flows within you."
"Before now, your Blue Silver Emperor was no different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass. That was because your Blue Silver Imperial Family Bloodline hadn't truly Awakened, which is why you couldn't feel its power. Now, let me help you Awaken it, shall I?"
Hearing that the Blue Silver King was finally going to perform a second Awakening on his Blue Silver Grass, Tang Chen was instantly overjoyed. A hint of uncontrollable excitement flashed in his eyes, but his expression remained calm.
"Alright, then begin," he said with a slightly eager voice. "I believe what you just said".
Hearing this, the human face of the Blue Silver King trembled slightly, and two lines of clear tears suddenly flowed from its eyes, sparkling with a faint glow. Its voice was filled with long-suppressed sobs and ecstasy: "It's been over ten years... We are finally no longer children without a mother."
"Your Majesty, please feel the adoration of your subjects".
As soon as the words left its mouth, an incomparably vast life aura suddenly surged. It didn't originate from the Blue Silver King in front, but from the entire Blue Silver Forest. A faint blue glow quietly emerged from every single Blue Silver Grass.
The glow from a single Blue Silver Grass was only a tiny blue speck, but when the blue light from billions of Blue Silver Grass converged, it became a blue-gold ocean.
Under the Blue Silver King's guidance, Tang Chen felt as if his entire being had been plunged into a vast, boundless blue-gold ocean. Specks of light floated and sank around him like countless fireflies. His body seemed to become a vortex, constantly pulling these specks of light inside.
Hot currents surged through his Meridians, feeling as though they might incinerate him, yet they also carried an incredibly abundant vitality. This vitality cleansed and reshaped his flesh, bones, and even his Spirit little by little.
As the devouring continued, the Blue Silver Grass on the ground began to stir. Patches of grass leaves grew rapidly, and in an instant, they coiled upwards like vines, completely enveloping Tang Chen.
In the blink of an eye, a giant blue-gold grass cocoon lay across the forest's depths, emitting a faint glow.
Not far away, Xiao Ruier watched the scene, her Golden Dragon Spear almost slipping from her hand. Her pupils suddenly constricted, and she stood frozen, her face changing dramatically. In that very instant, she felt the aura of a Spirit Beast from Tang Chen, and her heart trembled.
"He... is he also... a Spirit Beast?" Xiao Ruier's voice shook, and after a moment, she finally managed to utter those words.
At the same time, not far away, on the top of an ancient tree, Chi Wang stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze fixed on Tang Chen, who was now entangled in the Blue Silver Grass cocoon.
A moment later, his own pupils suddenly constricted, and his entire face changed dramatically. "What?! This kid... is actually a Spirit Beast?!" Chi Wang's mind was greatly shaken, his voice filled with intense disbelief.
"No, his aura isn't that of a pure Spirit Beast... He should be human! But... how could this be? Could his father, or mother... be a Spirit Beast?!" he muttered. "Strange... why didn't I notice it at all before?"
"Could it be because the Bloodline of the Spirit Beast clan within him has always been dormant and hadn't Awakened... That's why I didn't see it ?" he wondered. "If that's the case... then the Auspicious Beast following him..."
Before Chi Wang could finish his thought, the change in Tang Chen's body suddenly reached a new peak. A mysterious golden vertical eye mark suddenly appeared on the center of his forehead. The mark wasn't illusory; it seemed to be forcibly branded from deep within his body.
As the vertical eye fully formed, an indescribable pressure suddenly erupted.
"Buzz—!"
Golden light burst forth fiercely, like a sharp sword piercing the sky. The golden radiance was so intense that it instantly illuminated the entire forest. Every tree, every leaf, was bathed in golden light, as if the world had been cast into a golden realm.
Under the strong golden light, all the blue-gold specks of light around Tang Chen were drawn in, surging madly into his body, and then converging toward the vertical eye mark.
His aura climbed steadily at that moment. Under the pressure, even the air seemed to solidify. All the Blue Silver Grass in the world bowed toward him, as if kowtowing to an Emperor.
"This power??" Watching the scene, Chi Wang's pupils constricted again. His face instantly stiffened, as if struck by lightning, and he was speechless for a moment.
And in front of Tang Chen, the Blue Silver King, who was presiding over the second Awakening, saw this, and its already human-like eyes suddenly widened. A look of extreme horror appeared in its eyes as it spoke with a trembling voice: "This... could this be the legendary—Power of Fate?!"
"How could it appear on the King's body?" Its voice was full of shock and ecstasy, even with a hint of incredible reverence.
The Blue Silver King did not know that not long ago in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Chen had been injured by the attack of the Emperor Ruishou, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. His blood surged, and his wound happened to come into contact with the Eye of Fate of the Emperor Ruishou.
As a result, his Bloodline, vitality, and part of his memories entered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body, while a part of the latter's Power of Fate also entered his body. The Eye of Fate of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is the embodiment of the Luck of the Star Dou Great Forest.
When it is active, the Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest reproduce faster, and endangered species may recover. If it perishes, the Star Dou Great Forest will gradually wither, and the Spirit Beast population will face disaster. Within the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's habitat, the growth rate of Spirit Beasts doubles, and the success rate for 100,000-year Spirit Beasts to break through their Bottleneck also doubles.
Under the blessing of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Power of Fate, when Tang Chen's Blue Silver Grass underwent its second Awakening to become the Blue Silver Emperor, it seemed to have evolved again!