181: Chapter 181: The Goddess of Light Butterfly, the Light of the Sea God!

Sunset Forest, core area, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Unlike the darkening skies and thunderous power during Snow Empress's tribulation last time, today the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had returned to the tranquility and wonder of its role as a treasure basin.

The red and white spring water continued to bubble and flow, emitting a strange energy intertwined with ice and fire, nourishing the countless rare Immortal Plants and spiritual medicines surrounding it.

The air was filled with a rich scent of life and medicinal fragrance, refreshing both body and mind.

Three streaks of light descended from the sky and landed on the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; it was Lu Jing, Wang Donger, and Snow Empress, who had escaped from the tense atmosphere.

The gazes of the three turned simultaneously to a spot not far away, focusing on a special plant growing where the cold and hot springs met, in an area where the energy was exceptionally gentle and balanced.

It was a vine-like plant, completely azure blue, with leaves that looked as if they had been carved from the finest sapphires.

The plant was not tall, yet it radiated an aura that was ancient, resilient, and carried a trace of faint spirituality.

The vines meandered, with faint golden patterns flowing through the veins of the leaves, appearing quite extraordinary.

This was none other than the main body of Ah Yin, who possessed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, which they had transplanted from the back mountain of Saint Spirit Village.

Snow Empress's ice-blue eyes fell upon this Blue Silver Grass. After sensing it carefully for a moment, her willow-leaf eyebrows furrowed slightly. With a hint of confusion in her cold voice, she looked at Lu Jing and asked:

"This plant... while it looks somewhat special and its vitality is considered pure, it shouldn't be of much use to us now. Why go to such lengths to transplant it here and even expend energy to focus on it?"

With her 700,000 years of cultivation and her perspective, she no longer looked down upon ordinary 100,000-year-old Spirit Beasts, let alone a plant that had not yet fully grown and possessed weak spiritual intelligence.

She truly did not understand why Lu Jing and Wang Donger were so concerned about this Blue Silver Grass, to the point of leaving the tense atmosphere just to come and inspect it.

Lu Jing looked at the Blue Silver Emperor, which had grown much more lush under the nourishment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his gaze deep.

He knew Snow Empress would ask this, and he did not intend to hide anything.

He turned his head to look at Snow Empress, and with a calm tone, he revealed an identity that would shock anyone:

"She is not an ordinary plant. Her name is Ah Yin, and she is... Tang San's mother."

"Tang San?" Snow Empress was somewhat unfamiliar with this name, but seeing Lu Jing's solemn expression, she knew this person was definitely not simple.

Lu Jing continued to explain, his tone carrying a trace of complexity: "Tang San is a figure from ten thousand years in the future. In that era, he... has already become a god, and holds dual God Positions—the Asura God and the Sea God."

"Dual God Positions? Asura God? Sea God?" A clear ripple finally flashed through Snow Empress's ice-blue eyes.

Having followed Lu Jing for so long, she was not ignorant about the Divine Realm.

The Asura God was one of the five Great God Kings of the Divine Realm, wielding authority over slaughter and judgment, with a revered status and monstrous power.

The Sea God was also a first-tier main god, controlling the authority of the oceans.

To hold dual God Positions was an existence that was absolutely rare in the history of the Divine Realm!

This Tang San was actually so formidable?

Almost instantly, following Lu Jing's words, she thought of a seemingly reasonable explanation, a sharp glint flashing in her ice-blue eyes:

"Do you... have a grudge against that Tang San?"

If that were the case, everything would make sense.

Capturing an enemy's mother, whether to use as a threat, to study weaknesses, or as some kind of bargaining chip in the future, was an extremely effective and ruthless method.

Although the World of Spirit Beasts followed the law of the jungle, when it involved immediate family, its power to restrain was often beyond imagination.

The look she cast at the Blue Silver Grass had less confusion and more scrutiny.

However, Lu Jing gently shook his head, denying Snow Empress's speculation.

"No, strictly speaking, Tang San and us personally do not have any direct feud."

He paused, his gaze seeming to pierce through time and space, looking toward the unknowable future, his voice low:

"However, he and Spirit Hall have an irreconcilable blood feud. And Spirit Hall... has a thousand threads of connection with us, or rather, with the power represented by Qian Renxue in this era. In terms of stance, we were destined from the beginning not to be on the same side."

Lu Jing's words were very tactful, but Snow Empress understood the crux of the matter instantly.

Opposing stances were often more fatal than personal grievances, and even harder to reconcile.

Especially at the level of Divinity, one's stance often determined the final outcome.

Lu Jing and his group stood on the same side as Qian Renxue, while Tang San stood on the opposite side of Spirit Hall, so in the future, conflict was almost inevitable.

Since they were not on the same side, grasping the opponent's critical weakness in advance was naturally a strategy of being prepared for a rainy day.

This was more rational than a simple grudge, and also... made one feel a kind of fated heaviness.

Snow Empress suddenly realized, a look of understanding appearing on her stunningly beautiful face.

She no longer questioned Lu Jing and Wang Donger's concern for Ah Yin, and instead began to think about the deeper meaning of this move and the possible impact it might bring.

"So that's how it is."

Snow Empress nodded slightly, her ice-blue eyes looking back at the Blue Silver Emperor, and asked: "Then what should we do next? Continue to let her grow here and accumulate strength? Or... do you have other plans?"

Lu Jing did not answer immediately, but turned his gaze to Wang Donger beside him.

His eyes carried a question, and also a sense of entrustment.

Since arriving at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Wang Donger's gaze had not left that Blue Silver Emperor.

Feeling Lu Jing's gaze at this moment, she took a deep breath. Her stunningly beautiful face wore a complex expression; there was excitement, nervousness, and a trace of an indescribable sense of mission.

She nodded slightly at Lu Jing; although her voice was not loud, it was exceptionally firm:

"I am ready."

Lu Jing looked at her, a trace of tenderness and encouragement flashing in his eyes, and said softly: "Do it, Donger. Just as we discussed before."

"Mm." Wang Donger responded, took a step forward, and stood at a position neither too far nor too close to Ah Yin's main body.

She closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them! From those azure blue eyes, a brilliant golden-blue light erupted suddenly!

"Hum—!"

A powerful and sacred aura erupted from within her delicate body without reservation!

Behind her, the gorgeous phantom of the Radiant Goddess Butterfly appeared out of thin air, its wings spread, shedding endless sacred radiance, faintly pushing away the surrounding ice and fire energy.

At the same time, a more vast, more majestic, blue divine light that seemed to originate from the endless ocean surged out from the golden trident mark on her forehead, reflecting and shining with the sacred light of the Radiant Goddess Butterfly!

Seagod's Light!

Radiant Goddess Butterfly Divine Power!

The two powerful forces, under Wang Donger's guidance, merged perfectly, transforming into a golden-blue beam of light that was gentle yet contained infinite vitality and purifying power. Like warm sunlight and sweet rain, it precisely enveloped that azure blue Blue Silver Emperor!