A Yin was quite unyielding and directly attempted to self-destruct.
Su Ming was prepared. He directly used his Domain of Chaos to interrupt her self-destruction.
As a result, she failed to explode all her Spirit Power. Instead, a series of popping sounds came from various parts of her body.
"Why do this? Can't you properly sense the environment here?"
"Hmph!"
A Yin still had life force left; such was the Blue Silver Grass race.
Even after her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone were taken, she could retain a thread of life, showing how tenacious her vitality was.
Only now did she notice the situation at the Ice Fire Two Eyes, stunned by the scene that resembled a paradise on earth.
This, this, this...
"This is the Ice Fire Two Eyes. Any plant-type Spirit Beast cultivating here for one year is equivalent to ten years elsewhere. Don't you think if you took root here, you could recover faster?"
A Yin did not respond.
She was already resolved to die.
If she hadn't directly self-destructed earlier, causing Dugu Bo to react reflexively and immediately seal her Spirit Power, she would still be trying to self-destruct now.
No matter how good the environment was, she, the esteemed Blue Silver Emperor, could not cling to life ignominiously.
Being fattened up only to be slaughtered – wasn't that what happened to pigs?
"Anyway, you won't truly die if you die. What's wrong with contributing a Spirit Ring to me?" Su Ming began trying to persuade A Yin.
If A Yin didn't cooperate, it would be very difficult for him to raise her cultivation to the fifty-thousand-year level next.
A Yin was furious.
This was too much!
The Blue Silver Emperor's vines trembled, struggling wildly, trying to break free from Dugu Bo's control to fight Su Ming desperately.
"If you ask me, the reason the Blue Silver Grass race is still so weak is because of you Blue Silver Emperors. For so many years, not a single one, after breaking through the bloodline limit, has given back to the race."
A Yin said coldly, "Isn't it because you human Spirit Masters are too cunning? If not for you, I would have successfully taken human form."
'Successfully taking human form' naturally referred to cultivating to the Spirit Sage level after transforming into a human.
After reaching Spirit Sage, she would truly become human, with the Blue Silver Emperor becoming her Martial Spirit. At that point, she could hide anywhere and wouldn't need to stay in human society.
As long as she lived, there was still hope of impacting the divine realm.
Especially since she followed a pure life attribute path and, strictly speaking, wasn't purely human, she had a full opportunity to use the Blue Silver Grass race to extend her lifespan, greatly increasing the possibility of seizing a Godhood over a thousand years.
Of course, all this was fantasy.
The reality was that she didn't survive that tribulation.
"You don't actually think you could become a god, do you?" Su Ming sneered. "Even if you're an emperor, you evolved from Blue Silver Grass. Your very nature determines your weakness. With the abilities you've shown now, you'd probably find it hard to even reach level 95 by the time you become a Titled Douluo."
A Yin stopped engaging with Su Ming on this topic.
Becoming a god was always like a moth flying into the flame; she could only try her best.
"Sigh, you hold the ultimate mystery of the Blue Silver race, yet you use this ability so crudely. I feel sorry for your Blue Silver race."
"Hypocrite! Stop pretending. I won't fall for it."
"The Demonic Eye Tree race produced a Ten Thousand Demons King, and the bloodline of the entire race is optimized generation by generation, giving them a unique status in the Star Dou Great Forest," Su Ming said quietly. "Don't you want to break the limits of the Blue Silver race, become a peerless Fierce Beast, and shelter the Blue Silver race?"
"Your strength determines the status of the Blue Silver race."
"Only with someone powerful providing shelter can the geniuses of the Blue Silver race grow. As the number of Blue Silver Kings increases, the overall aptitude of the Blue Silver race can be optimized, leading to the emergence of even stronger clansmen. This is your greatest significance to your race, not fantasizing about reaching the pinnacle in one step."
A Yin fell silent.
She actually understood what Su Ming said and agreed with him.
Realizing this was Su Ming's psychological attack, she retorted, "Do you think breaking the limit is that easy? The Blue Silver race can reach at most two hundred thousand years of cultivation, and still can't pass the two hundred thousand-year heavenly tribulation. How could we possibly achieve Fierce Beast status and establish a foothold among them?"
Su Ming didn't speak, just stared at A Yin.
His gaze seemed to be looking at an idiot, which made A Yin increasingly unable to bear being stared at. But she was held by Dugu Bo and couldn't move at all, forced to endure Su Ming's continued stare.
Finally, she couldn't take the silent treatment.
"Is there something wrong with what I said?"
"I already pointed out the opportunity for your breakthrough," Su Ming said.
His tone carried a trace of puzzlement.
I told you the answer, then painted a grand picture for you. Why did you immediately state the limits of the Blue Silver race?
Don't you have a path to break through the limits?
A Yin was stunned.
What opportunity?
The ultimate mystery?
"Truly foolish, no wonder you developed feelings for a human," Dugu Bo sneered. "What about your 'No prairie fire can burn it utterly' ability? You were able to restart cultivation even after your hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone were completely stripped away, recovering to the ten-thousand-year level in just a few years. Don't tell me reaching the hundred-thousand-year level again requires the same hardship as the first time. Reincarnating and restarting cultivation again and again – after five times, your foundation would probably be unimaginable. How could the racial limit not be broken?"
Dugu Bo stated that if he had the qualification to restart cultivation, he could definitely break through to Titled Douluo before fifty the next time.
Given a third round, with sufficient preparation, breaking Tang Hao's record wouldn't be a problem either.
After nine lifetimes, he might even be able to impact the divine realm.
That was the confidence reincarnation and restarting cultivation gave.
This was restarting cultivation stripped of everything, retaining only experience. All the wrong paths taken before could be completely corrected.
It was simply too satisfying.
"By the way, what about mental cultivation? Is your current mental power the same as when you died? If not, is it higher compared to when you last cultivated to the ten-thousand-year level?"
A Yin fell silent.
Dugu Bo's few words left her unable to refute further.
It seemed, perhaps, roughly, that her ultimate mystery was a cheat?
She had genuinely never considered that an ultimate mystery requiring death as a condition could become a powerful tool for cultivation.
"Understood now? If you understand, then cooperate with my experiments. It will take me at most half a year to break through to level 50. If you can't reach fifty thousand years within half a year, you have no value. On the contrary, if you cooperate with my research, the technique to restore your cultivation to fifty thousand years within half a year would benefit you immensely in your subsequent restarts."
Su Ming was now painting the grand picture again, and A Yin's heart wavered.
It seemed... quite good.
"I kill you, you give me your Spirit Ring, even actively cooperate with me to condense a Spirit Bone. After reincarnating and restarting, you can restart your cultivation here in the Ice Fire Two Eyes, truly embarking on the so-called path of breaking limits."
"Why should I believe you?" A Yin made her final struggle.
Unfortunately, no one indulged her in this final struggle.
Su Ming resumed the silent treatment, tossing her aside to reflect on her own.
A Yin was now truly at a loss.
She had never been subjected to this kind of guidance technique before.
She soon regretted instinctively refuting Su Ming.
Answer me.
Persuade me quickly.
It's just the final sentence.
Unfortunately, Su Ming left her alone – no, one plant – to herself and didn't offer the final persuasion.
After a long time, she cautiously interrupted Su Ming, who was preparing to forge.
"That... do you really have the confidence to restore me to fifty thousand years of cultivation within half a year?"
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