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In the world of Douluo 2, the atmosphere was heavy with a silence that felt like lead. Tang Ya felt like she was drowning in a sea of pure despair. Her heart was not just broken; it felt completely hollow, as if the very center of her being had been scooped out by grief. Everything that had happened on this dark day was enough to answer every painful doubt that had ever crossed her mind.
She couldn't stop the thoughts from racing through her head. Why had the powerful Clear Sky Sect stood by and done nothing? They had watched as the Tang Sect was destroyed. They had watched as her parents were brutally murdered. They hadn't lifted a single finger to help.
If even one strong faction had spoken just one word of warning, the Iron Blood Sect would never have dared to act. They never would have had the courage to kill her parents and steal the foundation of the Tang Sect. This realization filled Tang Ya with a total sense of hopelessness. Her emotions finally crumbled, and hot tears began to stream down her cheeks in a steady flow.
Beibei and Huo Yuhao looked at her with wide eyes, feeling completely at a loss. They were all sitting quietly in the carriage, and for a long while, no one had said anything. Nothing bad had happened in the last few minutes, so they couldn't understand why she had suddenly burst into tears. Beibei reached out a hand, his voice soft and worried. He asked her what was wrong and why she was crying.
Huo Yuhao also looked concerned, his young face full of confusion. Tang Ya simply shook her head, refusing to look at them. She stubbornly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and told them it was nothing. She lied and said that she just had some grit in her eye, even though her sobbing made it clear that her heart was breaking.
Inside the mysterious chat group, the members were watching these events with various reactions. Hu Liena was the first to speak up. She noted that it felt like this girl's mind was about to explode today because of all the pressure.
Liu Erlong, however, didn't seem to have much pity. She told the group to let it blow. She remembered a time when she was so sad that she buried her head in the mud just to try and suffocate herself.
To her, it seemed only fair if everyone else cracked under the pressure too. Bo Saixi joined the conversation and pointed out that so far, only Bai Chenxiang had managed to keep her cool. She asked if the girl had any tips for the newcomers.
Bai Chenxiang's reply was simple and a bit cold. She said that if you just cry a little longer, you will eventually be fine. Everyone in the chat thought that was a pretty savage way to look at things.
A user named I Am an Orphan spoke up next. He said that he didn't think Tang Ya really needed to blow up. He reminded everyone that she was just a small piece in a much bigger plan. In his view, Tang San was using her as a pawn to get to the child of destiny.
He didn't see anything wrong with her being a pawn because she was just small fry in the grand scheme of things. Tang Yuehua agreed with this cold logic.
She said that in the big movements of the world, everyone is just a piece on a board. She believed that once you accept that fact, you can finally be free. Bibi Dong, the Spirit Hall Empress, thought they were making it sound too simple. She asked if they had missed what had just happened to the girl. I Am an Orphan had to admit he might have overlooked something.
They all began to remember what Su Yan had written earlier. Tang Ya hadn't just lost the Tang Sect; her parents had been killed too.
They started to wonder what any of this had to do with the Empress. While she was part of the Clear Sky Sect, she really didn't have a direct connection to these specific tragedies. Su Yan chimed in and told the Empress she was right. This caused a bit of a stir in the chat.
Dugu Yan, using the name Yanzi is not a Swallow, felt like there was so much drama to uncover. She was living in the time of Douluo 1, near the Star Dou Great Forest, and her eyes lit up with excitement.
She loved hearing about all these big secrets, or "melons" as they called them. She felt like she was in heaven because there was so much gossip to enjoy.
Su Yan then addressed Tang Ya directly in the chat. He called her the Young Blue Silver Grass Sect Leader and asked if she was shedding little pearls of tears right now. He offered to give her a moment to breathe and suggested they take a break before they continued with the story.
Tang Ya, under her username I Want to Revive Tang Sect, could only respond with silence. Su Yan continued, saying that as the group owner, he should offer some comfort.
He told her not to grieve too much, but his words were actually quite sharp. He brought up the God-King Tang San, calling him Ice-Pure and Jade-Clean. He pointed out that this God-King was so focused on his schemes for the child of destiny that he even split his own daughter into pieces. Compared to that, Su Yan said, her tiny Tang Sect being destroyed was almost nothing.
The entire group was shocked by this news. Hu Liena said she was floored because every bit of gossip tied to Tang San seemed to get wilder and wilder. I Am an Orphan urged Su Yan to hurry up and finish Tang Ya's story because they all wanted to hear the tale of the so-called Ice-Pure God-King.
Ah Yin, Tang San's mother, quickly posted that she wanted everyone to know he was not her son. Tang Yuehua also joined in, claiming he didn't belong to the Clear Sky Sect either.
Zhu Zhuqing, known as Big Cat in the Shadow, tried to be more realistic. She said that they shouldn't be shocked. In her view, the winners become kings and the losers are treated like bandits. She believed that anyone who climbs out of the mud is going to have some stains on them.
Bibi Dong agreed, saying that if she won this time, she would be known as the Ice-Pure and Jade-Clean Rakshasa God. Liu Erlong laughed at the idea of an Ice-Pure God-King vs an Ice-Pure Rakshasa God.
Back in the time of Douluo 2 at Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao let out a long sigh. She was starting to understand the pattern. It seemed like everything was being set up to help the Tang Sect rise again. This was why it was called the Peerless Tang Sect.
It wasn't a coincidence that Tang Ya met Huo Yuhao, the child of destiny, at her lowest moment and brought him into the sect. Ma Xiaotao told Su Yan to keep going because a short burst of pain was better than a long time of suffering.
Su Yan explained the next part of the plot. He said that Mu En told Beibei to approach Tang Ya and join the Tang Sect when she was at her weakest. Su Yan suggested they assume Mu En did this because he couldn't stand to see the Tang Sect fall.
Zhu Zhuqing doubted it was that simple. Another member thought it was probably the God-King's idea because he was worried the girl wouldn't be able to keep the Tang Sect alive on her own. Tang Yuehua said she couldn't judge the situation fairly.
Her Moon Pavilion only existed because of her name and her family ties. Even when she stayed away from the world, no one dared to touch her.
Liu Erlong added that her academy stayed open for the same reasonāthe name of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan protected her. I Am an Orphan pointed out that if Shrek Academy had really wanted to help, they just had to say they were friends with the Tang Sect. If they had done that, the massacre might never have happened.
Su Yan admitted it was hard to explain. He thought that the Tang Sect's rule that only those with Blue Silver Grass could lead might have caused a lot of problems. Over many years, they might have ruined their own reputation.
Bibi Dong asked him if he wasn't a transmigrator who knew everything that happened ten thousand years before and ten thousand years after. Bo Saixi mocked him a little, asking why he couldn't explain this part if he knew so much.
Su Yan coughed nervously and clarified that he said he knew the start and the end, but he never said he knew everything that happened in the middle.
The chat group exploded with laughter. The Little Princess of the Nine Treasures laughed out loud, and Dugu Yan said she was dying of laughter.
They realized that when Su Yan said he knew ten thousand years of history, he literally meant just the beginning and the end. Wang Dong, known as Winter Cutie, thought that was actually a reasonable explanation.
Bibi Dong teased him, saying she understood nowāhe must have been asleep during the middle part and missed all the important details. Su Yan quickly agreed with her. Even Zhu Zhuqing and Ah Yin couldn't stop laughing at the situation.
However, back in the Star Dou Great Forest during the time of Douluo 1, things were a bit different. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, known as Cat in the Shadows, reminded everyone that Zhao Wuji and Tang San were staring at them.
To the people outside the chat, it looked like Su Yan and Xiao Wu had lost their minds because they kept laughing for no reason every few minutes. Zhao Wuji felt a chill run down his spine.
He wondered if they had caught some kind of contagious laughing sickness and if it could spread to him. He quietly asked Tang San if Su Yan and the little girl had always been like this.
Tang San shook his head and said no. He noted that this strange behavior had only started recently. Deep down, Tang San felt a surge of joy.
He believed this was the price Su Yan was paying for using a forced power boost. He hoped Su Yan would lose his mind and die. He thought to himself that when Su Yan was gone, he would be kind enough to bury the two of them together. But then he corrected himself, thinking that Xiao Wu definitely wouldn't be buried with him.