Chapter 158

A striking emerald green stream of light streaked across the sky, and behind it, two more streams of light followed in succession.

The Ice Empress's flight speed, even while carrying Xu Jiujiu and the other women, was far superior to that of the Medical Immortal Douluo and Shu Yan, but she noticed this point and deliberately slowed down a bit so that the two wouldn't even be able to see the exhaust.

They had already penetrated deep into the territory of the Dou Ling Empire. According to Su Tong, the Su family's current residence was in the northeast of the Dou Ling Empire, not too far from the ocean. The climate there was still considered mild, not as cold and desolate as the Ice Sea near the Extreme North Land.

Because of the blessing from an ancient god in their bloodline, this family had existed for too long. Once, in a very distant time, they had had an incomparably glorious period. That was a period of time that had already been extinguished in history.

In fact, the historical records of humans on the Douluo Continent did not contain much. The oldest records today only go back to the beginning of the founding of the Heavenly Dou Empire. Further back, the records left behind were very few.

Although the human history of the Douluo Continent was rarely properly recorded, it was undeniable that before the birth of the two major empires of Heavenly Dou and Star Luo, other countries or powerful forces had already dominated the world on this land. Even, in the history of the Douluo Continent, there might have been a period when soul tools were at their peak. Most of the soul tools used during the period when Tang San was active were inherited, rather than manufactured by people of that era.

As for surnames, after tens of thousands of years of ups and downs, countless branch bloodlines were scattered all over the continent, and finally died out one by one. No one remembered what the family's initial surname was. In the end, even those with powerful bloodlines could only inherit some vague memories from the bloodline within their bodies, letting them remember that they were descendants who inherited the god's bloodline, so they wouldn't fall into becoming ordinary hidden families.

A family cannot prosper and continue forever, just like the Angel clan that once controlled the Spirit Hall. After the building collapsed, the inheritance of the Six-Winged Angel flowing with the god's bloodline was almost cut off, replaced by a degraded version of the Six-Winged Angel, which was the so-called Holy Angel.

Shu Yan was also very curious before. Humans are different from soul beasts. Even if they become Limit Douluo, they can only have a lifespan of about three hundred years at most. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years are enough to erase all traces left by an era. How did these humans who inherited the ancient Ice God bloodline survive? Su Tong gave the answer to this question.

The god's blessing is passed down in the bloodline and can be passed on through bloodline continuation, which makes the starting point of the people of their family generally higher than that of ordinary people. In the long years, once the bloodline in their bodies senses that the inheritance is about to be cut off, it will actively seal itself, and only after finding a suitable host will it replace the bloodline in the other person's body. In this way, even if the original successors all fall, there will still be another human who inherits the god's bloodline.

Sometimes, such an inheritance will be dusty for thousands of years just to wait for a suitable successor, just to continue that bloodline.

Shu Yan was slightly stunned at first, but soon, he smiled it off.

The word "inheritance" often has many ways of interpretation. Perhaps the ancient Ice God didn't want to see the bloodline he left in the human world cut off, especially before he was about to die. In order to wait for a descendant capable of inheriting his god position to appear, he engraved the order of inheritance into the bloodline blessing. Everything is possible.

After flying over the Tian Ling Mountain Range that extended all the way to the east within the Dou Ling territory, the endless plains disappeared, replaced first by a long forest mountain range, and then by endless green hills and countless streams and rivers flowing out from the forest mountain range.

The scenery here was more magnificent than before. The rushing rivers opened up river channels in the endless hills, and the air seemed to become humid and sultry in an instant.

Everyone had a look of amazement in their eyes. Star Luo was a southern country with thousands of rivers, but there was no region with such primitive and magnificent scenery. Flocks of sheep ran through the hills in the distance, and a few figures could be vaguely seen in the distance. The women's eyes were shining with amazement. Even the Medical Immortal Douluo, who had lived for more than two hundred years, couldn't help but be a little surprised. She didn't expect that there would be such a fairyland on earth behind the harsh Tian Ling Mountain Range.

Su Tong, accustomed to such scenery, said without changing her expression:

"The Tian Ling Mountain Range is not only an important symbol of the border between the two major empires of Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul, but its side branches extending to the east have divided the entire Dou Ling Empire. Separated by a mountain, there are two completely different environmental landscapes."

"Because the terrain here is relatively low, the climate will not be too cold even in winter. Coupled with the fact that there are no other threats besides the soul beasts in the rivers, this place has always been the natural pasture of the Dou Ling Empire. In addition, this place is rich in mineral resources, and there are numerous metal veins for forging armor or manufacturing soul tools. Therefore, the cities on these hills are almost extremely prosperous."

"We still need to travel about a hundred kilometers to the east. It is far away from human cities, and the family's current residence is there."

As she spoke, Su Tong's gaze looked at Shu Yan.

Shu Yan nodded gently. With their speed, a hundred kilometers would take less than half an hour, but he deliberately slowed down. For some reason, the feeling of nervousness surging in his heart almost swallowed him. The closer one is to home, the more timid one becomes, not to mention that this was his first time returning to this so-called home, and it could even be said that it was his first time seeing his biological parents. This nervousness, no matter how strong Shu Yan's psychological quality was, he couldn't help but be so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe.

Su Tong saw Shu Yan's nervousness. She pursed her slightly dry red lips, then said: "If you are really nervous, we can go to a nearby city to rest for a while. There is no rush..."

Shu Yan adjusted his breathing, then shook his head.

"No need. This is unavoidable. Su Yun has already sent the news back. If I hesitate and delay time, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing."

Su Tong agreed and understood Shu Yan's words very much. She understood very well what her mother had endured to wait for this day. A young lady from a wealthy family who had been pampered since childhood, her life had been smooth sailing, but in the end, she had insisted for more than ten years in a state of heartbreak. The double torture of body and spirit had already pushed her will to the edge of collapse. If it weren't for the obsession in her heart that had always supported her, I'm afraid...

Not to mention her mother, just her father, the high-spiritedness and ambition that once belonged exclusively to a genius had long since disappeared. The top-tier Ice Attribute martial soul, innate full soul power, breaking through to Titled Douluo before the age of fifty, 100,000-year eighth and ninth rings, and three 100,000-year soul bones on his body—such a genius was actually trapped before the threshold of Super Douluo for nearly ten years due to a state of mind problem. That was the heart disease that plagued his life. If it wasn't removed, I'm afraid he would have no chance to break through to the Super Douluo realm in this life.

This was a reunion that their family, including Su Tong, had been looking forward to for more than ten years. Su Tong thought, if it weren't for her mother's physical condition not allowing it, I'm afraid she wouldn't even need to take Shu Yan home. Her parents would immediately rush to Star Luo City at the fastest speed. When they learned that their child who had been missing was still alive and had even grown up safely, what kind of mood would they be in, and how excited would they be...

But looking at Shu Yan beside her, Su Tong let out a heavy breath again. The cause that had plagued them for more than ten years was finally about to usher in the final result...

(End of chapter)