[diary instance Owner Tang Ya was discovered by the diary Host Ao Yao as being able to read the diary, triggering the punishment mechanism. Considering that Tang Ya did not voluntarily reveal the existence of the diary instance, the punishment is reduced...]
[Tang Ya receives the punishment: Deprivation of all spirit rings, and the regression of her Spirit.]
[The three spirit rings on Tang Ya's body have been completely stripped, and the regression of her Spirit is complete.]
Listening to the notification sounds in her mind, Tang Ya's expression gradually became dull.
After a while, she finally reacted and quickly summoned her Spirit—a pale blue plant appeared vividly in Tang Ya's palm.
Her spirit power was still there, but the spirit rings attached to her Blue Silver Grass Spirit had completely vanished... This meant she was now just an empty shell?
But... what about the promised Spirit regression?
Her Blue Silver Grass Spirit didn't seem to have changed much.
But Tang Ya quickly realized the truth.
Whenever she used her Spirit before, there was always a craving in her heart to devour other lives. But now, that craving had completely disappeared, and there was no longer any stirring within her heart.
Her Blue Silver Grass Spirit seemed to have genuinely regressed into the most ordinary Blue Silver Grass, just like the little grass found everywhere by the roadside.
Tang Ya stared blankly at the Blue Silver Grass in her palm, the corner of her mouth involuntarily curling into an arc, and finally, she burst out laughing.
"Ha... Hahahaha!"
Tang Ya was not insane; on the contrary, she was perfectly clear-headed.
She had always been driven by that craving in her heart. To avoid falling, she had constantly suppressed this desire, which was why her Cultivation speed had slowed down so much. Later, when she learned from Ao Yao's diary book that she would fall and become an Evil Soul Master in the future, she immediately understood the reason.
And now, because of the diary's punishment, her Blue Silver Grass Spirit had lost the ability to devour the vitality of others... This meant she had completely severed the possibility of becoming an Evil Soul Master in the future!
For every day going forward, she would no longer have to live in fear!
As for the stripped spirit rings... it didn't seem like a bad thing either.
Ao Yao had said that the direction for attaching spirit rings to the Blue Silver Grass was completely wrong. The reason Ancestor Tang San from ten thousand years ago achieved godhood was because his Spirit was the powerful Blue Silver Emperor, not the Blue Silver Grass.
If Tang San hadn't possessed outstanding innate talent, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's theories might have already led Ancestor Tang San down the wrong path.
Although she managed to pull back from the brink with her third spirit ring and ultimately found a Spirit Beast with the Life Attribute, her first and second spirit rings were found by seeking Poison Attribute Spirit Beasts according to the previously established spirit ring matching ratio.
Being stripped of all her spirit rings meant she could now start from scratch and re-attach the most correct spirit rings to her Spirit!
Thinking of it this way... Although she suffered the diary's punishment, had she actually gained a blessing in disguise?
Tang Ya swallowed the liquid in her throat, feeling an inexplicable sense of anticipation in her heart—she was very eager to see what kind of qualitative change her Blue Silver Grass Spirit would undergo if it were entirely attached with Life Attribute spirit rings.
"Tsk, I'm already used to so many people being able to see my diary... Having one person read my diary might be awkward. But with so many people reading my diary, I certainly won't be the only one feeling awkward!"
"After all, I've spilled so much explosive information in the diary. If there's social death to be had, everyone shares it."
"I should stick to what that big sister suggested and write a diary entry about the Tang Sect."
Looking at the updated content on the diary book, Tang Ya reluctantly shifted her gaze from the Blue Silver Grass in her palm and focused her attention on the diary book.
Now, all she had left was the title of Tang Sect Sect Leader; in reality, she had nothing. Even the old site of the Sect had been divided and occupied by other Sects, and some history about the Tang Sect had been lost.
She didn't know if she could learn more from Ao Yao, or perhaps discover some secrets she didn't know before.
"The Tang Sect, a Sect established single-handedly by Tang San, its core lies in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and various Hidden Weapons that Tang San brought from his previous life. During the period when the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent had not yet collided, the spirit tool technology on the Douluo Continent had long been lost. The Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons naturally became scarce goods. Coupled with the shining signboard of Sea God Tang San, it is not surprising that it could develop."
"Hmm... Next, I'll start by talking about the Tang Sect's history of rising to power."
"This matter has to start with Tang San's father—Tang Hao. To protect his wife, upon reaching the Titled Douluo rank, he fought against three opponents simultaneously, severely wounding the contemporary Supreme Pontiff of the Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, leading to his death. The Spirit Hall was furious and put pressure on the Clear Sky Sect. Those cowardly fools in the Clear Sky Sect dared not confront the Spirit Hall head-on, so they chose to close their gates and go into seclusion."
"The Clear Sky Sect's decision to close its gates and go into seclusion made things extremely difficult for the four single-attribute Sects affiliated with the Clear Sky Sect; their lives were clearly hard."
"Under these circumstances, Tang San arrived at the four single-attribute Sects. Relying on the hundred-thousand-year sixth spirit ring that Xiao Wu sacrificed for him, he showed off spectacularly and successfully subdued the four Sects, integrating their power and establishing the Tang Sect."
"The four Sects are the Strength Clan, the Defense Clan, the Speed Clan, and the Breaking Clan, which perfectly interlock and match all the needs of the Tang Sect in its initial establishment, forming a perfect closed loop."
"The Strength Clan is renowned for its strength and also handles the responsibility of forging, responsible for mass-producing Hidden Weapons and crafting equipment; it is the Foundation of the Tang Sect. The Defense Clan, with its formidable defensive characteristics, undertakes the responsibilities of Tang Sect defense, city construction, and stronghold development. The Speed Clan is the Family where Bai Chenxiang, Ma Hongjun's lover, resides; they excel in speed and reconnaissance, responsible for intelligence, scouting, and information transmission. As for the last one, the Breaking Clan, they possess powerful killing capability and medicine-making skills, responsible for the Tang Sect's combat, healing, and pharmacology."
"The four single-attribute Sects combined are already comparable to the Lower Four Sects. If the Breaking Clan Clan Chief Yang Wudi could achieve a Breakthrough to Titled Douluo, securing a position alongside the Lower Four Sects would not be impossible. These four Sects, plus the various Hidden Weapons brought by Tang San, were enough to allow the Tang Sect to develop rapidly in a short time."
The four single-attribute Sects... they should correspond to the Tang Sect's Strength Hall, Defense Hall, Speed Hall, and Medicine Hall, right?
Tang Ya's expression appeared slightly dazed.
After spirit tool technology appeared, the Tang Sect was on a downward trend, but the four Halls did not leave. Instead, they accompanied the successive Sect Leaders through the most difficult times.
It wasn't until the Tang Sect was annihilated by the Iron Blood Sect that the four Halls finally vanished completely.
Thinking about how the four Halls had accompanied the Tang Sect for over ten thousand years, Tang Ya felt an indescribable emotion in her heart.