Qian Daoliu Heads to Holy Soul Village, the Clear Sky Sect Comes to Tang Hao's Aid!

After hearing Lin Bai's words, Meng Hongchen couldn't help freezing on the spot.

She had only known that Ji Juechen, the academy's top student, was exceptionally powerful. She hadn't known how much he had sacrificed to attain that strength.

With such mediocre talent, he had managed to stand out at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where experts were as numerous as clouds.

He had truly turned the rotten into the miraculous!

"Pluck a flower or send a leaf flying, and either can become a sword..."

"That's why I said that, without the Cloud-Soaring Ambition Wind-Following Sword Art, the outcome of my fight with Ji Juechen would still be uncertain."

Lin Bai spread his hands and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"His foundation in the sword dao is far deeper than mine. I won because of my sword art, not my sword dao!"

"But if we were competing purely in the sword dao, I wouldn't necessarily lose either, because I have more than one sword."

As his words fell, Lin Bai turned to Meng Hongchen with a smile.

"What if the Illustrious Virtue Hall were willing to give Ji Juechen a level-nine sword-type melee Soul Tool to fuse with?"

"Ji Juechen's future accomplishments would probably be limitless. He might even have a chance to become a Limit Douluo."

"It all depends on whether your grandfather is willing to invest in Ji Juechen and place a bet on him."

Meng Hongchen nodded vigorously, committing every word to memory.

Since Ji Juechen was so talented, the Illustrious Virtue Hall naturally had to bet heavily on him!

After all, Lin Bai was definitely a clever man. Investing alongside him couldn't be wrong!

Heaven Dou Empire, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After hearing Lin Bai's explanation on the Sky Screen, Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul.

Sword intent surged in his eyes, and he became like a divine sword drawn from its sheath, the presence around him honed to the utmost sharpness.

The Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul rang with the resonant cry of a dragon, and even the air in the sect's great hall whistled as it was sliced apart.

"What a line! Pluck a flower or send a leaf flying, and either can become a sword! And what a Sword Martial Soul!"

Chen Xin's voice trembled with excitement.

He turned toward Ning Fengzhi, his eyes full of excitement.

"I've studied the sword dao for nearly a hundred years, and I thought I'd already reached its summit!"

"But today, in these two young swordsmen, I've truly seen the wider world that lies beyond in the sword dao!"

"With level-three Innate Soul Power and an ordinary longsword, Ji Juechen forced his Martial Soul to such heights!"

"That focus, that utter devotion-even I... pale in comparison!"

The next instant, the sharp sword intent around Chen Xin surged even more wildly, like waves rising higher and higher.

"Sect Master, I must enter seclusion!"

Ning Fengzhi froze for a moment, then was overjoyed.

"Uncle Chen, are you..."

"After seeing this battle today and hearing Lin Bai's explanation, the barrier in my cultivation that has troubled me for years has begun to loosen."

Chen Xin's eyes flickered, and his voice carried barely suppressed excitement.

"After this seclusion, my cultivation will rise to another level!"

Before he had finished speaking, Chen Xin had already transformed into a streak of piercing sword light and vanished from the great hall.

Gu Rong looked in the direction Chen Xin had left, unable to keep a hint of envy at bay.

"That old swordsman actually managed to make a breakthrough just by watching the Sky Screen. What luck!"

Meanwhile, in front of the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate.

Qian Daoliu stood with his hands behind his back. Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders behind him had foreheads covered in cold sweat, but not one of them dared say a word.

Qian Daoliu's gaze swept over Tang Xiao and then the Clear Sky Sect elders behind him. His voice was indifferent.

"Tang Xiao, you just said that if Spirit Hall destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, the Soul Master World would rise up against it?"

"Then let me ask you: when Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate all those years ago, killed countless experts of your sect and forced you to seal your mountain and shut your gates to this day..."

"In all those years, did the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ever stand up for you? Did the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan ever say a word on your behalf?"

"The Upper Three Sects share the same roots and branches? Anyone who truly believes that is the biggest joke under heaven!"

As he listened to Qian Daoliu, Tang Xiao's face grew pale by degrees.

But Qian Daoliu continued.

"The Clear Sky Hammer is the greatest tool Martial Soul under heaven. That is a title your Clear Sky Sect bestowed upon itself, and a reputation Tang Chen forged through battle back then."

"I respected Tang Chen, so after my defeat all those years ago, I swore never to set foot in the Clear Sky Sect."

"But today, I saw a young swordsman temper his Martial Soul into the sword dao itself with an ordinary longsword!"

"And I saw another child use one of his Twin Martial Souls, a sword, to suppress that sword dao head-on!"

A disdainful smile curved Qian Daoliu's lips, and his gaze sharpened.

"Turning the rotten into the miraculous, comprehending the sword dao with an ordinary longsword Martial Soul."

"Before Ji Juechen's understanding of the sword dao, can your Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Hammer still be called the greatest tool Martial Soul under heaven?"

"And before Lin Bai's Twin Martial Souls, what does the Clear Sky Hammer amount to?"

Hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders all began to breathe heavily.

Their sect's inherited Martial Soul was being scorned to their faces, yet they didn't dare utter a single word in rebuttal.

Otherwise, the Clear Sky Sect would be in danger of annihilation!

Qian Daoliu watched their reactions, shook his head lightly and withdrew his gaze.

"Tang Chen's descendants no longer have his fighting spirit or ambition!"

"Hand over Tang Hao, or the Clear Sky Sect need not exist any longer!"

As his words fell, Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders all looked troubled.

Hand over Tang Hao?

Even if they wanted to, they had to know where he was first!

That unfilial son hadn't even come back when his own father died. Who knew where the hell he'd been all these years?

Just then, however.

A figure in the robes of a Spirit Hall cardinal came running swiftly up the mountain path, panting for breath.

The cardinal let out a sigh of relief at the sight of Qian Daoliu and the other enshrined. He dropped to one knee and reported loudly.

"Great Enshrined, His Holiness the Pope has sent word. She has found the whereabouts of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and his son Tang San!"

"She requests that the enshrined set out to capture them at once!"

Qian Daoliu took the message from the cardinal and glanced over it, then let out a cold snort.

"Your Clear Sky Sect is lucky!"

"Once I've captured Tang Hao, I'll come back and settle accounts with your Clear Sky Sect!"

The next instant, Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, Lion and the other Spirit Hall enshrined flew into the sky and vanished over the horizon in the blink of an eye.

Silence returned to the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate.

Tang Xiao stood where he was, his face still pale.

He looked in the direction Qian Daoliu had gone, then glanced back at the silent elders behind him. A flame ignited in his eyes.

"This time, we must save Brother Hao!"

"And I, the sect master, will save his and Ah Yin's son too!"