Tang Hao's Grand Act of Filial Piety, Angering His Elderly Father to Death

At Clear Sky Sect, the Tang Xiao brothers arrived before Tang Zhen looking utterly dejected. Their hearts were filled with sorrow, and they remained silent for a long while.

"Xiao'er, what happened to you two?"

Seeing his two sons looking as though they had lost their souls, Tang Zhen asked with concern. These were his heirs, yet they had completely lost their former pride. They simply stared blankly without saying what had happened, making Tang Zhen increasingly anxious.

"Father, the love of my life is gone!"

After calming the grief in his heart, Tang Hao spoke with hidden anguish, recounting in one breath how he had met Yun'er.

"What? You two fell for the same woman, and she was even an Evil Spirit Master!"

After hearing the brothers' account, Tang Zhen nearly failed to catch his breath and died on the spot. He immediately began panting heavily and sternly rebuked them.

"Foolish! Evil Spirit Masters are enemies of the entire continent. Even Clear Sky Sect must regard eliminating Evil Spirit Masters as its duty. How could we forgive that female Evil Spirit Master just because of love?"

"Do you know how many families that woman destroyed and how many innocent people she killed as an Evil Spirit Master?"

Although Tang Zhen was arrogant, he was not brainless. Naturally, he understood the harm Evil Spirit Masters posed to the continent, so he would not fall out with Spirit Hall over this matter.

If they were caught and accused of colluding with Evil Spirit Masters, they would truly be finished. How could he possibly demand some insignificant Evil Spirit Master so aggressively? It did not matter how much his son liked her.

Besides, he had already arranged marriages for Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. One would marry into the Strength Clan, and the other into the Speed Clan. It would strengthen their ties and be beneficial for everyone.

"Father, she's different. She's so gentle. She must have been forced."

Tang Hao had already been blinded by passion. Seeing that his father did not understand his love, he immediately became disheartened.

"Father, you don't understand love. Mother was nothing more than a victim sacrificed for an alliance between powers."

After saying that, Tang Hao walked out of the hall in a daze, fury rising in his eyes.

"Yun'er, I'll definitely save you."

The image of that blue-haired girl seemed to surface in his mind once more, and he silently added that he would save her from the depths of suffering.

"You!"

Watching Tang Hao slam the door and leave, Tang Zhen's old wounds flared up as rage overwhelmed his heart. He spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsed to the ground, and his aura weakened.

The mother of Xiao'er and Hao'er had always been a pain in his heart. Giving birth to children with two top-tier martial souls had greatly drained her vitality, but in the end, he had still chosen to have children.

He had deeply loved Hao'er's mother, but the sect needed new geniuses even more. For the sake of the sect, he had no choice but to make that heartbreaking decision.

Even now, it remained a pain in his heart. Yet Tang Hao had brought it up today without understanding that it had all been for the sake of giving birth to him. Her vitality had been damaged, and when she gave birth to Tang Yuehua, she had died on the spot.

"Father, are you all right?"

Tang Xiao helped his father up. Seeing his haggard face, complicated emotions brewed in his heart.

"Xiao'er, don't be like Hao'er and do something foolish for that Evil Spirit Master. Focus on breaking through to a Title in the coming years. Announce that I have entered seclusion. Clear Sky Sect is yours now!"

After saying that, Tang Zhen used the last of his strength to remove the Soul Bones from his body and hand them, along with the sect leader's token, to Tang Xiao. Then, he breathed his last. A generation's Clear Sky Douluo had actually been angered to death by his own son.

"Father! Father!"

The rumbling thunder outside drowned out Tang Xiao's grief-stricken cries. Raindrops fell one after another, making the great hall seem unbearably desolate.

Looking at the unconscious Tang Zhen, Tang Xiao gradually calmed down. He placed his father in the Secret Chamber, sealed it with Soul Power, then returned to the hall, his gaze gradually becoming resolute.

"For the sect, and for love, I must cultivate harder."

Looking at the two inherited Soul Bones in his hands, countless emotions filled his heart. He saw things more clearly than his younger brother Tang Hao. He cared for the sect, but he also longed for love.

As long as he became the Clear Sky Sect Leader, he could go to Qian Xunfeng and ask for a mere Spirit Emperor. Spirit Hall would surely agree.

After traveling for half a year, Qian Xunfeng successfully broke through to Level 98.

Within Heaven Dou City, Qian Xunfeng prepared to leave with Ah Yin. After all, they had stayed here for quite some time.

Before that, however, Qian Xunfeng planned to take Ah Yin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to see whether she could pluck the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

"Xunfeng, look at that green-haired old man. Why is he acting so sneaky?"

Following the direction Ah Yin pointed, Qian Xunfeng saw a green-haired old man hiding furtively outside the valley, constantly looking around.

"Isn't that Dugu Bo?"

When Qian Xunfeng had come to collect Immortal Herbs, he had originally wanted to see whether he could take in Dugu Bo, that engine of team wipes, while he was at it.

Unfortunately, he had not encountered him. Today, however, his luck was good. What a coincidence.

"Dugu Bo, what are you hiding here for?"

Qian Xunfeng flashed over and dragged Dugu Bo out, asking with suspicion.

"Senior, I saw the mist swirling inside and grew curious, so I stopped to take a look. I was merely passing by, just passing by."

Dugu Bo had been about to lose his temper, but upon realizing that he could not defeat him, he immediately backed down.

"Oh, passing by? It doesn't look like it to me."

Qian Xunfeng stared at Dugu Bo until he gradually became uncomfortable.

"I am the current Pope of Spirit Hall. Dugu Bo, you are lurking outside a secret territory of Spirit Hall. Could it be that you intend to steal Spirit Hall's secrets?"

As he spoke, a cold glint flashed through his eyes, and nine Soul Rings—four black and five red—appeared around him.

"No, that's not it. I really was just passing by."

Dugu Bo truly had no way to explain himself. He had originally discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used it to suppress the toxins in his body, successfully breaking through to Level 90. After leaving to absorb a Soul Ring, he became a Level 91 Titled Douluo. Yet when he returned, he found that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been occupied.

Two high-level battle Spirit Douluos were guarding it as well, so he did not dare force his way in. He simply could not understand how it had become Spirit Hall territory.

Spirit Hall truly was impressive. If they said it was theirs, then it was theirs.

He had not wanted to come in the first place, but his daughter-in-law was pregnant and close to giving birth when the Green Phosphorus Snake Poison suddenly erupted. If it was not suppressed in time, both mother and child might die. It had left Old Poison frantic with worry.

"Tell me the truth, Dugu Bo. I don't believe a Titled Douluo would come here to wander around with nothing better to do."

Faced with Qian Xunfeng's relentless pressure, Dugu Bo knew that if he delayed any longer, not only would he be finished, but his daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild would be as well.

"Your Excellency the Pope, our Dugu Family's inherited martial soul has a fatal flaw. Every time we absorb a Soul Ring, Green Phosphorus Snake Poison condenses within our bodies. As we grow stronger, the snake poison grows stronger as well. As a result, members of our Dugu Family are almost always poisoned to death by our own venom before reaching high realms."

"Some days ago, the fetus inside my daughter-in-law suddenly erupted with Green Phosphorus Snake Poison. If it is not suppressed in time, I fear both mother and child will die."

Halfway through speaking, the once-unyielding Poison Douluo began to choke back sobs. He hated it. The vast Dugu Family had been reduced to only him and his son because of their martial soul, and now they could not even protect an unborn descendant.

What use was this martial soul to them?

"Dugu Bo, Spirit Hall actually has a way to completely resolve your family's Green Phosphorus Snake Poison. But that depends on your sincerity."

After Qian Xunfeng finished speaking, he waited for Dugu Bo's decision. After all, a Poison Douluo was quite useful in group battles.

"If Your Excellency the Pope resolves the flaw in our Dugu Family's martial soul, we, the Dugus, swear to serve Spirit Hall unto death."

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